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Enzymatic
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1301 Posts
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10181
It sucks to see Na'Vi lose in the manner that they lost.. But at the same time I feel like Alliance deserved that because they came out with an incredibly ballsy risky play by going with a CK last pick against a really standard/solid line-up from navi.
"Who hired this awful fountain gunner? He can't hit shit." - Yiss
TheTenthDoc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9561 Posts
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10182
On August 12 2013 13:41 Unleashing wrote:
Hated the way the final game ended but alliance deserved the overall victory. The grand finals was great and maybe people will finally stop doubting wether or wether not Na'vi is a top team in dota because of slumps. But i guess not.


Psssh, you know that if they lose their next tournament/league game people are going to say that losing that G5 must have broken their spirit forever. And god forbid they make a roster change...

Though that seems unlikely, given Xboct's vastly improved play (in particular that last game he played near-perfectly).
Vankuga
Profile Joined April 2012
Panama2005 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-12 04:43:53
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10183
This is a nice image:

http://i.imgur.com/s0PEMYo.png
Vankuga
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10184
I'm so fucked in my head right now. I wanted Navi to win so badly to mark history, still this was an epic final and gratz for those godlike move Alliance. I don't know what to think am I happy for Dota and Alliance or disgusted for Navi and the way they lose a win game.
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-12 04:44:23
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10185
On August 12 2013 13:40 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:34 opterown wrote:
my closing thoughts:

1) Not missing a single game of TI3 in the Australian timezone is really damn draining.
2) Fountain hooks are bullshit. I'm still fuming from that game.
3) Poor kyxy
4) I hope Burning doesn't retire, he can still do great things yet.
5) That was one of the best final games of any tournament I've ever watched
6) juff is a fucking boss for live reporting all the games. seriously, what a hero
7) China disband... or at least massive reshuffle. i expect a very interesting chinese scene for the next few months
8) Amazing production from the team. There are a lot of things they can improve about TI in general, but overall great job.
9) Thank god azarkon was banned for the main event.
10) Long live Dota 2!

2) was confirmed a bug, NaVi was not allowed to do it in the GF by Valve.

I agree with everything else besides 7), they did much better than people thought considering what ACTUALLY happened and what almost no one realized.

7.) is sad since TF was literally fountain-hooked out of WB.

3.) is just sad.

Let's just say Na'vi got really fucking lucky to make it to the finals. I mean this with all respect, but I can't see it as any more than pure luck. But hey, luck plays a huge part in all tournaments. So long as Azarkon doesn't try to make 2.) or 3.) a point in arguing how West > East.
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10186
navi fans, please no balance rage. I went into this cheering for navi, but by the 4th game I was just cheering. Alliance played just as well as navi, in the end it came down to skill, timing, luck and sick decision making. Its not as simple as [A] played cheaper, they just played fucking smart. They both deserved first place, but sadly only one could take it and [A] did what it takes to win, the true mark of a champion
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 12 2013 04:43 GMT
#10187
On August 12 2013 13:42 DucK- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:38 Faruko wrote:
The last game was hardly in anyones pocket to be fair, it wasnt a throw... Navi just got outplayed, it was anyones game and Alliance took it thats it

If you think that Navi throwed the game you need some more Dota 2 time


Navi actually outplayed Alliance the whole game till the million dollar Dream Coil (aside from Dendi dying at Rosh). Then they loss whatever advantage they had from that moment.

There was little chance Alliance would win if the Dream Coil didn't happen.


But that's what Dota 2 is. One play could change everything. A team could be outplaying another team 90% of the time, but if the other 10% is a bigger play, then it's GG.

Deal with it.
DDie
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil2369 Posts
August 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#10188
On August 12 2013 13:38 Faruko wrote:
The last game was hardly in anyones pocket to be fair, it wasnt a throw... Navi just got outplayed, it was anyones game and Alliance took it thats it

If you think that Navi throwed the game you need some more Dota 2 time



Navi was way ahead, the gold graph is deceiving because alliance had used loads of buybacks.


Alliance would NEVER split push the rax fast enough without S4's clutch ult, navi was not expecting his bb so they all tp'd together and bam.


