On March 16 2019 01:46 Pandemona wrote:
Oh gosh that is going to be hard, well we did get spanked by Liquid without Sumail and on different patch so hopefully that could change!

It changed already. Just in a different way.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 16 2019 11:36 GMT

#4263

Yeah ok that is totally unexpected, well, i was going to think Keen Gaming would be easier, but they beat Liquid comfortably..damn, come on EG!

VvvV1251

Algeria142 Posts

March 17 2019 19:53 GMT

#4264

RTZ has found his new role "hang in high while watching his team die".

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 18 2019 08:38 GMT

#4265

Don't get how EG went from that game 1 of the series to finish off like they did in game 3. Game 2 was in the bag until they just decided to feed constantly for 15 minutes and let Sven get to level 25 on them. Now they are in a stupidly hard lower bracket with Secret and VP, let alone the other teams xD

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

March 18 2019 09:00 GMT

#4266

Yeah, they came out swinging and looked great in game1.
They had all the advantage they need in game 2, then it all went to shit... Game 3 was just... meh!?

No idea what that was, but we have playe great overall, letts do it from the lower.

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

March 19 2019 18:55 GMT

#4267

TI9 secured boissss

Now we face VP.

BLEED BLUE

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 19 2019 19:40 GMT

#4268

TI9 HYPE!!!!!! I really hope we can win a major before TI, that would be such a huge step up for EG and would be a real lift ahead of TI. Lets hope it is this one!

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

March 20 2019 12:26 GMT

#4269

I got a good feeling about this team, they keep improving. Securing a Major this season is a realistic dream

This VP team looks shaky. And Noone said in the interview with DL yesterday that 50% of the team is sick or feeling ill. They are not in theier best form, and we are looking real hot right now.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 20 2019 13:28 GMT

#4270

Yeah they went to WESG and that clearly is not done them any good at all. They lost over their (4 of the VP squad) and if they are now sick that is not helping them at all. Hopefully EG can make this lower bracket run to the finals and win it!

MonkeyLarry

United States60 Posts

March 21 2019 01:22 GMT

#4271

Am I the only one who thought the drafts were weird? Like even game 1. I felt like they should have made s4 viper purely for just how sumail was building the hero and then sumail could have gotten like his Mirana or some right clicky hero.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 21 2019 08:41 GMT

#4272

If they moved away from Viper and Bounty Hunter for Game 3 would have been fine. I also think game 2 was a big let off, i know VP played so well defensively but i feel as soon as Rtc got his AC on Sven they should have then just started really throwing bodies at it. When Disrupter got aghs it was kinda over as the bkb duration anyway was so low and they actually did damage. Was very weird, but still, they qualified for TI off of this so onto the next one.

May the 4th...Disneyland Paris, lets win that :D

Sapaio

Denmark2037 Posts

March 21 2019 08:49 GMT

#4273

This didn't feel like seeing EG!
Sumail on the boring heroes, Rtz playing way more aggressive and flash. EG problems in the past is having one play style, so they properly wanted to test and show something different.
Could also be that Rtz just wanted to show that he can play flashy and not just farm and this tournament was at the right time.

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

March 21 2019 09:29 GMT

#4274

BH especially felt really weird, it's a shame they lost as VP was definitely beatable this Major. At least TI9 is secured and there's still more tournaments to be played.

Bleed Blue!

melkor3

Austria50 Posts

March 22 2019 15:19 GMT

#4275

BH offlane is only something Zai can pull off. They just stuck with the wrong strategy/picks game 3 and picking Terror Blade without banning Phantom Lancer was also a big mistake.

Game 2 was winnable but they somehow got suddenly super scared after they lost 1 engagement. Game 3 was a bad draft, just not what EG normally plays (Picking Viper over and over again was also a bad decision if you have one of the most talented Mid player).

Qualified for TI but not satisfied for sure. They want to win a Major! I hope they will keep improving and reach their peak at TI

MonkeyLarry

United States60 Posts

March 25 2019 01:21 GMT

#4276

It's hard to say, but I wonder how things would have gone if EG made it to the finals. Statistically they beat Vici yet Vici won the tournament.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51484 Posts

March 25 2019 09:40 GMT

#4277

Yeah not only did they beat VG they actually stomped them lol. It was the easiest game they had in the groupstage, but maybe was just a very bad day for VG? But VG defo looked good towards the end, that game 2 of winners final vs Fnatic i thought their team fight was second to none.

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

March 25 2019 13:47 GMT

#4278

How wild would it be if arteezy left eg for secret this week

Atoissen

Norway1737 Posts

March 25 2019 14:11 GMT

#4279

That would indeed be wild. I do think Secret is very happy with Nisha tho, and I think Rtz is happy in EG.

PoulsenB

Poland7711 Posts

March 25 2019 14:20 GMT

#4280

One thing that worries me is that they keep losing to top teams like VP or Liquid, often due to drafting issues, if they want to win this year's TI they need to improve and get to the next level, so to speak. Truth be told, sometimes I wonder if EG keeping lulba as a coach is a good thing, some of the drafts they picked this season were really weird.