On May 07 2016 07:53 pellejohnson wrote:
*YAWN*

How many times have empire went to TI events and failed miserably? Was really hoping for the underdogs AF to go pull through

Good thing this is not TI qualifier then. Also, only 2 times.

Kuroeeah

11696 Posts

May 06 2016 22:57 GMT

#786

I don't see how AF wins this even with their amazing hold

Artisreal

Germany9235 Posts

May 06 2016 22:58 GMT

#787

GG and good luck for Empire at Manila Major!

Spirit Breaker looked so heartbroken at the ending screen after his Ancient exploded

nojok

France15846 Posts

May 06 2016 22:59 GMT

#788

GG empire

Feel bad for AF given the invites.

the bear jew

United States3674 Posts

May 06 2016 22:59 GMT

#789

GG WP Empire. Best of luck in Manilla.

Provocateur

Sweden1665 Posts

May 06 2016 22:59 GMT

#790

Good to see this Empire squad go through, gonna be fun to see how they match up against the invites

Kuroeeah

11696 Posts

May 06 2016 23:00 GMT

#791

Both teams were about equal in skill imo, tight series hopefully empire shows in the major

FreakyDroid

Macedonia2616 Posts

May 06 2016 23:02 GMT

#792

I liked both teams, but I wanted to see AF advance because these guys impressed me with their games and I wanted them to go and get some more experience. In time I think they can be a strong team, they just lack a bit of experience and that last game showed that they couldnt handle the pressure very well.

Elurie

4716 Posts

May 06 2016 23:03 GMT

#793

On May 07 2016 07:02 Zeelah wrote:
I want both these teams to go to the major so much

I don't like how only 1 team can make it out of the qualifiers,it seems quite unfair.

Ikr! The qualifier runnerups should have taken the spots of 4 invites.

Gevna

France2332 Posts

May 06 2016 23:07 GMT

#794

Dont know why people are blaming invites for AF not qualifying. They would probably have had less chances to qualify with OG / Alliance / Navi in the qualifier. That was actually their best shot.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

May 06 2016 23:09 GMT

#795

We did it, boys. =)

resoLVer1.0

Russian Federation125 Posts

May 06 2016 23:11 GMT

#796

I'm glad for Empire, but I think they woldn't do it should the tounament format be fair (at least 1-0 WB advantage would suffice for AF). But hell, it's the qualifers, we're here to run a show, not to find out which team is the strongest, oh wait...

Faruko

Chile34173 Posts

May 06 2016 23:26 GMT

#797

pretty sure OG, NaVi and alliance win this qualifiers tbh... ok, new patch (might shake things up so maybe not ?) but if it was last patch (when invites were sent out), all those 3 teams win the spots either way

Akill0816

Germany90 Posts

May 06 2016 23:54 GMT

#798

Stong clutch-performances today from empire. I think they had some advantage in the grand final, because they came from the lower bracket. Ad Finem had to play the first and the last series of the day. I really didn't like Valves sheduling.
The one thing that seperates Empire from the Dig and AF was their versatility. They really can switch up their heroes. The european qualifiers were awfully close at all. I still don't like the double elimination system especially on brackets with only 4 teams. It's kind of funny that AF and DiG have won the majority of their games vs empire but could not pull of the decisive win.

Anyway i hope that Empire will have a strong showing at the Major. I think they should be competetive against most of the invited teams.

Dracolich70

Denmark3820 Posts

May 07 2016 04:51 GMT

#799

I don't think it is given a lot of the direct invites would qualify. They play once in a blue moon, while many of the qualifier teams have played more regularly.

I honestly think this was the time, where Valve should have invited less, rather than more.

bluzi

4703 Posts

May 07 2016 05:25 GMT

#800

On May 07 2016 13:51 Dracolich70 wrote:
I don't think it is given a lot of the direct invites would qualify. They play once in a blue moon, while many of the qualifier teams have played more regularly.

I honestly think this was the time, where Valve should have invited less, rather than more.

Agreed , the minimum they should do is a wildcard for the 2nd places in the qualifiers , at least let those team enjoy the event and have a chance to play in it.