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ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
August 04 2015 01:31 GMT
#5061
I guess the demise of the Chinese was greatly exaggerated. LGD and especially CDEC was pretty impressive.
Don't mind me
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
August 04 2015 01:31 GMT
#5062
On August 04 2015 10:31 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:28 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 IntoTheheart wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:25 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:24 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:23 Azarkon wrote:
CDEC winning this shows yet again that new talent > old.

Secret and EG are full of old talent


But both have new talent. Well, in the case of Secret it's two year old talent, but still pretty new.

Isn't 2 years a long time in competitive gaming though? I wouldn't call someone a "young gun" if they started playing professionally 2 years ago in StarCraft...


Are we talking about Dota? Dota is a game that's been around for 10+ years. Arteezy was not even a professional in 2013.

RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.


He was playing in his off time; were we to consider every player who's ever tried to play tournaments on a third rate team a pro, then no one in Dota is new. Except Sumail.

My point exactly.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
ASoo
Profile Joined November 2010
2865 Posts
August 04 2015 01:31 GMT
#5063
KR hype time boys.
TanGeng
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sanya12364 Posts
August 04 2015 01:31 GMT
#5064
Bo1s... yikes.
Moderator我们是个踏实的赞助商模式俱乐部
bagels21
Profile Joined August 2012
United States4357 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5065
On August 04 2015 10:31 TheTenthDoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 bagels21 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:29 Sabu113 wrote:
God I am saltier than PPD.

How did they fuck this up so badly. Jesus fucking christ. They should all retire after TI. Never going to win one. Bleh.


the worst shit is if they beat VG/Na'Vi then flop in their next match


I think it'd be worse if they flopped to VG/Na'Vi.


c9 does this little thing where they give you hope and then crushes it
Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5066
On August 04 2015 10:31 TheNewEra wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:29 Sabu113 wrote:
God I am saltier than PPD.

How did they fuck this up so badly. Jesus fucking christ. They should all retire after TI. Never going to win one. Bleh.

"One" meaning one tournament, of course. Misery's the only good player on the team, the others should've faded into irrelevance after TI4. I feel bad for Jack for paying them.

Can you stop it please Mensol?

I will stop shitting on them when they start being good.
Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth!
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-04 01:32:45
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5067
On August 04 2015 10:31 lolfail9001 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:31 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:28 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 IntoTheheart wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:25 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:24 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:23 Azarkon wrote:
CDEC winning this shows yet again that new talent > old.

Secret and EG are full of old talent


But both have new talent. Well, in the case of Secret it's two year old talent, but still pretty new.

Isn't 2 years a long time in competitive gaming though? I wouldn't call someone a "young gun" if they started playing professionally 2 years ago in StarCraft...


Are we talking about Dota? Dota is a game that's been around for 10+ years. Arteezy was not even a professional in 2013.

RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.


He was playing in his off time; were we to consider every player who's ever tried to play tournaments on a third rate team a pro, then no one in Dota is new. Except Sumail.

My point exactly.


That's a stupid way of looking at this game. By that argument, no one in Starcraft in the last several years is new too.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32746 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5068
On August 04 2015 10:31 bagels21 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:29 Sabu113 wrote:
God I am saltier than PPD.

How did they fuck this up so badly. Jesus fucking christ. They should all retire after TI. Never going to win one. Bleh.

"One" meaning one tournament, of course. Misery's the only good player on the team, the others should've faded into irrelevance after TI4. I feel bad for Jack for paying them.


i still think swapping aui_2000/pld out was stupid

pld I didn't mind too much but losing Aui was a mistake.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Bizaraciel
Profile Joined March 2015
1075 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5069
Ok guys another hour until next game at this rate I'm out ridiculus downtime between games.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-04 01:33:09
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5070
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.

In Starcraft a player whose apparent prime was in 2007-2008 would not be able to come back and win an international tournament in 2013.

I don't want to start an argument about mechanical demand, but from their respective histories, it's pretty clear that Starcraft is a game that's way more punishing to older players that are past their prime. The comparison to Starcraft in this regard is really not that appropriate.
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WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5071
On August 04 2015 10:31 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:28 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 IntoTheheart wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:25 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:24 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:23 Azarkon wrote:
CDEC winning this shows yet again that new talent > old.

Secret and EG are full of old talent


But both have new talent. Well, in the case of Secret it's two year old talent, but still pretty new.

Isn't 2 years a long time in competitive gaming though? I wouldn't call someone a "young gun" if they started playing professionally 2 years ago in StarCraft...


Are we talking about Dota? Dota is a game that's been around for 10+ years. Arteezy was not even a professional in 2013.

RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.


He was playing in his off time; were we to consider every player who's ever tried to play tournaments on a third rate team a pro, then no one in Dota is new. Not even Sumail.

Yes, shockingly, every pro does not come out of nowhere.

So sorry to kill your narrative.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Ravensong170
Profile Joined June 2012
United States858 Posts
August 04 2015 01:32 GMT
#5072
On August 04 2015 10:29 bagels21 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:27 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 trifecta wrote:
did c9 do any prep at all? that was ti3 mouz level shit.

