EPTThe post-TI3 Roster Shuffle thread - Page 178
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TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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Lodasrecedinhairline
United Kingdom165 Posts
I think iG looked strongest out of the 4 teams that played today. But I'm quite impressed of Vici even though they lost. This Vici definitely looks stronger than the previous roster. LGD on the other hand didn't look strong at all even though they won. They had so many questionable plays against TF in game 2 and 3. Tongfu definitely has a lot to work on. They looked like a mess compared to the other 3. By the way, does any know who played as iG.123 today? Was it Banana or the iG.coach that played 2 days ago? Godz and Lumi both didn't know as well and they assumed it was Banana. | ||
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iNteLStyLe
United States346 Posts
Luo Icy Sag All Beauty Must Die JoHnNy never heard of ABMD | ||
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Grettin
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TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
On September 12 2013 05:17 Lodasrecedinhairline wrote: By the way, does any know who played as iG.123 today? Was it Banana or the iG.coach that played 2 days ago? Godz and Lumi both didn't know as well and they assumed it was Banana. It was likely not the iG coach both Bo3s. The only reason people thought it was CuoJue was because the account used to be the iG manager's. Both time it was Banana. In fact, Faith used another of CuoJue's account today. Faith had some account problems and borrowed his manager's account. It's the iG full lineup. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Nightmarjoo
United States3360 Posts
The fact that they aren't playing it as well as the western teams doesn't mean their overall play is "bad" though-- their individual play seemed just as high as before; it's the decision making that wasn't perfect. But I maintain that they weren't playing poorly: it wasn't as though they were making stupid decisions, they just literally didn't know the exact correct solution to every scenario since what they were using and what they were playing vs was different than what they've practiced as and vs over the last few years. Honestly what I saw seemed very promising to me-- signs that they're really exploring different dota concepts in an attempt to improve their understanding and play, and signs that they're adjusting to the new lineups and hero-pool rapidly. Basically they're putting their "experiments" on the line instead of just running them in scrims to truly put the ideas to test. Give 'em a month and I think they'll have cleaned up their play significantly. Now all that being said, yes Tongfu seemed a little weak. I can't tell if Zhou is playing relatively poorly or if there are just too many new things for Tongfu all at once. edit: Actually I take it back; I think the supports, namely ZSMJ are the weak part of Tongfu atm, not Zhou. Hao seems to fit iG very well; I'm not sure about Banana yet though. Xiaotuji seemed to play pretty well as well. | ||
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Lodasrecedinhairline
United Kingdom165 Posts
Xiaotuji has a good farming skill for sure. But he got caught out way too often. If it was Banana playing both days, he only impressed me with his Lesh so far. His Chen was not as good as Chuan for sure. | ||
739
Bearded Elder29903 Posts
Also iG is looking damn impressive to me, to be honest. They play a totally different style after those roster changes, more agressive and I love it. I hope they can shape up as a team and show some really good and solid play in upcoming months. | ||
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renfree
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On September 12 2013 17:02 739 wrote: Zhou's spacecow = best spacecow :D Also iG is looking damn impressive to me, to be honest. They play a totally different style after those roster changes, more agressive and I love it. I hope they can shape up as a team and show some really good and solid play in upcoming months. They playing exactly the same style that they were before internal problems. The difference is Hao yoloing way more than Zhou and Banana sloppier overall than ChuaN. | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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hmsrenown
Canada1263 Posts
On September 12 2013 07:25 iNteLStyLe wrote: New RattleSnakes roster: http://dotaland.net/2013/09/11/rattlesnake-announces-new-roster-with-new-faces/ Luo Icy Sag All Beauty Must Die JoHnNy never heard of ABMD ABMD is the newest pro on the scene. I think Johnny is Malaysian. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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EnumaAvalon
Philippines3613 Posts
On September 12 2013 22:07 oneofthem wrote: zsmj played pretty bad in game 1 vs lgd, but not as bad as zhou's spiritbreaker. i don't even level of bad on that one. didn't watch the other games but both teams seemed way off in terms of deciding what to do in midgame. rather uncharacteristic of chinese teams ZSMJ was amazing game 2 and 3 but wasn't enough in the end. This is my opinion tho  | ||
opterown
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renfree
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On September 12 2013 22:27 739 wrote: Zhou is only good if he's given Naix. He's pretty good Morphling as well. I didn't watch the last game of LGD-TF, but to me the biggest difference in all previous games was that Mu was non-existent on playmakers as well, as Xtt getting good farm, but having poor decisions on when and how to engage and knowing the limitations of his hero. The rest all had their fails and good plays throughout the games. | ||
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vndestiny
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