I'm on my last train home after a day in Hannover looking for a place in a flatshare and what am I seeing, liquid will play in three hours. Will not be a able to watch. Damn it. Best of luck and I hope for a wake up present of liquid owning the lower bracket. Also excited for the OG match!
VG.R should win against DC. LGD should also win against empire MVP and OG might be close though it feels like MVP is gonna take it. Fnatic is weird but i think newbee is pretty much just stronger than them so they should win.
On June 09 2016 07:55 Artisreal wrote: I'm on my last train home after a day in Hannover looking for a place in a flatshare and what am I seeing, liquid will play in three hours. Will not be a able to watch. Damn it. Best of luck and I hope for a wake up present of liquid owning the lower bracket. Also excited for the OG match!
Wut? Liquid is not playing today mate... Unless you're on some sort of time travelling train that I've not heard of ;O
DC > VG.R Both of these teams seem pretty comparable and unless something crazy happens, neither of these teams are going to win the Major. VG.R only won their game against a pretty bad looking EG and that's it. DC looks even better than VG.R has.
LGD > Empire Empire should be able to put up a fight against LGD but I don't think they'll beat LGD. The thing is, I could barely see LGD winning the entire thing. It's in the realm of believability, LGD beats Empire and could very well beat MVP again as well as Newbee. I can't see Empire beating LGD just on the basis of me believing in LGD being a stronger team.
OG > MVP Both of these teams look strong. MVP looks to carry over their strong form like what they've shown in DotaPit and OG has been a step above their competition in both their groups and the playoffs against Na'Vi. This could actually go either way and it's the one that I'm struggling to predict. Can OG find a hole in MVP's drafts or playstyle? Can they dodge MVP's teamfighting long enough for them to overpower them? Everyone that watched MVP knows what MVP is going to do but the question is whether OG can do anything about it.
It's like TI3 Alliance, you know Alliance is going to rat but you don't know how to stop them. MVP is identical in the sense that you know MVP is going to group up and run at you to force teams to play MVP's game of teamfights. I've been one of MVP's biggest skeptics coming into this major and they've partially proven me wrong in dismantling Liquid but I still think OG is smart enough as a team to "figure" out MVP. Should be a good series either way though.
Fnatic > Newbee I've said it before but I do think this is Fnatic's best chance at winning a major. They've dominated their region online and they're starting to look as composed in their LAN games as they are online but Newbee is also on that same boat. Maybe I'm taking a leap of faith in thinking Fnatic is stronger than Newbee.
MVP and Newbee will cleanly 2-0 OG / Fnatic, but the first two matches could be very close. I can absolutely see DC 2-1 over VGR and Empire 2-1 over LGD. Unlikely, but still.
On June 09 2016 10:50 ch33psh33p wrote: MVP and Newbee will cleanly 2-0 OG / Fnatic, but the first two matches could be very close. I can absolutely see DC 2-1 over VGR and Empire 2-1 over LGD. Unlikely, but still.
I'm definitely not that confident about MVP over OG. They looked pretty shaky in groups to me.
On June 09 2016 10:50 ch33psh33p wrote: MVP and Newbee will cleanly 2-0 OG / Fnatic, but the first two matches could be very close. I can absolutely see DC 2-1 over VGR and Empire 2-1 over LGD. Unlikely, but still.
I'm definitely not that confident about MVP over OG. They looked pretty shaky in groups to me.
MVP group stage was a lot of clowning around. They picked mid PA, come on lol.
MVP bracket stages showed us a level of skill that hasn't been seen in pro-dota haha.
OG got 2-0'd by Newbee in groups and barely crawled past Empire. By that metric they were also far more shaky in group stages.
I am curious about the TI invites now. Assuming the old 10+4+2 format like last year. Top 6 of this major is definitely deserve an invite, so I think Newbee OG MVP and Fnatic has already earned their ticket to Seattle. Liquid will definitely be invited due their strong performance recently. EG and Secret, no matter how badly they are, the reigning TI champion and a major winner is a guaranteed invite.
So there is only 3 invite spots left, maybe one for CIS and one more for China, so it would be Navi and LGD, unless Empire or VGR bring a miracle run to the top finish this major. and the last invite may goes to DC if they can beat VGR today.
The problem is the qualifiers, NA and SEA qualifier are so underwhelming comparing with the CN/EU ones.
I always thought this DC squad had potential, but I would've never expected their play to be so damn solid. They look more like a group of experienced veterans than anything else.
On June 09 2016 11:55 Orome wrote: I always thought this DC squad had potential, but I would've never expected their play to be so damn solid. They look more like a group of experienced veterans than anything else.
Having two Major winners, one of them ranking among the most experienced players in Dota 2 helps. Not like Resolut1on is an untested newbie either.
On June 09 2016 11:58 Kuroeeah wrote: how miserable must eg must have been for them to actually have a lead and throw it against the same team that dc just rolled over.
yes..their lanes were weak , but nono didn't help it by losing mid that harder to DP..pretty sure a DK barely makes out even against dp if played right..morph was not the option to DC's early game fighting heroes when u don't have anything to make space for morph.
Fy's b/p logic is questionable, it seems that he always tries to hard counter the opponent instead of building his own lineup, which makes his team really hard to execute. This style works brilliantly when VG was good and crushing everyone, but as soon as they are not, they fell short.
On June 09 2016 12:14 CxWiLL wrote: Fy's b/p logic is questionable, it seems that he always tries to hard counter the opponent instead of building his own lineup, which makes his team really hard to execute. This style works brilliantly when VG was good and crushing everyone, but as soon as they are not, they fell short.
this has been his problem since long time...he just goes soo much flown away by meta that he often forgets his team strengths and rest of the time he tries to draft some fancy heroes
On June 09 2016 12:23 shad2810 wrote: Lmao this vg r is so bad Well at least original vg is worse lel
i won't say that..original VG looked pretty decent ..they defeated wings 2-0 and LGD 2-0 before this major . the matches were online , but their cores looked wayy more better than what VG.r has
On June 09 2016 12:23 shad2810 wrote: Lmao this vg r is so bad Well at least original vg is worse lel
i won't say that..original VG looked pretty decent ..they defeated wings 2-0 and LGD 2-0 before this major . the matches were online , but their cores looked wayy more better than what VG.r has
But it was still online. LGD looked sharper now than when they were beaten by vg. It's true that vg is definitely getting stronger since sylar is there, but rotk factor is still in play Well VG r got the noon factor so I'm not too sure about it. But I still think vg.r is slightly favored because their support duo is better.
Well if cty comes over to vg.r then it's perfect lol
On June 09 2016 12:25 CxWiLL wrote: So Fy pick an Alch mid only for his Rubick Aghas? Next level stuff here.
i'd say that a skadi aghs gyro can infinitely kite melee heroes while running away... but DC's got slardar and lycan so that makes no sense also, it's not even fy rubick. sigh
On June 09 2016 12:23 shad2810 wrote: Lmao this vg r is so bad Well at least original vg is worse lel
i won't say that..original VG looked pretty decent ..they defeated wings 2-0 and LGD 2-0 before this major . the matches were online , but their cores looked wayy more better than what VG.r has
I don't think VGR's core is the major problem. Their problem is Nono chocked so hard in lans and Fy's B/P. Mikasa has covered both in SL-I.
