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BillGates
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
471 Posts
December 18 2014 04:20 GMT
#281
He was more of farm oriented, while I think the rest were more fight oriented. I think he did compliment them actually, since he made their late game stronger by having quite a bit of farm, while the other were fighting.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-18 07:30:27
December 18 2014 07:29 GMT
#282
Man this feels so wrong that Fly is out.

I don't think he was bad with the team and he certainly improved so much as an offlane. I hope this lineup with misery works well like Fata with C9 and EGM with alliance(when envy got kicked).
this is a quote
Lash-
Profile Joined February 2013
Germany61 Posts
December 18 2014 09:39 GMT
#283
Dude, you could have put any pro player on Secret's offlane and they would have still been succesful... Puppy kky (with more practice in his carry role he will be more consistent) Notail and S4, this team will always be good...
Now they add misery and this guy has a lot more individual skill, Fly feels just so mediocre in that regard.

They have a lot more potential now. Ofc there is always a risk that its not working out as expected, but they did not win any Tournament until now and Fly wont evolve into a whole new player.
Misery plays Dota since forever he knows his stuff and with a competent team around him for the first time, he will get hungry for championships again.

it's only after we've lost everything that we are free to do anything
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
December 18 2014 12:07 GMT
#284
I read a post, where it is thought about that Secret is switching its roles, now that Misery is in. And maybe that's the reason:
They want to make it difficult for enemies, where a player is laning and which player is playing which hero!
ppy is support, but maybe they play Lycon more...
kky is well known to be a great 5 and his carry is great too!
n0tail seems to be good at anything..
s4 can go mid or safelane and probably learn more for offlane
and Misery... I actually don't know him that well but sounds that he can go offlane or in support roles too!
There can only be one Geisterkarle
Kraznaya
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3711 Posts
December 18 2014 14:02 GMT
#285
On December 18 2014 21:07 Geisterkarle wrote:
I read a post, where it is thought about that Secret is switching its roles, now that Misery is in. And maybe that's the reason:
They want to make it difficult for enemies, where a player is laning and which player is playing which hero!
ppy is support, but maybe they play Lycon more...
kky is well known to be a great 5 and his carry is great too!
n0tail seems to be good at anything..
s4 can go mid or safelane and probably learn more for offlane
and Misery... I actually don't know him that well but sounds that he can go offlane or in support roles too!


ya that works amazing for team tinker
do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?
Hoenicker
Profile Joined February 2012
243 Posts
December 18 2014 14:08 GMT
#286
On December 18 2014 23:02 Kraznaya wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2014 21:07 Geisterkarle wrote:
I read a post, where it is thought about that Secret is switching its roles, now that Misery is in. And maybe that's the reason:
They want to make it difficult for enemies, where a player is laning and which player is playing which hero!
ppy is support, but maybe they play Lycon more...
kky is well known to be a great 5 and his carry is great too!
n0tail seems to be good at anything..
s4 can go mid or safelane and probably learn more for offlane
and Misery... I actually don't know him that well but sounds that he can go offlane or in support roles too!


ya that works amazing for team tinker


how? You mean fly to tinker? doubt it somehow..
trollcenter
Profile Blog Joined October 2014
362 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-18 16:09:12
December 18 2014 16:08 GMT
#287
On December 18 2014 23:08 Hoenicker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2014 23:02 Kraznaya wrote:
On December 18 2014 21:07 Geisterkarle wrote:
I read a post, where it is thought about that Secret is switching its roles, now that Misery is in. And maybe that's the reason:
They want to make it difficult for enemies, where a player is laning and which player is playing which hero!
ppy is support, but maybe they play Lycon more...
kky is well known to be a great 5 and his carry is great too!
n0tail seems to be good at anything..
s4 can go mid or safelane and probably learn more for offlane
and Misery... I actually don't know him that well but sounds that he can go offlane or in support roles too!


ya that works amazing for team tinker


how? You mean fly to tinker? doubt it somehow..


He was sarcastic about the way role switching is not a good idea for a team in the long run. Teamliquid did it when they were formed, Teamtinker did it more recently and you saw where that leads. You can't be consistent enough when you keep changing your team dynamic from one game to the other. Sure, it may be done sometimes when the stakes aren't that high, but in TI and other high caliber tournaments, the players who keep switching around will simply not have the same experience in one role as those dedicated to it. And even if they were just as good, the simple fact that no two players are the same the whole team has to adjust to different playstyles depending on who plays what role. This all leads to more chances of mistakes and inconsistency in your game.
Seek75
Profile Joined October 2013
United States22 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-18 17:24:59
December 18 2014 17:18 GMT
#288
I think the problem is less switching roles and more switching roles without having those roles properly defined first. Take EG for example; they essentially mastered their classic lane positions: Fear/Mason safe-lane semi-carry, RTZ carry mid, Universe space-creating offlane, zai greedy support, PPD ultra-defensive support. THEN, after they properly defined those roles and mastered them, they began switching it up. RTZ safe-lane carry, Fear/Zai classic space-creating mid, Universe same story, Zai/Fear greedy support, etc.

