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rastaban
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2294 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5761
did you see his stats, worst player ever! :D
Tyler: "...damn it, that's StarCraft. Opening doors is what we do. Being the first to find food is the greatest pleasure a player can have!"
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5762
On August 10 2013 11:41 Latham wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:35 Abominous wrote:
People are acting like fountain hooks are instant wins...


Because newborns with milk still on their whiskers think they know dota after watching half a tournament in their whole lives, and propose balance changes.

There is no other team in the world that would have balls big enough to use this all-in strategy at a such a prestigious tournament. Na'Vi thrive in such a position. They are chaos perfected. That's why they are the crowd favourites.


Don't know about that. I've seen way better chaos games by Navi. That wasn't actually chaotic at all. Was just a huge lull of attempted Hooks into one really game changing one. I really just want to see the classic crazy skirmish dota from Navi. That game was pretty boring and really didn't showcase what Navi can be. Why would you assume just people that are new to dota wouldn't enjoy such a game.
Deleted User 135096
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5763
game is up
Administrator
Merfyn
Profile Joined May 2011
United Kingdom945 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5764
On August 10 2013 11:43 HotGlueGun wrote:
Tongfu bring shame to China. What is the correct response to a team going for fountain hooks that aggressively?


Engage on failed hooks, 4v5.
"One cannot play StarCraft with clenched fish.."
yyfpulls
Profile Joined November 2012
United States2185 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5765
I FEEL THE MEEPO
you guys feelin the meepo?
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5766
Lol wait wtf is Rat Doto?
EchoZ
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5767
On August 10 2013 11:44 Shalaiyn wrote:
I think this stuff is pre-recorded too, these pre-game interviews.

I saw Era for like 1/2 second for Mushi's interview came up. Or am I hallucinating?


They are pre-recorded.
Dear Sixsmith...
dtz
Profile Joined September 2010
5834 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5768
Era is cool.

Still go go Orange!
publicenemies
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
458 Posts
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5769
Why does everyone on Fnatic looks like they're on steroid except for Notail?
Emnjay808
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States10665 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:45:17
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5770
16:42 Emnjay808 if fnatic picks comfortably
16:42 Emnjay808 and stop thinking about counter picks out of their normal drafting
16:42 Emnjay808 then they have a legit shot

On August 10 2013 11:44 publicenemies wrote:
Why does everyone on Fnatic looks like they're on steroid except for Notail?

If you think they look like they're on steroids. I got news for you.
Skol
gLhF.Revere
Profile Joined September 2012
978 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:45:00
August 10 2013 02:44 GMT
#5771
If it's fountain hooks aren't gimmicky, could someone explain to me what Tongfu could've done to win?
VAGZ
Profile Joined September 2010
574 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5772
On August 10 2013 11:44 Shalaiyn wrote:
I think this stuff is pre-recorded too, these pre-game interviews.

I saw Era for like 1/2 second for Mushi's interview came up. Or am I hallucinating?


It seems like it. He was on the booth cam at the same time as the interview.
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5773
I think alliance will win because fountain hook will catch only PL illusions and batrider will initiate on alche. There will also be a big mind control war for creeps between akke and puppey as they will be both playing chen, those 8K4 hp centaurs are too strong, nerf plz icefraud.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Bisu-Fan
Profile Joined January 2010
Russian Federation3336 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5774
On August 10 2013 11:32 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:27 Canucklehead wrote:
As a new dota watcher, those pudge/chen hooks combo were disgusting to watch. Valve should looking into patching that. Just doesn't make sense to me as a new watcher.

It's only NaVi, because of Dendi. You won't see this from any other team.

See this... who else can pull of a pudge other than Dendi? People are complaining out OP fountain hooks are, but honestly, no one will pick pudge because he's just a terrible hero mid... no one can stay relevant with a pudge except Dendi, so even if fountain hooks are OP, I can't see anyone else really picking the hero except if you're going to troll like that one pro game where both teams weren't making it into the playoffs and they had like 4 total standins... Pudge had BoTs, would tp to a beastmaster hawk, and then he'd get test of faith'ed just as he was going to tp.. he hooked the hawk like 10/20 times and missed 7/20... so i don't think it's OP...

on another note, i want n0tail meepo...
The Revolutionist Shall Rise Again! No. 1 Kim Taek Yong Fan 어헣↗ GO JAEDONG!!!!!!! GO ACE!!! 태연 <3 윤아 <3 승연 <3
Tobblish
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden6404 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5775
On August 10 2013 11:43 iv~nk~j wrote:
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On August 10 2013 11:43 Tobblish wrote:
I really don't get how people can compare fountain hooking to SC2 cheeses, if you fail a cheese you are usually dead.
Here you TP back to your base, either misses out on a teamfight or your camping spot(if you were just trying to get a hook off).
(your team could also wait to see if you hook actually hit and back off.

don't worry about it, people here are so dumb they think failed fountain hook is a big risk


Well to be fair ofc it could be a huge risk if you tried to pull it off as your team was getting engaged.
But if you do it smart (like Dendi actually did most of the time) it works great.
The curse is real
nGBeast
Profile Joined July 2010
United States914 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5776
http://i.imgur.com/fBRvboa.png
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5777
On August 10 2013 11:44 Shalaiyn wrote:
I think this stuff is pre-recorded too, these pre-game interviews.

I saw Era for like 1/2 second for Mushi's interview came up. Or am I hallucinating?

Morphling xD
© Current year.
WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5778
On August 10 2013 11:44 yyfpulls wrote:
I FEEL THE MEEPO
you guys feelin the meepo?

YES! Even the Street Fighter Champion of this year's Evo is hyped about fountain hooks!
EZ4ENCE
mjxn
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia939 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5779
On August 10 2013 11:41 crc wrote:
Answer this question haters, why aren't other teams abusing this if it's so easily abused? Fountain hooks make the pudge miss out on valuable gold and exp (buying a TP everytime it fails, which is more often than not). Tongfu just got overconfident and didn't punish Navi enough.


The Pudge wasn't item dependent or as level dependent as the fountain was doing the vast majority of the damage.

Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
August 10 2013 02:45 GMT
#5780
On August 10 2013 11:44 Numy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:41 Latham wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:35 Abominous wrote:
People are acting like fountain hooks are instant wins...


Because newborns with milk still on their whiskers think they know dota after watching half a tournament in their whole lives, and propose balance changes.

There is no other team in the world that would have balls big enough to use this all-in strategy at a such a prestigious tournament. Na'Vi thrive in such a position. They are chaos perfected. That's why they are the crowd favourites.


Don't know about that. I've seen way better chaos games by Navi. That wasn't actually chaotic at all. Was just a huge lull of attempted Hooks into one really game changing one. I really just want to see the classic crazy skirmish dota from Navi. That game was pretty boring and really didn't showcase what Navi can be. Why would you assume just people that are new to dota wouldn't enjoy such a game.


You don't have to enjoy it. I thought those 10 minutes were pretty boring too, it was the comeback I loved.

It's the people saying this is "unbalanced" or "broken" or "the new meta" or navi are "disgraceful for using such a broken strategy" that need to shut up.
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