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[Maledict]

I really don't think dig would have qualified with this team - fanatic would have taken them out, or TeamLiquid even.

Alex is the 10 hour guy - they replaced Wubby with him because Wubby didn't have the drive the rest of them do. Thing is, drive can only take you so far and it's clear that Alex doesn't fit the team and they no longer have someone who can draft like Wubby could. It's such a shame as Snitch is a fantastic player and Bakery a great support. Maybe they replace Alex with Aethero?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I wish but Athero is Liquid now.

Being a fan of CoG has prepared me for this I can weather the storm of disappointed.

 

[Alur]

Speaking of Jake, JHow is making it real obvious why he got picked over him.

Really, really impressed with him. Still don't understand why all his co-casters constantly call him handsome on casts and Twitter if it's trolling, but beyond that he's quickly cemented himself as top three/four talent in the scene IMO.

Oh yeah always wondered what got Kendric his position didn't even knew him before he hosted a regional out of the blue.
He seems genuine but I dislike german accents

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because I have the same

I don't mind the accent. I think it's because

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I'm an asshole for noticing

he's gained a good deal of weight in his face since he started in HOTS but appears on camera all the time. Coupled with him being less knowledgeable than the rest and it just irrationally irks me.

I really don't think dig would have qualified with this team - fanatic would have taken them out, or TeamLiquid even.

Kind of wish they would've.

I thought Athero was Dig last year? I lose track of all the musical chairs. On both sides now.

EDIT: Yeah, he was at Blizzcon with em right? Tyrael play.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I don't mind the accent. I think it's because

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I'm an asshole for noticing

he's gained a good deal of weight in his face since he started in HOTS but appears on camera all the time. Coupled with him being less knowledgeable than the rest and it just irrationally irks me.

I thought Athero was Dig last year? I lose track of all the musical chairs. On both sides now.

Ha I'm not the only one fat shaming but the same can be said about Naventic.

Athero was Dig, he and Schwimpi were poached by Fnatic when dig 2.0 didn't work out. They are still good friends though irl they constantly do voice chat on discord when playing hots. Athero was the reason Tyrael had a 100% winrate at Blizzcon and was banned constant y once fnatic spilled the beans on the comp in scrims.

 

[Alur]

Alright. Good luck Dig and mYi. Do it for the west. It's 4 AM here. RIPzzzzzzzzzzZZzzzz

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

 

[kirblar]

JHow looks way better on Fri/Sat. They were having big hair/makeup issues on the first few days- that should never be an issue that blatant.

edit: X-Team's Rehgar is not playing backline healbot and is dying first almost every time because of it.

 

[Celegus]

Just woke up, sounds like myI trashed Dig? Tempest just 2-0'd X-Team. Was hoping myI and Tempest make it out since Dig can't make up their mind on a team and only seem to be getting worse each time.

 

[kirblar]

LOL Dignitas banning Illidan in first position now.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

LOL Dignitas banning Illidan in first position now.

they've been doing the same before their Illidan game. Snitch on vikings that's new.

Alextheprog not jumping out of the bone prison smh

 

[kirblar]

Lost Vikings vs a Xul on DS makes no sense. Especially drafting into a known ETC.

 

[Milly79]

Alright. Good luck Dig and mYi. Do it for the west. It's 4 AM here. RIPzzzzzzzzzzZZzzzz

Tf. It's Father's Day breh. You don't need to be watching hots.

DLOFD

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I wonder if dig should just pick kharazim and ban rehgar in 2nd rotation against myi. Myi doesn't prioritize him in draft and dig seems afraid of giving rehgar up.


How do you not wait for Slyvanas to start haunting wave to stun her out?

 

[kirblar]

Xteam can't finish despite early leads. Reminds me of C9 vs TS.

 

[kirblar]

Wow, Myinsanity got Rekt.

 

[Maledict]

So just to confirm, the Korean teams have figured out how to win on Battlefield REALLY fast. That's two sub 10 minute games now.

 

[kirblar]

So just to confirm, the Korean teams have figured out how to win on Battlefield REALLY fast. That's two sub 10 minute games now.

Both times w/ Syl, right? I think you have to pick/ban her. It's like Mines.

 

[Maledict]

Its picking Sylv combined with a very aggressive early team to make sure you win the immortals.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Which is a completely different approach to the turtle up and poke approach we have.

This has to be bloodlust for myi to prioritize rehgar, or they are trying to sneak in an illidan comp.

 

[kirblar]

They first picked Rehgar because Rehgar, KT and Illidan are the best 3 individual heroes in the game right now. We do it all the time in TL.

Holy fuck did Tempest fuck up their own draft w/ the Greymane pick. This was NVT-level bad. The Reh/Lunara pick took Uther off the table, meaning they needed to grab Tyrael if they wanted to play Greymane. Instead they grabbed Sonya/Greymane, allowing for the Cho'Gall "get f'd" pick

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

In HL sure but I've seen no team first pick him so far in Sweden, ended up being chogall but for a team that doesn't mind giving up rehgar and at times picks monk over him, there had to be something up.

 

[kirblar]

In HL sure but I've seen no team first pick him so far in Sweden, ended up being chogall but for a team that doesn't mind giving up rehgar and at times picks monk over him, there had to be something up.

