Since EG are thankfully eliminated, I'll be really happy regardless of which team ends up winning this now. Slightly rooting for Na'Vi tho, just cause I know how mad people will get.
On July 25 2016 04:51 mutantmagnet wrote: Good game overall. Navi handily outplayed Fnatic even though Fnatic didn't make any major mistakes.
Not banning Sand King when it's the reason for most of Navi wins lately is error on it's own.
Meh it didn't matter as much as you want it to. Navi from the beginning when Artstyle came back was developing a style based on early rotations and now it has come to a point where instead of Artstyle doing it on Chen everyone was doing it this game. Fnatic was aware and tried to compete but they were usually a step behind and got punished for it.
That basically sums up all of the team fights that occured after the laning stage. Both teams knew what the other was doing and had the right idea but Navi were in better positions or Fnatic was sluggish enough to fail (like when they had the brilliant idea of Mid One and Ohaiyo contesting Rosh in waves but after Mid One confirmed he couldn't grab the Rosh kill Ohaiyo was ready to Chrono just when they grabbed aegis and that allowed them to punish him when he tried to avoid wasting his Chrono.
On July 25 2016 04:51 mutantmagnet wrote: Good game overall. Navi handily outplayed Fnatic even though Fnatic didn't make any major mistakes.
Not banning Sand King when it's the reason for most of Navi wins lately is error on it's own.
Meh it didn't matter as much as you want it to. Navi from the beginning when Artstyle came back was developing a style based on early rotations and now it has come to a point where instead of Artstyle doing it on Chen everyone was doing it this game. Fnatic was aware and tried to compete but they were usually a step behind and got punished for it.
That basically sums up all of the team fights that occured after the laning stage. Both teams knew what the other was doing and had the right idea but Navi were in better positions or Fnatic was sluggish enough to fail (like when they had the brilliant idea of Mid One and Ohaiyo contesting Rosh in waves but after Mid One confirmed he couldn't grab the Rosh kill Ohaiyo was ready to Chrono just when they grabbed aegis and that allowed them to punish him when he tried to avoid wasting his Chrono.
I mean, most of Navi wins lately in nutshell:
Snowball from Laning phase.
Win.
It just so happens SK happens to be one of the better heroes for achieving that against most of usual carries.
On July 25 2016 04:51 mutantmagnet wrote: Good game overall. Navi handily outplayed Fnatic even though Fnatic didn't make any major mistakes.
Not banning Sand King when it's the reason for most of Navi wins lately is error on it's own.
Meh it didn't matter as much as you want it to. Navi from the beginning when Artstyle came back was developing a style based on early rotations and now it has come to a point where instead of Artstyle doing it on Chen everyone was doing it this game. Fnatic was aware and tried to compete but they were usually a step behind and got punished for it.
That basically sums up all of the team fights that occured after the laning stage. Both teams knew what the other was doing and had the right idea but Navi were in better positions or Fnatic was sluggish enough to fail (like when they had the brilliant idea of Mid One and Ohaiyo contesting Rosh in waves but after Mid One confirmed he couldn't grab the Rosh kill Ohaiyo was ready to Chrono just when they grabbed aegis and that allowed them to punish him when he tried to avoid wasting his Chrono.
I mean, most of Navi wins lately in nutshell:
Snowball from Laning phase.
Win.
It just so happens SK happens to be one of the better heroes for achieving that against most of usual carries.
EDIT: Secret 3-1 Navi, screenshot it folks.
Secret has usually been about greedy lineups. I don't think that 3-1 is possible or that they won't earn it without having 3 bad laning games.
On July 25 2016 04:51 mutantmagnet wrote: Good game overall. Navi handily outplayed Fnatic even though Fnatic didn't make any major mistakes.
Not banning Sand King when it's the reason for most of Navi wins lately is error on it's own.
Meh it didn't matter as much as you want it to. Navi from the beginning when Artstyle came back was developing a style based on early rotations and now it has come to a point where instead of Artstyle doing it on Chen everyone was doing it this game. Fnatic was aware and tried to compete but they were usually a step behind and got punished for it.
That basically sums up all of the team fights that occured after the laning stage. Both teams knew what the other was doing and had the right idea but Navi were in better positions or Fnatic was sluggish enough to fail (like when they had the brilliant idea of Mid One and Ohaiyo contesting Rosh in waves but after Mid One confirmed he couldn't grab the Rosh kill Ohaiyo was ready to Chrono just when they grabbed aegis and that allowed them to punish him when he tried to avoid wasting his Chrono.
I mean, most of Navi wins lately in nutshell:
Snowball from Laning phase.
Win.
It just so happens SK happens to be one of the better heroes for achieving that against most of usual carries.
EDIT: Secret 3-1 Navi, screenshot it folks.
Secret has usually been about greedy lineups. I don't think that 3-1 is possible or that they won't earn it without having 3 bad laning games.
