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Sapaio
Profile Joined October 2017
Denmark2037 Posts
February 13 2018 22:12 GMT
#3361
For me the games against optic is kinda disappointing. Think the rivalry and bad blood between teams could have bought something to look forward to in dota, but Optic seems not to become the team people imagined when they formed, and mostly get noticed when PDD says something insulting.
GO OG
Gaial
Profile Joined May 2014
United States313 Posts
February 14 2018 01:32 GMT
#3362
Same, Optic has been really disappointing, but I can't place my finger on the issue.

Is Misery going to miss tomorrow's games, or will he be back in the lineup?
FuzzyJAM
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland9300 Posts
February 14 2018 03:35 GMT
#3363
Optic's real issue is that neither CCnC nor Pajkatt is a player you can build your game plan around. The idea was to build CCnC into that, but he's not good enough.

I still think Zai, PPD, and 33/Misery would have been good with at least one of their 1/2 positions being top tier.
Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
February 14 2018 08:50 GMT
#3364
On February 14 2018 07:12 Sapaio wrote:
For me the games against optic is kinda disappointing. Think the rivalry and bad blood between teams could have bought something to look forward to in dota, but Optic seems not to become the team people imagined when they formed, and mostly get noticed when PDD says something insulting.

Optic didn't play pertfect but EG rised their level hard. Seems they've been watching Secred and Liquid replays a lot.
Playing many different strats with their cores moving around the lanes if you want to be on par with the top teams thats the way to play dota these days.
I have to admit that i had my doubts with sumail going offlane, but they really are on the right path. EG are looking better and better with each match. Can't wait to see them play against top teams again.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-14 09:09:47
February 14 2018 09:09 GMT
#3365
Yeah they seem to be like a very poor version of the old OG per se right? OG had a great captain in Fly, one of the best 4s in the world in jerax and then s4 one of the most experienced players and now a well established 3. But they had a mid player who was weak at the start then had a weirdness add to his game plus a carry in notail who also did weird ass things. Seems Optic are this but a weaker version as CCNC and Pajkatt are even lesser than notail and co.

Anyway todays games hopefully go well and we get ourselves in the grand finals hopefully. Misery seemed to be in the hospital with probably food poisoning reading between the lines so hopefully 48 hours after that he should be better. He did say he hoped to be out of hospital by the following day (yesterday) he hasn't tweeted since though. Even so with how Bulba played and EG in general i think we would only need misery for the bo5 which isn't until the 16th.
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nothingmuch
Profile Joined March 2015
448 Posts
February 14 2018 21:18 GMT
#3366
On February 14 2018 18:09 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah they seem to be like a very poor version of the old OG per se right? OG had a great captain in Fly, one of the best 4s in the world in jerax and then s4 one of the most experienced players and now a well established 3. But they had a mid player who was weak at the start then had a weirdness add to his game plus a carry in notail who also did weird ass things. Seems Optic are this but a weaker version as CCNC and Pajkatt are even lesser than notail and co.

Anyway todays games hopefully go well and we get ourselves in the grand finals hopefully. Misery seemed to be in the hospital with probably food poisoning reading between the lines so hopefully 48 hours after that he should be better. He did say he hoped to be out of hospital by the following day (yesterday) he hasn't tweeted since though. Even so with how Bulba played and EG in general i think we would only need misery for the bo5 which isn't until the 16th.


As far as I can remember OG won two majors with that weak mid and weird ass carry.
Masamune
Profile Joined January 2007
Canada3401 Posts
February 15 2018 04:45 GMT
#3367
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 15 2018 05:03 GMT
#3368
On February 15 2018 13:45 Masamune wrote:
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.

So you think replacing Fear with Misery is enough to elevate the team? Because that's basically the lineup that was just average.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Masamune
Profile Joined January 2007
Canada3401 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-15 05:14:00
February 15 2018 05:13 GMT
#3369
On February 15 2018 14:03 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2018 13:45 Masamune wrote:
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.

