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[LR] The International II - 2012 - Page 150
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
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Kupon3ss
時の回廊10066 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:40 IshinShishi wrote: I feel sad for ZSMJ, he should be at TI2 with LGD kicking ass. Ehome actually did invite him when they reformed but he refused | ||
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
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pyro19
6575 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:43 BackSideAttack wrote: Im curious what kind of advantage did they have? Was it just the Chinese didn't take it seriously? Yup..Plus Complaceny from European Teams after Winning against Chinese Teams online with Tons of LAG....You can see how much of a better teamfight they have now when they are playing in a lag free environment | ||
JBright
Vancouver14381 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:43 BackSideAttack wrote: Im curious what kind of advantage did they have? Was it just the Chinese didn't take it seriously? I think the Chinese were still playing DotA while the western teams switched over to Dota 2. A lot of the heroes they would normally pick were not in the hero pool for TI 1 but most of them have been added for this year. | ||
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
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Loire
Singapore1358 Posts
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Evermourn
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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superstartran
United States4013 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:43 BackSideAttack wrote: Im curious what kind of advantage did they have? Was it just the Chinese didn't take it seriously? There was alot of shuffling of players around teams right before the International, and DK/LGD didn't even show up (passport issues due to last minute notice). Apparently the Chinese players didn't even know the prize pool was that big, and the metagame was heavily favoring EU style of play. The EU players not only got the game before the Chinese/Asian players, Na'vi in particular had a more stable team overall than anyone else that showed up. People wanted to call it excuses, but it's pretty much the flat out truth. Now that the Chinese have had proper time to adapt and prepare for DotA 2, we can pretty much see that the Chinese (along with the Asian teams like Orange and to a lesser degree Zenith) are flat out on a totally different level, especially LGD and iG. Also, there was a bunch of arrogant talk from alot of the EU players in a couple of interviews if you didn't notice, and apparently it seems they got abit complacent thinking that just because they could beat the Chinese players online (they have god awful internet when connecting to the outside world; most of the time they lost online competitions in DotA 1) they could also do it pretty easily on LAN. As evidenced to the first two days so far, it's pretty apparent that when the Chinese/Asian players aren't playing at a massive ping disadvantage, they are definitely a few levels above a large majority of the EU/NA teams. | ||
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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
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dtz
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On August 28 2012 05:43 BackSideAttack wrote: Im curious what kind of advantage did they have? Was it just the Chinese didn't take it seriously? I think something like - Chinese had dota 1 pro tournaments to prepare for. Western dota was dead so they can be all in on dota 2 - Beta keys arrived very late for the Chinese. Latency problems as well. The Chinese arrived having not played much dota 2 at well - They were not informed of the prize money or they thought the 1 million prize was a scam or something. - Some shake up by IG current billionaire owner whose 6 million dollar investment led to a lot of instability and roster changes - Late invites meant a lot of visa problems | ||
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
KANADE, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DISSAPEAR ON OTONASHI LIKE THAT? | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:46 NB wrote: man... only if Zenith pick enigma but ban it, they would have got a FUNDAMENTALS team... so cool If only meepo was added before TI2....! | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:49 NexUmbra wrote: FUCK NO NOT THIS SONG. KANADE, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DISSAPEAR ON OTONASHI LIKE THAT? OMG SPOIL! | ||
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Loire
Singapore1358 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:49 BurningSera wrote: If only meepo was added before TI2....! would be nice to see iceiceice on meepo! | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:49 NexUmbra wrote: FUCK NO NOT THIS SONG. KANADE, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DISSAPEAR ON OTONASHI LIKE THAT? yup... dont watch that anime or you gona fucking kill yourself.... especially if you love navi. | ||
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
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Crissaegrim
2947 Posts
On August 28 2012 05:41 pyro19 wrote: I'm kinda getting bored now....Stomps are no fun to watch. When are the playoffs? Dont watch LGD, iG games. So far Zenith CLG were pretty close games. Game 2 of Orange Navi was quite close as well (at least towards the end). | ||
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