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IshinShishi
Profile Joined April 2012
Japan6156 Posts
August 08 2015 01:26 GMT
#4161
Fy and fenrir were pretty much irrelevant the last two games, they sat on their lanes doing nothing while mmy and xiao8 dominated the map, either their strat sucks in general or they cant play it.
So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie
TiTanIum_
Profile Joined August 2011
Brazil1335 Posts
August 08 2015 01:26 GMT
#4162
9 million?
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
August 08 2015 01:26 GMT
#4163
Also, LGD and CDEC best Chinese teams in this tournament; same organization. Looks to me getting two teams = win.
bagels21
Profile Joined August 2012
United States4357 Posts
August 08 2015 01:27 GMT
#4164
On August 08 2015 10:25 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:23 mutantmagnet wrote:
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.


that's what "liquid are doing it" does to you lol
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 08 2015 01:27 GMT
#4165
On August 08 2015 10:24 Evander Berry Wall wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:17 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
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.

i don't see how pl would pull ahead; he doesn't naturally farm faster than sf or gyro

and lgd diligently stayed spread out so they could never 100-0 both sf and gyro with their combo
posting on liquid sites in current year
beifru
Profile Joined November 2013
2164 Posts
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4166
On August 08 2015 10:26 Azarkon wrote:
Also, LGD and CDEC best Chinese teams in this tournament; same organization. Looks to me getting two teams = win.


CDEC and LGD are scrim partners.

If anything, it means that if you scrim with the best, you become one of the best as well.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-08 01:28:32
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4167
On August 08 2015 10:26 Azarkon wrote:
Also, LGD and CDEC best Chinese teams in this tournament; same organization. Looks to me getting two teams = win.

It also shows how new talent and old talent together fosters the growth of both. Even if you aren't going to put them on the same team, the second team helps both teams grow.

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

He's already graduated from being "director". Chinese commentators have called him "8师傅" (basically master/teacher) for some time now.
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bagels21
Profile Joined August 2012
United States4357 Posts
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4168
On August 08 2015 10:25 Elurie wrote:
Ugh the stupid theater listing site isn't working.


yeah i'm getting a runtime error too
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4169
On August 08 2015 10:22 Kraznaya wrote:
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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


I know. He did shown up in the main stages though. I'm just sad for my fellow Singaporean, especially since he was on the undisputed best teams for the past 2 years (dk Vici both were #1 at the first half of each dota year).
mutantmagnet
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3789 Posts
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4170
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.



Earthshaker is balanced. He's melee so all the complications in laning such a hero are present. His non-ult damage isn't that great unless you play him mid. Various supports can still use their ults to some degree without a costly item like dagger but for earthshaker your lucky to use it in more than 1 out of 50 instances without a 2.5K+ item.


He is exceptional in being useful even when starved for levels compared to almost every other hero and it's that utility from fissure that ensures he is relevant across multiple patches.
Steelavocado
Profile Joined May 2010
United States2123 Posts
August 08 2015 01:28 GMT
#4171
where is pitlord
MIRACLE IS YOUR TI7 CHAMP
beifru
Profile Joined November 2013
2164 Posts
August 08 2015 01:30 GMT
#4172
On August 08 2015 10:28 mutantmagnet 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.



Earthshaker is balanced. He's melee so all the complications in laning such a hero are present. His non-ult damage isn't that great unless you play him mid. Various supports can still use their ults to some degree without a costly item like dagger but for earthshaker your lucky to use it in more than 1 out of 50 instances without a 2.5K+ item.


He is exceptional in being useful even when starved for levels compared to almost every other hero and it's that utility from fissure that ensures he is relevant across multiple patches.


Honestly, I think fissure range should be nerfed just a little. Its too easy to get early game blocks off now.

This is of course taking into account the fact that ES is a hero with 3 stuns and one evens goes through BKB in an AOE fashion.
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
August 08 2015 01:31 GMT
#4173
director might just be the greatest dota player ever if he can win the final.
Rillanon.au
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
August 08 2015 01:31 GMT
#4174
On August 08 2015 10:26 Azarkon wrote:
Also, LGD and CDEC best Chinese teams in this tournament; same organization. Looks to me getting two teams = win.

They used to be same organization i think.

CDEC created their own brand.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 08 2015 01:31 GMT
#4175
On August 08 2015 10:26 IshinShishi wrote:
Fy and fenrir were pretty much irrelevant the last two games, they sat on their lanes doing nothing while mmy and xiao8 dominated the map, either their strat sucks in general or they cant play it.


You can't do much with that duo though. Their whole strat was to farm up, and do to lgd what they did to c9 - lift ice blast laguna the sf or gyro, then pl wipes out the rest. Difference is that this time lgd had es to disrupt the combo.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 08 2015 01:31 GMT
#4176
On August 08 2015 10:30 beifru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:28 mutantmagnet wrote:
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.



Earthshaker is balanced. He's melee so all the complications in laning such a hero are present. His non-ult damage isn't that great unless you play him mid. Various supports can still use their ults to some degree without a costly item like dagger but for earthshaker your lucky to use it in more than 1 out of 50 instances without a 2.5K+ item.


He is exceptional in being useful even when starved for levels compared to almost every other hero and it's that utility from fissure that ensures he is relevant across multiple patches.


Honestly, I think fissure range should be nerfed just a little. Its too easy to get early game blocks off now.

This is of course taking into account the fact that ES is a hero with 3 stuns and one evens goes through BKB in an AOE fashion.

the only part of echo that goes through bkb is the echo damage to things around the hero... though the instant cast is easy to get off against bkbs
posting on liquid sites in current year
mutantmagnet
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3789 Posts
August 08 2015 01:32 GMT
#4177
On August 08 2015 10:25 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:23 mutantmagnet wrote:
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.



I remember that. Some people like to talk too much shit. It was and still is pretty pathetic.
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
August 08 2015 01:32 GMT
#4178
Holy shit how did EG just fucking blew game 1 like that. Is this how a Secret fan feels?
Getting too old for this..
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
August 08 2015 01:33 GMT
#4179
been rooting for lgd since back when they were still Dream really hope they win this one.
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
August 08 2015 01:33 GMT
#4180
On August 08 2015 10:25 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2015 10:23 mutantmagnet wrote:
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.


Well he played total crap in ti3 though.
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