Best of BLAST SLAM VIII

The most watchable games of BLAST SLAM VIII, ranked best first. Every Tier 1 professional Dota 2 game is scored on how good it was to watch, on a 0-10 scale, from its full post-game net-worth graph. The largest share of the score comes from how long the game stayed genuinely in doubt, weighted towards the later minutes: a game still undecided at minute 50 counts for far more than one close at minute 10, but a game earns nothing just for running long. The remainder comes from how close the eventual winner came to losing once the laning stage was over, how many times the lead genuinely turned over, the biggest late swing, how many kills both teams were getting (a one-sided kill fest is not action), and how far the winner's own base fell before they held. A net-worth lead is always judged against what that lead is worth at that point in the game, so a 15,000 gold deficit at minute 20 and the same deficit at minute 60 are not treated as the same event.

This page lists no winners and no scores. It is designed to be read before watching. Every game links to a Twitch VOD timestamped to the start of that game.

Highest-rated games

  1. 7.3/10 — OG vs BETBOOM TEAM — BLAST SLAM VIII, 87 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Divine Rapier bought, Mega creeps on the map, Comeback
  2. 7.3/10 — Team Liquid vs GamerLegion — BLAST SLAM VIII, 41 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end, Comeback
  3. 7.0/10 — Xtreme Gaming vs Level UP esports — BLAST SLAM VIII, 66 minutes. Relentless pace, Aegis stolen, In doubt to the end, Base under siege, Comeback
  4. 6.9/10 — OG vs BETBOOM TEAM — BLAST SLAM VIII, 49 minutes. In doubt to the end, Comeback
  5. 6.6/10 — 1w vs Natus Vincere — BLAST SLAM VIII, 44 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
  6. 6.6/10 — Natus Vincere vs 1w — BLAST SLAM VIII, 50 minutes. Relentless pace, Divine Rapier bought, Comeback, Base under siege
  7. 6.5/10 — Team Yandex vs Team Spirit — BLAST SLAM VIII, 46 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback
  8. 6.4/10 — Xtreme Gaming vs Level UP esports — BLAST SLAM VIII, 46 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end
  9. 6.3/10 — Team Liquid vs Aurora Gaming — BLAST SLAM VIII, 64 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end
  10. 6.3/10 — LGD Gaming vs Xtreme Gaming — BLAST SLAM VIII, 47 minutes. Comeback, Aegis stolen, Divine Rapier bought, Base under siege
  11. 6.0/10 — Team Nemesis vs Team Spirit — BLAST SLAM VIII, 48 minutes. Relentless pace
  12. 5.9/10 — Team Nemesis vs 1win — BLAST SLAM VIII, 39 minutes. Relentless pace, Divine Rapier bought
  13. 5.8/10 — Team Spirit vs 1win — BLAST SLAM VIII, 43 minutes. Relentless pace, Divine Rapier bought, Comeback
  14. 5.8/10 — Team Liquid vs Aurora Gaming — BLAST SLAM VIII, 40 minutes. In doubt to the end, Aegis stolen
  15. 5.6/10 — OG vs 1win — BLAST SLAM VIII, 44 minutes. In doubt to the end
  16. 5.3/10 — BETBOOM TEAM vs Team Yandex — BLAST SLAM VIII, 47 minutes. Comeback, Divine Rapier bought
  17. 5.1/10 — LGD Gaming vs GamerLegion — BLAST SLAM VIII, 45 minutes. In doubt to the end
  18. 5.0/10 — Team Nemesis vs Natus Vincere — BLAST SLAM VIII, 42 minutes. Comeback
  19. 4.9/10 — OG vs BETBOOM TEAM — BLAST SLAM VIII, 47 minutes. In doubt to the end
  20. 4.8/10 — PARIVISION vs Aurora Gaming — BLAST SLAM VIII, 44 minutes. In doubt to the end, Aegis stolen
  21. 4.5/10 — MOUZ vs OG — BLAST SLAM VIII, 60 minutes
  22. 4.4/10 — LGD Gaming vs Xtreme Gaming — BLAST SLAM VIII, 44 minutes
  23. 3.9/10 — MOUZ vs Team Yandex — BLAST SLAM VIII, 42 minutes. Relentless pace, Aegis stolen
  24. 3.8/10 — Team Yandex vs Team Spirit — BLAST SLAM VIII, 37 minutes. Relentless pace
  25. 3.3/10 — Yakult Brothers vs Team Liquid — BLAST SLAM VIII, 37 minutes

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