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spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 12:32:45
May 13 2016 11:35 GMT
#3121
Tbh I was more underwhelmed by these games than a bunch of the games before. In the first game it felt like Secret were pretty clueless as far as what they wanted to do at different points in the game. Of course there was that ill advised top dive, but after that as far as I recall on several occasions they smoked up and just walked around without a clear plan on what to accomplish.

3rd game I suppose the kills from the early smoke from Alliance and getting caught by the laning choices is something that may sometimes happen, not sure if they could have made some adjustments by moving the Wisp to help top. I don't think the issue there was nearly as much about the draft as it was against about getting caught out before the horn and Alliance getting the better of the laning choices. Had Secret had the lanes they wanted, they would have been completely fine.
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
May 13 2016 11:46 GMT
#3122
Unfortunately now i can say: Told you. This roster will not work.
trollcenter
Profile Blog Joined October 2014
362 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 12:17:41
May 13 2016 11:53 GMT
#3123
3rd game they had an awful draft, imo. They let LD through and went for really passive picks and play, allowing Alliance to hit their timings with no pressure. Naga has a harder time getting radiance and does less than LD once it gets it, requiring 2 or 3 more items before it becomes a threat. In that time, Alliance were already taking racks, nothing much you could do but watch when you have weak illusions against a tanky bear and sven's cleave.

This passivity seems to be a strategic problem since the new roster was formed, most of the times they simply stand back letting the enemy teams do whatever they want, doesn't seem like Secret has solid gameplans right now. The execution isn't there either, they very often look like they're on a different page. Hope they actually start playing more tournaments and reach their true potential, it would be sad to see them have internal issues before reaching that happens.
BigO
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden956 Posts
May 13 2016 12:04 GMT
#3124
So I am just curious, is RTZ really that brilliant of a carry nowadays. I mean, yes he still farms faster then most. But from the games I have watched he kind of gets out of position more often then he should and he doesn't seem like he is fighting very well (might just be a team issue). What I'm tryinbg to say is, RTZ is one of the best cores in dota at farming, but is that really that valuable for teams nowadays?
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34171 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 12:13:07
May 13 2016 12:11 GMT
#3125
Rtz going to dire jungle just when they saw 5 alliance heroes smoking to kill wisp was one of the dumbest moves ive seen in pro dota in a while tbh... Maybe fng trying to lasso abaddon in a 5v5 takes the spot tho

And in dota, dumb moves arent exactly weird to happen
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 12:19:52
May 13 2016 12:19 GMT
#3126
On May 13 2016 21:04 BigO wrote:
So I am just curious, is RTZ really that brilliant of a carry nowadays. I mean, yes he still farms faster then most. But from the games I have watched he kind of gets out of position more often then he should and he doesn't seem like he is fighting very well (might just be a team issue). What I'm tryinbg to say is, RTZ is one of the best cores in dota at farming, but is that really that valuable for teams nowadays?


This event he definitely at times played too far forward. For example in the DP game against NB, 2nd DK game against VP. I suppose the Razor game against A too as far as lane goes.

Not sure if it is something that is just in his instincts due to how he has played a lot of the time in his career. Pretty much always Arteezy has played the "anchor" in his team, being the one who is very farmed and stands in front, and often times he has had PPD or Puppey with a defensive support behind him. Maybe he can get rid of it, maybe he can't, idk. Sometimes you need to be the one who baits your teammate out and stands in the backline.

But in general I don't think Arteezy's individual performance was something that should be a primary concern for Secret. They need to make the drafts work in a way where they get something out of their supports, at least this far they didn't show they can play some of the stronger support heroes and in general they don't feel too effective early game. And also it feels to me that they have some weird issues in the midgame where they don't really know what to do and just smoke to run around for nothing. Probably it is related to the drafts as well, if they are confident in their lineup it's easier to stay calm and make good decisions.
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
May 13 2016 12:31 GMT
#3127
On May 13 2016 21:04 BigO wrote:
So I am just curious, is RTZ really that brilliant of a carry nowadays. I mean, yes he still farms faster then most. But from the games I have watched he kind of gets out of position more often then he should and he doesn't seem like he is fighting very well (might just be a team issue). What I'm tryinbg to say is, RTZ is one of the best cores in dota at farming, but is that really that valuable for teams nowadays?


Aui can farm faster on certain heroes, yet he is not considered as one of the best carries out there. Yes he havent been playing that role in more than 3 years but the ones that remember the old Dignitas days will remember how fast he can farm.
That didnt help him when he got kicked from EG after wining TI.
So skill has nothing to do with that - most players that are in the top tier teams are good enough - problem is when the owners decide that one roster will earn more money through pure advertising than the other.
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
May 13 2016 12:33 GMT
#3128
On May 13 2016 21:31 NInoff wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2016 21:04 BigO wrote:
So I am just curious, is RTZ really that brilliant of a carry nowadays. I mean, yes he still farms faster then most. But from the games I have watched he kind of gets out of position more often then he should and he doesn't seem like he is fighting very well (might just be a team issue). What I'm tryinbg to say is, RTZ is one of the best cores in dota at farming, but is that really that valuable for teams nowadays?


Aui can farm faster on certain heroes, yet he is not considered as one of the best carries out there. Yes he havent been playing that role in more than 3 years but the ones that remember the old Dignitas days will remember how fast he can farm.
That didnt help him when he got kicked from EG after wining TI.
So skill has nothing to do with that - most players that are in the top tier teams are good enough - problem is when the owners decide that one roster will earn more money through pure advertising than the other.


