EPTI won't consider it a victory for the West to win this tournament, since the West has six teams. I will consider it a victory for the West, however, for Newbee to finish less than third.
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
I won't consider it a victory for the West to win this tournament, since the West has six teams. I will consider it a victory for the West, however, for Newbee to finish less than third. | ||
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ForTehDarkseid
8139 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:18 Azarkon wrote: Newbee against the six best Western teams and one Russian team, going to be fun. >six best Too much is too much. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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Dracolich70
Denmark3820 Posts
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ForTehDarkseid
8139 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:16 GumBa wrote: You seem to dislike ND and qojqva in particular. Any reason? Can't cheer for synderen after all. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
Why not? He seems like an alright guy. | ||
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hunter_x
Germany2762 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:16 GumBa wrote: You seem to dislike ND and qojqva in particular. Any reason? I think he was the guy who said fnatic would Steam roll esl Manila, and Midone is so much better then the other mids. Just a hater. | ||
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GumBa
United Kingdom31935 Posts
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Azarkon
United States21060 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:23 Dracolich70 wrote: Most of West have rested on their laurels recently. I see this as a warmup tournament for most teams. They'll have two weeks from the end of this tournament to Manila, and with travel, etc., it's going to be a week of practice, so this is the best look at where teams are at. Teams won't show every strategy this tournament, but they will show their skill. | ||
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hunter_x
Germany2762 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:24 GumBa wrote: Wonder if they could get diggity on the panel for the main event. Well synderen has time now;) | ||
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DucK-
Singapore11446 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:24 hunter_x wrote: I think he was the guy who said fnatic would Steam roll esl Manila, and Midone is so much better then the other mids. Just a hater. There's no doubting that midone is up there with all the top mids though. | ||
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Dracolich70
Denmark3820 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:25 Azarkon wrote: yeah, they will not show their best strategies, that is if they even know them by now. I think it is safe to say that most of them will be very sub-par. EG and Secret showed they were pretty far off any top form,and I doubt OG are looking any good. This will probably be very experimental, and getting off some rust, and getting execution and team play tuned.They'll have two weeks from the end of this tournament to Manila, and with travel, etc., it's going to be a week of practice, so this is the best look at where teams are at. Teams won't show every strategy this tournament, but they will show their skill and decision making. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
He was always amazing at farming. And completely mediocre with item choices and decision making. Of course, I haven't seen many of No Diggity's games, so maybe he's gotten better. | ||
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Dracolich70
Denmark3820 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:30 WolfintheSheep wrote: He carried TL, Tinker and Mouz, and is considered to be one of the best young players. I wouldn't say farming is his focal point. Rather mechanical skills. Needless to say he has been away for awhile, and therefore needs to more competitive play like some of his team mates.He was always amazing at farming. And completely mediocre with item choices and decision making. Of course, I haven't seen many of No Diggity's games, so maybe he's gotten better. | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
he's a talented player but he doesn't play a winning style and icefrog is moving dota away from his style in any case. qojqva's always been the kind of player who loses with 100 more lasthits than the enemy carry and 0-1 deaths. People who think he was good are people like nahaz who have no fundamental grasp of dota and believe that the only thing that matters is your gpm figure on the score screen | ||
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Piledriver
United States1697 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:35 Dracolich70 wrote: He carried TL, Tinker and Mouz, and is considered to be one of the best young players. I wouldn't say farming is his focal point. Rather mechanical skills. Needless to say he has been away for awhile, and therefore needs to more competitive play like some of his team mates. "Carried" is stretching a bit. He always choked after soaking up the farm around the map with his extremely passive play style. People tend to look at players who took a break / went away from the scene with rose tinted glasses, but forget that they took the break for a reason - they were horribly underperforming. Qojqva was great during/before TI3 days, but he has been consistently mediocre/sub par afterwards, aside from Liquid's respectable TI4 performance. | ||
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Dracolich70
Denmark3820 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:36 Sn0_Man wrote: A lot of pro players have huge respect for Qojqva's skills. He *anchored* those teams lol he's a talented player but he doesn't play a winning style and icefrog is moving dota away from his style in any case. qojqva's always been the kind of player who loses with 100 more lasthits than the enemy carry and 0-1 deaths. People who think he was good are people like nahaz who have no fundamental grasp of dota and believe that the only thing that matters is your gpm figure on the score screen "but he doesn't play a winning style and icefrog is moving dota away from his style in any case. ". What does this even mean, exactly? | ||
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FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:41 Dracolich70 wrote: A lot of pro players have huge respect for Qojqva's skills. I've heard praise of his strong mechanics from his teammates a year or more ago. IDK how much that means. | ||
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ForTehDarkseid
8139 Posts
Yeah, he is great as a person, honestly. Always enjoyed his casting but his pro player career ended with mtw. He tilts easily as a captain and doesn't show much skills nowadays. | ||
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ForTehDarkseid
8139 Posts
On May 10 2016 03:24 hunter_x wrote: I think he was the guy who said fnatic would Steam roll esl Manila, and Midone is so much better then the other mids. Just a hater. Fnatic narrowly lost to the Wings. That series were a real finals in a hindsight. MidOne was hands down the best player at the tournament. His Invoker and Pugna were terrifying, so it's not like I was terribly wrong in my predictions. | ||
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