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ixmike88

United States67 Posts

May 29 2013 01:54 GMT

hello, here i will upload some of the photos i took with descriptions and some thoughts about the tournament at the end

fancy ass lights that my city dont got:
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alliance plotting to go 7-0:
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the basketball stadium that the tournament was held at:
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korok repping his razer headset:
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alliance + carson (our g1 translator pwner guy):
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orange:

bulba being stupid:
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korok during replay review session:

lgd int at the dota super league studio:

brax + korok

swedish reunion:

dota super league studio:

g1 posters:

g1 team posters:

g1 stadium:

country flags, wheres canada guys:

chuans left cheek:

xiao8 + bulba:

chuan + korok:

chuan + bulba:

chuan leaving after forced to take pic with bulba:

yao + bulba:

g1 booth:

walking on stage rehearsal:

i couldnt get the best pic of what happened but this is actually how people drive:

player pass:

indoor train tracks thing:

trophy:

the drummer girls:

tc with american flag, what a patriot:

opening ceremony:

korok caught with glasses:

flamewheel waking up late:

pajkatt + bulba + brax:

pajkatt + korok:

g1 staff sleeping on the job:

g1 staff sleeping on the job + brax:

can u imagine they actually pee on walls:

akke + kyxy birthday:

bulba + tc gosugamers interview:

alliance victory:

pajkatt + me:

carson + me:
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bulba + carson:
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xtinct + korok:

some club with fancy ass lights:

xtinct + me:

this is a hot pot where u put the food in:

the gender distinguisher bathroom thing:

weird hotpot shit:

i got told this was chicken but its actually frog:

octopus and some other shit before its cooked:

a leaf design in my coffee like kato from the green hornet movie:

regarding the tournament, i thought overall the whole thing was good. playing on lan again was a lot of fun and the production quality seemed pretty nice, though there was a ton of downtime caused in between games and pauses, valve handled this at ti2 by having each player give their peripherals to valve in the very beginning of the tournament and they would set them up in between games, along with an SSD (hard drive) for each player to make sure there was no previous config/setting problems.

i thought the opening ceremony with the glitter girls banging on drums was nice, this is something that the international lacked last year completely, an opening and closing ceremony.

before i got to the tournament, i didn't expect to do well at all, there's always a lot of hype behind the chinese teams, and we had created some of our own irrational fears for their ability to excel in late game situations. however once we got there, we quickly learned that the chinese teams are no different than anyone else.

none of the matches except the game against lgd were one sided enough for me to believe that we can't compete with the chinese. the orange, alliance, and dk games could have very easily gone in our favor with a few small adjustments, and though its common and easy to say 'shoulda/woulda/coulda' won, we didnt. we still have a lot of improving and refining to do before ti3 comes along, but in between that is a dreamhack tournament (which i think we can do really well in) and a month long bootcamp. regardless of our end result, it's comforting to know that the chinese are human.

congratulations to alliance for winning this tournament, its a huge stepping stone for a western team to win a tournament with chinese competition, and im glad they did it in such a dominating fashion.

id like to thank/shoutout to carson and flamewheel, both of these fine gentlemen were a big help to us all throughout the tournament and we probably would have died without them (except flamewheel tried to kill us three times)

Dubzex

United States6994 Posts

May 29 2013 02:05 GMT

Thanks for the blog mike!

Also korok definitely could pass off as Brax's older brother.
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icepick37

United States5 Posts

May 29 2013 02:10 GMT

Very cool. Thanks Mike! :D

TanGeng

Sanya12364 Posts

May 29 2013 02:10 GMT

WELCOME HOME!!!

YourGoodFriend

United States2197 Posts

May 29 2013 02:11 GMT

Nice pics and can't wait to watch more Liquid'Dota

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

May 29 2013 02:12 GMT

thanks mike, you're awesome, glhf in dota to come!

climax

United States1088 Posts

May 29 2013 02:12 GMT

Great photos and good to see you guys are getting into a better state of mind.

styley

United States1 Post

May 29 2013 02:15 GMT

cool pictures. im glad to see what you guys got out of it!

