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Dota 2 |OT11| $400 of Support and Passion
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Gentle Rodriguez
Member
balladofwindfishes
Member
The rarest set in the entire game is being given out for free at TI5's contributor booth
There's only like 10 of these in existence.
There's only like 10 of these in existence.
aha, awesome! fuck those market prices!
did he tweet it or?
I asked to give away my three virtues bundle. here's hoping they actually let me. I really wish they would have let us give out more stuff, or at least randomize everything we made to give away.
balladofwindfishes
Member
He said it on the workshop page.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
You weren't saying anything, you were just complaining. If you don't expect variance in your teams of 4 random people I don't know what to tell you, and if you win as often as you lose you're very near your proper mmr. Forced 50 doesn't exist, there are plenty of people who solo queue with 60+% win.
Only 1? Or 1 per visitor?
Shuggananas
Banned
you know what fuck naga, she's the actual worst hero of the game and she always has been
I'd rather watch a techies game than a naga game
I'd rather watch a techies game than a naga game
Shuggananas
Banned
seriously look at this shit
perfect counter initiation from navi but then this piece of shit just presses R and fight is won without a casualty
like fuck outta here really, trash hero
play safe 2 minutes, rinse and repeat
perfect counter initiation from navi but then this piece of shit just presses R and fight is won without a casualty
like fuck outta here really, trash hero
play safe 2 minutes, rinse and repeat
MurkyZebra2417
Member
Naga ruins another TI
manfestival
Member
NAVI is back!
Wonderboy91
Member
NAVI IS BACK LAMO
mastershake
Member
saving strats for main event
Lemon Crest
Member
shira
Member
Top 8 have a double elimination (2)bo3s. Guaranteed 200k
Bottom 8 have a (1)bo1 elimination match. Only guaranteed 50k
SteveWinwood
Member
for seeding of the actual bracket
Schweinehund
Member
A mid lina with early eul's is just the most annoying shit in a pub game. It pretty much means health stacking on everyone.
manfestival
Member
i think everything is better now that twitch has a similar emoticon to mindblown
Cellbomber
Member
I've watched a decent amount of matches (nowhere near some of you guys) and haven't noticed much variety in drafts.
Has winter wyvern been picked in every match?
Has winter wyvern been picked in every match?
75 heroes have been picked.
http://www.dotabuff.com/esports/events/40/heroes?date=week&hero=®ion=&duration=
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Teams are probably going to start banning Gyro more often, having the hero that's picked most often also have one of the highest winrate is insane.
CM with a 90% winrate(10 matches) is also surprising, though I'm blaming that on teams not respecting her ult(but she's a strong hero either way).
CM with a 90% winrate(10 matches) is also surprising, though I'm blaming that on teams not respecting her ult(but she's a strong hero either way).
SteveWinwood
Member
each patch has a meta (heroes that get picked a lot or not at all, but also playstyles), but more specifically every tournament has its own mini meta
seeing people react a day counteract to the heroes that get popular just in that limited tournament can be really fun if they're good drafters and quick thinkers
the variety of heroes seems to be pretty good relative to other tournaments in my recent memory
the real test is the main event and if we're stuck with the same 9 heroes every game
the best example for the tournament meta is sven being picked every game out of nowhere at mlg a few years ago and then never seen again
the best example for every game having the same heroes is last year's international finals
edit high five qfns
For better or worse, this happens in every tournament. The players sort of figure out what works against who, and what each team likes to play and then there ends up being a "tournament meta" that really only exists for that tournament. The picks and bans end up falling into patterns as the strong heroes end up as first pick/bans in most games. This eventually gets shaken up by a team deciding to do something crazy (like a pocket strat or something they think counters this dominant strategy) which then either works and shakes up the meta or doesn't and solidifies it.
It's especially bad in the group stages because no one is really eliminated (even though going through in the lower bracket is basically a death sentence, too many killers end up down there for someone in the bottom 4 of a group to hope to win TI). So teams are unlikely to pull out pocket strats or crazy stuff unless they are on the verge of getting top 4 in their group. So this early in the event, no one is going to want to give any extra intel to the other teams.
EDIT: SteveWinwood said basically the same thing above. The main event will be the telling thing. If we get a stale series of heroes like TI4, it might be a bad few months to the next patch. Otherwise, who can say?
shira
Member
I think they just want to show off their golden immortals
Cellbomber
Member
That 75 number is higher than I expected. I shouldn't have said decent amount of matches since its most likely around 10 total matches I've watched .
I'm still really surprised wyvern is being picked this frequently though.
I'm still really surprised wyvern is being picked this frequently though.
shira
Member
u kno her TUSR? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1086144
manfestival
Member
aerial finger
NormalFish
Banned
Wyvern winrate is way worse than I thought. jesus.
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And C9 isn't most last hits/game despite all their games taking ages. lol.
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And C9 isn't most last hits/game despite all their games taking ages. lol.
manfestival
Member
so close to the dream of 3-22.... dangit
Freezing Field with Aghs + Glimmer Cape + BKB Crystal Maiden...
Very Powerful Lady...
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1668658916
Very Powerful Lady...
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1668658916
rhophiehalul78
Member
I'm having too much fun trolling the losing team's fans in dota tv chat lol.
sleverfunk
Member
Goddam that fng hair.
Goddam that fng hair.
Because you're worth it
Purple Cheeto
Member
2011: Wow, Na'vi is amazing!
2012: Na'vi pretty damn good!
2013: Na'vi put up a good fight!
2014: What's happening with Na'vi?
2015: Damn, Na'vi sucks!
2016: Remember the Dota 2 team "Na'vi"?
So basically Na'Vi is the San Francisco Giants of DotA2.
manfestival
Member
holy sumai plays
Holy shit, that Ember stat.
7-0 on the Chinese teams, 0-8 on non-Chinese teams... Wtf western Doto, lern 2 embru
I wish I knew how strats like this developed in the pro scene. Do people practice them in scrims and then just all save them for TI? I feel like every TI within the first handful of games a bunch of heroes that barely registered in the meta before TI emerge. Last year it was a lot of Skywrath and Razor. I didn't see those heroes at all before TI4 group stages and then they were in literally every game.
7-0 on the Chinese teams, 0-8 on non-Chinese teams... Wtf western Doto, lern 2 embru
I wish I knew how strats like this developed in the pro scene. Do people practice them in scrims and then just all save them for TI? I feel like every TI within the first handful of games a bunch of heroes that barely registered in the meta before TI emerge. Last year it was a lot of Skywrath and Razor. I didn't see those heroes at all before TI4 group stages and then they were in literally every game.
Yes, pretty much.
This is why we see stream silence whenever TI is close. Everyone's saving their strats. A part of me wonders if RTZ spamming Radiance Naga games wasn't just misdirection.