I enjoyed the interview, but the part with aui and the supports bugged the hell out of me; a large part of me wishes that they went to SL11; the old roster would have had a strong chance of winning sigh

We were also so close to having my ideal C9
EE
RTZ
Bone7
Aui
PLD

:/

That could have been incredible. PLD would fit nicely into that sort of team. Would still have questions about Bone's pool of heroes though. I like bone but idk doesn't seem like he's improved.

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I don't quite understand why they dropped out of both of those tournaments if the captain felt he needed them that badly.

spudde123

4814 Posts

February 06 2015 22:23 GMT

#724

i-League was just due to the shadiness of their communication with the organizers and the misinformation they were given. SL I'm not sure if it was just the rest of the team wanting a break (they would have had to play all their SL games directly after coming back from a 3 week lan trip to DH and Summit and also play Dotapit playoffs at the same time), or if perhaps they didn't want to play because of the payment troubles SL has had. I don't think there was a clear reason given for dropping out of SL.

Daralii

United States16991 Posts

February 06 2015 22:37 GMT

#725

On February 07 2015 07:23 spudde123 wrote:
i-League was just due to the shadiness of their communication with the organizers and the misinformation they were given. SL I'm not sure if it was just the rest of the team wanting a break (they would have had to play all their SL games directly after coming back from a 3 week lan trip to DH and Summit and also play Dotapit playoffs at the same time), or if perhaps they didn't want to play because of the payment troubles SL has had. I don't think there was a clear reason given for dropping out of SL.

EE was very vocal about the fact they were still waiting on money from SL9, which happened close to a year beforehand. I'd be surprised if that wasn't it.

bagels21

United States4357 Posts

February 06 2015 22:42 GMT

#726

On February 07 2015 07:11 Sabu113 wrote:

Show nested quote +

http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/153

"Cloud9’s 2014 anything-can-happen play style, the team culture that won them popularity polls — that is gone. They may be more consistent or even a better Dota 2 team now, but I, like many other fans, will always mourn their unpredictability and flair...

Jacky did what Jacky had to do. But in some alternate dimension, C9 fans deserved to clone Artour and see that MLG-winning team play at TI."

Hot Bid sums it up pretty well for me

MirageTaN

Singapore871 Posts

February 07 2015 15:26 GMT

#727

I like this new super aggro C9 with notail. it reminds me of 2012 fnatic with the efficiency of classic C9. And also , Notail + EE <3

hunter_x

Germany2762 Posts

February 07 2015 16:33 GMT

#728

game 2 against secret lol

4tre55

Germany330 Posts

February 07 2015 16:37 GMT

#729

Wow, so Cloud 9 could actually be a really amazing team. But probably only without Bone 7. Same Problem Secret had, not too many good offlaners in western Dota.

Comeh

United States18919 Posts

February 07 2015 16:44 GMT

#730

On February 08 2015 01:37 4tre55 wrote:
Wow, so Cloud 9 could actually be a really amazing team. But probably only without Bone 7. Same Problem Secret had, not too many good offlaners in western Dota.

TBH, b7 didn't lose that game (though he didn't help) - shot calling lost that one.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32746 Posts

February 07 2015 16:45 GMT

#731

C9 revolutionizing how to throw.

Invoker

Belgium686 Posts

February 07 2015 16:51 GMT

#732

At least have the fucking balls to go straight T4 and fight, walking back to other side of the map is just retarded as fuck.

Comeh

United States18919 Posts

February 07 2015 17:31 GMT

#733

I take it back, they need to kick bone7

GaribaldiSC2

Spain709 Posts

February 07 2015 18:31 GMT

#734

EE played so poorly today

Z-BosoN

Brazil2590 Posts

February 07 2015 18:42 GMT

#735

this series against secret was just disgusting, game 2 is the clowniest thing I've EVER seen them do, and that's saying a lot

DucK-

Singapore11447 Posts

February 07 2015 18:45 GMT

#736

On February 08 2015 03:31 GaribaldiSC2 wrote:
EE played so poorly today

I thought he played good.

I actually think c9 showed their potential today, but they made really stupid calls. Game 3 was a draft loss, game 2 was just......

Salazarz

Korea (South)2591 Posts

February 07 2015 20:39 GMT

#737

EE was playing fine, entire team was doing okay with exception of bone7 who just got progressively worse throughout the series. Game 2 tho......... they even had inventory space on most of their heroes, absolutely no excuse to not have TPs there.

Murkinlol

United States366 Posts

February 07 2015 22:05 GMT

#738

New tournament, new scapegoat, same old clown 9.

lestye

United States4205 Posts

February 07 2015 22:21 GMT

#739

Bone7 gets so much criticism. I know it's been a long time, but is it possible he can like improve himself to the point of stability or is he completely FUBAR and needs to be replaced?

I love Bone7, I've seen him do miraclous plays but he makes all these mistakes, and I don't see their competition making so many blunders.And if the goal is to win TI (Envy does not want to be complacent, I think before teams were just happy to make a living off of Dota full-time, but Envy wants to WIN and win big), then something needs to happen in their training or strategy so it doesn't feel like they're sabotaging themselves every other game.