So you think replacing Fear with Misery is enough to elevate the team? Because that's basically the lineup that was just average.

I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion from my post. That's not at all what I thought or wrote...
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 15 2018 05:15 GMT
#3370
On February 15 2018 14:13 Masamune wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2018 14:03 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 15 2018 13:45 Masamune wrote:
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.

So you think replacing Fear with Misery is enough to elevate the team? Because that's basically the lineup that was just average.

I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion from my post. That's not at all what I thought or wrote...

I'm pointing out that your lineup is just the old one with Misery replacing Fear.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Masamune
Profile Joined January 2007
Canada3401 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-15 05:34:00
February 15 2018 05:31 GMT
#3371
On February 15 2018 14:15 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2018 14:13 Masamune wrote:
On February 15 2018 14:03 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 15 2018 13:45 Masamune wrote:
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.

So you think replacing Fear with Misery is enough to elevate the team? Because that's basically the lineup that was just average.

I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion from my post. That's not at all what I thought or wrote...

I'm pointing out that your lineup is just the old one with Misery replacing Fear.

There's been a lineup with 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery?

Misery is a much much better drafter than Fear, it wouldn't be the same.

And with that line up it was 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Fear 5. Crit
Sapaio
Profile Joined October 2017
Denmark2037 Posts
February 15 2018 06:12 GMT
#3372
The difference is not so much the position of Sumail more the role. He now don't have to play the carry and farming role but more the play and space maker. RTZ is the farmer. And fear is more flexible from game to game of his role. They can switch the positions around and Sumail is often mid but normally keep role.
This has given them better lane match ups in general and made them look more like Secret and Liquid play style wise.
Misery is a much more aggressive 5 and sometimes becomes and 4, this again have changed the play style.
And ofc the drafting with him and Bulba has been part of this change.
The other thing replacing Universe with Misery, or Sumails switch of role has given is a greatly improved play from Sumail that seem to have found new motivation.
GO OG
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-15 09:13:06
February 15 2018 09:09 GMT
#3373
On February 15 2018 06:18 nothingmuch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 14 2018 18:09 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah they seem to be like a very poor version of the old OG per se right? OG had a great captain in Fly, one of the best 4s in the world in jerax and then s4 one of the most experienced players and now a well established 3. But they had a mid player who was weak at the start then had a weirdness add to his game plus a carry in notail who also did weird ass things. Seems Optic are this but a weaker version as CCNC and Pajkatt are even lesser than notail and co.

Anyway todays games hopefully go well and we get ourselves in the grand finals hopefully. Misery seemed to be in the hospital with probably food poisoning reading between the lines so hopefully 48 hours after that he should be better. He did say he hoped to be out of hospital by the following day (yesterday) he hasn't tweeted since though. Even so with how Bulba played and EG in general i think we would only need misery for the bo5 which isn't until the 16th.


As far as I can remember OG won two majors with that weak mid and weird ass carry.

Yes they won a major or two, they also got dismantled at TI multiple times. Im sure if you ask them to replace winning a couple of Majors for a TI you know what there reply would be.


God knows what happened today they looked absolutely awful in every game. The Immortal series alone they were terrible, should not be dropping a game there. Drafts seemed a bit wonky too, game 2 draft vs COL was just stupid, the game 2 draft vs Immortals was just questionable at best! They need to re address how they are drafting again. Really need to fix things fast as they now have to beat COL in a bo5 that is if they wake up and beat Immortals/Optic again, not very impressive from them considering this is a major qualifier! Also starts to question having two people sat in Denmark and not in US as well
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Gaial
Profile Joined May 2014
United States313 Posts
February 15 2018 13:42 GMT
#3374
I think yesterday was a combination of trying new things in game and overvaluing Pugna, I don't think it's as good of a hero to warrant the pick so often (by any team, not just EG).

Game 2 vs Immortals, EG clearly tried to force to issue too hard. Yes, they couldn't protect Arteezy but EG threw 5 bodies for a lane of rax twice, against a bounty hunter.

