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Vertical
Profile Joined July 2011
Indonesia4317 Posts
April 24 2016 14:21 GMT
#1521
On April 24 2016 23:12 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:07 Gevna wrote:
On April 24 2016 23:04 Taf the Ghost wrote:
On April 24 2016 22:59 Gevna wrote:
Wings destroyed all the bullshit in Ver's article. That feels good.


No, they actually pretty much provided proof to most of it. They just drafted to run down the other team, so they couldn't disengage cleanly.

Ruberband never mattered in any of those games, beside Liquid getting huge bounties from behind and still losing hard, because thats what happen when you are bad and when you're just way too far behind.


Your ability to analyze Dota is in major question. Wings' "wrinkle" to their approach around the timings takes advantage of those Rubberband mechanics. In the points where they were even or behind, they'd seek out ganks. That was the entire point of running Invis Heroes almost every game. They played the vision game really well and had a great day.

Doesn't change the fact they looked pretty terrible the first two days and they figured out the right timings for the current state of the Meta. They managed to chain together the right games to win it all. Which, at the end, is what you're out to do.

Though that's still no excuse to draft Necrophos.

serious question here :

so Wings intentionally gave away kills to Liquid in early game ?
then mid-late game start ganking to cash in the rubberband mechanic
against OD and Spec the best scaling heroes
-Terran-
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
April 24 2016 14:21 GMT
#1522
On April 24 2016 23:20 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:17 DucK- wrote:
The old chinese teams and players are still bad. Don't kid yourself. At least the scene has started to crawl out of the shithole of shanghai major.


Don't worry, because of me everyone will state China is the best until Manila and then I'll be right again.

Grief stage status: bargaining.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
RubickPicker
Profile Joined October 2015
United States332 Posts
April 24 2016 14:21 GMT
#1523
On April 24 2016 23:18 ShootAnonymous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:17 DucK- wrote:
The old chinese teams and players are still bad. Don't kid yourself. At least the scene has started to crawl out of the shithole of shanghai major.


EHOME... ):

I don't think EHOME even realized they were playing Dota.

It's a crime that a team with Iceiceice is so bad in a patch where mid Invokers are everywhere. Maybe there'll be some Game Of Thrones shit between him and Lamn. ;b
* N U K E D *
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
April 24 2016 14:22 GMT
#1524
On April 24 2016 23:19 DucK- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:17 wims80 wrote:
On April 24 2016 22:31 wims80 wrote:
The BH doesnt matter much, he's just a position 5, he'll get the farm going once he's 6

Once BH got 6 Wings started dominating the game, his early game levels didn't really matter in the end. You could even argue that BH having track earlier would have made Liquids many early kills more valuable


No. Once Bat got his Blink, wings dominated the game. The 2 kills on spectre using the same modus operandi won the game. Track didn't matter at all. Bounty's main contribution in the game was just a mobile ward.


Wings' vision game was massively on point. With some time to process what they were doing, it's actually the key to their wins. It opens up ganking opportunities that didn't exist otherwise. Wings uses an Invis hero (or Beastmaster) rather than some form of the Global Presence Strat, but it's pretty similar to what Secret was doing at the Shanghai Major. Though the timings are a bit different.
Vertical
Profile Joined July 2011
Indonesia4317 Posts
April 24 2016 14:22 GMT
#1525
On April 24 2016 23:20 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:17 DucK- wrote:
The old chinese teams and players are still bad. Don't kid yourself. At least the scene has started to crawl out of the shithole of shanghai major.


Don't worry, because of me everyone will state China is the best until Manila and then I'll be right again.

doesent matter best western team will win in the end, LELZ
-Terran-
Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
April 24 2016 14:22 GMT
#1526
Ice: MIA
Iceice: Champion
Iceiceice: 0-4

We have figured out the exact number of ice required to win
Glorious SEA doto
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66286 Posts
April 24 2016 14:23 GMT
#1527
On April 24 2016 23:22 Fusilero wrote:
Ice: MIA
Iceice: Champion
Iceiceice: 0-4

We have figured out the exact number of ice required to win

one less ice, one more championship
POGGERS
uriel-
Profile Joined August 2007
Singapore1867 Posts
April 24 2016 14:23 GMT
#1528
What I don't get is this - who's even saying "China is the best"?

