Mara Cup

[@ShikiMiyabi]

Hi, everyone. I'm cosplayer of Crystal Maiden. I am honored to be able to get to know many fans loving Dota2. Thank you for happy time.

[@shanoa9554]

Even as Crystal Maiden you are still supporting. Nice Colsplay. Keep it up

[@RadzzMcLaren]

But dont try playing in SEA baby They are love china or japan girls so much

[@Seir]

Great Crystal Maiden cosplay. Your other cosplays are just as great.

[@madara657]

You looked awesome

[@ゆうや-i2r]

can we play after outbreak??

[@JonathanXLindqviust]

Really hope this guy gets support not just from the Japanese crowd but also abroad, he seems like such a genuinely great guy. People like him is what *made* Dota2- and Esports what it is, small-time LAN's in cramped studious, that's grassroots, that's oldschool, that's *gaming*. Cheers from Sweden!

[@FriendlyPCGamers]

That reminded me of my college days, we used to LAN all night, the game called, "Counter Strike 1.6"

[@fx5953]

New voice chat

[@yenn6969]

just like old times

[@breaze3242]

Krehlmar check noobfromua’s channel. Watch the video titled “top 10 anime commentary”. He’s getting there. If you wanna support, tune into the stream!

[@tingispingis]

Well said. Small local tournaments like the Mara Cup is how Dota 1 was like back in the day. Hopefully soon Japan will start embracing eSports

[@rohthtike3504]

Slacks meet Japanese Slacks

[@tortilla6960]

True

[@Tintelinus]

Or is Slacks american Mara?

[@jacksonmarks3533]

I feel like Mara and Slacks are way too perfect together. I want them to be at a tournament together as cohosts

[@cakebingga]

Slacks had too much fun there

[@untruereviewer]

Sweet Suga RIGHT!!! Mara has THAT vibe

[@bahasapaaja8040]

How? He can't speak english

[@chikin6146]

If Japan's community grows even bigger, I think valve will start to pandering to Japanese audience. They might even invite Mara in future TI's since english can be taught and learned. I'm sure if Japanese Pro players rises, they might even rival China in terms of skill (Not being stereotypical of Asian here)

[@AllenChon]

Just let Japanese famous anime voice actors cover voice all heroes then next TI would be easy reach 3 milion dollor or more!

[@Doomroar]

Well done guys, it is a world of difference with subs, RIP Licky.

[@ubetsa]

Licky PepeHands

[@paolosalgo6987]

man that part really got me. mara and co. got some high level humor. shout out to mara!!

[@asdf852asdf]

Mara and Slacks are the exact same person

[@chrisgcanovas]

3b

[@dufeld1904]

Japan + Dota 2 = happiness. I hope that Mara gets more credit. What he's doing is really big for the community, especially for the Japanese players. I hope that his hard work pays off. What a genuine happy man.

[@tengkualiff]

Even in Japan Crystal Maiden has to support :P

[@asifmahmood9358]

Behahahha

[@chanchithungbhumtsoe7640]

hahahahah . indeed

[@omgoblins]

Slacks wore it better!

[@liquidfritz7280]

Shes making salads 😂

[@Ezi0AuditoreDiFirenz]

At least CM supports in Japanese servers unlike the typical SEA servers, where CM will orchid and take mid

[@JC.72]

Mara must be invited as a special guest next year at TI9

[@lzltti6775]

He probably will

[@Sileeeeex]

Many many fish!many many fish!

[@xAzazel1]

well he was invited!

[@adilsyaputra3446]

yep he invited to ti9

[@yohanhusei14]

Lets keep expanding especially to those regions that have very passionate gamers like Mara. Props to him and to Japan dota!

[@hamdal22]

Petition to name Spirit Breaker "Licky" so teams can run the Licky-Riki duo

[@teo-7242]

Perfect

[@MiekuahProductions]

Add costume "Licky Samurai Runner" set for Spiritbreaker how about it?

[@jaysparrow6666]

#LickycourrierTI9

[@ac11dc110]

brilliant

[@rhyzhyn]

I'll sign-up for that...

[@CheesyCore]

hell yea we need one

[@ArchieGamez]

"Licky shit on me" plays when items are delivered XD

[@jonathanowo7584]

#LickycourierTi19

[@haruhero847]

LET MARA LAUGHS BE ONE OF THE CHAT WHEEL PLEASE

[@Arya-xu7vr]

MANYMANYFISH MANYMANYFISH voiceline for TI9

[@amekian4889]

Forget ti9 im going to Japan and watch Mara tournament

[@gwn3149]

Reminds me of the small local lans I used to go to when I was a high school kid, playing Counter Strike with my friends for a 12 pack of Bawls. Cool to see a small community enjoying Dota.

