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Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow
Wings seems to be a lot less of a one-note team than CDEC was though.

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Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord
On the one hand if you pick Alch you deserve to lose

But on the other hand if you pick Alch you deserve to lose

Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow
At least he went for fighting alch which is cool.

On the other hand he went 0-3

house of the dad
Jul 4, 2005

I don't really understand why you wouldn't give universe and sumail big playmaking heroes. That's basically all they do. I don't think universe has gotten to play dark seer at all this TI

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene
It's cool I needed EG to hit the loser's finals for my bracket anyways (and then comeback and beat OG for the winners final but let's forget about that part).

Knowlue
Nov 11, 2012

I could eat a sea cucumber
A big problem for CDEC was not being able to play all meta heroes (see Leshrac).

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

Kainser posted:

Wings seems to be a lot less of a one-note team than CDEC was though.

Yeah they kinda of do lots of stuff and Just Play Good Dota.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Dark Seer is insanely bad in 23 minute games

Balobam
Apr 28, 2012

Kainser posted:

At least he went for fighting alch which is cool.

On the other hand he went 0-3

fighting alch is the best alch but sumail went feeding alch which is probably the 2nd worst alch behind regular alch

i hate him, he's so static, at least fighting one is like come at me bro

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009

Kainser posted:

At least he went for fighting alch which is cool.

On the other hand he went 0-3

He took his first level of concoction at 8. That's a disgraceful fighting Alch.

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.
josh is cool, everyone buy josh signatures

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
I think wings actually has the shortest avg game length in groups/main event. Every lineup seems to be five-man midgame or very early lategame, it's just that they do it with tons of different heroes so you can't draft against it

Curious to see what EG comes up with for tomorrow, gonna have to be 100 times better than today

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.
kaci taught dota how to do on-location stuff, dota taught kaci how to hate

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

Elyv posted:

Tomorrow is the day they get sunsfanned right

tomorrow is the day they play fnatic, so no

IncendiaC
Sep 25, 2011

gigawhite posted:

I don't really understand why you wouldn't give universe and sumail big playmaking heroes. That's basically all they do. I don't think universe has gotten to play dark seer at all this TI

Wings were really on point with banning both universe and sumail's go-to heroes. Void was banned both times, Storm was banned, Axe was banned, etc.

Watching wings draft is actually relatively interesting, even if they end up with a normal draft.

Knowlue
Nov 11, 2012

I could eat a sea cucumber

botany posted:

tomorrow is the day they play fnatic, so no

is that not today?

Khagan
Aug 8, 2012

Words cannot describe just how terrible Vietnamese are.

Boogiewoogie posted:

It's cool EG just wanted to build up the comeback narrative...right?

This seems much harder to do this year. Ppd can't inception the other team into banning a naga or techies as well as leave a leshrac in the pool.

Sphyre
Jun 14, 2001

josh loving sucks, he's monotone, can't speak clearly and sounds like he's on the verge of tears all the time

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

DC needs to beat Fnatic so that PPD gets Sunsfan'd

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.

Majuju posted:

josh is cool, everyone buy josh signatures

Josh has gotten way more comfortable on camera in the past year, thanks BTS

CRISPYBABY
Dec 15, 2007

by Reene

Majuju posted:

josh is cool, everyone buy josh signatures

I got drunk and bought one of Redeye's because I like rewarding ignorance as long as it's backed up with charm and genuine glee.

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

Knowlue posted:

is that not today?

no, todays last series is DC - fnatic

Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow

Sphyre posted:

josh loving sucks, he's monotone, can't speak clearly and sounds like he's on the verge of tears all the time

Apparently the Chinese players really really like Josh which is the main reason Valve keeps him around.

Khagan
Aug 8, 2012

Words cannot describe just how terrible Vietnamese are.

Xtanstic posted:

DC needs to beat Fnatic so that PPD gets Sunsfan'd

Fnatic still undefeated though

Knowlue
Nov 11, 2012

I could eat a sea cucumber

botany posted:

no, todays last series is DC - fnatic

yeah that's what I meant. misinterpreted your post

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Kainser posted:

Apparently the Chinese players really really like Josh which is the main reason Valve keeps him around.

Yeah if you read the blog posts of the early TIs Josh basically was team mom / on site manager for all the chinese teams. Guy is great.

Taffer
Oct 15, 2010


Knowlue posted:

is that not today?

EG plays winner of fnatic/dc tomorrow

Balobam
Apr 28, 2012

in terms of overall... everything, i'd say this has been the best TI thus far

3 for me will still be The Best because navi throughout were just consistently throwing out incredible games, the aegis deny w/ orange, the fuckin fountain hook game, the grand finals - and then there was alliance which was just like this unstoppable juggernaut that nobody could even slow, let alone beat - i don't think another team since has been so clearly the best team in the tournament, it wasn't even close, they dropped like, what, 1 game pre grand finals? to DK with burning AM?

this one has had a far, far better event on a whole, the production values are ridiculous, it actually seems like an actual sport, and the hero pool is so big! and the games are all so close because everyone is on a much more level pegging, and there's so much variety

you'd think following this trend, ti7 will have every hero be viable

bloodseeker you'll have your day

Taffer
Oct 15, 2010


https://twitter.com/PurgeGamers/status/764218000048205824

purge is the greatest

Balobam
Apr 28, 2012

IncendiaC posted:

Wings were really on point with banning both universe and sumail's go-to heroes. Void was banned both times, Storm was banned, Axe was banned, etc.

Watching wings draft is actually relatively interesting, even if they end up with a normal draft.

they're really sharp at allocating heroes on the enemy team, they don't seem to get caught out by ambiguous picks

IncendiaC
Sep 25, 2011
what did purge do, i missed it

Superrodan
Nov 27, 2007

IncendiaC posted:

what did purge do, i missed it

He casted Shane and Sheever stealing some guy's sign in the crowd.

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

ENOUGH WITH THE SLACKS

IncendiaC posted:

what did purge do, i missed it

https://clips.twitch.tv/dota2ti/InnocentCodHeyGuys

Trevorrrrrrrrrrrrr
Jul 4, 2008

slacks in a suit w/ sneakers

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

Xtanstic posted:

ENOUGH WITH THE SLACKS

this forever

funky not a junkie
Aug 5, 2011
Look at slacks' loving shoes

house of the dad
Jul 4, 2005

Slacks and kaci are taking turns piercing my eardrums. At least kaci looks nice. Red shirt and black tie is the gooniest poo poo

redwalrus
Jul 27, 2013

:stoke:

Kainser posted:

Wings is such a cool team, curious what will happen to them post-ti either way.

They have a well done logo, with the hidden W, and aren't covered in sponsors. Its nice.

Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH
Please no more Slacks.

I don't hate Slacks the way people here do, I actually think in a limited role he's kind of funny for nonsense. But don't let him host.

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Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow
Just like one of my pubs

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