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Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11841 Posts
August 21 2018 23:03 GMT
#581
Puppey actually talked about Dota and what went well and wrong :o
kazyv
Profile Joined May 2013
273 Posts
August 21 2018 23:03 GMT
#582
that's some serious delusion by puppey. calling that a good pick is just a joke. they had no team fight and all they could do is maybe focus a core(if it wasn't swapped in time) while the enemies had 3 cores that all were going to just eat them in the meantime. not to forget that their lanes weren't particularly strong and that they had nothing vs bkbs. basically an all around fail draft focused on useless supports.
apes
Profile Joined October 2011
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-21 23:05:20
August 21 2018 23:03 GMT
#583
if someone told me a random 4k played that series under aces handle id believe them

edit: agree with the main problem being bad draft with do-nothing supports
FreakyDroid
Profile Joined July 2012
Macedonia2616 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-21 23:04:28
August 21 2018 23:04 GMT
#584
^^ Exactly, IIRC Synd actually pointed it out after the drafting.
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Kelefei2016
Profile Joined August 2016
Papua New Guinea504 Posts
August 21 2018 23:04 GMT
#585
it is so obvious that both games, ace as carry but he is extremely low performance in both games. or we are overrated him all the while?
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11841 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-21 23:06:30
August 21 2018 23:04 GMT
#586
On August 22 2018 08:03 apes wrote:
if someone told me a random 4k played that series under aces handle id believe them


High 4k playing at his top, maybe. Low 4k would have gotten like 5 cs in lane.

I think you overestimate how a 4k would do in pro games on a core. The pressure applied is so high that they would just chainfeed or end up in jungle just to not feed.
nVme
Profile Joined October 2010
952 Posts
August 21 2018 23:06 GMT
#587
seriously what the fuk did secret expect to happen sticking around to push top hg after gyro respawned?
that and the midone shivas over a hex.... duds
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 21 2018 23:06 GMT
#588
On August 22 2018 08:04 Kelefei2016 wrote:
it is so obvious that both games, ace as carry but he is extremely low performance in both games. or we are overrated him all the while?

idk how overrated he was when not many people considered secret notably strong this whole year

i feel like most people wouldve just had him filed as one of those t2 core players who does the job but are clearly a tier below the actual t1 players
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juuto
Profile Joined January 2014
809 Posts
August 21 2018 23:07 GMT
#589
Secret just doesn't buyback well. They constantly buyback and get nothing out of it meanwhile other top teams are buying back and completely turning around fights and games.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32740 Posts
August 21 2018 23:07 GMT
#590
I remember MP was similarly deemed underwhelming, so maybe it's just how Secret like to play with their 1s.
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Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
August 21 2018 23:08 GMT
#591
On August 22 2018 08:06 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2018 08:04 Kelefei2016 wrote:
it is so obvious that both games, ace as carry but he is extremely low performance in both games. or we are overrated him all the while?

idk how overrated he was when not many people considered secret notably strong this whole year

i feel like most people wouldve just had him filed as one of those t2 core players who does the job but are clearly a tier below the actual t1 players

I'm wondering if Envy's blog is still limiting the player pool Puppey has to choose from
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11841 Posts
August 21 2018 23:09 GMT
#592
On August 22 2018 08:07 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MP was similarly deemed underwhelming, so maybe it's just how Secret like to play with their 1s.

I think so as well. Especially now that safe lane often loses their lane.

When 2-1-2 wasn't every game Ace performed much better.
nVme
Profile Joined October 2010
952 Posts
August 21 2018 23:09 GMT
#593
On August 22 2018 08:07 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MP was similarly deemed underwhelming, so maybe it's just how Secret like to play with their 1s.


think the main reason for secrets carrys to be underwhelming is that yapzor is a greedy fuk and doesnt seem to want to give up farm to his carries even if they are behind
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
August 21 2018 23:10 GMT
#594
This series is gonna be intense, I have no idea who I want to cheer for, the embodiment of NA Dota or just some boys playing Dotes
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
Slardar
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada7593 Posts
August 21 2018 23:11 GMT
#595
Was hoping for Fly & EG not to have a high placement after the OG abandonment but here we are. EG vs OG
Kelefei2016
Profile Joined August 2016
Papua New Guinea504 Posts
August 21 2018 23:13 GMT
#596
On August 22 2018 08:00 FreakyDroid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2018 07:55 Kelefei2016 wrote:
Secret Ace is so lousy in high level games.
When play a low level games we will most probably think he is good but when u play high level games, u will see Ace is actually not that good.


Eh, his supports were garbage. Even though Yapzor played decent, its not a high impactful hero in this patch. Ogre is just straight garbage after early game. Ace payed well considering the circumstances, his item usage was on point and besides, it wasnt his job to carry that game, it was on MidOne and Fata, bioth which failed to itemize properly for that game.


Necro can be carry, supp, nuker or even tanker, and it based on what the team wants and wish to. But in the games, ace juz cant kill, cant defend, cant nuke, cant tank, cant push but keep dying.
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
August 21 2018 23:13 GMT
#597
Hard to believe this is Arteezy's best TI performance since TI4
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
August 21 2018 23:14 GMT
#598
On August 22 2018 08:09 nVme wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 22 2018 08:07 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I remember MP was similarly deemed underwhelming, so maybe it's just how Secret like to play with their 1s.


think the main reason for secrets carrys to be underwhelming is that yapzor is a greedy fuk and doesnt seem to want to give up farm to his carries even if they are behind

Kind of, also they are saccing Ace whenever it is possible, and Fata takes his "position" most of the time. I remember Ace playing solo Weaver and solo Spectre against a 3 lane, he does that all the time.

However, his positioning and item build in this game as Necro was questionable at the best. Getting Eul first into Force Staff would make him far more durable, Blade Mail did absolutely nothing. He was too afraid to use Reaper a lot of times. When he gets hit by Calldown, all he could do is Ghost Shroud, Blade Mail and hope for the best while bunch of Zombies stack on him, he didn't have any escape tool, and Force Staff would have changed that.
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nVme
Profile Joined October 2010
952 Posts
August 21 2018 23:16 GMT
#599
On August 22 2018 08:11 Slardar wrote:
Was hoping for Fly & EG not to have a high placement after the OG abandonment but here we are. EG vs OG


with ogs shit laning throughout the tourney idk how og doesnt get stomped
their only advantage might be in draft on how well they know fly and if they are successful in mindgaming him but... meh GOOG
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 21 2018 23:18 GMT
#600
two bad drafts can change everything

especially in eg vs og where

even though theyre both solid i wouldnt put choking in draft past either of them
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