Prominent Dota 2 professional player Lasse Urpalainen, better known as MATUMBAMAN or simply Matu, is currently on the retirement run of his life with Team Liquid. He has claimed that he is satisfied with all of the success he has found in the world of Dota, playing for teams such as Team Secret and Team Liquid, and this current TI run he is having will be his last.
With Team Liquid getting knocked down from the initial TI qualifiers into the Last Chance Qualifiers, the chances at TI success seemed to be looking bleak for a while. That is until they became one of the two LCQ winners alongside Team Secret, keeping their chances alive. Following their success at the LCQ, Team Liquid—carried by Matu—outperformed in series after series at the main stages, including one of the closest TI matches against Thunder Awaken, to secure a top-four position.