Heavy's Sandvich
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Also keep to a routine. Establish one. Even if you haven't slept a wink, be up at the same time.
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Dota 2 |OT11| $400 of Support and Passion
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Monochromaticx
Member
Notail's new team Monkey Business
1- Miracle
2- Big Daddy N0tail
3- Moonmeander
4- Cr1t
5- Fly
Looks good to me, not sure about notail mid
1- Miracle
2- Big Daddy N0tail
3- Moonmeander
4- Cr1t
5- Fly
Looks good to me, not sure about notail mid
If the pool of talent is spread out thinner, that probably makes it a lot easier for any team to get a piece of that lucrative 2nd to 16th places at TI6. There's plenty of money to go around. I think this year's TI actually probably proved that making a "superstar" team doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win the top prize. A lot of what were considered lower tier teams managed to outplay a lot of the top tier teams and there's no reason to think that can't happen again. Finding a good chemistry can probably take a team as far as just having the biggest and baddest names on your team.
Much like with EE, I have an irrational bias against any team Moonmeander is on so that they immediately zip to the top of my "Want to see fail" list.
Since I work third shift I don't really sleep at all. Most of the time I get 2-3 hours of sleep a day and use one day a week to "make up" for it. Usually on those days I'll sleep for like 12 hours.
Sleeping during the day in the summer is nearly impossible most days and it's just something that I have to deal with. There's either too much light or too much noise going on outside for me to be able to sleep. It's a lot more tolerable in the winter since it is darker and people aren't doing stuff outside as much.
I'm pretty sure that when I'm older this will catch up to me but for now I can deal with it.
Sleeping during the day in the summer is nearly impossible most days and it's just something that I have to deal with. There's either too much light or too much noise going on outside for me to be able to sleep. It's a lot more tolerable in the winter since it is darker and people aren't doing stuff outside as much.
I'm pretty sure that when I'm older this will catch up to me but for now I can deal with it.
Shuggananas
Banned
Seems like it will let some players that were formerly relegated to tier 2 or worse teams have a chance in the spotlight.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
He played mid in his hon days and this is basically hontrash the team
he was the most dominant mid to play HoN, I still think he has more potential there than as a support. notail is the play making kind of mid which imo is the best style these days. so happy see him returning to pos 2
Shuggananas
Banned
season in 90 minutes boys
hontrash will be hontrash
hontrash will be hontrash
Imp the Dimp
Member
he was the most dominant mid to play HoN, I still think he has more potential there than as a support. notail is the play making kind of mid which imo is the best style these days. so happy see him returning to pos 2
Play making mids like S4 and Dendi haven't been overly successful at TI, have they? Farming mids like Arteezy and Sumail seem to be more popular.
Shuggananas
Banned
Sumail is kind of play maker too. He plays agressive mid cores (ss, wr, lina) rather than roaming mid initiators though I guess (like brew, magnus)
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Snowballing mids are the way to go right now: Ember, Storm, Lina, QoP(to some extent), SF, TA, Lesh, etc.
6.85 may change this but it also might not.
6.85 may change this but it also might not.
Shuggananas
Banned
even better, mids who can win their lane AND catch up with jungle stacks if they lose
Sadly playmaking mid heroes haven't been on the spotlight for a long time (my bet is since 6.81). It's sad not seeing Puck, Magnus, and some others mid. Now it seems you need a dual farming-core teams to win games and playmakers don't fit in that meta.
Here's hoping 6.85 can remedy that.
maybe I should have said play making while still farming, ultimately it depends on their pos 1/3 and how much farm they take (i'd argue rtz limited s4's amount of farm, as did bulldog in alliance). sumail farms but it's the playmaking that makes him the best mid atm, he finds ganks and kills that most other mid players don't even bother to look for.
imo it's more like low-risk high-reward mids who can flash farm if they lose the lane. when sumail can go 0 - 3 in lane as SS and still get one of the fastest orchids at TI there's something wrong.
It looks great. I signed up hoping to get beta access the second I saw the trailer at the E3 conferences.
Imp the Dimp
Member
I'd love Sheever's stream if she stopped playing Lich, Dazzle CM, Mirana and other boring ass supports exclusively omggggg
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
That cliffhanger though.
That's a result of her playing a lot with pro players, she's used to playing support so she sticks to what she knows. Also how is Mirana boring.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Non-boring supports:
- Wisp
- BH
- Enigma
- Rubick
And that's it. I think Wisp is the most exciting support. Love playing him as well as seeing him on stream.
Shuggananas
Banned
wisp is the boringest
enigma is not a support
enigma is not a support
Imp the Dimp
Member
How is enigma not a support? He is played as a position 4 99% of the time.
Wisp is far and ahead the most entertaining support.
Yeah, hopefully they will open the floodgates and let a bunch of people in.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Rubick's entertainment value obviously depends on the enemy line up.
NormalFish
Banned
Rubick is so much fun
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
CM is also very fun if you just realize that her ult is one of the best in the game(imo).
Mirana always makes stuff happen.
Disruptor
Earthshaker
Sand King
Lina
Shadow Shaman
Witch Doctor
Etc
Mirana always makes stuff happen.
Disruptor
Earthshaker
Sand King
Lina
Shadow Shaman
Witch Doctor
Etc
Shuggananas
Banned
Rubick's aura is real good, often undervalued, helps a lot breaching high ground especially since creeps get it
It means the enemy needs 3 spells to clear the incoming creep wave as opposed to 2 in general
Anyway he's a cool hero with a nice CC, good nuke and the virtually best spell in the game
Imp the Dimp
Member
Support Spirit Breaker is fun to watch as well. Other than that, I instantly turn off streams where the streamer plays the boring garbage you guys mentioned. Unless it's Draskyl going mid with those heroes and carrying.
Lich, Treant, Omni and Dazzle are the worst offenders however.
Lich, Treant, Omni and Dazzle are the worst offenders however.
Imp the Dimp
Member
They tried that for a few days and it sucked. Games took forever to start even though people just wanted to shit around in pubs. Also, people actually counter picked more because they had more time to think about an actual draft in a fucking non ranked AP pub. I was glad when they removed it.
SecretMoblin
Member
the ideal "support" would have a massive AOE stomp that can put the entire enemy team to sleep, as well as a cunty aura that melts resistances to both phys and magic damage
sigh, if only there were such a hero
sigh, if only there were such a hero
yeah no lol, people in regular ap will wait until your entire team is done picking to counterpick you. At least in ranked ap you can limit the counterpicks by last picking. I've had guys wait until the clock was at 0:00 to pick hard counters. You can't do that bullshit in ranked.
Shuggananas
Banned
omni is TRASH
dazzle is a FUCKING BRO
dazzle is a FUCKING BRO
I had the exact opposite experience. The entire enemy team will just wait to counterpick you right now.
Wish unranked was draft mode all the time.