On June 09 2016 12:23 shad2810 wrote: Lmao this vg r is so bad Well at least original vg is worse lel
i won't say that..original VG looked pretty decent ..they defeated wings 2-0 and LGD 2-0 before this major . the matches were online , but their cores looked wayy more better than what VG.r has
I don't think VGR's core is the major problem. Their problem is Nono chocked so hard in lans and Fy's B/P. Mikasa has covered both in SL-I.
Disagree about nono. He chocked hard in online too (at least the one that I've watched )
Hindsight is always 20/20 but I don't really get why the panel liked Timber this game, even if he'd kept his early lead he doesn't go crazy against Rubick and none of his teammates synergize with him at all
On June 09 2016 12:43 TheTenthDoc wrote: Hindsight is always 20/20 but I don't really get why the panel liked Timber this game, even if he'd kept his early lead he doesn't go crazy against Rubick
On June 09 2016 12:45 nayumi wrote: I dont know why it was Timber instead of WR to be honest... Shackle would have guaranteed couple of kills before Sladar got his blink.
Plus if they had picked Windranger w33 probably wouldn't have run into the enemy jungle like a lunatic and given Gyro and Bristle a big chunk of gold and xp by dying while 1 position in his team's farm (I think both of them ended up in the vicinity anyway)
On June 09 2016 12:50 Orome wrote: Timber being ineffective is entirely on w33's play and skill build. Outside of the rubick this is a disgustingly good timber game.
I feel like it's only a good timber game if you don't let the Bristle get going. Io/Bristle is going to trash your safe lane pretty badly though. If Bristle gets Mek up before you rev up I don't think you have a great shot at him and reactive armor doesn't do anything against any member of VGR in the early game and that's a major advantage of the timber hero
The offlane Bristle w/ Io is a brutal way to stay in a game and win it. Who needs initiation when you pretty much can't die. (It also is a great way to clear the Ancients early, which is what makes it so powerful.)
On June 09 2016 12:54 Dysisa wrote: Wow I can't believe Secret kicked w33 he's so amazing this game am I right guys, where my fellow kneejerk posters at
secret isn't at better position to talk about this , i think..looking at how rtz performed in most of his games.i am sure mineski's mid player will win against rtz 90% of the time this tournament.
As for Timber, I think the hero can work in a lot of these situations, but it feels like no one has figured out the right builds for it yet. Maybe by TI?
On June 09 2016 12:54 Dysisa wrote: Wow I can't believe Secret kicked w33 he's so amazing this game am I right guys, where my fellow kneejerk posters at
Lol, are you butthurt or something? Yeah, he had a horrible game. RTZ had plenty as well. Happens. Secret fan in disguise here?
That was awful. Hope they can figure out why they played like sh*t and change something about it for game 3.
On June 09 2016 12:50 Orome wrote: Timber being ineffective is entirely on w33's play and skill build. Outside of the rubick this is a disgustingly good timber game.
I feel like it's only a good timber game if you don't let the Bristle get going. Io/Bristle is going to trash your safe lane pretty badly though. If Bristle gets Mek up before you rev up I don't think you have a great shot at him and reactive armor doesn't do anything against any member of VGR in the early game and that's a major advantage of the timber hero
Plus Rubick just cockblocks you sooooo hard
Reactive armor isn't even supposed to be relevant early on in a game like that. You should be one-shotting wisp at 7, instakilling waves and generally being a terror vs a team that has a grand total of one disable. He made it relevant by maxing it for god knows what reason.
On June 09 2016 12:54 Dysisa wrote: Wow I can't believe Secret kicked w33 he's so amazing this game am I right guys, where my fellow kneejerk posters at
Lol, are you butthurt or something? Yeah, he had a horrible game. RTZ had plenty as well. Happens. Secret fan in disguise here?
That was awful. Hope they can figure out why they played like sh*t and change something about it for game 3.
Not at all, I just love taking the piss outta people like you~
Because I'm sorry, but seeing the same "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE SECRET KICKED W33 HE'S SO AMAZING" posts during every single game ever that w33 does so much as okay in is really tiring. We get it, he's a good player and the decision to kick him hurt you as a person very deeply. Move on with your lifeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
On June 09 2016 12:57 Taf the Ghost wrote: As for Timber, I think the hero can work in a lot of these situations, but it feels like no one has figured out the right builds for it yet. Maybe by TI?
It's really very straightforward. You max timberchain unless you have a very very good reason not to. W33 didn't.
On June 09 2016 13:01 vasculaR wrote: why are people bashing on w33..
his team did nothing the whole game. Maybe panelists chose to ignore that maybe they're wrong.
I mean he fed FB in an awful way and skilled super weirdly. I think Moo did everything he could that game (okay Blink Dagger timing), and Resolution also did as good as could be expected in that lane, but everything fell apart once w33's presence was zilch.
On June 09 2016 12:56 eieio wrote: how does DC just gg like that look at bernie sanders now theres a fighter who doesn't gg out till the game's over
the equivalent of bernie would be to lose a game of starcraft and instead of gging, float buildings or hide pylons all over the map until forcibly eliminated. even fantasy's gg timing isn't as bad as bernie's.
On June 09 2016 12:54 Dysisa wrote: Wow I can't believe Secret kicked w33 he's so amazing this game am I right guys, where my fellow kneejerk posters at
Lol, are you butthurt or something? Yeah, he had a horrible game. RTZ had plenty as well. Happens. Secret fan in disguise here?
That was awful. Hope they can figure out why they played like sh*t and change something about it for game 3.
Not at all, I just love taking the piss outta people like you~
Because I'm sorry, but seeing the same "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE SECRET KICKED W33 HE'S SO AMAZING" posts during every single game ever that w33 does so much as okay in is really tiring. We get it, he's a good player and the decision to kick him hurt you as a person very deeply. Move on with your lifeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
people overrate the players whom they can feast their drama hunger upon..W33 and misery are the names which give people drama, atm..just let few days pass and u won't see w33 being mentioned that much . he isn't a better player, but a better drama target, atm
On June 09 2016 12:54 Dysisa wrote: Wow I can't believe Secret kicked w33 he's so amazing this game am I right guys, where my fellow kneejerk posters at
Lol, are you butthurt or something? Yeah, he had a horrible game. RTZ had plenty as well. Happens. Secret fan in disguise here?
That was awful. Hope they can figure out why they played like sh*t and change something about it for game 3.
Not at all, I just love taking the piss outta people like you~
Because I'm sorry, but seeing the same "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE SECRET KICKED W33 HE'S SO AMAZING" posts during every single game ever that w33 does so much as okay in is really tiring. We get it, he's a good player and the decision to kick him hurt you as a person very deeply. Move on with your lifeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
people overrate the players whom they can feast their drama hunger upon..W33 and misery are the names which give people drama, atm..just let few days pass and u won't see w33 being mentioned that much . he isn't a better player, but a better drama target, atm
w33 and misery are good players but everyone does stupid shit sometimes. like these fucking analysts who all claimed this game was going to be easy for dc but all it took was one hero to be marginalized for their strategy to fall apart. i guess it would be bad for their credibility to admit they were wrong
well as it stands dc pretty much need to murder both dp and terrorblade since if one of these lives they are probably just killing your whole team. which can be problematic for a team which relies on invoker for its damage. i do think that vgr has a way easier lineup to execute at this point in the game.
