EPTi think they have the easier side of the bracket than secret does. going up against (in all likelihood) Vici is gonna be rough. looking forward to attending on friday ^^
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BluemoonSC
SoCal8910 Posts
i think they have the easier side of the bracket than secret does. going up against (in all likelihood) Vici is gonna be rough. looking forward to attending on friday ^^ | ||
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the bear jew
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On October 09 2014 07:16 BluemoonSC wrote: 2 ez for eg. i think they have the easier side of the bracket than secret does. going up against (in all likelihood) Vici is gonna be rough. looking forward to attending on friday ^^ Really? Upper Bracket seems a lot more stacked. EG, C9 and Alliance actually have a results in this patch. Lower Bracket is just VG. Team Secret is purely hype right now, and only from EU group stage results. | ||
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smr
Germany4808 Posts
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Kirsed
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Gevna
France2332 Posts
On October 09 2014 15:30 WolfintheSheep wrote: Really? Upper Bracket seems a lot more stacked. EG, C9 and Alliance actually have a results in this patch. Lower Bracket is just VG. Team Secret is purely hype right now, and only from EU group stage results. Purely hype, but still the most dominating european team (online right, but still). | ||
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spudde123
4814 Posts
Although all 4 quarter finals have a clear favorite, it will be interesting to see if someone can make an upset or at least provide a good fight. The format of the event and the fact that the patch is new and teams have had limited practice time on it improves the chance of some favorite dropping out first round. You only need to be make some mistake at a crucial moment and a game might snowball out of hand, or you get surprised in the draft, and suddenly you might be facing elimination. | ||
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lolnoty
United States7166 Posts
On October 09 2014 18:35 Gevna wrote: Purely hype, but still the most dominating european team (online right, but still). C9 is easily the most dominating EU team. They won nvidia's event (beating EG in bo5) and got 2nd in two chinese LANs. Secret is only dominating if you literally only care about win percent. | ||
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spudde123
4814 Posts
On October 09 2014 20:06 lolnoty wrote: C9 is easily the most dominating EU team. They won nvidia's event (beating EG in bo5) and got 2nd in two chinese LANs. Secret is only dominating if you literally only care about win percent. I think it's pretty hard to position Secret properly as of now. They've only really played SL and ESL quals. Of course they had convincing wins over teams like c9 and TT in SL, but those were bo1 and sometimes stuff happens in the draft or a game that can make a game look very onesided and it doesn't necessarily mean that the winning team is consistently superior. There's simply not much worthwhile data to say they are definitely better or worse than c9 for example. | ||
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lolnoty
United States7166 Posts
On October 09 2014 20:13 spudde123 wrote: I think it's pretty hard to position Secret properly as of now. They've only really played SL and ESL quals. Of course they had convincing wins over teams like c9 and TT in SL, but those were bo1 and sometimes stuff happens in the draft or a game that can make a game look very onesided and it doesn't necessarily mean that the winning team is consistently superior. There's simply not much worthwhile data to say they are definitely better or worse than c9 for example. The thing is, teams get rated higher the more convincing wins they get. TS has had no convincing wins while C9 has had a LOT. TS shouldn't be on anyone's "strongest team" radar until they actually play bo3's against strong teams in tournaments. I actually am a fan of all of TS's roster, but just don't understand how people can rate a team highly when they've essentially just won some bo1's against only a few good teams in online qualifiers. LiquidDota's article did well to put TS behind C9, but I'd put TS 4th strongest behind VG too. A lot of potential with essentially no convincing results. | ||
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spudde123
4814 Posts
On October 09 2014 20:19 lolnoty wrote: The thing is, teams get rated higher the more convincing wins they get. TS has had no convincing wins while C9 has had a LOT. TS shouldn't be on anyone's "strongest team" radar until they actually play bo3's against strong teams in tournaments. I actually am a fan of all of TS's roster, but just don't understand how people can rate a team highly when they've essentially just won some bo1's against only a few good teams in online qualifiers. Well imo they can be up there when you consider the strongest teams just because the uncertainty is still so large. I agree that one can't really make the case that they are definitely a title contender, but it's hard to say that they aren't close to that either at this point. Secret has performed well online this far, but it also sort of makes sense that they would. They are a new team, people are playing new roles, and haven't yet been to LAN together. This all imo makes it easier for them also to concentrate properly to online games, whereas teams like c9 are known for their inconsistency especially online, and even EG has had some pretty questionable games online. Some people also might have actually watched and analyzed Secret's games to have a proper opinion about their performance results aside. Personally I haven't really watched their games that closely, so it's pretty hard to predict how well they'll actually do. | ||
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SatsuinoHado
Bulgaria777 Posts
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Elurie
4716 Posts
On October 09 2014 13:45 the bear jew wrote: Going to NYC tomorrow, see whoever is there! GO SNA! One can dream. So jelly. Very jelly. | ||
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BluemoonSC
SoCal8910 Posts
On October 09 2014 15:30 WolfintheSheep wrote: Really? Upper Bracket seems a lot more stacked. EG, C9 and Alliance actually have a results in this patch. Lower Bracket is just VG. Team Secret is purely hype right now, and only from EU group stage results. I think C9 is good, but not on EG's level. assuming both teams don't choke in the quarters since its single elim XD | ||
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TheRubicon
United States1342 Posts
On October 09 2014 17:25 kirsed wrote: So I wrote a bunch of crap about how I thought the games were going to go. While I was spewing all my crap I realized I think Alliance is probably a lot stronger with H4nn1 am I thinking straight? definately, no hate on chessie but he doesnt have years of TI experience. edit: GIVE STREAM!! | ||
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Mensol
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VG will destroy NaVi so hard. | ||
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blobrus
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lolnoty
United States7166 Posts
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
On October 09 2014 23:31 lolnoty wrote: pyrion definitely reinforcing stereotypes of brits with this outfit Literally Sherlock Holmes. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
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