Secret has it's downsides, but they realize the above 2 step recipe of Navi all too well. Thus i assume they won't slip up more than once.
This game is so fucking over actually. Once alch gets 4-5 slotted with manta radiance and preferably oct at around 25 mins, he will get aegis and go end the game. Even if Fnatic manages to even kill him once they will almost have to blow their enitire load on him with all their ults, and they would not have anything to deal with him when he returns from the dead. Even 40+ mins onwards, he can jsut bb into the team fight and just wreck the entire enemy team.
On July 25 2016 05:32 Zea! wrote: How many games has Mushi to lose before he understands his dusa's build is shit
He goes linkens manta every game? If so it is really bad
Yeah, no matter if there is not a single good spell to block or debuff to dispell, he wants those manta illusions hitting for 30 dmg. When done with TB it's okish but in a 4 protect 1...
Why's everyone shitting on Linkens Manta Medusa suddenly. Wasn't everyone a fan of it like a year ago, although I've been saying this since like 2014 or something
On July 25 2016 05:25 CosmicSpiral wrote: Being a Fnatic fan is one of the most frustrating things ever.
I swear they'll win something international someday.
They really suck against Na'Vi but do much better against other teams.
If Mushi leaves maybe. Haha!
I think he doesn't trust his drafter enough, or midone. Or he wants the spotlight. Either way, there's no reason for them to be swapping roles/drafters so often, especially when his teammates are doing a pretty good job with that.
On July 25 2016 05:25 CosmicSpiral wrote: Being a Fnatic fan is one of the most frustrating things ever.
I swear they'll win something international someday.
They really suck against Na'Vi but do much better against other teams.
Na'Vi routinely exposes their main weaknesses, which means that the top teams can pick up on them too. They'll never be in that shortlist for tournament victors if they don't address those problems.
Well be right back, just changing panel --> 20 minute countdown timer --> hits zero --> add another 20 minutes.
Wonder if they are doing incremental increases just to fuck with Europeans or if it's only poor production. I'm guessing there will be at least half an hour of talking before the game starts too so off to bed. Oh well. :/
On July 25 2016 06:46 Blackfeather wrote: If one team wouldn't scam their employees, I'd be pretty torn between both teams.
Go Dondo! Show them who's boss!
What about getting sponsored by scams?
I don't think we need to argue about the difference between scamming your employees as a company because international law is non-existent and having a sponsor who offers rigged bets on a website.
On July 25 2016 06:46 Blackfeather wrote: If one team wouldn't scam their employees, I'd be pretty torn between both teams.
Go Dondo! Show them who's boss!
What about getting sponsored by scams?
I don't think we need to argue about the difference between scamming your employees as a company because international law is non-existent and having a sponsor who offers rigged bets on a website.
Do you really think puppey and RTZ would keep playing under this banner? They could easily find another sponsor. They did not make the ending public, that's all.
Wow so apparently that Moscow Five guy was in a huge cybercrime ring, damn that's hardcore stuff This music is some seriously "IT'S NOT A PHASE, MOM" music
On July 25 2016 06:46 Blackfeather wrote: If one team wouldn't scam their employees, I'd be pretty torn between both teams.
Go Dondo! Show them who's boss!
What about getting sponsored by scams?
I don't think we need to argue about the difference between scamming your employees as a company because international law is non-existent and having a sponsor who offers rigged bets on a website.
Do you really think puppey and RTZ would keep playing under this banner? They could easily find another sponsor. They did not make the ending public, that's all.
As much as I used to respect Puppey, from interviews etc he seemed to play a large part in forming and managing the team. So it's highly unlikely that he didn't know from the beginning unless he blindly trusted cyborgmatt from the beginning with everything. I don't think RTZ thinks a lot about it either way. I agree that it's surprising he came back however. The one that makes me wonder the most is EE honestly, because he seems to be a guy who holds high standards for himself as well as for others.
EE is precisely the guy however who'd tweet about a recompensation.
Also why exactly wouldn't you talk about the ending?
And again, getting scammed by an internet betting site is somewhat to be expected, not getting paid by your employee is totally different.
On July 25 2016 06:46 Blackfeather wrote: If one team wouldn't scam their employees, I'd be pretty torn between both teams.
Go Dondo! Show them who's boss!
What about getting sponsored by scams?
I don't think we need to argue about the difference between scamming your employees as a company because international law is non-existent and having a sponsor who offers rigged bets on a website.
Do you really think puppey and RTZ would keep playing under this banner? They could easily find another sponsor. They did not make the ending public, that's all.
As much as I used to respect Puppey, from interviews etc he seemed to play a large part in forming and managing the team. So it's highly unlikely that he didn't know from the beginning unless he blindly trusted cyborgmatt from the beginning with everything. I don't think RTZ thinks a lot about it either way. The one that makes me wonder the most is EE honestly, because he seems to be a guy who holds high standards for himself as well as for others.