Welp. They had a great chance after winning the first game, but its alright. I didn't even necessarily expect them to come this far, and they have a lot of room for potential to grow.
On June 09 2016 14:08 ref4 wrote: was E blade really that good? wouldn't a butter or AC be better? nobody on VGR had any magical damage
They wanted to push bot before DP's aegis ran out and he could afford eblade + bb but not bfly + bb. I'd imagine the decision was pretty much just down to that.
On June 09 2016 14:08 ref4 wrote: was E blade really that good? wouldn't a butter or AC be better? nobody on VGR had any magical damage
They wanted to push bot before DP's aegis ran out and he could afford eblade + bb but not bfly + bb. I'd imagine the decision was pretty much just down to that.
This is pretty reasonable..tb had no buyback if he bought butters
On June 09 2016 14:15 Teton wrote: azarkon on suicide watch?
I just miss his walls of text me explaining how bad 2nd place team is to first place team at TI..he can atleast write a full 6 page analysis on eg's downfall here
On June 09 2016 14:18 nayumi wrote: Slack and Chinese players just don't work. Slack is over eager and Chinese players in general are way too timid and shy.
END is actually really funny - like a subtle iceiceice with some serious answers sprinkled in between (and even kind, avoiding drama re: Burning question)
yeah slacks has been nailing this whole major, sometimes the interviews can get a bit cringey when he doesn't have much energy being returned by players but even then he still responds well
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Speaking of universal truth, you were the one that tried to project yours as one, didn't you?
Your mancrush for zyf was pretty obvious a few pages back.
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Plot twist: we don't care about yours either.
I mean, we're random strangers on the internet blowing hot air. Who gives a fuck about our opinions?
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Plot twist: we don't care about yours either.
I mean, we're random strangers on the internet blowing hot air. Who gives a fuck about our opinions?
Well, considering people respond to my opinion, it does actually mean they do care. And now you checked in.
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Plot twist: we don't care about yours either.
I mean, we're random strangers on the internet blowing hot air. Who gives a fuck about our opinions?
Well, considering people respond to my opinion, it does actually mean they do care. And now you checked in.
Speaking of hot air...
Considering you responded to Kami's opinion, shows you care quite a bit too. Look at how big that comment chain is.
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Plot twist: we don't care about yours either.
I mean, we're random strangers on the internet blowing hot air. Who gives a fuck about our opinions?
Well, considering people respond to my opinion, it does actually mean they do care. And now you checked in.
Speaking of hot air...
On the contrary, it's perfectly possible for us to be engaging in this conversation without caring about one another's opinions! I post in LR threads because I find watching Dota more fun when I can blather about the Dota I'm watching in a forum like this, and read the blather of others on the same. That doesn't mean I care what you think, nor do I expect you to care what I think!
There's a reason I included myself in the "we" who are blowing hot air...
On June 09 2016 14:48 Kamisamanachi wrote: Pretty sure u spelled zyf wrong..xD
I was stating my opinion. You just showed you had a mancrush on zyf, which just nullifies your opinion altogether.
So my opinion got nullified and your opinion is just an universal truth , right? When did I say I have a man crush on zyf? Assuming things out of ass?
Of course my opinion is the truth for me, as I said "in my book". I stated my subjective opinion, just like you did yours. However, no one cares about yours.
Plot twist: we don't care about yours either.
I mean, we're random strangers on the internet blowing hot air. Who gives a fuck about our opinions?
Well, considering people respond to my opinion, it does actually mean they do care. And now you checked in.
Speaking of hot air...
Considering you responded to Kami's opinion, shows you care quite a bit too. Look at how big that comment chain is.
Not that I expect a lot from you, but I explained his misunderstanding. I don't care whom he thinks is best.
Tbf I am surprised you actually post at all after your "Only Na'vi plays Phoenix, everyone else have left it behind".You are like a pile of self-defeats.
Hard to stand LD, he has always creamed his pants whenever a Chinese team does well, which makes me think of his casting when old TL played Chinese teams at TI3, that was just disgusting.
On June 09 2016 17:06 ch33psh33p wrote: Stream lag pls stop.
Twitch? Swap to youtube, its not even stuttering for me anymore. Else try the korean stream, was using that for a couple mins on my phone till i swapped to youtube.
On June 09 2016 17:06 ch33psh33p wrote: Stream lag pls stop.
Twitch? Swap to youtube, its not even stuttering for me anymore. Else try the korean stream, was using that for a couple mins on my phone till i swapped to youtube.
On June 09 2016 17:06 ch33psh33p wrote: Stream lag pls stop.
Twitch? Swap to youtube, its not even stuttering for me anymore. Else try the korean stream, was using that for a couple mins on my phone till i swapped to youtube.
miss having iceiceice in a position where he can answer lame interview questions with funny answers. CN replies are so meh.... at least they're playing better than they can show charisma. right Azarkon? Azarkon???
On June 09 2016 17:16 ncsix wrote: miss having iceiceice in a position where he can answer lame interview questions with funny answers. CN replies are so meh.... at least they're playing better than they can show charisma. right Azarkon? Azarkon???
I am sure hes going to find something to complain about.
Think i see a 2-0 for either team, if OG know how to stop MVP from being MVP then they should win comfortably 2-0 however if OG can't deal with MVP then they should win comfortably.
Ok can someone explain to me why everyone acts like MVP plays just one style? It is like the panel never watch any mvp games. "they don't pick hard carries" even though qo spectre, alch, slark, and ember are some of his best heroes. "They don't play around big CDs" even though tide has been one of their best offlaners at this tournament and they have played around ravage extremely well when they picked it.
How big will this be for Korean dota if they win the major. Will they have kpop stars dance all over them and then sign a new contract deal to televise local Korea doto tournaments?
On June 09 2016 17:54 Danzo wrote: How big will this be for Korean dota if they win the major. Will they have kpop stars dance all over them and then sign a new contract deal to televise local Korea doto tournaments?
I would guess it would help get the game some more attention in Korea- I find it a shame that they aren't as interested in DOTA when compared to league.
well, mvp get outplayed on all levels this game. i dont see them coming back from this. especially because i feel their lategame is inferior as well and they dont have a strong timing to get kills and towers.
Why didn't MVP take that fight? Looked like a good positioning for cask after the call and with Morph pretty low he wasn't gonna do much as he had to charge into strength?
On June 09 2016 18:20 Pandemona wrote: Why didn't MVP take that fight? Looked like a good positioning for cask after the call and with Morph pretty low he wasn't gonna do much as he had to charge into strength?
On June 09 2016 18:25 Danzo wrote: So why did Jug go vanguard? Where they relying heavily on early fighting with track gold and just snowball from there?
You can't really afford 2 AFK farmers atm but I think MVP plan relied on ember power peak between rank 7 and 10 with maxed guard and chains but this DK dazzle lane shut him down too hard.
On June 09 2016 18:20 Vadrigar wrote: Panel "experts" proving once again that they know nothing about pro dota...
