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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44238 Posts
August 25 2019 04:54 GMT
#421
how good is huskar nowadays ? i know the skills has been changed from the unkillable machine

he doesn't even have saves this game
this is a quote
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
August 25 2019 04:55 GMT
#422
actually maybe this huskar pick sucks and isnt the ta answer at all
posting on liquid sites in current year
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
August 25 2019 04:55 GMT
#423
Win lanes win game, or maybe not...
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
August 25 2019 04:56 GMT
#424
Lets go all the way, LGD. Champion.
The Bomber boy
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 25 2019 04:56 GMT
#425
Sven + DS vac/stun combo is going to be brutal against LGD this game.
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
August 25 2019 04:56 GMT
#426
On August 25 2019 13:54 Nocticate wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2019 13:52 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:50 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:49 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:46 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:43 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:42 Sabu113 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:34 Damned627 wrote:
I've just watched a Rubick Messiah. Stealing Chrono days and days, and always had the right spell at the right time.

The story of the last 2 TIs is the same. 2 teams way above the rest of the pack, and that's saying something if the pack itself is extremely high level.


Was the pack that good this year?

How can it be good when game is just getting more random over years?

??
is this bait?

You can treat it as one. In my book, the more variables there are in game, the more random outcome gets.

what do you even mean by more variables? is this just a dusty "bounty runes and talents are bad for the game" take?

Not "bad", just "random".

Show nested quote +
On August 25 2019 13:43 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:42 Sabu113 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:34 Damned627 wrote:
I've just watched a Rubick Messiah. Stealing Chrono days and days, and always had the right spell at the right time.

The story of the last 2 TIs is the same. 2 teams way above the rest of the pack, and that's saying something if the pack itself is extremely high level.


Was the pack that good this year?

How can it be good when game is just getting more random over years?



Game gets more "random", hence becoming a "good" team gets harder because increase in random factors makes taking proper choices harder.
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Ufnal
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland1435 Posts
August 25 2019 04:56 GMT
#427
On August 25 2019 13:52 lolfail9001 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2019 13:50 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:49 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:46 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:43 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:42 Sabu113 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:34 Damned627 wrote:
I've just watched a Rubick Messiah. Stealing Chrono days and days, and always had the right spell at the right time.

The story of the last 2 TIs is the same. 2 teams way above the rest of the pack, and that's saying something if the pack itself is extremely high level.


Was the pack that good this year?

How can it be good when game is just getting more random over years?

??
is this bait?

You can treat it as one. In my book, the more variables there are in game, the more random outcome gets.

what do you even mean by more variables? is this just a dusty "bounty runes and talents are bad for the game" take?

Not "bad", just "random".


But more variables doesn't mean just more randomness, but a higher skill cap. Rock-paper-scissors is random without many variables. Poker has more variables but is actually less random if I understand it correctly, because high level players can work with the variables while noobs can't.
OG | Secret | Liquid | Nigma | Alliance | VP | Fnatic | EG | T1 | LGD
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44238 Posts
August 25 2019 04:57 GMT
#428
On August 25 2019 13:55 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
actually maybe this huskar pick sucks and isnt the ta answer at all

yeah the more i think about it the more sucky this Huskar pick is outside laning phase

probably should've just picked ember or something
this is a quote
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 25 2019 04:57 GMT
#429
On August 25 2019 13:54 goody153 wrote:
how good is huskar nowadays ? i know the skills has been changed from the unkillable machine

he doesn't even have saves this game


Well, TL has a lot of damage with the ET and their combos.
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
August 25 2019 04:57 GMT
#430
Wings is becoming a caster team lol, seen so many of them casting this TI on the official cn stream
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
August 25 2019 04:58 GMT
#431
It warms my cockles to see Dark Seer back.
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
August 25 2019 04:59 GMT
#432
LGD is looking likely to win all 3 lanes though
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44238 Posts
August 25 2019 04:59 GMT
#433
On August 25 2019 13:57 babysimba wrote:
Wings is becoming a caster team lol, seen so many of them casting this TI on the official cn stream

why don't i understand mandarin/cantonese

this feels so bad
this is a quote
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 25 2019 04:59 GMT
#434
Lol, send the Rubick mid to deal with the Huskar.
LennX
Profile Joined October 2010
4567 Posts
August 25 2019 04:59 GMT
#435
On August 25 2019 13:57 babysimba wrote:
Wings is becoming a caster team lol, seen so many of them casting this TI on the official cn stream



They are still "officially" banned from playing as players right?
Mute user function on TL; http://www.liquiddota.com/blogs/491245-mute-annoying-users-in-lr-threads
Damned627
Profile Joined November 2016
Indonesia264 Posts
August 25 2019 04:59 GMT
#436
On August 25 2019 13:52 turpentine wrote:
tfw knocked out of ti by a huskar pick

Miracle has experienced it.
None
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
August 25 2019 05:00 GMT
#437
On August 25 2019 13:57 babysimba wrote:
Wings is becoming a caster team lol, seen so many of them casting this TI on the official cn stream


Makes sense. Most of the team was really tier 2 at max, but they grinded so hard that they found ways to draft around their limitations. Though Faith`bian found a rare level of skill he probably couldn't replicate again.
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation40190 Posts
August 25 2019 05:01 GMT
#438
On August 25 2019 13:56 Ufnal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2019 13:52 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:50 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:49 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:46 Nocticate wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:43 lolfail9001 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:42 Sabu113 wrote:
On August 25 2019 13:34 Damned627 wrote:
I've just watched a Rubick Messiah. Stealing Chrono days and days, and always had the right spell at the right time.

The story of the last 2 TIs is the same. 2 teams way above the rest of the pack, and that's saying something if the pack itself is extremely high level.


Was the pack that good this year?

How can it be good when game is just getting more random over years?

??
is this bait?

You can treat it as one. In my book, the more variables there are in game, the more random outcome gets.

what do you even mean by more variables? is this just a dusty "bounty runes and talents are bad for the game" take?

Not "bad", just "random".


But more variables doesn't mean just more randomness, but a higher skill cap. Rock-paper-scissors is random without many variables. Poker has more variables but is actually less random if I understand it correctly, because high level players can work with the variables while noobs can't.

And how does skill distribution in Poker look, then?
DeMoN pulls off a Miracle and Flies to the Moon
Kuroeeah
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
11696 Posts
August 25 2019 05:01 GMT
#439
I do think pro DotA has reached a plateau (every game does). Every TI will see the same players on different teams. You don't need to keep up with DotA to know who the players who made it to the top are and I think the new blood well is running dry.

That's why it's cool to see pub heroes like miracle and Topson who can make a splash on an otherwise stagnant scene

Sabu113
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States11075 Posts
August 25 2019 05:01 GMT
#440
On August 25 2019 14:00 Taf the Ghost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 25 2019 13:57 babysimba wrote:
Wings is becoming a caster team lol, seen so many of them casting this TI on the official cn stream


Makes sense. Most of the team was really tier 2 at max, but they grinded so hard that they found ways to draft around their limitations. Though Faith`bian found a rare level of skill he probably couldn't replicate again.


Huh. I remember them dunking on everyone.
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
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