It was a mistake that cost the game, but again that's how games are won, the enemy makes mistakes and you kappatalize on it, the word ''throw'' is just stupid (unless it's EG) , the reason navi was ahead it's because alliance was also making mistakes and navi took advantage of it.
''Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.''
Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
August 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#10189
On August 12 2013 13:41 Namunelbo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:33 pdd wrote:
Speaking of which, this is just as good, if not better than the MMA vs DRG game 7 match in 2011 in the Blizzard Cup.

Only difference is this WAS the best eSports event.


Exactly! I'll say on the same level of excitement. That's why when I was thinking the best way to end tournaments, a super tense final game will probably make the conclusion much more memorable.

Prior TIs last games were not the case, and only a few games from SC2 came to my mind with super tense last games, MMA vs DRG g7 being one of them.

Then this happens...

I'm thinking of that nestea vs Sc game at GSL on crossfire as well.
One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other.
GwSC
Profile Joined December 2010
United States1997 Posts
August 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#10190
On August 12 2013 13:41 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:39 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:38 Plansix wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:36 toemn wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:34 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:33 toemn wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:31 EFermi wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:20 BoZiffer wrote:
Man. I honestly feel like no other event can match this hype. The International has to be the gold standard of eSports.


Huh? The final game was great but what was so special about the event itself? Definitely not the introduction nor winners cemeronies.


The production was better than the last 20 cheaply produced SC2 events combined. Get over it, deal with it. A new era has begun. TB and Artosis switching is only the beginning.


TB and Artosis are switching to Dota what?


TB definitely.

Tasteless or Artosis tweeted smth. similar. You gotta read between the lines.

TB might cast. Don't count on Artosis, like fucking ever. He has a wife and kid in Korea and he loves SC2(unless GOM makes him cast). TB isn't going anywhere though, he was just venting about the MLG thing and then found out the Redbull was doing a thing the same day.


TB would be great in Dota if he properly learns the game and doesn't just derp.

He knows the game well enough to play by play right now. He just needs to get up to date on the meta and everything will be good. And the best way to do that is to cast a shit ton of games.


I've been really enjoying his single draft video series, quality stuff even though he's obviously not the best player.
teapoted
Profile Joined August 2012
United Kingdom24425 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-12 04:45:24
August 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#10191
Looking back at the final the only real disappointment I have is that no one banned wisp.

I'm not saying it's as simple as "pick wisp, win". But it makes for very snowbally games. Even that last game, Alliance had an utterly terrible start and that's the main reason it became much closer.

It amplifies your mistakes so greatly, it just seems like a bad idea even over something like a dark seer or even the naga in a high pressure situation.

Na'Vi banned naga all 5 games. But I feel that naga was only as effective against Na'Vi in the UB final because Na'Vi was running oddball wisp strats (as opposed to standard and tested wisp strats). I'd have prefered if Na'Vi banned chen/wisp and Alliance banned naix/wisp.
Once you Goblak...
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
August 12 2013 04:44 GMT
#10192
On August 12 2013 13:42 Noxide wrote:
Chinese teams dont need to restructure or disband....they just need to learn how to play wisp/deal with wisp, fuck banning it everytime.

Wisp was not the problem.
They are/were isolating themselves from SEA and the west because they thought chinese dota is simply superior after TI2.
There were a lot of things they had problems dealing with.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-12 04:45:36
August 12 2013 04:45 GMT
#10193
I'm still surprised alliance did not get firgure out, they must be the most studied team in the world for about 6 months and they still managed to win the whole tournament with an impressive 23 3 record.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-12 04:47:01
August 12 2013 04:45 GMT
#10194
On August 12 2013 13:43 Gevna wrote:
I'm so fucked in my head right now. I wanted Navi to win so badly to mark history, still this was an epic final and gratz for those godlike move Alliance. I don't know what to think am I happy for Dota and Alliance or disgusted for Navi and the way they lose a win game.


navi did mark history. 3 time grand finalists. Anyone who says that isnt ridiculously consistently badass is deluding themselves.