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

May 29 2013 02:18 GMT

So many pictures o.o

Welcome home, Mike~

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

May 29 2013 02:18 GMT

#10

is that what hotpots look like now

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 29 2013 02:19 GMT

#11

Nice blog! Hope we don't kill your server with all those pics.

crms

United States11933 Posts

May 29 2013 02:22 GMT

#12

ixmike blog would bang, or rate 5 or whatever.

Thanks for the pictures and the write-up!

Dreamer.T

United States3584 Posts

May 29 2013 02:25 GMT

#13

Looks like he's been busy during the stay..so many pics! Once again, happy for the the experience that everyone who was involved in the G-1 league had.

shizaep

Canada2920 Posts

May 29 2013 02:25 GMT

#14

Love all these Liquid pic blogs! Moar!

top impressions from this blog:
-bulba is a player (and not in just dota)
-brax...daaaym
-G1 was fucking awesome

s2pid_loser

United States699 Posts

May 29 2013 02:29 GMT

#15

mike, people pee on walls like that all over the world
they have those at sports stadiums too

thanks for the blog post! :D

Diaresta

United States597 Posts

May 29 2013 02:39 GMT

#16

Thanks for the pictures, Mike!

a-game

Canada5085 Posts

May 29 2013 02:41 GMT

#17

great stuff thanks

renfree

4485 Posts

May 29 2013 02:48 GMT

#18

Pictures not loading for me, weird :S

giftdgecko

United States2126 Posts

May 29 2013 03:16 GMT

#19

So... many... photos...

Sounds like Alliance went to make a statement and Liquid went for experience and confidence. +2 western doto!

Mustache Fighting!

Jarth

United States14 Posts

May 29 2013 03:24 GMT

#20

pictures aren't loading for me, I guess we broke mike's server?

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

May 29 2013 03:32 GMT

#21

standard framewheer

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts

May 29 2013 03:37 GMT

#22

yo wtf why can't i view any of these ixdl-server-uploaded photos

owait works now

StarStruck

25339 Posts

May 29 2013 03:45 GMT

#23

Fw this isn't Mafia yo! BD

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

May 29 2013 03:57 GMT

#24

can you imagine they actually pee on walls???

You've never seen a trough before? I assumed they were universal

LoNeLyTrOoPeR

United States32 Posts

May 29 2013 04:32 GMT

#25

thanks ixmike :D

dpmlicious

13 Posts

May 29 2013 04:43 GMT

#26

HEHEHE. ROFL. Love these photos! The downside of sharing a room = having very public photos of you sleeping/waking up. XD

RuskiPanda

United States2906 Posts

May 29 2013 05:46 GMT

#27

On May 29 2013 12:57 ReignSupreme. wrote:

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You've never seen a trough before? I assumed they were universal

It's only a matter of time until 'Murican Freedom Stalls reach the rest of the world.

inn5013orecl

United States227 Posts

May 29 2013 05:59 GMT

#28

photo captions are pretty awesome :D

Oakenshield

United States347 Posts

May 29 2013 06:06 GMT

#29

On May 29 2013 12:57 ReignSupreme. wrote:

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You've never seen a trough before? I assumed they were universal

In America they're not used in most school or business bathrooms, but I have in fact pissed in a trough at an outdoor bar/dance party. It feels weird, and people do get penis envy.

oneill12

Romania1222 Posts

May 29 2013 07:25 GMT

#30

Thanks mike! Funny and informative!

riptide

5673 Posts

May 29 2013 08:25 GMT

#31

Mike #1

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

May 29 2013 08:27 GMT

#32

those are some cool pics!

TheEmulator

28089 Posts

May 29 2013 08:40 GMT

#33

Nice pics, looks like you had fun

juicy

Australia145 Posts

May 29 2013 08:53 GMT

#34

Thanks for this!

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34491 Posts

May 29 2013 09:50 GMT

#35

Seems like Treehugger saved mike's server by reuploading them all onto TL, heh.

Thanks for this, mike! Looks like it was an awesome trip.

