What does handicapping a team have to do with it? If you want the flexibility that a larger-than-5 roster avails to you right before the year's premiere tournament, pay for them like any other sporting team on the planet.
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Dota 2 |OT5| TECHIES!!!
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Crap it's that soon?
Lets say nether CIS nor Fnatic can make it, do you think Valve would simply turn the 16 team round robin into a 17 team round robin and skip the wild card game? It would replace the original 6-9 game mini tournament with 16 additional round robin games.
Also, I voted Viper. I rather he have a remake then Slardar.
Also, I voted Viper. I rather he have a remake then Slardar.
shira
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And his team still has 1-2 days in Germany
They are going to literally have 3-4 days of bootcamp then fly to Seattle to get stomped.
SteveWinwood
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i think its funny the UNSEEN EMAILS were edited into the valve post before the fnatic post even went up
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um no we can clearly read in the emails that YOU said it was going to be kept confidential valve didnt say shit
and you dragged it all out in the first place anyway
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um no we can clearly read in the emails that YOU said it was going to be kept confidential valve didnt say shit
and you dragged it all out in the first place anyway
At this point it's unfair to any of the other teams to allow standins for any reason because they wouldn't honestly be available for everyone. If Burning gets hurt today DK are straight fucked because there is almost no way could they get a replacement player a visa fast enough.
If everyone doesn't have the chance of making last minute substitutions in case of emergency than no one should have it. It sucks but in the spirit of fair play there has to be a point where you draw the line and stick to the rules.
All of that said I wish Era a speedy recovery and hope that his teammates are actually behind him right now and not pressuring him one way or another.
Also holy fuck but post TI4 valve needs to set the TI5 rules in stone fucking pronto.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Slardar is as bad as Viper IMO. They shouldn't have had to be pitted against each other so early.
For the record, I think I voted for Viper. Green bat...thing, definitely needs so help.
For the record, I think I voted for Viper. Green bat...thing, definitely needs so help.
Alliance just put up a courier made by T_Vidotto, I like it:
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277364698
Also, their really diffrent looking Silabear set got put up too:
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277293716
Feels a little late though, these things have a lot of custom effects and I think Valve is going to end up shipping all the pro player related stuff in a single update next week, they may not have time to really implement them.
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277364698
Also, their really diffrent looking Silabear set got put up too:
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277293716
Feels a little late though, these things have a lot of custom effects and I think Valve is going to end up shipping all the pro player related stuff in a single update next week, they may not have time to really implement them.
Technosteve
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heroes of the storm is fucking terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible
game 1 finished, game 2 comin up soon
I wouldn't know the particulars of what each team's standin compensation looks like, but it's obviously not a contracted, official position on the team (even if only a benchwarmer). Disposable on a minute-by-minute basis.
Caught the end of that game, #teamgaf wrecks face is basically every game I've seen.
Pureauthor
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Regardless of how things shake down. I can't imagine Era not ending up feeling awful about all this shit.
I want to see a Gaf team in the next Cevo.
Also, if the emails being posted by Fnatic are right, Fnatic was effectively already DQed as of a week ago, though it sounds like the Valve blog gave them one last chance to still attend (Which Fnatic seem to be saying they aren't taking, since they don't feel they Era can take)
Also, if the emails being posted by Fnatic are right, Fnatic was effectively already DQed as of a week ago, though it sounds like the Valve blog gave them one last chance to still attend (Which Fnatic seem to be saying they aren't taking, since they don't feel they Era can take)
Milk and I won season 2.
Yeah it's not really fun to watch anymore.
shira
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Alliance just put up a courier made by T_Vidotto, I like it:
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277364698
Also, their really diffrent looking Silabear set got put up too:
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=277293716
Feels a little late though, these things have a lot of custom effects and I think Valve is going to end up shipping all the pro player related stuff in a single update next week, they may not have time to really implement them.
Tvidotto really downhill since his wife started working with him.
Also, Valve added an All Star Hero thing, who did you guys put down?
I encourage all of you to put Earth Spirit down. I want to see him in something close to a pro game.
Not interested in the slightest.
My Godznezz
Team Gaf for TI5 American Qualifiers.
Sgt.Pepper
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Disruptor is such an easy fucking hero omg. I love him.
free wins
free wins
Technosteve
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why am i watching a bearless lone druid in this gaf game wtf am i watching
dont fucking hate i rekt lycan mid
Technosteve
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BRB reinstalling mumble
Can you vote for heroes that aren't in CM?
