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Dracolich70
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark3820 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-14 10:10:53
May 14 2016 10:09 GMT
#4481
On May 14 2016 19:08 lolfail9001 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 19:07 Danzo wrote:
So is EG tier 2 now?

Listen, EG once lost London Conspiracy.

So, EG are not tier 2 until they fail to place in top 8 at Manilla. They need to win only 2 games for that.
They are more like Tier 3 now. It is highly questionable they would beat CoL and DC at this point in a qualifier. They lost to LC in a meaningless match, this is not what this is, and you know it.
LiangHao
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
May 14 2016 10:10 GMT
#4482
On May 14 2016 19:08 Nedereden wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 19:01 Danzo wrote:
On May 14 2016 19:00 Wintex wrote:
On May 14 2016 18:59 Danzo wrote:
On May 14 2016 18:58 CorsairHero wrote:
secret and eg got so much worse


Thanks Universe.

ftfy


Bulba probably played the best out of EG this tournament to be honest.

Ahaha... yeah in opposite land. Their loss of Universe is so much more apparent thanks to Bulba. Also cant for the life of me figure out why Fear isnt playing carry and Aui on support. Its beyond bizarre. -_-


Not really. Has Bulba realaly done anything that bad during tournament? I'm pretty certain if Uni was still playing it would of looked the same. Meanwhile, Universe is playing like dog trash at the moment.
Getting too old for this..
Nedereden
Profile Joined June 2013
777 Posts
May 14 2016 10:10 GMT
#4483
On May 14 2016 19:09 Shaella wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 19:08 Nedereden wrote:
On May 14 2016 19:01 Danzo wrote:
On May 14 2016 19:00 Wintex wrote:
On May 14 2016 18:59 Danzo wrote:
On May 14 2016 18:58 CorsairHero wrote:
secret and eg got so much worse


Thanks Universe.

ftfy


Bulba probably played the best out of EG this tournament to be honest.

Ahaha... yeah in opposite land. Their loss of Universe is so much more apparent thanks to Bulba. Also cant for the life of me figure out why Fear isnt playing carry and Aui on support. Its beyond bizarre. -_-

Bulba is arguably the player doing the best on EG currently.

and Universe looks.. Garbage on Secret.

Universe on EG Vs Bulba on EG are what we're talking abt for the sake of this convo.
"Firefly piglet force staff chicken" - TobiWanKenobi TI3 2013
Valhalla44
Profile Joined May 2010
Bosnia-Herzegovina983 Posts
May 14 2016 10:10 GMT
#4484
On May 14 2016 19:06 Birdie wrote:
http://oddshot.tv/shot/epicenter-en1-2016051410549632 how about that passion though


Prolly PPD teased swindle on afterparties of the tournaments for never winning vs them.
Swindle is happy cuse he has some arguments vs that teasing :D.
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
May 14 2016 10:11 GMT
#4485
Honestly i think it wouldn't matter if it was Universe or Bulba on either team they both seem to have deeper problems based around that they don't seem to know how to play this fucking patch
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
Moobutt
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1996 Posts
May 14 2016 10:11 GMT
#4486
PPD is an angry guy who controls his players. RTZ and Universe aren't used to not being controlled anymore. Bulba and Aui aren't used to being controlled yet. It will normalize.
3/22/16 The Day EG Died
Kabras
Profile Joined June 2011
Romania3508 Posts
May 14 2016 10:11 GMT
#4487
On May 14 2016 19:03 Danzo wrote:
So, is Complexity #1 NA? DC has been looking fucking scary. They're going to be the dark horse at Manila, mark my words.

ugh, i don't know about that. yea they look great against random na teams but that doesn't mean much vs international competition. moo especially seems to have a rough time pretty much every game even against those teams. maybe i'm downplaying them and they'll do good but i really don't think their officials so far mean much.
"So playing SF in pubs, everyone remember that a very important point is that when using a carry hero like this you must be very selfish. Because working with team mates is a very dangerous thing" - 2009
Nedereden
Profile Joined June 2013
777 Posts
May 14 2016 10:11 GMT
#4488
On May 14 2016 19:06 Birdie wrote:
http://oddshot.tv/shot/epicenter-en1-2016051410549632 how about that passion though

P A S S I O N
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S
I
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"Firefly piglet force staff chicken" - TobiWanKenobi TI3 2013
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
May 14 2016 10:13 GMT
#4489


Getting too old for this..
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
May 14 2016 10:15 GMT
#4490
well going veil first instead of blink like a fucking robot in that last game is one problem
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
turpentine
Profile Joined November 2015
1624 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-14 10:17:34
May 14 2016 10:16 GMT
#4491
On May 14 2016 19:11 Shaella wrote:
Honestly i think it wouldn't matter if it was Universe or Bulba on either team they both seem to have deeper problems based around that they don't seem to know how to play this fucking patch