Why in the hell is Charlie on that desk lmao
because he's hilarious. Charlie is easily the best guy on the desk
And? I'm not watching a comedy show. Does he offer any actual expert input?
Better than Fogged, Purge and ReDeYe so far, not above Winter of course.
also easily better than Black
Not like I am defending him but I don't think he took the analyse job too seriously. Black seems to me to only be joking about AM and TB, flames and funny stuff.
The execution of the axe I think was very poor. Two of the early engagements he did the dunk early and then couldn't stop the shallow grave. Would have completely changed the game as inside of handily winning the first main fight mid they came out a little behind while morph kept free farming. Then a little bit later he did the same thing. Was a good idea but if you aren't getting the dunks isn't nearly as impactful especially when you are partially picking it to counter the dazzle.
MVP is can be held off with two strong, defensive supports. OG came in with a very good strategy for game 1. But it really helps that OG play's Wisp. Io combos really are some of MVP's best line ups.
On June 09 2016 18:42 Taf the Ghost wrote: MVP is can be held off with two strong, defensive supports. OG came in with a very good strategy for game 1. But it really helps that OG play's Wisp. Io combos really are some of MVP's best line ups.
Yeah, they're comfortable on many key MVP heroes, they can afford to ban two and pick io or slardar for themselves if they have first pick. They can also easily contest the invoker in the later part of the draft. On the other hand I don't think I've seen MVP run the favorite supports of OG outside of io.
On June 09 2016 18:43 DucK- wrote: Why would MVP ban dp lol. That hero is a free win because notail's the one playing her, and often ends up under farmed.
MVP, like most SEA teams, has historically had serious issues with Banning properly. It occasionally comes back.
On June 09 2016 18:43 DucK- wrote: Why would MVP ban dp lol. That hero is a free win because notail's the one playing her, and often ends up under farmed.
MVP, like most SEA teams, has historically had serious issues with Banning properly. It occasionally comes back.
They just need to master the art of no-ban drafting
On June 09 2016 18:35 Kipsate wrote: I like how at the start of the match they gave the bounty rune to Miracle instead of DK
all OG need to do is keep Miracle in good shape and they win easy.
Which is a litte weird because Cr1t found the MVP observer ward in their jungle and hit it a few times so Miracle could lasthit it on the way to the rune spawn. But Miracle ignored the free 100g on the way there.
On June 09 2016 18:35 Kipsate wrote: I like how at the start of the match they gave the bounty rune to Miracle instead of DK
all OG need to do is keep Miracle in good shape and they win easy.
Which is a litte weird because Cr1t found the MVP observer ward in their jungle and hit it a few times so Miracle could lasthit it on the way to the rune spawn. But Miracle ignored the free 100g on the way there.
The reason is cause they wanted the better mid block, which Notail got.
On June 09 2016 18:35 Kipsate wrote: I like how at the start of the match they gave the bounty rune to Miracle instead of DK
all OG need to do is keep Miracle in good shape and they win easy.
Which is a litte weird because Cr1t found the MVP observer ward in their jungle and hit it a few times so Miracle could lasthit it on the way to the rune spawn. But Miracle ignored the free 100g on the way there.
The reason is cause they wanted the better mid block, which Notail got.
Ok, but Miracle could have 100g from the rune and 100g from the ward. It also looked like Cr1t left the last hit for Morph. But whatever, maybe they decided the 100g on Wisp will make for a faster bottle and are more important.
On June 09 2016 07:55 Artisreal wrote: I'm on my last train home after a day in Hannover looking for a place in a flatshare and what am I seeing, liquid will play in three hours. Will not be a able to watch. Damn it. Best of luck and I hope for a wake up present of liquid owning the lower bracket. Also excited for the OG match!
Wut? Liquid is not playing today mate... Unless you're on some sort of time travelling train that I've not heard of ;O
Apparently I was really tired yesterday. Just woke up to the good news
On June 09 2016 19:16 Ufnal wrote: So, is Phoenix OP as hell or OG as hell?
Let's be frank here. OG is completely outplaying MVP in this game currently. Every scan is on point. Every smoke is sniffed out. Every bit of execution is on point for OG right now.
On June 09 2016 19:20 Dracolich70 wrote: Who was the guy that said MVP are one-dimensional, and predictable, where no one agreed?
Not me, but I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team will team fighting bounty gold.
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
Everyone on OG played amazing that entire game. Moonmeander got every chrono with at least 2 heroes and usually 3. Miracle broke 3...3 5 man smokes on his own. Fly was where he needed to be every time. Crit stomped every initiation. Notail did ...Sven things LOL
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Looks like I'll be back home for the match that I really want to see It's gonna be a tough climb since newbee and if we lose it's probably liquid, but if we win it's og next
Whatever happens I'm proud of the boys. Let's go fnatic!
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Well that was such a stomp it was painful. Why did I wake up at 3.... also the panelist jinx is real. Anyone have starts on how much they get their predictions right? Cause it has to be so low
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Huh
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Yeah I tried to edit something but I fucked up, so I think I rewrote. Anyways, still had my same opinion.
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Huh
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THAT MOUSE POINTER!! I had it back in Win98! /hug for old times
On June 09 2016 19:27 shad2810 wrote: Looks like I'll be back home for the match that I really want to see It's gonna be a tough climb since newbee and if we lose it's probably liquid, but if we win it's og next
Whatever happens I'm proud of the boys. Let's go fnatic!
Same here..I am pretty sure fnatic can throw newbee under the bus with their picks,but it's gonna be a tough battle .
Still feeling happy of what they have accomplished his tournament till now.
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Huh
EDIT: POSTS
THAT MOUSE POINTER!! I had it back in Win98! /hug for old times
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
Huh
EDIT: POSTS
THAT MOUSE POINTER!! I had it back in Win98! /hug for old times
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
I had always said MVP had the same style since I remember watching them during 6.83. These past few patches have heavily favored this team with team fighting bounty gold.
you can't just copy the same points on two points come on dude
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
OG's roster is the most stable one of all teams here and it pays off. More than miracle, it's what brings them results. I hope liquid will follow the same path.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
OG's roster is the most stable one of all teams here and it pays off. More than miracle, it's what brings them results. I hope liquid will follow the same path.
Yeah, Liquid i think is less about the flashy single players and more about cohesive teamwork for sure. OG sort of has both however.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
OG's roster is the most stable one of all teams here and it pays off. More than miracle, it's what brings them results. I hope liquid will follow the same path.
They were created around the same time, so they are equally stable.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
OG's roster is the most stable one of all teams here and it pays off. More than miracle, it's what brings them results. I hope liquid will follow the same path.
Yeah, Liquid i think is less about the flashy single players and more about cohesive teamwork for sure. OG sort of has both however.
They still have their flashes of brilliance, specially Jerax.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
They get to say that as they've been together as one complete roster for nearly a year.
That's really really rare these days. It just struck me how long OG has had the same roster compared to everyone else. It's nuts.
They were the same in Fnatic (Notail & Fly obviously) I think sticking with the same guys for a long time really is important as teamwork really is what makes dota tick.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
When MVP not having any other strat or plan B, it will fall apart, and they can't adjust. They live and die by trying to bulldozer teams, through timing attacks.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
They get to say that as they've been together as one complete roster for nearly a year.
