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03rd January 2009, 18:45

DotA's Finest Players of 2008

maelk loda

The year 2008 has finally come to an end and myMYM.com has produced the ranking of the year's best DotA players as a recap of the wonderful memories of the past year.
Some players excelled to the point where they got awarded multiple titles, while some dominated one and only category - as DotA is a teamgame where a team consists of 5 players of which each plays a different role, it is nearly impossible to have a player win multiple categories.

Who owned the most? Who bought the most wards? Who was the most dominant on ventrilo? Who farmed the most? Meet the creme de la creme!

Method; (Top 5 Ganker, Support, Carry and Leader):

1.
20 respected individuals from IDEC were interviewed to list down their personal top 5 support,carry,gank, and leader.
2. After all 20 members have responded, the results were summarized and analyzed to create the ranking. Individual with the highest vote will be ranked number 1 and individual with the 2nd highest vote will be ranked number 2 and so forth.

Errors and bias are unavoidable but with a big sample size like this and by asking responsible members, the bias is highly reduced.

The Community Poll:

At the end of each category, you will have the chance to vote for your personal favourite ganker, carry, support, and leader of 2008. Return the favour to the superstars that have inspired your playstyle throughout the year. Be a part of the community poll!

 Next Page : Top 5 Gankers 

 
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(6 months ago)  #133 TakkenPro
TakkenPro
boo!!
biases.. nuff said!
(6 months ago)  #135 [Aut]m3w
 
the only thing the ranking shows is how much clue 20 players of the "european dota elite inhouse league" got about the game n dota scene
(6 months ago)  #137 renge
 
without 20 idec whatever names this article is pure bs.
(6 months ago)  #138 Sdawg
 
LOL this is pathetic you guys claim this article is "bs" but you all get worked up over it. If it was up to me i would have the done polls as, one for players only who took part in any of the offcial matches even if they only played one game, so it would be "the players vote/poll" and then one for the public where everyone can be biased as they want LOL.

Maybe even one for the offcials as well just to see the difference on opinions, but at the end of the day poll dont really mean that much its just a matter of opinion its the results that do the talking.
Last edited by Sdawg at 05.01.2009, 04:36
(5 months ago)  #154 jolie^^
jolie^^
what do you mean????
(6 months ago)  #139 WTMZexTar
 
Quoting renge:

without 20 idec whatever names this article is pure bs.

WHY does it matter?
(6 months ago)  #140 nagareboshi
nagareboshi
the voice of community need to be heard
(6 months ago)  #141 ffreakk
 
I seriously think theres something wrong with those people, complaining that this is bullshit and stuffs like that.

Looking at 2008, esp towards the end, MYM.DotA dominated the scene with many impressive games, so its natural that their player get rated higher than others (who didnt do that well, for example, say Kingsurf), even IF the player level may not necessarily be so (altho i think the vote is quite accurate, i dun 100% agree, but mostly i do). Know why Vigoss, ARS-ART, Jolie etc got so famous, cos VP was the God back in their era, fame come w success, so too bad if ur fav player got his backside handed to him in every tourney, even if his skill-lvl is surreal, alright? :)

Back on topic, Fear is my fav farmer (theres LoH too), learn my play-style frm him a lot. And Merlini is my fav solo (love to watch his 1st 20-30 mins of game-play, or the whole game if he plays Puck xD).
(5 months ago)  #142 zero252
zero252
its just an article, why do people give too much shit .... -__-
(5 months ago)  #144 iD-Virtuoso
iD-Virtuoso
For those who want the names of 20 IDEC players who voted, you can see the whole list of 200 players that played in IDEC league: http://idec.xtreemhost.com/ladder.php

and just a reminder, to enter IDEC (international Dota elite community), you have to get invited by the admins. So to all those who thinks whole DotA community > IDEC in terms of professionalism and credibility, think again.

to all those that thinks this article is pure BS, DON'T EVEN COMMENT FFS! By commenting things like "this article is bs", you're not only saying that you care, but unhappy with how things are.

Meet me @ Garena: iD|Virtuoso
(5 months ago)  #146 Mathlinker
 
This comment has been deactivated by the admin crew due to its content.
(5 months ago)  #147 PMSKorini
Korini
Read.

He didn't give you a list of 20 players, he linked you to the list of everyone within IDEC.
(5 months ago)  #152 Mathlinker
 
that nab thinks he is the only 1 who knows about idec.
(5 months ago)  #155 jolie^^
jolie^^
yeah go fuck that dick
(5 months ago)  #150 (RQ)HeroQQ
HeroQQ
Thnx for link . Lol coincidence , I played a game with u early today >.< we owned!
A hero? Not the Hero we deserved but the hero we needed : /
(5 months ago)  #145 LwTingoL
TingoL
this article is bs.
now u see me, now ur dead
(5 months ago)  #148 Jiggs
 
This comment has been deactivated by the admin crew due to its content.
(5 months ago)  #149 Yeaaaah
Yeaaaah
lal, all MYM players on the top, what a surprise .. ^^
EX UNGUE LEONEM
(5 months ago)  #151 Maeka
Maeka
i don't think so.. ;DD
(5 months ago)  #153 Malystryx
Malystryx
at least this article is getting plenty of hits ^^
Lawrence "SK.Malystryx" Phillips ~ SK Gaming
(5 months ago)  #164 (RQ)HeroQQ
HeroQQ
Quoting Malystryx:

at least this article is getting plenty of hits ^^


Woot the more ppl complain the more publicity!!! Hey send this link to all ur friends and tell em its bs maybe they will stfu and shop XD!

A hero? Not the Hero we deserved but the hero we needed : /
(5 months ago)  #166 ImSOLOmidSTFU
ImSOLOmidSTFU
Well 2/4 not bad for 20 idec players xD, but NS and Kuroky are f....ed in article and thats not nice :p
Jebe lud zbunjenog. Znachi ko je lud ne budi mu zbunjen :)
(5 months ago)  #167 Sebelas
 
"MYM is the best"
by: MyM
(5 months ago)  #171 maranzalla
 
ffreakk talks too much....

SK (with akke) IS the BEST
(5 months ago)  #172 imported_cychia
 
ks!!!
(5 months ago)  #173 xt4sisDav1d_ggc
Dav1d_ggc
NS best support D:!!
Gay test. use ur thumbs w/ ur Cellphone. BAD NEWS for you D:
(5 months ago)  #174 HLight
 
hmm.... i have a strange feeling that MYM will get First Blood in all category
(3 months ago)  #175 aLabatah
 
lololololol bullshit!

Maelk and perhaps MaNia are fine ..


pusher best support? hahahahhahahaha my god-.
(3 months ago)  #176 pG^-ky4ence-
-ky4ence-
i dont want to even read this .
No team,No game,No playing,No Fame...

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