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danl9rm
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States3111 Posts
July 18 2014 22:42 GMT
#161
On July 19 2014 07:05 holycrapitsTony wrote:
I miss Fear~~

Would love to see him playing right now, but they're doing fantastic so far without him.


Are they really playing without him, though?
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saocyn
Profile Joined July 2011
United States937 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-18 22:46:48
July 18 2014 22:44 GMT
#162
yes / no. he's technically not playing due to injury but he has a LARGE hand in the research of the teams including relaying certain draft ideas (on the interview he admits watching all the games that the regular EG team cannot while playing) it's more like a 6th member tbh. based on the fact they have a player like fear coaching them and keeping them all in check it honestly makes it really hard to see EG lose this year.
OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
July 19 2014 01:20 GMT
#163
On July 19 2014 05:26 AwfuL_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2014 09:30 OuchyDathurts wrote:
Putting Fear on support is a waste, the only reason he was doing it before on EG is his team was too awful to be trusted to not feed the game away before he came online.


This post is pretty old but it's pretty sad to see that some people still think putting your best players on support is a waste.


It doesn't matter where your best player goes if the rest of the team is completely clueless and pisses the game away. If put them on 1 and the rest of your team feeds the game before you can get online you lose. If you play support and try and give the cores space it doesn't matter if those cores do nothing with that space you lose. Thats how the old EG worked, Fear was the only player that wouldn't throw games like it was their job, you're damned if you do damned if you don't.

IF you put him on support (and there are better supports than him out there) you need a team trusted and disciplined enough to follow the game plan and do what they're told when they're told, you can't have people yoloing it and fucking about. You follow the blue print your team has for a game. You can do that, or you can play to his strengths and have him carry where you don't need to worry about him doing his job. His decision making is some of the best in the scene, you throw him on 1 and you're rock solid there, done deal. On top of the decision making you also have a guy who isn't one dimensional like many carries out there can be. He can play ricer carries obviously but he's also proven able to play other things in the safe lane like BH, Tide, Ursa, etc. He's used to the new meta of the mid taking the farm and your safe lane being a playmaker or team fighter. Many carry players are only starting to catch up there.

You CAN throw him anywhere but you let someone play to their strengths, let them give you as big of an advantage as they can.
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Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
August 03 2014 13:33 GMT
#164
If anyone is capable of this sort of thing:



Go Go Go
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
August 05 2014 02:34 GMT
#165
On August 01 2014 09:00 GranDGranT wrote:
Chessie and Fear tried out by EG xD


So, in short, he got booted from EG.

Some facts:
1) Has the ability to play dota, given how much time he's been streaming lately
2) If post is true and he's trying out for EG, he wants to be playing for EG
3) He's not playing for EG

I don't know, but EG's just seemed sketchy to me lately. The whole injury fiasco and then starting to stream pretty extensively like 2 days right after TI4. And Mason getting the boot right after TI just doesn't feel right either.
You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium2915 Posts
August 05 2014 13:48 GMT
#166
On August 05 2014 11:34 shizaep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2014 09:00 GranDGranT wrote:
Chessie and Fear tried out by EG xD


So, in short, he got booted from EG.

Some facts:
1) Has the ability to play dota, given how much time he's been streaming lately
2) If post is true and he's trying out for EG, he wants to be playing for EG
3) He's not playing for EG

I don't know, but EG's just seemed sketchy to me lately. The whole injury fiasco and then starting to stream pretty extensively like 2 days right after TI4. And Mason getting the boot right after TI just doesn't feel right either.

How are they sketchy?
All we know right now is that EG wanted to try out carry players, the position where they originally needed a stand-in for.
They said so to Mason who, understandably, took that badly and left.

Now EG is trying out players, including Fear. I don't really see why they should give the job to him on a silver platter just because he was part of the organisation until now. They need the best carry they can get, hopefully it's Fear, but if it isn't, then it's just sad, not sketchy or unwarranted.

PS: Yesterday, Mason was playing captain's mode game with ppd, zai and RTZ, I don't think there is much bad blood between them.
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Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-08 17:55:55
August 08 2014 17:52 GMT
#167
On August 05 2014 22:48 Diavlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2014 11:34 shizaep wrote:
On August 01 2014 09:00 GranDGranT wrote:
Chessie and Fear tried out by EG xD


So, in short, he got booted from EG.

Some facts:
1) Has the ability to play dota, given how much time he's been streaming lately
2) If post is true and he's trying out for EG, he wants to be playing for EG
3) He's not playing for EG

I don't know, but EG's just seemed sketchy to me lately. The whole injury fiasco and then starting to stream pretty extensively like 2 days right after TI4. And Mason getting the boot right after TI just doesn't feel right either.

How are they sketchy?
All we know right now is that EG wanted to try out carry players, the position where they originally needed a stand-in for.
They said so to Mason who, understandably, took that badly and left.

Now EG is trying out players, including Fear. I don't really see why they should give the job to him on a silver platter just because he was part of the organisation until now. They need the best carry they can get, hopefully it's Fear, but if it isn't, then it's just sad, not sketchy or unwarranted.

PS: Yesterday, Mason was playing captain's mode game with ppd, zai and RTZ, I don't think there is much bad blood between them.

You kinda give answer to ur own question.

EG wants the best 1 (?) position player they can get. The story however was that Fear was only subtituted cuz of injury, which initially was announced wouldnt keep him away for more than a couple of weeks, but instead he stayed away for a lot longer, including TI, and he started streaming a lot right after it, which hints that EG just felt like they had a better chance with Mason playing, so put him in.

Now that he surely recovered, and Mason expressed that he wont be playing, if the "cover" story was true, there wouldnt be any need for "tryouts", cuz he was never replaced or booted, just substituted because of "injury", from which he clearly recovered. Which story i called bullshit in the first place, but that's besides the point.

