Amer Al-Barkawi ( ar, عامر البرقاوي) (born June 20, 1997), better known as Miracle-, is a Jordanian and Polish professional '' Dota 2'' player for Nigma Galaxy. He was a member of

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that won

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History

Miracle-'s history with the

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genre began with ''

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'' in the mid-2000s. Miracle- started playing ''Dota 2'' as a "pubstar", meaning he did not play competitively, but was ranked highly in public matches. Miracle-'s first entry into the professional scene was with the Balkan Bears in early 2015, although he did not participate in any major tournament and left the team after only four months. Later that year, Miracle- reached an in-game

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rating (MMR) of over 8000; thus surpassing Aliwi "w33" Omar and becoming the highest ranked player. Miracle- was picked up by team (monkey) Business. Following a

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deal, (monkey) Business reformed themselves as OG. Shortly following the rebranding, Miracle- and the team won the

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. Following a 7–8th-place finish in the

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, Miracle- and OG won the

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and ESL One Frankfurt 2016. In March 2016, Miracle- became the first ''Dota 2'' player to reach 9000 MMR. After placing 9–12th at

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, Miracle- left OG as a

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to join

in September 2016. He, along with the rest of the team, won

, which had the largest prize pool of any eesportstournament, winning nearly 11 million in prize money. In November 2019, he and the rest of Team Liquid left to form their own organization, Nigma.

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1997 births Living people Jordanian esports players Dota players Team Liquid players OG (esports) players Polish esports players Place of birth missing (living people) Naturalized citizens of Poland Jordanian emigrants Immigrants to Poland {{ESports-player-stub