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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
June 11 2021 04:19 GMT
#208681
all the top seeded teams didnt win a single series... ok QC did but that was because they were against another seeded team.

I was talking about developing to the tournament, to what works and not, im not talking about no scrimming.or something as the like.

Anyway, my point is that there's 0 reason to have seeded teams, i was just joking saying they indeed suck, of course they dont, but the format doesnt help them, at all.
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-11 04:45:18
June 11 2021 04:45 GMT
#208682
These players absolutely know scrims and scrims and official games are official games.

Rumors said VP won nearly all of their scrims, but they certainly can't be happy about not winning any of their official matches. Vice versa we've seen interviews where teams say they lost all their scrims but win an official match and gain confidence to do well in a group stage.

I think Valve has gotten enough feedback to know it's not a good format to run.
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harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
June 11 2021 05:06 GMT
#208683
seems like its just confirmation bias that makes u bring up the "we lost all our scrims but we won now we win TI" schtick

why bother mentioning scrims in an interview if its not an outlier result? why bother remembering said interview if its not an outlier result? etc. etc. etc.

the entire notion being spread here seems ultra stupid theres nothing magical about matches vs scrims

theres more nerves, and some teams might bring out a few picks/ideas that theyd have tried to prepare/hide before, but theyre literally still playing 24/7 leading up their match whether they had matches prior or not

i dont think theres anything u can add to ur argument that wont make it sound stupid
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TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28096 Posts
June 11 2021 07:17 GMT
#208684
It took a major called "animajor" to get me interested in Dota again. Just played for the first time in 8 months
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Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
June 11 2021 10:38 GMT
#208685
On June 11 2021 10:40 harodihg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2021 05:34 Faruko wrote:
add VP to teams that sucks because they dont play enough games


i really really really doubt that theyre not playing 4-6 scrims a day (at least) right now the same as the other teams at the major

unless theres some insider info u have that theyre actually not scrimming in which case yeah id agree thats why they sux

IDK how it was this time. Last major teams had to arrive 48h before their first game. Which means teams like VP could not scrim the people in the tournament.

IMO this format is bad because it seeds teams like VP and Alliance directly into TI while they havent won anything at an actual LAN. This will most likely diminish the quality of games at TI.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
June 11 2021 11:02 GMT
#208686
On June 11 2021 14:06 harodihg wrote:
seems like its just confirmation bias that makes u bring up the "we lost all our scrims but we won now we win TI" schtick

why bother mentioning scrims in an interview if its not an outlier result? why bother remembering said interview if its not an outlier result? etc. etc. etc.

the entire notion being spread here seems ultra stupid theres nothing magical about matches vs scrims

theres more nerves, and some teams might bring out a few picks/ideas that theyd have tried to prepare/hide before, but theyre literally still playing 24/7 leading up their match whether they had matches prior or not

i dont think theres anything u can add to ur argument that wont make it sound stupid

So you admit there's differences between matches vs scrims, and then conclude there's no difference between matches and scrims? I just can't agree with the opinion that nerves don't matter to every team.
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Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
June 11 2021 12:27 GMT
#208687
Ill admit that the notion of scrims vs official matches could be wrong, i wont admit it 100% because we have seen time and time again teams getting seeded only to fail well before the potential of what they have. But you can't agree that seeded teams looked shaky.

Im betting the mental side of things of lacking the experience of playing in the tournament, which could lead to a more relaxed state instead of the strees that means this being your first match and all that means with it its exactly the reason why these teams came and went like its nothing.

But anyway, pointless argument that leads nowhere and i'm not in my best days personally so maybe im not thinking straight and i could be extrapolating data from not enough sample, honestly, i dont care.

i apologize
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
June 11 2021 13:28 GMT
#208688
On June 11 2021 19:38 Slomo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2021 10:40 harodihg wrote:
On June 11 2021 05:34 Faruko wrote:
add VP to teams that sucks because they dont play enough games


i really really really doubt that theyre not playing 4-6 scrims a day (at least) right now the same as the other teams at the major

unless theres some insider info u have that theyre actually not scrimming in which case yeah id agree thats why they sux

IDK how it was this time. Last major teams had to arrive 48h before their first game. Which means teams like VP could not scrim the people in the tournament.

