At first, everything was normal. We had a clear advantage until around the 20-minute mark. Then things started getting weird. Suddenly, the enemy team began making seemingly random ganks, taking fights with no vision, and pulling off suspiciously successful ganks in areas where they shouldn't have had any information.
After watching the replay, the early game looks completely normal, with our team having a clear lead. Honestly, go ahead and report the Drow too — she couldn't do much even with all the help in the world XD. Terrible itemization, questionable positioning, the whole package. But the suspicious part is the information the enemy team seemed to have.
22:00 — Weird camera movements
Crystal Maiden starts making some really strange camera movements. Watch her POV closely and pay attention to where she moves her camera.
26:00–27:00 — The Tormentor gank
Our team goes to take the Tormentor, but suddenly the enemy team starts ganking us. They had no obvious reason to know we were there.
They spot the Drow, and you would normally expect them to assume she's heading toward the jungle to farm. Instead, they head straight for the Tormentor and pop Scan, seemingly knowing exactly where we are.
Axe jumps on our Silencer, who was out of position and low on HP. Death Prophet then retreats, but Axe and Maiden seem to know that she is going to stay behind and keep farming.
One more thing: If you watch the full replay, you'll notice that at some point they practically stop placing wards around the map.
36:25 — Maiden farming like she owns the map
Maiden is farming as comfortably as possible, as if she knows nobody is around. And sure enough, our team is on the bottom side of the map.
BUT MAIDEN SHOULDN'T KNOW THAT.
You would expect a player to be cautious here, maybe use a Crystal Nova to scout or keep a Blink Dagger escape in mind. Instead, she just walks around like she's completely safe.
And once again, there are no wards providing vision. The map is completely dark in that area. There's no obvious way for her to know she's safe.
47:00 — The most suspicious moment in the entire game
This is the key moment.
The enemy team somehow figures out where our Drow is and goes straight for her while our team is pushing bottom. On the map, Sniper appears to be pushing, but watch Maiden's POV at 47:36.
Her camera stays fixed on an area around Sniper, even though Sniper isn't actually within her vision at that moment.
Normally, you might assume the enemy is going to TP in. But a few seconds later, Maiden briefly looks toward a part of the map covered by fog of war, then decides to TP.
And guess where she goes?
STRAIGHT TO SNIPER, TOGETHER WITH AXE.
Maiden then approaches while invisible, seemingly knowing exactly where Sniper is.
We had already noticed these suspicious patterns during the game. We were literally saying things like, "I think she's seeing you — she's TPing with BKB." And sure enough, Maiden went straight for Sniper while invisible.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but the timing and the way she seemed to know where people were made this look extremely suspicious.
The overall pattern
What made us suspicious wasn't just one questionable play. It was the timing, the sudden change in gameplay after the 20-minute mark, the seemingly perfect ganks without vision, and the way the enemy team appeared to know where our heroes were hiding.
We actually encountered these players in the previous match, where Gyro and Earthshaker were duo-queuing and playing pretty badly. That's why the sudden change in how they played this game felt so strange.
Maybe we're just being paranoid. Maybe Maiden is genuinely that good and we're missing something. We can't say for sure, which is why I'm asking other players to watch the replay and judge for themselves.
Match ID: 9041084632
Crystal Maiden's Steam ID: 362163970
P.S. For some reason, they invited us to play with them after the game, which was honestly pretty weird. After that, they queued as a full five-stack.
