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Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Libertine posted:

I'm always in the Pro League thread and I don't know poo poo about Dota 2 but this will be my third or fourth year in a row watching this tournament because it's always insane. Can't wait for it to start. Are there any pre-qualifiers or are the wild card type rounds all starting in the second week of August too. Or did that already happen?

You been missing out on a lot of good games this year. Valve introduced the Majors series this year, which has a ridiculous number of problems but has provided mini-TIs each season.

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Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

TheRat posted:

Time to move TI back to europe.

Wouldn't Russian players then have the same kind of trouble?

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

TheRat posted:

No, not really.

I remember there being issues a couple years ago with Russian LoL players trying to make it to certain tournaments in Europe. Figured it would be the same for DotA.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Schnorkles posted:

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.

Watch the Purge noob stream if it is up. It's pretty much the best english casting you will find.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

At least post the one with the best butt-kicking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTW4jWifKU

e: although, i don't think there are any Nigerian teams at TI6 :(

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Zurreco posted:

Go ESC, please.

"TI champ Synderen" has a nice ring to it.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
That was a really good interview with NoTail.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
This is how I wish Dota was played all the time.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
One of these teams has to go home after this series, right? :(

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Schnorkles posted:

double elim.

they drop to the lower bracket

Oh, thank goodness! I can root with no tears for the loser! :D

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Meat Recital posted:

hold on, I found the best one


COMMUNITY SERVICE

That is a Korean thing, iirc, because your account is tied to your government issued personal ID.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Voted Worst Mom posted:

this is quite the pace change after watching mvp and wings play

Yeah, it's nowhere near as fun.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

scaterry posted:

because MVP is the true #1

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
omfg

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Naga is playing aggressive, so that is good to see.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
I love watching Timbersaw. I really like mobile, man-fighting characters. If Anti-Mage's blink was instead a leap or some other non-instantaneous movement skill, he would be much more fun for me to watch.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Elyv posted:

It feels like every time I actually look at the game razor is either dead or dying

Razor is a poo poo, boring hero and should be deleted. Or just never played. I'm convinced he just loses games where teams are of similar skill.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
What the hell? Sounds like the crowd was just doing the wave or something. lame

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Tweak posted:

one person made a weird yell and someone emulated them and then someone emulated the next person and so on until you get an arena of howling hyenas


Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Nanomashoes posted:

Razor is great and you should be deleted bitch.

no u and ur dick tracy hat

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Some good SD and Venge saves this game.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

skipThings posted:

the crowd is trying to call out for an old evil

Well, Anti Mage was picked...

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
*fart*

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Surprisingly, there was no convention crud at QuakeCon this year. Maybe all the signs telling people to take baths helped. Other than the lines to check in day 1, I didn't encounter any offensive smells.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

No Safe Word posted:

This is late but apparently someone hasn't watched College Gameday ever

Tebow loves
Coach
Urban
Meyer

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Power of Pecota posted:

There's also the classic

       PENIS
PENIS
         PENIS
    PENIS

Nice.

I missed this one last season:

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

I love college gameday so much and wish these dota nerds would be as bold and creative.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
oh poo poo Huskar!

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Good on you for not doing the wave, Pyrion.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

That widow's peak is going to come at him hard and fast.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

IcePhoenix posted:

I guess I don't understand how this prevents lane swapping, but those seem very silly anyway.

When you would lane-swap, both teams would exchange tower kills, too. Since there is now a first blood on towers, you do all you can to prevent yours from going down in the first few minutes of the game.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Kild posted:

they technically have it in the form of "summoner skills" but I think no one has ever picked the fort one, and the tp one was only used sparingly and only on 1 person on each team.

e: also they're 300s cd.

No one picks the fort one (e: because it's no longer in the game, natch), but the teleport one is used a lot now. Often on more than one person per team. That cooldown is huge, though.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

sugar free jazz posted:

Pro dota is a mess but not in the fun goofy way of the NBA it's a mess in a sad and depressing way

Possibly my favorite drama event in professional sports: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/7/8/8914659/the-clippers-mavericks-battle-for-deandre-jordan-is-all-out-emoji

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Majuju posted:

LATE-NIGHT YENGA WITH SHEEVER AND FRIENDS

That was the best.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

That was the definition of being outplayed.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Martout posted:

the fat loud guy with the annoying voice doing interviews is just the worst

Until we get Kaci again, he pulls the best answers from his subjects.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy
Secret shop

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Zurreco posted:

Seems like it's essentially a scan that does damage over the course of 50s. That you can probably use it to punish blinkers hiding in the sidelane trees is a bonus and there are probably a lot of fun skills to combo with it.

Also, high ground defense and attack.

Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

schmitty9800 posted:

I see a green line going up and down?

Looks like it peaked at the Boston Major, dropped a bit, and then has held steady since.

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Kibner
Oct 21, 2008

Acguy Supremacy

Nasgate posted:

Macro decisions are usually handled by the captain aside from item builds. If EE is left to his own decisions hed probably avoid fights until he's 7 slotted.

I thought EE is usually the captain of the teams he is on?

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