EE is precisely the guy however who'd tweet about a recompensation.
Also why exactly wouldn't you talk about the ending?
We know nothing, I speculate based on the fact players can't be that stupid to stay if they got scammed from so much money, you give more importance to other facts, but in the end, we don't know.
Blink/Lasso is the only reliable disable on Weaver, once he gets his linken it's pretty much open world for the sneaky pest.
Early game will be the key to this as Timber and Weaver need time to get online. If Secret gets good early game advantage they can just 5 man tower after tower thanks to Chrono.
I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
On July 25 2016 08:07 wims80 wrote: Dendi's Timber was very underwhelming this game, he wasn't able to catch up from the lane and his finesse with the hero doesn't seem very good either
Timbersaw got super countered by multiple heroes. By keeper, razor, void.
On July 25 2016 08:07 wims80 wrote: Dendi's Timber was very underwhelming this game, he wasn't able to catch up from the lane and his finesse with the hero doesn't seem very good either
Timbersaw got super countered by multiple heroes. By keeper, razor, void.
Yeah and to add insult to injury when Razor had 57 cs (and 21 denies!!!) Timber only had 29
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
These kinds of posts probably make me more angry than they should.
On July 25 2016 08:14 sunrazgriz wrote: weaver pick is questionable , weaver is weak with time dilation
well at that point in the draft NaVi was super all-in so they picked a self-sufficient carry so they could move vs and chen around hoping to snow ball from pressuring secret safe lane but they failed miserably (vanguard void lul).
On July 25 2016 08:17 Kuroeeah wrote: These games look really easy for Secret. Unless something absurd happens in the series, Secret is simply the better team.
I would like to see them fight against OG, Liquid and Wings to see if the Secret hype is real or if they crumble.
Well, don't we treat Navi as tier 1 gatekeeper? If Secret keep dismantling Navi like that, we probably have to count them as tier 1.
On July 25 2016 08:14 sunrazgriz wrote: weaver pick is questionable , weaver is weak with time dilation
well at that point in the draft NaVi was super all-in so they picked a self-sufficient carry so they could move vs and chen around hoping to snow ball from pressuring secret safe lane but they failed miserably (vanguard void lul).
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
These kinds of posts probably make me more angry than they should.
If i replied to all posts that make me angry I'd have 10k posts by now.
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
These kinds of posts probably make me more angry than they should.
If i replied to all posts that make me angry I'd have 10k posts by now.
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
These kinds of posts probably make me more angry than they should.
If i replied to all posts that make me angry I'd have 10k posts by now.
On July 25 2016 08:17 Kuroeeah wrote: These games look really easy for Secret. Unless something absurd happens in the series, Secret is simply the better team.
I would like to see them fight against OG, Liquid and Wings to see if the Secret hype is real or if they crumble.
Well, don't we treat Navi as tier 1 gatekeeper? If Secret keep dismantling Navi like that, we probably have to count them as tier 1.
I believe Secret is tier 1 judging from these games, it's pretty hard to argue they're just looking better than every other team in this lan. Probably the most surprising thing about the entire lan is how deep EG managed to crawl themselves in the dumpster.
On July 25 2016 08:17 Kuroeeah wrote: These games look really easy for Secret. Unless something absurd happens in the series, Secret is simply the better team.
I would like to see them fight against OG, Liquid and Wings to see if the Secret hype is real or if they crumble.
Well, don't we treat Navi as tier 1 gatekeeper? If Secret keep dismantling Navi like that, we probably have to count them as tier 1.
I believe Secret is tier 1 judging from these games, it's pretty hard to argue they're just looking better than every other team in this lan. Probably the most surprising thing about the entire lan is how deep EG managed to crawl themselves in the dumpster.
Seriously, if Na'vi was playing evenly with Secret it would be differnt, but Secret is literally crushing them
On July 25 2016 08:56 TomatoBisque wrote: I feel like Secret isn't respecting the BH enough
Only mirana & to a lesser extend axe pushing lanes fast against bat invoker & tb pushing fast and na'vi ahs the superior pick off in a spread map, this game is turning in a real tier1 test for secret.
On July 25 2016 08:57 Kuroeeah wrote: I dont get why Secret is making these sorts of mistakes.
Arrogance maybe
I feel like all iterations have Secret have randomly had chainfeed moments when they were ahead, it's just really bad in this game because they're against a BH
On July 25 2016 09:04 Ramiz1989 wrote: Dendi absolutely destroyed them in this fight.
As expected?
Well he certainly didn't have that much of an impact in previous fights, I know that he got Aghs but it's not just that, he just hit at least 2-3 heroes with every aoe spell that he used.