[@bobinbob9861]

Damn. This thing happen' to me tho. Back when i was in highschool. I will play dota in a small community in a very low standard cyber cafe. Together with my classmates we build 2 teams of 5 to make a tournament. What a moment

[@ohyeahyeah9571]

*NANI?!*

[@6dfdc384]

MASAKA

[@beattheovenludwigvan]

YAMERO!

[@FahmiZFX]

NANDATO

[@adhit]

he said it lmao, slacks embracing the meme

[@Ilqar15]

Chotto chotto

[@Sagragoth]

weren't some of the first wc3 dota tournaments played for the grand prize of a 6pack of beer

[@clammier]

Thanks for re-uploading with the subtitles.

[@ergaraskreia4185]

Extremely rare to see such a positive and happy guy.. Perfect example of someone who enjoys life

[@goneforever_2626]

I like how this guy was himself through it.

[@hYMnMonkeY]

The thing I've just realised is that who joins dota2 communities, they are able to speak English. It's quite obvious that even Japaneses are mostly conservationist, speaking English isn't easy to them, but these do.

[@goodisgood153]

According to siblings(who live in japan) apparently the new generation or mostly the millennial and up know how to converse in english(probably the influence of improved education and internet) I would also agree that while coutries who have english as their secondary language don't talk fluently or a bit jittery when it comes to conversational english doesn't mean they don't know them. They just lack the opportunity to talk english rather than their native language (i can confirm this as i am bilingual with english being my secondary language)

[@lemniscatefortunecanfinall2707]

Osamu-san is like the Killer B of the Japanese DotA2 scene; his passion for the game and his business sense can make for a potent combination to bring their nation to the fold.

[@Kcorbo]

I don't play Dota or understand half of it, but usually watch TI every year. Just saw this dude pop up during TI 2019 and had to look him up. Absolutely hysterical, and he brought back a lot of good memories from when I lived there. Most westerners view Japanese as very rigid/reserved (which isn't completely untrue), but I had a lot of friends with people like Mara and loved every second of this video. Keep it up, Mara!

[@MontyManX3]

This guy seems like he'd be able to get along with just about anyone. His energy just washed off my stress.

[@PixelPRFCT]

japan never dissapointed me

[@epig5800]

Legend says the small crab has now grown to be a big crab, just so he can appear 2 tournaments earlier

[@anshikarushdie1968]

Japan is like heaven on earth, Nice community = nice country

[@telefrag.]

Anshika Rushdie except for when it's not

[@jdoe3006]

now compare it to the pinoy community

[@harryweisner99x]

Look up net cafe refugees before saying that about Japan.

[@jdoe3006]

Harry Weisner that is the equivalent to the homeless of other countries. what's wrong with that? at least they're not all over the streets

[@harryweisner99x]

@@jdoe3006 I'm just saying to call it heaven on Earth is a bit of stretch. Another bad example for Japan is it's 99% conviction rate. Or it's age of consent. I agree there are far worse places but it's hardly a utopia. Closest country to a utopia imo is probably Switzerland, over 50% of crimes there are traffic offences. Although it's main exports of tobacco and guns seem pretty distopian lmao.

[@TheKanesi]

Mara is such a legend

[@beattheovenludwigvan]

SANSU STRIKU!

[@snafueugene4046]

After gabe anouncer, english japanese style anouncer maybe. Firsto bloddoo

[@theAdamAronggear]

No. It's SAN SOTORAIKU.

[@MorgannaMGone]

^Sutoraiku*

[@twix1442]

Fosuto boladdo!! Goddo laiku!!!

[@FHthe1]

snafu eugene EVEN BETTER SIR ACTION SLACKS AND MARA (JAPANESE SLACKS) ANNOUNCER!

