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PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
December 06 2014 22:59 GMT
#481
The silver rush continues.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Giga
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United Kingdom114 Posts
December 06 2014 23:13 GMT
#482
Not even EG can stop C9's 2nd place curse.
은하
sfasdfasdf
Profile Joined December 2013
Canada176 Posts
December 06 2014 23:18 GMT
#483
Just have to beat Secret tomorrow. No big deal.
FATAconda | @C9Cheerleader
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
December 06 2014 23:18 GMT
#484
I feel that win over EG may be huge for c9 mentally. They were looking like they would take it, then they dropped 2 games. Then they were in an extremely strong position in the last game, almost threw it away, and still managed to keep it together for the final play and fight to take the series. It was like the classic c9 moment but they still managed to hold it back and prevail, wp.
cuckoo
Profile Joined October 2014
595 Posts
December 06 2014 23:33 GMT
#485
On December 07 2014 08:18 spudde123 wrote:
I feel that win over EG may be huge for c9 mentally. They were looking like they would take it, then they dropped 2 games. Then they were in an extremely strong position in the last game, almost threw it away, and still managed to keep it together for the final play and fight to take the series. It was like the classic c9 moment but they still managed to hold it back and prevail, wp.


it can work both ways really

maybe they'll get too confident and lose to secret by underestimating them

spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
December 06 2014 23:37 GMT
#486
On December 07 2014 08:33 cuckoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2014 08:18 spudde123 wrote:
I feel that win over EG may be huge for c9 mentally. They were looking like they would take it, then they dropped 2 games. Then they were in an extremely strong position in the last game, almost threw it away, and still managed to keep it together for the final play and fight to take the series. It was like the classic c9 moment but they still managed to hold it back and prevail, wp.


it can work both ways really

maybe they'll get too confident and lose to secret by underestimating them



They may lose sure, but I highly doubt it will be due to underestimating anyone. I meant it more in the sense that if you lose over and over in the final rounds, it may start to creep up in your mind in game 5 when you are there again. Now they managed to win and it probably makes it easier to keep it together and play well next time as well.
Churrass
Profile Joined October 2013
573 Posts
December 07 2014 00:52 GMT
#487
On December 07 2014 08:33 cuckoo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2014 08:18 spudde123 wrote:
I feel that win over EG may be huge for c9 mentally. They were looking like they would take it, then they dropped 2 games. Then they were in an extremely strong position in the last game, almost threw it away, and still managed to keep it together for the final play and fight to take the series. It was like the classic c9 moment but they still managed to hold it back and prevail, wp.


it can work both ways really

maybe they'll get too confident and lose to secret by underestimating them



but they aint gonna play secret
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11075 Posts
December 07 2014 01:22 GMT
#488
That game was every reason to watch c9. Always crazy. Always a lot of ups and downs no matter what.
Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
December 07 2014 04:04 GMT
#489
Eg elimination curse broken. Now for the 2nd place curse?
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44237 Posts
December 07 2014 04:38 GMT
#490
On December 07 2014 10:22 Sabu113 wrote:
That game was every reason to watch c9. Always crazy. Always a lot of ups and downs no matter what.

there are so many crazy entertaining games that feature C9 and also alliance historically
this is a quote
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
December 08 2014 04:18 GMT
#491
It's okay guys TI5 will be gold after all this silver.

A man can dream at least right.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
December 08 2014 04:27 GMT
#492
They lost game 4, not so much cause of draft but everything collapsed but envy and vici had way too much control for a TB to go 1 v 5.
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
December 08 2014 04:30 GMT
#493
C9 was outclassed today. Even game 3 they should have loss, and didn't do anything worthy that game to win.
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
December 08 2014 04:54 GMT
#494
On December 08 2014 13:30 DucK- wrote:
C9 was outclassed today. Even game 3 they should have loss, and didn't do anything worthy that game to win.


