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Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


oh yeah forgot valve is really bad at this stuff even after a decade.

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TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Groovelord Neato posted:

oh yeah forgot valve is really bad at this stuff even after a decade.

I mean last year bulldog got kicked out because he forgot to lie about why he was there. Valve literally asks their talent to lie to immigration lol.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
Real talk if I was bulldog I would have started the application process the moment tickets went on sale just to make sure. The guy actually assumed it would be easier to get into Canada than the USA as well which isn't really the case either.

Sudden Loud Noise
Feb 18, 2007

Can you apply for a work visa before actually being hired?

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Sudden Loud Noise posted:

Can you apply for a work visa before actually being hired?

Not sure how it works in USA/Canada, but in Norway you need to have a job offer before you apply.

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.
his twitlonger doesn't read like it's a visa issue, more like he needs a record suspension/pardon because he's criminally inadmissible

Its Rinaldo
Aug 13, 2010

CODS BINCH
It's that time of year, when I rouse from my Dota slumber to watch the International and poo poo on rtz and EE.

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


i like the cut of your jib. but keep in mind there's no room to swing a cat in this crowd.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Groovelord Neato posted:

i like the cut of your jib. but keep in mind there's no room to swing a cat in this crowd.

bruh you serious

lurksion
Mar 21, 2013

TheRat posted:

I mean last year bulldog got kicked out because he forgot to lie about why he was there. Valve literally asks their talent to lie to immigration lol.
Speaking out of my rear end, but I'm pretty sure almost everyone is there on B1 Business Visas which are perfectly appropriate for a week long event/"conference" where he isn't being paid by a US institution (since Valve is doing the roundabout of Valve -> PGL [not US] -> talent). Bulldog wasn't able to clearly communicate clearly that and triggered whatever agent he was talking with to shut it all down.

EDIT:
I was also going to mention honorariums/payments to speakers, but it turns out that applies to non-profits and academics only, and also partially irrelevant since again, Valve -> PGL -> Bulldog.

But yes, this does seem to be a generic problem for esports that different organizations have approached differently (LOL and OW with athlete visas, dunno what they're doing with talent, probably B1 through foreign subsidiaries akin to Valve->PGL?)

lurksion fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Aug 10, 2018

Taffer
Oct 15, 2010


Its Rinaldo posted:

It's that time of year, when I rouse from my Dota slumber to watch the International and poo poo on rtz and EE.

:hai:

Its Rinaldo
Aug 13, 2010

CODS BINCH
EG your roster! WTF happened!!!

Edit: VP are the best? That owns!

Its Rinaldo fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Aug 10, 2018

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Its Rinaldo posted:

EG your roster! WTF happened!!!

lol

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

Its Rinaldo posted:

EG your roster! WTF happened!!!

Edit: VP are the best? That owns!

:3: glad to see you survived your coma buddy

Its Rinaldo
Aug 13, 2010

CODS BINCH

botany posted:

:3: glad to see you survived your coma buddy

My boy Saahil plays on an EE team out of SEA...

I...

I can't even.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Its Rinaldo posted:

My boy Saahil plays on an EE team out of SEA...

I...

I can't even.

imagine waking up to this news

Sudden Loud Noise
Feb 18, 2007

Most important TI update: Tims still chubby and adorable and going to wreck in fantasy.

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

it’s been a crazy year of dota since ti7 hasn’t it

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
Odd that Bulldog is having these issues now and never when he was a player. Maybe team managers ARE good.

If it's really that minor he should try to get his criminal record expunged.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Generally easier to get entry rights when you're part of an organisation. It suggests you already have a job.

Desperate Character
Apr 13, 2009
do we know what teams are playing the first day? theres only five days left to lock in fantasy points :ohdear:

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Its Rinaldo posted:

EG your roster! WTF happened!!!

Edit: VP are the best? That owns!

a lot of poo poo happened

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


it's a bummer valve (stupidly) killed the offlane cuz universe was the best pro to watch.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Groovelord Neato posted:

it's a bummer valve (stupidly) killed the offlane cuz universe was the best pro to watch.

that was a year ago bud

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 14 days!
yeah this patch is all about the carry never getting to have fun

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


The REAL Goobusters posted:

that was a year ago bud

you know i only started playing again the past month. i don't know when the new denies got put in.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Groovelord Neato posted:

you know i only started playing again the past month. i don't know when the new denies got put in.

that is a fact but you only play WK!!

Quincy Smallvoice
Mar 18, 2006

Bitches leave
are the TI casuals finally here again

shits like migration patterns

RazzleDazzleHour
Mar 31, 2016

People say there's no offlane anymore, but I think it would be more accurate to say there's no safelane. There's just two lanes where whoever wants to farm is very afraid and unhappy and then a third lane where whichever mid player didn't get to last-pick their hero is also very afraid and unhappy

Dotas weird right now

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


The REAL Goobusters posted:

that is a fact but you only play WK!!

Did you mean Aggron Stonebreak, the Ogrish Magician?

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
Remember when the mid lane, the "true"* solo lane, turned into another dual lane, even tri-lane sometimes because people realized bringing in another dude really helps in a 1v1?

* may not have actually been the true solo lane in dota history because :spergin:

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

EorayMel posted:

Remember when the mid lane, the "true"* solo lane, turned into another dual lane, even tri-lane sometimes because people realized bringing in another dude really helps in a 1v1?

* may not have actually been the true solo lane in dota history because :spergin:

Dual / tri mid lane was a dark time

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Dual / tri mid lane was a dark time

at least you could still roam as 4 :(

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
I'd dual mid against sumail 100% of the time

The extra creep in mid was terrible though

Its Rinaldo
Aug 13, 2010

CODS BINCH

Quincy Smallvoice posted:

are the TI casuals finally here again

shits like migration patterns

Pro Dota team rosters got weiiiiiiird

Desperate Character
Apr 13, 2009
i miss the days when you could just gently caress off to the jungle and farm a fast mek as enigma

lol remember when people actually built mek

funmanguy
Apr 20, 2006

What time is it?
I remember when mek was good enough to build every game.

Groovelord Neato
Dec 6, 2014


mek on carries was obnoxious.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
shoutout mek on SF

Those were the days

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Robo Turnus
Jul 12, 2006

Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
extra creep in mid was some dark days. the lich butthug strat must have been so frustrating to know you were going to vs. every single game.

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