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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
May 11 2016 14:17 GMT
#3061
On May 11 2016 23:10 Nedereden wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:08 Wintex wrote:
[image loading] dang

Whats the story behind this now?

Maybe he's playing StarCraft and realizing how hard it is?
kiss kiss fall in love
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
May 11 2016 14:17 GMT
#3062
My dream is that Secrekt has to play in the regional qualifiers for TI and get knocked out by Kapii or NoDiggity or NaVi.
TRUEESPORTS || your days as a respected member of team liquid are over
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
May 11 2016 14:18 GMT
#3063
On May 11 2016 23:08 Wintex wrote:
[image loading] dang

that cursor holy shit
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
May 11 2016 14:18 GMT
#3064
Liquid, Newbee... new VG i guess ? thats about it

Wings looked great, but i need to see more
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-11 14:19:29
May 11 2016 14:18 GMT
#3065
I'll be prudent and reserve my judgement on Secret for after the Manila Major since they fucking rekt Shanghai a new one when everybody thought they weren't even top 3 contenders

On May 11 2016 23:17 emperorchampion wrote:
My dream is that Secrekt has to play in the regional qualifiers for TI and get knocked out by Kapii or NoDiggity or NaVi.


Keep dreaming.
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
FreakyDroid
Profile Joined July 2012
Macedonia2616 Posts
May 11 2016 14:19 GMT
#3066
On May 11 2016 23:16 bluzi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:13 FreakyDroid wrote:
I was expecting a w33 tweet, but I guess he is waiting to see how Secret's next match goes.


Well if they do a lower bracket win he will look bad , so he probably waiting bit more for his stab at them , or he is past that and just focus on his team.


I certainly hope he is past that, though I wouldnt mind him throwing another jab at Secret like last time :D
Smile, tomorrow will be worse
Nyan
Profile Joined April 2015
Germany1931 Posts
May 11 2016 14:20 GMT
#3067
On May 11 2016 23:17 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:15 Baggage wrote:
People are rating Secret highly because of the supposed individual talent and big names on the team. Hopefully, people will gain some perspective on Secret and realise that they are nowhere close to being a top-tier team at the moment. They certainly have the potential to be a top team, but they are nowhere close to meeting the expectations the community imagined, let alone themselves.

Who are the top teams right now though? NewBee and MVP and that's it?

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nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
May 11 2016 14:23 GMT
#3068
On May 11 2016 23:20 Nyan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:17 FuzzyJAM wrote:
On May 11 2016 23:15 Baggage wrote:
People are rating Secret highly because of the supposed individual talent and big names on the team. Hopefully, people will gain some perspective on Secret and realise that they are nowhere close to being a top-tier team at the moment. They certainly have the potential to be a top team, but they are nowhere close to meeting the expectations the community imagined, let alone themselves.

Who are the top teams right now though? NewBee and MVP and that's it?

LIQUID

And wings.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Diavlo
Profile Joined July 2011
Belgium2915 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-11 14:30:03
May 11 2016 14:23 GMT
#3069
I don't think you can call top teams in the west considering the incredibly small number of games they each played, I mean are OG or Alliance good? Who the fucks knows they have played like 5 games.

The east is easier but only internally, LGD and VG are awful, Nb looks amazing and the rest is in between.
"I don't know how many years on this Earth I got left. I'm gonna get real weird with it."
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-11 14:27:40
May 11 2016 14:25 GMT
#3070
On May 11 2016 23:23 Diavlo wrote:
I don't think you can call top teams in the west considering the incredibly small number of games they each played, I mean are OG or Alliance good? Who the fucks nows they have played like 5 games.

The east is easier but only internally, LGD and VG are awful, Nb looks amazing and the rest is in between.

Thats a problem with dota 2 as an scene

the amount of games teams play is incredibly low if you are considered "top team", you get invited to most tournaments, etc... no real practice, scrims are great but you need some of the real deal

in csgo you see top teams playing online qualifiers/leagues all the time, there are some tournaments with invite systems but every week off from a tournament theres navi, lg, astralis, nip, nv, etc... playing each other trying to qualify
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
Wineandbread
Profile Joined September 2009
United States2065 Posts
May 11 2016 14:26 GMT
#3071
I agree with Faruko, it's quite hard to judge teams when they're not playing each other on a consistent basis

The sample size is just so small
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
May 11 2016 14:27 GMT
#3072
On May 11 2016 23:25 Faruko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:23 Diavlo wrote:
I don't think you can call top teams in the west considering the incredibly small number of games they each played, I mean are OG or Alliance good? Who the fucks nows they have played like 5 games.