Nothing wrong btw, with wanting the strongest player, it's jsut thar EG wants(ed) to sell it otherwise.
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iruga
Profile Joined December 2010
United States28 Posts
August 08 2014 19:21 GMT
#168
The injury he was reported to have is something that can linger for a long time and relapse at any time. Its understandable that they wouldn't put him back in the lineup if you look at what happened going into SLTV finals. They thought he was going to be able to play at that tournament and just a few days before his injury flared back up again and he couldn't play. So why risk putting him back in right before TI if their is a chance it could happen just like it did at SLTV.
ehFk
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada53 Posts
August 08 2014 19:25 GMT
#169
I'm not sure how you are misinformed on the matter when Fear and EG have been very transparent about the whole thing. Fear originally planned to take sometime off to recover his injury, at which point mason was the temporary stand-in. After a short period of time it was obvious that it would take Fear a lot longer to recover from his injury than EG had originally expected (hence EE at starladder, the tournament Fear was originally supposed to come back for). After this Fear made a small six week training regiment to get better (1 hour of dota a day for week 1, 2 hours of dota a day for week 2, etc). At some point throughout this Fear and the team decided that although he may healthy enough to play at TI4, his recovery would hinder the teams practice schedule leading up to TI4 (as well as The Summit and ESL One). Therefore Fear (along with EG) decided it would be better if mason was the permanent stand in for everything up to and including TI4.

Fear has been with EG since before TI2, and is respected by everyone on the team. He hasn't been treated poorly at all by the team and I am sure he would admit that. Plus he is still living in the EG house. Why would he be there if EG was being sketchy? Plus I think it is pretty obvious that he will be on the team playing carry for the next "season".
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
August 08 2014 21:26 GMT
#170
On August 05 2014 22:48 Diavlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2014 11:34 shizaep wrote:
On August 01 2014 09:00 GranDGranT wrote:
Chessie and Fear tried out by EG xD


So, in short, he got booted from EG.

Some facts:
1) Has the ability to play dota, given how much time he's been streaming lately
2) If post is true and he's trying out for EG, he wants to be playing for EG
3) He's not playing for EG

I don't know, but EG's just seemed sketchy to me lately. The whole injury fiasco and then starting to stream pretty extensively like 2 days right after TI4. And Mason getting the boot right after TI just doesn't feel right either.

How are they sketchy?



because things always have to have more drama in them than absolutely needed
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
August 08 2014 21:28 GMT
#171
Yeah, I'd actually have no problems with it if Fear was back on the roster, as was said earlier. He was supposed to be just temporarily sitting out and then getting back to his spot after TI. That's not the case, however. He's trying out for EG, along with other players. Essentially, he got booted from the team and is fighting for his spot on the roster.
You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
August 08 2014 21:52 GMT
#172
On August 09 2014 06:28 shizaep wrote:
Yeah, I'd actually have no problems with it if Fear was back on the roster, as was said earlier. He was supposed to be just temporarily sitting out and then getting back to his spot after TI. That's not the case, however. He's trying out for EG, along with other players. Essentially, he got booted from the team and is fighting for his spot on the roster.


This is the post-TI4 shuffle, it happens to every team...with so many free agents, you can look for the best options available.

Hell, if he was on the active roster and was getting booted, it would suck, but it's still the norm for this time of year. But that's not the circumstance at all...he's been inactive for several months now, so they have to make sure he can play at a level that's up to the team's standards.

And with other tourneys starting up soon, it's not like they can wait on Fear before they look at other players.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
August 08 2014 23:52 GMT
#173
Didn't ppd or someone say it was 95% decided that Fear was playing for EG?
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OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
August 09 2014 00:25 GMT
#174
On August 09 2014 08:52 ahswtini wrote:
Didn't ppd or someone say it was 95% decided that Fear was playing for EG?


I've heard this but I wasn't watching when he said it.
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shizaep
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2920 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-09 01:28:06
August 09 2014 01:27 GMT
#175
If he actually doesn't end up on the active roster, I'd be so upset. It was bad enough already that he missed playing in TI. He's been, by far the most impressive and consistently performing member of the different EG squads over the years but with players like sexybamboe or jeyo he'd never been winning LANs.

Now he finally has a team that's capable of winning LANs and he gets booted from it. If Fear didn't build this team, ppd and zai would probably still be playing in some NA joindota cups with other noname players. Probably (slightly) better players than Fear that money can buy but where the fuck is the loyalty?
You mean I just write stuff here and other people can see it?
FHDH
Profile Joined July 2014
United States7023 Posts
August 09 2014 02:13 GMT
#176
I have a similar injury to Fear and I had physical therapy for several months (2-3 times a week) and there are still problems. Save the drama for your mama.
После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)
suxN
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Finland1167 Posts
August 09 2014 02:23 GMT
#177
Probably (slightly) better players than Fear that money can buy but where the fuck is the loyalty?

Not sure if you can find better carry players that speak English as the native language.
I dont want to be totally out :3
Noya
Profile Joined April 2013
Uruguay11223 Posts
August 10 2014 06:06 GMT
#178
EG.Fear confirmed by PPD on stream (playing WPC)
suxN
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Finland1167 Posts
August 17 2014 10:43 GMT
#179
Any idea if its 100% sure that fear will be carrying eg ?
I dont want to be totally out :3
OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
August 17 2014 12:18 GMT
#180
I mean, till they play an official match nothing is 100% set in stone confirmed. However PPD was doing a Q&A while the servers were down a few days back. Said Fear is replacing Mason. They only tried out one other player, Chessie. They talked about moving Fear to support and Zai to carry but decided to keep things as is. However there might be special situations where they can mix things up like Zai playing Meepo.
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