On May 31 2014 13:53 DucK- wrote:
Was all the commontions of Hao bedding Mu's girl back then in ti2 or ti3 (can't remember which) which led to internal conflicts in tongfu just a rumour?

it was during ti2 and as far as i know it was just a rumour. i mena they continued playing together until ti3 was over

ramon

Germany4842 Posts

May 31 2014 10:07 GMT

#102

On May 31 2014 13:53 DucK- wrote:
Was all the commontions of Hao bedding Mu's girl back then in ti2 or ti3 (can't remember which) which led to internal conflicts in tongfu just a rumour?

they are the biggest bromance in china for over a year now
sharing each others girls, that's the dream, right?

lilopuppy

Philippines542 Posts

May 31 2014 10:07 GMT

#103

ok, where's my cookie?

Kirsed

9380 Posts

June 01 2014 08:53 GMT

#104

Lin slammin' s4.

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GGitsJack

New Zealand426 Posts

June 03 2014 15:07 GMT

#105

First picked Hao in my fantasy draft, expecting some big points from this guy :D

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

June 04 2014 11:38 GMT

#106

should have gotten some pretty sweet points with CDEC Cup lol

Les Lau

Malaysia114 Posts

June 05 2014 03:54 GMT

#107

Match today vs HGT, gogo Newbee! :-)

Caladbolg

2855 Posts

June 05 2014 04:01 GMT

#108

Is it just me or is Xiao8 playing better individually in NB as opposed to his time in LGD? I mean, respectively comparing when they win and when they lose. Like in the semis vs iG @ WPC, his NP play was sublime (and something I expected more out of, say, iceiceice or YYF).

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

June 05 2014 04:06 GMT

#109

yeah i think xiao8 is playing a brilliant offlane, i'm surprised cos he wasn't all that impressive as a mid (at least mechanically)

Caladbolg

2855 Posts

June 05 2014 07:35 GMT

#110

On June 05 2014 13:06 opterown wrote:
yeah i think xiao8 is playing a brilliant offlane, i'm surprised cos he wasn't all that impressive as a mid (at least mechanically)

He played the godliest Beastmaster though. His mid hero pool was always rather different from the standard (hence why Yao often went mid on certain FOTM heroes like Magnus).

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

June 06 2014 08:53 GMT

#111

newbee back in the finals of V Games Tournament after iG forfeited the rest of their BO3 series from them! NewBee kinda smacked them around in game 1 (cuojoe, their manager, stood in for luo) and i'm not entirely sure what happened but yeah iG forfeited the rest hrmm.

still got CDEC cup, WVW and ECL to go for now!

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

June 06 2014 09:06 GMT

#112

On June 05 2014 13:06 opterown wrote:
yeah i think xiao8 is playing a brilliant offlane, i'm surprised cos he wasn't all that impressive as a mid (at least mechanically)

I don't think it has to do with him playing better, but largely to do with how playstyles have changed and how offlane in the current game better suits his strengths as a player.

Xiao8's a mediocre 1v1 solo player, but his sense for the tempo of the game, and where pressure needs to be applied to develop the game for his team are his strengths. In a version where the mid hero is expected to be the tempo-carrying hero and the offlaner a farmer (6.76-6.78 being examples of this) Xiao8 had a hard time really finding his stride because in mid he didn't really have the fundamentals to match other top tier mid players, but in the offlane playing a farm-oriented hero didn't suit his strengths (this is why in their various role changes, LGD experimented several times with putting Xiao8 on a 4th position ganking support role in that period).

6.80 and 6.81 conversely have developed into versions where mid is centered around more farm-oriented core mid heroes (Tinker, Invoker, Naga, DK, etc.) and where the main driving force for the midgame tempo is a gank/fight oriented offlaner (Bat, Centaur, the emergence of offlane Nyx and Puck, etc.). This type of play simply suits Xiao8 better, because his 1v1 solo ability is largely not brought into play, but the game still allows Newbee to take advantage of his sense of gameflow.

Les Lau

Malaysia114 Posts

June 06 2014 14:04 GMT

#113

Newbee is now ranking~ World no.1 both in GG.net & JD

Congrats NB!

Marcelito

Argentina14 Posts

June 06 2014 14:50 GMT

#114

GO NEWBEE!

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

June 06 2014 21:16 GMT

#115

i missed the match against tongfu, did they look ok there?

Les Lau

Malaysia114 Posts

June 07 2014 01:20 GMT

#116

vs Tongfu match, banana's doom was quite poor died 7 times,

Both Hao-bb & xiao8-puck very well played, 0 death.. signature heroes

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

June 11 2014 03:17 GMT

#117

ECL this weekend! facing VG first in a 4-team double elim bracket
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/ECL_2014/Season

after that, there's CDEC Cup! NewBee play LGD first in the 8-team double elim bracket
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/CDEC_New_Star_Challenge

NewBee also awaits their finals opponent in the V Games Tournament, since the other two groups have not played yet.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/V_Games_Tournament

and there's still WVW NEST! bracket is yet to be set, but NewBee are in the finals of their qualifier bracket
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/WVW_National_Electronic_Sports_Classic/June