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[shira]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201716837&postcount=4349

Ayesee is really pushing for that TI6 invite and I think he's going to get it.

 

[Artanisix]

good because ayesee is baller asf

 

[Monochromaticx]

You're god damn right

 

[Dreams-Visions]

If anything the recent roster clusterfuck shows, players could end up anywhere regardless of any bad blood or past performance.

Unless he's permanently content with losing to tier 4 teams in his current squad, i'd go easy on the public show of butthurt anytime a former team/teammate of his doesn't perform.

Players and management will always be watching.

yes, indeed. but I think as RTZ has shown us, there is no such thing as a burned bridge if you have sufficient talent.

chances to increase financial income with a player > pride.

 

[shira]

Fuck the hat dude, get a ball cap or something

 

[Sibylus]

Ayesee at TI6 is the drim.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Ayesee is really pushing for that TI6 invite and I think he's going to get it.

He should. I've missed him. One of my favorite color commentators since he appeared a few years ago.

 

[Artanisix]

6.87 is A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT

 

[Artanisix]

i just realized what turning a bagel into a breadstick means holy shit

bagel = 0

breadstick = 1

turn 0 kills into 1 kill

Kreygasm

 

[Quesa]

Kreygasm

No joke for the longest time I thought this was based on Kreayshawn

the world was better then

 

[rakkadakka]

Ayeseeeee deserves an invite.

Way more enjoyable to listen to than Odpixel and that single cell organism will probably get an invite to Ti.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

I just did 15k tower damage holy shit. Anybody ever done or seen this much? This is the first time I've seen 13k+ and those games were usually me as well if I remember correctly.

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2315291461

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

No joke for the longest time I thought this was based on Kreayshawn

the world was better then

Shoutouts to Kreayshawn

Best shitty music ever

 

[Red UFO]

I have an unironic love for Kreayshawn. Too bad her album sold like, approximately zero copies.

 

[Twookie]

i just realized kreayshawn = creation

she's pretty good honestly

 

[Artanisix]

I just did 15k tower damage holy shit. Anybody ever done or seen this much? This is the first time I've seen 13k+ and those games were usually me as well if I remember correctly.

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2315291461

most ive done was like 4 years ago http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/25500406

 

[Imp the Dimp]

most ive done was like 4 years ago http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/25500406

Outstanding. How much tower damage is there to be had? I killed every single tower + all rax I think.

 

[shira]

Outstanding. How much tower damage is there to be had? I killed every single tower + all rax I think.

Probably 18k, idk how much the huts cost also Omniknight and Treeant can heal towers and melee rax and ancient can heal over time.

The most I ever got was 13k and I was only attacking towers.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/414389227

 

[Twookie]

man, how i wish daemonfell flame didn't cost that much, it's looks so fucking cool with lc arcana :|

 

[Drkirby]

Probably 18k, idk how much the huts cost also Omniknight and Treeant can heal towers and melee rax and ancient can heal over time.

The most I ever got was 13k and I was only attacking towers.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/414389227

Omni can't heal towers anymore, they got rid of the HP Regen from his ult.

 

[Artanisix]

6.87 or bagel

 

[NormalFish]

6.87 or bagel

bagel is clearly better

 

[twobear]

so this happened earlier

 

[aeolist]

https://twitter.com/DOTABUFF/status/723910263729070080

 

[twobear]

https://twitter.com/DOTABUFF/status/723910263729070080

 

[LiQuid!]

25 minutes into the game, we're down 2 sets of rax against loldrowstrats. Almost an hour later we win the game of Dota 2. Anybody wanna guess what hero(es) we had on our team?

Spoiler

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2315453114

Bonus chat log courtesy of Yasp.

https://yasp.co/matches/2315453114/chat

 

[Radec]

Ayesee is really pushing for that TI6 invite and I think he's going to get it.

He better be. Instead of Lumi.

 

[Madouu]

I generally think rubick is the worst match up for enigma, because not only is it a free cancel but you also bait your teammates in most of the time. It's awful.