Game 1 vs coL - A bad draft and EG trying out KotL and ES. It didn't work out this game but may in the future. I think PL was a bad pick. With PL you had 3 melee cores against a MK.

Game 2 vs coL - Again with the Pugna. I guess they thought the magical burst would be good against Enchantress and DK, but when all was said and done, Pugna could only really lane against DK. I also think EG expected the tri lanes to go more evenly, but they got outplayed.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
February 15 2018 15:23 GMT
#3375
Yeah the cores they picked were off every game it felt. They also didn't use wisp vs COL which i thought would have been good as it wasn't banned. The gyro ban in game 1 confused me as well, seemed the best pick for EG, instead they picked Sniper without any real save for him who in truth is such a squishy hero.
Plus did they just think the brewmaster was irrelevant? He has a 16 minute drums radiance because he had literal free farm!

Today vs Immortals/Optic im hoping for a smooth 2-0 like we had before, the rumor of a patch today seems to increase my anxiety though, surely they won't patch today anything "major" changey to heroes?
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
GOHF
Profile Joined December 2015
United States1864 Posts
February 15 2018 17:22 GMT
#3376
I saw Sumail had a Sange and Yasha queued up before switching it to Blink Dagger. Probably joking, but I half wish he went through with that and made some janky, tanky, frontline DPS build with the level 15 40% xp talent so he can rocket up to the +251 damage talent. It would've compensated somewhat for their lack of physical damage because they lost their two other lanes. It was just too easy to play around their magic damage draft.
NO MORE CHEN NERFS!!!
Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-02-16 02:26:29
February 16 2018 01:35 GMT
#3377
My god, this game is absolute nuts. 16 kills in seven minutes.

People are paying too much attention to kills these days -- "Things are looking really good for optic right now" -- As EG has a gold advantage and a Medusa feeling no pressure. Kills aren't as important as good farm.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
February 16 2018 09:43 GMT
#3378
Yeah Optic got a few kills in both games pre 10 minutes, but they were still at a gold deficit both times, by the end of laning stage 10-15 minute EG always were up 3-5k and had one guy farmed and able to do stuff.

Fear game 1 on Razor was beautiful and that Aegis snatch in game 2!

Much better overall, position 4 puck was funny and plus it confuses the enemy team in drafting thinking is it going to be sumail offlane puck, mid sumail puck or position 4. The general tempo and drafts were much better, now tonight we have to beat COL in a bo5!
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7711 Posts
February 16 2018 10:58 GMT
#3379
I'm sure the boys can win against Col today. Bleed Blue!!
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Damned627
Profile Joined November 2016
Indonesia264 Posts
February 16 2018 21:38 GMT
#3380
On February 15 2018 14:31 Masamune wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 15 2018 14:15 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 15 2018 14:13 Masamune wrote:
On February 15 2018 14:03 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 15 2018 13:45 Masamune wrote:
I'm not convinced with this iteration of EG. I think Sumail has the most talent on the whole team and it's a shame seeing it squandered in the offlane trying to nullify an opposing team's carry.

This team would be doing a lot better had it been 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery.

Just my 2 cents / venting after seeing complexity dismantle them.

So you think replacing Fear with Misery is enough to elevate the team? Because that's basically the lineup that was just average.

I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion from my post. That's not at all what I thought or wrote...

I'm pointing out that your lineup is just the old one with Misery replacing Fear.

There's been a lineup with 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Crit 5. Misery?

Misery is a much much better drafter than Fear, it wouldn't be the same.

And with that line up it was 1. Rtz 2. Sumail 3. Universe 4. Fear 5. Crit


Fear was pos 5 back then, and the became pos 2, Sumail went to offlane, and Misery came to EG being the new 5 and captain. Having Fear as pos 2 instead of Sumail is the thing that they need to make RTZ shine, that guy shines more with more farm, and boy his farm efficiency is damn good.
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