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No Safe Word posted:I mean, the play execution wasn't really everything that made up the play though. Though Dendi's execution during the play was pretty sick. He force-staffs himself out of range of Ravage, lifts the Lina, then steals Ravage (because Tide was in the black hole and couldn't Anchor Smash), then Ravages the enemy. It was also just that LoH had a BKB at ~17 minutes and that he went BKB first. It was this along with the fact that the draft and Engima build was actually just really good against Naga which had been basically unbeatable in every other game, especially Naga + Dark Seer which they had. Everyone was surprised as poo poo when they picked Juggernaut, and it turned out to be super good because of the turnaround potential. And of course, the stage it was taking place on was huge. It wasn't "standard" by any definition. Bring back support mids
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Arzachel posted:Bring back support mids EG did lm ao
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Internet Kraken posted:Who is the villain of this TI gonna be Secret was my first thought but I suppose they're more like the mid-boss e: Of all the teams I can think of (Secret, CoL, EG, TnC) I think EG is probably the best candidate to actually get past day one but 'Murica IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Jul 29, 2016 |
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Internet Kraken posted:Who is the villain of this TI gonna be China's been the villain for pretty much every TI, so that's the safe bet (barring Wings of course).
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going back through old threads, can't believe there was a point when I thought death prophet was more fun to watch than invoker smdh
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Pyrion Flax posted:There was a fear that the Chinese would just outfarm and outbore everybody. I know people think of Alliance as being boring to watch, but I personally really like split push games because they build momentum to a point where there are crazy desperation pushes, buybacks and baseraces. NaVi were the favourites as far as I can tell but there was also a concern that that opinion was just people being anti-chinese. I think you're mixing up a bit here. Alliance at TI3 was the infinite effiency eveyrthing timed to perfection team. They werent really ratting at all, except for like two games where they fell behind but managed to win anyway (lgd, navi). Alliance were also massive favorites to win the tournament even before it started.
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Yeah didn't Alliance go 12-0 or something in the group stage at TI3? China was relatively weak that year IIRC. TI2 was definitely the one with "oh god china is so boring but they still keep winning" complaining, mainly because there weren't any East vs. West tourneys at the time and the Dota1 4-protect-1 (that China was historically known for) was still super popular over there. It also had OP Lycan, the sudden Morphling meta pick, and the previously-mentioned Dark Seer+Naga combo.
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Majuju posted:going back through old threads, can't believe there was a point when I thought death prophet was more fun to watch than invoker smdh oh yeah cool invoker ResidentSleeper
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Majuju posted:going back through old threads, can't believe there was a point when I thought death prophet was more fun to watch than invoker smdh I mean, any hero becomes boring when you see them in every single match. Also despite his plethora spells, Invoker was being run pretty much the exact same way in every singe pro match.
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Pureauthor posted:I'm still sad TI4 will forever be remembered for 'DEATHBALL' because that's what VG used to kick everyone out and not all the other crazy stuff like jungle Juggernaut. TI4 was really cool but it's unfortunate the finals were pretty poo poo.
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Majuju posted:going back through old threads, can't believe there was a point when I thought death prophet was more fun to watch than invoker smdh I remember a time when everyone was super excited to see Naix being picked. What a time to be a live.
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Predictions for finals standings: 1. OG 2. WINGS 3. EG ... n+1: Secret n: Jimmy
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Zurreco posted:Predictions for finals standings: pretty sure you're overrating complexity there
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botany posted:pretty sure you're overrating complexity there coL went further than Secret last year and that was before EE was able to throw games for Puppey. 4 position Axe is the pocket strat that Secret is relying on and teams will have it figured out. coL have no strats aside from Wisp Tiny so there is no good counter
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i stand with jimmy.
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botany posted:pretty sure you're overrating complexity there I'm assuming he's not counting the two teams that don't make it out of the wild card
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Internet Kraken posted:Who is the villain of this TI gonna be China is almost always thrust in the villain role because of their cultural insularity. That exists both nationally, because there's few interviews, no memes, no Chinese players hanging out in Twitch chat or shitposting on Twitter; but also a lot in their gaming scene. Their scene is the same fifty guys playing musical chairs, though it's rapidly shrunk to about 30 guys at this rate. Wings is great because they're loving weird and aside from Iceice's brief stint supporting in BigGod nobody's really heard of them before this year. Prediction based on what I genuinely think is going to happen, not based on my own biases: 1. LGD, 2. OG, 3. Liquid, 4. Navi, 5. Newbee Prediction based on my personal fan biases that I troll you all with: 1. Liquid, 2. LGD, 3. Navi, 4. EG, 5. Wings. (OG = LOL, Secret = somewhere underneath DC) I would really, really like a Liquid championship, for a bunch of reasons ranging from "Mutumbaman rules" to wanting the run of no repeat orgs/players to continue.
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Craptacular! posted:China is almost always thrust in the villain role because of their cultural insularity. That exists both nationally, because there's few interviews, no memes, no Chinese players hanging out in Twitch chat or shitposting on Twitter; but also a lot in their gaming scene. Their scene is the same fifty guys playing musical chairs, though it's rapidly shrunk to about 30 guys at this rate. nice try
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Which team is RTZ on right now? That's the one. That's the villain team.
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Zurreco posted:coL went further than Secret last year and that was before EE was able to throw games for Puppey. CoL's best recent result was a 4th place in the prestigious "dota 2 canada cup", where they fell to such luminaries as Void Boys and FDL. Last place in Starladder, next-to-last place in ESL One Frankfurt, next-to-last place in the Manila Major. they are very obviously poo poo right now and might well not make it out of the wild card stage. edit also lmao at the "4th position axe pocket strat" that secret are relying on. as in, they played it exactly once in starladder while they were cruising through the upper bracket, only to pull it out twice against navi when they were losing to them. botany fucked around with this message at 10:00 on Jul 30, 2016 |
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Pureauthor posted:Which team is RTZ on right now? I cannot take serious any team with Jacky "Eternal Envy" "Bone 7 Give Me Strength" "I BECOME CLOWN NINE" "LMAO" Mao as a villain. He immediately turns Darth Vader into Dark Helmet.
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arteezy is gru and ee is a minion
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Cabbit posted:I cannot take serious any team with Jacky "Eternal Envy" "Bone 7 Give Me Strength" "I BECOME CLOWN NINE" "LMAO" Mao as a villain. He immediately turns Darth Vader into Dark Helmet. The new "Spaceballs taken seriously" trilogy of Star Wars villains are probably a better fit since their leader is 90 feet tall and rarely makes public appearances.
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Holo posted:envy will use all of his items at the correct times Shocking, if true
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im not sure if the axe counts as a pocket pick since its puppey's most played hero this patch in comp
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Secret will crash out in the quarter finals to wings gaming,
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Secret as we know it will disband, with Puppey looking for 5 new dota players with attitude to take up the mantle
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I don't watch much dota but I'll be spending all of the ti in a hotel/cubicle on an onsite and will be bored out of my mind so I will be watching this one. Please tell me things I should know tia.
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Looke posted:Secret as we know it will disband, with Puppey looking for 5 new dota players with attitude to take up the mantle loving finally ixmike's time in the spotlight has come!!
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things to know: ☑ Navi back ☐ Alliance back
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Radical posted:things to know: Thank you, I have made a note of this. Is Nahaz as much of a goober as he seems?
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