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Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
May 28 2018 19:20 GMT
#191541
Ana decided to retire for a year to be fair

Brazil is an awesome country to travel to, have fun Faruko
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
May 28 2018 19:35 GMT
#191542
Forev said on stream that he's bootcamping with a group of friends right now that includes ana and they're trying for TI8. They don't want a competitive team though, just playing mostly for fun. Don't know if this discounts OG, but it sounds like another hobbled together international team that Forev always plays in.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
May 28 2018 19:37 GMT
#191543
Lets go OG.Timado, OG.Khezu, OG.Misery lmao
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
May 28 2018 19:41 GMT
#191544
On May 29 2018 04:20 Pontual wrote:
Ana decided to retire for a year to be fair

Brazil is an awesome country to travel to, have fun Faruko

i know, been a few times already

first time in Rio de Janeiro tho
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
May 28 2018 19:43 GMT
#191545
Hope you go to pão de açúcar, at least for me it was >>>> Cristo Redentor
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
May 28 2018 19:55 GMT
#191546
go in the evening, it's fucking amazing during dusk
passive quaranstream fan
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
May 28 2018 19:59 GMT
#191547
On May 29 2018 04:55 Artisreal wrote:
go in the evening, it's fucking amazing during dusk

Must be surreal
Sbrubbles
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil5776 Posts
May 28 2018 20:18 GMT
#191548
On May 29 2018 04:41 Faruko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2018 04:20 Pontual wrote:
Ana decided to retire for a year to be fair

Brazil is an awesome country to travel to, have fun Faruko

i know, been a few times already

first time in Rio de Janeiro tho


Besides Pão de Açúcar, Corcovado and the beaches, I would go to Floresta da Tijuca (for hiking in the jungle without actually leaving Rio) and Jardim Botânico (really beatiful botanical garden).

Also, if you're adventurous and really like hiking, Pedra da Gavea is an amazing trip, though it's a little dangerous (very steep).
Bora Pain minha porra!
arghyad1
Profile Joined April 2018
India243 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-28 20:22:20
May 28 2018 20:20 GMT
#191549
Can anyone tell me how pro team regions are locked in Dota 2? I can't seem to find this anywhere.

Edit : Including what happens for roster swaps. Ex : If a team starts with majority NA players at start of season & has majority SEA players at end of season, how is it decided which region's qualifiers they will play?
The more you hurt me, The Stronger I become....
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-28 20:26:32
May 28 2018 20:24 GMT
#191550
On May 29 2018 05:20 arghyad1 wrote:
Can anyone tell me how pro team regions are locked in Dota 2? I can't seem to find this anywhere.

For invites, it doesn't matter at all cuz valve just invites them. For the qualifiers, it's on a tournament by tournament basis. Faceit traditionally runs the TI qualifiers, so their rules for dota tournaments (which I believe were constructed in cooperation with valve for the TI stuff) are what govern it. They require 3/5 the players to be physically playing from a region, and they define regions (stuff like "what region is india in" etc). You can google their rules, I don't have a link handy.

With respect to your edit, it doesn't matter what happens at the start of the season. If you swapped players after the roster lock, then you are ineligible for invite and you just play whatever open qualifiers you qualify for.

In the case of EG, they can play NA or EU pretty easily by moving fly + s4 to their teamhouse in america, or moving sumail + arteezy to a bootcamp in EU for a few weeks (and crit)
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Spicy_Curry
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States10573 Posts
May 28 2018 20:41 GMT
#191551
4D chess players would still play NA qualifiers to remove a potential competitor from TI instead of having to play them at Vancouver.
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arghyad1
Profile Joined April 2018
India243 Posts
May 28 2018 20:43 GMT
#191552
On May 29 2018 05:24 Sn0_Man wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2018 05:20 arghyad1 wrote:
Can anyone tell me how pro team regions are locked in Dota 2? I can't seem to find this anywhere.

For invites, it doesn't matter at all cuz valve just invites them. For the qualifiers, it's on a tournament by tournament basis. Faceit traditionally runs the TI qualifiers, so their rules for dota tournaments (which I believe were constructed in cooperation with valve for the TI stuff) are what govern it. They require 3/5 the players to be physically playing from a region, and they define regions (stuff like "what region is india in" etc). You can google their rules, I don't have a link handy.

With respect to your edit, it doesn't matter what happens at the start of the season. If you swapped players after the roster lock, then you are ineligible for invite and you just play whatever open qualifiers you qualify for.

