15 times ViCi Gaming won Twitter during TI5

ViCi Gaming came in fourth at The International 5 and walked away with $1.5 million. However, to say that results are all that matter would be a misconception and definitely an inequity to ViCi Gaming’s TI5 performance. During their 5-day main event run, they displayed some of the most spectacular plays of the entire tournament.

ViCi Gaming’s TI5 experience was perfectly reflected by their Twitter feed.

Some of their spot on tweets might have gotten lost in the heat of it all.

Pinning them down to just 15 memorable tweets was no mean feat.

They’ve got so many strings to their bow that just sifting through their social media archives is practically a full-time job.

1. Making plans to rule the group stage with Team Empire – vodka, Chinese food and Techies involved:

@team_empire Deal! And after that – we can drink some vodka, grab some chinese food and play 5v5 mid only techies.

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) July 23, 2015

@team_empire @ViCi_Gaming now THIS I want to see

— Nahaz (@NahazDota) July 23, 2015

2. Requesting that Jonathan “Loda” Berg be burnt alive for witchcraft after predicting that a qualifier team would win The International 5:

@ViCi_Gaming 😀

— Jonathan Berg (@LodaBerg) August 7, 2015

3. A little near-the-knuckle, but if ViCi Gaming can’t get away with it, who can?

If @StatsmanBruno doesn't make a cameo at #TI5 it will be the second most surprising thing after a CS:GO personality casting the Finals

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 7, 2015

4. ViCi Gaming managed to knock MVP.Phoenix out of contention, 2:0, due to fy’s beautifully executed Rubick, a flawless game for Hao on Storm Spirit (7:0:7) and an incredible performance by Super on Lina (12:2:3). Before the series kicked off, they gave a nod to the Korean team, in their own way:

Wish I could tell ya we're ready for tonight…. but holy shit that's KOREAN OVERLORDS we're talking about. #TI5 pic.twitter.com/AvXKqNJED5

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 6, 2015

5. Answering a question from a fan who was wondering whether fy is a robot:

@Suttin1 We're not authorized to answer that question. pic.twitter.com/hKpDU6JdzX

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 5, 2015

6. After Hao’s incredible Queen of Pain Rampage in the Lower Bracket series against LGD:

Hao did he do that tweets incoming in 3 …2….1….

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 7, 2015

7. Keeping the fans in the loop with all the breaking news:

This just in: FY charged with multiple steals pic.twitter.com/dMbrDZe0Mm

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 5, 2015

8. Iceiceice to be sponsored by Hoover after his stellar TI5 vacuum plays:

Felt the immediate urge to share this priceless bit: pic.twitter.com/SDDox2lL7K

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 5, 2015

9. Iceiceice sporting one of his famous grimaces in a picture with professional basketball player and Dota 2 enthusiast Jeremy Lin:

Neat @JLin7 http://t.co/Er3vKtxGXN pic.twitter.com/oYBOmfGsu1

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 3, 2015

10. Wishing a happy birthday to their very own Hao, Invictus Gaming’s Chuan, former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and American rapper Soulja Boy:

Happy Birthdays to VG.Hao, @iGChuaN, @cainmma and @souljaboy. Yes, in that order. #QualityPost

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) July 28, 2015

11. Surprising one of their fans with a gift:

@Mattnac @syndereNDota Thank you. It seems like you have 1 remaining free slot. Would you accept a gift – Rubick Spells Stolen? 🙂

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 1, 2015

12. Retweeting a picture of the team emerging from the steam to walk up to their pod:

Hidden message: FY is smoking hot? https://t.co/7pztMwsGqm

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 7, 2015

13. Saving esports, one tweet at a time:

PSA: Contrary to popular belief in the west, the way you pronounce CDEC is actually spelling each letter C-D-E-C. It's definitely not C-Deck

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 6, 2015

14: Sending out a heartfelt message to their fans:

If we get any more cute and adorable tweets by our lovely fans and followers, we might as well start puking hearts,rainbows & cotton candy 😍

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 4, 2015

15. ViCi Gaming’s poised and beautifully worded reaction after their elimination:

Our run at #TI5 has unfortunately came to an end But victory only tastes good, because you've experienced defeat. GL to the remaining teams

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 8, 2015

BONUS: False alarm, they were in the Grand Finals, after-all:

It seems we're in the Grand Finals afterall 😜😛 #TI5 pic.twitter.com/Opi1gcK9PH

— ViCi Gaming (@ViCi_Gaming) August 8, 2015