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Cap and SVG rank the hardest and most dominant runs in Dota 2 TI history, from Wings Gaming at TI6 to Team Spirit's TI15 comeback.

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SVG and Cap open the post-TI roster window with Sumail landing on LGD, and neither of them is buying the "king is back" rollout.

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Cap and SVG ask what winning the first half of the Dota season actually buys you now that the shuffle has gutted the top teams.

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Cap and SVG break down Team Spirit's third TI title and the game one draft gambit that cost Parivision the International grand final.

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Team Liquid just took down Falcons at 1win Essence, and Cap and SVG debate whether that makes them the real TI favorites in Dota 2.

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Cap and SVG break down the big matchmaking changes to ranked, TI's talent snubs, pre-TI patch, and why Dota's UI has spiraled into an unhinged masterpiece.

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Cap and SVG are back from the Esports World Cup and calling out Dota's shrinking viewership problem, tournament format rumors, and the pro player pay fight nobody wants to have.

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Cap and SVG are on the ground in Paris for the Esports World Cup, opening with the biggest story in Dota 2 right now: the PlayTime match-fixing investigation that saw DarkMago and Vintage suspended and cut loose by the organization with suspicions on why a third member, Frank leaving the roster. The pair dig into why match-fixing keeps happening in Dota's ecosystem, the role player salaries and desperation play, and whether Valve and ESIC are actually doing enough to police it.

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Cap and SVG break down Nigma Galaxy's TI qualification, dig into fresh data showing why Dota's tier two scene might be dying, and settle the community vote on their custom hero showdown.

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This week on Not For Broadcast, Cap and SVG run through Valve's new Dark Carnival event and debate whether it actually builds hype for The International or just distracts from it. From there they break down TI qualifiers, including LGD's grand final coaching gamble, Team Spirit and Team Vision's upper bracket wins, and Na'Vi's rough qualifier exit. The episode closes with Cap and SVG revealing the custom Dota 2 heroes they built for a weekly challenge.

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