perryfarrell
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This Alliance - Iccup game is something else, holy moly
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Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]
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I H8 Memes
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Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You've got to see that's how I dream to be
I dream I move,
I dream I groove
Like Milk
If I could Be Like Milk
Again I try
Just need to fly
For just one day if I could
Be that way
I dream I move
I dream I groove
Like Milk
If I could Be Like Milk
That he is me
You've got to see that's how I dream to be
I dream I move,
I dream I groove
Like Milk
If I could Be Like Milk
Again I try
Just need to fly
For just one day if I could
Be that way
I dream I move
I dream I groove
Like Milk
If I could Be Like Milk
Yeah, holy shit ic.Cup going from losing to controling the game at the mid game. Alliance making the best of the small mistakes. GG.
I still remember when nth were the underdogs in the tournaments, they are so strong now.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
We'll keep you updated with the time of the match as well.
Man I hate 1 game advantages. If Alliance win this game the grand final best of 5 is over in 2 games. So anti-climatic.
Happened last Starladder too I think, or the one before that, with Navi vs Mouz I think. Mouz got stomped 2 games in a row and the GRAND FINAL was over. Though in that case they might have gotten stomped 3 times in a row but still.
ICCUP seems to do pretty well against Alliance, hope they can at least take 1 game off them.
Happened last Starladder too I think, or the one before that, with Navi vs Mouz I think. Mouz got stomped 2 games in a row and the GRAND FINAL was over. Though in that case they might have gotten stomped 3 times in a row but still.
ICCUP seems to do pretty well against Alliance, hope they can at least take 1 game off them.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Yeah, game advantages for the winner's bracket teams seem fair in theory, but in practice it's just no fun for spectators. Would rather watch more games, and having to play extra games through the loser's bracket is punishment enough.
SteveWinwood
Member
They don't seem fair at all. They are just dumb.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Dota 2 servers are atrocious for me at the minute.
Gully State
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I'll never understand why people think 1 game advantages are fair. As the winning team, your advantage is that you don't have to play in the loser's bracket. That's at least 2-3 games that you don't have to play (basically a bye). Giving the winning team an extra game lead on top of that is just overkill..
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I haven't followed, has the GAF team lost any games in the GB tourney so far?
It's double elimination and they shouldn't be eliminated for the first loss.
It would not be fair for the Winning team to be "eliminated" (read, get 2nd place) for losing a series, after all the losing team did lose once. So the only way would be to play a second series if the wining team loses. However with Dota being Dota, games can last over 1 hour. 10 games over 1 hour is too much.
SteveWinwood
Member
Which is why it should be set up so that if the team that came out of the losers wins, the series resets because the winning team finally lost one and now they're on equal footing. The downside is that this can result in a lot of games, especially if we're talking a bo5 or something, but it's the only fair and reasonable way.
ehhh i would say the 1 game advantage is definitely reasonable
Heavy's Sandvich
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Yeah European servers are dead. I genuinely hope this is a little hiccup before it goes on full release.
SteveWinwood
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It's coming, it just hasn't been priority yet I guess.
Valve has got to be conflicted about a lan mode for games they sell tickets for. I wonder if they can implement a lan option that allows games to still be watched on dotatv.
Gully State
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Just call it double elimination up until the finals then. Like I said, winning team doesn't have to play an extra match for their tourney life which is already a huge advantage. Not only that but they're guaranteed at least 2nd place money for winning through.
I thought they did that for TI2.
SteveWinwood
Member
I'm confused on what you're saying.
I remembered it being not strictly a lan mode but instead a bank of dedicated servers that weren't running regular matchmaking in addition to the tournament matches.
I mean if you sell a ticket to a tournament but the tournament organizers decide to play all of the matches over lan then you wouldn't be able to watch the games live in the client.
So how did HLTV work back in CS 1.6 tournaments? They were playing on lan, but the games were still broadcast via the client.
the internet requirement isn't the problem, it's having the server running things out of the control of the tournament organizers
it's in the interests of the tourney and sponsors to have the game online since they get money from the tickets, but having the box running things on site eliminates most of the problems
it's in the interests of the tourney and sponsors to have the game online since they get money from the tickets, but having the box running things on site eliminates most of the problems
Slayer-33
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The feels man, the feels of others controlling
With HLTV wasn't that basically a spectator bot in the games?
shira
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Cyborg gave him his.
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i miss the gaf game did blackbeard guy win dota?
they made both look pretty easy too, destroyed the best in eu and asia in the process
i'm really hoping they take home the win in ti3
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