Lol no. Sumail looked really bad pre TI 6. EG sacrified Sumail in the mid lane.

Yesterday, they kinda did the same thing, not sure why. But I think they won't make the same mistake again coming to TI. Fear and SVGesus are good enough to see the problem.

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 09 2017 10:58 GMT

#2802

A bit of a dissapointing finish in Mars tournament, but it seemed like they were trying out a whole bunch of heroes and team comps. I can't wait to see what they bring to TI next month

Chewbacca.

United States3634 Posts

July 09 2017 12:42 GMT

#2803

On July 09 2017 19:58 PoulsenB wrote:
A bit of a dissapointing finish in Mars tournament, but it seemed like they were trying out a whole bunch of heroes and team comps. I can't wait to see what they bring to TI mext month

Yeah, and it seemed like both games they lost versus OG they were in a pretty decent position to take the game, but then got caught out a few times and couldn't recover.

mozoku

United States708 Posts

July 09 2017 15:47 GMT

#2804

The MDL result isn't as bad as it looks imo. They tied for second in the group stages, but got the unfortunate end of a four-way tiebreaker to turn their knockout stage into single elim rather than double elim. Furthermore, they were eliminated by OG, but went 2-2 against them in the tournament overall, so it's hard to definitively argue OG is actually ahead of them atm.

On an unrelated note, head-to-head is kind of a senseless tiebreaker in a full round robin.

My takeaway is that all of the top 5 teams at MDL are close in skill. I don't see much evidence that any teams are way ahead of the others, so I doubt MDL results will be very predictive of TI results. Which is reassuring as an EG fan.

Gaial

United States313 Posts

July 10 2017 11:24 GMT

#2805

EG wasnt in a 4 way tie, they lost each to LGD, LFY, and Newbee.

I hope they learned enough from MDL to warrant a good TI bootcamp.

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 18 2017 06:53 GMT

#2806

The recording of yesterday's AMA with the boys is up on Youtube:

ChickenDieAlive

699 Posts

July 18 2017 13:36 GMT

#2807

What I would like to see at TI7: EG spam the hell out of Arc Warden in the group stage.

Arc Warden ban is guaranteed in the elimination bracket.

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 18 2017 13:52 GMT

#2808

RTZ is playing a lot of arc warden in pubs so they might actually spam it

goody153

44237 Posts

July 19 2017 10:59 GMT

#2809

lmao

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 19 2017 21:48 GMT

#2810

On July 19 2017 19:59 goody153 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4W42hhcCZ4

lmao

hahaha that's amazing

and honestly this is one of the least awkward pro player commercials I've seen

goody153

44237 Posts

July 28 2017 07:48 GMT

#2811

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 28 2017 08:39 GMT

#2812

On July 28 2017 16:48 goody153 wrote:
https://twitter.com/miakhalifa/status/890742446795239424

I'm sure there's a story behind this tweet, I would pay good money to hear it

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22212 Posts

July 28 2017 09:45 GMT

#2813

On July 28 2017 17:39 PoulsenB wrote:

Show nested quote +

I'm sure there's a story behind this tweet, I would pay good money to hear it

eh it's really nothing. she streams cooking on twitch, and some people donated asking her to give a shoutout to rtz. and because so many ppl did it, she probably became curious and did her own research

goody153

44237 Posts

July 28 2017 16:58 GMT

#2814

http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/dota-2s-arteezy-on-the-hunt-for-big-game-at-the-international-w494565

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 28 2017 22:13 GMT

#2815

On July 29 2017 01:58 goody153 wrote:
http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/dota-2s-arteezy-on-the-hunt-for-big-game-at-the-international-w494565

That's an amazing read, so much insight into the career and mindset of Artour.

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

July 31 2017 18:43 GMT

#2816

Slacks made a Down Low about the Boys:

goody153

44237 Posts

August 03 2017 14:30 GMT

#2817

PoulsenB

Poland7729 Posts

August 04 2017 18:37 GMT

#2818

So far the Boys are 6-4, and their games are all over the place, some quick wins, some lategame lossess, a silly draft or two. I hope they can stabilize their play, it's only gonna get harder :I

BreakupBoy

Germany171 Posts

August 04 2017 19:49 GMT

#2819

I'm not to worried yet, I think as long as they make the upper bracket they don't care too much about the groupstage. Traditionally EG has been a team that learns a lot from their losses, let's see if they still do.

DucK-

Singapore11447 Posts

August 05 2017 07:37 GMT

#2820

I wouldn't be worried. It appears that they're still playing around with drafts. Plus they have shown that they've been playing naga support, prepping for the rtz naga checkmate.