On December 21 2019 10:05 DucK- wrote:
Cr1t god. I take credit for recognising him long before his og days. First time I saw him was mouz days with synd. I remember writing in old alliance threads to pick him up as their #4 (they were struggling then) but often got dismissed because he wasn't a well known player then lol.

I already called him the best youngster on this site, when he was 16 ahead of Qojqva in 2012-13 in my opinion.I was also the one that suggested to SyndereN that he should take a look at Team Life, if he wanted team mates, and it was also Cr1t- that forced him out again, because he didn't feel he performed at high enough level. Personally I thought it was premature, but that was that.

Gaial

United States313 Posts

January 23 2020 01:28 GMT

#4543

I'm hoping to see Abed Viper and Ramzes/Crit Slardar/Tiny. I think all 3 are strong meta heroes

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

January 23 2020 19:24 GMT

#4544

Well that was another outplay from VG

Since EG beat them 2-0 in groupstages in the last tournament they are now 0-5 vs them xD If they are to win this tournament they need to find a way to beat VG and fast, today they tried both out farming them and out pacing them and both failed.

Beastcoast or IG could be huge slip ups as well but im hoping they beat either of them tomorrow and get back to at least the losers finals but that is taking out some top teams.

Gaial

United States313 Posts

January 23 2020 20:15 GMT

#4545

It's same old EG; they come in with a strategy that gets exposed by a better team then they try to out greed them and lose.

PoulsenB

Poland7710 Posts

January 23 2020 20:32 GMT

#4546

Unless they change their approach fundamentally I don't see them getting a TI win even if they change roster yet again (unless it's like full disband + bulba gone).

I just want my boy Artour to win a Major

Chewbacca.

United States3634 Posts

January 25 2020 19:10 GMT

#4547

Back to at least top 3 again. Really hope they can pull it out this time!!

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

January 25 2020 22:06 GMT

#4548

Yeah, i just want them in a grand final, competing for the top spot would be a real improvement regardless of losing said final. Getting to the final of majors and tournaments is one step and the next is to win them consistently. Getting to final of the first two tournaments of the year would be huge for me at least being a fan and seeing them grow.

theqat

United States2856 Posts

January 26 2020 00:19 GMT

#4549

it looks like they've realized 4p1 with a hero that takes 25 minutes to come online is dead this patch, which is promising. I think they can beat vici if they just pick drafts that will let them play dota

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

January 27 2020 10:50 GMT

#4550

Well, EG is really good, they making a 5 games final is really impressive. And they have room to improve. I like this version of EG

PoulsenB

Poland7710 Posts

January 27 2020 11:12 GMT

#4551

They played really well, hopefully this is a start of a new trend for them and not a one-time thing

Sapaio

Denmark2037 Posts

January 27 2020 11:45 GMT

#4552

I really like Abed don't miss Sumail. Ramzes had some really good games also. What i miss with this squad is more Flex picks, where more position can play the same hero.

Chewbacca.

United States3634 Posts

January 27 2020 13:19 GMT

#4553

On January 27 2020 20:45 Sapaio wrote:
I really like Abed don't miss Sumail. Ramzes had some really good games also. What i miss with this squad is more Flex picks, where more position can play the same hero.

Yeah back in the days where Puck could be Mid/Off/Support, or Jakiro as a 5 or a 3...

ChickenDieAlive

699 Posts

January 27 2020 15:02 GMT

#4554

I'm just glad that EG isn't 3G anymore. This roster proved that they can break that bottleneck.

theqat

United States2856 Posts

January 27 2020 16:00 GMT

#4555

with OG being 2/5 new players again, i think EG is a threat to go grand finals every event for the rest of the season. The draft issue just absolutely has to get solved if they're going to win an event. They have to be quicker to understand the meta and adapt to it

Pontual

Brazil3038 Posts

January 27 2020 17:36 GMT

#4556

Meh noone knew anything about this meta, they were pretty fast if you ask me. They even brought the ench idea that became standard for almost every team.

PoulsenB

Poland7710 Posts

January 27 2020 18:36 GMT

#4557

They were tired from playing 8 games in a day and they actually haven't had much experience playing Bo5s in the last 2 years (as a team), going 2-3 against Secret is still a good result imo.

goody153

44020 Posts

January 28 2020 03:59 GMT

#4558

On January 28 2020 03:36 PoulsenB wrote:
They were tired from playing 8 games in a day and they actually haven't had much experience playing Bo5s in the last 2 years (as a team), going 2-3 against Secret is still a good result imo.

Pretty good result too.

Secret actually almost lost the series to them and EG has alot more room to grow