On July 25 2016 08:03 Zizy wrote: I just don't see Na'Vi contending the first place in tournaments with Ditya. He's a solid carry but he doesn't have that something as a carry to win them the game when its needed. Might be just me but that's the way I see it.
Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
While Navi were loosing the laning phase I was saying to myself Batrider and Invoker are their only hope and Dendi's Invoker is delivering with the big plays.
this is a great game of dota but Na'vi isn't really in the position to take the initiative. they're using buybacks, so Secret still is in a position where they're just looking for one more fight.
On July 25 2016 09:18 Kuroeeah wrote: this is a great game of dota but Na'vi isn't really in the position to take the initiative. they're using buybacks, so Secret still is in a position where they're just looking for one more fight.
On July 25 2016 09:18 Kuroeeah wrote: this is a great game of dota but Na'vi isn't really in the position to take the initiative. they're using buybacks, so Secret still is in a position where they're just looking for one more fight.
Secret are using them too, you know.
the problem is that i feel na'vi should have won the game already. ursa is getting destroyed by invoker, terrorblade has almost reached critical mass but it's still close even when i think it shouldn't be.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol. Dont get me wrong. They may well be a tier 1 team. But Na'vi isnt the final boss.
General was sick this game, he had that one bad death top but all the others were well worth the pushing, threat and vision he provided, landing so many good lasso against abba and oracle is damn good.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. Can you really say that between OG - TL or Newbee there is a worst T1 team ? They all beat each other here and there, with OG being somewhat 1 level above. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
You can make an argument that gatekeeper to tier 1 is the worst tier 1 team.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
You can make an argument that gatekeeper to tier 1 is the worst tier 1 team.
No not really, because they dont beat tier 1 teams either. Again,. if you really want to force it sure, but realistically speaking no.
Na'Vi is not going to win TI6, it's not even far fetched of me to make that statement because I don't see a world where they beat teams like Liquid or OG in a Valve event whereas I think a tier 1 team is one that should be able to contest that title. We've seen both OG and Na'Vi long enough throughout the year to make some comfortable guesses in which team has a good probability of winning a TI.
Secret is still an unknown. I think they're tier 1 but they're making some pretty silly mistakes.
I'm also going to take a stab in guessing EG isn't going to a repeat champion after their loss against FRIENDS.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. Can you really say that between OG - TL or Newbee there is a worst T1 teams ? They all beat each other here and there, with OG being somewhat 1 level above. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. Can you really say that between OG - TL or Newbee there is a worst T1 teams ? They all beat each other here and there, with OG being somewhat 1 level above. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
You said it yourself : 'lol'
I said what myself ? Let me put it you this way. If Secret are a tier 1 team after beating Na'vi. Would one be considered reasonable for betting on them to win TI ?
On July 25 2016 09:34 nojok wrote: General was sick this game, he had that one bad death top but all the others were well worth the pushing, threat and vision he provided, landing so many good lasso against abba and oracle is damn good.
The split push with batrider was super important to drag the game out till Navi could come back into it.
On July 25 2016 09:27 nojok wrote: One bo3 remaining to be tier1, dropping only one game to na'vi in a bo5 can still make you tier1 but not two.
Beating tier 1 teams makes you tier 1. Na'vi is just the gatekeeper, you gotta prove you belong there once you get a look in. If you lose to Na'vi you are definitely tier 2. But you arent tier 1 if you beat them. You just get to be gatekeeper instead
disagree, depends on how you beat them
beating them 2-0 was pretty impressive, if they pull this out 3-1 against na'vi its gonna be ahrd to argue secret aren't t1
You can disagree, but disagree with me doesnt mean Secret are beating tier 1 teams. It just means you are beating the gatekeeper to tier 1. It would be very easy to argue they arent tier 1.
They havent beaten any of them.. lol.
They can be the worst tier1 team, still better than gatekeeper or best tier2 team.
There is no such thing as a worst tier 1 team lol. Can you really say that between OG - TL or Newbee there is a worst T1 teams ? They all beat each other here and there, with OG being somewhat 1 level above. I am bringing you a very simple logic and you are offering gymnastics to force them in.
You said it yourself : 'lol'
I said what myself ? Let me put it you this way. If Secret are a tier 1 team after beating Na'vi. Would one be considered reasonable for betting on them to win TI ?
yeah.. thought so.
I was doing my best monty python, don't read too much into it, ofc those tiers are kinda ridiculous but who does not love rankings in esports?
On July 25 2016 09:54 Kuroeeah wrote: this is a standard secret draft, if na'vi beats them with whatever the fuck their abomination draft is, I think plasmid and shaella will cry.
It's standard navi draft tho. Wombo combo for highground defense.
On July 25 2016 09:54 Kuroeeah wrote: this is a standard secret draft, if na'vi beats them with whatever the fuck their abomination draft is, I think plasmid and shaella will cry.
