I agree teapoted , but i dont think they will announce a change , and it will come to "what kind of draft we do" , unless you think SOMEONE else other then S4 should draft....
I`m speculating on what is the change (which is useless probably) assuming its more then "we decided to draft more pushing lineups" because i think S4 as drafter wont change.

teapoted

United Kingdom24425 Posts

January 15 2014 12:08 GMT

#2402

Well they've always drafted quite collaboratively, I could see them giving someone more power in the decision making which would lead to very different drafts. I don't see a reason why s4 would have to stay the drafter, I don't see the situation similar to Na'Vi and Puppey for example.

I agree that probably the changes we will see is in the kind of line-ups they draft even if they don't change drafter however.

AwfuL_

Netherlands6976 Posts

January 15 2014 12:16 GMT

#2403

They had better play this today, I finally got a day without deadlines and I'm ready to finally watch some dota again.

TheRubicon

United States1342 Posts

January 15 2014 12:42 GMT

#2404

On January 15 2014 21:16 AwfuL_ wrote:
They had better play this today, I finally got a day without deadlines and I'm ready to finally watch some dota again.

Happy B-day!

On topic: I dont think Alliance will change anything today, mainly because there isnt much incentive to win (1st place 25k, 2nd 15k iirc) while giving everyone at starladder a heads-up on how the new lineup/changes look. They will try to win with the old alliance style, and it will be up to EE sama to throw or win the rares.

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

January 15 2014 12:44 GMT

#2405

it might be a good way to see how it's actually working in an environment that matters though, rather than scrims maybe? should be an interesting teaser for SL

sooo... nobody maek LR?

JoeHannes

Germany207 Posts

January 15 2014 12:56 GMT

#2406

Looking forward for tonights match. Does anyone know if both will play with their full lineups?

TheRubicon

United States1342 Posts

January 15 2014 13:20 GMT

#2407

Full lineups, lets hope. Stand-in doto worst doto

phantomlancer23

730 Posts

January 15 2014 14:44 GMT

#2408

On January 15 2014 21:42 TheRubicon wrote:

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heh i m thinking completely the opposite this is a match that pride beats easily the prize pool of this and the near future tournaments so much drama behind i think alliance will give the 100%.

teapoted

United Kingdom24425 Posts

January 15 2014 14:51 GMT

#2409

So much drama behind? There's no drama behind this match except that generated by the community.

I don't see Alliance caring any more than if this was against Fnatic.

bluzi

4703 Posts

January 15 2014 14:51 GMT

#2410

100% effort for sure , winning is #1 priority here , and assuming they believe that their "new" style is solid enough to win SL they will use it here , don`t forget that they believe that they are/can be the BEST in the world , so no need to "hide" the new [A] , if the new style is a gimmick strat to win 1 map (or a few) , then it does not matter if they show it here or there.....
anyhow , hoping for good games and Alliance wins

phantomlancer23

730 Posts

January 15 2014 14:54 GMT

#2411

The generated drama its difficult not to pass in the players they are humans.

teapoted

United Kingdom24425 Posts

January 15 2014 14:58 GMT

#2412

On January 15 2014 23:54 phantomlancer23 wrote:
The generated drama its difficult not to pass in the players they are humans.

It's quite easy to if you don't believe it. People were saying there was a bunch of drama between Loda and AUI even though they had met and have no problem with eachother long before people stopped saying there was drama.

There's no drama, at least that Alliance would care about. EE might really want to win because he was on Nth, but I think the chance is 0% that Alliance really cares that it's Speed over any other team.

Hell, Alliance is even 5-0 against Speed in their last matches.