[@tengkualiff]

Why i love the Japanese countryside

[@spicycheese6041]

bapaknya calon istri no you

[@kriedeprinz1505]

U grammar really shit

[@GutsyCanuck]

My city had a similar tournament. Started out small and grew over the years always hosting Dota2 as one of its games. It was one of the reoccurring yearly highlights of my life, a tournament in a giant room jam packed with other gamers getting big sponsors. Eventually other games kept joining and new faculty replaced the old. The LoL faction started outgrowing other games. It got to a point where Riot was sending in so much support that Dota was removed to make room for more LoL. I regret not being part of the faculty when an offer was given to me because my feedback was ignored in retaliation to the shutdown of the Dota2 tournament. I wasn't the only one to protest. Support outnumbered other games they had but the new faculty was blinded by their own bias to change their mind. The excuse of "lacking numbers" when it was really 2 years of no advertising and turning the cheek lead to its inevitable downfall. When Mara said he hosts the tournament because it keeps the small scene going and the people enjoyed it which keeps him going, that really hit home. In a world swarmed with LoL and my own community betraying our own small Dota2 scene, I respect this man for his continued effort to keep it alive!

[@tonythesuperperson]

These two men were destined to meet

[@JT-bs2lm]

Great cover. Been following dota since 2005. I thought dota is dead in Japan but there we go. Small community with big dota heart!

[@AllenChon]

We need some Japanese subs to let more Japanese knows about this great contest!

[@jiakaiwang4585]

2:12 lick shit rofl

[@henrigodefroidt6346]

LEEKE SHIET

[@Nobu0304]

Japan is more interested to fighting games and it makes me glad to see that MOBA is growing in Japan as well. I hope there will be a high class japanese player someday

[@JWYap]

They now allow prize money too, so things are looking up for them

[@Nobu0304]

InabaYap oh hey good to see u here xD

[@justineaaron333]

Japanese are so fcking good in playing games i wouldnt be surprise that one day there will be a japanese guy owning the TI stage! Brace yourself EU/NA/SEA!

[@dd-zq7rp]

It warms my heart to rewatch people who is so passionate about dota. You don't have to be good or to have a shitton of mmr just to enjoy and be passionate about the game.

[@Dimitrisaurus]

OMG I love the Mara Cup! What a great segment!

[@kntky_]

Mara you are amazing man and your laugh is contagious. Japan would be a nice addition for Asian Dota

[@raktimdebnath1625]

Sir action slacks is the best dota person ever

[@chrisk4y994]

Sumail the king wants the money not the food sir..

[@tanmaykumar4561]

He can sell the food for money duh

[@edwinhuamani2000]

he looks like he needs the food though

[@ryanfariz6648]

in Japan, esports are still not considered as real sport and thus, having money as the prize is illegal cuz it's equal to gambling in Japan.

[@dragunaut.]

@@ryanfariz6648 It has been changed, I think.

[@harewei2]

no gambling rule is easily bypassed. just do what pachinko shops do, get a ticket that exchanges for money around the corner

[@OneDicz]

If we can expand this, then dota2 surely will become the best game in the world. The only problem in dota2 is the community. I’ve been playing in EU, SEA, US, they all have same problem: cancer.

[@jasperabello9706]

Yep pretty much, I think valve should bring back more of those events when DotA had a lot of game modes that give free stuff. maybe it may lessen the cancer idk.

[@thebutters816]

Every computitive game have cancer community sir , the bigger computitive on the game the more toxic they are , because is too stresful in computitive game

[@max11max11kok]

Easiest solution to avoid cancer in SEA region is to give Philippines their own region!!! Those guys are 90% of the cancer in SEA!!

[@ゆうや-i2r]

let philippines have their own server

[@infiniteflow]

amazing work and hope more supports to come on its way to this guy

[@razimirahman4498]

mara cup will be the next major

[@skullfishd2346]

Valve should do something in japan

[@Appstoneoffice]

Next Ti in China 😂

[@zhuxiaowang5283]

TI19 TOKYO

[@dailydoseofdota2791]

Tokyo Major?

[@proroguebr1385]

Probably ti9 will be in Shanghai idk

[@Sileeeeex]

Ti10 in Japan plz xdd

[@GiantBUThead]

Alright this cup needs more support, mara is a fucking legend.

[@magic4266]

Both bright people, wonderful watch

[@williambryant1672]

This guy looks like he's straight out of an anime comedy series.

[@TheOwlslayer]

Slacks is truly amazing. And so is Mara!

[@Zevss12]

Now i can understand VoHiYo

[@ralphmedino5560]

Baka Slacks eating Licky PepeHands

[@MilkJugA_]

valve really should try to fund tournaments around the world. valve makes these kind of community videos, and meanwhile 100s of other dota communities barely scrape by with small prizepools, which is a bit hypocritical. I think it will give people a bigger incentive to become pro if there are more goals in reach of them.