I think Azarkon literally cannot comprehend the idea of a spectrum. If you try to say something like "I don't think the Chinese are absolutely worthless trash with no redeeming value" he hears it as "CHINA NUMBAH WAAAAANNN" and then goes crazy.
turpentine
Profile Joined November 2015
1624 Posts
April 24 2016 14:24 GMT
#1529
ya, who is even saying that China is the best, outside of maybe ForTehDarkseid, who is about a 6/10 on the azarkon maniac scale

There's only one person making an extreme claim, over and over again
Book of Funn1k, 3:22 "YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND NOW YOU TALK ABOUT 0-7 TUSK?? I would so fuckin Walrus Punch you that you will get stunned for 1 year."
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-24 14:24:33
April 24 2016 14:24 GMT
#1530
was that the time when dk used two standins from some random tier 2
Rillanon.au
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
April 24 2016 14:24 GMT
#1531
But now the bigger problem: who is going to get an invite for Manila?
nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
April 24 2016 14:24 GMT
#1532
the buenomancer strikes again

seriously, having a diverging opinion doesn't mean you're something special--that there's something extra going on in your head or that you're more sane. it means that you like to have conflicting arguments and going against what other people say. arguing over the internet is such a stupid activity, and you are stupid for not just admitting that this team simply played well.
*@boesthius' FF7 nostalgia stream bomb* "we should work on a 'Final Progamer' fangame»whitera can be a protagonist---lastlie: "we save world and then defense it"
BoesFX
Profile Joined April 2013
1456 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1533
On April 24 2016 23:24 haduken wrote:
was that the time when dk used two standins from some random tier 2

Three standins.
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1534
ya if TL won it would be easier for valve, now it's weird.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
RubickPicker
Profile Joined October 2015
United States332 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1535
On April 24 2016 23:20 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:17 DucK- wrote:
The old chinese teams and players are still bad. Don't kid yourself. At least the scene has started to crawl out of the shithole of shanghai major.


Don't worry, because of me everyone will state China is the best until Manila and then I'll be right again.

You know, I try not to hear Donald Trump's voice in your posts, but prose like this deserves it.
* N U K E D *
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-24 14:27:31
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1536
On April 24 2016 23:24 Azarkon wrote:
But now the bigger problem: who is going to get an invite for Manila?

Wings and Vici Reborn should.

On April 24 2016 23:24 turpentine wrote:
ya, who is even saying that China is the best, outside of maybe ForTehDarkseid, who is about a 6/10 on the azarkon maniac scale

No, I am just stating Secret and Liquid in the current form are trash.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
Elurie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
4716 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1537
On April 24 2016 23:18 Snakesneaks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2016 23:11 Loanshark wrote:
Look guys let me explain the Azarkon narrative

Chinese team wins with fresh picks = They just found a loophole in the meta
Chinese team wins with old picks = Oh look they can't innovate
Unknown Chinese team wins = They won because no one studied them
Known Chinese team wins = China has no new blood

And as always, don't forget to mention that the Western teams just obviously weren't trying that hard and will stomp at the next major/TI.


a-dog should make this as signature hence he doesn't need to type anymore


lol
Vertical
Profile Joined July 2011
Indonesia4317 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1538
On April 24 2016 23:24 Azarkon wrote:
But now the bigger problem: who is going to get an invite for Manila?

western team of course, LELZ
-Terran-
Racket
Profile Joined July 2013
3023 Posts
April 24 2016 14:25 GMT
#1539
On April 24 2016 23:24 Azarkon wrote:
But now the bigger problem: who is going to get an invite for Manila?

No one, as I wished for so long. Everyone playing Quals YAY!
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
April 24 2016 14:27 GMT
#1540
On April 24 2016 23:23 uriel- wrote:
What I don't get is this - who's even saying "China is the best"?

I think Azarkon literally cannot comprehend the idea of a spectrum. If you try to say something like "I don't think the Chinese are absolutely worthless trash with no redeeming value" he hears it as "CHINA NUMBAH WAAAAANNN" and then goes crazy.


Most of the old Chinese players are, in fact, bad and getting worse. They have long been the problem with the region. You could argue that I shouldn't have put them in the same group as the new players. But the new teams were losing to the old teams. By logic, the new teams were even worse, but now we know it's not so simple.

Also what happened to pretending to not read my posts?
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