On July 25 2016 09:54 Kuroeeah wrote: this is a standard secret draft, if na'vi beats them with whatever the fuck their abomination draft is, I think plasmid and shaella will cry.
It's standard navi draft tho. Wombo combo for highground defense.
Need to hold hardcore early to mid though.
Drow strat takes down structures very quickly.
Elder's spirit will be a bitch to deal with when you're a Magnus trying to find a good blink/RP.
I feel like Navi has been trying to play a lot of late game draft rather than resorting to the usual CIS yolo aggression. Perhaps they felt the need to shape up before having to face OG/Liquid again in TI?
Watching these games show how big of a difference between top tier teams like OG, Liquid, LGD, Wings and the tier below. Secret doesn't have a chance at the aegis.
On July 25 2016 10:37 MaCRo.gg wrote: Watching these games show how big of a difference between top tier teams like OG, Liquid, LGD, Wings and the tier below. Secret doesn't have a chance at the aegis.
People that lump Wings in top tier tend to forget that these guys can easily bomb out of TI as well.
On July 25 2016 10:37 MaCRo.gg wrote: Watching these games show how big of a difference between top tier teams like OG, Liquid, LGD, Wings and the tier below. Secret doesn't have a chance at the aegis.
People that lump Wings in top tier tend to forget that these guys can easily bomb out of TI as well.
Yeah people forgot Newbee exists or something. I'd still put Wings along the MVP, Fnatic, Na'Vi team tier, even though they did go 5-1 against OG at Summit.
On July 25 2016 10:37 MaCRo.gg wrote: Watching these games show how big of a difference between top tier teams like OG, Liquid, LGD, Wings and the tier below. Secret doesn't have a chance at the aegis.
Why are you putting Wings and LGD in the same bracket with OG and Liquid. Newbee perhaps but Wings? Wings is China's MVP.P
Na'Vi figured out the counter to Secret, pick AoE teamfight and no matter how the early game goes, gain massive amounts of gold when EE inevitably leads his team to throw at the highground.
This was a lot more on the draft than on Bulba or anyone else.Honestly pushing uphill into ember/mag/chrono/curse with ench lobbing impetus from T4. Yea.... GL with that. They had to find pickoffs out on the map but they didnt have the heroes for it.
On July 25 2016 10:37 MaCRo.gg wrote: Watching these games show how big of a difference between top tier teams like OG, Liquid, LGD, Wings and the tier below. Secret doesn't have a chance at the aegis.
People that lump Wings in top tier tend to forget that these guys can easily bomb out of TI as well.
Yeah people forgot Newbee exists or something. I'd still put Wings along the MVP, Fnatic, Na'Vi team tier, even though they did go 5-1 against OG at Summit.
I did forget that Newbee exist, just fished for a Chinese team to put up there Just giving Wings some love for their Summit win.
I think MVP and Wings are solidly above Fnatic and Na'Vi though.
On July 25 2016 10:47 Kreb wrote: This was a lot more on the draft than on Bulba or anyone else.Honestly pushing uphill into ember/mag/chrono/curse with ench lobbing impetus from T4. Yea.... GL with that. They had to find pickoffs out on the map but they didnt have the heroes for it.
Well Arteezy played absolutely out of his mind. Overall they were ok. EE was the obvious weak link this game.
Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
On July 25 2016 10:47 Kreb wrote: This was a lot more on the draft than on Bulba or anyone else.Honestly pushing uphill into ember/mag/chrono/curse with ench lobbing impetus from T4. Yea.... GL with that. They had to find pickoffs out on the map but they didnt have the heroes for it.
Well Arteezy played absolutely out of his mind. Overall they were ok. EE was the obvious weak link this game.
Yea rtz played crazy good. But didnt matter, Navi lineup would never concede highground unless massively behind or mistakes made.
On July 25 2016 10:50 Xurr wrote: Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
In a late game teamfight it's still better than shivas, linkens or octarine.
On July 25 2016 10:47 Kreb wrote: This was a lot more on the draft than on Bulba or anyone else.Honestly pushing uphill into ember/mag/chrono/curse with ench lobbing impetus from T4. Yea.... GL with that. They had to find pickoffs out on the map but they didnt have the heroes for it.
Well Arteezy played absolutely out of his mind. Overall they were ok. EE was the obvious weak link this game.
Yea rtz played crazy good. But didnt matter, Navi lineup would never concede highground unless massively behind or mistakes made.
He was kinda tilted though he got the double pickoff after the team fight and then proceeded to walk into 3 Na'vi heroes.
As for funneling farm. Aghs Mirana always gonna farm. Thats the only way to stop the split push from Na'vi so they can actually barrel down mid so thats more on Na'vi forcing it than anything Secret did wrong.
On July 25 2016 10:50 Xurr wrote: Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
In a late game teamfight it's still better than shivas, linkens or octarine.
On July 25 2016 10:50 Xurr wrote: Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
In a late game teamfight it's still better than shivas, linkens or octarine.