The east is easier but only internally, LGD and VG are awful, Nb looks amazing and the rest is in between.

Thats a problem with dota 2 as an scene

the amount of games teams play is incredibly low if you are considered "top team", you get invited to most tournaments, etc... no real practice, scrims are great but you need some of the real deal

in csgo you see top teams playing online qualifiers/leagues all the time, there are some tournaments with invite systems but every week off from a tournament theres navi, lg, astralist, nip, nv, etc... playing each other trying to qualify

Most of people agreed there were way too many invites for the next major. I hope valve goes for something like 8 invites at TI.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
syw651
Profile Joined April 2014
Australia349 Posts
May 11 2016 14:27 GMT
#3073
On May 11 2016 23:12 FuzzyJAM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:09 nojok wrote:
Secret can win TI : kick EE and RTZ, tested and proven, it might even result in the first back to back TIs.

EE was pretty obviously the best player in the game and has been the second best player for Secret all year. Why would they kick him?

Is this some funny joke I'm missing?

Alliance kicked EE and won TI3
EG lost RTZ and won TI5

I believe that's what he's referencing. Whether or not it's funny is up to you.
bluzi
Profile Joined May 2011
4703 Posts
May 11 2016 14:30 GMT
#3074
mmmm , why not ban that that yellow bird i hate that yellow bird , it does everything you want from a support , OG are REALLY greedy , both support needs levels , i say alliance goes #4 on doom and get a different offlane
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
May 11 2016 14:30 GMT
#3075
On May 11 2016 23:27 nojok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 11 2016 23:25 Faruko wrote:
On May 11 2016 23:23 Diavlo wrote:
I don't think you can call top teams in the west considering the incredibly small number of games they each played, I mean are OG or Alliance good? Who the fucks nows they have played like 5 games.

The east is easier but only internally, LGD and VG are awful, Nb looks amazing and the rest is in between.

Thats a problem with dota 2 as an scene

the amount of games teams play is incredibly low if you are considered "top team", you get invited to most tournaments, etc... no real practice, scrims are great but you need some of the real deal

in csgo you see top teams playing online qualifiers/leagues all the time, there are some tournaments with invite systems but every week off from a tournament theres navi, lg, astralist, nip, nv, etc... playing each other trying to qualify

Most of people agreed there were way too many invites for the next major. I hope valve goes for something like 8 invites at TI.

I almost want them to do qualifiers for everyone, where Majors give you a very good positional seed into the quals.
Maybe that defeats the purpose of a major, though, as a qualifier for TI? I certainly want to see the top 4 teams in the upcoming major be all Wildcard teams.
kiss kiss fall in love
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
May 11 2016 14:30 GMT
#3076
Let it be Bulldog's Weaver. For the sake of variety
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
May 11 2016 14:31 GMT
#3077
On May 11 2016 23:17 emperorchampion wrote:
My dream is that Secrekt has to play in the regional qualifiers for TI and get knocked out by Kapii or NoDiggity or NaVi.


OG, Secret and the Manila Major Winner will have automatic Invites.

bluzi
Profile Joined May 2011
4703 Posts
May 11 2016 14:31 GMT
#3078
SO MUCH GREED from OG , Alliance are not the best on punishing greed , so Fly is banning smartly
TheTenthDoc
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9561 Posts
May 11 2016 14:32 GMT
#3079
Qualifiers are a big win for mid-tier teams because as evidenced by some of the sets of invites Valve does not give a flying fuck if you lose in qualifiers for tons of tournaments as long as you have a good showing at a LAN or two.

The problem is there isn't enough time for high-tier teams to justify playing in qualifiers for tournaments they're not invited to-they'd have to drop out of a few at the last minute, which was kind of a big problem for the scene for a while.
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
May 11 2016 14:33 GMT
#3080
1 year ago, "it's stupid that top tier teams have to play in qualifiers, the scene is oversaturrated with games".

Today, "All teams must play in qualifier, they are not playing enough game at all".

In 1 year, "Please stop making top teams play in qualifier, this is meaningless and hype killing".
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