• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 01:10
CET 07:10
KST 15:10
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT29Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Team Liquid Map Contest - Preparation Notice6Weekly Cups (Feb 23-Mar 1): herO doubles, 2v2 bonanza1Weekly Cups (Feb 16-22): MaxPax doubles0Weekly Cups (Feb 9-15): herO doubles up2ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/0258
StarCraft 2
General
How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game? Vitality disbanding their sc2-team Team Liquid Map Contest - Preparation Notice ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament $5,000 WardiTV Winter Championship 2026 RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 515 Together Forever Mutation # 514 Ulnar New Year Mutation # 513 Attrition Warfare
Brood War
General
Gypsy to Korea BSL 22 Map Contest — Submissions OPEN to March 10 Flash's ASL S21 & Future Plans Announcement BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion
Tourneys
ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL22] Open Qualifier #1 - Sunday 21:00 CET Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
PC Games Sales Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine YouTube Thread UK Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Gaming-Related Deaths
TrAiDoS
ONE GREAT AMERICAN MARINE…
XenOsky
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2381 users

Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion - Page 10114

Forum Index > Dota 2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 10112 10113 10114 10115 10116 10601 Next
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10665 Posts
August 12 2019 10:38 GMT
#202261
Everything in this TI feels last minute. Hope its not incompetency.
Skol
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
August 12 2019 13:22 GMT
#202262
On August 12 2019 18:20 Artisreal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2019 17:57 teddyoojo wrote:
2 days till ti and no groupstages released yet xd

Do you think the players already know who they're facing off against?
Or might this be deliberate to prevent excessive preparation by the teams? So they're basically facing each other blindly.

https://luckbox.com/esports-news/article/ti9-group-stage?tags=dota-2,ti9

doubt they know even by now
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.
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-12 15:24:34
August 12 2019 15:24 GMT
#202263
heh, I hope that's intentional on valve's side.
passive quaranstream fan
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7065 Posts
August 12 2019 15:41 GMT
#202264
They do this every year it is intentional
They don’t announce groups until ~48 hours before first matches
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
August 12 2019 15:45 GMT
#202265
I just want to fall asleep for 2 days and wake up when it's TI
LiquidDota StaffSCIENTISTS BAFFLED | 3275929302
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
August 12 2019 16:06 GMT
#202266
feel like i'm not going to be able to catch any of TI this year. games start at 2am each day
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
August 12 2019 16:09 GMT
#202267
i literally cannot deal having russians in my team anymore
i literally cannot
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.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-12 17:30:52
August 12 2019 16:42 GMT
#202268
I could catch one or two series because they start at 9 p.m. ET for me. Probably won't catch the finals because they're scheduled at 2 a.m. At least I don't have work or school yet which means I can afford to be a bit sleep deprived.

I also made a fraisier cake because I have way too many strawberries. https://imgur.com/a/JMTNs94

On August 13 2019 02:09 Sn0_Man wrote:
Is that called a Frasier cake because strawberry in French is fraise or what?

Pretty sure your reason is correct.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
August 12 2019 17:09 GMT
#202269
Is that called a Frasier cake because strawberry in French is fraise or what?
LiquidDota StaffSCIENTISTS BAFFLED | 3275929302
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
August 12 2019 17:10 GMT
#202270
who from TL is going to china btw?
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34501 Posts
August 12 2019 17:17 GMT
#202271
Got an email from tumblr about an old tldota2 account I made years ago. A few nostalgic flashbacks:

[image loading]

[image loading]

Moderator
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7065 Posts
August 12 2019 17:22 GMT
#202272
As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics.
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-12 17:33:45
August 12 2019 17:32 GMT
#202273
Everybody claims mangix ult micro is ez but im utterly incapable of making that an effective spell
LiquidDota StaffSCIENTISTS BAFFLED | 3275929302
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
August 12 2019 17:38 GMT
#202274
do u spam windwalk?
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.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
August 12 2019 17:47 GMT
#202275
All you really gotta do is cyclone someone and then throw rocks
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34501 Posts
August 12 2019 17:48 GMT
#202276
It's pretty easy

Select all, a-click, stun, tab, cyclone, windwalk, attack
Moderator
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
August 12 2019 18:13 GMT
#202277
I definitely try to do all those things but I never end up having an impact with it whereas I always get slaughtered by those brewlings against it.
LiquidDota StaffSCIENTISTS BAFFLED | 3275929302
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7733 Posts
August 12 2019 18:45 GMT
#202278
That feeling when you know you lost the game in pick phase because some guy firstpicked Io in 2,5k mmr bracket xd

Man it's TI time already, feels like the previous one was like two months ago
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
August 12 2019 20:52 GMT
#202279


what
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Crusnik
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5378 Posts
August 12 2019 21:54 GMT
#202280
On August 13 2019 05:52 Faruko wrote:
https://twitter.com/betwaydota2/status/1159868692961878021

what

That..it..is..it true...?I mean, it works and I wouldn't be surprised if it was that stupid and obvious, but..holy crap it's so simple....
Steam: rook492
Prev 1 10112 10113 10114 10115 10116 10601 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
LiuLi Cup Grand Finals Playoff
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
NeuroSwarm 176
ProTech135
mcanning 113
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 12667
Sea 12566
ToSsGirL 624
Dewaltoss 105
Terrorterran 3
League of Legends
JimRising 822
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K973
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor118
Other Games
summit1g7933
C9.Mang0331
Mew2King35
ToD32
Organizations
StarCraft: Brood War
Afreeca ASL 3463
UltimateBattle 227
lovetv 28
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH1765
• Hupsaiya 442
• practicex 21
• Sammyuel 19
• IndyKCrew
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• RayReign 26
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
League of Legends
• Lourlo1259
• Stunt421
Other Games
• Scarra696
Upcoming Events
CranKy Ducklings
3h 50m
RSL Revival
3h 50m
Reynor vs Zoun
herO vs sOs
WardiTV Winter Champion…
5h 50m
Classic vs Rogue
Solar vs Gerald
Bunny vs Nicoract
ByuN vs Zoun
herO vs Clem
MaxPax vs Cure
AI Arena Tournament
13h 50m
Patches Events
16h 50m
Replay Cast
17h 50m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 3h
RSL Revival
1d 3h
Classic vs TriGGeR
Cure vs Cham
WardiTV Winter Champion…
1d 5h
OSC
1d 6h
[ Show More ]
BSL
1d 13h
Replay Cast
1d 17h
Replay Cast
2 days
Monday Night Weeklies
2 days
OSC
2 days
Replay Cast
4 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-05
PiG Sty Festival 7.0
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
Spring Cup 2026
ASL Season 21: Qualifier #1
RSL Revival: Season 4
WardiTV Winter 2026
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

ASL Season 21: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
CSLAN 4
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
NationLESS Cup
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.