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Keardan
Netherlands527 Posts
On June 27 2015 20:54 Kipsate wrote: ur a good guy LD Pretty much this. You're a stand-up guy for fighting for your friends and colleagues. Thank you for taking the time to write this post and giving us a bit more understanding about the behind-the-scenes stuff. Great to have you at TI, looking forward to your casts! | ||
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Deleted User 281514
68 Posts
Haven't they earned at least that much for their hundreds, sometimes even thousands of hours of sacrifice? If you consider it a sacrifice or you're doing it for some kind of reward at the end... I suggest you stop doing it entirely. If it's not out of passion and love for game than you're doing it all wrong. Getting a reward is a cherry on top; not the reason you do what you do. | ||
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thragar
Canada450 Posts
You've always been my favourite caster since arriving on the scene and seeing you publicly sentiments on this makes my heart grow fonder! | ||
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Heflamoke
Germany69 Posts
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Kyyuna
United States1222 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/3b9hhw/kotlguy_on_twitter_i_guess_its_not_coming/csk8yfz link to his comment I felt that Valve would be shooting themselves in the foot if they didn't invite him, glad that they realize he would provide some awesome contributions to the TI experience I guess I should've rechecked the Personalities thread and see if it got updated before posting here | ||
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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BilledAlex
Sweden1 Post
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Kishin2
United States7534 Posts
On June 27 2015 21:11 yotcarter wrote: Honest & loyal seems to fit LD's bill. I can't help but disagree with the whole If you consider it a sacrifice or you're doing it for some kind of reward at the end... I suggest you stop doing it entirely. If it's not out of passion and love for game than you're doing it all wrong. Getting a reward is a cherry on top; not the reason you do what you do. First of all, passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Not inviting people who've invested so much time is a lose-lose situation for all parties. The person without the invite clearly loses. Valve loses that person's talent at their biggest event of the year. The community loses out from them not being there. The people invited have to work more hours to compensate. The only possible benefit I can see is that the quality of the casting on average might be higher if you only invite the best of the best. Even then it's probably offset by the increase in hours worked. No idea why Valve are handling the invites differently this year. Maybe Valve is being skimpy with invites with Majors coming up next year. Or maybe they're just more comfortable working with a small group of highly talented people instead of a large group of highly talented + talented people. That fits with their corporate philosophy at least, but who knows. | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
LD you are a good man | ||
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Shikada
Serbia976 Posts
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Emnjay808
United States10660 Posts
In all this I really hope Bruno makes an appearance just for old times sake. Even though this is no longer a part of his line of work, I feel like he was a pillar in the growth of | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
Also how far we have come. | ||
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bludragen88
United States527 Posts
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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GranDGranT
Sri Lanka2141 Posts
Do I ever expect an invite? During ti2 I had a 50/50 chance with Draskyl until Ayesee kind of fucked me over heh. Nowadays? Absolutely not, I just play and enjoy dota how I want to. Hope Maut keeps his head up cause I know it will be hard for him to, but hes a good guy and good friend. | ||
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Shard12345
United States5 Posts
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Ciel
Hungary289 Posts
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Elurie
4716 Posts
On June 27 2015 22:20 Kishin2 wrote: First of all, passion alone doesn't pay the bills. Not inviting people who've invested so much time is a lose-lose situation for all parties. The person without the invite clearly loses. Valve loses that person's talent at their biggest event of the year. The community loses out from them not being there. The people invited have to work more hours to compensate. The only possible benefit I can see is that the quality of the casting on average might be higher if you only invite the best of the best. Even then it's probably offset by the increase in hours worked. Does Valve give each "personality" a fully paid trip to TI? Pays for their plane tickets, hotels (or an apartment with bunks lol), food, and give each a stipend for the week? The number of available positions aren't infinite, so naturally some people don't get to cast or analyze. They can't possibly hire every passionate John Doe who wants their glory at the superbowl of dota. Or maybe they could with their billions. Ask the players if they are willing to accept less compendium cash and give a portion of that toward personalities. Or... let compendium holders vote for the casters they want. Hohohaha! | ||
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Verniy
Canada3360 Posts
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