On April 24 2016 15:32 haduken wrote:
interestingly enough wings have lost the first game of all bo3 they've played this tournament.

they are adaptable in draft tho, unlike the burdens back home.

They seem to be decent at adapting. And also seem to be play better as the series goes on.

Though I'd love some detailed analysis how they get rolled so hard every game 1.

Not that much to say. Wings had Chen/necro pos 1; Fnatic had Ench/spec. A fight broke out at 0:00 - Fnatic got first blood and even ended up using way less regen after the fight - Chen got bullied by Ench who destroyed Necro - Ench had Phase when Necro was lvl 2 and had no way of laning - rest was just death animation.

But he's talking about every game 1 being a colossal failure. I think it's an exaggeration but Wings are doing something wrong with their opening games that is really inconsistent with how well they end up doing over time.

either it's some sort of throw game, find out how your opponent play sort of thing which is pretty ballsy if true.

either way why da fuq does col deserve an invite i don't get it.

if wings win this tournament, not saying they win, it would be pretty double standard for them not to invite wings and invite VGR.

They won't win, which is why it's going to be an issue, were Empire to not win. Invite Fnatic, and people will say - why did you invite Fnatic when they didn't win any tournament and lost to the team that you didn't invite? Invite Empire, and people will say - why would you invite this team that didn't win any tournament and didn't even play until one week before the invite?

I think wings is fighting for an invite spot against their Chinese peers. If the other chinese teams have been shit, i don't see a reason not to invite wings. So far, only VGR have performed, while LGD and perhaps newbee have shown some glimpses.

Similarly, why Fnatic won't get an invite is because of MVP. Why empire will likely not be invited is because of other EU teams.

While it would be ideal to invite only the best teams around, realistically we know that there's quotas for each region.

well yeah, if wings actually wins this tournament that's going to blow the invites for China wide open.

They won't win, but it still makes it a problem, because Fnatic at the moment doesn't get an invite with these international results. No other team would get it for just getting into the six of Shanghai.

Achaian

United States3369 Posts

April 24 2016 07:02 GMT

#305

NOR

mutantmagnet

United States3791 Posts

April 24 2016 07:03 GMT

#306

After the praise from Maelk. Will he melt under the pressure?

Kamisamanachi

4665 Posts

April 24 2016 07:03 GMT

#307

On April 24 2016 15:59 DucK- wrote:

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i dont think mvp will get an invite over fnatic tho..yeah, they finished one place above fnatic at shanghai, but have been losing to fnatic in almost every qualifiers since then (3 or 4 qualifiers grand finals) and on top of that they got out of starladder without winning a single map.and if anything valve did with last major with alliance invite is they gave weightage to tournament before major(WCA) and i am pretty sure if they count esl in, then fnatic should clearly get an invite over fnatic