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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36375 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-20 14:59:44
May 20 2014 14:58 GMT
#21
Why wouldn't Valve allow a standin / substitute if there's a medical or otherwise "provable" emergency? They're strict, but they're not reasonable. A medical thing is entirely outside the team's control.

I always saw the lineup thing as a "well if you change players, we're not sure if your team can represent as well as your old lineup" kind of reasoning. Like LGD changed their lineup a year ago and dropped to qualifiers and had to prove themselves again.

This time you know EG is good with Mason, they achieved a lot of results with Mason, arguably more than they did with Fear. It makes complete sense in terms of TI4 quality and fairness to allow them to play with him if Fear can't because of medical reasons.
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SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
May 20 2014 16:44 GMT
#22
Of course they allow subs in case of injury. They have allowed subs for Visa issues beforehand.
TArujo
Profile Joined September 2009
Portugal1687 Posts
May 20 2014 18:12 GMT
#23
If they allow subs in the qualifiers it's only logical that they would allow in the main event if the team can prove their player's injuries
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44171 Posts
May 22 2014 17:41 GMT
#24
Reading from RTZ's stream interview that they are scrimming against DK alot. Wow.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/2606sw/new_arteezy_qa_from_stream/
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
May 22 2014 17:45 GMT
#25
I mean, DK have to be thinking about WPC last year and what alliance did. So they are scrimming against the de-facto best western team in advance of WPC (and later TI etc) this year. Makes sense.
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44171 Posts
May 22 2014 17:56 GMT
#26
On May 23 2014 02:45 Sn0_Man wrote:
I mean, DK have to be thinking about WPC last year and what alliance did. So they are scrimming against the de-facto best western team in advance of WPC (and later TI etc) this year. Makes sense.

To be honest personally i don't really think that western teams are up on par with chinese teams at the moment as much as i like western teams.

But good move that they did not do what most chinese did last year which was underestimate(maybe) the western teams.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-22 18:25:20
May 22 2014 18:00 GMT
#27
I mean pre-G1 last year most people thought "west sux" then alliance 8-0'd their way thru G1 on their way to the TI3 championship lol.

But yes things like Starladder paint a different picture this year.

I will say that C9 seem very confident against most chinese teams.
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Kupon3ss
Profile Joined May 2008
時の回廊10066 Posts
May 22 2014 18:08 GMT
#28
On May 23 2014 03:00 Sn0_Man wrote:
I mean pre-WPC last year most people thought "west sux" then alliance 8-0'd their way thru WPC on their way to the TI3 championship lol.

But yes things like Starladder paint a different picture this year.

I will say that C9 seem very confident against most chinese teams.


They did finish better than Tongfu.wanzhou and HGT the last time they played against Chinese teams, after all
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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44171 Posts
May 22 2014 18:14 GMT
#29
On May 23 2014 03:00 Sn0_Man wrote:
I mean pre-WPC last year most people thought "west sux" then alliance 8-0'd their way thru WPC on their way to the TI3 championship lol.

But yes things like Starladder paint a different picture this year.

I will say that C9 seem very confident against most chinese teams.


C9 is really strong but they keep you know "crumbling" at the right moments that it's so hard to believe that have a fighting chance to win a championship.

Also i know that most EG members have respect over C9 so they should be pretty good.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
May 22 2014 18:26 GMT
#30
On May 23 2014 03:08 Kupon3ss wrote:
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On May 23 2014 03:00 Sn0_Man wrote:
I mean pre-WPC last year most people thought "west sux" then alliance 8-0'd their way thru WPC on their way to the TI3 championship lol.

But yes things like Starladder paint a different picture this year.

I will say that C9 seem very confident against most chinese teams.


They did finish better than Tongfu.wanzhou and HGT the last time they played against Chinese teams, after all

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braincandy
Profile Joined February 2013
Philippines179 Posts
May 23 2014 21:44 GMT
#31
PPD interview

Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-24 00:30:08
May 24 2014 00:29 GMT
#32
Nice interview there. Didn't realize teams don't share with each other information learned from scrims.
braincandy
Profile Joined February 2013
Philippines179 Posts
May 24 2014 11:46 GMT
#33
just a little disappointing they didn't clear about Fear's injury and his status about the coming LANS.
Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
May 24 2014 13:11 GMT
#34
On May 24 2014 20:46 braincandy wrote:
just a little disappointing they didn't clear about Fear's injury and his status about the coming LANS.


Also interesting how he says they don't scrim vs DK, but in Arteezy's recent Q&A I'm pretty sure he says they have been. Could just be a timing thing of the two interviews though
Orome
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland11984 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-25 02:41:39
May 24 2014 13:15 GMT
#35
Arteezy's interview just says they're going to be scrimming with DK a lot, not that they have already.

edit: Actually, it's not clear from the interview, apparently that was just my interpretation since I don't think either team would want to deal with all the ping issues. My guess is they'll practice together when DK goes to the US.
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Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
May 24 2014 15:03 GMT
#36
Oh ok, my bad.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
May 25 2014 02:21 GMT
#37








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Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
May 27 2014 14:16 GMT
#38
Some nice videos up there, but I think the one that is really missing is that game where Fear went on a rampage with like 1 hit from a Vacuum -> Sven Crit. From Dreamhack I think..
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17329 Posts
May 27 2014 16:48 GMT
#39
I can't get past people hating on Mason. I pretty much consider him a full member of EG in all respects.
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Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-27 16:50:25
May 27 2014 16:50 GMT
#40
On May 28 2014 01:48 Manit0u wrote:
I can't get past people hating on Mason. I pretty much consider him a full member of EG in all respects.

I mean the dude is an enormous flaming douchebag in pub/inhouse dota games lol. You can't argue that.

He's a cool enough guy outside of dota though, I dunno. Played some PoE with him etc.
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