That's really really rare these days. It just struck me how long OG has had the same roster compared to everyone else. It's nuts.
Haven't MVP been together just as long? Same with Liquid and Alliance. All have been together since TI5.
Also does anyone know what side of the bracket MVP will go to? Do they play winner of Navi TL or LGD VGR?
To avoid a certain amount of repeat matchups, it's generally the Winner's Semi-Finals loser goes to the "opposite" side of the Lower Bracket. So it *should* be that MVP plays the winner of LGD vs VG.R. Which pretty much means unless YOLO.MVP shows up tomorrow, they'll be Top 4 again.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
The fact you fell for the "MVP always does the same thing so they will get mapped out" indicates your lack of knowledge or you are part of the sheeps , they have a variety of strategy they run REALLY well with tons of heroes combinations , no one is mapping them down or BS like that , OG were just better this series its not about figuring them out or anything else , its not like they are drafting the same thing (like my team does usually) and only win because of 1 certain way of playing , they have games they go late , early , push , team fighting. tldr - OG were better but not because they "figured them out for the rest to see " , just better don't over complicate it to something its not , they didn't "expose" nothing in MVP.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
They get to say that as they've been together as one complete roster for nearly a year.
That's really really rare these days. It just struck me how long OG has had the same roster compared to everyone else. It's nuts.
They were the same in Fnatic (Notail & Fly obviously) I think sticking with the same guys for a long time really is important as teamwork really is what makes dota tick.
I think this tournament and patch are really showing the importance of having a cohesive style and adapting that to the meta instead of vice versa, swapping players and finding new styles constantly.
I'm disappointed that Secret's out but I think it's good going forward if the teams that are winning have stuck together and teams that lose constantly change players.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
The fact you fell for the "MVP always does the same thing so they will get mapped out" indicates your lack of knowledge or you are part of the sheeps , they have a variety of strategy they run REALLY well with tons of heroes combinations , no one is mapping them down or BS like that , OG were just better this series its not about figuring them out or anything else , its not like they are drafting the same thing (like my team does usually) and only win because of 1 certain way of playing , they have games they go late , early , push , team fighting. tldr - OG were better but not because they "figured them out for the rest to see " , just better don't over complicate it to something its not , they didn't "expose" nothing in MVP.
Part of the sheeps? I was the only one saying this and now everyone and their mother goes down this route. Not you though, who somehow try to take the high stance.
They do the same thing over and over again. If you actually knew anything about DotA you would see this.
"They were not figured out, OG just playing better" is the answer from someone who is clueless. Sorry.
How is stating the average number of heroes hit by blackhole ever relevant. And then you gotta further decrease its relevance by stating the average number of heroes hit by a specific number of blackholes in a game.
On June 09 2016 19:52 roronoe wrote: Serious: anyone think fnatic has a chance? You have to justify your reasoning though.
I think they do, since they have the potential to throw Newbee off guard with classic fnatic niche picks.. chance isnt that high tho While No one seems to give them more than 0% to win i give them about 15-20%
It is really not impressive to criticize aspects of a team after a loss, or find things to praise after a win. This kind of analysis gets you to frontpage of reddit or on the panel of TI, but finding plausible reasons for why a team lost is the easiest thing in the universe
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
On June 09 2016 19:35 LennX wrote: So many "teamwork" comments
They get to say that as they've been together as one complete roster for nearly a year.
That's really really rare these days. It just struck me how long OG has had the same roster compared to everyone else. It's nuts.
They were the same in Fnatic (Notail & Fly obviously) I think sticking with the same guys for a long time really is important as teamwork really is what makes dota tick.
I think this tournament and patch are really showing the importance of having a cohesive style and adapting that to the meta instead of vice versa, swapping players and finding new styles constantly.
I'm disappointed that Secret's out but I think it's good going forward if the teams that are winning have stuck together and teams that lose constantly change players.
Actually, it's far more "draft synergy" than anything else in the current Meta. Your heroes have to work together. As in fairly strong 2-3 hero pairings, with support from the other 2. It's rare, among the top 20 teams, to win a match without really strong synergy. Obviously, some bad early rotations can get you snowballed, but, for the most part, unless you have good synergy in the draft & the coordination to back it up, you're going to get run over. Hard.
On June 09 2016 19:52 roronoe wrote: Serious: anyone think fnatic has a chance? You have to justify your reasoning though.
I think they do, since they have the potential to throw Newbee off guard with classic fnatic niche picks.. chance isnt that high tho While No one seems to give them more than 0% to win i give them about 15-20%
I don't know, fnatic does so many big mistakes in game. Their series against LGD was actually pretty low level compared to all other winner bracket series.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
On June 09 2016 19:52 roronoe wrote: Serious: anyone think fnatic has a chance? You have to justify your reasoning though.
I think they do, since they have the potential to throw Newbee off guard with classic fnatic niche picks.. chance isnt that high tho While No one seems to give them more than 0% to win i give them about 15-20%
I don't know, fnatic does so many big mistakes in game. Their series against LGD was actually pretty low level compared to all other winner bracket series.
LGD was the weakest team to win their Group. They did just enough (and MVP & EG made just enough mistakes) that they came out on top. Fnatic beating them wasn't too surprising. Though LGD always makes you look messy to beat them.
Newbee is a much, much better team, though. Unless Fnatic can throw off the early rotations of Newbee, they're going to be picked apart pretty easily.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
yeah agree. MVP basicly looked really shaky the whole tournament except for that one series vs Liquid ( ). I had them going out between 12th and 8th place after seeing them in the groupstage and suddenly they show up vs Liquid and just dominate. And today it was back to what we saw them be like in the groupstage. If they play the same way vs LGD/VGR I'd say they're certainly the underdog again. If they get their shit together and have another series like they did vs Liquid they're going to shit on either LGD or VGR
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
They also should have closed out LGD in game 2 but choked HARD so it goes both ways.
Also I think completely taking credit away from MVP in the liquid series is unfair. Game 1 they just flat out won. And game 2 they imo played the most impressive 40 or so minute stretch of dota I have ever seen. Down 2 sets of rax they took pretty much all but one fight perfectly. Could liquid have played better that game and forced a game 3 yes but liquid made one big mistake where they did the multiple buybacks trying to get the megas and after that MVP gave them no chances. To do that against one of the best teams at the tournament is seriously impressive.
Also 3rd and especially 4th for MVP isn't great. They got 4th at shanghai and have been playing better since then. 4th which they are very likely to get at the very least is basically just maintaining what they did before which isn't really all that impressive. I'm curious why you think they have a long way to go for TI though. They are still easily a tier 1 team who is capable of beating any team on a given day. What makes you think that will change so drastically in 2 months they won't even be able to contend?
