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Spicy_Curry
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States10573 Posts
April 18 2014 14:01 GMT
#103501
Playing so many games for most teams might be annoying but lets not pretend that they werent going to scrim that many games anyway.
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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
April 18 2014 14:23 GMT
#103502
In many ways its very much the same reason why there hasn't been a TSL for SC2 in ages.
When in doubt, just believe in yourself and press buttons
Ru ba
Profile Joined February 2014
Serbia1812 Posts
April 18 2014 14:28 GMT
#103503
On April 18 2014 23:01 Spicy_Curry wrote:
Playing so many games for most teams might be annoying but lets not pretend that they werent going to scrim that many games anyway.

lol
you have no idea xd
u gotta farm
cecek
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Czech Republic18921 Posts
April 18 2014 15:01 GMT
#103504
I think jD did want to turn The Defense into something bigger. They've been talking about wanting to make a LAN finals for a very long time. I guess they just didn't find the funding/sponsors to make it happen, or they didn't think the risk of investing a lot of money into it was worth it. And making it just another online tournament just wasn't worth the effort probably. I think it's as simple as that, tbh.
super gg
trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
April 18 2014 15:15 GMT
#103505
I can't complain when there's pretty much always a game with a top tier team(s) or team I follow that I can put on an extra monitor. And now that prize pools for even the online cups are 2-10x higher than last year, teams actually show good effort consistently.

As long as tournament organizers see enough roi and don't go bankrupt, so be it. What happened to SC2 is not a great model or historical precedent for dota.
andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
April 18 2014 16:05 GMT
#103506
On April 18 2014 23:01 Spicy_Curry wrote:
Playing so many games for most teams might be annoying but lets not pretend that they werent going to scrim that many games anyway.

i forgot who it was but someone said in an interview that playing tourney matches are basically the equivalent of scrimming, seeing as there are so many of them now.
"Zai is legitimately not as good as bulba." | kaipi ti3 champions
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
April 18 2014 16:19 GMT
#103507
On April 18 2014 20:01 teddyoojo wrote:
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fruits of reporting everyone

also jd said they dont do defense anymore cuz theres just no need for it anymore, it was always to grow the scene and at this point it would only be one in ten, whereas after ti1 it was literally the only thing

now they do jdl which is great

ur disgusting dud
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
April 18 2014 16:20 GMT
#103508
lord gaben works in mysterious ways, im merely his tool
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
April 18 2014 16:23 GMT
#103509
On April 19 2014 01:20 teddyoojo wrote:
lord gaben works in mysterious ways, im merely his tool

I've started reporting all TB, Ember, Phoenix pickers. Even if they are on my team and they carry me.

I act in the name of Gaben.
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Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12155 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-18 18:06:04
April 18 2014 18:04 GMT
#103510
I just lost 150 reports. I had 203, didn't play for a few days. Come back, have only 50. :/ Valve :/

Looked just like teddyoojo's. So assume that was the 50 ones I have now.
govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
April 18 2014 18:40 GMT
#103511
That feeling when lord gaben approves of my judgement and gives me more social power, priceless!
The two NBA teams in states with legal weed are called the Nuggets and the Blazers...
BurningSera
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland19621 Posts
April 18 2014 19:11 GMT
#103512
On April 18 2014 22:41 teapoted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 18 2014 20:43 makmeatt wrote:
On April 18 2014 20:06 teapoted wrote:
also jd said they dont do defense anymore cuz theres just no need for it anymore, it was always to grow the scene and at this point it would only be one in ten, whereas after ti1 it was literally the only thing
That sounds like a bullshit reason.

I still think it's just because they got a bunch of other contracts. If they don't have premier content to broadcast, they would still be running the Defense.

How is it a bullshit reason? Even if they are trying to make a PR stunt out of it, there is literally no need for it anymore - the comp scene is almost overrun with tournaments that are worth taking part in, so if they decided to not organize 'just another tournament', then it's all rational.
If this wasn't a business then it's a good reason.

Would you see a bigger return if there were less tournaments? Yes. But if you wouldn't see a return then there wouldn't be as many tournaments (with as many seasons) as there are currently.

So, I still believe that jD had a lot of contracts for things where they aren't fronting all the money. And they are a small staff, so it didn't make sense to do the Defense at that time.

If I'm wrong, they would never run their own premier tournament again unless it's something radically different from what's currently out there. And I have no doubts about jD running another Defense or similar tournament in the future, even though "it isn't needed."


That, 'business', exactly.

I was gonna call it bs too but teapoted you put it nicely there. There is absolutely no reason that jD wouldn't make another The defence if they got enough sponsors to run it behind; alas, they don't, at the moment.
is 2017, stop being lame, fuck's sakes. 'Can't wait for the rise of the cakes and humanity's last stand tbqh.'
cecek
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Czech Republic18921 Posts
April 18 2014 19:15 GMT
#103513
On April 19 2014 03:04 Yurie wrote:
I just lost 150 reports. I had 203, didn't play for a few days. Come back, have only 50. :/ Valve :/

Looked just like teddyoojo's. So assume that was the 50 ones I have now.

I had like 40/50 and now I'm at 10 only. I dunno what happened. And I wasn't even spamming them in every game like some of you jackasses :D I accumulated them over a long time by reporting assholes who flamed ingame.
super gg
teapoted
Profile Joined August 2012
United Kingdom24425 Posts
April 18 2014 19:32 GMT
#103514
BTS will be casting DH Bucharest? How did that happen?

Kpop just said it on stream.
Once you Goblak...
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
April 18 2014 20:35 GMT
#103515
On April 19 2014 04:15 cecek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2014 03:04 Yurie wrote:
I just lost 150 reports. I had 203, didn't play for a few days. Come back, have only 50. :/ Valve :/

Looked just like teddyoojo's. So assume that was the 50 ones I have now.

I had like 40/50 and now I'm at 10 only. I dunno what happened. And I wasn't even spamming them in every game like some of you jackasses :D I accumulated them over a long time by reporting assholes who flamed ingame.

maybe we're not at trash tier like them?
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
April 18 2014 21:36 GMT
#103516
On April 19 2014 04:15 cecek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2014 03:04 Yurie wrote:
I just lost 150 reports. I had 203, didn't play for a few days. Come back, have only 50. :/ Valve :/

Looked just like teddyoojo's. So assume that was the 50 ones I have now.

I had like 40/50 and now I'm at 10 only. I dunno what happened. And I wasn't even spamming them in every game like some of you jackasses :D I accumulated them over a long time by reporting assholes who flamed ingame.

theres ur mistake

also steemples
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
Testuser
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
6469 Posts
April 18 2014 21:38 GMT
#103517
On April 19 2014 04:32 teapoted wrote:
BTS will be casting DH Bucharest? How did that happen?

Kpop just said it on stream.

To be fair, GDstudio hasn't been that good lately. I think their casts have been severely lackluster, so I only welcome this.

Though I hope we won't get Zyori.
https://soundcloud.com/papercranesdk
njt7
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden769 Posts
April 18 2014 21:49 GMT
#103518
Wow watta game
"All the casters who flamed me ever for anything."
idonthinksobro
Profile Joined December 2010
3138 Posts
April 18 2014 21:52 GMT
#103519
On April 18 2014 23:23 Kupon3ss wrote:
In many ways its very much the same reason why there hasn't been a TSL for SC2 in ages.


well i think it is rather because there is nobody willing to sponsor it because SC2 hype is at an all time low.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9053 Posts
April 18 2014 22:08 GMT
#103520
What are the HD, HH, TD stats in Dotabuff?
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