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Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 21 2015 18:44 GMT
#2321
On November 22 2015 03:42 Zuleyka wrote:
I'm not going to flame albeit a little disappointed at Puppey's drafting in the Grand Finals. With that said, being in the Grand Finals on 4 LANs in a row is still a good accomplishment.

No doubt, it is good enough even if people expected better
Bastank
Profile Joined July 2011
15 Posts
November 21 2015 18:49 GMT
#2322
It was very well deserved win for OG. Im just clad we didnt lost to EG
Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
November 21 2015 18:49 GMT
#2323
just reminding people 2nd place isn't a bad result
Heaven's Halberd is the most criminally underbought item in Dota. Together we can stop this.
Nakama
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany584 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-21 19:04:33
November 21 2015 18:49 GMT
#2324
On November 22 2015 03:44 Racket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 22 2015 03:42 Zuleyka wrote:
I'm not going to flame albeit a little disappointed at Puppey's drafting in the Grand Finals. With that said, being in the Grand Finals on 4 LANs in a row is still a good accomplishment.

No doubt, it is good enough even if people expected better



True but also they all chocked soo bad in the finals it makes me sad... all 3 cores get solo´d during the laning phase in game 4 + a splitpush strat with almost no waveclear to delay incoming pushes.... it was meant to be lost and envy going from hero to zero in 1 day =(((
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
November 21 2015 18:56 GMT
#2325
I don't think the tp thing that Maelk&co were harping on was even important. I don't see how they are supposed to win a fight there if they commit and go in. Especially given how the early game went it was rather impossible for Secret imo. First w33 gets soloed by Miracle, then OG tries to gank w33 again, Dazzle comes to help, then Doom goes on EE bottom at the same time. After such a start OG was free to just walk into Secret's jungle without a care in the world and later there was nothing Secret could do to defend a single tower.

In general I think Secret just didn't have the answers to OG's drafts. Had they met them before maybe it would have been different, but the WW+Dazzle screwed them over hard in the first two games, though I suppose second game was winnable.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44282 Posts
November 21 2015 19:02 GMT
#2326
Tbh I thought that if Secret lost the grand finals it would be to EG.

On November 22 2015 03:56 spudde123 wrote:
I don't think the tp thing that Maelk&co were harping on was even important. I don't see how they are supposed to win a fight there if they commit and go in. Especially given how the early game went it was rather impossible for Secret imo. First w33 gets soloed by Miracle, then OG tries to gank w33 again, Dazzle comes to help, then Doom goes on EE bottom at the same time. After such a start OG was free to just walk into Secret's jungle without a care in the world and later there was nothing Secret could do to defend a single tower.

In general I think Secret just didn't have the answers to OG's drafts. Had they met them before maybe it would have been different, but the WW+Dazzle screwed them over hard in the first two games, though I suppose second game was winnable.

Yeah WW+dazzle just fucked them hard.

this is a quote
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
November 21 2015 19:05 GMT
#2327
I don't think this loss is really all that bad for Secret unless they allow it to be. The team's still hella strong. They just happened to not be at their absolute peak of form and went against a team that I really think was. If they get down on themselves for losing, then yeah, it's over for this lineup. But otherwise, I see no reason why they can't keep posting results.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
uthgard
Profile Joined January 2015
2098 Posts
November 21 2015 19:19 GMT
#2328
people that even consider a change in line-up are legit more ridiculous than azarkon lmfao

well the team played well overall, maybe not enough preparation for OG in general but who can't blame them if they prepare more to face EG

4 tournament grand finals in a row since the team assembled, not bad m8
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
November 21 2015 19:50 GMT
#2329
They shouldn't get down because of this, of course they want to win everything but if after the first loss they get down they don't even deserve to be on the top. Its the attitude what counts, they showed it already, and I believe they still have it.

Being the best for a large margin for a long time, in a game where its balance keeps getting toyed with, is really hard to achieve. Na`Vi did it when the game wasn't that serious as it is now, expecting it to happen again is being naive.
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
November 21 2015 20:32 GMT
#2330
On November 22 2015 03:49 Verniy wrote:
just reminding people 2nd place isn't a bad result


Puppey was saying before the tournament that top 3 is the goal in a very stacked tournament like this.

4 lan finals in a row, that's actually extremely difficult to accomplish, the last and only team to do it was Secret as well.
We decide our own destiny
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
November 21 2015 20:48 GMT
#2331
On November 22 2015 05:32 Tien wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 22 2015 03:49 Verniy wrote:
just reminding people 2nd place isn't a bad result


Puppey was saying before the tournament that top 3 is the goal in a very stacked tournament like this.