Their prep consisted of watching Nisekoi while EE masturbated.


we are all broken daralii


Not banning gyro vs cdec in game 1 was the most obvious sign that they had no idea what they were doing and herp derp picked NP.....
"what a terrible ass game, we should all kill ourselves." -EE-Sama
yyfpulls
Profile Joined November 2012
United States2185 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5073
On August 04 2015 10:31 bagels21 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:29 Sabu113 wrote:
God I am saltier than PPD.

How did they fuck this up so badly. Jesus fucking christ. They should all retire after TI. Never going to win one. Bleh.

"One" meaning one tournament, of course. Misery's the only good player on the team, the others should've faded into irrelevance after TI4. I feel bad for Jack for paying them.


i still think swapping aui_2000/pld out was stupid


Should've swapped out EE/Bone

You cant make a championship team off those 2
Daralii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States16991 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5074
On August 04 2015 10:32 PhoenixVoid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:31 bagels21 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:30 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:29 Sabu113 wrote:
God I am saltier than PPD.

How did they fuck this up so badly. Jesus fucking christ. They should all retire after TI. Never going to win one. Bleh.

"One" meaning one tournament, of course. Misery's the only good player on the team, the others should've faded into irrelevance after TI4. I feel bad for Jack for paying them.


i still think swapping aui_2000/pld out was stupid

pld I didn't mind too much but losing Aui was a mistake.

EE's a social recluse and found himself actually developing a friendship with Aui, had to kick him before it could strengthen.
Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth!
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5075
On August 04 2015 10:32 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:31 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:28 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 IntoTheheart wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:25 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:24 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:23 Azarkon wrote:
CDEC winning this shows yet again that new talent > old.

Secret and EG are full of old talent


But both have new talent. Well, in the case of Secret it's two year old talent, but still pretty new.

Isn't 2 years a long time in competitive gaming though? I wouldn't call someone a "young gun" if they started playing professionally 2 years ago in StarCraft...


Are we talking about Dota? Dota is a game that's been around for 10+ years. Arteezy was not even a professional in 2013.

RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.


He was playing in his off time; were we to consider every player who's ever tried to play tournaments on a third rate team a pro, then no one in Dota is new. Not even Sumail.

Yes, shockingly, every pro does not come out of nowhere.

So sorry to kill your narrative.


Nobody comes out of no where. Doesn't = there isn't new talent.
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5076
On August 04 2015 10:32 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:31 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:31 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:28 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 IntoTheheart wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:25 Azarkon wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:24 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:23 Azarkon wrote:
CDEC winning this shows yet again that new talent > old.

Secret and EG are full of old talent


But both have new talent. Well, in the case of Secret it's two year old talent, but still pretty new.

Isn't 2 years a long time in competitive gaming though? I wouldn't call someone a "young gun" if they started playing professionally 2 years ago in StarCraft...


Are we talking about Dota? Dota is a game that's been around for 10+ years. Arteezy was not even a professional in 2013.

RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.


He was playing in his off time; were we to consider every player who's ever tried to play tournaments on a third rate team a pro, then no one in Dota is new. Except Sumail.

My point exactly.


That's a stupid way of looking at this game. By that argument, no one in Starcraft is new too.

And what makes you think this argument is wrong? Also, i talk tier 2/3 teams in WPC ACE, i don't talk about random online qualifiers.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
ASoo
Profile Joined November 2010
2865 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5077
MAAAAAAARCH I LOVE YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU.

For real March and QO better carry this shit against Newbee. Korea hwaitiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
trifecta
Profile Joined April 2010
United States6795 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5078
On August 04 2015 10:32 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:30 lolfail9001 wrote:
RTZ was on Kaipi, he was not full-time but there is no reason to not consider him a pro by that time. Also, StarCraft been here longer than Dota and 2 years is still a long time in it.

In Starcraft a player whose apparent prime was in 2007-2008 would not be able to come back and win an international tournament in 2013.

I don't want to start an argument about mechanical demand, but from their respective histories, it's pretty clear that Starcraft is a game that's way more punishing to older players that are past their prime. The comparison to Starcraft in this regard is really not that appropriate.


RIP BISU
Gear 3rd
Profile Joined July 2011
1244 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5079
LD staff where is my CDEC flair??? D':
EXTERMINATE!
Kraznaya
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3711 Posts
August 04 2015 01:33 GMT
#5080
On August 04 2015 10:32 Ravensong170 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2015 10:29 bagels21 wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:27 Daralii wrote:
On August 04 2015 10:26 trifecta wrote:
did c9 do any prep at all? that was ti3 mouz level shit.

Their prep consisted of watching Nisekoi while EE masturbated.


we are all broken daralii


Not banning gyro vs cdec in game 1 was the most obvious sign that they had no idea what they were doing and herp derp picked NP.....


IMO giving garder and shiki their heroes was worse
do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?
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