Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately and viscerally astounding; something like Dota 2 demands a lot of knowledge from the viewer in order for its highlights to become, well, highlights.
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