4 lan finals in a row, that's actually extremely difficult to accomplish, the last and only team to do it was Secret as well.

This is actually the first time they've made 4 in a row...

And I'm pretty sure the last one to do so was Alliance.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-11-21 21:28:17
November 21 2015 21:28 GMT
#2332
Quite a feat then. Only 1 other team to do so.

Very impressed with that team for last 3 months.
We decide our own destiny
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
November 21 2015 21:49 GMT
#2333
Great showing by Secret this tournament.
Lol @anyone wanting any changes
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
FuzzyJAM
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland9300 Posts
November 21 2015 21:51 GMT
#2334
Second place still solidifies Secret as the best team in the world - only EG could have taken that title from them and they placed 3rd. It's just really tight at the top right now, that's all.

OG surprised people. I think Secret need to work on preparing for teams they maybe don't expect to have to face - they didn't prepare for Vega, and I doubt they prepared for OG either.
Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
November 21 2015 22:02 GMT
#2335
On November 22 2015 06:51 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Second place still solidifies Secret as the best team in the world - only EG could have taken that title from them and they placed 3rd. It's just really tight at the top right now, that's all.

OG surprised people. I think Secret need to work on preparing for teams they maybe don't expect to have to face - they didn't prepare for Vega, and I doubt they prepared for OG either.

"Best team in the world" is such a stupid statement meant to prop up teams you like.

EG is the highest earning team ever, for good reasons.

Secret is one of the most consistently winning teams, for good reasons.

And OG just won one of the tournaments that really matter in this game, for good reasons.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
mRpolite
Profile Joined March 2012
189 Posts
November 21 2015 22:06 GMT
#2336
well done boys
sacrilegious
Profile Joined September 2012
Canada863 Posts
November 21 2015 22:24 GMT
#2337
The only thing I hope never to see is a support Tony on PLD again

Worked once strictly as a surprise... never again
Zuleyka
Profile Joined April 2012
United States17 Posts
November 21 2015 22:57 GMT
#2338
On November 22 2015 07:24 sacrilegious wrote:
The only thing I hope never to see is a support Tony on PLD again

Worked once strictly as a surprise... never again

Technically, it worked twice. Once against VG and another against EG. I'm not sure how that worked against EG since Puppey drafted exactly like they did when they ran it against VG and PPD somehow didn't see it coming.
adzzlie
Profile Joined July 2015
Korea (South)81 Posts
November 21 2015 23:32 GMT
#2339
Too bad they didn't come out as the winner. I actually hope that OG would won against EG so that Secret can battle against new enemy in the final, but I never expected for Secret to lose the final.

But as some people commented above, This new roster Team Secret, entered 4 LANs finals, won two of them. Those were actually amazing. Some people might say that these feats are not comparable to Team Secret 2.0. But, don't forget that Team Secret 2.0 was literally an all-star superpower team. And also at that time, the all-star superpower team got 8-12th place at TI5, which I personally think is not a good achievement.

So, GG OG, WP Secret.
Hardworking people will be rewarded as much as what they have done.
FuzzyJAM
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland9300 Posts
November 22 2015 00:25 GMT
#2340
On November 22 2015 07:02 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 22 2015 06:51 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Second place still solidifies Secret as the best team in the world - only EG could have taken that title from them and they placed 3rd. It's just really tight at the top right now, that's all.

OG surprised people. I think Secret need to work on preparing for teams they maybe don't expect to have to face - they didn't prepare for Vega, and I doubt they prepared for OG either.

"Best team in the world" is such a stupid statement meant to prop up teams you like.

EG is the highest earning team ever, for good reasons.

Secret is one of the most consistently winning teams, for good reasons.

And OG just won one of the tournaments that really matter in this game, for good reasons.

"Best team in the world" means, to me, that if I had to pick one team to put my life savings on for a tournament next week, it would be Secret. To me, that makes them the best - for a given value of "best", to be sure. Of course, I heavily emphasised how tight it was at the top precisely because it's not a clear cut decision: if someone wants to argue for EG as the better bet (or even OG), then that's fine. Of course there are other meanings of "best team", and if someone wants to say something like "Alliance is the best team in the world" based on their long spell of dominance I'd say "Yeah, that's an argument", but it's not a position that would clash with mine and not really what I was talking about. I thought my position was relatively clear, but if you had some confusion and really cared you were free to ask.

Instead, you insulted me for no reason. "Best team in the world" is a malleable concept, you're right. I think that's kind of obvious, and given that language is inherently contextual I don't know why you think that's a problem or why you feel the need to attack people over it. Maybe you had a rough day or something though, so hopefully you're feeling happy now.
Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?
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