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[Drkirby]

How are majors relevant for participating in TI6? Are only major winners directly qualified?

No, basically Valve is just hosting/sponsoring 4 events a year now. Doing well in one major will likely help you get invited to the next one, but there is currently no guarantee.

The majors do have $3 million prize pools, and a $1.1 Million grand prize, so there is a ton of motivation to qualify and do well.

Liquid is actually one of the qualifier teams, I believe 4 of the top 8 teams came in though the qualifiers.

 

[Holundrian]

Pretty sure placing top 4(maybe even 6) at Manila is going to an auto direct invite to TI6. Given that even Alliance with their WCA win got the direct invite to the Major.

 

[kasane]

man pinoys gonna be nuts in manila

 

[Gxgear]

w33ha makes fata's invoker look like a joke.

 

[Monochromaticx]

I feel that there are too many people on the panel

 

[kionedrik]

Never doubt the ability of secret to fuck up.

 

[Sibylus]

Consistency a big TL problem right now. C'mon, pale horses!

 

[shira]

First pick Fata Invoker

Pretty sure placing top 4(maybe even 6) at Manila is going to an auto direct invite to TI6. Given that even Alliance with their WCA win got the direct invite to the Major.

How are majors relevant for participating in TI6? Are only major winners directly qualified?

Valve decides with their own undisclosed metrics - total prize money, first place in LAN's, team stability, and international LAN performance are thought to be major factors in getting a direct invite.

But they could revamp the entire system: 18 teams (10 direct invite/4 Regional Qualifiers/4 Wild Cards)

SEA and NA are traditionally weak compared to China and EU so we'll have to see what happens

 

[HGH]

I feel that there are too many people on the panel

They're weirdly quiet. Struggling to come up with ways to not get Liquid stomped maybe.

 

[shira]

 

[Fevaweva]

If this was a pub game and I was on Team Liquid's team I would be shaking my head with the heroes that were picked.

 

[kionedrik]

Drow? Really?


Just hand them the trophy already. No point in watching this.

 

[Monochromaticx]

GG
I hope liquid manages to win so we get game 5

 

[Holundrian]

Time for secret to get cocky and throw this for a game 5 y_y

 

[Gxgear]

Sheever's great and all, but she's so out of her depth on the panel. Every question she asks the rest of the casters are just like, "um where are you going with that?"

Secret's got this.

 

[GorillaJu]

i cant believe people still say "drow" incorrectly. FFS you are a paid commentator, say it right!

 

[Monochromaticx]

i cant believe people still say "drow" incorrectly. FFS you are a paid commentator, say it right!

whats the correct way?
"drAow" or "droo"?

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thanks

 

[kasane]

liquid is so screwed

 

[Visualante2]

team fight music: push the tempo

 

[shira]

Catear Drow. Matumbaman have you no shame

whats the correct way?
"drAow" or "droo"?

[loud]
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/e/e0/Dro_spawn_03.mp3

 

[kasane]

man w33 ranger too fucking good

 

[HGH]

Wow, no grave. That was a bad play.

 

[Monochromaticx]

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

kuro was left
so left

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

GRAVE

HELLO?

 

[GorillaJu]

whats the correct way?
"drAow" or "droo"?

Drao

this dazzle is 2k pub tier

 

[Sibylus]

B A D
D E C I S I O N S

 

[Horp]

Catear Drow. Matumbaman have you no shame

[loud]
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/e/e0/Dro_spawn_03.mp3

I was like: what does he mean with loud? Should you say it so it rhymes with "loud" somehow. Then I clicked. RIP.

 

[XAL]

WHAT DOES THE IPAD SAY

 

[evlcookie]

Damn you camera man, wake up!

 

[Gxgear]

Drow just doesn't feel like the right pick...literally everyone on dire is a threat.

 

[Qvoth]

i wanna enter the cold palace
no idea what cold palace means, chinese players have their own way of saying every hero

 

[kasane]

the drow pick

 

[Qvoth]

drow might not be a fantastic pick but liquid still has invoker

 

[Sibylus]

/dʒɹaʊ/ or /dɹaʊ/, depending on how you pronounce the front consonants (/j/ vs /dr/).

 

[shira]

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Eh this is over. I'm gonna catch some sleep.

 

[kasane]

honestly this game is done

 

[Qvoth]

it's a disasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

 

[Sibylus]

GG TL. I love you guys, but c'mon. You keep trotting out these drafts you can't play effectively.

 

[Gxgear]

i wanna enter the cold palace
no idea what cold palace means, chinese players have their own way of saying every hero

"Cold (god)" is a pro player but I'm not sure who they're referring to. It's a sexual innuendo.

 

[kneePat]

envy's got a midas, call it Liquid.

GG

 

[Hung_real]

Secret winning a major

What a time to be alive

 

[HGH]

What is it with tourney finals and these blowout matches?

 

[kneePat]

What is it with tourney finals and these blowout matches?

I feel like the superior team will have had enough information from the tournament playing out to just consistently outdraft their opponents. Best of 5 format helps eliminate potential error in the results of these outdrafts. From recent tournaments, it just now seems evident that the 'superior team' is able to more adequately identify the flaws in the playstyle of their opponents rather quickly and are able to test their theories before the match has literally even begun.

 

[Sibylus]

How they're pronouncing it on stream, if curious: /dʒɹəʊ/

 

[kasane]

they're crumbling

Never doubt the ability of secret to fuck up.

 

[HGH]

The whole confusion with Drow's name seems weird considering she says it all the time.

 

[Qvoth]

ok secret looking reaaaaaaaaaaaaally good now

 

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