 

[shira]

Yay neogaf non-mobile works

 

[Artanisix]

turn a bagel into a bread

 

[Artanisix]

this post from reddit is actually triggering me im going to have to go bagel some breadsticks to cool off

Im the opposite. I loved that style of play.

The problem for me is, my brains are hard-wired for efficieny. Whatever I do I always try to find the most efficient way out of. So finishing games as fast as possible became a goal for me(to maximize MMR) gains, and I gained a large amount of enjoyment when I invented a strat I could quickly win games with.

With DotA before I could innovate and come up with new pushing strats on the fly. Strats no one has even tried in pro games before, and they work, because they're so unexcepted.

With comeback mechanics, DotA completely threw this out of the oven. What could have been a 20 min game became 40 min game, and so on. Individual hero picks matter more. This means I can no longer pick a hero that I like, I must pick a hero that fits the team's composition. And if I pick a hero that my teammate doesn't know am going to play something out of the meta or what they are not accustomed to.

This forced meta(akin to something from LoL) has now led to the point where only teamfightning heroes are viable. And consequently it also means that the game is now more focused on picking than before, which reduces the amount of flavour and fun that can be had in the game. As opposed to previously crafting strats on the fly.
In short, DotA is more of a teamfight simulator(think LoL or HotS) than ever before. Because only teamfights matter more and more. If this is the direction that DotA is going, then it's very worrying.

Already, the amount of games I play a day have dropped significantly, because each game is not exhausting. Im also someone who believes in what is fair, which means something like comeback mechanics is extremenely unfair for me as a person. The only way I can motivate myself to play is by playing carries while still putting pressure on the map and having 0 deaths. I do not enjoy a game if I won just "barely;" I want to completely outplay and dominate my opponents and feel like I can win even if in the end I throw a couple of deaths.

 

[kvk1]

Already, the amount of games I play a day have dropped significantly, because each game is not exhausting.

 

[lv2 pidgey]

"im going to have to go bagel some breadsticks to cool off"

10/10

 

[shira]

Fisting the cookie jar is where it's at

 

[1.09]

GOT MY DICK WET IN SOME DUMB SKANK

PANTIES WET LIKE A FISH TANK

WHEN I MAKE DEPOSITS I BREAK THE BANK

WHEN I QUEUE I QUEUE SOLO RANKED

KFJDA8FJDA9FJ 9j9fjd

wish me luck team im going to DIE

 

[shira]

- 3 matches
***expect major delays and lag

Tentative start time:

Semifinal 1
Fnatic vs Wings

followed by
Semifinal 2
Liquid vs Empire

followed by
Grand Final Bo5
Winner1 vs Winner2

1st $100,000: Grand Final winner
2nd $50,000: Grand Final loser
3-4th $25,000: Semifinal loser
5-8th $12,000: Secret, Ehome, Mineski, Complexity

 

[lv2 pidgey]

GOT MY DICK WET IN SOME DUMB SKANK

PANTIES WET LIKE A FISH TANK

WHEN I MAKE DEPOSITS I BREAK THE BANK

WHEN I QUEUE I QUEUE SOLO RANKED

KFJDA8FJDA9FJ 9j9fjd

wish me luck team im going to DIE

you ok bro?

 

[Artanisix]

fish tanks arent wet unless they have water in them tho?

 

[kvk1]

rip shirts

 

[TUSR]

rip shirts

u been workin out?

 

[kvk1]

u been workin out?

cutting for the summer

you know how it is

 

[shira]

zzz shirts

 

[NormalFish]

I like sweaters

 

[kvk1]

these guys will never receive this many high fives in their lives again

 

[NormalFish]

these guys will never receive this many high fives in their lives again

we talkin' HF/hr or like total

 

[kvk1]

total

 

[Sigismundo]

If there was an XM shirt size I would be all over that. M is too snug and L is too big.

 

[NormalFish]

total

ballsy bet

If there was an XM shirt size I would be all over that. M is too snug and L is too big.

wouldn't "Extra Medium" just be even more average sized? Thus not actually larger, unless "medium" is smaller than medium.

 

[shira]

Pugna vs Necro

 

[kvk1]

thanks rosh

edit: yo this game is a hoot