Honestly the only reason I'm sad navi lost is that milkies will be taking all of lodas money soon enough
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
Ryder.
Profile Joined January 2011
1117 Posts
August 12 2013 04:45 GMT
#10195
On August 12 2013 13:40 r.Evo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:34 opterown wrote:
my closing thoughts:

1) Not missing a single game of TI3 in the Australian timezone is really damn draining.
2) Fountain hooks are bullshit. I'm still fuming from that game.
3) Poor kyxy
4) I hope Burning doesn't retire, he can still do great things yet.
5) That was one of the best final games of any tournament I've ever watched
6) juff is a fucking boss for live reporting all the games. seriously, what a hero
7) China disband... or at least massive reshuffle. i expect a very interesting chinese scene for the next few months
8) Amazing production from the team. There are a lot of things they can improve about TI in general, but overall great job.
9) Thank god azarkon was banned for the main event.
10) Long live Dota 2!

2) was confirmed a bug, NaVi was not allowed to do it in the GF by Valve.

I agree with everything else besides 7), they did much better than people thought considering what ACTUALLY happened and what almost no one realized.

Source?
lolnoty
Profile Joined December 2005
United States7166 Posts
August 12 2013 04:46 GMT
#10196
S4 played amazing that last game. Not even just the TP cancels, but he had 2-3 times where he evaded a gank with great reaction times. The one in top river I was sure he was caught, but he reacted to a UC release from near point blank range.
"PPD is a very angry guy. He controls us." - Arteezy
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 12 2013 04:46 GMT
#10197
On August 12 2013 13:45 nojok wrote:
I'm still surprised alliance did not get firgure out, they must be the most studied team in the world for about 6 months and they still managed to win the whole tournament with an impressive 23 3 record.


I'd even say just 2 losses TBH.

That game 2 in the GF was a total giveaway.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
August 12 2013 04:46 GMT
#10198
On August 12 2013 13:43 Vankuga wrote:
This is a nice image:

http://i.imgur.com/s0PEMYo.png


i hope R1CH took some sick photos. Bulldog is my favorite, he deserves this so much.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
August 12 2013 04:46 GMT
#10199
On August 12 2013 13:43 babylon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:40 r.Evo wrote:
On August 12 2013 13:34 opterown wrote:
my closing thoughts:

1) Not missing a single game of TI3 in the Australian timezone is really damn draining.
2) Fountain hooks are bullshit. I'm still fuming from that game.
3) Poor kyxy
4) I hope Burning doesn't retire, he can still do great things yet.
5) That was one of the best final games of any tournament I've ever watched
6) juff is a fucking boss for live reporting all the games. seriously, what a hero
7) China disband... or at least massive reshuffle. i expect a very interesting chinese scene for the next few months
8) Amazing production from the team. There are a lot of things they can improve about TI in general, but overall great job.
9) Thank god azarkon was banned for the main event.
10) Long live Dota 2!

2) was confirmed a bug, NaVi was not allowed to do it in the GF by Valve.

I agree with everything else besides 7), they did much better than people thought considering what ACTUALLY happened and what almost no one realized.

7.) is sad since TF was literally fountain-hooked out of WB.

3.) is just sad.

Let's just say Na'vi got really fucking lucky to make it to the finals. I mean this with all respect, but I can't see it as any more than pure luck. But hey, luck plays a huge part in all tournaments. So long as Azarkon doesn't try to make 2.) or 3.) a point in arguing how West > East.

They didn't get fountain hooked out of the losers bracket. That happened elsewhere.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
potmilk
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada87 Posts
August 12 2013 04:46 GMT
#10200
On August 12 2013 13:44 Mataza wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2013 13:42 Noxide wrote:
Chinese teams dont need to restructure or disband....they just need to learn how to play wisp/deal with wisp, fuck banning it everytime.

Wisp was not the problem.
They are/were isolating themselves from SEA and the west because they thought chinese dota is simply superior after TI2.
There were a lot of things they had problems dealing with.

and ACE (association of china esports) limited them from playing in tournaments with a prizepool of less than 40k.

40k USD in china is quite alot of money, and there arent that many of them, compared to say... EU, where we are blessed with many many tournaments every day.
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