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On August 08 2017 11:48 VGhost wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2017 11:44 Zea! wrote:
I still can't comprehend how Odd couldn't qualify with w33+Reso+Misery Team chemistry completely fell off after ESL Genting. I don't know whether it was the stereotype "success bug" or what, but they didn't look like the same team most of the year. NA quals were also a lot tougher than expected; I think they might have gone in assuming an auto-win and just tilted when they didn't take the top spot easily. w33 and Moon seemed to be playing pretty poorly, I thought, but IDK who would have replaced either; in a lot of ways I liked the fact that they stuck together, but it just didn't work out.
They may have underperformed but that team was overrated anyways. They were a mediocre team last year that wasn't expected to do well at TI6 but pulled out a tremendous run. If anything, they drastically overperformed at one tournament (albeit the best tournament to do that at) and then fell off back to their regular level.
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On August 08 2017 11:47 hootsushi wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2017 11:45 DucK- wrote:On August 08 2017 11:43 Fiamma wrote:On August 08 2017 11:39 Zea! wrote:
Envy two last places in TI in a row Envy actually places worse each TI TI4: 5-6 TI5: 9-12 TI6: Upper bracket, knocked out second day TI7: Lower bracket, knocked out first day Must be cuz of singsing XD at least he doesn't choke in TI Singsing was atleast consistently mediocre. And I'm probably the biggest singsing fanboy there is
Yup. Sometimes he goes super saiyan with mirana/meepo. But yea he is consistent, at least you can build your game around that.
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Vatican City State1573 Posts
2 predictions match gone right , ty universe and reso !
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France7248 Posts
there are loser interviews in ALL sports, I never understood why in esport it has always been seen as a bad thing
I really like that they are doing it, thx valve.
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As much as I would love to see the competition improved by having OG around, I really want to see Infamous get the upset.
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On August 08 2017 11:51 TomatoBisque wrote:Generally, after being eliminated (especially at TI, biggest tournament of the year) players feel like shit--there's been a lot of players who will just go and cry or something because of how much it means, so it's a little cruel to put them on camera and make them to keep up a facade while being asked about how they lost, a bit of twisting the dagger
I'm sure they can decline the interview or something. There's no way Valve would make a dude talk about their loss if he's in tears.
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On August 08 2017 11:51 TomatoBisque wrote:Generally, after being eliminated (especially at TI, biggest tournament of the year) players feel like shit--there's been a lot of players who will just go and cry or something because of how much it means, so it's a little cruel to put them on camera and make them to keep up a facade while being asked about how they lost, a bit of twisting the dagger
True, but it's pretty commonplace in other sports/games, and I think it's fine to have a 2-3 minute interview afterwards.
On August 08 2017 11:50 Hydrolisko wrote:
something doesn't feel right about the team at TI, they were a legit threat to place super high coming in... very strange play
It was weird hearing that they were pubbing immediately after losses. Just didn't strike me as normal for that group of players.
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On August 08 2017 11:53 Yhamm wrote:
there are loser interviews in ALL sports, I never understood why in esport it has always been seen as a bad thing
I really like that they are doing it, thx valve.
agreed
besides that winner interviews are boring as fuck
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United States15275 Posts
On August 08 2017 11:51 plasmidghost wrote:
I feel like EE is the IdrA of Dota 2 (without the BM): Incredibly hardworking player but doomed to rarely get good results, if ever
Overly stubborn when it comes to changing his approach to the game? Sounds appropriate.
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On August 08 2017 11:51 TomatoBisque wrote:Generally, after being eliminated (especially at TI, biggest tournament of the year) players feel like shit--there's been a lot of players who will just go and cry or something because of how much it means, so it's a little cruel to put them on camera and make them to keep up a facade while being asked about how they lost, a bit of twisting the dagger
The losers of Superbowl and NBA finals gets interviewed too, but perhaps those pros have media obligation in their contract.
Besides, EE didn't seem terribly devastated.
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I remember when s4 was called the son of magnus
I wonder if we'll see him play it on the mainstage
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On August 08 2017 00:12 Makenshi wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2017 23:36 BrownBear wrote:
The only one that I'm tentatively feeling confident about is OG beating Infamous - the others are pure coin flip chance. I see OG as the team that is most likely to pick some super greedy, balance on a knife edge lineup while their opponents will go a more straightforward, aggressive lineup that turns the game into >> hard game
let's see if this will hold true
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On August 08 2017 11:49 lolfail9001 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2017 11:48 neozxa wrote:
Is there any merit in having bo1 on the main stage? Is it just to solely punish the teams that placed on the bottom of the group stages? How about loser's interviews? This stuff is more brutal than Innovation's finals.
The timing is the issue honestly.
If they had made the interview a couple of days after TI assuming they are still there then yeah maybe that would be acceptable. But right after they got kicked out on perhaps one of the most important games of their life in a very one sided fashion is pretty fucking unacceptable in my book at least.
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Russian Federation40190 Posts
On August 08 2017 11:53 PhoenixVoid wrote:
As much as I would love to see the competition improved by having OG around, I really want to see Infamous get the upset.
I would love for OG to get completely rolled in 20 minutes by Peru from laning stage onwards.
I have grown to despise their style that much.
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Like timado says like a lot, like a lot
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Timado's pretty well spoken, I like his energy
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game pls it's almost midnight here
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Well he got his wish, to play OG.
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EPT
