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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:31 GMT
#61
On April 28 2013 13:48 Dubzex wrote:
What is your favorite cheese?

NS:
Moldy

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С плесенью ).
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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34502 Posts
April 30 2013 14:34 GMT
#62
Just wanna say thanks to both dfs and NS for this!
Moderator
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:35 GMT
#63
On April 28 2013 13:52 Artic wrote:
Really nice interview, the answers NS gave were great. My eyes think the color combination is questionable though

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What gives you inspiration to use in dota games or life in general?

Do you enjoy watching other esport games?

What do you think is a weak point in your play or something you are looking to improve upon? What is your strong point?

NS:
I am inspired by the success and the realization of the fact that the goal I put before myself was achieved, so I try to work to achieve success and to achieve my goals.
I like to watch CS:GO, also I follow Starcraft 2. I liked to watch WarCraft 3 as well, when people still played it in the tournaments.

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Меня вдохновляет успех и осознание того, что цель которую я себе постаивл была выполнена, поэтому я стараюсь работать, чтобы добиваться успеха и приходить к своим целям.
Да, я люблю смотреть CS:GO, также слежу за Starcraft 2, любил смотреть WarCraft 3, пока в него еще играли на турнирах.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:37 GMT
#64
On April 29 2013 09:56 YesNoMaybeDunno wrote:
Registered just to ask this question. Do you and LightOfHeaven have some personal quarrel or dispute ? I remember that you have been in the same team ever since competitive dota started and you would always switch teams together (until Na'Vi) ... I still remember that ASUS final vs VirtusPro when you guys were stacking the ancients with a dominated creep and LoH would farm them with Luna. After the first game VP saw what you did and they did everything possible to stop him... sent trilane vs him (BUT YOUR SUPPORT play kept him on the lane) ... they started warding the ancients to prevent the spawn (BUT YOU instantly dewarded). Eventually he got fat WITH YOUR SUPPORT and you guys won. I think that LoH stooped playing carry not because XBOCT was better suited but because he didnt have your support play anymore.

NS:
We do not have any quarrels with Dima (LoH), we talk sometimes, but because we haven't played together for so long we rarely meet, maybe there will be the time when we will play together again, but not right now

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нет нет нет, никаких ссор с Димой у меня нет, мы иногда общаемся, но так как давно уже не играем вместе пересекаемся редко, может быть еще и придет время, когда мы снова будем играть в одном коллективе, но не сейчас .
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 16:54:34
April 30 2013 14:40 GMT
#65
On April 29 2013 11:58 BedoPear wrote:
What are your thoughts on the current view that your team is "bad mannered". Does you/your team care?

NS:
Actually I don't like this at all, because all of this "bm" is just a joke or a troll in one way or another, most people get it, but some people don't. I thought that not everyone undestands this kind of "humor" so I try to be more carefull about what I write in chat lately.

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Насамом деле мне это не очень нравится, потому что весь этот бедманнер шутка/троллинг в той или иной степени, в общем-то большинство людей это понимают, однако некоторые - нет. Я задумался над тем, что подобный "юмор" не всем понятен и последнее время стараюсь быть чуть более остарожным с тем что пишу в чат.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/Q1jSb9X.jpg (c) Shiro; http://i.imgur.com/lSDLLKb.png (c) drav
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
April 30 2013 14:44 GMT
#66
What Western team are you most concerned about at TI3?

Who are your picks to finish top two in the Western qualifier?
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:45 GMT
#67
On April 29 2013 12:31 theaxis12 wrote:
It has been noted that you formed VP from relatively unknown players (or maybe you don't see it this way?), and I was wondering what your thought process was in forming the team? Did you guys just happen to play together a lot, or was everyone chosen for certain talents you saw in them, and if so what were the reasons?

NS:
At the moment when we were gathering this team (August - September 2012) we didn't have have much choice, every well-known and big-named player already was in one team or another, so we (I and Santa) had to look for the guys from Russian semi-pro teams, fortunately Dota is very popular in Russia so there are a lot of those teams. We were choosing for a long time, we tried about more than 10 candidates and ultimately stopped on KSi, Crazy and Illidan.

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На момент, когда мы собирали эту команду(август-сентябрь 2012го) у нас просто не было особого выбора, все именитые и известные игроки уже находились в тех или иных коллективах, так что нам(а нам это мне и Санте) пришлось отыскивать ребят среди полупрофессиональных русских команд, благо в России дота очень популярна и этих команд довольно много. Мы довольно долго выбирали и перепробовали больше 10 кандидатур в итоге остановились на Ksi, Crazy и Illidan'е.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 15:10:34
April 30 2013 14:48 GMT
#68
On April 29 2013 14:27 NitroS wrote:
Why are u so mad about Notail? and rat doto

NS:
Actually I feel fine about N0tail, we made a little show from our "conflict", without these things the sports and cyber-sports would be kind of boring

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Насамом деле я нормально отношусь к нотейлу, из этого "конфликта" устроили небольшое шоу, ну и пусть, без подобного что спорт, что кибер спорт был бы довольно скучен
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 16:55:55
April 30 2013 14:50 GMT
#69
On April 30 2013 06:52 wherebugsgo wrote:
NS you think BKB is very powerful, as you have stated. Why do you think, then, that omniknight is not more popular? He has a BKB-like repel, though it can be purged, and he has a heal, and an ultimate that makes his team impervious to physical damage. Why is he not picked more often as a support? Is it the lack of disables?

