EPT[DAC 2018] DAC Major - Playoffs Day 1 - Page 8
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Uyfalusi_86
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juuto
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spudde123
4814 Posts
On April 03 2018 20:45 juuto wrote: Secret and VP have been so inconsistent this season compared to Liquid. VP might be turning things around but Secret certainly hasn't. At ESL and PGL majors there were interviews with Yapzor and Ace where they talked about the team not really practicing lately and there being some issues in the team. Similarly for Dreamleague they just took a break, though obviously they still played great (but the event didn't have many of the best teams and Liquid wasn't at full strength). Interesting to see how they develop as TI approaches. In some of the past TIs it hasn't necessarily been the case that Puppey's team starts grinding when TI is close | ||
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uthgard
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I'm sure cn team will win tho (tradition ftw) | ||
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goody153
44255 Posts
On April 03 2018 21:05 uthgard wrote: TI is a whole different beast, you never know what will happen there even close to the event I'm sure cn team will win tho (tradition ftw) TI is gonna be another China vs the World. Chinese teams always peak during TI regardless of how they performed or how the western teams performed before TI. Maybe they won't win but they'll have a bunch of teams on the top 8 again like it was nothing, On April 03 2018 20:42 Kipsate wrote: VG and LGD all on them honestly who the fuck is going to stop this juggernaut called Virtus Plow tho. I think all teams in the upperbracket can potentially beat VP (except liquid or eg they seem too familiar with both of them). Just potential though(the closest being VG cause they're the only one who took a series against this iteration) but we'll probably just gonna see Virtus Plow most likely | ||
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
On April 03 2018 21:12 goody153 wrote: TI is gonna be another China vs the World. Chinese teams always peak during TI regardless of how they performed or how the western teams performed before TI. Maybe they won't win but they'll have a bunch of teams on the top 8 again like it was nothing, I think all teams in the upperbracket can potentially beat VP (except liquid or eg they seem too familiar with both of them). Just potential though(the closest being VG cause they're the only one who took a series against this iteration) but we'll probably just gonna see Virtus Plow most likely Part of China's general performance at TI is I think all of the TI teams end up playing each other almost endlessly in the weeks leading up to the tournament, so they end up creating a hyper-focused meta to start Scrim period that happens at TI. The best of the Chinese teams end up surviving into the bracket stage, as a result, then all of the Chinese teams help each other throughout the tournament. Though that doesn't change things like TI6, where it was Wings vs The World. (Only 2 Chinese teams in the Top 8, in a year China won.) Being mindful that if Faith`bian hadn't morphed into the best player in the world during the Bracket, they wouldn't have probably placed above about 6th. As for the rest of DAC, the main thing about those Bo1s is the Meta was clearly not settling into anything, especially as the mass tie-breakers showed. VP is still the team to beat, and the top teams can beat them, it'll just depend on how everyone plays that day. | ||
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bluzi
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its_a_me
Austria612 Posts
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Achaian
United States3369 Posts
I think all teams in the upperbracket can potentially beat VP (except liquid or eg they seem too familiar with both of them). Just potential though(the closest being VG cause they're the only one who took a series against this iteration) but we'll probably just gonna see Virtus Plow most likely VP and other russian teams over the past few years have had trouble breaking top 6 in the most important tournaments despite displaying strength. VP beating secret at TI5 only to drop out in the next round comes to mind | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On April 04 2018 05:15 Achaian wrote: VP and other russian teams over the past few years have had trouble breaking top 6 in the most important tournaments despite displaying strength. VP beating secret at TI5 only to drop out in the next round comes to mind Yeah, but...Secret was actually kind of terrible at TI5. Sure, they had a hot streak going into the tournament, but TI5 was pure Puppey meme-drafting. | ||
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Kelefei2016
Papua New Guinea504 Posts
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