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On January 17 2016 21:05 nojok wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:04 Azarkon wrote: Was Ancient Apparition banned this game? I'd have thought that would be the pick they wanted instead of Venomancer. Last ban from alliance because EG somehow perefered to 4th pick spectre and 3rd pick veno. No....veno was last pick and zeus was 3rd pick.
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i dont think zeus was the problem but definitely AA instead of veno
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On January 17 2016 21:27 woojaekeem wrote: lol
artour should redirect some of that passive aggression into encouraging fear/ppd to master chen and/or wisp It sounded more like a nice compliment.
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AA was 5th ban. They couldnt AA unless they thought it was more important than spectre (4th pick). Either way, the other one of spec/AA they dont pick 4th is the obvious 5th ban for alliance.
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On January 17 2016 21:24 Kipsate wrote:
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Shots fired!!!!!
Wait is he shooting at Alliance or Volvo?
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On January 17 2016 21:06 woojaekeem wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:03 traumatism wrote:On January 17 2016 21:02 woojaekeem wrote: at the END OF THE DAY
FIRST PHASE PICKS
EG BAT + WD ALLIANCE LD + CHEN
LOL? NICE TRADE...WP In case you're not familiar with the game, there are over 100 heroes and a team may only opt to ban 2 of them during the first phase of banning. u have first pick u shouldn't take bat vs alliance when ld + chen is in the pool too bad eg is limited by fear/ppd's inability to play wisp or chen good enough to first phase pick it
Do you know who has a good wisp + Chen ? ....
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On January 17 2016 21:14 Shergal wrote: So I guess this actually puts Secret on a better position in the patch, considering they basically should've won against the champions and only barely lost. Also they can play some of these Alliance heroes.
Secret had a very solid pick against Alliance the first game, that looked to have actually put Alliance off their game. They took away the Prophet, took Bat, forced Alliance to ban Chen, banned the Juggernaut the second phase, and Alliance only got to play their Lone Druid, which was not enough for their strategy to work.
The second game, however, even though Secret threw, they were not as successful at shutting down the picks. Alliance got both Chen and Lone Druid that game, and that made it a lot easier for them.
The third game, Puppey got his Chen but Alliance got both Bat and Lone Druid. From that series as well as this one, it looks as though you don't want to give Alliance two of Bat/Lone Druid/Prophet/Wisp, but that's of course not practical unless you're going to first pick those heroes yourself.
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On January 17 2016 21:27 woojaekeem wrote: lol
artour should redirect some of that passive aggression into encouraging fear/ppd to master chen and/or wisp yeah, it seems PPD only plays heroes where there is only one thing he has to do proper for his team (most of the time save them in a way) and pretty much nothing more besides buying almost all support items. He never really plays some early aggression supports or does he?
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On January 17 2016 21:37 Azarkon wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:14 Shergal wrote: So I guess this actually puts Secret on a better position in the patch, considering they basically should've won against the champions and only barely lost. Also they can play some of these Alliance heroes. Secret had a very solid pick against Alliance the first game, that looked to have actually put Alliance off their game. They took away the Prophet, took Bat, forced Alliance to ban Chen, banned the Juggernaut the second phase, and Alliance only got to play their Lone Druid, which was not enough for their strategy to work. The second game, however, even though Secret threw, they were not as successful at shutting down the picks. Alliance got both Chen and Lone Druid that game, and that made it a lot easier for them. The third game, Puppey got his Chen but Alliance got both Bat and Lone Druid. From that series as well as this one, it looks as though you don't want to give Alliance two of Bat/Lone Druid/Prophet/Wisp, but that's of course not practical unless you're going to first pick those heroes yourself. yup, agreed
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Fuck all the cry babies about the patch , alliance got nerfed to the ground as a team after TI3 , so now we see holes in EG drafting ? good , it shouldn't be their patch all the time shouldn't it ? no chen or wisp player is hurting them like alliance having no Ember player is hurting them for ages now , just let us celebrate the win peacefully , jeez , OG/Vg/newbee didn't get half the flake Alliance get for running the same thing over and over until a major/TI was won/almost won .... whatever haters gonna hate , they outplayed EG and won fair and square , RTZ should be mad at his team losing mid lanes and picking him a god damn Luna.....
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On January 17 2016 21:27 FuzzyJAM wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:21 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:18 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:16 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:12 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:10 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:08 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:04 sunrazgriz wrote: but... but... in bo5 , EG would .....
VP looked just a good against them in the Summit up 2-0. Alliance 100% won, but don't pretend that you know how it would have gone if it were 5 games.  okay it's starladder fault then. no? Alliance won. It doesn't matter how many games the finals were, the length of series makes it completely different and not worth arguing. even bo7 , sumail's hero pool is limited , s4 win all day long vs sumail. limited compared to which other mids? i believe the starladder final is EG vs A s4: NS, Puck, Bat, QoP, DP - 5 Sumail: Zeus, QoP, Ember, Bat, Brew, SK, Razor, DP, Invoker - 9 Yeah man, Sumail only almost played twice as many heroes as S4 this tournament. If only his hero pool wasn't so limited and he could do more than play a different hero almost every game. You forgot to add Razor, Leshrac, Brewmaster, and, Dragon Knight to S4's hero pool. Also, Lina for Sumail. (S4 continued to pick Leshrac even after he was nerfed) 9 to 10
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On January 17 2016 21:31 haduken wrote: i dont think zeus was the problem but definitely AA instead of veno
AA was 5th banned from Alliance
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I don't think alliance crumbled because of meta. loda just had to learn the hard way that the team isn't shit without s4
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I'm confused what this patch talk has to do with "hating". Dota is a game where what is good changes every once in a while. Some teams/players are better at other stuff than others. It's clear that patches can favor some teams over another, sometimes slightly and sometimes more. There is nothing right or wrong about being good in some sort of a patch. But as a dota player to be as successful as you can over a longer period you want to adapt to every patch better than your competitors,
People are certainly allowed to talk about it. It doesn't mean that it discredits Alliance's win. At least for now what they are doing seems to be simply better than anyone else.