On July 25 2016 10:50 Xurr wrote: Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
In a late game teamfight it's still better than shivas, linkens or octarine.
Exactly, its the hero that has no place lategame, the drow is not very good late, but can at least do something late, the Mirana is a Lightshow and nothing else in any lategame fight. Therefore, give the Drow more farm in this draft or not draft Drow and Mirana in the first place.
On July 25 2016 10:50 Xurr wrote: Secret funneled to much farm into the Mirana and to little into the Drow. Also, Etheral Blade is a gimmicky gank item, in a late game teamfight its just garbage.
In a late game teamfight it's still better than shivas, linkens or octarine.
Exactly, its the hero that has no place lategame, the drow is not very good late, but can at least do something late, the Mirana is a Lightshow and nothing else in any lategame fight. Therefore, give the Drow more farm in this draft or not draft Drow and Mirana in the first place.
This game was done the moment Bulba failed to press R in the first siege, and kudos to Navi for achieving that.
If you go for the Mirana aghs build, it should be Aghs - Eblade - Dagon 5 IMO, and whatever extra crap you think you might use (you should have only 1-2 items slots depending on bkb, bots are a must) like Octarine and Linkens/Shivas
At some point that build will be pretty meh and the dagon 5 let you do more damage, still not the best, but at leat you arent worthless
I don't know if its Secret terrible at high ground siege or just Na'Vi good at defending high ground either way bat pull win them game 2 and Magnus push win them game 3
On July 25 2016 11:09 plasmidghost wrote: If Secret loses this series, I highly doubt they get top 8 at TI
I think results only have some correlation to TI results.
I think the biggest factor will be who can figure out the meta of TI and ride it to the top
This is why Na'Vi did so well early on. No one was learning the TI meta as fast as they were. Now, all teams are metagaming every stage of TI so quickly it's almost impossible to keep up with.
I really look forward to TI this year. Can't wait to see what happens and how many heroes are played.
On July 25 2016 11:17 Nyan wrote: fell asleep after 1:0 and expected 3:0. now I'm happy =)
Were two great games if you like Navi!
I don't understand why this abbadon didn't support Morph top when they saw he would get wreckt in lane.
Abbadon + Axe combo too hard to pass on. They are expecting these two to do enough work so that supports need to rotate which will give Morph more room.
On July 25 2016 11:27 traumatism wrote: I'm quite afraid that this is the entirety of Secret's depth for TI. They don't tend to be innovative once settled into a style...
This describes literally every iteration of secret except maybe the very first one
Dota bad ceremonies strike again. Sonneiko was so disappointed to look inside the cup he obviously wanted to dunk himself or a team mate with Gatorade.
On July 25 2016 11:32 sacrilegious wrote: I thought Huskar was nerfed? LOL...
I sort of don't care Secret lost, but I hate seeing Na'Vi win now, only because of well... G2A. And poor Bulba
nerfs don't matter that much when you're pushing highground at 15 mins against a team whose only substantial physical/pure damage is an axe and an underfarmed morph
On July 25 2016 11:32 sacrilegious wrote: I thought Huskar was nerfed? LOL...
I sort of don't care Secret lost, but I hate seeing Na'Vi win now, only because of well... G2A. And poor Bulba
nerfs don't matter that much when you're pushing highground at 15 mins against a team whose only substantial physical/pure damage is an axe and an underfarmed morph
Nerfs don't matter any when you are having huskar-oracle against a team without a single remote counter.
On July 25 2016 11:32 sacrilegious wrote: I thought Huskar was nerfed? LOL...
I sort of don't care Secret lost, but I hate seeing Na'Vi win now, only because of well... G2A. And poor Bulba
nerfs don't matter that much when you're pushing highground at 15 mins against a team whose only substantial physical/pure damage is an axe and an underfarmed morph
More importantly Secret's lineup had no initiation at all at that stage of the game, literally the only thing they could do when NaVi gets on a tower is walk in
Wp Na'Vi, glad to see you guys back even if it isn't TI winning tier. As for Secret, they fell into the trap of comfort picks instead of diversifying drafts and some inconsistent player performances, except for Arteezy who was pretty solid throughout.
On July 25 2016 11:34 mutantmagnet wrote: Dota bad ceremonies strike again. Sonneiko was so disappointed to look inside the cup he obviously wanted to dunk himself or a team mate with Gatorade.
They don't have Gatorade in Russia, they have Kompot
I think they've cemented themselves as the current top team that isn't one of the top four in OG, Liquid, Newbee, and Wings imo. I still don't see them beating those other teams consistently, but they've been improving dramatically over the last two weeks so anything is possible!
Good tournament, dropping that winner bracket finals to figure out the Drow strat was worth it.
Secret needs to work on their draft a lot more though. You cant drop Bulba now that Ti lock is on but maybe start interviewing for new offlaner because boys will they need it.
