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funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?
I think we can all agree, nahaz is the worst.

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Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

This game kicks rear end



vvvv seriously

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Stop holding afternoon events in the summer ffs. i want to go outside.

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

w33's timber is insane

Sudden Loud Noise
Feb 18, 2007

Got my TI pass in the mail today. Woo.

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR
w33 is trying to win 1v9 as a Timbersaw.

Ambivalent
Oct 14, 2006

sprout tp not very effective vs. timbersaw, hm

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

Ambivalent posted:

sprout tp not very effective vs. timbersaw, hm

yea but can you smoke a blunt with sprout + tp??

Sudden Loud Noise
Feb 18, 2007

Incoherence posted:

w33 is trying to win 1v9 as a Timbersaw.

Unreal.

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?
OD is going to die.

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR
I thought OD was going to pass out there.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

w33ha what even are you

Coffee Mugshot
Jun 26, 2010

by Lowtax
rap god spitting fire about w33god

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
This is some extremely good poo poo for a game 1

a witch
Jan 12, 2017

Moooooon

Coffee Mugshot
Jun 26, 2010

by Lowtax

a witch posted:

Moooooon

Red Red Blue
Feb 11, 2007



Holy gently caress this game is incredible

Power of Pecota
Aug 4, 2007

Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

ODPixel and w33 are both good as hell

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
This game owns. Makes me sad that planet odd isnt gonna be at ti

a witch
Jan 12, 2017

Odd would have qualified in Europe :(

Korhal
Aug 9, 2007
Chaos and evolution, baby.
Game is good, also this is the best casting I've seen in forever.

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

That whole game was so drat good. The timber plays... gently caress...

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Matu has had a bunch of bad games this event

Red Red Blue
Feb 11, 2007



a witch posted:

Odd would have qualified in Europe :(

Maybe if they played like this, but they lost to complexity

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
yeah they definitely tilted out of the NA qualifiers. They keep talking about how much fun this tournament is for them because they don't have any pressure and are just playing like crazy.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
A puck pick in to OD?? OD traditionally dumpsters puck

Taffer
Oct 15, 2010


Reality Winner posted:

Stop holding afternoon events in the summer ffs. i want to go outside.

I envy whatever climate you're in. 112f° today for the 5th day in a row!

More summer afternoon games please.

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?

The REAL Goobusters posted:

yeah they definitely tilted out of the NA qualifiers. They keep talking about how much fun this tournament is for them because they don't have any pressure and are just playing like crazy.

When they take the pressure off themselves they overperform. They got second place last year and couldnt even qualify this time.

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?
Liquid with some stinky swiss.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Radiance Necrolyte?

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Ant image being a good hero is not something I was expecting in this meta

a witch
Jan 12, 2017

Zoo strat plus howl is nasty

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
Planet ODD completely fell apart this series after the first two games. Basically sums up their entire year. A pretty good team that could never close it out when it mattered except for like one lan.

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Planet ODD completely fell apart this series after the first two games. Basically sums up their entire year. A pretty good team that could never close it out when it mattered except for like one lan.

Yeah goddamn. When they tilt they tilt

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
Another thing is that they actually didn't play that many tournaments compared to so many of these other teams.

Here's their results since after TI6

As DC:

7 - 8th StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3
2nd Qualifier Dota 2 Asia Championships 2017 Americas Qualifier
1st Qualifier StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 American Qualifier
1st ESL One Genting 2017

3 - 4th China Top 2016
3 - 4th The Boston Major 2016
4th Elimination Mode 2.0
5 - 6th The Summit 6

As Thunderbirds:
1st Qualifier EPICENTER 2017 AM Qualifier
3rd Qualifier DOTA Summit 7 - American Qualifier
9 - 16th Premier The Kiev Major 2017

As Planet ODD:
1st Qualifier EPICENTER 2017 AM Qualifier
3rd Qualifier DOTA Summit 7 - American Qualifier
9 - 16th Premier The Kiev Major 2017

And then you compare that against this current incarnation of Liquid where they played so much after TI6 and had to essentially grind to get back into competitive shape and it just shows.

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?
I caught myself thinking that Liquid is the clear favorite for TI. Then I remembered literally every other team that will be at TI.

Edit: Holy crap a lot of reddit people are angry that flax got an invite. Flax, 20 years when youre alone and old, you'll read through this thread to try and relive your glory days. So when you read this, know that you are cool and good.

funmanguy fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Jul 23, 2017

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
If anything Secret is gonna need to switch it up lol, they had some very strange picks that were OG-esque (tanky support heroes being used in the 1 position like Visage). I'm not sure if we're gonna see more of that style at TI or not. I'm loving hyped though.

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?

The REAL Goobusters posted:

If anything Secret is gonna need to switch it up lol, they had some very strange picks that were OG-esque (tanky support heroes being used in the 1 position like Visage). I'm not sure if we're gonna see more of that style at TI or not. I'm loving hyped though.

Me too. Remember the old days when fear would run position 1 visage on EG.

I expect secret to fall back to sandking for yapzor/khezu. Keep it simple in the drafts and don't mindgame yourself by picking the amazing combo of troll/visage.

Ragingsheep
Nov 7, 2009

funmanguy posted:

You brought up an interesting point about the lack of minorities at these events, particularly on the analyst desk. Did you have anyone in mind?

KBBQ or Jack is going to TI as a translator but he's been pretty solid on panels for a while and he'd be a good guy to have on games involving Chinese teams.

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Kild
Apr 24, 2010

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Another thing is that they actually didn't play that many tournaments compared to so many of these other teams.

Here's their results since after TI6

As DC:

7 - 8th StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3
2nd Qualifier Dota 2 Asia Championships 2017 Americas Qualifier
1st Qualifier StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 American Qualifier
1st ESL One Genting 2017

3 - 4th China Top 2016
3 - 4th The Boston Major 2016
4th Elimination Mode 2.0
5 - 6th The Summit 6

As Thunderbirds:
1st Qualifier EPICENTER 2017 AM Qualifier
3rd Qualifier DOTA Summit 7 - American Qualifier
9 - 16th Premier The Kiev Major 2017

As Planet ODD:
1st Qualifier EPICENTER 2017 AM Qualifier
3rd Qualifier DOTA Summit 7 - American Qualifier
9 - 16th Premier The Kiev Major 2017

And then you compare that against this current incarnation of Liquid where they played so much after TI6 and had to essentially grind to get back into competitive shape and it just shows.

yeah they coasted off their 2nd place for a long time.

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