Gonna pick legion, phoenix, earth spirit, terror blade, and brood mother then . maybe necrophos, omniknight, spirit breaker husker and whoever else doesn't get picked a lot.
Funniest thing since bone7 lost hist boots.
Yes you can vote for any hero, I also voted for legion cause I love her. I tried to keep an even mix of what I want to see and what I remember pros having fun dicking around with on streams.
Dreams-Visions
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wut
backtrack backtrack backtrack, valve looking out for the player! the player's champion!
valve evil fnatic evil valve evil fnatic evil; seems like both sides presented a third of the complete picture
man at this point, fuck it, let fnatic play with xcalibur, set some more concrete rules for next tournament, and get this rain cloud off of fucking TI.
Hush money or not, the thing that all this comes down to is the doctor's note; did fnatic provide sufficient proof that Era's doctor believes Era's condition directly prevents era from participating? If so, one side has speculation (era was kicked); the other has more tangible evidence (a third party recommendation), like it or not.
Literally Faceless Void.
Sup guys. Just wanted to leave this here. Lol
SteveWinwood
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PA is broken
ur face is broken
My plane doesn't touch down until 9:50pm, on the 17th, so I'm not too sure if I will really be able to do anything that night with people. I imagine I will likely get checked in at around 11.
What places did all of you end up at? I booked a bed at the City Hostel near the arena.
call_kotaku
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"Let Fnatic use whoever they want" should be in the next series of stretch goals
shira
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Well, it's a pretty complicated situation
I believe, that even today right now, there's absolutely no way that Era doesn't want to play in TI4
if DOTA is your life and you got invited to the biggest DOTA tournament of all time then you're going to want that so so badly, medical issues or not. It's easy to see how an 18 year old kid whose being told that he's out of the biggest tournament of his life might be mad enough to go straight to valve to complain about it
. even if his organization has best interest in mind.
And I want to give the benefit of the doubt to Fnatic and believe that the only thing guiding their decision making was the health of the their player but once I start thinking about the insane amount of money on the line it becomes hard to fully comprehend much less trust the motivations of anybody . Would you dick over a friend? and would you dick over a friend a for 5 million dollars? are two very different questions.
I do trust valve's intentions of doing right by the player, and I don't think that they are as effected by the amount of money in the prize pool . but, once you have that size of prize pool "case by case basis" doesn't really cut it as official tournament law.
I am really happy that both sides provided as much information as they did. Even though I do feel a bit bad for Era having to share his private medical information with the whole world. It would be a whole lot worse, and everyone involved would look a whole lot shadier, if those emails weren't released.
I think the bottom line here, no matter how you parse it, is that this situation is fucked. The best outcome anybody can hope for is Era's speedy return to health and a positive change to the way the tournament is run to keep anything like this from happening again.
And I want to give the benefit of the doubt to Fnatic and believe that the only thing guiding their decision making was the health of the their player but once I start thinking about the insane amount of money on the line it becomes hard to fully comprehend much less trust the motivations of anybody . Would you dick over a friend? and would you dick over a friend a for 5 million dollars? are two very different questions.
I do trust valve's intentions of doing right by the player, and I don't think that they are as effected by the amount of money in the prize pool . but, once you have that size of prize pool "case by case basis" doesn't really cut it as official tournament law.
I am really happy that both sides provided as much information as they did. Even though I do feel a bit bad for Era having to share his private medical information with the whole world. It would be a whole lot worse, and everyone involved would look a whole lot shadier, if those emails weren't released.
I think the bottom line here, no matter how you parse it, is that this situation is fucked. The best outcome anybody can hope for is Era's speedy return to health and a positive change to the way the tournament is run to keep anything like this from happening again.
I like when people give me free farm, but it isn't really fair 
http://dotabuff.com/matches/745879981
Like just let me farm all my items in peace and never try to gank me. Clockwerk was shit and almost cost us the game with brood pushing and taking rax really early but other than that...
http://dotabuff.com/matches/745879981
Like just let me farm all my items in peace and never try to gank me. Clockwerk was shit and almost cost us the game with brood pushing and taking rax really early but other than that...
That early? I'm not arriving until the 18th (at fuck all in the morning... going to sleep at the airport I think since I can't check into my hotel until later in the day).
well i figured it wouldn't hurt to visit the city ahead of the tourney + the situation was kind of out of my hand so i'll be exploring seattle
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