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Peter "ppd" Dager, former Dota2 leader of and now CEO of Evil Geniuses, is the star of the 94th Episode of 'Reflections. This interview was recorded on the 12th of January.

Time-line of topics discussed:
00:00 Intro
00:19 HoN
03:00 Drive and leadership
08:15 Rivalries (incl. with zai's team)
10:41 Contrasting HoN and Dota and the end of HoN for him
13:39 MoonMeander
16:09 Early days of Dota2 and EG
19:33 Replacing Fear
22:35 Drafting Philosophy
24:58 DK
27:33 Versatility in EG
29:15 zai
30:19 Chinese Dota in 2014
33:43 RTZ leaving in 2015
36:41 Rebuilding EG
39:03 Rivalry with Secret
41:46 RTZ's level around his departure
42:31 Cloud9 and EternalEnvy
48:54 Post-DAC
51:20 Secret 2015
52:43 Peaking for TI5
55:24 Aui's impact on TI5
56:39 Meta affecting results
58:32 Beating CDEC
59:57 Drafting and meta philosophy
1:04:02 Winning from the lower bracket
1:06:11 Winning mentality
1:08:27 Never won a single elim tournament
1:09:50 Removing Aui and bringing back RTZ
1:15:33 Late 2015 EG line-up
1:17:20 EG practice regime
1:18:59 RTZ playing 1 position
1:21:20 RTZ's mindset
1:24:12 Captain's huge impact on Dota success
1:25:50 RTZ leaving the second time
1:28:10 RTZ and EE teaming up
1:29:19 bulba era
1:33:30 Beef with 7ckngMad
1:35:46 zai's return
1:37:25 TI6 as his last tournament
1:38:55 The Chinese counter
1:39:59 zai
1:44:17 Universe
1:46:47 Fear
1:51:50 His own style
1:52:50 Players who work well with him
1:53:35 Prowess at drafting
1:54:31 Work ethic
1:55:52 Achievements
1:57:23 Dissatisfaction
1:58:35 Continuing to play while a CEO
2:00:25 Best Chinese team he faced
2:00:55 Player he didn't play with but wish they'd joined EG
2:01:47 Chances to go elsewhere
2:02:41 Final words

ppd's youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/peterpandam/
Twitter:
https://www.twitter.com/peterpandam

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