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[TI3] Playoffs Day 5 - Page 194

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misirlou
Profile Joined June 2010
Portugal3245 Posts
August 11 2013 22:44 GMT
#3861
navi only lost in the winners bracket final and already had to play 3 more games than Alliance, risk showing some strats to get wins and not drop out of the tournament and play a bo3 one hour before the finals. how is that not advantage for WB winner? you can argue its not enough, i believe it is, but you cant say it doesnt exist
Sbrubbles
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil5776 Posts
August 11 2013 22:44 GMT
#3862
There's been a whole lot of comebacks this TI. Goes to show how well Icefrog has managed the game.
Bora Pain minha porra!
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 11 2013 22:44 GMT
#3863
On August 12 2013 07:41 Gatored wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:39 tomatriedes wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:38 Asha` wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:37 TheButtonmen wrote:
What a very fucked up format.

Valve not even giving a games advantage to winners bracket is fucked.


No one likes game advantages. They make for fucking boring finals 80% of the time.


Agreed.


Their advantage is that they don't have to play an extra set of matches like Na'Vi had to. That in itself is plenty of an advantage.


Could also argue that playing more games gets you more settled in and feel hot
Xialos
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada508 Posts
August 11 2013 22:44 GMT
#3864
Who is casting the final?
akalarry
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1978 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-11 22:45:38
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3865
On August 12 2013 07:41 Gatored wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:39 tomatriedes wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:38 Asha` wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:37 TheButtonmen wrote:
What a very fucked up format.

Valve not even giving a games advantage to winners bracket is fucked.


No one likes game advantages. They make for fucking boring finals 80% of the time.


Agreed.


Their advantage is that they don't have to play an extra set of matches like Na'Vi had to. That in itself is plenty of an advantage.


it's not even an advantage that alliance played zero matches today. with the adrenaline and nervousness, it's not like navi is not going to be fatigued going into this final.. navi got to release that and play what is essentially a warmup set. meanwhile alliance nervously sits in the green room, waiting for hours until they get to play their first game of the day with no practice.
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3866
Bulba on that Clockwerk
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3867
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.


WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3868
Nice cosplay there

On August 12 2013 07:41 rabidch wrote:
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On August 12 2013 07:39 WindWolf wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:38 Asha` wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:37 TheButtonmen wrote:
What a very fucked up format.

Valve not even giving a games advantage to winners bracket is fucked.


No one likes game advantages. They make for fucking boring finals 80% of the time.

I've seen some sick FGC matches that wouldn't be possible without winner's advantage.

Plus it's called double-elimination for a reason, so that everyone can lose once and still stay in the tournament

FGC matches are very fast compared to dota and extremely momentum based. additionally valve probably prefers more games to be played anyway, but not bo7 or some kind of weird system. its kidn of dumb when WB teams just win 2-0 and its over just like that

But why call it double-elimination in the first place if the winner gets no advantage
EZ4ENCE
Kuroeeah
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
11696 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3869
On August 12 2013 07:44 Xialos wrote:
Who is casting the final?

ld and lumi
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3870
On August 12 2013 07:44 Xialos wrote:
Who is casting the final?


LD lumi unless they are dead
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
DustbinBieber
Profile Joined April 2013
France276 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3871
On August 12 2013 07:33 BigAsia wrote:
This is why Dota2 is awesome, I can't think of any other game where there are as many momentum changes and comebacks. Sc2 certainly doesn't come close


Brood War :-(
I sadly agree on SC2
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3872
On August 12 2013 07:45 dtz wrote:
For those complaining about the format, the way to see it is this way.

The whole playoffs were not to pick the winner. It is to pick the top 2 teams who will play in a grand final. It's a 2 separate stage in the tournament.

So there are actually 3 stages in the tournament which is groupstage, playoff, grand finals.Each stage is separate.

Teams who did better in group stage didn't start with a 1-0 advantage in the playoff as well despite winning more games.



Excellent mindset for this format.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3873
Na'vi just had to play a nailbiter to even get to play Alliance, they're tired as fuck and Alliance has been watching their games. Even with a WB advantage Na'vi is going to get straight rolled.
hyptonic
Profile Joined June 2011
2155 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3874
i wonder what all you're excuses will be when navi gets stomped again...
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3875
On August 12 2013 07:45 akalarry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:41 Gatored wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:39 tomatriedes wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:38 Asha` wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:37 TheButtonmen wrote:
What a very fucked up format.

Valve not even giving a games advantage to winners bracket is fucked.


No one likes game advantages. They make for fucking boring finals 80% of the time.


Agreed.


Their advantage is that they don't have to play an extra set of matches like Na'Vi had to. That in itself is plenty of an advantage.


it's not even an advantage that alliance played zero matches today. with the adrenaline and nervousness, navi is going to be fatigued going into this final.. navi got to release that and play what is essentially a warmup set. meanwhile alliance nervously sits in the green room, waiting for hours until they get to play their first game of the day with no practice.


Someone gets it. I agree 100%
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3876
On August 12 2013 07:42 teapoted wrote:
The aegis didn't matter because OD only has one life anyway. It's called BKB.

He couldn't ultied at the deciding fight near rad tier 2 mid because of No aegis, not bkb.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
August 11 2013 22:45 GMT
#3877
On August 12 2013 07:42 Galek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:40 nojok wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:39 tomatriedes wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:38 Asha` wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:37 TheButtonmen wrote:
What a very fucked up format.

Valve not even giving a games advantage to winners bracket is fucked.


No one likes game advantages. They make for fucking boring finals 80% of the time.


Agreed.

Disagreed.

Well Alliance would play 2 games instead of 3 no big deal in this specific finals

I wouldn't like that for the 1 game advantage.

I think that it should be a Bo7 with Alliance having a 1 game advantage. That way we have 3-6 games, so only 1 more than now, with just 1 possibility for that.

"No one likes advantages", well how about the advantage that Na'Vi is still in the tournament after losing a series?
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Daogin
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada2308 Posts
August 11 2013 22:46 GMT
#3878
Holy shit navi came back from that game and won?
Leenoctopus <3, master of foreign events.
DDie
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil2369 Posts
August 11 2013 22:46 GMT
#3879
On August 12 2013 07:45 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:44 Xialos wrote:
Who is casting the final?


LD lumi unless they are dead



Or if sheever volunteers to solo cast.
''Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.''
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
August 11 2013 22:46 GMT
#3880
On August 12 2013 07:35 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 07:33 VAGZ wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:31 Plansix wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:29 anonymitylol wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:28 AlexYs wrote:
rofl so many butthurt na'vi haters in here..pathetic.


so many blind navi fanboys too, acting like navi are gods and they made a miraculous comeback, when it was clear that orange was on tilt after that aegis deny

Yeah, its called being cool under pressure. Its the sign of a great team.

The salty Orange fans are funny. Orange is a great team and played really well, but couldn't hold it together in the end.


That had nothing to do with it. If they didn't deny the aegis Na'Vi lost, simple as that.

People who are far better at Dota 2 disagree with you. Even with the aegis, they might not have been able to break the base. They have one damage source that was losing steam.

I disagree with all of you, Orange wouldve won that game with that aegis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
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