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X.Salvation
Profile Joined February 2013
Singapore66 Posts
October 20 2016 17:08 GMT
#2401
I think watching the team so far has been disappointing. even if we say there are teething problems, there's too many mistakes and people looking lost in the middle of the game (i.e. yesterday the three cores went in one by one, the lack of vision on the map, holding onto the early game but not grasping that they are behind in farm). Something is lacking in the thought process of the game, and there's not enough activity in the early or mid game to push it through.

Last iteration, FATA was always ready to carry mid game, until matumba had enough farm or vice versa. Jerax would keep the opponents busy early. Mindcontrol tilted the offlane in liquid's favour and kuro just went greedy. I just feel that in this iteration, its either all early game or all late game without the skill to fill the gaps in between. Miracle has on and off performances, where what the team needs is a stable presence.
"Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,for his compassions never fail." Lamentations 3:22
Aurrius
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany120 Posts
October 20 2016 17:19 GMT
#2402
At this State right now Liquid deservs not an direct Invite for the Boston Major.
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
October 20 2016 17:22 GMT
#2403
won't be many anyways if TI set a new precedent I think it's bneficial for them to get a lot of qualifier games
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
giftdgecko
Profile Joined February 2011
United States2126 Posts
October 20 2016 18:04 GMT
#2404
Don't understand the huskar pick No answer to a timber Hopefully the boys figure it out soon
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
October 20 2016 18:04 GMT
#2405
Damn Secret just dismantled the boys
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
October 20 2016 18:05 GMT
#2406
Now they can watch the replay of game 2 vs secret so they can learn how to build a lead in to a win.

First time they play vs a team with high enough individual skill level shows what the reality is.
Anamorph
Profile Joined September 2015
236 Posts
October 20 2016 18:05 GMT
#2407
So awful to watch them : )
Its not just the drafts, the whole strategy is strange.
I am sure they would perform better if they just play the same style they played before not even adapting to new players.

The way they play now, does not fit anyone.
.. and I am sorry, it s not like I am on a bulba hate train, he is in this case not the reason they fail so hard - but he simply does not fit into them. The playstyle, heropool etc. no way this will work.

They need someone with a jerax playstyle, yapzor or saksa for example.
danielbe
Profile Joined December 2010
Colombia24 Posts
October 20 2016 18:09 GMT
#2408
That was a trainwreck. And yes, I'm on board with the bulba hate train.

I really feel that this change in style is all due to him. He's not mechanically skilled, so he plays defensive supports, in a position that used to be Kuro's. Kuroky is forced to go roaming, tempo controlling supports that really don't suit him. He's the "stay back and farm the jungle" kind of support. And Miracle can't find his place in a team without a dedicated playmaker like Cr1t.

If they hadn't lost Jerax, this team would be incredibly succesful. But Bulba just doesn't work.
NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-20 18:24:14
October 20 2016 18:23 GMT
#2409
Well they keep picking him oracle - and to be honest he performed pretty good. Speaking of his performance this week - way above Kuros.
I see two main issues
1. Weird drafts, very often bad ones.
2. Very poor in game decisions, very very poor teamwork, very very very rare they know when it is time to back off.

So probably all comes to bad game plan. Whoever is doing that needs to change his mindset. This team playstyle if there is any is different than the one they are currently trying.
I am usually ok when they get outplayed, After all its pro dota there are a lot of awesome players. And sometimes they will carry hard their teams - it happens.
But i can't accept the amount of mistakes they are making and especially the lack of synergy. Probably for the past couple of days they made more mistakes than they did in the first 6 months of this year.

ref4
Profile Joined March 2012
2933 Posts
October 20 2016 18:25 GMT
#2410
On October 21 2016 03:09 danielbe wrote:
That was a trainwreck. And yes, I'm on board with the bulba hate train.

I really feel that this change in style is all due to him. He's not mechanically skilled, so he plays defensive supports, in a position that used to be Kuro's. Kuroky is forced to go roaming, tempo controlling supports that really don't suit him. He's the "stay back and farm the jungle" kind of support. And Miracle can't find his place in a team without a dedicated playmaker like Cr1t.

If they hadn't lost Jerax, this team would be incredibly succesful. But Bulba just doesn't work.


Just you wait Kuro is playing the long con because he knows that Icefrog will buff clockwerk in patch 6.9 and liquid will get carried by the famous blublo clock to Ti7 victory
Papercappu
Profile Joined July 2015
Canada2210 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-20 18:30:52
October 20 2016 18:30 GMT
#2411
i think what they really need right now is a coach
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 20 2016 19:33 GMT
#2412
liquid looks lost and has no direction towards how they wanna draft and play their games...
POGGERS
RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
October 20 2016 19:41 GMT
#2413
who drafted this game?
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
October 20 2016 19:52 GMT
#2414
the good news is that even with an awful draft liquid can still trash on Alliance.
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
October 20 2016 20:06 GMT
#2415
Sinc when is miracle drafting?
Drearcerberus
Profile Joined August 2014
United States21 Posts
October 20 2016 20:10 GMT
#2416
On October 21 2016 03:09 danielbe wrote:
That was a trainwreck. And yes, I'm on board with the bulba hate train.

I really feel that this change in style is all due to him. He's not mechanically skilled, so he plays defensive supports, in a position that used to be Kuro's. Kuroky is forced to go roaming, tempo controlling supports that really don't suit him. He's the "stay back and farm the jungle" kind of support. And Miracle can't find his place in a team without a dedicated playmaker like Cr1t.

If they hadn't lost Jerax, this team would be incredibly succesful. But Bulba just doesn't work.


Maybe, maybe not. Blaming Bulba for all the team's issues is misguided. They stick around too long in fights that they've won and then feed back kills. They dive too deep and give up kills they shouldn't. Is Jerax the shot caller that's going to make the calls for his team to stop them from doing this? I doubt it as he's reportedly very quiet. Every game there are too many bad laning decisions and too many mistakes that are spread out over the entire team. Bulba will never be the best player on this team, but from what I've seen he's been far from the worst.
LemOn
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United Kingdom8629 Posts
October 20 2016 20:47 GMT
#2417
Just beat former International Champions in a very convincing fashion!
Liquid best team in the world confirmed
Much is the father figure that I miss in my life. Go Daddy! DoC.LemOn, LemOn[5thF]
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
October 20 2016 20:50 GMT
#2418
Every game I've seen from this team where they've lost (which has been a lot) they look like they have no coordination and their decision making on when to fight is terrible. Shortly before I wrote this I saw Matumbaslark try to get a pickoff when he knew the entire team of Alliance was in the area and died for it
rip
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34503 Posts
October 20 2016 21:09 GMT
#2419
Well

That was tense
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Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
October 20 2016 21:09 GMT
#2420
Bolbo MVP that game.
I think esports is pretty nice.
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