Waterflow

Sweden1550 Posts

May 29 2013 11:04 GMT

#36

Always nice when a player takes photos and writes a little bit about their experience. gj!

teddyoojo

Germany22369 Posts

May 29 2013 11:16 GMT

#37

lgd int uniform looks awesome

also the pee on the wall thing is a joke from u right? :D its all over the world :S

Chimcess

1 Post

May 29 2013 11:23 GMT

#38

fancy ass lights that my city dont got:

What a modest man, what a pillar of American Dota. With such a great attitude I definitely can't wait for TL to keep on improving and maybe, just maybe take it all.

ixmike88

United States67 Posts

May 29 2013 12:00 GMT

#39

On May 29 2013 20:16 teddyoojo wrote:
lgd int uniform looks awesome

also the pee on the wall thing is a joke from u right? :D its all over the world :S

not in civilized countries

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

May 29 2013 12:22 GMT

#40

Very nice, ixmike!

So what was the story with you and the baby?

ixmike88

United States67 Posts

May 29 2013 12:23 GMT

#41

a woman just handed me it and said take a picture

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

May 29 2013 12:49 GMT

#42

On May 29 2013 21:00 Liquid`ixmike88 wrote:

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not in civilized countries

it's here in australia haha

ixmike88

United States67 Posts

May 29 2013 13:18 GMT

#43

not in civilized countries

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

May 29 2013 13:44 GMT

#44

hey mike, can you tell me what happened in that game with dk when you walked uphill towards rosh?
Not trying to shit on you or be critical or w/e, im just a big fan and I want to know if it was a mistake or if you were trying to fool them into thinking it was an illu or if your mouse broke or what because not understanding is driving me nuts.
Awesome pics, keep up the hard work man!

ixmike88

United States67 Posts

May 29 2013 13:58 GMT

#45

u dont wanna know

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

May 29 2013 13:59 GMT

#46

Just tell me your mouse broke so I can move on with my life please.

Again, big fan, good luck at ti3 buddy!

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

May 29 2013 14:19 GMT

#47

Thanks for the blog mike!

AwfuL_

Netherlands6976 Posts

May 29 2013 14:57 GMT

#48

On May 29 2013 22:44 PassiveAce wrote:
hey mike, can you tell me what happened in that game with dk when you walked uphill towards rosh?

Think he wanted to send in the Gyro illusions that he created, but sent in his hero instead. Selecting multiple units in Dota 2 using the mouse is bugged as fuck and has been since the start of the beta, it's really sad.

faiza

United States451 Posts

May 29 2013 15:19 GMT

#49

G's jorts, wtf -_-

Awesome pics, now go kick ass in TI3.

4mgg

Finland373 Posts

May 29 2013 15:57 GMT

#50

On May 29 2013 22:18 Liquid`ixmike88 wrote:
not in civilized countries

really? are you 100% serious?

okay

Nice pictures.

Autotroph

United Kingdom940 Posts

May 29 2013 17:52 GMT

#51

haha urinals are a standard where I'm from dude!

Spicy_Curry

United States10573 Posts

May 29 2013 18:26 GMT

#52

man lgd.int is fabulous

Yurie

11833 Posts

May 29 2013 20:04 GMT

#53

See you at DH. Hope to see you doing well there as well.

icystorage

Jollibee19347 Posts

May 30 2013 00:16 GMT

#54

On May 29 2013 22:59 PassiveAce wrote:
Just tell me your mouse broke so I can move on with my life please.

Again, big fan, good luck at ti3 buddy!

i am still wondering what really happened there. i can't move on.
i always study your play, #1 support.

DO WELL IN VEGAS AND GOOD LUCK IN TI3 MIKE!

Torenhire

United States11681 Posts

May 30 2013 01:01 GMT

#55

On May 30 2013 00:57 4mgg wrote:

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really? are you 100% serious?

okay

Nice pictures.

I've never seen one of those in the US or Canada!

flamewheel

FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts

May 30 2013 02:01 GMT

#56

Americans approve of civilization.

Mr. Wiggles

Canada5894 Posts

May 30 2013 03:41 GMT

#57

Why do you look so funny in this picture?

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Flamewheel! Which hero is most AMERICAN?

theaxis12

United States489 Posts

May 30 2013 04:41 GMT

#58

Great blog man, and I am right with you when you said all of your games besides the one vs LGD were winnable with minor changes. This tournament did more to hype up TI3 than I ever could have imagined, and I can't wait for it to roll around!

Also I have to thank you for ixdl! <3<3<3