In the case of EG, they can play NA or EU pretty easily by moving fly + s4 to their teamhouse in america, or moving sumail + arteezy to a bootcamp in EU for a few weeks (and crit)


Thanks for taking the effort. I am in office and all the google pages I can access have nothing on this that is helping.

So what about teams like Fnatic? They got 2 from SEA, 2 from NA & 1 from EU. Did they choose their region or are the players all SEA server players (well not all, but atleast 1 of the 3 non SEA players)?
The more you hurt me, The Stronger I become....
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
May 28 2018 20:46 GMT
#191553
pubg is apparently actually going to take epic to court

lmao, how fucking dumb do you have to be to attempt this
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-28 20:50:04
May 28 2018 20:48 GMT
#191554
On May 29 2018 05:43 arghyad1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2018 05:24 Sn0_Man wrote:
On May 29 2018 05:20 arghyad1 wrote:
Can anyone tell me how pro team regions are locked in Dota 2? I can't seem to find this anywhere.

For invites, it doesn't matter at all cuz valve just invites them. For the qualifiers, it's on a tournament by tournament basis. Faceit traditionally runs the TI qualifiers, so their rules for dota tournaments (which I believe were constructed in cooperation with valve for the TI stuff) are what govern it. They require 3/5 the players to be physically playing from a region, and they define regions (stuff like "what region is india in" etc). You can google their rules, I don't have a link handy.

With respect to your edit, it doesn't matter what happens at the start of the season. If you swapped players after the roster lock, then you are ineligible for invite and you just play whatever open qualifiers you qualify for.

In the case of EG, they can play NA or EU pretty easily by moving fly + s4 to their teamhouse in america, or moving sumail + arteezy to a bootcamp in EU for a few weeks (and crit)


Thanks for taking the effort. I am in office and all the google pages I can access have nothing on this that is helping.

So what about teams like Fnatic? They got 2 from SEA, 2 from NA & 1 from EU. Did they choose their region or are the players all SEA server players (well not all, but atleast 1 of the 3 non SEA players)?


if they get invited to the qualifiers, they play in whichever regional qualifiers valve invites them to (or they go play in opens in whichever region they are physically in)

last year planet odd got invited to the NA closed qualifiers despite the team moving to EU so they had to play in NA qualifiers
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
May 28 2018 21:16 GMT
#191555
On May 29 2018 05:46 Unleashing wrote:
pubg is apparently actually going to take epic to court

lmao, how fucking dumb do you have to be to attempt this

I mean, spend money on improving your game? Dumb lawsuits are clearly a better use of time. P6 is the perfect person to rant about this.... haven't seen him in a while
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
May 28 2018 21:26 GMT
#191556
looking at this bless online game that has abillion twitch viewers right now,

pay atleast 30$ for the game, and then its still pay2win?
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.
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
May 28 2018 21:30 GMT
#191557
game seems very unexciting but who's surprised?
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TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28102 Posts
May 28 2018 21:31 GMT
#191558
It isn't p2w though. Nothing in the cash shop gives you an in-game advantage as of yet (at least nothing significant).

I still think the game is going to suck/fail.
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
May 28 2018 21:33 GMT
#191559
Didn't learn this until today, but Bluehole Studio made PUBG AND Tera Online. Really wasn't expecting the latter.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-05-28 21:52:24
May 28 2018 21:44 GMT
#191560
On May 29 2018 06:33 intotheheart wrote:
Didn't learn this until today, but Bluehole Studio made PUBG AND Tera Online. Really wasn't expecting the latter.

I mean, that's not an intelligent way to look at it.

Bluehole, the studio that made TERA, agreed to give brendan greene like some trivial budget (say $500,000) to make his game. Maybe a few coders were the same, or maybe not so much.

anyway pubg way outgrew bluehole so they spun off a new studio (pubgcorp) which they own.
On May 29 2018 06:16 Nevuk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2018 05:46 Unleashing wrote:
pubg is apparently actually going to take epic to court

lmao, how fucking dumb do you have to be to attempt this

I mean, spend money on improving your game? Dumb lawsuits are clearly a better use of time. P6 is the perfect person to rant about this.... haven't seen him in a while

better yet, better tell the community " How much real money do you guys think we should charge you to change your name. We figure it's industry standard to charge real money and in-game currency both"

Missing the obvious bit where their game is on steam, which has infinite free instantaneous name changes . Also not giving the community enough respect to just put a price on something that obviously costs pubgcorp nothing at all, but instead asking the community how badly they should rip us off.

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