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With a win over Evil Geniuses in the first round, TA became the first SA Dota team in history to every crack the top six at any TI\u2014breaking the previous record set by beastcoast\u2019s roster back at TI9 when they were still playing for Infamous.\u00a0 During that run, Darkmago became a focal point for opposing teams and still dominated most games he was featured in. This included recording the sixth-ever Rampage on a TI main stage with his Ember Spirit in what would become an all-time series against Team Liquid that TA eventually lost.\u00a0 Related: A Creep and a Rampage: How Thunder Awaken made Dota 2 history for South America at TI11 While this roster may have only been together in full since October 2021 when TA signed all five players, they all had some prior experience playing together on previous rosters dating back to the start of the new DPC model in 2020. 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With a win over Evil Geniuses in the first round, TA became the first SA Dota team in history to every crack the top six at any TI\u2014breaking the previous record set by beastcoast\u2019s roster back at TI9 when they were still playing for Infamous.\u00a0 During that run, Darkmago became a focal point for opposing teams and still dominated most games he was featured in. This included recording the sixth-ever Rampage on a TI main stage with his Ember Spirit in what would become an all-time series against Team Liquid that TA eventually lost.\u00a0 Related: A Creep and a Rampage: How Thunder Awaken made Dota 2 history for South America at TI11 While this roster may have only been together in full since October 2021 when TA signed all five players, they all had some prior experience playing together on previous rosters dating back to the start of the new DPC model in 2020. Darkmago specifically shouted out his core teammates Crhistian \"Pakazs\" Casanova and Rafael \"Sacred\" Yonatan, wishing them the best but saying \u201cit is time to go our separate ways.\u201d Since TA signed the team after TI10 ended, there is a good chance the players were only given a contract through the end of the 2022 DPC and TI11, with year-long contracts being a standard in the Dota competitive scene. His goodbye post doesn\u2019t really say why he decided to move on, though it likely has to do with ongoing contract negotiations and potentially getting a better offer from another org or some other internal reason.\u00a0 Additional moves from TA may still happen, but seeing what ended up being SA\u2019s best roster only last for a single season is surprising and might open the door for even more talented squads to join TA, beastcoast, and Hokori as rising stars in the competitive scene. 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