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
yeah agree. MVP basicly looked really shaky the whole tournament except for that one series vs Liquid ( ). I had them going out between 12th and 8th place after seeing them in the groupstage and suddenly they show up vs Liquid and just dominate. And today it was back to what we saw them be like in the groupstage. If they play the same way vs LGD/VGR I'd say they're certainly the underdog again. If they get their shit together and have another series like they did vs Liquid they're going to shit on either LGD or VGR
Today was much worse showing than anything from the group stage for MVP. MVP should have won game 2 vs LGD but threw HARD. SEA teams have always played MVP much better than anyone else and MVP wasn't at their best so almost losing to mineiski isn't THAT surprising. Then they made EG look like an even worse team than they are. It was a below average performance for MVP. Today was the worse I have seen MVP play on lan in a LONG time.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
yeah agree. MVP basicly looked really shaky the whole tournament except for that one series vs Liquid ( ). I had them going out between 12th and 8th place after seeing them in the groupstage and suddenly they show up vs Liquid and just dominate. And today it was back to what we saw them be like in the groupstage. If they play the same way vs LGD/VGR I'd say they're certainly the underdog again. If they get their shit together and have another series like they did vs Liquid they're going to shit on either LGD or VGR
Today was much worse showing than anything from the group stage for MVP. MVP should have won game 2 vs LGD but threw HARD. SEA teams have always played MVP much better than anyone else and MVP wasn't at their best so almost losing to mineiski isn't THAT surprising. Then they made EG look like an even worse team than they are. It was a below average performance for MVP. Today was the worse I have seen MVP play on lan in a LONG time.
well yeah, but OG is just on a different level than anyone else in MVP's group was
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
yeah agree. MVP basicly looked really shaky the whole tournament except for that one series vs Liquid ( ). I had them going out between 12th and 8th place after seeing them in the groupstage and suddenly they show up vs Liquid and just dominate. And today it was back to what we saw them be like in the groupstage. If they play the same way vs LGD/VGR I'd say they're certainly the underdog again. If they get their shit together and have another series like they did vs Liquid they're going to shit on either LGD or VGR
Today was much worse showing than anything from the group stage for MVP. MVP should have won game 2 vs LGD but threw HARD. SEA teams have always played MVP much better than anyone else and MVP wasn't at their best so almost losing to mineiski isn't THAT surprising. Then they made EG look like an even worse team than they are. It was a below average performance for MVP. Today was the worse I have seen MVP play on lan in a LONG time.
Well OG played perfectly, specially in game 2. MVP did not play that bad, they got outlaned and OG offered them absolutely nothing to come back, not a single opening, and pushed their advantage very cleanly.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
They are not gonna beat LGD.
I expect VG.R to beat LGD. Fy seems to have gotten his team on the same page, and I think he out-drafts Xiao8.
On June 09 2016 20:18 roronoe wrote: this sf looks like something mushi wants rather than something they picked cause it's good
Fnatic has made a lot of SEA teams look really stupid with SF lately. There's a lot more Stacking happening in the early game, but it normally works better against a line-up that does well with an early BKB. BKB ain't doing too much against Newbee.
On June 09 2016 19:41 ncsix wrote: oh well.. the terribad MVP turned up today. At least they have 1 more chance to get their shit together. It ain't over yet.
OG made them "terribad". When a team is that predictable, you are bound to map them down. Happened to CDEC too.
MVP execution in fights was HORRENDOUS compared to how they normally are. When MVP is playing well they are top 3 teamfighting teams in the world easily. Today they looked just lost in fights. Like they would miss a lot of their spells have people escape with barely any hp regularly. The reason MVP is a good team isn't the aggression so much as how good they are in the actual fights. They take fights other teams can't and win them handily a lot. Today they weren't even close to that level. OG obviously deserves a ton of credit for reading MVPs movement but stuff like axe just flat wiffing his cull when he could have waited 1 second for ember to chain and then do it isn't something OG forced on them but just MVP playing poorly.
MVP is actually a really tilt-y team. A bad laning phase (which happened twice), tends to throw off their execution. And that supremely smooth team-fight execution is what wins them games. It's also why there's no "decent days" for them. They're either riding High or being rolled over. Though the fact they don't give up is to their credit. Fantasy GG Timing and all that.
I would agree they can be very tilty to an extent but I don't think its from a bad laning phase. Go watch game 1 vs EG in the group stage. They were getting ROLLED in the laning stage and then as soon as they started fighting EG was just completely done for. MVP got tilted today but it wasn't from a laning stage issue but from the way the first couple fights went game 1. They were uncharacteristically bad for MVP. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they just looked completely lost.
I agree, but MVP has actually had a pretty bad tournament. They really, really should have gone out 4th in their group. They had to pull off something that's only happened once before in LAN Dota, and that only happened because Julz couldn't land a Shallow Grave for 15 minutes.
While they beat Liquid, it was really Liquid that looked unprepared and their carries were having a pretty bad day, far more than MVP was extremely smooth in their team-fighting.
I still think MVP is going to be 3rd or 4th here at Manila, which is great for them, but they've got a lot of work to be ready to contend at TI6.
yeah agree. MVP basicly looked really shaky the whole tournament except for that one series vs Liquid ( ). I had them going out between 12th and 8th place after seeing them in the groupstage and suddenly they show up vs Liquid and just dominate. And today it was back to what we saw them be like in the groupstage. If they play the same way vs LGD/VGR I'd say they're certainly the underdog again. If they get their shit together and have another series like they did vs Liquid they're going to shit on either LGD or VGR
Today was much worse showing than anything from the group stage for MVP. MVP should have won game 2 vs LGD but threw HARD. SEA teams have always played MVP much better than anyone else and MVP wasn't at their best so almost losing to mineiski isn't THAT surprising. Then they made EG look like an even worse team than they are. It was a below average performance for MVP. Today was the worse I have seen MVP play on lan in a LONG time.
Well OG played perfectly, specially in game 2. MVP did not play that bad, they got outlaned and OG offered them absolutely nothing to come back, not a single opening, and pushed their advantage very cleanly.
I strongly disagree that MVP didn't play that bad. Maybe the overall game wasn't that bad but what makes MVP a tier 1 team is their fighting. If MVP isn't able to fight well they are very bad. Today their teamfight execution looked much worse than I have ever seen from them. MVP is normally one of the best teamfighting teams in dota and today they weren't even close to that. They just weren't playing together in the fights. Missing spells. That isn't the normal MVP or even remotely close to it. Even in the group stage when they weren't looking great they were taking fights MUCH better than that.
As a strategic point, if Fnatic can keep the split-push going in the mid-game, it's a good counter to Newbee. Newbee really likes to group up and protect Ancient Farm. Then they over-rotate to gank attempts. You can really pick apart their towers and pull them apart.
Not sure Fnatic can do it, but it's really how you prepare for Newbee.
On June 09 2016 20:28 Kreb wrote: Lifestealer getting all this space completely on his own without a single bit of help in Newbees offlane is surely a mistake from Fnatic....
this tri-core just needs to go late so its okay for naix to farm when he will get shredded if the enemy team farms into the late game.
On June 09 2016 20:28 Kreb wrote: Lifestealer getting all this space completely on his own without a single bit of help in Newbees offlane is surely a mistake from Fnatic....
this tri-core just needs to go late so its okay for naix to farm when he will get shredded if the enemy team farms into the late game.