NS:
I belive that Omni is one of the underestimated heroes at this moment. There were times when many teams were using him quite successfully, but then they forgot him, quite possibly that he will be back in the picks soon.

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Омни, на мой взгляд, один из недооцененных героев на данный момент, были времена, когда многие команды использовали его и довольно успешно, но потом позабыли, вполне возможно, что скоро он снова вернется в пики.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:53 GMT
#70
On April 30 2013 19:34 Nicolas Cage wrote:
What is your opinion about bottle crow? Do you think it should be reworked and how? Considering it makes some heroes ie. magnus just so easy to play in mid with just spamming shockwave and bottlecrowing.

NS:
I think that maybe it should be fixed somehow, on the other hand I am not sure about this, if you ban this, then the amount of heroes that can stay at midlane will redice by a lot, which will reduce the diversity of strategies.

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Думаю, что возможно и стоит как-то пофиксить эту возможность, с другой стороны я в этом не уверен, если запретить эту возможность, то пул героев, которые способны стоять в миде очень сильно сократится, что в свою очередь уменьшит и разнообразие стратегий.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:54 GMT
#71
On April 30 2013 23:07 SuperMorten wrote:
Will you and your team bootcamp before TI3?

NS:
Yes, we planned a long bootcamp in Moscow in July.

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Да, мы планировали длинный буткемп в Москве в июле
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:56 GMT
#72
On April 30 2013 23:13 fascistfromhell wrote:
Who, in your opinion, will be the next great talent coming from the CIS scene? I mean, an unknown guy that you've played with and you think he'll be pretty good as soon as he receives a chance in a pro team.

NS:
Possibly the solomid player of ICCup. Resolut1on has a very big potential, he is very young, I believe he is only 16 y.o., but he is already showing a very high level of play.

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Возможно соло мидер команды Iccup - Resolution имеет очень большой потенциал, он очень молод, помоему ему всего 16 лет, но уже показывает крайне высокий уровень своей игры.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/Q1jSb9X.jpg (c) Shiro; http://i.imgur.com/lSDLLKb.png (c) drav
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
April 30 2013 14:56 GMT
#73
Like the interview and answers to those fans' questions. Thank you DFS and NSka!
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:58 GMT
#74
On April 30 2013 23:13 Kaal wrote:
What do you think it would take to get Illidan to turn his name back to Airman ga Taosenai?

NS:
Illidan is a big fan of Osu!, as far as I know the "Airman ga Taosenai" is the name of his favourite level (song) in this game. I don't know why he changes his nicknames back and forth, probably it is like a change of image, sometimes you just want to change it, at least for some time

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Иллидан большой любитель игры Osu!, насколько я знаю Airman ga Taosenai это названией его любимого уровня в этой игре. А уж почему он меняет ник туда и обратно я не знаю, наверное это как смена иммиджа, иногда его просто хочется взять и поменять, хотя бы на время
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 15:00 GMT
#75
On April 30 2013 23:15 Hermanoid wrote:
Your team notably has an aggressive playstyle and are among the teams that can bring out those memorable 20 minute win performances. What western team do you think resembles your team the most when it comes to playstyle?

NS:
It is probably the old Empire, with Funn1k, Goblak and Silent. It is not a big secret that we took some of our ideas from them.

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Старые Эмпайр, с Фанником Гоблаком и Сайлентом, пожалуй, в общем это не особо и секрет, что некоторые из наших задумок мы позаимствовали у них.
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idscy
Profile Joined June 2011
United States256 Posts
April 30 2013 15:03 GMT
#76
What do you look forward to most on your upcoming trip to the USA?
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 15:11:59
April 30 2013 15:04 GMT
#77
On April 30 2013 23:27 MotherOfRunes wrote:
What advice would you give to all those people crying about PL picks in pubs? ^^

NS:
I don't really know Generally I would advice not to cry in pubs, crying is very annoying and often leads to a loss. Actually PL in pubs is not the worst hero, it is much worse when you are playing against two friends, when one of them plays Wisp and the other one plays Ursa :D

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Даже и не знаю Я в целом посоветую не ныть играя в пабе, нытье так раздражает, и чаще всего приводит к проигрышу. Насамом деле ПЛ в пабе далеко не самый противный персонаж, гораздо опаснее, когда против тебя попадаются два друга, один из которых садится на виспа, а второй берет урзу :D
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
April 30 2013 15:11 GMT
#78
Have you ever tried out LoL ?What are your thoughts on it?
WriterXiao8~~
shostakovich
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Brazil1429 Posts
April 30 2013 15:27 GMT
#79
NS, who do you wish to fight in TI3?
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 15:28 GMT
#80
On May 01 2013 00:03 idscy wrote:
What do you look forward to most on your upcoming trip to the USA?

NS:
For me the most interesting thing in this trip will be The International, of course. To be able to attend this tournament and to compete against the best teams in the world is probably the dream of any professional Dota player at this moment. And of course I am very happy that I have got the great chance to make a trip to another side of the world, to watch the local culture, to watch how people live on the other side of the Earth, this is really interesting, I love to travel and visit new places, and I have never been in America before.

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Самым интересным в этой поездке для меня конечно будет сам The Inerntaional, попасть на этот турнир и побороться с лучшими командами мира пожалуй мечта любого профессионального дотера на данный момент. Ну и конечно я очень счастлив, что появляется прекрасная возможность совершить путешествие на другой конец света, посмотреть на местную культуру, посмотреть как живут люди на противоположном конце Земли, это действительно интересно, я люблю путешествовать и посещать новые места, а в Америке я до этого еще ни разу не был.
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