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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Majuju posted:


What is The International 2016?
Once a year since 2010, Valve has hosted The International, the biggest tournament in the Dota scene by far. The 2016 International (TI6) will be held from August 8 - 13 2016 at KeyArena in Seattle and will feature the sixteen best teams in the world competing for an escalating prize pool that currently sits at over $18 million USD.

The first TI was in 2011 :eng99:

Also where are the caster bios :(

But it is an overall very good OP good job Majuju

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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Zurreco posted:

Secret Shop is finally open for business. I think I have one emoticharm pin set from last year and will be getting four more next weekend, but I have no interest in keeping them.

The pins look a lot less inspired than last year, that's for sure. Are you just buying them to resell?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I'm so happy that Pyrion is going to be at TI :3:

I suppose I should reinstall DotA so I can sell all my stuff

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Oh whoops, I guess you have to sell the cards as packs this time, not individually.

Well at least I got some decent cards that I can make into fun teams.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Personally I'm looking forward to how many panels Charlie shits up with his terrible insults leading to long awkward silences.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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sugar free jazz posted:

Why isn't my boy slacks doing TI6

did he turn down his invite or something?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Majuju posted:

YASP TI6 predictions

I'm personally gonna just scattershot OG, Liquid, and Wings players randomly around the predictions because this poo poo is impossible to figure out.

Hell, same.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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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

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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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

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I think in the past the pre-show was supposed to be 1 hour

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Cutting down to two majors is probably the right choice but now the trophies won't make as much sense (unless they change them)

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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The SUNSfan fans are ready for TI (some dude on reddit made these and is bringing like 250 to TI to pass out)

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Unsurprisingly, Valve hosed up and left the best SFM video out of the top ten

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Khagan posted:

Are they not doing an opening ceremony?

They probably will when they're actually in the arena like they've always done

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Khagan posted:

Oh my bad, I totally forgot the wild cards were held in the hotels.

The Twitch Chat Reporter Instagram hasn't been updated in a while I guess they aren't doing that again this year.

Wild card and group stages.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Why would you not kill the courier there

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Internet Kraken posted:

Its still really funny that the year after he left EG they won TI.

something something one less ego

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I can only listen atm, why did Tobi just orgasm live on stream?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Majuju posted:

CoL smoked under a ward, saw the ward with a gem, decided to go for Roshan anyhow, lost four people in the ensuing response from escape

That's incredible

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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After CoL loses to Excecration I hope Swindlezz replaces Charlie on the panels.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Bonnono posted:

According to twitter

LD + Maut for the 3 OG series

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :smith:

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Are these just standard Bo2s or do you get a bonus point for a sweep?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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So standard then, thanks!

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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lmao Escape

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Who the gently caress taught this graphics guy how to display standings? CoL?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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more like dICK posted:

Guys do i watch Liquid for good dota or Secret for good laughs? Plz help

Liquid because it's ODadcast

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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JerAx is so loving good

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I love Morph replicating the Naga illusions. Get hosed Naga.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Radical posted:

im #1 on my friend leaderboard, very high skill fantasy player here

I bet you're also last on your friend leaderboard

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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They fixed the standings :)

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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emdash posted:

assuming you mean fantasy--otherwise this is a non sequitur, but:

GodZ is in 21st place worldwide, dang
Noxville 70th

No, I mean the group standings

Also: :lol: Pyrion

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Radical posted:

plenty of scrubs casting on the main stream right now hehehe

I know OG/Wings is awesome but stream 2 has a mini-classico and it's ODad casting

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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is anyone else having issues with stream 2? The audio is fine but the video is moving in slow motion and skips to catch up every couple seconds or so

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Elyv posted:

what if I told you that in the morph vs naga game, both morph and naga are supports

the new ESPN 30 for 30: Water Supports

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Knowlue posted:

It's not every day that NerfNow has a mildly amusing topical meme

To be fair it's only topical because it's always true, I think that's like six months old by now.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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mikeraskol posted:

:ohdear:

That loving fight btw holy poo poo.

The quality of the Dota in this tournament is just outrageous.

Crazy how that happens when you fill it with 16 of the absolute best teams in the world.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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mikeraskol posted:

Nah I've watched every TI since TI2 and just the overall play and execution has never been better, even when you take into account obviously that its the 16 best teams.

I think that's because more people are playing it and taking it seriously as a profession. Which, since the popularity keeps growing, is more viable now as tournaments are able to pay out more than they have before.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Equilibrium posted:

Na'vi is piccolo, at least he was King once.

Best at the beginning, staying kept up for the most part for a while before falling off hard, occasionally having a resurgence before falling back again.

Yeah, seems accurate.

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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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schmitty9800 posted:

Maelk has plenty of emotions. Smug, annoyed, um....

manly

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