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Derity
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2952 Posts
July 21 2014 21:39 GMT
#3261
On July 22 2014 06:34 kaztah wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:33 Shellshock wrote:
Did anyone post the esports earnings stuff yet?
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


20 out of top26 is a pretty decent amount I guess

I don't think that these earnings are correctly added
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
July 21 2014 21:39 GMT
#3262
On July 22 2014 06:38 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:36 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:10 Namunelbo wrote:
xiao8 LGD misses you, come back...

On a more serious note, you've finally made it Director8!
Best director of the year for sure, I hope he is at least nominated for the awards at the end of the year.

Gratz!

best captain/drafter award guaranteed.


Definitely. But what will be the sickest moment of the tournament like the "million dollar coil"? the 1hp split which marked the comeback for NB?

5 million dollar 1hp brew split
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
TL+ Member
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
July 21 2014 21:39 GMT
#3263
On July 22 2014 06:38 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:36 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
On July 22 2014 06:10 Namunelbo wrote:
xiao8 LGD misses you, come back...

On a more serious note, you've finally made it Director8!
Best director of the year for sure, I hope he is at least nominated for the awards at the end of the year.

Gratz!

best captain/drafter award guaranteed.


Definitely. But what will be the sickest moment of the tournament like the "million dollar coil"? the 1hp split which marked the comeback for NB?

highlight video would look something like rotk picking furion in game 3 to crowd groans, then in game 4 to even louder crowd groans, and then that veno pick, and then the veno first blood
posting on liquid sites in current year
Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
July 21 2014 21:40 GMT
#3264
On July 22 2014 06:34 Maand wrote:
After the reception of the Main Event games and the Grand Finals I highly doubt we will break $10 milion again next year. Will need some sick strech goals from Valve for that to happen.

Only thing I wish was different are strategies from VG to spice it up.


Eh, the major reason why the prizepool is so large this year is because of the cosmetics and rewards it offered. I'd bet a really small percentage of compendium purchases for TI4 were done to actually support the prizepool/tournament/scene. As long as the rewards for buying it are just as good or better next year, the prizepool will be just fine.
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6226 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-21 21:42:21
July 21 2014 21:40 GMT
#3265
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.
superstartran
Profile Joined March 2010
United States4013 Posts
July 21 2014 21:41 GMT
#3266
On July 22 2014 06:40 Belisarius wrote:
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.



#1 Prophet beat out literally every other team in the tournament. It was actually pretty genius drafting to make Sylar a much more active player on the map (which is not typically what he does).
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-21 21:42:47
July 21 2014 21:42 GMT
#3267
On July 22 2014 06:40 Belisarius wrote:
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.


VG actually has more variations. But they decided to stick to the NP for sylar and venomancer which was kinda strange. I guess they didnt feel comfortable on their other picks against NB
edit: Also NB just roflstomped them in the early game
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
July 21 2014 21:43 GMT
#3268
On July 22 2014 06:42 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:40 Belisarius wrote:
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.


VG actually has more variations. But they decided to stick to the NP for sylar and venomancer which was kinda strange. I guess they didnt feel comfortable on their other picks against NB
edit: Also NB just roflstomped them in the early game

plus xiao8 was undefeated on prophet up til game 1, probably a deny pick as well
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
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ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
July 21 2014 21:43 GMT
#3269
On July 22 2014 06:22 Geo.Rion wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.


if you consirder early game rotations with constant teamfights boring, Dota isn't made for you.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
dizzy101
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2066 Posts
July 21 2014 21:44 GMT
#3270
VG picked AA+NP in all of their finals games?

Weird to not change a losing strat....
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
July 21 2014 21:45 GMT
#3271
On July 22 2014 06:43 ForTehDarkseid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:22 Geo.Rion wrote:
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.


if you consirder early game rotations with constant teamfights boring, Dota isn't made for you.

arguably it was made for him 2 years ago with 4p1 and slow greed wars, can't guarantee it won't shift back the other way
posting on liquid sites in current year
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 21 2014 21:45 GMT
#3272
On July 22 2014 06:44 dizzy101 wrote:
VG picked AA+NP in all of their finals games?

