When a Single Item Made the Difference

Sentinel

aloy_radzi (Top)
SanzeniN (Top)
.dam (Mid)
v3nDretta_ (Mid)
exoshear (Bot)
cipantapeer (Bot)

Scourge

hashbowl (Top)
icetrophy (Top)
NoobNotFunny1 (Mid)
[D]arksLayeR (Bot)
bleach_birth (Bot)
ANTUjamban (Roaming)

map: dota allstars 6.67c_6v6 [download map]
mode: -apspso
version: 1.24D

[LINK] (can't parse because the 6v6 thingy, but still can download)
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Just another inhouse we play at Cybergamer room every night.

One thing to describe this game:

Player distribution and heroes picked were rather balanced. But somehow Sentinel couldn't hold a candle in this game with bot lane getting owned, along with the heavy ganking Bone and Nerubian Assassin gave the sentinel little room to spare, although we still manage to get our items (Treant's Rad, SF's BKB, ES's dagger etc). Then we at sentinel lost mid and bot rax and it's likely a gg for us. Until Ice bought a Divine Rapier for Terrorblace after getting an Aegis from Roshan...too bad it was a huge mistake as he lost his Aegis short after after a failed push attempt at top lane, then lost his life and dropped the Divine. The tide suddenly changed, with all scourge killed and we manage to counterpush despite being heavily pressed for the most part of the game. Overconfident much, Ice. Images didn't even get the bonus damage from Rapier..


take home messages:

• Losing 2 raxes doesn't mean you'd lose the game (hm..sounds familiar? ;p)
• Images don't get pure damage bonus, AND Vlad's bonus in any way
• End the game asap so long you got the chance. Prolonging the game can come back to bite you.
  
• 5+ Gems > Invis....
• Don't play in laggy host >.<
  

ps: I swear I won't play on Melbourne's host again. This was another extremely laggy game for me, else I could have gone for a ganking DK with a Dagger = =