EPTI don't know about you guys, but if I did half of what LGD pulled out in that series, and hear a whole crowd boo my success, that'd tilt me. Not that I've ever been in that position, but it definitely has a huge effect.
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Xpace
United States2209 Posts
I don't know about you guys, but if I did half of what LGD pulled out in that series, and hear a whole crowd boo my success, that'd tilt me. Not that I've ever been in that position, but it definitely has a huge effect. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:41 casualman wrote: Obvious bias much? No one likes extended series in MLG, but when a foreign team stands to gain, hey, why not? That's not extended series, that's double elimination. It's a completely different thing. Did you know that MLG Extended series finals actually have TOO LITTLE advantage for the format? It's not obvious bias at least by me, I've been calling this format awful ever since I learned of it. | ||
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dibban
Sweden1279 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:42 Firebolt145 wrote: IMO XBOCT certainly isn't the strongest on Na`Vi. He's definitely extremely good, but not quite legendary status of Dendi/Puppey/LoH. I would even place Ars-art above XBOCT if I had to simply based on his long gaming history. Completely agree. In fact XBOCT made several mistakes during the last game (coupled with a few big plays). But it really shows how strong players the rest are to be able to counterweigh that! | ||
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lilledr
Sweden41 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:41 Jetaap wrote: Wow that's beyond stupid :s. The winner to the bracket should have a 1-0 advantage :s Remember if LDG wins this 2-1 they will have played a Bo3 vs Na'vi and a Bo3 vs iG. And then after they will have to go up vs Na'vi in a Bo5. Do you know how exhausting that is, while navi have time to study / rest during this Bo3. That is advantage enough imo, without giving away free wins. | ||
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pellejohnson
United States1931 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:41 casualman wrote: Obvious bias much? No one likes extended series in MLG, but when a foreign team stands to gain, hey, why not? This is completely different than extended series. Not having an advantage coming from winners bracket makes no sense at all, look at any other tournament in any other game and you would see that the team from winner bracket would only have to win 1 match/ BoX Nothing about bias just common sense | ||
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rotegirte
Germany2859 Posts
puppey is a genius | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:44 Jaksiel wrote: There's a difference between extended series and giving the winner's bracket an advantage, you know. If winner's bracket has no advantage, it sort of defeats the purpose of having a winner's bracket and loser's bracket. There is an advantage. Ask LGD if they want to play against iG in the lower bracket and then na`vi again. | ||
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borny
China481 Posts
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qyk05328
Germany635 Posts
Well deserved for putting so much trust in the game. | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:41 casualman wrote: Obvious bias much? No one likes extended series in MLG, but when a foreign team stands to gain, hey, why not? Its not really about extended series. Its about the fact that the entire tournament is double elimination and the only one who doesnt get double elimination is the winners bracket champion. Its kind of a bizarre way to do it, win all your games and get the least advantage. I would prefer if they did it like SC2 where you have 2 best of 3's if you lose the first one the series resets. I think the problem is there is no advantage to being the winners bracket champ aside from having to play less games. | ||
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hootsushi
Germany3468 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:44 Itsmedudeman wrote: Being 1 up is stupid. Having to play those extra rounds against a team like iG is PLENTY of an advantage. Being 1 up takes too much out of the series. Are you serious? Playing one more bo3 just to get a second life. That's like the most unfair advantage I have ever seen. | ||
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OceanLab
France505 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:43 myrmidon2537 wrote: I've been up since 1 am (currently a little before 7am now here), My body is so ready for this. LETS GO! Same here! The shop downstairs just opened, time to grab the red bulls, get myself some more pizzas and sing some more Oppan Dendi style! | ||
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bOneSeven
Romania685 Posts
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NGrNecris
New Zealand855 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:44 casualman wrote: This is exactly what extended series is, and why MLG revamped their format so the grand finals are just a BO7. Don't talk when you don't know anything. oh the irony | ||
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FakeDeath
Malaysia6060 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:44 Itsmedudeman wrote: There is an advantage. Ask LGD if they want to play against iG in the lower bracket and then na`vi again. Not really. | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:42 Evermourn wrote: I wonder what the effect of Na'Vi winning The International for a second time will be on the competitive scene. Somehow, I just feel it's just not interesting to have one team dominate the scene for so long. Also interesting that Na'Vi probably practiced the least out of all the teams... Apparently, you need something else than practice to be good at Dota. | ||
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Implenia
Austria3846 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:44 Itsmedudeman wrote: Being 1 up is stupid. Having to play those extra rounds against a team like iG is PLENTY of an advantage. Being 1 up takes too much out of the series. This. 1-0 advantage works in sc2 but in dota it is just way too much. | ||
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Hassybaby
United Kingdom10823 Posts
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wherebugsgo
Japan10647 Posts
On September 03 2012 07:41 Shikyo wrote: He definitely played well as well, and might very well have played the best. I'm really pissed off though for people calling XBOCT the worst player on Na'Vi, completely ignoring the good plays he continuously makes, the constant #1 in farm even in the game where Na'Vi got completely destroyed, him making Void work, and so on. And then everyone wets themselves when Dendi presses R and clicks a tide when he's watching for the Ravage for the whole time. it's impressive when dendi steals ravage because if he gets hit by ravage he can't steal it. So it means his positioning in the fights is perfect, because tide is most likely trying to hit dendi + xboct with the ravage. If he hits anyone else it's great but if he hits dendi + xboct he's done his job. | ||
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