EPT[TI4] Main Event Day 2 - Page 4
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iiNsAnE
Germany140 Posts
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Talron
Germany7651 Posts
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smr
Germany4808 Posts
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Nymzee
3929 Posts
... I mean is this even fair. on 1 hand i want navi to win because it's navi, but on the other hand i want c9 to win because it's c9. this game is literally going be hilarious to watch, and i don't want to bet because it's 50/50 dependent on throw drafting, throws in game, PLD throwing, xboct throwing, EE throwing etc. IG vs LGD IG wins obviously. I can't see a single way LGD can win, none. http://puu.sh/ahOrl/b1e4f7538c.jpg some people have huge balls :D | ||
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hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
On July 19 2014 12:37 kirsed wrote: I'd wager a year time ban that LGD doesn't make it to the finals. Only if the other side is a week time ban would the odds be remotely fair. | ||
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Gulf
Scotland213 Posts
On July 16 2014 20:08 spudde123 wrote: Yea, my point was just that to avoid splitting up the series you would have to be able to run 4x bo3 per day, which is something that Valve seems to avoid. Understandably so. Exactly why could they not just run 3 Bo3's? | ||
opterown
Australia54784 Posts
cos then the series tomorrow would be a bit strange, since you play one LR2 match one day and another LR2 match the next | ||
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Steelavocado
United States2123 Posts
Now the best I can do is get a PhD in Arteeziology | ||
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hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
On July 19 2014 21:51 opterown wrote: cos then the series tomorrow would be a bit strange, since you play one LR2 match one day and another LR2 match the next They're already running 4 bo3's on Day 3 though. What they could have done is what every fighting game tournament like EVO does for a top8 double elim bracket. First 2 sets are winner's top 4. Next 2 are loser's top 4. Then loser's semis. Then winner's finals, loser's finals, and the grand finals. The only difference is they skipped 4 loser's sets for some reason. I could speculate but I'm sure Valve has some reason even if it's not ideal. | ||
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toemn
Germany915 Posts
I mean yesterday we saw some of the best Dota ever played and Newbee deserve to be in the finals winning 5+ BO3s in a row. The games are on such a high level I don't get it why you could ever complain. Today should be even better since it's elimination matches for every team. | ||
KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
i'll probably fall asleep tho | ||
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
On July 19 2014 22:28 hariooo wrote: They're already running 4 bo3's on Day 3 though. not quite, the first two series are split bo3 from day 2, so they're only 1-2 games long rather than 2-3 | ||
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Steelavocado
United States2123 Posts
On July 19 2014 22:29 toemn wrote: Can someone explain to me why there is a reddit thread with almost 800 responses of people who don't like this years TI? I mean yesterday we saw some of the best Dota ever played and Newbee deserve to be in the finals winning 5+ BO3s in a row. The games are on such a high level I don't get it why you could ever complain. Today should be even better since it's elimination matches for every team. Less predictable probably leading to fan-boys crying/making that thread | ||
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hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
On July 19 2014 22:40 opterown wrote: not quite, the first two series are split bo3 from day 2, so they're only 1-2 games long rather than 2-3 You're right. That's actually a more controversial decision than playing WF's on day 1 in my opinon. I mean there's precedent with something like from back in BW but I haven't seen that sort of split in any modern tournament in recent memory. It'll be an interesting psychological challenge. | ||
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smr
Germany4808 Posts
On July 19 2014 22:29 toemn wrote: Can someone explain to me why there is a reddit thread with almost 800 responses of people who don't like this years TI? I mean yesterday we saw some of the best Dota ever played and Newbee deserve to be in the finals winning 5+ BO3s in a row. The games are on such a high level I don't get it why you could ever complain. Today should be even better since it's elimination matches for every team. I'd say we had two really intense matches yesterday. But if it wasn't for the price pool I wouldn't call yesterday "some of the best Dota ever played". Well maybe I would. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish the "best" games from the "most entertaining" ones. I usually recommend games in which one team played perfect dota but that often makes the other team seem weak and so I can see why some wouldn't enjoy this TI from a gameplay perspective. If we then look at the format... that's another point that is even more debatable. (short examples: 8 teams still fighting but 1 grand finalist already decided / 8 teams already out / 100+ seeding games into 2 elimination matches into another 4 seeding matches) | ||
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Gevna
France2332 Posts
On July 19 2014 22:29 toemn wrote: Can someone explain to me why there is a reddit thread with almost 800 responses of people who don't like this years TI? I mean yesterday we saw some of the best Dota ever played and Newbee deserve to be in the finals winning 5+ BO3s in a row. The games are on such a high level I don't get it why you could ever complain. Today should be even better since it's elimination matches for every team. The format is awful and really anticlimatic. At least this is my opinion. But knowing 2 teams of the top 3 so early, splitting BO3, not having all 16 teams on the main stage, etc... is killing the hype for me. Anyway it's still TI, I'm really eager to watch everything, love most of it, but this year is not the same than before. It feels a bit bland :-/ | ||
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Grettin
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vincom2
Singapore1775 Posts
On July 19 2014 15:02 Elurie wrote: Anyone translate what rotk said in that video? Even rough translation is fine. :p Turn on closed captions! | ||
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SpiritAshura
United States1271 Posts
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On July 19 2014 23:09 Gevna wrote: The format is awful and really anticlimatic. At least this is my opinion. But knowing 2 teams of the top 3 so early, splitting BO3, not having all 16 teams on the main stage, etc... is killing the hype for me. Anyway it's still TI, I'm really eager to watch everything, love most of it, but this year is not the same than before. It feels a bit bland :-/ Yeah I agree with that, I really enjoyed the group stage but the format of the main event has been disappointing. I think they should have intermixed the winners and losers bracket matches so that the finalists are not determined that early. | ||
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