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Daray
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
6006 Posts
July 15 2016 23:20 GMT
#181
Saving strats doesn't mean that you can play and draft like shit.
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
July 15 2016 23:21 GMT
#182
On July 16 2016 08:17 Faruko wrote:
arent io, invoker and bm typical OG picks ?


Not having a real carry though makes this draft not at all typical OG.
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
July 15 2016 23:22 GMT
#183
On July 16 2016 08:20 uriel- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:17 Faruko wrote:
arent io, invoker and bm typical OG picks ?


Yeah but they lost so they couldn't have been taking it seriously cos they are the best team in the world

That's how it works I think



bingo

apologists smh.
secret - never again
Kabras
Profile Joined June 2011
Romania3508 Posts
July 15 2016 23:22 GMT
#184
On July 16 2016 08:21 DucK- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:17 Faruko wrote:
arent io, invoker and bm typical OG picks ?


Not having a real carry though makes this draft not at all typical OG.

yea unless you have 5 comfort heroes it's an experiment. even centaur is common for og by now ffs
"So playing SF in pubs, everyone remember that a very important point is that when using a carry hero like this you must be very selfish. Because working with team mates is a very dangerous thing" - 2009
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
July 15 2016 23:23 GMT
#185
On July 16 2016 08:19 Kipsate wrote:
isnt everyone saving strats

Wings just randoms every game so I dont think they save anything.

They're saving their tournament roulette, they are using their practice roulette to determine their picks atm.

More seriously, they can make a shit tons of heroes working for them but #SavingStratsForTI has never been more real I think. This tournament does not outweight the difference between a top 13/16 and a top 9/12 at TI.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
July 15 2016 23:24 GMT
#186
On July 16 2016 08:17 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:17 TomatoBisque wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:14 Azarkon wrote:
Time to stop playing test strategy. Or maybe not, given what just won.

would you say that OG are saving strats for TI


they're saving strats alongside navi and liquid for sure.

So wings was saving strats during the major ? thats an interesting aproach to such a big tournament
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
July 15 2016 23:24 GMT
#187
man saving draft strat apologists out in full force today

secret - never again
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 23:28:37
July 15 2016 23:25 GMT
#188
On July 16 2016 08:24 Faruko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:17 ch33psh33p wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:17 TomatoBisque wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:14 Azarkon wrote:
Time to stop playing test strategy. Or maybe not, given what just won.

would you say that OG are saving strats for TI


they're saving strats alongside navi and liquid for sure.

So wings was saving strats during the major ? thats an interesting aproach to such a big tournament


no they lost cuz they played bad

i'm not a draft apologist thats gonna insult a team by implying they're "saving strats"

i don't think people realize how unfair they're being to a team that just lost by saying "yeah they were just saying strats"

its honestly insulting and stupid if you spent more than a minute to think about it.


It's like people have this fucked up mentality that if their favorite team loses, it can't be because they got outdrafted, outplayed, and out manuvered. It has to be becuase they were saving strats. I don't think you realize how brutally insulting it is to a professional to insist the only reason they lost was because they weren't taking their livelihood seriously.

I know fan boys gonna fan boy, but its so mindblowingly stupid.
secret - never again
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
July 15 2016 23:28 GMT
#189
On July 16 2016 08:25 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:24 Faruko wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:17 ch33psh33p wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:17 TomatoBisque wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:14 Azarkon wrote:
Time to stop playing test strategy. Or maybe not, given what just won.

would you say that OG are saving strats for TI


they're saving strats alongside navi and liquid for sure.

So wings was saving strats during the major ? thats an interesting aproach to such a big tournament


no they lost cuz they played bad

i'm not a draft apologist thats gonna insult a team by implying they're "saving strats"

i don't think people realize how unfair they're being to a team that just lost by saying "yeah they were just saying strats"

its honestly insulting and stupid if you spent more than a minute to think about it.

