I do miss "best mid" award.

Cool to carry this over to DotA, sadly the awards weren't actually that exciting. I kinda agree with some (f.ex nth vs EG), but not with most of them. Awesome to see LD get best caster btw, he's great!

hootsushi

Germany3468 Posts

January 16 2013 04:19 GMT

#164

I totally thought AM would win. But DS is definitely the right choice.

Oh and LD, keep up the great casting, you are da man <3

theaxis12

United States489 Posts

January 16 2013 04:19 GMT

#165

Don't hate TL you know that EG is the 2nd most charismatic team!

Other awards are legit though, although I would have had stats-man Bruno as the runner up Caster of the Year for his inspired no legs analysis.

TheAppetizer

United States146 Posts

January 16 2013 04:23 GMT

#166

Great write up! It's really awesome how EG actually managed to make a themed lineup that actually wins games!

Zenniv

United States545 Posts

January 16 2013 04:29 GMT

#167

Good stuff, LD really deserved the Best Caster Award ;D

Deathbringer777

United States2 Posts

January 16 2013 04:48 GMT

#168

Good read. I like LD but not mentioning Tobi was bm imo, controversy or not - Tobi do help the scene grow a lot.

Xinder

United States2269 Posts

January 16 2013 05:21 GMT

#169

That was an amazing write up. I got chills re-watching the NTH Roshan bait. I remember watching it live. It was fucking amazing.

ArchDC

Malaysia1996 Posts

January 16 2013 05:22 GMT

#170

Nice write-up, but I think we should have awards for best at each position. Chuan is an amazing 4 (def best Rubick for q some time). He was an amazing 3 (I would say for windrunner the best 3 for q awhile), and used to be a pretty damn blardy good 1 and 2 too but never better than Yamateh. So anyway, can't compare 4 w 5, cause Faith is just incredible w his heroes w practically no farm...

a-game

Canada5147 Posts

January 16 2013 06:29 GMT

#171

good job thanks for your work on this

crossed

Canada1 Post

January 16 2013 07:04 GMT

#172

Awesome write up, well deserved win for LD and now that he has the LD + Winter combo going on he will become unstoppable!

Caladbolg

2855 Posts

January 16 2013 07:10 GMT

#173

First of all, awesome coverage. My heart died with BW, but when TL picked up Dota, it sprang to life once more. This game is the epitome of e-sports teamplay (slightly moreso than CS).

Now on to my comments:

1. Chuan should have beaten Faith. It's pretty clear that Faith is the soul of iG, but Chuan is the most awe-inspiring support out there. His ability to make impossible plays has led to iG time and time again to a dominating win, even coming from behind. While Faith is consistent and reliable, he is not the x-factor that Chuan is. I think that Faith is underappreciated, but since we're picking BEST support, you'd have to go with the more skilled player.

2. Burning should have beaten Zhou. Zhou is a terrific, top 3 carry, but he is not nearly the machine Burning is. Burning consistently outfarms every other carry. Whether his team is behind or not, you know that Burning is there last-hitting better than anyone. At the back of your mind, you know that there's a clock ticking, and if you do not defeat DK before that clock strikes, Burning will destroy your team. Moreover, he is a much better positional player than Zhou and Sylar. He's also the most consistent player in DK, which makes that team a threat to anybody despite playing badly. He's also the carry who hesitates the least, committing fully to an attack or not at all, ensuring his safety or domination every time. I dunno - maybe once ZSMJ comes back we can rehash the arguments, but I think Burning has shown that he's the number 1 carry in Dota 2, nevermind the lack of golds. He also has a bigger hero pool than Sylar, just like Zhou.

3. I feel that Mushi, LOH, and YYF especially should be given some love. Maybe most versatile player? Mushi goes 1-3. LOH goes from 1-4, and YYF is in a class of his own, playing whatever hero is needed to change the momentum of the game.

Otherwise, I agree with pretty much everything here. Congratulations once more!

Farone

Netherlands1219 Posts

January 16 2013 07:10 GMT

#174

nice writeup! Gives me a bit more inside in the dota2 scene ( I only started playing like a month ago)

eSen1a

Australia1058 Posts

January 16 2013 09:37 GMT

#175

Missing
Best player - YYF
Best looking - Yao

Hondelul

1999 Posts

January 16 2013 12:22 GMT

#176

Amazing piece of work.
Have to agree with "biggest play", biggest antiplay contender might have been the Dendi blackhole as rubick where he double tabbed his dagger and blicked away from the teamfight.

Like the caster award, personally would have given it to Draskyl but second place is fine ^^
The award for EternalEnvy and AdmiralBulldog is nice, really didn´t catch that thread on TL and EE was completely new for me till No Tidehunters strong showing.

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

January 16 2013 12:51 GMT

#177

All seem like they went to pretty much the right address, maybe it should have been a tie between Faith and Chuan for best support though.

And it's not easy to name Zhou as the absolute best carry either.

teapoted

United Kingdom24425 Posts

January 16 2013 13:03 GMT

#178

On January 16 2013 21:22 Hondelul wrote:
Like the caster award, personally would have given it to Draskyl but second place is fine ^^

The problem with Draskyl is that it seems like he barely watches any matches outside the ones he casts (which isn't many). You very rarely get any type of insight into how teams play, their history. It's very much just generic knowledge from someone who's quite good at the game, which I guess is interesting to some, but not to me. If he was actually casting as much as LD/Tobi then I'm sure this would be different.