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Jinxed
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States6450 Posts
July 07 2015 23:17 GMT
#50781
On July 08 2015 08:15 crms wrote:
who has the most unique avatar? are any heroes currently not used?

I know that there are stats for it, but I have no idea who actually has access to them.
LiquidDota Staff"LeLoup is a great name pls undo." -Liquid`Nazgul
andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-07 23:19:48
July 07 2015 23:18 GMT
#50782
On July 08 2015 05:17 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 05:16 andyrau wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:57 goody153 wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:53 andyrau wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:45 goody153 wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:39 andyrau wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:28 goody153 wrote:
The "hype" is hugely different.

The difference is that 6-10 teams on TI gets into the event without really much work like yeah sure they proved themselves the entire year so they get invited but everybody gets a huge pay even for the worst placing ones without much effort on the event itself (outside the prepartion they did before getting into TI ofc obviously).

It feels like another tournament. And even if they kept the same round robin group stages(without the elimination factor aside from the bottom 1-3) there's no real guarantee that they will be serious 100% of the matches. Which really kills cause half the matches wouldn't matter anyways for most teams anyways. And there's another benefit for it which is we get to see our favorite team to play all the teams in the event in a serious manner.

On July 08 2015 04:27 tehh4ck3r wrote:
eliminating half the teams before the main event is shitty
last year's format was a direct result of them only having 4 days to run the whole bracket as opposed to 5 like they did at ti3
this year they have 6 days to run the whole bracket, which means that the format will almost certainly be a 16 team bo1 group stage to determine seeds into a double elim bracket similar to what was at TI3


ugh w/e since most teams are gonna play anyways half of those round robin b01 games are gonna be irrelevant cause there's no guarantee they'd take that shit seriously anyways (game quality is gonna be bad since teams don't have much to lose if they lose as long as they secure their spot in the playoffs or get seeded nicely for the TI contenders)

w/e but i'll take it as long as they keep the 16 b01's before main event

'teams playing for 15m aren't going to take games seriously' ok dude lol

if the games doesn't have any risk to their status into the event

why not ? they could play mindgames against those teams and try to get a read on how they draft while not revealing anything themselves ? and if it's for the better of how they will get deeper into the tournament why not fuck around the group stages where teams can analyse you .

didn't chinese teams do that on scrims against other teams cause games doesn't have any risk .. they have been successful about it

even if the tournament is for 15 million if it's not the match that will decide your fate for the tournament why not try to get an advantage if the cost is to simply fuck around the group stages

On July 08 2015 04:44 tehh4ck3r wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:38 goody153 wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:32 tehh4ck3r wrote:
On July 08 2015 04:28 goody153 wrote:
The "hype" is hugely different.

The difference is that 6-10 teams on TI gets into the event without really much work like yeah sure they proved themselves the entire year so they get invited but everybody gets a huge pay even for the worst placing ones without much effort on the event itself (outside the prepartion they did before getting into TI ofc obviously).

It feels like another tournament. And even if they kept the same round robin group stages(without the elimination factor aside from the bottom 1-3) there's no real guarantee that they will be serious 100% of the matches. Which really kills cause half the matches wouldn't matter anyways for most teams anyways. And there's another benefit for it which is we get to see our favorite team to play all the teams in the event in a serious manner.

On July 08 2015 04:27 tehh4ck3r wrote:
eliminating half the teams before the main event is shitty
last year's format was a direct result of them only having 4 days to run the whole bracket as opposed to 5 like they did at ti3
this year they have 6 days to run the whole bracket, which means that the format will almost certainly be a 16 team bo1 group stage to determine seeds into a double elim bracket similar to what was at TI3


ugh w/e since most teams are gonna play anyways half of those round robin b01 games are gonna be irrelevant cause there's no guarantee they'd take that shit seriously anyways (game quality is gonna be bad since teams don't have much to lose if they lose)


the teams took the ti2 and ti3 round robin stages seriously, and the matches there were equally irrelevant by your standards
under the ti4 format there was no reason for arrow gaming or na'vi us to take any matches seriously after day 2 but they still did as well

this is TI
teams aren't just going to joke around

i don't believe it from what i've seen between TI3 groups( where whatever team alliance would just give up after a lead but during TI4 there were many times where teams wouldn't just give up until the throne is dead cause every game counted )

it'll still end up as "oh we lost it's ok lets count this as practice for the main event" even if it's TI cause you know there's no real threat for the championship contending teams since they will most likely get a nice seed spot into the main event. It'll turn out into some kind of "feel the other teams" event rather than something serious where they have to play their hearts out.