[@chikin6146]

I don't think valve will randomly throw out money like that. From a business standpoint, It's a big waste of money and placing a tournament on a place like Japan for example where the DOTA community is small will only yield loss than gain. Would you go to a LOL event hosted by RIOT if there's one literally right next to your house? Would a non-esport fan got to a DOTA event? Not likely.

[@dewaeryadi7776]

This is just beautiful..... very beautiful

[@eternallolicon9578]

Dota and food always been together To add Japan into it, amazhing

[@dreoutcasting4415]

🔊Sansutto Straikku!! 🔊Nanii!!!! 🔊Minna shinee!!!!! 🔊Well playde!

[@comsatteur6893]

I recently learned that the Esports scene in Japan is very small compared to the rest of the Asian countries due to the country's anti-gambling laws so this is a treat. Kudos to Dota for highlighting these small-scale events. More power to this Japanese guy as well!

[@chikin6146]

Japan is more interested in Fighting games, yes, MMOs, Dating Simulators and Eroge (Sexual games) lul

[@megamatgonzales4609]

Damn, even japan do dota2 tournament quite differently 💓

[@MrSaltytoast]

Damn the local feeling of that tourney reminds me of the old days of DotA. FeelsBadMan

[@kratt81]

Mara you are amazing, keep doing what you are doing

[@gorunmain]

Need more Japanese casters!!

[@TonHet1]

And Japanese Voicover.

[@doumekikun]

Oh my god this is so amazing! So much love for the game!

[@jorgejrvillas7717]

I hope japanese dota player will show their talent in the world on joining more major tournaments

[@indracahyady8481]

AYAYA Clap

[@muhazim96]

Congratulations to Scarus for winning the Mara Cup!!

[@hzurintgaming8407]

Japan has a pro international team ,as i remember they have HG team, that match in most SEA games tournament

[@zainur-]

Lol u the team is malaysian (not proud actually)

[@ThereIsPowerInTheBloodOfJesus7]

These guys are so fun!!!!!

[@rinaldianwar15]

Here because singsing in 2019 mara cup

[@zikriwahyudi6229]

this man laugh is contagious

[@jmas081391]

Give this guy a major tournament!!

[@senrk1]

great video. thanks, Valve

[@winstoncs2]

whats the song on this video its so good :D

[@RudiDwiHartanto]

this is the best content ever

[@dungleouet]

Need more of this nowaday

[@gustinex]

This makes my kokoro warm and happy

[@HanzorRaphael]

Japan definitely has a quite small community for DotA 2, or even them MOBAs in general. They are big on the portable side of things though. I really do hope DotA 2 gets a Lil bit bigger with the efforts of people like these guys and of course, their products.

[@leonardoaxeljunior5822]

What a man.. both of them

[@Zevss12]

NO LICKY NOOOOOOOOO

[@Sileeeeex]

Press F for Licky

[@JT-bs2lm]

I hope Valve can promote DotA 2 more on Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

[@billdom1nation961]

Comedy gold , laughed my ass off throughout this vid , keep it up.

[@jfatsnorlax]

The Mara cup is wonderful

[@I.chouboy]

Damn! Brilliant idea!!

[@squidgaming2921]

Now this. This is quality content

[@jeyzyp664]

Thank you japan

[@ironed1]

Atsui! Atsui! This was the best thing ever :)

[@andidnop]

3:38 NANI?!!?!?!?!!

[@twerkingjefferson7143]

5:45 is that Loda?

[@TohoEggbirb]

My heart will go on

[@gabenburger14]

We came from insight ti9 2022!

[@lip4681]

I hope mara would be a part of dota talents family

[@Game2Test]

The life jacket cracks me hard🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nNicholas626]

Never seen dota2 community in Japan, how can I join the community ?

[@444ranger444]

this was beautiful

[@harambetoodles717]

Slacks and Mara long lost brothers

[@zikrihakim6455]

The Japanese commentary of the game is pretty lit.

[@WanaOwnz]

I love mara!!!!! The dude should deff come to Ti9!!!!!

[@Garrythe]

1:55 our next new hero.. Licky Skill 1 - Dancing Tongue Skill 2 - Wet Lick Skill 3 - What's wrong this cow ? Ultimate - Licky shit on you !

[@coffeeandcream]

This is amazing!

[@tinfxc]

*I think Valve needs to bring a minor tournament to Japan*

[@6ixteen345]

This Japanese guy is such a character

[@richardlau898]

damnt dota2 is so fortunate to have such community