Indeed, it's hard to say what part of it exactly was c9 playing under their potential and what was VG playing really well, but if you are under such pressure from 10mins onwards every game any small individual mistake you make will show. None of the games really got to a point where c9 would have done well early, making it difficult for VG to get deep wards. Now everything c9 tried was just too easy to anticipate when VG got so much early information through either Brood/Axe camping c9 forest or their deep warding that c9 wasn't prepared for.
Piledriver
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1697 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-08 05:07:15
December 08 2014 05:04 GMT
#495
I think the brood just got into their heads too much, so they had to really mix up their drafts, and ended up giving away the Sky + Tide combo in the last game.

Fata was just useless this series though, easily his weakest performance on C9 so far. He overcommited way too much vs Icex3 and got repeatedly punished. Even vs EG his invoker play was uninspiring, and so many times his veno was just not in the right place when needed.

I don't understand why they didnt pick anything from last week's Dreamleague, like the ET+ zeus + slark combinations.

Bone7 needs to play more "meta" offlaners. He just cant keep playing Legion + Batrider over and over and expect to get away with it. He needs to play tide, centaur and maybe timber at a higher level. They are definitely two levels lower than his Bat,

Finally the lich picks (both this series and vs EG), left me scratching my head. He offers nothing past the early 5 minutes. Enigma, or a 4 position naga( even though AUI doesnt play it) would have been an all round better pick.
Envy fan since NTH.
Exoteric
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia2330 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-08 05:36:10
December 08 2014 05:31 GMT
#496
the brood ban in the first phase made no sense, it's not like they can't deal with her if vg picked earlier than 5th pick. c9 just seem to have a significant mental block whenever they reach the finals of something, where at least 1 person plays awful along with really questionable drafting compared to the games leading up to the final. they really messed up dewarding as well, I honestly thought the wards vg placed near the dire ancients were very common locations.
hell is other people
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
December 08 2014 05:39 GMT
#497
On December 08 2014 14:31 Exoteric wrote:
the brood ban in the first phase made no sense, it's not like they can't deal with her if vg picked earlier than 5th pick. c9 just seem to have a significant mental block whenever they reach the finals of something, where at least 1 person plays awful along with really questionable drafting compared to the games leading up to the final. they really messed up dewarding as well, I honestly thought the wards vg placed near the dire ancients were very common locations.


Yea brood will never be picked in first phase. Even if it did get picked, it will be easy to deal with. If they're scared of brood, ban the hero in 2nd phase.
the bear jew
Profile Joined August 2014
United States3674 Posts
December 08 2014 05:45 GMT
#498
Did you see the second game? Broodmother wrecked them. Even with an ET, puck, rubick, legion, she still took over and sucked up all the jungle. Which destroyed c9's economy while AM did whatever he felt like. And if they didn't try to stop iceiceice, he just kept taking base. I fully agree with that ban. Cause they did counter her with aoe wave clear galore and it wasn't enough.
DeMoN pulled off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-08 05:52:19
December 08 2014 05:51 GMT
#499
Honestly I think the early Brood ban was because the first two games changed the way c9 understood Brood and they just didn't want to see it again. Coming into the series they obviously knew that VG might pick it considering they picked it the groups against c9, and thought they could handle it. But yet the Brood still managed to have a tremendous impact in both games giving a lot of information for VG and heavily restricting c9's ability to farm their own woods. They probably felt that they had the tools to deal with him for example in the 2nd game, and they still failed. After the 3rd game that c9 managed to snatch, they may have felt that they can't handle the way VG uses the Brood and even as a first phase pick it would be hard for them, and VG might just pick it early.

Another explanation could be that because the 3 first games didn't go well for c9 (although the 3rd game ended in their win), they just totally wanted to change the draft around. There are some situations where teams ban a hero in the 1st phase that the opponent may not even be 1st picking just to leave some other strong heroes in the pool so that you can get what you want in the early picks (enemy can't ban or pick them all).
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
December 08 2014 07:01 GMT
#500
C9 rely too much on efficiency and farming to win. They are not as good at fighting pushing or ganking. Once brood denies their jungle it's over. 0 jungle farm.
Life is run, it is dance, it is fast, passionate and BAM!, you dance and sing and booze while you can for now is the time and time is mine. Smile and laugh when still can for now is the time and soon you die!
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