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a-game
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Canada5175 Posts
August 08 2015 01:21 GMT
#4141
I hope people are starting to realize how important xiao8 was to Newbee's performance last year. The mothafuckin' Director
"you wouldnt feel that way if it was your magical sword of mantouchery that got stolen" - racebannon
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
August 08 2015 01:21 GMT
#4142
But man, looking forward to all the sick games tomorrow~
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 08 2015 01:21 GMT
#4143
Noooo iceiceice. Another year for him :\ fy showing again that his drafts aren't on point the closer he is to the finals. Argh. Go eg then!
sunrazgriz
Profile Joined April 2015
Vatican City State1573 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4144
good news is , SF pick will continue on ! lol
6nnn
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4145
On August 08 2015 10:20 beifru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:19 Baozi wrote:
On August 08 2015 10:17 Evander Berry Wall wrote:
CDEC winning the grand finals is now the only interesting thing that can happen.


America claiming its first International is interesting to me


Doesn't look likely. But if ppd pulls of genius drafts over Xiao8 (again unlikely), it would be a treat to watch.

But if EG wins TI5 over the back of techies, fuck that.

it'd be their opponents fault for not banning techies when eg doesn't even look like their OP pool runs that deep this tourney
posting on liquid sites in current year
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4146
On August 08 2015 10:20 Elurie wrote:
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On August 08 2015 10:18 IshinShishi wrote:
I feel like lgd didnt do much to take the win this game, its just much easier to play the aggressor vs these PL lineups, vg just slowly died while lgd tried some very basic moves and failed time and again until they worked because there's no rebutal for failure. Shitty lineup from VG and the worse team goes through.

Not when Aggressif is on PL.


you run the other way when hes on PL
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4147
On August 08 2015 10:19 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
yea i still think earthshaker is actually the second most op hero in the game right now, next to techies

Earthshaker has pretty much universally been a strong hero in competitive play for years.

Only break from that was in early competitive DotA 2 when there were some bugs with Fissure, but then Icefrog buffed the hero anyway.
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bagels21
Profile Joined August 2012
United States4357 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4148
On August 08 2015 10:16 Azarkon wrote:
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On August 08 2015 10:16 xyzz wrote:
xiao8 seemed to have tears in his eyes after the win. very happy for him.


I think it was the friend who he bring to the final day.


You mean Yao lol?
beifru
Profile Joined November 2013
2164 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4149
On August 08 2015 10:21 DucK- wrote:
Noooo iceiceice. Another year for him :\ fy showing again that his drafts aren't on point the closer he is to the finals. Argh. Go eg then!


He has the 4th/5th place curse lol.

Its like his 3rd TI with 4th/5th.
Shergal
Profile Joined May 2014
Argentina1191 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4150
not sure if Earthshaker is "op" in the conventional sense but he's easily top3 high priority picks in the game right now. I don't remember what VG banned in the second phase but giving ES away might have been a mistake. Even picking it over DS and putting icex3 on it + another support to work around the offlane would have worked.
Kraznaya
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3711 Posts
August 08 2015 01:22 GMT
#4151
On August 08 2015 10:21 DucK- wrote:
Noooo iceiceice. Another year for him :\ fy showing again that his drafts aren't on point the closer he is to the finals. Argh. Go eg then!


iceiceice was awful this game (although the rest of his team wasn't much better) and probably had the weakest tournament out of all his teammates
do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?
mutantmagnet
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3796 Posts
August 08 2015 01:23 GMT
#4152
On August 08 2015 10:21 a-game wrote:
I hope people are starting to realize how important xiao8 was to Newbee's performance last year. The mothafuckin' Director



Those less than unobservant people weren't a significant minority. Almost everyone understood Xiao8 was important even before the tournament started.
Chrian
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1472 Posts
August 08 2015 01:23 GMT
#4153
Man, I'm so sad now.
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
August 08 2015 01:23 GMT
#4154
Americans into the final day, shown all over America, now just need an American victory, and this day is going to go down in history.
beifru
Profile Joined November 2013
2164 Posts
August 08 2015 01:24 GMT
#4155
On August 08 2015 10:22 Shergal wrote:
not sure if Earthshaker is "op" in the conventional sense but he's easily top3 high priority picks in the game right now. I don't remember what VG banned in the second phase but giving ES away might have been a mistake. Even picking it over DS and putting icex3 on it + another support to work around the offlane would have worked.


fy betted on the fact that the Rubick pick would have deterred any ES picks.

He was wrong, and his Rubick didn't even manage to steal fissure all game.

If anything, him picking Rubick as 2nd pick was really the game losing aspect.
Evander Berry Wall
Profile Joined June 2014
United States1137 Posts
August 08 2015 01:24 GMT
#4156
On August 08 2015 10:17 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
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On August 08 2015 10:15 Evander Berry Wall wrote:
VG's loss pretty much comes down to going for aggressive teams fights when there was every strategic reason not to.

getting antsy was definitely a mistake, but i didn't see any point in the game where it looked like they were in a winning position... fights were going to be difficult no matter which point in the game they came; sf + gyro onpar with a pl and ahead of a lina are going to be favored


Actually, before Hao was picked off that one time, I'd say VG was in a pretty good position. If they kept stalling, I believe PL could have pulled away pretty well. And if they could pressure the game into fights that were more on their own turf, it would have been much easier to really make the potential big combos they had work.
Elurie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
4716 Posts
August 08 2015 01:25 GMT
#4157
Ugh the stupid theater listing site isn't working.
Eetee
Profile Joined November 2011
Singapore373 Posts
August 08 2015 01:25 GMT
#4158
Americans into the final day, shown all over America, now just need an American victory, and this day is going to go down in history.


Keep dreaming about ur MURICAN doto like you always have, it'll never happen, chinese doto overlord will rule supreme.
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeTTeeeeeeeeeeee!
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
August 08 2015 01:25 GMT
#4159
On August 08 2015 10:23 mutantmagnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:21 a-game wrote:
I hope people are starting to realize how important xiao8 was to Newbee's performance last year. The mothafuckin' Director



Those less than unobservant people weren't a significant minority. Almost everyone understood Xiao8 was important even before the tournament started.

It just makes it all the more amusing how many people were saying Xiao8 was washed up and should retire 2 years ago after LGD's TI3 run.
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babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-08 01:26:04
August 08 2015 01:25 GMT
#4160
On August 08 2015 10:24 beifru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:22 Shergal wrote:
not sure if Earthshaker is "op" in the conventional sense but he's easily top3 high priority picks in the game right now. I don't remember what VG banned in the second phase but giving ES away might have been a mistake. Even picking it over DS and putting icex3 on it + another support to work around the offlane would have worked.


fy betted on the fact that the Rubick pick would have deterred any ES picks.

He was wrong, and his Rubick didn't even manage to steal fissure all game.

If anything, him picking Rubick as 2nd pick was really the game losing aspect.

Give xiao8 some credit for that, he played that ES flawlessly.

I do think VG should've taken the ES over the Rubick though in their draft.
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