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crms
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murs
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teapoted
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MLG Lan invitational oct 18-19. | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:06 murs wrote: refresher spectre is EXTREMELY powerful. i'm very happy that someone mentioned it in this thread. the majority of spectre's damage comes from her haunt and refresher is the second best item on spectre after radiance. the buildup to refresher is generally treads, ring of health, radiance, vit booster or ultimate orb if necessary, then refresher. it is so real with beastmaster aura | ||
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Grettin
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On August 20 2013 06:22 teapoted wrote: https://twitter.com/MLG/status/369564170821173248 MLG Lan invitational oct 18-19. I wonder who'll cast. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:22 teapoted wrote: https://twitter.com/MLG/status/369564170821173248 MLG Lan invitational oct 18-19. Beat me to it. It looks like it could be a good time, MLG puts on a good show. IB4 the SC2 folks start freaking out about it. More info is likely to come in the next day or so. I bet Tobi if he doesn't cost a mint and some local NA guys. | ||
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On August 20 2013 05:55 trinxified wrote: So apparently Medusa's shield absorbs the damage before any reduction, so does that apply to magic resistance as well? Because I know armor doesn't reduce it. 300 damage nuke will absorb 150 as supposed to 112.5? The mana shield numbers are run prior to damage type or armor is taken into account. Medusa has a 50% mana shield so she would take 150 damage to mana at 2.25 efficiency is 66.6 mana removed and the other 150 damage is reduced by damage type spell on hero is 75% so Medusa would take 112.5 damage to health. 300 damage magic nuke does 66.6 damage to mana and 112.5 damage to health with level four spell shield. | ||
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Grettin
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On August 20 2013 06:25 Plansix wrote: More info is likely to come in the next day or so. I bet Tobi if he doesn't cost a mint and some local NA guys. Tobi is an interesting guess. You'd think they would just get BTS since they are located in US already. Anyways, i bet there will be few decent teams competing atleast, now it comes down to who will cast, that might make me to watch their tournament. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
My guess would be Tobi but they've also said they wanted to work with BTS, maybe a mix. Unclear how big it really is though. I mean is it going to be like 3 NA teams and 1 EU team (like Alliance as they have the EG ties). I can't see it being a lot more than 4 teams. | ||
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Sn0_Man
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:33 Sn0_Man wrote: Where is the raw star power though?Its in florida from what I could tell which means that coming from LA is still a LONG way so I'd assume they would go for raw star power. BTS pulls bigger numbers than jD. That's partly due to the fact they have better production and more people as well. But I don't think having LD+someone would give them less viewers than Tobi+someone. And even though it's a long way, (I don't live in America so don't really know) but I'd assume domestic flights are significantly cheaper than flying from Germany. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:33 teapoted wrote: I really don't know as during the past 6 months MLG employees have made public comments about wanting to work with everyone. My guess would be Tobi but they've also said they wanted to work with BTS, maybe a mix. Unclear how big it really is though. I mean is it going to be like 3 NA teams and 1 EU team (like Alliance as they have the EG ties). I can't see it being a lot more than 4 teams. I say any new formed or put together NA team that made it out of the TI3 wreckage(aka, Liquid, EG) would want their new players to cut their teeth on the big stage. Its in October, so people have time. It should be interesting. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:35 teapoted wrote: Where is the raw star power though? BTS pulls bigger numbers than jD. That's partly due to the fact they have better production and more people as well. But I don't think having LD+someone would give them less viewers than Tobi+someone. Well, to me Tobi is a bigger name than BTS (although I prefer BTS by a lot). The point is, bringing tobi over wouldn't be that much worse travel-wise than bringing BTS, so I think that MLG aren't likely to be constrained by caster location and they will go for whoever they feel will bring in the most views. | ||
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CuddlyCuteKitten
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:35 Plansix wrote: Yeah, well I'd imagine all the NA teams will be there which have a roster at that time.I say any new formed or put together NA team that made it out of the TI3 wreckage(aka, Liquid, EG) would want their new players to cut their teeth on the big stage. Its in October, so people have time. It should be interesting. The question is what other teams will be there and how many teams there are in total. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:37 Sn0_Man wrote: I would agree he's a bigger name, but stream numbers suggest it wouldn't make a difference. Or if anything that Tobi would bring in less viewers than BTS guys. (BTS is obviously not 1 person so it's not a completely fair comparison)Well, to me Tobi is a bigger name than BTS (although I prefer BTS by a lot). The point is, bringing tobi over wouldn't be that much worse travel-wise than bringing BTS, so I think that MLG aren't likely to be constrained by caster location and they will go for whoever they feel will bring in the most views. | ||
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Shaella
United States14828 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:38 teapoted wrote: Yeah, well I'd imagine all the NA teams will be there which have a roster at that time. The question is what other teams will be there and how many teams there are in total. The prize money will dictate that. Its going to all depend on how much it will cost. I can't see any Chinese teams coming with the price of 5 plane tickets. But maybe EU. | ||
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Witten
United States2094 Posts
On August 20 2013 06:42 teapoted wrote: I would agree he's a bigger name, but stream numbers suggest it wouldn't make a difference. Or if anything that Tobi would bring in less viewers than BTS guys. (BTS is obviously not 1 person so it's not a completely fair comparison) Tobi is very friendly for new players, as for my first few months of following dota I only watched Tobi. Now I enjoy everyone, but Tobi was my gateway into watching pro DotA. Also, you can't deny his LAN hype. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
Tobi used to be like the Day9 or whatever in the early days, where if you bring them to the event you get 3 times the viewership. Now, as long as it's not some z-tier caster, I don't think it matters. | ||
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