On July 25 2016 11:32 sacrilegious wrote: I thought Huskar was nerfed? LOL...
I sort of don't care Secret lost, but I hate seeing Na'Vi win now, only because of well... G2A. And poor Bulba
nerfs don't matter that much when you're pushing highground at 15 mins against a team whose only substantial physical/pure damage is an axe and an underfarmed morph
More importantly Secret's lineup had no initiation at all at that stage of the game, literally the only thing they could do when NaVi gets on a tower is walk in
So overall, drafting issue? I honestly sometimes think Puppey goes on a period of being a one trick pony with ET or Axe (just like in the TI qualifiers) which hurts the diversity
EE dying stupidly to the Rhasta fork lightning didn't help
On July 25 2016 11:38 nayumi wrote: Good tournament, dropping that winner bracket finals to figure out the Drow strat was worth it.
Secret needs to work on their draft a lot more though. You cant drop Bulba now that Ti lock is on but maybe start interviewing for new offlaner because boys will they need it.
At this rate they will need a new pair of cores first and foremost.
But yes, Bulba could use slightly larger hero pool.
On July 25 2016 11:33 Kreb wrote: Secret still looking better than Manila. Looks like they could be a top 10 team at TI with a good run. Top5 seems out of reach though.
much much better than Manila. So I don't think you can fault them too hard, they improved a ton. Still, feels like Na'Vi showed more depth and somewhat better draft/play coordination.
Interesting to see where Secret go from here. Will they learn from losses and adapt or be headless and stubborn with not much of an idea what to do when you're figured out a bit.
On July 25 2016 11:38 nayumi wrote: Good tournament, dropping that winner bracket finals to figure out the Drow strat was worth it.
Secret needs to work on their draft a lot more though. You cant drop Bulba now that Ti lock is on but maybe start interviewing for new offlaner because boys will they need it.
abbadon is not a hero vs huskar , its not bulba fault , its puppey
On July 25 2016 08:06 FreakyDroid wrote: Yeah, he is average at best. I'd put Dendi there as well, he is nothing special either.
You mean playing football? I agree.
On the other hand, with Invoker he kicked Secret asses hard.
Hi, first post here but long time lurker, nice to meet you all, but expecially Secret fans.
First two games Dendi was at the disadvantage during lane phase at mid. Game 4 he had the better matchup and he bullied Arteezy just as hard as he was bullied earlier.
Sonneiko stepping it up, he played an amazing series. Also happy to see Dendi carrying his team, felt that he's a weak link of the team.
Surprised by secret's growth though. They looked terrible in the quals and shaky against weak opponents at the start of the tourney, but they really looked solid in the semi and finals. Two of the three games Navi won could have gone the other way.
On July 25 2016 11:51 Vertical wrote: mean while MVP have rampaged PGL, including a core mid pugna and return of the bristlebabe
Wouldn't consider PGL to have the same level of competition as SL though. MVP was clearly on another level compared to T2/3 Chinese teams, while winning this wouldn't be a certainty compared to PGL.
On July 25 2016 11:51 Vertical wrote: mean while MVP have rampaged PGL, including a core mid pugna and return of the bristlebabe
Wouldn't consider PGL to have the same level of competition as SL though. MVP was clearly on another level compared to T2/3 Chinese teams, while winning this wouldn't be a certainty compared to PGL.
i hope mvp does good at ti man, they're the best worst team ever.
Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
On July 25 2016 13:39 a_flayer wrote: Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
NaVi has changed their lineup plenty, their last change was some time after they didn't qualify for Shanghai. And as far as I recall they did quite well straight after the change and at least in their first LANs. Newbee is going in as one of the favorites and they were only formed after Shanghai and started doing well right away.
For some teams sticking together works, for some teams it doesn't. coL for example got a big jump in performance straight after they took in Limmp, Handsken and Chessie and seem to be all about that "team unity", but have showed little to no improvement compared to their competition while staying together. A team like Vega hit their peak quite early in their days as a team and then started to fall off a bit.
On July 25 2016 13:39 a_flayer wrote: Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
NaVi has changed their lineup plenty, their last change was some time after they didn't qualify for Shanghai. And as far as I recall they did quite well straight after the change and at least in their first LANs. Newbee is going in as one of the favorites and they were only formed after Shanghai and started doing well right away.
For some teams sticking together works, for some teams it doesn't. coL for example got a big jump in performance straight after they took in Limmp, Handsken and Chessie and seem to be all about that "team unity", but have showed little to no improvement compared to their competition while staying together. A team like Vega hit their peak quite early in their days as a team and then started to fall off a bit.
I know Dendi is a very loyal guy. He's humble too, but honestly, if he wanted someone gone, he could get them gone since he is the team. That said, he is loyal, he likes his teammates, like the atmosphere so I don't think they are changing roster unless someone comes in and buys up someone with ridiculous money.
