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Kishin2
Profile Joined May 2011
United States7534 Posts
August 23 2019 07:53 GMT
#381
where will ti10 be held?
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-23 07:54:40
August 23 2019 07:53 GMT
#382
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

There are a lot of people (esp on reddit) who were vocal that SA doesn't deserve a slot at all and the region is garbage and will always be garbage. Infamous getting top 8 is big and shows that the qualifier spot they got to majors/TI the past couple years was worth it.

SA has always had talented players but when it came to LANs they'd often throw and lose because they just weren't experienced enough
rip
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
August 23 2019 07:53 GMT
#383
On August 23 2019 16:53 Kishin2 wrote:
where will ti10 be held?

On Mars, sponsored by SpaceX.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Slomo
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany7198 Posts
August 23 2019 07:54 GMT
#384
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

Same story can be said about NA, or CIS. Both have only 1 good team and the rest is poop. Keep giving SA their slot and keep giving them a chance. 1 SA team making it to top8 at TI is a HUGE advertisement for the whole of Dota2.
RIP DOUBLE TI OG | #18 never forget
RubickPicker
Profile Joined October 2015
United States332 Posts
August 23 2019 07:55 GMT
#385
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

It’s Nahaz being Nahaz. MVP Phoenix made bigger marks and Dota is dead in Korea.

SA did well enough, it’s possibly taken an extra year longer than it should have because of the match fixing bans.
* N U K E D *
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 23 2019 07:57 GMT
#386
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.


Eh, probably just flexing a bit in the "support the scene!" narrative.

One might also note that MVP.Phoenix and TNC have both done the same thing by getting top 8.

But it is good for the guys involved. It's a life-changing amount of money.
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
August 23 2019 07:58 GMT
#387
On August 23 2019 16:55 RubickPicker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

It’s Nahaz being Nahaz. MVP Phoenix made bigger marks and Dota is dead in Korea.

SA did well enough, it’s possibly taken an extra year longer than it should have because of the match fixing bans.


SA > NA right now and forever
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
August 23 2019 07:59 GMT
#388
On August 23 2019 16:55 RubickPicker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

It’s Nahaz being Nahaz. MVP Phoenix made bigger marks and Dota is dead in Korea.

SA did well enough, it’s possibly taken an extra year longer than it should have because of the match fixing bans.

Korea and South America aren't comparable at all. The playerbase in SA is and was way bigger than Korea's ever was.
rip
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 23 2019 08:00 GMT
#389
On August 23 2019 16:53 TomatoBisque wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

There are a lot of people (esp on reddit) who were vocal that SA doesn't deserve a slot at all and the region is garbage and will always be garbage. Infamous getting top 8 is big and shows that the qualifier spot they got to majors/TI the past couple years was worth it.

SA has always had talented players but when it came to LANs they'd often throw and lose because they just weren't experienced enough


Wasn't really experience. It was willing to do the work to win, not just "play dota". Same issue plagues most of the pub-heavy scenes. Other issue is that esports is rife with scumbags, so it makes growing things somewhat hard.
vommy
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany532 Posts
August 23 2019 08:00 GMT
#390
Let's go Liquid!
Oh, I'm chasing this guy. [Dodd shoots at Leonard] No... he's chasing me.
Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11075 Posts
August 23 2019 08:01 GMT
#391
Where do we think SA teams finish in the next 2 TIs?

Biomine is a drunken chick who is on industrial strength amphetamines and would just grab your dick and jerk it as hard and violently as she could while screaming 'OMG FUCK ME', because she saw it in a Sasha Grey video ...-Wombat_Ni
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
August 23 2019 08:01 GMT
#392
On August 23 2019 17:00 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 16:53 TomatoBisque wrote:
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

There are a lot of people (esp on reddit) who were vocal that SA doesn't deserve a slot at all and the region is garbage and will always be garbage. Infamous getting top 8 is big and shows that the qualifier spot they got to majors/TI the past couple years was worth it.

SA has always had talented players but when it came to LANs they'd often throw and lose because they just weren't experienced enough


Wasn't really experience. It was willing to do the work to win, not just "play dota". Same issue plagues most of the pub-heavy scenes. Other issue is that esports is rife with scumbags, so it makes growing things somewhat hard.


Experience obviously matters, lol
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
August 23 2019 08:01 GMT
#393
On August 23 2019 17:01 Sabu113 wrote:
Where do we think SA teams finish in the next 2 TIs?


Hopefully at least one top 6
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
TomatoBisque
Profile Joined March 2013
United States6290 Posts
August 23 2019 08:02 GMT
#394
On August 23 2019 17:00 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 16:53 TomatoBisque wrote:
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

There are a lot of people (esp on reddit) who were vocal that SA doesn't deserve a slot at all and the region is garbage and will always be garbage. Infamous getting top 8 is big and shows that the qualifier spot they got to majors/TI the past couple years was worth it.

SA has always had talented players but when it came to LANs they'd often throw and lose because they just weren't experienced enough


Wasn't really experience. It was willing to do the work to win, not just "play dota". Same issue plagues most of the pub-heavy scenes. Other issue is that esports is rife with scumbags, so it makes growing things somewhat hard.

I know what you mean (since most of the NA scene has the same problem) but I wasn't sure how to word it.
rip
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
August 23 2019 08:02 GMT
#395
Come on EG! #BleedBlue
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-23 08:04:53
August 23 2019 08:02 GMT
#396
On August 23 2019 17:01 Sabu113 wrote:
Where do we think SA teams finish in the next 2 TIs?


I would not be surprised if top 16.

EDIT: So, if scenario is right, EG beat Liquid, and VG beat Secret tomorrow.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
August 23 2019 08:07 GMT
#397
I'm ready for the 3G memes again
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6598 Posts
August 23 2019 08:08 GMT
#398
On August 23 2019 17:02 plasmidghost wrote:
Come on EG! #BleedBlue


LiquidDota Staff
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
August 23 2019 08:08 GMT
#399
LGD is slightly favored over OG for tomorrow's BO3 in the bookies. What do you guys think?
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-23 08:09:18
August 23 2019 08:09 GMT
#400
On August 23 2019 17:02 TomatoBisque wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 23 2019 17:00 Taf the Ghost wrote:
On August 23 2019 16:53 TomatoBisque wrote:
On August 23 2019 16:50 Danzo wrote:
Anyone else finding it weird how everyone is acting towards Infamous? SA Has had talented players for awhile now, and it was cool an SA team get top8. But all this Nahaz, "everyone needs to stfu about SA". I mean for the most part other than Infamous, most of the SA team is pretty much not as talented as other regions.

There are a lot of people (esp on reddit) who were vocal that SA doesn't deserve a slot at all and the region is garbage and will always be garbage. Infamous getting top 8 is big and shows that the qualifier spot they got to majors/TI the past couple years was worth it.

SA has always had talented players but when it came to LANs they'd often throw and lose because they just weren't experienced enough


Wasn't really experience. It was willing to do the work to win, not just "play dota". Same issue plagues most of the pub-heavy scenes. Other issue is that esports is rife with scumbags, so it makes growing things somewhat hard.

I know what you mean (since most of the NA scene has the same problem) but I wasn't sure how to word it.


What makes competitive Dota fun to watch is also the same reason the scene is dominated by the same captains. We joked about rOtk coming out of retirement to get his yearly paycheck, but the reality is that the willingness to do the type of work necessary to Win in the competitive scene is a skill set that's apart from hitting creeps.

It comes down to changing a Game into a Job, and it isn't always the most fun.
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