On June 09 2016 20:28 Kreb wrote: Lifestealer getting all this space completely on his own without a single bit of help in Newbees offlane is surely a mistake from Fnatic....
this tri-core just needs to go late so its okay for naix to farm when he will get shredded if the enemy team farms into the late game.
I mean Fnatic shouldve done more to stop it. Putting PL/NP + supp there to begin with for example.
On June 09 2016 20:35 Ramiz1989 wrote: Why is this stream still so laggy? It gets choppy every few seconds. :/
Either try streaming twitch through VLC or something (thats what i'm doing atm) or youtube was working well but the sound desync was really getting to me.
On June 09 2016 20:36 juff wrote: why did SF get bkb?
He's the bridge to Fnatic's late game with Prophet / PL. He has to be as strong as possible for mid game fights so that Fnatic can win late with their other two cores, and to do that he needs to ulti, for which he needs BKB.
He fucked up some skills in the early game, but I thought OK, it happens. But now? Escaping first instead of trying to buy time for his cores? What the hell?
Im almost mad at this game. Newbee winning by doing nothing and Fnatic allowing it. Meanwhile SF builds blink and BKB to farm with because they sure werent forcing fights.
On June 09 2016 20:36 juff wrote: why did SF get bkb?
He's the bridge to Fnatic's late game with Prophet / PL. He has to be as strong as possible for mid game fights so that Fnatic can win late with their other two cores, and to do that he needs to ulti, for which he needs BKB.
On June 09 2016 20:36 juff wrote: why did SF get bkb?
He's the bridge to Fnatic's late game with Prophet / PL. He has to be as strong as possible for mid game fights so that Fnatic can win late with their other two cores, and to do that he needs to ulti, for which he needs BKB.
?
they have 2 bkb piercing stun/ministun lol
the threat of bkb blink requiem is quite low
I never said it was good, I'm just telling him why he went BKB. This is exactly the reason they did it.
@people doing Liquipeda-stuff: You have MVP in the upper part of the lower bracket vs the winner from the Liquid/Navi game. They should be in the lower parts. At least it has been that way previously and the bracket contest thread claims there's going to be that swap as well
On June 09 2016 20:52 Toadesstern wrote: @people doing Liquipeda-stuff: You have MVP in the upper part of the lower bracket vs the winner from the Liquid/Navi game. They should be in the lower parts. At least it has been that way previously and the bracket contest thread claims there's going to be that swap as well
Refresh? It shows them against the winner of VG.R & LGD on the page that loads for me.
The biggest problem in this game is that Fnatic expected Newbee to try to run them over with early aggression, which their lineup would be able to counter. They didn't expect Newbee to stay reserved in the early game and then do a concentrated mid fight into a single push, which killed Fnatic when their lineup was weakest (20 to 40 minutes). Didn't do well early game. Hope they can recover for the second game!
On June 09 2016 20:52 Toadesstern wrote: @people doing Liquipeda-stuff: You have MVP in the upper part of the lower bracket vs the winner from the Liquid/Navi game. They should be in the lower parts. At least it has been that way previously and the bracket contest thread claims there's going to be that swap as well
This error only exist when you are not connected on liquipedia. When you are connected MVP is on the bottom bracket!
On June 09 2016 20:52 Toadesstern wrote: @people doing Liquipeda-stuff: You have MVP in the upper part of the lower bracket vs the winner from the Liquid/Navi game. They should be in the lower parts. At least it has been that way previously and the bracket contest thread claims there's going to be that swap as well
This error only exist when you are not connected on liquipedia. When you are connected MVP is on the bottom bracket!
lol, seriously? Why?
yeah you're right, refreshing doesn't work but logging in did the trick. NVM in that case
SF is just not pick-able this meta. All the meta heroes like slardar, lifestealer, beastmaster just destroys SF. Plenty of people think the pick isn't good even before the game started.
On June 09 2016 20:52 Toadesstern wrote: @people doing Liquipeda-stuff: You have MVP in the upper part of the lower bracket vs the winner from the Liquid/Navi game. They should be in the lower parts. At least it has been that way previously and the bracket contest thread claims there's going to be that swap as well
This error only exist when you are not connected on liquipedia. When you are connected MVP is on the bottom bracket!
lol, seriously? Why?
yeah you're right, refreshing doesn't work but logging in did the trick. NVM in that case
Tbh it was never wrong for me. Which gave me a bit of a startle because I wasnt paying attention and filled out the rest of my bracket wrong. Then again its my fault for not paying attention
On June 09 2016 21:33 Ufnal wrote: Is it Mushi playing bad or the rest of the team not bothering to protect him from 3-4-people ganks?
Newbee plays defensive in the mid-game, so they over-rotate to Tower Pushes or attempted ganks. (MVP-like, in that matter.) Fnatic has over-extended into Newbee. You need good vision to do that.
On June 09 2016 21:22 sacrilegious wrote: I wake up to see DC got eliminated... I swear if Liquid also get eliminated tomorrow I'm done with this tournament
There's always navi you can support, even if we're the team that knock yours out.
On June 09 2016 21:22 sacrilegious wrote: I wake up to see DC got eliminated... I swear if Liquid also get eliminated tomorrow I'm done with this tournament
There's always navi you can support, even if we're the team that knock yours out.
Not sure who yet but NaVi and Alliance either of those is the equivalent of cheering on Liverpool, you just can't do it no matter what is at stake
On June 09 2016 21:22 sacrilegious wrote: I wake up to see DC got eliminated... I swear if Liquid also get eliminated tomorrow I'm done with this tournament
There's always navi you can support, even if we're the team that knock yours out.
Not sure who yet but NaVi and Alliance either of those is the equivalent of cheering on Liverpool, you just can't do it no matter what is at stake
Naw I'm fine with cheering for Liverpool. Only team I won't cheer is man u :D
On June 09 2016 21:22 sacrilegious wrote: I wake up to see DC got eliminated... I swear if Liquid also get eliminated tomorrow I'm done with this tournament
There's always navi you can support, even if we're the team that knock yours out.
Not sure who yet but NaVi and Alliance either of those is the equivalent of cheering on Liverpool, you just can't do it no matter what is at stake
Alliance won things not all that long ago, so it definitely can't be them at least.
On June 09 2016 21:22 sacrilegious wrote: I wake up to see DC got eliminated... I swear if Liquid also get eliminated tomorrow I'm done with this tournament
There's always navi you can support, even if we're the team that knock yours out.
Not sure who yet but NaVi and Alliance either of those is the equivalent of cheering on Liverpool, you just can't do it no matter what is at stake
Alliance won things not all that long ago, so it definitely can't be them at least.
On June 09 2016 21:52 Ufnal wrote: Twitch chat is so infuriating sometimes, yesterday everybody was all "DJ ROCKS" and now 1 screwup and there;s "DJ BJ" and "DJ 1k MMR" constantly. >:/
The main problem for Newbee imo is invoker here. While naga caught up pretty nicely, Invoker never seemed to come online at all. close to being sole food for slark
E: Srsly i am so impressed by my talent on always posting when a new thread page opens :DD
On June 09 2016 21:55 Gear 3rd wrote: The main problem for Newbee imo is invoker here. While naga caught up pretty nicely, Invoker never seemed to come online at all. close to being sole food for slark
Naga also eats up not just farm, but really hurts the EXP gain. It's why Newbee is 10k behind right now. Almost 15k.
