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DOTA 2 |OT8| DOTA Asian Championship (1/27-2/9)
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Twitch TV is so awful for me in Asia. it's gone through phases where I've had great connections and been able to watch on Source with no pausing, and it's gone through times like now where it's unwatchable due to the constant buffering pauses. 1 gbps internet and I can't watch Twitch TV on "medium" settings :lol
Monochromaticx
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Try using vpns. Just start it before going to the twitch site and not while in the middle of browsing it so they wont falsely flag you.
Do you mean something like Hola Unblocker? Is there a free VPN you recommend for Twitch? I have a paid VPN, but its got limited bandwidth so wouldn't last very long if I streamed a whole bunch.
close to the edge
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Monochromaticx
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I used zenmate browser extension. Its free and it works great 70% of the time or slow as shit the rest of the time.
I got (auto) banned temporarily once from twitch because i kept turning it on/off mid stream, one quick email to support unbanned me in like a day since there is nothing in their TOS that forbids using a vpn.
Give it a shot.
Will do, absolutely. Thanks.
Lactose_Intolerant
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Kuroky back on support + zai always seeming to get farmed.
Lactose_Intolerant
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livestreamer. Watch twitch in a video player.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Dota TV crashed right around that point for me and then my laptop softlocked.
good stuff
Played three games with a friend today as Axe / Witch Doctor duo lane. It was disgusting.
Also got AM in All Random and holy shit are some people assholes. We had to lane as AM/Lich against Phoenix/Disruptor, was shut down pretty well but managed to get my BF anyway. Neither Dazzle nor SD bought wards for the first twenty minutes but felt they needed to complain about me and Lich for the whole game. Fuck people like that.
Also got AM in All Random and holy shit are some people assholes. We had to lane as AM/Lich against Phoenix/Disruptor, was shut down pretty well but managed to get my BF anyway. Neither Dazzle nor SD bought wards for the first twenty minutes but felt they needed to complain about me and Lich for the whole game. Fuck people like that.
Visualante2
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Alt clicking map when you have teleport scroll selected teleports you as well as pinging ;_;
Technosteve
Banned
till when?
Cyborgmatt
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All of today's midnight games were moved to the last day.
Monochromaticx
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dang it just when I finally have some free time to watch (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Too soon Shira.
Technosteve
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who's HR and why are Newbee doing bad
Gentle Rodriguez
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One ravage all game
Technosteve
Banned
SteveWinwood
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close to the edge
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Russian, they have Dread who was on the legendary DTS 2010 roster (Dread, LighTofHeaveN, NS, ArtStyle, Dendi) and has a very popular stream (DREAD GO STREAM ZAEBAL)
Monochromaticx
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A russian team of new comers (i think) + dread that have been doing very well recently after a squad change.
they went 27 w - 7 loses in December
Crushed everyone in the DAC quals
Did well in the starladder quals but fell short in LAN and had a missing member I think.
Apparently spent all their time playing some mmo and not practicing? I bet some big changes in their roster is why
Yeah
I see a lot of Arcanas and expensive Pudge shit
Because the community is small the people who do play are usually pretty serious and willing to spend
SteveWinwood
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are you telling me stevewinwoodstack can beat mumble gaf now
Night_Hand
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Ha. They were so afraid of storm they bought four bkbs versus a team made up of mostly physical damage, one non-ulti stun, and a silence that goes through bkb. GG
To be fair everyone other than Night Hand was feeding, so they rightfully focused on countering him.
lets fight o//
What the fuck do you ban against Secret?
They basically have 7 heroes that they just completely wreck face with and will first round pick: Lycan, Dazzle, Bristle, Puck, SF, Chen, Enchantress, and Axe. I think teams have pretty much tried most of the possible ban combinations with 2 of these heroes, but nothing works. I don't think we've seen any Bristle first bans against secret, but something like Bristle/Lycan or Bristle/Axe (or Bristle/SF or....shit is tough man) might be the key.
They basically have 7 heroes that they just completely wreck face with and will first round pick: Lycan, Dazzle, Bristle, Puck, SF, Chen, Enchantress, and Axe. I think teams have pretty much tried most of the possible ban combinations with 2 of these heroes, but nothing works. I don't think we've seen any Bristle first bans against secret, but something like Bristle/Lycan or Bristle/Axe (or Bristle/SF or....shit is tough man) might be the key.
Admins will allow banning of players to compensate for Secret's hero privilege.
Wok
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Or something like a rule for Best of 3 which would forbid a team from picking the same hero twice.
Match #1: TeamLeft picks heroes A,B,C,D,E ; TeamRight picks F,G,H,I,J
Match #2: TeamLeft picks heroes which are not any of A,B,C,D,E ; TeamLeft picks heroes which are not any of F,G,H,I,J
Id ban Lycan and Axe first every time
NormalFish
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yeah, CM is pretty broken. Top tier support at the moment, at least in pubs. Shame the CM in my last game was so intent on not making any effort to zone my lane opponents, and subsequently bitching at me to CS better .-.
My game just ended, only got off two decent ults since they had stuns and silences to shut me down so hard. Finally got my BKB but tinker went bots dagon 5 so they all had BKBs ;_;
At least I outfarmed QoP on a pure support CM lol
I'm rank 3 right now, I managed to make it to rank 1 last night before a losing streak. I just don't have enough time, I have work in an hour and the ladder resets like an hour after getting home. My dreams are crushed
Maybe next month!
Gentle Rodriguez
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I don't think SF is up there. Yes, RTZ is godlike on it, but SF is vulnerable enough that you could let them pick it and then counter it. It's the core I'd want to give up instead of Bristle, Axe, Puck or Lycan atm.
Also don't forget RTZ and S4 could switch lanes whenever they want, and S4 plays a shitload of mid heroes very well. Secret can pick almost any mid hero and do well with it since they have 2 of the best mid players in the world, even better is that they play different styles(RTZ farms, S4 makes plays).
NormalFish
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Against secret I would ban Axe/Chen first round, pick at least one of their other main heroes (maybe 2) and then ban the rest 2nd phase.
That or pick a specific strategy designed to work against their heroes, though that's obviously easier said than done.
That or pick a specific strategy designed to work against their heroes, though that's obviously easier said than done.
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