DPC NA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I (ESL One Summer 2022): First game and first loss for Evil Geniuses

In the opening match of the third round at DPC NA 2021/2022 (ESL One Summer 2022), Evil Geniuses lose the match to an outsider represented by Nouns. EG had every chance of winning the series.

On the first map, everything initially went under the dictation of Nouns. Evil geniuses made cancerous mistakes and terrible fights. At the 18th minute, they die with the whole team from the Monkey King arena, making a team wipe Nouns took Roshan and at the 20th minute led 6k. gold. It was quite possible to win back this, but Costabille created very strong pressure, EG was too tough for that. The chance that the geniuses could win was at the 28th minute, when Widranger managed to throw the monkey off the tree, as a result of which the entire Nouns team got into a fight and absolutely everyone died. Mistakes from EG did not have to wait long. Chaos Knight performed by Arteezy, while standing with his team, tried to bait the opponent, but the damage turned out to be too much and he died. Without a carry in the fight, there was no chance. Nouns continued to give, and the defense of Evil Geniuses could not stand it. The first card goes to Nouns.

The second map was supposed to convince us about the shape of the evil geniuses, they managed to outplay their opponent without a chance from the laning stage. Gradually, they did what they did to spread Nouns all over the map, gradually narrowing their places for farming, Medusa from Nouns could not withstand such an onslaught and a huge advantage in gold for Evil Geniuses. The second card for EG.

The decisive map looked like a winner for Evil Geniuses, the graphics were on their side. But they had a fatal team fight in the opponent's triangle, Moo's Enigma catches 3 characters in his black hall and the fight ended there. Moo makes an ultra-kill, and EG's mid player also made an unnecessary buyback. Before the fight, EG had 7k. gold benefits. Nouns take Roshan and break the top side. 16 thousand EG couldn't win back the gold, wrote gg at the 47th minute and were defeated in the series.

Recall that the team of evil geniuses made a spot replacement before the start of the third round of the DPC, but we did not see any changes in their game after the arrival of Fly. Let's look at the next meetings of this team in order to draw conclusions about their readiness to play against world-class teams.

Format of DPC NA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I (ESL One Summer 2022)

The North American Division 1 will be played in a round robin league format. All teams will have to play 7 matches against other participants. The matches themselves will be held online and will be a bo3 series, that is, to win the series, you will need to win on two maps out of three.

Participants of DPC NA 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I (ESL One Summer 2022)

• Evil Geniuses - Arteezy, Abed, Nightfall, Cr1t-, Fly
• TSM - Timado, Bryle, SabeRlight-, MoonMeander, DuBu
• Quincy Crew - YawaR, Quinn, LESLÃO, MSS, Fata
• Wildcard Gaming - YamSun, esK, Davai Lama, Alexxo, Sammyboy
• nouns - Costabile, Gunnar, Moo, ZFreak, Husky
• The Cut - Scourge McDuck, high_shaggy, Rajjix, bgod, Jubei
• 5RATFORCESTAFF - dnm, Speeed, Lil_Nick, Giant, albinozebra1 (from 2nd division)
• felt - paradise`, solji, Zore, wakemeup, Shoe (from the 2nd division)

Prize pool distribution for DPC WEU 2021/2022 Tour 3: Division I (ESL One Summer 2022)

• 1st - $30,000 - slot in Division I and PGL Arlington Major - 500 DPC points
• 2nd - $28,000 - slot in Division I and PGL Arlington Major - 300 DPC points
• 3rd - $27,000 - slot in Division I and PGL Arlington Major - 200 DPC points
• 4th place - $26,000 - slot in Division I and PGL Arlington Major - 100 DPC points
• 5th place - $25,000 - Division I slot - 50 DPC points
• 6th - $24,000 - Division I slot
• 7th - $23,000 - Division II slot
• 8th - $22,000 - Division II slot

The Dota Pro Circuit Season 2021/2022 Tour 3 NA Division 1 (ESL One Summer 2022) league started today and will end on July 13th. The total prize fund of the event will be $205,000. The teams that take from 1st to 4th place will receive four invitations to the next Arlington Major. The teams that will be on the 5th-6th lines of the standings will retain their place in the first division, and the teams that will take 7th and 8th places will fall straight into the second division.