Monochromaticx
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we had some early FBs. especially around the 0 minute rune
The International 2015 | Dota 2 Championships : Presented by Valve | July 26-Aug 8
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we had some early FBs. especially around the 0 minute rune
It's latest not earliest
Heavy's Sandvich
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Is there a chance we can rename this thread properly? still a bit funkily named.
shira
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I asked a mod, I can't get:
(Aug 3-8) valve pResents: the Intenational 2013 dota™2 cHampionshipS
And I wanted to give bokr a subtle shoutout for doing ihl2
Yes thank fucking god. It always irked me that the date was at the beginning
Monochromaticx
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For those who missed a lot of the action from the wild card matches and group stage like myself, check out these awesome highlight videos of each day of play from last week: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8t66OTumdeYG-Lu95R2bzhXdoyYENOXr
krameriffic
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I find the scheduling to once again be totally baffling. Everybody in America who works will miss every single live game for the next week. I mean, at least they put the grand final on a weekend this time unlike last year's stupid ass Monday, but still, they could have found a better way to put this stuff on non-middle-of-the-day-weekdays.
Wok
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It is hard to please everyone. As a European, I can only watch the first two Bo3 before going to bed.
shira
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Ok, let's do dis
Winner Bracket BO3 (loser goes to Lower Bracket)
LGD vs Empire
WB BO3 (loser goes to LB)
CDEC vs C9
LB BO1 (loser eliminated)
MVPP vs Newbee
LB BO1 (loser eliminated)
VG vs Na`vi
LB BO1 (loser eliminated)
VP vs Fnatic
LB BO1 (loser eliminated)
iG vs MVPH6
Streams
==>MAIN STREAM<==
Twitch Hub (links to all official streams)
Newcomer stream (Noob friendly casting style, also less aggressive twitch chat)
Key Arena crowd stream
Inside Pod 1 stream
Inside Pod 2 stream
ESPN broadcast
Steam Broadcast (includes extra stats)
Youtube broadcast
Monochromaticx
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Awesome work shira
Druz
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I like these predictions except I think newbee is going to take it.
You will miss some games, but games start today at 10 Pacific and will run until like 8. If you live in Hawaii or Alaska you get screwed but the East Coast can run home after work and catch half a days worth of stuff
Everyone in Europe had to stay up until 01:00 to watch games during TI3/TI4, with the days not finishing until well after 06:00.
Over $18m now.
jediyoshi
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Welp, that was fast.
sleverfunk
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Meanwhile here in SEA, the games are played 12 am until the morning or noon.
It's bugged.
Yeah, 10 am PDT / 6pm BST ie about 2hrs 15min to go
For anyone that watched most of Na'vi's descent to the bottom, how would you rate the individual play?
From what I saw It was Sonieko and Dondo trying to hold together a bunch of crap. Funnik was disappointing, as was Artstyle. Xboct is just lawls, can't believe they hadn't already booted him.
From what I saw It was Sonieko and Dondo trying to hold together a bunch of crap. Funnik was disappointing, as was Artstyle. Xboct is just lawls, can't believe they hadn't already booted him.
Monochromaticx
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18million prize pool and can't make a proper timer
they fixed it now
waxinlyrical
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Didn't Dendi and Xboct play for Na'Vi in all 5 TIs? Ferrari can't be the only person who has done it, unlike what's claimed in the IG write up
I think it means that Ferrari has been in IG all this time, unlike his teammates.
shadow2810
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It's not a statutory holiday though, hence no day off for me. Fuck me and my company.
SteveWinwood
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GA line is crazy
I thought they were getting people to reserve their stuff online before going. I figured they were trying to stop all the queueing
sleverfunk
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Empty Space
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If I wanted to catch up on TI5 stuff what matches including qualifiers should I watch? Also is there a primer on what the current meta is like I could read or watch? I haven't played or really followed the game in about 11 months. Like TI3 was all about rat dota with Alliance and TI4 was deathball push strats with Newbee. Whats popular now and why?
SteveWinwood
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dragon knight blink dagger
techies
tusk
qop
bane
gyro
naga
lesh
lots of team fighting all game, mostly 40-50 min matches where leads matter but good team play can still bring it back at any point
minus the gyro I think it's in a good, fun spot
doesnt include leshrac
Today I Learned. at least my uni is closed, so no work :x
EnlightenedMint
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Is there a gaf twitch chat?
If so hit my up with and invite, name is Echozs
If so hit my up with and invite, name is Echozs
Empty Space
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Thanks!
QoP, Lesh, and Naga make immediate sense to me looking at patches. I assume tusk is because of aghs? Is there a clear reason why it's DK blink now instead of SB like it used to be? Or is it just a thing that caught on? What's wrong with gyro? Sorry for the questions I haven't actually sat down to watch any games yet.
Shorty11857
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Going to miss a lot of the first two days but really looking forward to this
Be interesting to see if C9 can get it together
Be interesting to see if C9 can get it together
tiltnkirby
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That depends on if they have to push high ground against a teams that's half awake.