TI3 alliance went 14-0 during the group stages dude

sure they did but VG also got a 12-3 at the end of group stages and all the teams they faced will have surely took it seriously and threw everything they got cause it's for elimination ..and not "oh they are rolling oh well even if we had the slighest chance of hope lets just abandon that so that we can save energy we are not gonna get eliminated by it anyways"

The thing is that half the time in that kind of group stages even at the start of the game the idea that "they can give up" and not try their hardest cause they aren't risking anything unless they are one of the last placing teams. That doesn't give the best competitive environment.

but that's not my point at all rofl I'm complaining about teams not playing at the main event
I'm not complaining about the fact that there are meaningless games and all of the ti's so far have had them


that's why just make the bubble bracket games played on the event venue(ofc assuming the schedule doesn't go bonkers) it's just the same .. yes maybe 3-7 teams won't get to play the venue but that happens to most big tournaments like the latest mars tv (where 2 teams got eliminated .. it's just 2 but worst teams are likely to get eliminated immediately anyways) among other tournaments

every tournament had meaningless games but during group stages if there's no real elimination threat it's like half the games aren't even treated seriously .. and with 16 teams the group stages will most likely be the hugest amount of games and it would be pretty bad if most of the games aren't even treated seriously

except this is ti not some run of the mill tournament

there are shitty teams at the Olympics, shitty teams at the world cup, etc
and they all get to play and compete in front of an audience


why not just make the tournament where everybody just double their hardwork if this is the case .. like you said it's The International aka. The Biggest Tournament of the year as much possible just eliminate the riskless matchups

hello
im going to repeat this in the simplest possible terms for the last time because my english words don't seem to register for you
i dont care about riskless or meaningless matches. nobody cares about them because they mean nothing hence they're irrelevant.
i care about every team being at the main venue playing matches in front of live audience, regardless of how bad you perceive the team to be, or how meaningless you regard the matches to be.
"Zai is legitimately not as good as bulba." | kaipi ti3 champions
RoyGBiv_13
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1275 Posts
July 07 2015 23:19 GMT
#50783
I've only seen a very few alchemists in this thread...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-07 23:25:13
July 07 2015 23:24 GMT
#50784
my current theory is that cynic is a dihg smurf and either goody or andy is a cynic smurf

only way this discussion is still happening
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TL+ Member
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28104 Posts
July 07 2015 23:24 GMT
#50785
I can honestly say I haven't seen a Terrorblade yet? Have any of you seen it?
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trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
July 07 2015 23:24 GMT
#50786
zeus vs hera

rip tiny
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
July 07 2015 23:26 GMT
#50787
wait harodihg got banned while I was gone rofl
LiquidDota Staff
TL+ Member
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
July 07 2015 23:27 GMT
#50788
On July 08 2015 08:26 eieio wrote:
wait harodihg got banned while I was gone rofl

cynic and dihgs voices are pretty different yo
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
July 07 2015 23:28 GMT
#50789
i found 1 tb and i think ive seen maybe 2 others http://www.liquiddota.com/forum/dota-2-tournaments/488240-esl-one-frankfurt-main-event-day-2?page=8#160
posting on liquid sites in current year
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
July 07 2015 23:28 GMT
#50790
On July 08 2015 08:27 Targe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 08:26 eieio wrote:
wait harodihg got banned while I was gone rofl

cynic and dihgs voices are pretty different yo

thats a bold claim coming from a confirmed dihg/leloup shared account
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TL+ Member
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-07-07 23:33:36
July 07 2015 23:33 GMT
#50791
yo ill 1v1 thetwinmasters for naga icon supremacy

to the throne as naga
posting on liquid sites in current year
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
July 07 2015 23:33 GMT
#50792
On July 08 2015 08:17 Jinxed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 08:15 crms wrote:
who has the most unique avatar? are any heroes currently not used?

I know that there are stats for it, but I have no idea who actually has access to them.

well isn't it a bit fucked up since anyone that hasn't visited before has their avatar randomly assigned?
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
July 07 2015 23:33 GMT
#50793
On July 08 2015 08:33 Comeh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 08:17 Jinxed wrote:
On July 08 2015 08:15 crms wrote:
who has the most unique avatar? are any heroes currently not used?

I know that there are stats for it, but I have no idea who actually has access to them.

well isn't it a bit fucked up since anyone that hasn't visited before has their avatar randomly assigned?

isnt default abaddon
posting on liquid sites in current year
Jinxed
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States6450 Posts
July 07 2015 23:36 GMT
#50794
On July 08 2015 08:33 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 08:33 Comeh wrote:
On July 08 2015 08:17 Jinxed wrote:
On July 08 2015 08:15 crms wrote:
who has the most unique avatar? are any heroes currently not used?

I know that there are stats for it, but I have no idea who actually has access to them.

well isn't it a bit fucked up since anyone that hasn't visited before has their avatar randomly assigned?

isnt default abaddon

Nope, randomly assigned.

Everything just goes abba when R1ch borks something.
LiquidDota Staff"LeLoup is a great name pls undo." -Liquid`Nazgul
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7087 Posts
July 07 2015 23:41 GMT
#50795
idk what to change to honestly

also r1ch needs to update the SF icon to be the new one and the void icon too I think
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.
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
July 07 2015 23:50 GMT
#50796
your mom needs to be updated gottem.
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
July 07 2015 23:53 GMT
#50797
On July 08 2015 08:28 eieio wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2015 08:27 Targe wrote:
On July 08 2015 08:26 eieio wrote:
wait harodihg got banned while I was gone rofl

cynic and dihgs voices are pretty different yo

thats a bold claim coming from a confirmed dihg/leloup shared account

how did you know?
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7087 Posts
July 08 2015 00:05 GMT
#50798
Can I interest anyone in a game of dota 2
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.
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28104 Posts
July 08 2015 00:07 GMT
#50799
Maybe after I eat in like 10-15 minutes, but don't wait around for me if you find people.
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Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
July 08 2015 00:09 GMT
#50800
On July 08 2015 09:05 tehh4ck3r wrote:
Can I interest anyone in a game of dota 2

i can play
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