Pretty sure that had nothing to do with the roster change..
FuzzyJAM
Profile Joined July 2010
Scotland9300 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 12:58:29
May 13 2016 12:58 GMT
#3129
On May 13 2016 21:33 spudde123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2016 21:31 NInoff wrote:
On May 13 2016 21:04 BigO wrote:
So I am just curious, is RTZ really that brilliant of a carry nowadays. I mean, yes he still farms faster then most. But from the games I have watched he kind of gets out of position more often then he should and he doesn't seem like he is fighting very well (might just be a team issue). What I'm tryinbg to say is, RTZ is one of the best cores in dota at farming, but is that really that valuable for teams nowadays?


Aui can farm faster on certain heroes, yet he is not considered as one of the best carries out there. Yes he havent been playing that role in more than 3 years but the ones that remember the old Dignitas days will remember how fast he can farm.
That didnt help him when he got kicked from EG after wining TI.
So skill has nothing to do with that - most players that are in the top tier teams are good enough - problem is when the owners decide that one roster will earn more money through pure advertising than the other.


Pretty sure that had nothing to do with the roster change..

Yeah, that was a really weird post.


To be honest, I think everyone on Secret (arguable exception of EE) has been playing very poorly. It's hard to analyse what the exact problem is - I mean, not to pick on him, but why did Arteezy die before the horn game 3, for instance? There doesn't seem a good reason for that, and he's plainly capable of playing much better. I think that's just a microcosm for all of Secret's problems: individuals not playing as well as they can. Maybe they're just not comfortable together yet, or maybe they're just on tilt. Hard to say. But I still think they have the ingredients to win and I'm not too worried yet.
Did you ever say Yes to a single joy?
Souldivnr
Profile Joined September 2015
Cuba127 Posts
May 13 2016 13:03 GMT
#3130
I am sure they will figure things out soon, they just need to keep playing. There's still plenty of time to practice.
"Puppey is always the BOSS"- XBOCT 2016
caiovigg
Profile Joined July 2014
Brazil1802 Posts
May 13 2016 13:04 GMT
#3131
Can we discuss about the invite system for the majors?

I know secret won last one and valve always invite the last winner, but secret will have won ONE bo3 in the time spam between their roster change and manila.

People were bashing the LGD invite because they "only got invited because they won 2 BO3 at starladder". I don't agree with the LGD invite (12 invites were really bad) and I agreed with the secret invite when it was announced, but now that they played everything they had to play before manila and it was a complete disaster this got me thinking.

Maybe put some kind of rule of minimum games played or minimum games won for the invite?
Souldivnr
Profile Joined September 2015
Cuba127 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 13:14:50
May 13 2016 13:13 GMT
#3132
Well, for me is understandable the team that has proved to perform well in the last BIG LAN (winning it) must be invited. You can argue that they change two players but it is still the winning team.
"Puppey is always the BOSS"- XBOCT 2016
spudde123
Profile Joined February 2012
4814 Posts
May 13 2016 13:14 GMT
#3133
Well it's a pretty subjective discussion what warrants an invite. This far it has seemed that Valve holds the previous major in high regard, and 3 of these players won the major and 2 were 3rd. The invites are always announced so early that there isn't time to show how "bad" you are, 1-2 bad events isn't enough to make a major win go away. The minimum games played / won seems like a silly thing to me. Though I think the "no games played" problem would solve itself if the scene would be structured a bit differently where certain teams aren't just invited to every event, I don't think this is really ideal. And it doesn't even really matter how deserved those invites are to 3rd party events, it's just not good for fans when certain teams play very little.

The events that happen after the invites go out are totally irrelevant for who was deserving for an invite to Manila. However, these things may matter for TI. Imo Secret is likely in the same position in Manila as they were going into Shanghai, if they don't perform well they will lose their invite status. It is possible that Valve invites all the major winners to TI or something, but it's also possible that they don't do that and look at the more recent times, in which case Secret needs a good placing.
Lafril
Profile Joined May 2016
Belgium9 Posts
May 13 2016 13:24 GMT
#3134
I think the main issue with Secret's current state, that they can't turn around games anymore. They are rolling into a snowball effect, but the snow melts in a moment there is some difficulties...

Also I see that RTZ and Universe are too eager for proving themselves in this new setting, that it allows the other teams to play this in their favor. I am looking more to see what Puppey is planning to do with his leadership...
Still a good training does not do any damage them
Kuroeeah
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
11696 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 13:45:07
May 13 2016 13:44 GMT
#3135
Wrong topic
t3rm1nal
Profile Joined March 2011
Italy37 Posts
May 13 2016 14:44 GMT
#3136
Zai... please... come back!

I think they will figure out soon or later how to play together...but ... it's painful now.
Aro.Abbestia.
hariooo
Profile Joined October 2013
Canada2830 Posts
May 13 2016 16:14 GMT
#3137
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Team_Secret/Results#Detailed_Results

From last december until march we heard the exact same haters spiel the exact same shit. People saying "I told you so" before a major tournament has even been played are just interested in being edgy
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34171 Posts
May 13 2016 16:36 GMT
#3138
that only shows that bar shangai secret has been really lackluster, both old and new line up
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
hariooo
Profile Joined October 2013
Canada2830 Posts
May 13 2016 17:27 GMT
#3139
majors and TI are disproportionally the most important tournaments every year. let me know when any team is willing to trade a win at a major/TI for 3-4 LAN wins at smaller tournaments inbetween seasons
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34171 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-13 17:37:14
May 13 2016 17:29 GMT
#3140
So why do they play these tournaments then?

Why not wait untill major/ti ?

That major/ti is disproportionate doesnt means jack shit, they still want to win. i really doubt that once you are inside the game you say "oh who cares, this tournament is crappy in terms of money, lets just lose"

I dont think thats an excuse tbh... theres a reason why teams like EG and Secret came here, and that is to win, money comes after (after you realize you won the tournament and you have thousands of dollars in your pocket)
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
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