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ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
July 21 2014 21:18 GMT
#3201
On July 22 2014 05:52 Animzor wrote:
so many months of build-up and hype for absolutely nothing. anonymous team goes against other anonymous team and one of them wins the biggest prize ever in esports. WHY!? gonna pretend like this fucking tournament never happened.

>xiao8, Hao, Mu, Sylar, rOtk, fy
>anonymous teams
You would be forever banned in any Starcraft thread if you had said something like JangBi, Fantasy and Stork are anonymous guys, but hey it's liquid dota where people come only to whine.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3202
Prolly a bit controversial, but I don't see Fnatic w/ Era disbanding. I mean, they are the most stable 5-man squad in Dota2, and they must have had some though times internally even before EraGate happened
EZ4ENCE
wairai
Profile Joined May 2012
Malaysia1000 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3203
Blame the patch guys, that what meta are for now, right?

#icefrogpatchpls
Yungin' Leanin' with Pourple Drink
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3204
On July 22 2014 06:16 Grettin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:15 disciple wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:15 stuchiu wrote:
How many teams will reshuffle?

I think pretty much everyone aside from EG


And Newbee if their contract is for 2 years, as mentioned earlier.

Will see about that, maybe they will be like fuck this best team in the world nothing to prove baby $$ and stop playing. Its not like that hasnt happened before with an asian team winning TI. I mean they probably wont disband but I would be pleasently surprised if they remain near the top in the next 12 months.
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
Oakenshield
Profile Joined January 2013
United States347 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3205
That was incredibly boring. All of the teams with fun play styles were out sadly. Valve lets pros forfeit matches after fifteen minutes even when the fans have put millions into this to watch but we're not allowed a forfeit option in pubs. They gave up so quickly we all have to wait half a day for it to be time to see gamers awkwardly dance to a live performance of Sandstorm by Darude.
zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6334 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3206
Tinker first pick/ban next TI?
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain
CrugerDK
Profile Joined December 2011
Denmark323 Posts
July 21 2014 21:19 GMT
#3207
I dont think you can argue that Newbee didnt deserve the win. I'm just very disappointed about VG. Im a big fan of rOtk but they had 1 strat for the finals, and Newbee countered that perfectly.

its like MLG when Naniwa lost to Leenock in straight roach rushes to counter Naniwa Forge-expand opening.


Besides the finals i think TI4 was pretty good tho. I was very disappointing that Alliance went out that early, but after that i enjoyed a lot of the games.
Both VG and Newbee hadto make some epic runs to get to finals which you have to admire.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
July 21 2014 21:20 GMT
#3208
On July 22 2014 06:19 WindWolf wrote:
Prolly a bit controversial, but I don't see Fnatic w/ Era disbanding. I mean, they are the most stable 5-man squad in Dota2, and they must have had some though times internally even before EraGate happened


You think Excalibur is gone for good now?

Hard to say what their internal dynamic is right now.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
July 21 2014 21:20 GMT
#3209
On July 22 2014 05:53 aliasds wrote:
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these guys just won 5 million dollars and are beside themselves in enthusiasm, trust me

I can totally relate with them, ffs I can barely speak after I've passed an exam.

this comminuty is just stupid and don't undestand most dota players are introverts by nature.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3210
Excalibur has to go to Liquid. If only for the ID.
Moderator
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3211
On July 22 2014 06:19 disciple wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:16 Grettin wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:15 disciple wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:15 stuchiu wrote:
How many teams will reshuffle?

I think pretty much everyone aside from EG


And Newbee if their contract is for 2 years, as mentioned earlier.

Will see about that, maybe they will be like fuck this best team in the world nothing to prove baby $$ and stop playing. Its not like that hasnt happened before with an asian team winning TI. I mean they probably wont disband but I would be pleasently surprised if they remain near the top in the next 12 months.

really? iG did fine after winning their TI
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mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3212
Sigh gamers can be so hard to satisfy...

