Breaking the Metagame: Seventeen Seconds of Dota 2
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From the Interactive Media & Games Seminar Series; Stephanie Boluk & Patrick LeMieux, assistant professors in the Cinema and Digital Media Program and English Department at UC Davis discuss the history of the metagame and 'The Play" an unexpected, 17-second upset that broke the metagame during The International 2, Valveā€™s million-dollar tournament in 2012.
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