at the start of the tournament, his nick was Wicked, just like how the other were 2GD, Nebu1a and GoDz but on the second day they changed it to statman

allen_ami

China1392 Posts

September 03 2012 17:13 GMT

#23428

On September 03 2012 18:45 vOkk wrote:
Will the chinese governement take the million for them? Na-Li the chinese tenniswomen said that she left the chinese tennis association because they took all the money from her winning :/

coz in china use ussr style to train athletes (kinda contracted since young age), government are taking care of all the necessary spendings.

thats why the government want a share in the prize money, commercial income etc. that applies to all of them (Yao Ming, Liu Xiang etc.)

but iG is just a private team, nobody is gonna take anything away from them. I heard that iG's owner(son of a super billionaire) decided to give the bonus of 1 million dollars to the team. So its 2 million USD for them.

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screenshot of Loda's FB

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

September 03 2012 17:23 GMT

#23429

On September 04 2012 02:13 allen_ami wrote:
but iG is just a private team, nobody is gonna take anything away from them. I heard that iG's owner(son of a super billionaire) decided to give the bonus of 1 million dollars to the team. So its 2 million USD for them.

If Chuan, Zhou, and YYF are to believed, the rumor is false.

allen_ami

China1392 Posts

September 03 2012 17:31 GMT

#23430

On September 04 2012 02:23 TheYango wrote:

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If Chuan, Zhou, and YYF are to believed, the rumor is false.

sure?

i didnt see it on weibo..

though i am sure iG's owner is in Seattle right now

TheRedeemer

United States24 Posts

September 03 2012 17:33 GMT

#23431

No offense, but the hype of the game sorta died for me when it was Lumi casting and not Tobi. Tobi brought the crowd roaring, and that fueled Na'vi in previous games. I was really disappointed, and I hope I wasn't the only one.

Evermourn

227 Posts

September 03 2012 17:33 GMT

#23432

Chuan confirmed that the 1 million USD bonus was false in his interview with Hellspawn

forgotten0ne

United States951 Posts

September 03 2012 17:40 GMT

#23433

On September 04 2012 02:33 Evermourn wrote:
Chuan confirmed that the 1 million USD bonus was false in his interview with Hellspawn

He may have been unaware. There's the possibility that this wasn't an offer made to the team, but instead the team owner telling some other big names how confident he is.

Still though, good find. Good to know that wasn't the motivation that got iG through.

ArchDC

Malaysia1996 Posts

September 03 2012 17:42 GMT

#23434

On September 04 2012 01:38 kethers wrote:

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loooool, that is so good

Seriously!!! LOL.

cecek

Czech Republic18921 Posts

September 03 2012 17:46 GMT

#23435

On September 04 2012 02:33 TheRedeemer wrote:
No offense, but the hype of the game sorta died for me when it was Lumi casting and not Tobi. Tobi brought the crowd roaring, and that fueled Na'vi in previous games. I was really disappointed, and I hope I wasn't the only one.

You hope you're not the only one disappointed?

synapse

China13814 Posts

September 03 2012 17:52 GMT

#23436

On September 04 2012 02:46 cecek wrote:

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You hope you're not the only one disappointed?

Hey man it's never fun being the only one.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

September 03 2012 17:53 GMT

#23437

200k or 400k... either way they are getting a huge paycheck for iG.

Loved their playstyle against Navi. I really didn't like their boring games vs LGD but their ability to adapt was obvious against Navi.

Also REALLY cool that iG went partying with Navi after the finals.

kju

6143 Posts

September 03 2012 17:55 GMT

#23438

On September 04 2012 01:35 dtz wrote:
Having withdrawals now...

So weird not to have chills at this time. No 15 hours of Dota to look forward to =(

watch this

ArchDC

Malaysia1996 Posts

September 03 2012 17:58 GMT

#23439

I like Tobi's enthusiasm but I don't like his lack depth and his clear bias-ness and focus only on Western and the more star players. He does not bring attention nor can he identify significant plays by the lesser known players often the 4 and 5 position. His co-caster cannot catch everything and dota is more about discussion as opposed to relaying knowledge.

Lumi and LD both have pretty good knowledge, and bounce ideas off each other constantly and always point out small/big plays I've missed focusing on other things. It is too much to ask of anyone, including Tobi, to be able to play the 1-5 positions at a decently high level for most heroes.

That's why Lumi/LD who've played (and played against) tons of games across all positions and all heroes are the best casters. They also have good chemistry and enthusiasm and are familiar with all regions (NA, EU, CIS, SEA, China) including playstyles and history. Best of all, they are NOT BIASED. They observe ALL the players 1-5, both West and East, and try to focus on all the plays as opposed to only certain players plays (*cough Dendi *cough) when there are 10 players on the screen competing for attention.

Just my 2 cents.

figq

12519 Posts

September 03 2012 17:59 GMT

#23440

I thought that Bruno guy was... *drumroll*... IceFrog!
What an epic Keyser Söze move would that be.

And yeah, it was a bit anticlimactic to move from Tobi in bracket finals to not-Tobi in grandfinals. Even if Lumi is an icon in the Dota community from ancient times. Lumi did make some killer jokes, by the way, like: "Chinese eat Puppey for dinner". Lolol