And yea, the biggest difference between Alliance 1 year ago and Alliance now is simply s4 being on the team. Them going from a good team to a team that could perhaps be the best in the world may be where the patch comes in.
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I have to say, Slacks did a pretty hype interview. Loda was flabbergasted for a second after his first question. Though due to his apparent character I never know if he's posing a serious question to, joking with or playing the interviewee.
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On January 17 2016 21:27 FuzzyJAM wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:21 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:18 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:16 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:12 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:10 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:08 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:04 sunrazgriz wrote: but... but... in bo5 , EG would .....
VP looked just a good against them in the Summit up 2-0. Alliance 100% won, but don't pretend that you know how it would have gone if it were 5 games.  okay it's starladder fault then. no? Alliance won. It doesn't matter how many games the finals were, the length of series makes it completely different and not worth arguing. even bo7 , sumail's hero pool is limited , s4 win all day long vs sumail. limited compared to which other mids? i believe the starladder final is EG vs A s4: NS, Puck, Bat, QoP, DP - 5 Sumail: Zeus, QoP, Ember, Bat, Brew, SK, Razor, DP, Invoker - 9 Yeah man, Sumail only almost played twice as many heroes as S4 this tournament. If only his hero pool wasn't so limited and he could do more than play a different hero almost every game. limited because almost all sumail hero can be stomp by single s4 bat ppd moves is pick bat , and banned puck , dp , and qop. let me say once more , s4lt beat sumail all day long
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On January 17 2016 21:44 SaltySam wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:27 FuzzyJAM wrote:On January 17 2016 21:21 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:18 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:16 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:12 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:10 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:08 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:04 sunrazgriz wrote: but... but... in bo5 , EG would .....
VP looked just a good against them in the Summit up 2-0. Alliance 100% won, but don't pretend that you know how it would have gone if it were 5 games.  okay it's starladder fault then. no? Alliance won. It doesn't matter how many games the finals were, the length of series makes it completely different and not worth arguing. even bo7 , sumail's hero pool is limited , s4 win all day long vs sumail. limited compared to which other mids? i believe the starladder final is EG vs A s4: NS, Puck, Bat, QoP, DP - 5 Sumail: Zeus, QoP, Ember, Bat, Brew, SK, Razor, DP, Invoker - 9 Yeah man, Sumail only almost played twice as many heroes as S4 this tournament. If only his hero pool wasn't so limited and he could do more than play a different hero almost every game. You forgot to add Razor, Leshrac, Brewmaster, and, Dragon Knight to S4's hero pool. Also, Lina for Sumail. (S4 continued to pick Leshrac even after he was nerfed) 9 to 10 ?
How did I forget anything? I was going by this tournament, as I clearly stated, seeing as that was what was being discussed. S4 won the tournament despite playing half as many heroes as Sumail, so clearly Sumail's hero pool isn't too limited to win the tournament - that's total nonsense.
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On January 17 2016 21:52 sunrazgriz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:27 FuzzyJAM wrote:On January 17 2016 21:21 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:18 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:16 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:12 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:10 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:08 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:04 sunrazgriz wrote: but... but... in bo5 , EG would .....
VP looked just a good against them in the Summit up 2-0. Alliance 100% won, but don't pretend that you know how it would have gone if it were 5 games.  okay it's starladder fault then. no? Alliance won. It doesn't matter how many games the finals were, the length of series makes it completely different and not worth arguing. even bo7 , sumail's hero pool is limited , s4 win all day long vs sumail. limited compared to which other mids? i believe the starladder final is EG vs A s4: NS, Puck, Bat, QoP, DP - 5 Sumail: Zeus, QoP, Ember, Bat, Brew, SK, Razor, DP, Invoker - 9 Yeah man, Sumail only almost played twice as many heroes as S4 this tournament. If only his hero pool wasn't so limited and he could do more than play a different hero almost every game. limited because almost all sumail hero can be stomp by single s4 bat This is not what limited hero pool means, nor is it true. Bat, even S4 Bat, should not stomp all of the heroes Sumail plays.
S4 playing better than Sumail isn't the same as S4 having a broader hero pool.
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On January 17 2016 21:21 sunrazgriz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2016 21:18 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:16 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:12 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:10 sunrazgriz wrote:On January 17 2016 21:08 lolnoty wrote:On January 17 2016 21:04 sunrazgriz wrote: but... but... in bo5 , EG would .....
VP looked just a good against them in the Summit up 2-0. Alliance 100% won, but don't pretend that you know how it would have gone if it were 5 games.  okay it's starladder fault then. no? Alliance won. It doesn't matter how many games the finals were, the length of series makes it completely different and not worth arguing. even bo7 , sumail's hero pool is limited , s4 win all day long vs sumail. limited compared to which other mids? i believe the starladder final is EG vs A Not only are they different mids, but that's not even true. S4 has 10 heroes over 23 games this patch, and sumail has 9 over 21. Statistically even in diversity.
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On January 17 2016 21:50 a-game wrote: I don't think alliance crumbled because of meta. loda just had to learn the hard way that the team isn't shit without s4 Alliance crumbled before s4 went away.
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