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holyhalo5
Profile Joined October 2009
United States187 Posts
September 20 2013 21:14 GMT
#21
I thought this article would cover the heroes drafted. For example, if they let you have Wisp you ban Naga. Or for another example, pick your mid hero last and your more flexible heroes, such as Nature's Prophet, first. OR, strategically ban a non-factor hero to force a tough decision on the opponent, like when Orange banned Pudge against Na'Vi and forced them to choose between QoP and Puck.

Draft time allocation is not nearly as important as draft style IMO.
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NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
September 20 2013 23:47 GMT
#22
Good job team, I really found some insight into the drafting patterns at TI3 after checking this out.
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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
September 21 2013 05:39 GMT
#23
Fantastic article. I would have loved to also see case studies of games that the author thought were unusually interesting regarding the drafting phase.
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r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
September 21 2013 08:40 GMT
#24
I'm in love with random stats like this.
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TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28098 Posts
September 21 2013 09:21 GMT
#25
On September 21 2013 17:40 r.Evo wrote:
I'm in love with random stats like this.

Me too. Great article Unpolak
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Sata_
Profile Joined September 2011
Belgium82 Posts
September 21 2013 09:50 GMT
#26
very interesting article, thanks for the analysis
Eriksen
Profile Joined December 2012
Micronesia720 Posts
September 21 2013 12:49 GMT
#27
Sums up Alliance were the most efficient team to do the drafting phase. Am I right?
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teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
September 21 2013 12:58 GMT
#28
i dont think its relevant at all to compare alliance 11-0 on dire to rsnake 2-10 on dire
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tester321
Profile Joined September 2013
5 Posts
September 21 2013 16:33 GMT
#29
I think this article is devoid of any worthwhile content. Hero picks and team compositions would have actually been worth investigating.
sumsaR
Profile Joined January 2013
Sweden1812 Posts
September 21 2013 18:01 GMT
#30
This is interesting stuff.

I've always felt that Alliance used their time to its full extent, even waiting to lock in that last hero after the draft before the game starts (usually EGM or Akke) to give themselves even more time to cement their game plan.
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
September 21 2013 19:35 GMT
#31
Well done.
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