With the increasing belief in the “bald buff” as of late, Dota 2 teams have seemingly been sacrificing their hair to the Dota gods in exchange for victory. While this superstition was started by Yatoro of Team Spirit last year at TI10, it seems like players have been believing in it as a good luck charm and shaving their heads before important games.
Team Spirit fought against all odds and won against PSG.LGD at TI10 despite increasing disbelief from players that they would choke at the grand finals. This tradition was followed by several players in this year’s TI, but unfortunately, even Arteezy’s bald buff couldn’t save Evil Geniuses from a surprising loss in the series against beastcoast, subsequently getting knocked out of this year’s TI.