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GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
Envy owns

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Trevorrrrrrrrrrrrr
Jul 4, 2008

holy poo poo that was the most retarded play i've ever seen in my life and i watch a lot of NA DOTA

more like dICK
Feb 15, 2010

This is inevitable.
Envy just solo died to rosh then bought back omggg

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

https://clips.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit/ThoughtfulMagpieKreygasm :laffo: :laffo: :laffo: :laffo: :laffo: :laffo: :laffo:

KnoxZone
Jan 27, 2007

If I die before I Wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
EE with the greatest play I have ever seen.

Cape Cod Crab Chip
Feb 20, 2011

Now you don't have to suck meat from an exoskeleton!
I love you so much Jacky Lmao

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
jackAYEEEE Lmao

that one guy
Jun 3, 2005
Cap, Merlini, and Charlie talking about it as it was going down was so great. "This is the most Envy play I've seen in a long time..."

Martian Manfucker
Dec 27, 2012

misandry is real
baffling.

GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
He was some bad luck away from pulling it off too. It was dumb but it owns that he would try it

that one guy
Jun 3, 2005
That actually lost them the game.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

that one guy posted:

That actually lost them the game.

Game isn't over just yet

e: yeah this is over lol

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

eternal loving envy

wedgie deliverer
Oct 2, 2010

This is the best DOTA ever.

Luna Was Here
Mar 21, 2013

Lipstick Apathy
Jacky """Scientist's Baffled By One Man's Ability To gently caress Up Every Time" "EternalEnvy" "LMAO""" Mao

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
https://twitter.com/EternaLEnVy1991/status/791821917716086784

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Jacky Mao is the greatest dota player alive

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
EternalEnvy is a treasure.

stringball
Mar 17, 2009

I haven't watched pro dota in awhile, can someone fill me in on any cool drama

stringball fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Oct 28, 2016

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
Meracle naga :allears:

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
Mineski is making top4 Fnatic look like hot garbage.

Superrodan
Nov 27, 2007
According to reddit, Navi is announcing some sort of disband or other news about the team sometime soon. They said "soon" 7 hours ago and are scheduled to play in the next few hours, so I imagine the announcement will happen in the next hour or so.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Navi are actually playing really well this game.

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
what the gently caress happened to Liquid

like, how do you get to a point where you gently caress up this much

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Artstyle enchantress is cool & good

ElNarez posted:

what the gently caress happened to Liquid

like, how do you get to a point where you gently caress up this much

They've been really really bad since Jerax left.

Ojetor
Aug 4, 2010

Return of the Sensei

TheRat posted:

They've been really really bad since Jerax left.

They showed some signs of life in yesterday's games but yeah this game right now they're back to wet fart status.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

I dont understand how english casting coverage has regressed this badly in two years. Half the games arent casted, and half of those that are casted is just random talking over a 2 second off-sync sound. Compare that to GD Studio at TI4 or RuHub now and its just depressing. As is the difference in video quality between https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ruhub2 and https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit2 . I need to learn russian I think :<

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

:stare:
https://twitter.com/BlazeCasting/status/791931519350693888

Love Stole the Day
Nov 4, 2012
Please give me free quality professional advice so I can be a baby about it and insult you

TheRat posted:

I dont understand how english casting coverage has regressed this badly in two years. Half the games arent casted, and half of those that are casted is just random talking over a 2 second off-sync sound. Compare that to GD Studio at TI4 or RuHub now and its just depressing. As is the difference in video quality between https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ruhub2 and https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit2 . I need to learn russian I think :<

I can explain this, actually. (edit--for the English scene, at least)

There's a lot to it and most cases have their own variation on a few themes. There are the people who stopped casting because they were passed over by jD and BTS and didn't see any other way to climb up the ladder of opportunity. There are the people who couldn't handle the criticism or otherwise handled their community interaction very poorly. There are the people who tried and did well but then were never invited to The International (or I guess nowadays, a Major) and so they gave up because they felt like the casting scene was saturated. What most of these have in common is money and advancement, basically. People who were doing small-time casting gave up because they didn't see a way to get money nor did they see a way to gain community support. Everyone who showed promise and community support were promptly picked up by BTS or jD.

Also, jD for a long time has held the means to do pretty much all non-little-league tournament work. That goes for tournament organizers, too, because as a result they are not able to get their events legitimized by appearing on the Reddit /r/dota2 event list, which comes directly from jD ever since they switched from GG in like 2012 or whatever. And the only way to get your tournament on the jD event list is if either you convince jD to cast the event, which means money, or if you have Tobi on your Skype friends list. The only other alternative to get your tournament legitimized and therefore have viewers and opportunity to advance in community support/recognition is to make an offer to BTS or to convince an established pro streamer or personality to host the event on their channel or otherwise advertise it for you, which requires money.

There's a lot more to explain but I think I hit all of the big points.

Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Oct 28, 2016

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
I know im late on this but bahaha dear god liquid must be desperate if they're playing matumbaman support now

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Pop-o-Matic Trouble posted:

I know im late on this but bahaha dear god liquid must be desperate if they're playing matumbaman support now

There was apparently an interview done in finnish a while ago where Matumbaman said he absolutely hates playing drow, and if they ever pick drow kuroky will be playing it.

Fake-edit: That doesnt explain kuroky Luna though :confused:

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
I don't know how Faceless ended up at 8-0 but it's cool to see the Darylstack doing work.

Zo
Feb 22, 2005

LIKE A FOX
mr cool iceiceice is putting up like 5 grand of his own cash a month to house and feed these scrubs so I'm glad things are working out guy him so far

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
Vega with the goddamn mind crush aegis snatch on Alliance is the good poo poo

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
Yeah Alliance is in ruins

https://twitter.com/LodaBerg/status/791964080466571264

https://twitter.com/LodaBerg/status/791974467157291008

Liquid broke Loda

GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
RIP Escape Gaming I guess

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
Holy poo poo Liquid look so good now that Matumbaman and Kuroky swapped roles. Also bulba played out of his mind that game good poo poo.

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
Boston is gonna be the first Valve event without either Alliance, Na'vi or both. End of the end of an era right there.

stringball
Mar 17, 2009

good to see na'vi disband jokes are still around

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Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.
liquid are 5-1?! good for them, I guess dreamleague was a warmup or something??

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