Seems like some people can do stupid shit and it ends up working out because they are better and everyone assumes that must be the best way to play. When it came down to it, the teams that were really keen on winning were doing the opposite of the others.

you do know that 99.99% of the playerbase dont have a coordinated team to play normal dota with like they play at the international ? most players cant coordinate for shit in pubs , dont compare pub meta with pro games meta