Hi and thank you for taking the time to talk to us today, Lelis.
Why did you change from Lelis to Leslao, is there a special meaning to it?
so, I thought it was something similar for you too.
Haha, no it’s not like a lucky charm for me.
Oh, It’s a really nice place.
Everything is just so clean.
So, yeah I really enjoy the time here, outside Dota, it’s been really nice.
Looking back at the Dota 2 season leading to TI11, what would be your personal highlight?
I would say this year I didn’t have the best results.
Even so, on a lot of games, this year it did feel better than last year.
This year, the result was worse, but the sentiment was that we were better as a team.
It simply didn’t work as we envisioned it.
Every team says that they should have won a game, right?
In the end, it’s the nature of competition.
How do you feel about this new TI schedule?
Do you like that fact is stretched across almost a full month?
The break in the middle of the playoffs is very weird.
I’m not sure why exactly they chose to have a break in the playoffs.
I personally, would like to not have such a long break in the middle of the competition.
I can only imagine how is it for the 4 teams that made it through the Finals Weekend.
Let’s talk a bit about next year’s DPC.
They already announced that the leagues will run for 3 weeks, down from 6.
I think its' definitely a good change.
The six-week league was a forced, unnecessary thing.
It was just non-stop play for the whole year.
It encouraged a lot the grinders.
For example, Ammar.
He is what you’ve got the option to call a specialist player.
I guess that’s a double-edged sword.
Yeah, definitely, I agree.
I’ll give a short example of what happened to us at the Singapore Major last year.
That was the first Major after the covid long online period.
So, there was one day when played four best-of-two series straight, back to back with no break.
I thought that was crazy, I never played something like that.
I like the current patch and where Dota 2 is right now in terms of gameplay.
I do like it when things get shaken up and people have to start figuring it all out.
It’s kind of rewarding in a way when you are the one who figured out something first.
If the game is running fine, why change something?
Last year we didn’t have a break really, we were straight into the leagues after TI10.
But, this year there is actually a proper break because the first DPC tour starts in January.
Thank you for having me.
