{"id":42451,"date":"2018-08-16T14:07:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T09:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=42451"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:48:28","slug":"dota-2-the-international-2018-group-stage-day-1-concludes-and-here-are-the-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/dota-2-the-international-2018-group-stage-day-1-concludes-and-here-are-the-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1 Concludes! And Here Are The Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dota 2 The International 2018 is so far the most exciting and anticipated eSport tournament to look forward to. As it is full of entertainment from longest games to bloodbaths, comebacks, and upsets, clean sweeps it literally has everything that you might hope for and this year&#8217;s TI will be no different. If I were to write all of the stuff then it will become a very long post and who has the time to read long stuff right? Below are the results for The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2.jpg\" alt=\"The international 2018 DotA 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2.jpg\" alt=\"The international 2018 DotA 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The-international-2018-DotA-2-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1 Results<\/h2>\n<p>The Group Stage was great as it was expected. There were long games, stomps, short ggs. Teams seemed to be experimenting with builds and drafts. There were a lot of interesting matches with long durations, bloodbaths, clean sweeps and short games as well.\u00a0Following are the results of Group Stage Day 1.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-42451 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-22-13.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-22-13.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-22-13.png 997w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-22-13-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-22-13-750x363.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-08-16_13-23-09.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-08-16_13-23-09.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-08-16_13-23-09.png 997w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-08-16_13-23-09-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2018-08-16_13-23-09-750x359.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-23-31.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-23-31.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-23-31.png 1000w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-23-31-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-23-31-750x360.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-10.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-10.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-10.png 1000w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-10-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-10-750x360.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-35.png'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-35.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Dota 2 The International 2018 Group Stage Day 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-35.png 999w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-35-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chrome_2018-08-16_13-24-35-750x360.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There are so many strong teams in this International that you are not completely sure who is going to take the Aegis of the Champions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<h2>Group Standings<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the conclusion of day 1, many teams easily destroyed their opponents, some managed to get victorious and some seemed to be struggling. Following are the results of both of the groups.<\/p>\n<h3>Group A Standings<\/h3>\n<p>EG had a strong start and obliterated enemies who stood in their way. They finished with an astonishing 5-1 by only losing to Invictus Gaming. Liquid also seemed to be experimenting with their drafts and managed to get on the 2nd place with a 4-2 losing to Fnatic and PSG.LGD. In the 2nd game against Team Liquid, Fnatic managed to pulled the biggest stomp in the histroy of TI by desroying Liquid with 39-1. Following the standings of rest teams in group A.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 150px\" width=\"230\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 707.5px;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Standings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Evil Geniuses<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">5-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Team Liquid<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">4-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Fnatic<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">3-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Mineski<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">3-3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0PSG.LGD<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">3-3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Winstrike Team<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">2-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Invictus Gaming<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">2-4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0OG<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">1-3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 438.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0VGJ.Thunder<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px;width: 228.75px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">1-5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Group B Standings<\/h3>\n<p>As with Group A, Group B was also full of matches where the players seemed to be testing their potential through experimenting with drafts and builds and surprisingly VGJ.Storm managed to top the group with a solid 4-0 without losing a single game to any of the teams, VP also looked very strong and only losing to Team Serenity they managed to get the 2nd spot. Following are the standings of rest of the teams.<\/p>\n<table width=\"230\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"230\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Standings<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0VGJ.Storm<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">4-0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Virtus.pro<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">3-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Newbee<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">3-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Team Serenity<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">2-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0TNC Predator<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">2-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0paiN Gaming<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">1-1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Team Secret<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">1-3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0OpTic Gaming<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">0-2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">\u00a0Vici Gaming<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 10pt\">0-4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I am rooting for Team Liquid as always, which team are you supporting this TI? Are you satisfied with the performance of your favorite team? Let us know in the comments. Special thanks for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Dota2.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dota2.com<\/a> and Liquipedia for providing these statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dota 2 The International 2018 is so far the most exciting and anticipated eSport tournament to look forward to. As it is full of entertainment from longest games to bloodbaths, comebacks, and upsets, clean sweeps it literally has everything that you might hope for and this year&#8217;s TI will be no different. If I were to write all of the stuff then it will become a very long post and who has the time to read long stuff right? 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