The problem with Tinker is that none of them have properly defined roles. They don't know what they're supposed to be accomplishing because every single game they completely switch it up without any consistency whatsoever. The concrete roles just aren't there, and so people get mixed up and don't know who has farm priority over who because everyone defaults to farming since that's essentially one of the only constants between every role except maybe hard support. That's why we end up with games where SingSing is completely sacked, Bulba and EGM never buy any wards and are constantly out of position, and the only person who really knows what they're doing and has any farm priority whatsoever is qojqva who more often than not is playing a hero that can't carry 1v5 anyways.

If Secret can properly define the roles of everyone on the team first, then switching it up shouldn't be that much of a problem because they should theoretically be able to understand each of the roles they're in since they took the time to study up and understand what everyone's job in the team is. Not that I really believe they're going to do that, though. They don't really strike me as the type to switch things up unless it's necessary.
Børkbørkbørk
FHDH
Profile Joined July 2014
United States7023 Posts
December 18 2014 19:09 GMT
#289
Yeah there's a difference between being flexible and just being a strategically amorphous blob.
После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)
eMVees
Profile Joined December 2014
Ukraine3 Posts
December 20 2014 09:01 GMT
#290
good team! Good luck guys!
Arkhe
Profile Joined November 2014
France116 Posts
December 22 2014 08:59 GMT
#291
First tournament Win for secret !

Well it's Captain draft but i don't care , it's still a begining
Omelette aux fromages ? i'm the grammar nazi worst nightmare
govie
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
9334 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-22 09:04:28
December 22 2014 09:04 GMT
#292
Best tournament for viewers of the year, so best tournament to win if ya ask me.
The two NBA teams in states with legal weed are called the Nuggets and the Blazers...
Arkhe
Profile Joined November 2014
France116 Posts
December 22 2014 09:47 GMT
#293
I agree , this tournament was so entertaining ! great picks , close match.

I hope secret will make it to the ESL ONE 2015 :D
Omelette aux fromages ? i'm the grammar nazi worst nightmare
trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
December 22 2014 20:41 GMT
#294
misery playing offlane ET means that notail can play his other amazing support heroes. He just gives secret much more drafting flexibility so far.
GiveMeYourtTots
Profile Joined May 2014
990 Posts
December 23 2014 17:51 GMT
#295
What happened to this team? They used to look unstoppable.
Theoren
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada810 Posts
December 23 2014 18:56 GMT
#296
On December 24 2014 02:51 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
What happened to this team? They used to look unstoppable.


What do you mean used to? They just won their first tournament two days ago and are looking for their second win today. What exactly makes you think they are suddenly struggling.
FHDH
Profile Joined July 2014
United States7023 Posts
December 23 2014 19:22 GMT
#297
Secret was totally destroying when they first started playing, like totally godlike. Now they just look like a world-class team. What happened is what happens in professional sports: people start to figure you out a bit. Also they started literally two patches ago now, the game has been changing.

And if you're referring to the VPP game: VPP has recently beaten C9 and EG in series. They are legit.
После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)
GiveMeYourtTots
Profile Joined May 2014
990 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-23 20:01:02
December 23 2014 20:00 GMT
#298
On December 24 2014 03:56 Theoren wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 24 2014 02:51 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
What happened to this team? They used to look unstoppable.


What do you mean used to? They just won their first tournament two days ago and are looking for their second win today. What exactly makes you think they are suddenly struggling.


They lost to lajons yesterday, lost to vp earlier. When they started playing there is no way they would lose to these teams. They're also losing right now.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
December 23 2014 20:30 GMT
#299
On December 24 2014 05:00 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 24 2014 03:56 Theoren wrote:
On December 24 2014 02:51 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
What happened to this team? They used to look unstoppable.


What do you mean used to? They just won their first tournament two days ago and are looking for their second win today. What exactly makes you think they are suddenly struggling.


They lost to lajons yesterday, lost to vp earlier. When they started playing there is no way they would lose to these teams. They're also losing right now.

VP is a really good team now though. Idk Lajons but hey everybody loses.

Also it's normal for the the top team(arguably since EG exist in the west) to drop games. There is no top team ever that never dropped a single game against someone even if they are an inferior comptetitor. That's just impossible to achieve at some point you are gonna lose games or even a series but that doesn't remove your credibility as the top team of the scene.

Unless the top team are losing constantly losing to weaker teams and are getting bad results compared to the inferior team then obviously they are probably not the top team anymore. Means they slumped or got figured out or something.
this is a quote
Theoren
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada810 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-23 20:34:07
December 23 2014 20:33 GMT
#300
On December 24 2014 05:00 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 24 2014 03:56 Theoren wrote:
On December 24 2014 02:51 GiveMeYourtTots wrote:
What happened to this team? They used to look unstoppable.


What do you mean used to? They just won their first tournament two days ago and are looking for their second win today. What exactly makes you think they are suddenly struggling.


They lost to lajons yesterday, lost to vp earlier. When they started playing there is no way they would lose to these teams. They're also losing right now.


They lost two games in a tourney they were virtually guaranteed to qualify for regardless of the outcome of those matches. The lions game in particular came 15 minutes after they had finished an epic 4 game series with VP.
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