On July 25 2016 13:39 a_flayer wrote: Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
NaVi has changed their lineup plenty, their last change was some time after they didn't qualify for Shanghai. And as far as I recall they did quite well straight after the change and at least in their first LANs. Newbee is going in as one of the favorites and they were only formed after Shanghai and started doing well right away.
For some teams sticking together works, for some teams it doesn't. coL for example got a big jump in performance straight after they took in Limmp, Handsken and Chessie and seem to be all about that "team unity", but have showed little to no improvement compared to their competition while staying together. A team like Vega hit their peak quite early in their days as a team and then started to fall off a bit.
I know Dendi is a very loyal guy. He's humble too, but honestly, if he wanted someone gone, he could get them gone since he is the team. That said, he is loyal, he likes his teammates, like the atmosphere so I don't think they are changing roster unless someone comes in and buys up someone with ridiculous money.
I'm not saying I expect NaVi to do anything in any way, I was just contesting the point about NaVi somehow being an example of a team that shows how important sticking together is. The way I see it, they started having decent results pretty much immediately they formed this specific lineup, and before that they were changing players quite frequently. One can say they improved a bit, but already in their first LANs with this team they were beating Secret (who had just won Shanghai) and challenging EG, and were in the finals of SL beating OG, VGR and LGD on the way.
Catched the games, congratz na'vi. That last game just to explain secret that you want some heroes to break highground if you focus on the laning phase.
On July 25 2016 13:39 a_flayer wrote: Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
NaVi has changed their lineup plenty, their last change was some time after they didn't qualify for Shanghai. And as far as I recall they did quite well straight after the change and at least in their first LANs. Newbee is going in as one of the favorites and they were only formed after Shanghai and started doing well right away.
For some teams sticking together works, for some teams it doesn't. coL for example got a big jump in performance straight after they took in Limmp, Handsken and Chessie and seem to be all about that "team unity", but have showed little to no improvement compared to their competition while staying together. A team like Vega hit their peak quite early in their days as a team and then started to fall off a bit.
I know Dendi is a very loyal guy. He's humble too, but honestly, if he wanted someone gone, he could get them gone since he is the team. That said, he is loyal, he likes his teammates, like the atmosphere so I don't think they are changing roster unless someone comes in and buys up someone with ridiculous money.
I'm not saying I expect NaVi to do anything in any way, I was just contesting the point about NaVi somehow being an example of a team that shows how important sticking together is. The way I see it, they started having decent results pretty much immediately they formed this specific lineup, and before that they were changing players quite frequently. One can say they improved a bit, but already in their first LANs with this team they were beating Secret (who had just won Shanghai) and challenging EG, and were in the finals of SL beating OG, VGR and LGD on the way.
It's strange huh, Na'Vi beating Secret is the mark of them finally coming back. And they also beating Secret to get their first lan. Puppey seems to still have that Na'Vi blood in him.....
On July 25 2016 13:39 a_flayer wrote: Between Liquid, Na'Vi and OG, I'm really hoping they will show at TI6 why it can be a boon to stick together for a long time even if you're not performing as well as you'd like. I'm glad Secret lost with their idiotic kicks, and the retarded back and forth shuffles between them and EG. The next team RTZ goes to might wanna check him for venereal diseases, he's been in and out of Secret and EG so much.
NaVi has changed their lineup plenty, their last change was some time after they didn't qualify for Shanghai. And as far as I recall they did quite well straight after the change and at least in their first LANs. Newbee is going in as one of the favorites and they were only formed after Shanghai and started doing well right away.
For some teams sticking together works, for some teams it doesn't. coL for example got a big jump in performance straight after they took in Limmp, Handsken and Chessie and seem to be all about that "team unity", but have showed little to no improvement compared to their competition while staying together. A team like Vega hit their peak quite early in their days as a team and then started to fall off a bit.
I know Dendi is a very loyal guy. He's humble too, but honestly, if he wanted someone gone, he could get them gone since he is the team. That said, he is loyal, he likes his teammates, like the atmosphere so I don't think they are changing roster unless someone comes in and buys up someone with ridiculous money.
I'm not saying I expect NaVi to do anything in any way, I was just contesting the point about NaVi somehow being an example of a team that shows how important sticking together is. The way I see it, they started having decent results pretty much immediately they formed this specific lineup, and before that they were changing players quite frequently. One can say they improved a bit, but already in their first LANs with this team they were beating Secret (who had just won Shanghai) and challenging EG, and were in the finals of SL beating OG, VGR and LGD on the way.
It's strange huh, Na'Vi beating Secret is the mark of them finally coming back. And they also beating Secret to get their first lan. Puppey seems to still have that Na'Vi blood in him.....
Well, Secret used to have almost perfect record against Navi until that Dota Pit series.