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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51492 Posts
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TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts
Ready for some wild combination of results from Group D.
Should be highly entertaining!
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Big contrasts between groups C & D. C has two clear favorites (VG & VP), while D has one marginal favorite (LGD) but any combination of the 4 Teams could make Upper Bracket and it's really not an upset. It all just depends on how a team is playing today. Should be a lot of fun.
Lots of storylines to watch for on the day. First one is that Group D's 4th place finisher gets EG in the Lower Bracket Bo1. That Loser's Match is going to be amazing, and there's not bad team in Group D, either. Probably the first time we'll have a true Upper Bracket match in the lower Bo1, just because of some bad days.
Fight for TI Direct Invites is definitely on. With both Gambit & RNG making Upper Bracket, Ehome's chance of keeping their direct invite is all but over. Depending on how things land today, they would be mathematically eliminated if either Alliance or Forward take #1 in Group C. Ehome will be all but assuredly eliminated if Alliance comes 3rd in the group, as well, Ehome would need Infamous to score two major upsets in a row (along with all of the other non-Top 12 teams to lose, as well).
Under-card story is that TNC is in quite a bit of danger of getting dropped as well. They still control their own fate, but they really need to come out of their group in the top 2. OG would be well served to get out Top 2 in their group as well. Someone out of the top 12 could vault Keen, so points for both TNC & OG do matter.
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Already a rough start for OG as they just announced that NoTail will be missing today due to health issues and they will play with their coach Socksha as a stand-in. Given the strength of this group, I think this may be the end of their upper bracket dreams.
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2 Enigma picks and 1 ban in the first phase. Apparently someone in scrims was winning with Enigma.
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On May 17 2019 06:15 Faruko wrote:
VP is sucking badly, this means 1 thing
TI is coming
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On June 23 2019 19:49 Faruko wrote:Show nested quote +On May 17 2019 06:15 Faruko wrote:
VP is sucking badly, this means 1 thing
TI is coming
Lol.
But it's only game 1, but they aren't out of this yet. They're still going to have one really hard hitting fight they can win.
(Edit: And they lose a horrible Rosh steal attempt and then gg out. hah)
NiP takes game 1 over LGD with a great draft. 33 ruined Maybe's game 1 hard.
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that rosh steal attemp, did they really needed to let boxxi walk in and do a stun?
Rodjer? Pasha? maybe use your stuns? Boxxi doesnt have a bkb you know
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On June 23 2019 18:17 Rufus Dupres wrote:
Already a rough start for OG as they just announced that NoTail will be missing today due to health issues and they will play with their coach Socksha as a stand-in. Given the strength of this group, I think this may be the end of their upper bracket dreams.
not even sure it's a downgrade
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Ye OG was looking pretty solid in game 1 here
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I really don't like when NiP gives Ace the Troll. The team just doesn't play well around the hero. They can't do the consistently forward game play that the hero needs.
Also, Lone Druid is pretty potent at the moment.
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Meta has gotten really early. Looks a lot like MDL last year where it was all about that one team fight around 25 minutes.
Umm... is VP in Virtus Throw mode? Or is Mars a good Meepo counter?
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On June 23 2019 20:51 Faruko wrote:
VP in close to TI mode
VP is trying hard to be the only series that didn't go to 1-1.
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TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts
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ggwp, getting 2-0 by alliance LMAO
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first i thought the last major was the worst version of VP, then came the quali ones that played even worse and almost didnt make it, and now this
the "closer to ti the worse we get" is going strong
still 1 series, but his is uncharacteristically bad by them
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Ok time to change bracket predictions lmao
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