Now just flash forward to when push strats are nerfed to the ground and ppl are whining about farmfests

The endless cycle continues to roll on
obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3213
LiquidDota represent during winners questions.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3214
Oh, and hmm, the TL squad...

I feel like it's asking for a disaster getting all these guys to stick together.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
Ufnal
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland1435 Posts
July 21 2014 21:21 GMT
#3215
On July 22 2014 06:14 Nymzee wrote:
so people say this TI finals had no epic moments:

5 MILLION DOLLAR BREW SPLIT; http://i.imgur.com/gJ8vhP2.png

1 FUCKING HEALTH.


Actually FUCKIN SICK
OG | Secret | Liquid | Nigma | Alliance | VP | Fnatic | EG | T1 | LGD
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-21 21:23:24
July 21 2014 21:22 GMT
#3216
On July 22 2014 06:17 Bam Lee wrote:
Man people really need to chill. The bitching about push strats is even worse than the complaints about rat doto lol

yeah, if one doesnt like allin strats he's bitching/whining/crying. God forbid one might actually watch e-sports to see entertainign games, rather than very efficient and boring ways to win.

I quit watching football a couple of years ago for the same reason, teams were "amazing" at playing bunker football and winning Champion's League with it. Good for them, but im not interested in that kind of play. Nor this for the matter.

Dota is still good though, only VG plays this shit style, it's a shame they got 1.5 mil, but what u re gonna do.

"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Ufnal
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland1435 Posts
July 21 2014 21:22 GMT
#3217
On July 22 2014 06:18 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 05:52 Animzor wrote:
so many months of build-up and hype for absolutely nothing. anonymous team goes against other anonymous team and one of them wins the biggest prize ever in esports. WHY!? gonna pretend like this fucking tournament never happened.

>xiao8, Hao, Mu, Sylar, rOtk, fy
>anonymous teams
You would be forever banned in any Starcraft thread if you had said something like JangBi, Fantasy and Stork are anonymous guys, but hey it's liquid dota where people come only to whine.


+1
OG | Secret | Liquid | Nigma | Alliance | VP | Fnatic | EG | T1 | LGD
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9070 Posts
July 21 2014 21:22 GMT
#3218
On July 22 2014 06:17 FiWiFaKi wrote:
I don't think Alliance will reshuffle either, they get along together well, just didn't work hard enough imo.

Curious what could happen to C9 as well.

I think Alliance are pretty much guaranteed to reshuffle, if I remember correctly some of their players already have personal stuff going on, was it Akke with his own company? Still, I'm pretty sure they are incredibly drained mentally from this even if their individual and collective skills are up there.
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
WindWolf
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Sweden11767 Posts
July 21 2014 21:22 GMT
#3219
On July 22 2014 06:20 FiWiFaKi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:19 WindWolf wrote:
Prolly a bit controversial, but I don't see Fnatic w/ Era disbanding. I mean, they are the most stable 5-man squad in Dota2, and they must have had some though times internally even before EraGate happened


You think Excalibur is gone for good now?

Hard to say what their internal dynamic is right now.

I don't know, but as I've said, don't you think Fnatic's internal dynamics has been in turbulence even before shit hit the fan with EraGate?
EZ4ENCE
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
July 21 2014 21:23 GMT
#3220
On July 22 2014 06:21 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:19 disciple wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:16 Grettin wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:15 disciple wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:15 stuchiu wrote:
How many teams will reshuffle?

I think pretty much everyone aside from EG


And Newbee if their contract is for 2 years, as mentioned earlier.

Will see about that, maybe they will be like fuck this best team in the world nothing to prove baby $$ and stop playing. Its not like that hasnt happened before with an asian team winning TI. I mean they probably wont disband but I would be pleasently surprised if they remain near the top in the next 12 months.

really? iG did fine after winning their TI


Alliance said they didn't work as hard.

It's not out of the realm of possibility for them to go slump quite hard.

Especially since this is 5x that years first place.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
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