Pretty sure everyone is joking about saving strats tho

(i hope so...)
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
CxWiLL
Profile Joined May 2013
China830 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 23:29:39
July 15 2016 23:28 GMT
#190
On July 16 2016 08:23 nojok wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:19 Kipsate wrote:
isnt everyone saving strats

Wings just randoms every game so I dont think they save anything.

They're saving their tournament roulette, they are using their practice roulette to determine their picks atm.

More seriously, they can make a shit tons of heroes working for them but #SavingStratsForTI has never been more real I think. This tournament does not outweight the difference between a top 13/16 and a top 9/12 at TI.

All random mode is the ultimate form of strat saving.
TosHReloadeD
Profile Joined June 2016
Peru32 Posts
July 15 2016 23:28 GMT
#191
Yeah, that means Wings is always saving strats for ti.
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
July 15 2016 23:29 GMT
#192
On July 16 2016 08:25 ch33psh33p wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:24 Faruko wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:17 ch33psh33p wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:17 TomatoBisque wrote:
On July 16 2016 08:14 Azarkon wrote:
Time to stop playing test strategy. Or maybe not, given what just won.

would you say that OG are saving strats for TI


they're saving strats alongside navi and liquid for sure.

So wings was saving strats during the major ? thats an interesting aproach to such a big tournament


no they lost cuz they played bad

i'm not a draft apologist thats gonna insult a team by implying they're "saving strats"

i don't think people realize how unfair they're being to a team that just lost by saying "yeah they were just saying strats"

its honestly insulting and stupid if you spent more than a minute to think about it.

You're the one being insulting saying we are stupid. If you can't tell the difference between the usual fly/kuroky's draft from the drafts at this tourney, it's helpless. TI is just that important, a 17 million $ tournaments is worth sacking a 100K$ one, what's so hard to understand? TI worth 170 times this tourney in term of cash and also prestige.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
July 15 2016 23:30 GMT
#193
On July 16 2016 08:20 uriel- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 08:17 Faruko wrote:
arent io, invoker and bm typical OG picks ?


Yeah but they lost so they couldn't have been taking it seriously cos they are a western team

That's how it works I think

Close but I fixed it
rip
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
July 15 2016 23:30 GMT
#194
I don't know why I even bother with people who think that having no carry is a standard strategy.
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
July 15 2016 23:31 GMT
#195
On July 16 2016 08:30 Azarkon wrote:
I don't know why I even bother with people who think that having no carry is a standard strategy.

Probably because you make posts like

On July 16 2016 07:56 Azarkon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 16 2016 07:54 Procake wrote:
OG really love dieback


Because they know as long as Miracle doesn't die, no matter how much the rest of the team dies, they win.


And then backtrack and make posts like

On July 16 2016 08:14 Azarkon wrote:
Time to stop playing test strategy. Or maybe not, given what just won.


after they lose?
rip
Azarkon
Profile Joined January 2010
United States21060 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-07-15 23:33:04
July 15 2016 23:32 GMT
#196
I don't see why those conflict.

They play around Miracle, this much has always been the case, and remains the case no matter what they pick.
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
July 15 2016 23:37 GMT
#197
I think both teams have just decided to go for "Insanity". Though I doubt this is going to have too much of an impact on the meta.

Also, I really want to see Wings vs Alliance.
uriel-
Profile Joined August 2007
Singapore1867 Posts
July 15 2016 23:39 GMT
#198
Every single team is trying stuff out and hiding stuff for TI, doesn't mean they're not trying to win. They draft shit that they think can work and want to try them out on good teams. Can't be hard to understand.

Just watch the good dota and be entertained without trying to justify every single time your favourite team loses, jesus
ch33psh33p
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
7650 Posts
July 15 2016 23:41 GMT
#199
4 comfort picks for OG?

must be saving strats.

damn!
secret - never again
ZeaL.
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States5955 Posts
July 15 2016 23:41 GMT
#200
Holy shit this lion
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