On June 09 2016 21:59 cecek wrote: wtf was the plan there? Go for a 2v5 fight without buybacks and hope it works out? They should've absolutely given away the lane.
I agree in a way, but playing against farmed Naga while being down a lane(even 1 rax) is really difficult.
That game was soo well held by fnatic until that fight happened..pretty disappointed with 343's hawk placements ..mushi didn't even realize what came towards him from trees ..
Ah well, nonetheless the dream is still alive in lower bracket ..will have to fight tommorow ..
Mushit wooooooo. My ego too big I must play mid now! Though I think its perhaps more of him not playing slark well. Who cares I'm biased against him. Mushit mushit mushit!
On June 09 2016 21:59 cecek wrote: wtf was the plan there? Go for a 2v5 fight without buybacks and hope it works out? They should've absolutely given away the lane.
I agree in a way, but playing against farmed Naga while being down a lane(even 1 rax) is really difficult.
They had a NP on their team and creeps were hitting Newbee's tier 3 tower. I'm sure they could've at least traded 2 rax for 1 or just lose one lane and force NB to tp back.
On June 09 2016 21:59 cecek wrote: wtf was the plan there? Go for a 2v5 fight without buybacks and hope it works out? They should've absolutely given away the lane.
I agree in a way, but playing against farmed Naga while being down a lane(even 1 rax) is really difficult.
They had a NP on their team and creeps were hitting Newbee's tier 3 tower. I'm sure they could've at least traded 2 rax for 1 or just lose one lane and force NB to tp back.
That was the play I was also thinking why ohaiyo didn't do .they could have e sacced racks for atleast a tier 3 tower from newbee..instead they tried to manup.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
Well he was good enough yesterday when they defeated LGD, no?
On June 09 2016 22:02 Kamisamanachi wrote: That game was soo well held by fnatic until that fight happened..pretty disappointed with 343's hawk placements ..mushi didn't even realize what came towards him from trees ..
Ah well, nonetheless the dream is still alive in lower bracket ..will have to fight tommorow ..
343's hawks were having problems most of that game.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
Pretty sure his performance has been pretty good this tournament ..either u are blind or are watching different player. and he makes teams because every player wants to fight at big tournaments with full potential. And in this case he is the player around which fnatic built their team and the team is quite stable since ti5 with 1 or 2 changes which happen in every team..changing a player from the roster doesn't mean changing entire team
pretty sure every captain makes changes to the team including ppd, Puppey(even harsher changes ) doesn't mean thay are absolute scums of this world .. people just find 100 reasons to flame some players who are famous that they find some weird excuses .
On June 09 2016 22:02 Kamisamanachi wrote: That game was soo well held by fnatic until that fight happened..pretty disappointed with 343's hawk placements ..mushi didn't even realize what came towards him from trees ..
Ah well, nonetheless the dream is still alive in lower bracket ..will have to fight tommorow ..
343's hawks were having problems most of that game.
Yea , I also felt like apart from that arly hawk giving fnatic vision in midlane , his hawk vision was pretty bad.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
Exactly, though my only issue was the net incident. I keep my DK flair because I think DK2014 is the best dota team ever, but sadly they choked when it mattered. Mushi was on that team, and I supported him despite his drop in form. I don't have anything against Mushi prior to net.
Honestly this is gonna sound weird but I think that second game really demonstrated Fnatic's biggest flaw: they make poor decisions about defending towers when they have lineups that aren't well suited to defending them given the game state. Luckily for them, this is a fixable mistake if they really analyze their replays.
They almost made a miraculous hold at the tier 3 with just 3 heroes, but the buyback + tp in sealed their fate. Given what I've seen, I don't think Newbee is invincible and I also think Fnatic or Liquid is gonna be the third place team.
They can't lose sight of the big picture: it's pretty amazing how much they've improved since Epicenter, and I honestly think that a bit more time and they are a team I think could potentially win TI.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
Pretty sure his performance has been pretty good this tournament ..either u are blind or are watching different player. and he makes teams because every player wants to fight at big tournaments with full potential. And in this case he is the player around which fnatic built their team and the team is quite stable since ti5 with 1 or 2 changes which happen in every team..changing a player from the roster doesn't mean changing entire team
pretty sure every captain makes changes to the team including ppd, Puppey(even harsher changes ) doesn't mean thay are absolute scums of this world .. people just find 100 reasons to flame some players who are famous that they find some weird excuses .
I don't think roster changes aren't a big deal either for the reasons you mentioned. Secret didn't do anything wrong. Though the net situation was kind of stretching the rules, leaving him without a chance to play after roster lock. But I disagree about mushi's skill being adequate right now. I doubt either of us can convince the other, so I'll just leave it at that.
On June 09 2016 22:06 Kamisamanachi wrote: ^ this guy seems to be one of the most butthurt people on every LR thread..lmao .it's like mushi did some horrible things to him in his dreams .
Well I can understand his sentiment. I'm not a fan of what mushi does either. Keeps making teams, ditching them, remaking them and ditching again. And then the recent situation of kicking net. Net didn't die for this : / And right now he's just not good enough to play mid at a tier 1 level.
Pretty sure his performance has been pretty good this tournament ..either u are blind or are watching different player. and he makes teams because every player wants to fight at big tournaments with full potential. And in this case he is the player around which fnatic built their team and the team is quite stable since ti5 with 1 or 2 changes which happen in every team..changing a player from the roster doesn't mean changing entire team
pretty sure every captain makes changes to the team including ppd, Puppey(even harsher changes ) doesn't mean thay are absolute scums of this world .. people just find 100 reasons to flame some players who are famous that they find some weird excuses .
I don't think roster changes aren't a big deal either for the reasons you mentioned. Secret didn't do anything wrong. Though the net situation was kind of stretching the rules, leaving him without a chance to play after roster lock. But I disagree about mushi's skill being adequate right now. I doubt either of us can convince the other, so I'll just leave it at that.
He either won mid or broke out even during most of matches I saw them play . What is bad skills in that ? Yeah, his mid game decisions might not have been best sometimes. But he is one of the only player who doesn't need supports to camp mid to help him. He is known for his self sufficient laning and he does that almost every game..
On June 09 2016 22:37 MetalMercury wrote: Honestly this is gonna sound weird but I think that second game really demonstrated Fnatic's biggest flaw: they make poor decisions about defending towers when they have lineups that aren't well suited to defending them given the game state. Luckily for them, this is a fixable mistake if they really analyze their replays.
They almost made a miraculous hold at the tier 3 with just 3 heroes, but the buyback + tp in sealed their fate. Given what I've seen, I don't think Newbee is invincible and I also think Fnatic or Liquid is gonna be the third place team.
They can't lose sight of the big picture: it's pretty amazing how much they've improved since Epicenter, and I honestly think that a bit more time and they are a team I think could potentially win TI.
Yes.i also think they need to seriously improve their mid to late game descsion making.sometimes they make some game winning decisions but sometimes their decisions are rough ..they are one of the most improved team . They just need that one extra push on how to tackle some situations..I also have fnatic as 2nd place team this tournament ..hope they come out calm tommorow .