A few USA chants are fine but please don't do it too much.

Stop the stupid USA arguments, thanks.

On another note, CDEC flairs are now live. Sorry about the delay on that.

Zea!

9589 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4041

Has XZ ever played it tho?

dmnum

Brazil6910 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4042

Every time I watch WR it makes me miss LoH ;-;

Adrian_mx

Mexico1880 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4043

On August 09 2015 07:37 Adrian_mx wrote:
This is whats gonna happen.

Game 1 - EG will crush CDEC, they'll have momentum, and they'll think they have it.
Game 2 - CDEC wanted to throw game 1, because it makes it such a sweeter victory and they will STOMP game 2
Game 3 - CDEC continuing to stomp while EG lose momentum
Game 4 - CDEC crushes EG within 25 minutes.

Watch its coming true

Baozi

United States1191 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4044

On August 09 2015 08:16 teapoted wrote:
Who will claim the Grand Finapple?

actually I'm curious what this pineapple thing is

is it a meme I'm missing out on

eieio

United States14512 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4045

On August 09 2015 08:16 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
This autospectate thing keeps crashing my dota

not even a fucking error sound it just dissapears

maybe you're watching player perspective and someone is alt tabbing

Firebolt145

Lalalaland34491 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4046

I'm actually hoping Brood wrecks EG because I want more games

Yuna

United States103 Posts

August 08 2015 23:17 GMT

#4047

I think CDEC is Clown 9ing it up

WindWolf

Sweden11767 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4048

On August 09 2015 08:16 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
This autospectate thing keeps crashing my dota

not even a fucking error sound it just dissapears

My client crashed as soon as the game left the draft screen

lolfail9001

Russian Federation40190 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4049

On August 09 2015 08:17 Adrian_mx wrote:

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Watch its coming true

Stop jinxing Chinese, you fanstraight.

eieio

United States14512 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4050

sick shackle off of spiderling this game calling it

DwD

Sweden8621 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4051

MID BROOD

Sbrubbles

Brazil5776 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4052

EG get broodmothered. GG go next

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

August 08 2015 23:18 GMT

#4053

On August 09 2015 08:15 FuzzyJAM wrote:

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On August 09 2015 08:13 FiWiFaKi wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:09 FuzzyJAM wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:06 FiWiFaKi wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:03 lolfail9001 wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:03 FiWiFaKi wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:02 TiTanIum_ wrote:

On August 09 2015 08:01 Canucklehead wrote:

On August 09 2015 07:58 Logo wrote:

On August 09 2015 07:57 Canucklehead wrote:
Disgraceful game by cdec! This is why no winner's advantage is a joke!

Because a team that plays that poorly should still have an equal chance of winning as the team that beat them?

Yes because cdec is the only team not given a 2nd life. The sole reason why there is no winner's advantage is due to having a hyped finals but it comes at the expense of integrity and fairness. This is not how double eliminations tourneys are run. All the tournaments like evo/sc2 etc run double elimination tourneys properly and fairly.

EG already played today, so there's your winner's advantage.

This.

It is what it is, please lets not debate the validity of CDEC not having a "second life", like in every tournament ever.

That's really arguable advantage since you can say EG have the momentum, while CDEC have a fresh match.

The concept of momentum is something so silly in sports... As it has virtually no resemblance to the literal meaning of the word.

EG had 2 hours to think about plans for CDEC, already a bit tired, probably prepared 99% for LGD. Yeah, I dunno, I don't really buy the winning the previous match gives you an advantage for the next match.

At worst, EG and CDEC come on an even playing field, and I think that's fine.

I don't think you've ever seriously competed in sport if you think momentum isn't a thing. When you're on a roll, you feel incredible, and when you feel confident, you do everything better. Maybe not for absolutely everyone, IDK, but certainly for the vast majority.

Not to say that it's necessarily an advantage to be coming from the LB here, but the idea of momentum in sports (and so eSports) is utterly legitimate.

The better you can handle your emotions, the less it will impact you. I think that at this level, the morale boost you get from winning your previous game is minuscule compared to the exhaustion from last game. I think that people overestimate it, because they imagine how they'd perform in that situation, when they handle it a lot worse than the pros. I've been on badminton teams and swimming teams, as well as weightlifting, and when I fail a lift, I can go do the same weight unphased even if I failed it previously.

Obviously just talking out of my butt, and some research in this would be interesting.

Professional sports stars talk about momentum all the time. Home advantage is a major thing in many sports.

Confidence in competition is utterly massive.

It's like when the panel at TI5 talk about things to create a story and make it more interesting, when 100% it's not something the players are thinking about. If you do research about home advantage in sports, it's quite minimal.