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Testuser
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
6469 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4121
Haha, james interviewing Soe ...
https://soundcloud.com/papercranesdk
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4122
I really needed to watch that day 4 top ten again to renew my faith in Orange. Especially Ky.xy redeeming himself with those RPs
Ianuus
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia349 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4123
On August 12 2013 08:13 Numy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:12 Yoshi- wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:11 bearcatter wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:10 Yoshi- wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:07 Tien wrote:
Lol at the whiners and complainers from fanbois.

TI3 delivering the best entertaining dota ever.


Wut?
This year has easily been the worst international(games/hype/storyline ofc, production has been the best obv)


The only boring games have been when two Chinese teams face off against each other


And compared to last years the games have been so lackluster, so many stomps and a very weird meta


Yea think most of the "excitement" people are having is from not knowing the meta that well so they perceive "comebacks" when its really just one team auto winning after a certain point. Really don't like this meta.


Last year's meta was huge teamfights.

This year's meta is unkillable carries/rat dota.

At least it isn't early 2013 cancerlancer.
kju
Profile Joined September 2010
6143 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4124
soe and yames ;_;
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4125
On August 12 2013 08:14 icystorage wrote:
SOE AND JAMES AWKWARD MOMENT

hehehehehe their stares
Zizy
Profile Joined August 2012
Croatia684 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4126
15 mins from starting the introduction of finals? Oh c'mon Valve like seriously...
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10665 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4127
oh boy, 2gd with soe.
Skol
Incze
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Romania2058 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4128
Suddenly 2GD started talking faster than usual
Religion: Buckethead
Kittan
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland3999 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4129
SOE QT <3
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81288 <--- How I fell in love with a man, a team, a game and a website in a single day... | "There are no false gods, there is only the Emperor, and Choi Yun Sung is his prophet." -> Zona 40k
WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4130
On August 12 2013 08:14 Erasme wrote:
damn tobi is such a good caster

Well, he was into musical theater in his youth (source: His Real Talk) so he knows how to control his voice
EZ4ENCE
javy_
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1677 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4131
this interview is gunna be good
♪~( ̄。 ̄)
johnnyb211
Profile Joined July 2013
1452 Posts
August 11 2013 23:15 GMT
#4132
so in 15 minutes they will start the grand finals INTRO? fuck them. thanks caring for europe when two european teams are playing the finals.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4133
On August 12 2013 08:15 WindWolf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:14 Erasme wrote:
damn tobi is such a good caster

Well, he was into musical theater in his youth (source: His Real Talk) so he knows how to control his voice

he sang on his stream, itwas good
LiquidDota StaffAre you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!
Nilrem
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3684 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4134
It is like they are on a first date... can cut the awkwardness with a knife.
Meepo Haters gonna Hate. https://twitter.com/KazeNilrem (@KazeNilrem)
hyptonic
Profile Joined June 2011
2155 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4135
On August 12 2013 08:11 Mataza wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:10 Yoshi- wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:07 Tien wrote:
Lol at the whiners and complainers from fanbois.

TI3 delivering the best entertaining dota ever.


Wut?
This year has easily been the worst international(games/hype/storyline ofc, production has been the best obv)

Too true.

It's still good, but last year was amazing.

What was TI1 like?


the production was nonexistant, really only the games were shown, the play was very unpolished.


but the hype was so muuuuuuuuch better. tobi casted everything iirc and there was an enigma every game basically.

everyone was waiting so long for it since it was the first showing of dota 2 and everyone got to watch some of their favorite players try it out. it was really awesome
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4136
On August 12 2013 08:14 Erasme wrote:
damn tobi is such a good caster

For TI, Tobi is by far the best.
He gets a knoweledgeable guy to sit next to him and he's good to go.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
Kuroeeah
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
11696 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4137
On August 12 2013 08:15 johnnyb211 wrote:
so in 15 minutes they will start the grand finals INTRO? fuck them. thanks caring for europe when two european teams are playing the finals.

Calm down and show some respect.
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34501 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4138
I find this interview between James and Soe just hilarious.
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dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4139
On August 12 2013 08:11 Shikyo wrote:
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On August 12 2013 08:06 dtz wrote:
On August 12 2013 08:02 Shikyo wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:58 dtz wrote:
On August 12 2013 07:55 Lachrymose wrote:
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.




Is this serious?

Yeah, they didn't get a 1-0 advantage, they got a 2-0 advantage. They started in the upper bracket and other teams started in the lower bracket, the equivalent in the format of getting 2-0'd.

There was a huge advantage to doing well in the prelims, it's really weird that you try to make it sound like there wasn't.


That group stage is to pick 8 teams to be put in Upper Bracket and 8 teams to be put in Lower Bracket.

This playoff is to put 2 teams in the Grand Finals and 14 teams to be eliminated.

Between teams in the lower bracket, there is no score advantage despite some teams winning more than the others ( IG vs DK started 0-0 despite IG being 8-6 and DK 10-4).

Therefore in the grand finals there should be no score advantage also.

of course there are other non score advantages like being able to pick your opponents or being well rested and are able to save strats and analyze more of your opponents.

If the formats were similiar, the second qualifiers should put one half of the teams in the winners' bracket and one half in the losers' bracket for the grand finals.

Which is how it would go in a properly done tournament format. As you see, doing well in the qualifiers gives you an advantage. In a proper format, that is.


The concept of the formats are the same. I think the difference is just the number. 8 + 8 then 2 + 14. I am not exactly sure what you are saying so I'm sorry if i misunderstood.

But the second qualifiers( i assume you mean playoffs?) put 2 in Grand Final and 14 in elimination.. Between teams in the same stage ( in this case Grand Finals) they start with the same score. Just like in previous round , teams in WB and LB all start with the same score despite varying group stage performance.

The first qualifier put half of the teams into the winners' bracket(8) and half in the losers' bracket(8).

The second qualifier should put half of the teams(Alliance) to winners' bracket and half(Na'Vi) to the losers' bracket.

If the concept was similiar, that is.


Unless you're actually suggesting that because winners' bracket teams started from 0-0 against each other and losers' bracket teams started from 0-0 against each other there were no differences between the teams that ended up in the winners' bracket and the losers' bracket, which would just be absolutely hilarious.


There are differences between teams in LB and WB just like there are differences between teams in Grand Finals and those eliminated. Within each LB or each WB or Grand Finals there are no score advantage.

Anyway I am dropping this. If you don't like this explanation let's agree to disagree.
cchriss
Profile Joined June 2009
United States912 Posts
August 11 2013 23:16 GMT
#4140
On August 12 2013 08:16 Mataza wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 08:14 Erasme wrote:
damn tobi is such a good caster

For TI, Tobi is by far the best.
He gets a knoweledgeable guy to sit next to him and he's good to go.

Tobi + Synd is my favorite, Tobi + anyone else is meh tbh.
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