Weird to not change a losing strat....


They were most likely stuck in the debate "execution vs strategy". They probably thought they just needed to get a better grip of the early and they would roll, but newbee was simply stronger
kaztah
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway1221 Posts
July 21 2014 21:46 GMT
#3273
fun fact is that prophet lost all games in the final while being the first pick in all games.
I speak fluent sarcasm.
Adrian_mx
Profile Joined April 2010
Mexico1880 Posts
July 21 2014 21:46 GMT
#3274
Anyone go to a pustomp? what were the fans like ?
我是冠军
wairai
Profile Joined May 2012
Malaysia1000 Posts
July 21 2014 21:46 GMT
#3275
I guess people feels like their contributions on compendium worth nothing this time since the Finals feels
'lacklustre'.

Anyway Murica top 3 guys and Liquid doing better than it should have.

Yungin' Leanin' with Pourple Drink
Belisarius
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia6226 Posts
July 21 2014 21:48 GMT
#3276
I feel like that last game just summed up the whole thing:

We just picked Sylar prophet and rotk veno and they did nothing.
What should we pick?
Let's go Sylar prophet and rotk veno. That'll work!

We just got trashed pushing top tower because we're behind and have no teamfight.
What should we do?
Let's push bot tower instead. That'll work!

We just got teamwiped pushing bot tower because we're even further behind and still have no teamfight..
What should we do?
Let's push mid tower instead. That'll work!

We just got teamwiped pushing mid tower because we're impossibly behind and still have no teamfight..
What should we do?
GG I guess.
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 21 2014 21:49 GMT
#3277
My conclusion of TI4 is:
Stick to the old format. I mean you can change the venue and go to a bigger one, but please....Use last years format. Had way more fun watching that
Overall it was a pretty nice event. Had some fun games in it, finals were a bit lackluster after the 2nd game due to the lack of excitement but i guess shit happens.
Also wish for a better analyst desk and fix some minor stream issues.
Still crying a bit for DK but well....Newbee definitely deserved that title.

See ya guys next year! Or for the next major event
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
July 21 2014 21:50 GMT
#3278
On July 22 2014 06:40 Belisarius wrote:
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.


Its not that their trick got figured out. To be honest they wasn't even using their old trick. That's because the whole approach to the draft was different. This was a tunnel vision draft where vici was like let's pick mass summons with prophet and force the push, rather than 1) hmm they have weak lanes and anti deathball so let's punish with a pugna/dk/prophet pick, or 2) hmm there's no opening for our push strategy, so we need to pick a harder carry and play standard.
krutopatkin
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany2612 Posts
July 21 2014 21:51 GMT
#3279
On July 22 2014 06:44 dizzy101 wrote:
VG picked AA+NP in all of their finals games?

Weird to not change a losing strat....

they didnt in the game they won lol
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 21 2014 21:51 GMT
#3280
On July 22 2014 06:50 DucK- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 22 2014 06:40 Belisarius wrote:
Just got back from a pubstomp. Wow that was awful.

It really feels like VG never actually changed, they just go up and down on the strength of their one trick. They had a run because their trick happened to be in a strong cycle as TI started, and NB figured it out and just embarassed them.

Also this #1 prophet crap is... crap.


Its not that their trick got figured out. To be honest they wasn't even using their old trick. That's because the whole approach to the draft was different. This was a tunnel vision draft where vici was like let's pick mass summons with prophet and force the push, rather than 1) hmm they have weak lanes and anti deathball so let's punish with a pugna/dk/prophet pick, or 2) hmm there's no opening for our push strategy, so we need to pick a harder carry and play standard.


Wonder if they were stubborn or they werent very confident from scrims against newbee. Guess we will never know
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