Yeah. Like, aui makes some dubious plays and mistakes--that morph death was pretty bad in game 1, but at that point 10 min in the game col was already just barrelling down bot as 5, with an LD with midas and 1500 gold, and no movements from EG. They're losing to push strats, like against liquid. EG seems to let too much slip through in the drafting phase, and then in-game they aren't able to do enough early, cause their supports aren't doing enough and sumail gives away too many deaths, as if he can still get some recovery farm in the jungle like in the good old days. Meahwhile a team like liquid has JERAX GOD.
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."
Dracolich70
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark3820 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-14 10:18:07
May 14 2016 10:16 GMT
#4492
On May 14 2016 19:08 lolnoty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 19:07 Dracolich70 wrote:
Think we have learned that EG and Secret deserve no more invites to anything from here on, unless they produce results with these rosters.

if there's any consistency ever, EG are autoinvited to TI6 even if they lose everything in the next few months
They get invites to TI due to being champs regardlessly, but outside that, they need to actually do something rather than live off their name, much like Secret did, when only PPY remained from Secret. This catering to big teams needs to stop, just because of probable potential. If you want consistency, you would want the same rules for everyone.
LiangHao
Nedereden
Profile Joined June 2013
777 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-14 10:17:14
May 14 2016 10:17 GMT
#4493
On May 14 2016 19:15 Shaella wrote:
well going veil first instead of blink like a fucking robot in that last game is one problem

Agreed. That was crazy. Isnt blink the better snowball item on Puck anyway?
"Firefly piglet force staff chicken" - TobiWanKenobi TI3 2013
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
May 14 2016 10:17 GMT
#4494
On May 14 2016 19:08 Shaella wrote:
I honestly feel like that series was on PPD

100%

those drafts...


Yeah, ppd didn't adjust to this tournament well. (Granted, against TL, I thought they had the better drafts both games, until the AA hard-countered them.) I only caught the last half of Game 2, but the tournament has gone for this early-moving, tanky & sustain approach (because of Newbee). ppd just doesn't really want to draft that way. Though maybe he's running into a comfortable hero pool issue with Aui at the moment and his options will improve over time.

Though, honestly, I was expecting a lot of wonky drafts from both teams, since I'm sure they scrim against each other occasionally. Inter-team Metas do develop, which probably explains the Dark Seer ban.
HammerKick
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
France6190 Posts
May 14 2016 10:18 GMT
#4495
EG is out lel

Newbee vs col could be interesting, but I guess everyone's waiting for og liquid here
so am I
Well, it's high noon somewhere in the world
Dysisa
Profile Joined July 2014
Sweden2376 Posts
May 14 2016 10:18 GMT
#4496
On May 14 2016 19:06 Birdie wrote:
http://oddshot.tv/shot/epicenter-en1-2016051410549632 how about that passion though

What a fucking champ, so glad to see someone with some fucking heart in this game.
fuck dota 2 | "i don't like ppd, and i really look forward to one day beating that motherfucker" -Swindlemelonzz, my personal hero
Dracolich70
Profile Joined May 2011
Denmark3820 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-05-14 10:21:02
May 14 2016 10:19 GMT
#4497
On May 14 2016 19:17 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2016 19:08 Shaella wrote:
I honestly feel like that series was on PPD

100%

those drafts...


Yeah, ppd didn't adjust to this tournament well. (Granted, against TL, I thought they had the better drafts both games, until the AA hard-countered them.) I only caught the last half of Game 2, but the tournament has gone for this early-moving, tanky & sustain approach (because of Newbee). ppd just doesn't really want to draft that way. Though maybe he's running into a comfortable hero pool issue with Aui at the moment and his options will improve over time.

Though, honestly, I was expecting a lot of wonky drafts from both teams, since I'm sure they scrim against each other occasionally. Inter-team Metas do develop, which probably explains the Dark Seer ban.
Thought you were on about how PPD outdrafted OG, and EG looked stronger coming into the semis of this. Perhaps people will realize that PPD isn't a draft god, which has been apparently for I don't know how long, but gets all his ideas from others.
LiangHao
Dysisa
Profile Joined July 2014
Sweden2376 Posts
May 14 2016 10:21 GMT
#4498

Remember this?
fuck dota 2 | "i don't like ppd, and i really look forward to one day beating that motherfucker" -Swindlemelonzz, my personal hero
Nymzee
Profile Joined June 2013
3929 Posts
May 14 2016 10:21 GMT
#4499
the passion from swindle is so awesome imo
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
May 14 2016 10:21 GMT
#4500
This patch sucks. Beastmaster once again just farms the jungle like a madman, Armlet str.carries are back in full force with heavy push strats. It's like TI4 but with longer games.
Getting too old for this..
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