KT and Illidan were both banned which hasn't normally been the case. In that situation he's the correct first pick IMO.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

KT and Illidan were both banned which hasn't normally been the case. In that situation he's the correct first pick IMO.

I think Illidan wasn't banned first rotation, maybe I saw wrong.

 

[kirblar]

Oh look, a Sylvanas running around solo at level 18+ getting picked off by the enemy team.

Gee, that hasn't been happening at all today.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

the xteam dignitas chase was amazing. Really showed the level of skill these teams operate on.
Sylv dodged 3 of the 4 cut off attempts but Dig managed to close of all 4 escape routes

 

[protonium]

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[Duress]

Ranked up only to get back to a demotion game. Here we go.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Yeah I don't get it, they just gonna try a 4 man roam with viking soaking and steamrolling the game from there?

 

[kirblar]

Yeah I don't get it, they just gonna try a 4 man roam with viking soaking and steamrolling the game from there?

ANOTHER BAD GREYMANE COMP

Tempest had the least bad one since they had Tassadar + a non-Uther/Reh healer.

 

[Celegus]

That core save!!

 

[kirblar]

Holy shit what a throw by Dignitas splitting up like they did. They had two heroes fighting off 1 viking while the other three got ganked by Anub turning it into a 3 on 2.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Didn't catch the 2nd half of the game but knew Dignitas would muck it up still. I don't even think that Alex' quality is the issue so much as their whole team dynamic is off.

Like clockwork Dignitas fucks it up. They were bodied the first series but they shouldn't have lost this one. Poor play by all of them at times, poor shotcalling, clumping up, spreading bombs,... they aren't even looking at their blizzcon level. For tours I gave them the benefit of the doubt but can't even put all of this on Alex

 

[protonium]

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[brian!]

damn I missed all of it, this group ended way faster than yesterday's

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Dread had them 7th.

People are suspecting roster changes for NVT based on a facebook posting. Bakery was actually almost contend with their performance compared to tours.

 

[kirblar]

Dread had them 7th.

People are suspecting roster changes for NVT based on a facebook posting. Bakery was actually almost contend with their performance compared to tours.

What was the posting.

Not surprised.

 

[Milly79]

We fell 0-2 to China's eStar Gaming yesterday and are eliminated from the Summer Global Championship.
Announcement/news coming soon.
Thanks to everyone who supported the team this season, we will be back for BlizzCon.

 

[Alur]

Well Mac's tweet all but screams he either won't be with the team or there'll be a major restructuring.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

no matter his ability he's the redundancy on the team right now.

 

[Alur]

I like the reddit fantasy GMing of a new team. Mac, Fan, Caff, Yuuj, (insert fifth). If NVT gets rid of Mac, though, seems like a good spot for Caff to slot in since he has what they need. If I was Fan I'd peace out, though.

 

[Ketch]

Dunktrain retired?


Why wouldn't NVT drop big E for caff?

Then u got caff tank, Kenma supt, Mac /Zuna/ fan as assassin/flex

 

[Alur]

Cause Mac was the other name on the chopping block in the Erho fiasco, and he's the one who keeps getting shifted around. Plus his tweet. Just seems like he's the odd man out.

Basically everything he can play Fan can already play. bige is there so Fan doesn't need to play ranged necessarily, and Mac is there for melee but Fan takes his spot. And then Zuna comes in and takes whoever's spot he feels like. Basically 4 dudes who all play the same shit, or want to.

 

[kirblar]

Zuna should not play Melee whatsoever.

Not an accident that he keeps being insane on Fasltad/KT but not on melee.

 

[Alur]

There's no denying Zuna's track record. How many other players have taken two completely separate rosters to #1/#2 consistently in their region? On the flip side, there's no denying that if there was ever a team that could reign in his inconsistency he'd be truly insane. Since there's not, though, hitching your wagon to him when the competition is as good or better is like gambling in Vegas. You might win, but the odds are stacked against you.

I repeat that if I were Fan and Mac I'd peace out. Fan can play for whoever he wants. He'd instantly lift any team another tier. Mac's role is filled by a lot of the bigger names in the scene who are on the teams right behind him (Udall, Glaurung, etc), so it's a bit harder for him. But they have to see that it's just not gonna happen on the level that they both want with the team they have.

I'm typically against the rosterpocalypse stuff, but in this scenario the team has basically been untenable personality wise from day one. Anything short of pure domination is misery for everyone, and the brothers just have too much sway for the rest of the team to make any headway.

 

[Alur]

LMAO, this NVT owner dude loves to stir the shit.

 

[Milly79]

NvT sucks. Hope they implode, lol.

 

[Milly79]

When your girl posts a pic on the gram of you assembling a baby sleeper while chu8 is in the background on the tv and you're a closet nerd. Feelsbadman.gif

 

[Alur]

"on the gram"

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Zoia trashed Zuna a bit on his stream. Said stuff like, "He always thinks he's better than anyone".

 

[Alur]

That's pretty big coming from him as he's always defended all of those guys. Nothing we didn't already infer, but it makes me feel better for Fan and bige and Mac that most people find them (relatively) blameless when it comes to the team's shortcomings.