IMO this format is bad because it seeds teams like VP and Alliance directly into TI while they havent won anything at an actual LAN. This will most likely diminish the quality of games at TI.


ya the format of having teams seed directly into upper bracket based on local results seems really dumb
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harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-11 13:47:47
June 11 2021 13:30 GMT
#208689
On June 11 2021 20:02 rabidch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2021 14:06 harodihg wrote:
seems like its just confirmation bias that makes u bring up the "we lost all our scrims but we won now we win TI" schtick

why bother mentioning scrims in an interview if its not an outlier result? why bother remembering said interview if its not an outlier result? etc. etc. etc.

the entire notion being spread here seems ultra stupid theres nothing magical about matches vs scrims

theres more nerves, and some teams might bring out a few picks/ideas that theyd have tried to prepare/hide before, but theyre literally still playing 24/7 leading up their match whether they had matches prior or not

i dont think theres anything u can add to ur argument that wont make it sound stupid

So you admit there's differences between matches vs scrims, and then conclude there's no difference between matches and scrims? I just can't agree with the opinion that nerves don't matter to every team.


you can nitpick differences between literally anything and u could use the same logic to try and say red cars are faster than blue cars or some shit like that.

teams arent gaining a considerable advantage by playing a few matches versus scrims

edit: walk through this axiomatically

are scrims and matches different? yes - primarily stress levels

do you gain an advantage by having more comfort with dealing with higher stress levels? we can both agree that this is true

would, in this tournament, not having directly seeded teams and having those that were instead play more matches prior change the outcome? I would say no -- what team of those directly seeded are inexperienced to playing matches on LAN? I haven't seen a single argument made that connects inexperience with matches to the reason they lose, and only people trying to claim that that's the reason based on a few matches here. would it not be more likely that the teams that were directly seeded simply did not play well enough to win? the last time VP played against nigma was 7 months ago (in matches, likely sooner via scrims) for instance.

my point isnt that seeding directly into upper bracket is good, because i think its shit too
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harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
June 11 2021 13:35 GMT
#208690
On June 11 2021 21:27 Faruko wrote:
Ill admit that the notion of scrims vs official matches could be wrong, i wont admit it 100% because we have seen time and time again teams getting seeded only to fail well before the potential of what they have. But you can't agree that seeded teams looked shaky.

Im betting the mental side of things of lacking the experience of playing in the tournament, which could lead to a more relaxed state instead of the strees that means this being your first match and all that means with it its exactly the reason why these teams came and went like its nothing.

But anyway, pointless argument that leads nowhere and i'm not in my best days personally so maybe im not thinking straight and i could be extrapolating data from not enough sample, honestly, i dont care.

i apologize


hope you start feeling better faruko, take care chief <3
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teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 11 2021 15:30 GMT
#208691
so fucking glad youtube stream of major is alrdy almost beating out the twitch version fuck u twitch
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.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
June 11 2021 17:08 GMT
#208692
On June 11 2021 22:35 harodihg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 11 2021 21:27 Faruko wrote:
Ill admit that the notion of scrims vs official matches could be wrong, i wont admit it 100% because we have seen time and time again teams getting seeded only to fail well before the potential of what they have. But you can't agree that seeded teams looked shaky.

Im betting the mental side of things of lacking the experience of playing in the tournament, which could lead to a more relaxed state instead of the strees that means this being your first match and all that means with it its exactly the reason why these teams came and went like its nothing.

But anyway, pointless argument that leads nowhere and i'm not in my best days personally so maybe im not thinking straight and i could be extrapolating data from not enough sample, honestly, i dont care.

i apologize


hope you start feeling better faruko, take care chief <3

thank you my dear LD friend

it'll get better
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 11 2021 19:47 GMT
#208693
wild that either t1 or qc is top3
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.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
June 11 2021 20:15 GMT
#208694
On June 12 2021 04:47 teddyoojo wrote:
wild that either t1 or qc is top3

i was really impressed by T1, then Aster played again and now i dont know what to think.
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
June 12 2021 00:46 GMT
#208695
ayyyy ya girl's got cubital tunnel syndrome and also lost about $7500 total during my poker misadventures over the last few weeks
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
June 12 2021 02:00 GMT
#208696
On June 12 2021 09:46 plasmidghost wrote:
ayyyy ya girl's got cubital tunnel syndrome and also lost about $7500 total during my poker misadventures over the last few weeks

Poker, never again.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
June 12 2021 03:27 GMT
#208697
On June 12 2021 11:00 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 12 2021 09:46 plasmidghost wrote:
ayyyy ya girl's got cubital tunnel syndrome and also lost about $7500 total during my poker misadventures over the last few weeks

Poker, never again.

Addiction is a hell of a drug
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
June 12 2021 11:03 GMT
#208698
Do you need professional help?
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 12 2021 16:57 GMT
#208699
fucking hell
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.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
June 12 2021 16:59 GMT
#208700
holy fucking shit, eriksen wake up pls
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
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