{"id":11609,"date":"2020-06-14T02:43:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T02:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=11609"},"modified":"2020-06-15T03:08:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T03:08:10","slug":"team-secret-sweep-og-to-win-blast-bounty-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/team-secret-sweep-og-to-win-blast-bounty-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Secret sweep OG to win BLAST Bounty Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Secret further solidified their status as the strongest European Dota2 team with a commanding 3-0 win over OG in the grand finals of the BLAST Bounty Hunt on Saturday, June 13.<\/p>\n<p>Since the <a href=\"\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 esports betting\">Dota 2 esports<\/a> scene transitioned to online play amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many top-tier teams have been struggling for consistency. That, however, can&#8217;t be said for Team Secret, who have won each of the five events they&#8217;ve attended since the start of May.<\/p>\n<p>Team Secret began the year with the DreamLeague Season 13 title in January and a grand finals appearance at WePlay! Dota 2 Tug of War: Mad Moon in February. But it was not until last month when Clement &#8220;Puppey&#8221; Ivanov and his crew switched into a higher gear and won WePlay! Pushka League S1: Division 1, Gamers Without Borders 2020, OGA Dota PIT 2020 Online: Europe\/CIS and ESL One Birmingham 2020 &#8211; Online: Europe &#038; CIS.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One week of amazing Dota with six of the absolute best teams out there! ?<\/p>\n<p>A huge shout-out to every single one involved, and everyone of you sitting at home following us throughout the tournament. Until next time ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTDota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTDota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/16bjodKWpI\">pic.twitter.com\/16bjodKWpI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLAST Dota (@BLASTDota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLASTDota\/status\/1271891127151603714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>OG, meanwhile, have seen mixed results since winning The International 2019. Early into 2020, they parted ways with S\u00e9bastien &#8220;Ceb&#8221; Debs, Anathan &#8220;ana&#8221; Pham and Jesse &#8220;JerAx&#8221; Vainikka, <a href=\"\/og-sign-midone-and-saksa-to-complete-dota-2-roster\/\" title=\"OG sign MidOne and Saksa to complete CS:GO roster\">who were replaced by Martin &#8220;Saksa&#8221; Sazdov, Sumail &#8220;SumaiL&#8221; Hassan and Yeik &#8220;MidOne&#8221; Nai Zheng<\/a>. Although the new roster produced near-flawless runs through the ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Europe qualifiers, OG&#8217;s situation turned sour in March when they finished in fifth-eighth place at WeSave! Charity Play &#8211; EU &#038; CIS.<\/p>\n<p>In the months that followed, OG struggled to field a full roster as MidOne and Topias &#8220;Topson&#8221; Taavitsainen were unable to attend several events due to travel restrictions. With stand-ins, OG managed a runner-up finish at ESL One Los Angeles 2020 &#8211; Online: Europe &#038; CIS as well as top four at Gamers Without Borders 2020 and OGA Dota PIT 2020 Online: Europe\/CIS.<\/p>\n<p>Their relative success was overshadowed by a ninth-10th finish in the WePlay! Pushka League and 13th-14th place at ESL One Birmingham 2020, which was the first tournament since the ESL One Los Angeles qualifiers where OG had all five starting members at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p>OG&#8217;s performances seemed to stabilise at the BLAST Bounty Hunt, where Johan &#8220;N0tail&#8221; Sundstein and co. disposed of Alliance (2-0) and Team Nigma (2-0) either side of a valiant defeat to Team Secret (1-2) in the upper bracket finals. The grand finals were a one-sided affair, however, as Secret needed just over 85 minutes to win the series with a 107-38 aggregate kill score and a combined 71,312 net worth lead.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WE MADE IT! ?<\/p>\n<p>WE ARE YOUR BLAST BOUNTY HUNT CHAMPIONS!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SecretDota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SecretDota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLASTDota?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLASTDota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9mpwPVQpQ\">pic.twitter.com\/U9mpwPVQpQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Secret (@teamsecret) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teamsecret\/status\/1271883992233623554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Team Secret ended the BLAST Bounty Hunt with US $50,067 in tournament winnings and no additional bounties. Although OG finished as runners-up, they pocketed only $15,460, whereas third-placed Nigma won took home $18,090 courtesy of their $5,000 bonus for completing the VIP bounty.<\/p>\n<p>The BLAST Bounty Hunt featured four unique bounties which the teams could complete in order to earn additional cash prizes. Out of four bounties, only &#8220;What&#8217;s Mine is Mine&#8221; and &#8220;VIP&#8221; were completed, while no team managed to grab the &#8220;Drop the Dead Donkey&#8221; and &#8220;Something Something Feeder&#8221; bounties.<\/p>\n<h2>Bounties:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Mine is Mine ($5,000)<\/strong> &#8211; The opposing team cannot gain control of your outpost for the duration of a game (Won by Alliance)<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIP ($5,000)<\/strong> &#8211; Keep one team member alive for the duration of a single game (Won by Nigma)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drop the Dead Donkey ($15,000)<\/strong> &#8211; Kill nine or more of your opponent&#8217;s couriers in a single game as a team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something Something Feeder ($20,000)<\/strong> &#8211; Kill nine or more of your opponent&#8217;s couriers in a single game as a team<\/p>\n<h2>Final placements and winnings:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st. Team Secret<\/strong> &#8211; $50,067<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd. OG<\/strong> &#8211; $15,460<\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd. Nigma<\/strong> &#8211; $18,090 <\/p>\n<p><strong>4th. Team Liquid<\/strong> &#8211; $8,424<\/p>\n<p><strong>5th. Alliance<\/strong> &#8211; $12,560 <\/p>\n<p><strong>6th. 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