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CosmicSpiral
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Ufnal
Poland1435 Posts
On August 25 2019 14:06 goody153 wrote: Who wouldn't tilt when in laning phase challice and xnova throws everyspell they could throw at you whenever you want to hit creeps lol Fair enough | ||
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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
On August 25 2019 14:07 Ufnal wrote: How would I know and how is that relevant? All I'm saying is amount of variables does not equal randomness, those two things can be related but not in a simple and linear way. Because the entire point of mine is that the pack of teams under the 2 teams dominating this TI (and last one, at that) can't be entirely "good" because game is too random for that. | ||
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
On August 25 2019 14:03 babysimba wrote: Individual skill wise relative to their competitors, Wings is probably the worst team out of all TI winners which make their run incredibly impressive. Yup. I saw a lot of Wings. They were a "can qualify" team only until they started grinding until their hands were numb. They were able to outgrind everyone, then got a really favorable Bracket at TI. (They were a couple of Classic Jimmy moments from being stuck in the Lower Bracket.) You have to understand that Wings figured out that you can pretty much always "cheese" a team with unknown combos. 7.00 nerfed Wings into the ground because their drafting advantage disappeared and, because they won, they weren't willing to grind so far. But, let it be said, Faith`bian had one of the greatest TI runs of all time. He found a personal level he almost assuredly could never repeat. | ||
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Elurie
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goody153
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Sabu113
United States11109 Posts
On August 25 2019 14:08 CosmicSpiral wrote: I wonder if LGD is just planning on using Stampede + Crimson/Pipe to support Huskar when they plan to push high ground. Jakiro chip for days. Otherwise not an enviable tower pushing lineup. | ||
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VGhost
United States3621 Posts
On August 25 2019 13:56 Ufnal wrote: 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. Right, but this eventually becomes a problem for keeping things competitive. The higher the cap, the fewer people will be able to hit it, and so the smaller your pool of viable "top tier" players becomes. Arguably the similarity of the top teams between TI8/TI9 suggests Dota is close to maxing out its cap for maintaining a reasonable competitive scene... but at the same time there are so few professional games played, relatively speaking, that it would be ridiculous to say we can make that statement confidently. But if the results next year through the next year are as similar, maybe we get more confident about that guess. | ||
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pellejohnson
United States1931 Posts
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babysimba
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SpiritoftheTunA
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Artisreal
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Elurie
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Oukka
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Kuroeeah
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Elurie
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On August 25 2019 14:10 Artisreal wrote: just tuned in, is there any way to listen to the english casters without the chinese ones? Client? | ||
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Sif_
Brazil3106 Posts
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Kuroeeah
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lolfail9001
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