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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
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spudde123
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On July 13 2016 16:42 Pandemona wrote: Zai confirmed in his EG interview on the website that they are attending Star Ladder for sure which is nice. However that tournament looks really broken haha. For a start Virtus Pro qualified for it which do not exist anymore. I was watching PLD stream yesterday when he said to someone in his chat that Secret is going to SL too. Seems like both EG and Secret just want to get some games in. The event is a bit weird though given all the confusion about where it's actually held and participating teams not being known, but the prize pool still is 3x that of the Summit. | ||
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Atoissen
Norway1737 Posts
Strange anyway that there is no information about location and teams yet... I need to know when I can see EG next!! :D | ||
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
EG & Secret had both planned to be at Nanyang, but that went... poorly. So getting some officials in before TI6 is good. There'll be 10ish days before the start of TI after the tournament finishes, and since they're on the West Coast already, that's fine for travel. Plus, I highly doubt most of the teams are flying back to the Europe after The Summit 5, so good teams for scrimming should be available for everyone the next several weeks. Though since it's China we have the most games being played, I'm not really liking the current meta. It's Dazzle/Oracle + Glass Cannon... a lot. Though Shadow Demon being completely meta is pretty cool. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
![[image loading]](http://starladder.com/content/uploads/2016/07/news_dota2_ss_post_teams_1920.jpg) Ok then, this lan has suddenly gotten good  nice work in store for EG starting 21st July. Note Friends = Virtus Pro which ain't under the VP header anymore lol | ||
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the bear jew
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Atoissen
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
On July 16 2016 22:10 Atoissen wrote: Nice, wish there was one more Chinese team in there, still good Newbee dropped out, then iG couldn't secure Visas. So there was supposed to be. It's not quite a pure reverse of the what happened with Nanyang, but it's not too far off. Weirdly, I think CDEC.Youth is going to do well. This is going to be a weird LAN, as no one is going to take any dives, but they're also not going to give up much information about their true meta picks going into matches. If it doesn't get banned, ppd probably first picks Dark Seer every game. It could turn into the one tournament where pure mechanical skill is what win matches, which would be kind of fun. I also get the feeling that something like Mushi's Medusa is going to prevent us from seeing EG vs Secret. haha | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
![[image loading]](http://starladder.com/content/uploads/2016/07/starS2_double_e.jpg) Pretty nice draw, navi/fnatic should be a challenge, then probably Secret in that upper finals if we can negotiate them. However a double elimination tournament should be a good work out. Looking forward to it times and everything is updated on Liquipedia for the games so check it out! http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/StarLadder_i-League_StarSeries/Season_2 | ||
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Diavlo
Belgium2915 Posts
On July 20 2016 04:27 Pandemona wrote: Pretty nice draw, navi/fnatic should be a challenge, then probably Secret in that upper finals if we can negotiate them. However a double elimination tournament should be a good work out. Looking forward to it times and everything is updated on Liquipedia for the games so check it out! http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/StarLadder_i-League_StarSeries/Season_2 I would argue that it's a pretty awful draw given the tournament. CDEC.y is definitely a good team (they 2-0 both DC and VGR at Nanyang) and so are Fnatic and NaVi while on the other half of the bracket you have the consistently disappointing DC, Col, Secret and VP minus fng. I don't really know how to rate EG, Secret and Col but of the 5 remaining teams, I think the 3 best are on EG's side. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
There's 6 TI6 teams at this tournament, so it'll be good experience for everyone. It'll also set the Meta going into the TI bootcamp Meta. (Part of the Meta shifts within TI comes down to what everyone was scrimming during the bootcamping phase. Then everyone responds to it.) | ||
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nayumi
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LemOn
United Kingdom8629 Posts
On July 20 2016 05:31 Diavlo wrote: I would argue that it's a pretty awful draw given the tournament. CDEC.y is definitely a good team (they 2-0 both DC and VGR at Nanyang) and so are Fnatic and NaVi while on the other half of the bracket you have the consistently disappointing DC, Col, Secret and VP minus fng. I don't really know how to rate EG, Secret and Col but of the 5 remaining teams, I think the 3 best are on EG's side. I think you're missing the point, he was implying strong teams in bracket is a good thing | ||
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Gaial
United States313 Posts
I wouldn't be surprised if EG goes to the lower bracket in the 2nd round. It's impossible to judge the strength of EG vs top teams when they've only played 3 games with the new roster. | ||
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Racket
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Chewbacca.
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
On July 22 2016 03:38 Chewbacca. wrote: Nice! EG games delayed to a time when I can watch live. Opposite for me  as it Thursday | ||
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Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
It's time boys! Dinner done, scotch ready, time for some Dota! | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
 Well, just watched vod when i got to work. I was happy, bad start to game 1 but that don't stop us :D Easily brushed aside CDEC Youth, now onto Na'Vi! Fear Jugg in game 2 was awesome, Zai on Shadow Demon was great too that game. Solid all games from Suma1l and Unigod. Throw in PPD AA and you got yourself a good comfortable series for EG :D | ||
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