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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:
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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)
 
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Thanks for the blog mike!
Also korok definitely could pass off as Brax's older brother.
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Very cool. Thanks Mike! :D
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Sanya12364 Posts
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Nice pics and can't wait to watch more Liquid'Dota 
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thanks mike, you're awesome, glhf in dota to come!
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Great photos and good to see you guys are getting into a better state of mind.
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cool pictures. im glad to see what you guys got out of it!
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So many pictures o.o
Welcome home, Mike~
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is that what hotpots look like now
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Katowice25012 Posts
Nice blog! Hope we don't kill your server with all those pics.
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ixmike blog would bang, or rate 5 or whatever.
Thanks for the pictures and the write-up!
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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.
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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
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mike, people pee on walls like that all over the world
they have those at sports stadiums too 
thanks for the blog post! :D
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Thanks for the pictures, Mike!
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Pictures not loading for me, weird :S
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So... many... photos...
Sounds like Alliance went to make a statement and Liquid went for experience and confidence. +2 western doto!
Mustache Fighting!
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pictures aren't loading for me, I guess we broke mike's server?
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
yo wtf why can't i view any of these ixdl-server-uploaded photos
owait works now
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Fw this isn't Mafia yo! BD
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can you imagine they actually pee on walls???
You've never seen a trough before? I assumed they were universal
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HEHEHE. ROFL. Love these photos! The downside of sharing a room = having very public photos of you sleeping/waking up. XD
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On May 29 2013 12:57 ReignSupreme. wrote: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.
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photo captions are pretty awesome :D
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On May 29 2013 12:57 ReignSupreme. wrote: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.
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Thanks mike! Funny and informative!
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those are some cool pics!
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Nice pics, looks like you had fun
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Lalalaland34502 Posts
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.
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Always nice when a player takes photos and writes a little bit about their experience. gj!
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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
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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.
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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
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Very nice, ixmike!
So what was the story with you and the baby?
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a woman just handed me it and said take a picture
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On May 29 2013 21:00 Liquid`ixmike88 wrote:Show nested quote +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
it's here in australia haha
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not in civilized countries
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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!
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Just tell me your mouse broke so I can move on with my life please.
Again, big fan, good luck at ti3 buddy!
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Thanks for the blog mike!
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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.
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G's jorts, wtf -_-
Awesome pics, now go kick ass in TI3.
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On May 29 2013 22:18 Liquid`ixmike88 wrote:
not in civilized countries
really? are you 100% serious?
okay
Nice pictures.
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haha urinals are a standard where I'm from dude!
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See you at DH. Hope to see you doing well there as well.
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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!
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On May 30 2013 00:57 4mgg wrote:really? are you 100% serious? okay Nice pictures.
I've never seen one of those in the US or Canada!
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FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
Americans approve of civilization.
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Why do you look so funny in this picture?
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Flamewheel! Which hero is most AMERICAN?
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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
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Amazing blog content by TL! Thanks for the pictures!
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Ixmike, you're an inspiration to facial-haired nerds throughout the world.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
Yay loving all these Liquid` Blogs.
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Thanks for the blog. That picture with Chaun leaving looks funny because poor TC is like "Wait...I wanted a....picture....too......."
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I think I've yet to see a pic of Mike not smiling
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Man, all your TL blogs and posts made this tournament even better!
Huge thanks for the photos and stories from u guys
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i thought this blog was about ur mouse ..
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Awesome pics. Looks like you guys had a great time. Please continue to take pics at future events.
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