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Heroes of the Storm |OT2| Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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Can't say I've even noticed it. What is it?
Also re: Zoia talking over Gilly; I see why now after you guys said something. I just tuned in and he was just going off and she just had a weird look on her face. She sounds like she's broadcasting a golf tournament her voice is so hoarse.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Most often the double stun was to hit your target through critter anyway, I don't think snipe comps really needed it anyway. Anubarak and Zagara get better though if BM on 7 becomes popular.
I mean no one forces you to spam it, that's like saying Tyrael is bad because he's out of mana instantly if he spams his W.
They put Zuna in a TS shirt on a canvas Bob Ross is drawing on
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
tempo storm has a weird comp.
I dunno. I think TS is in it to stay but maybe something will change. Maybe they'll snipe an EU team or do something like that if they go through a few of these qualifiers and can't do anything.
Like brian said there's not a lot of options outside of sniping a whole team or sniping players from a team like what happened with Athero and co. Pretty sure they've tried getting EU folks over here before and it hasn't worked, though.
Well, for pleb play it's use as a disengage (piercing I mean) is just as valuable as an aggressive double stun. Can't tell you how many lives I've saved with it, including my own.
It's a pretty good talent. BM is intriguing though. I just wonder how valuable faster Avatar's really is when all it does is give you HP, though. Like, you didn't do it when it had stuns on it...why do it now when it doesn't?
i had no idea there was a tournament w/ bross and c9 both in it this weekend lol, I feel like that is something they should advertise on reddit
piercing is pretty valuable, bm is amazing for sure, prior to the avatar change it was picked for infinite ws I didn't really think about it's use for avatar (I probably have the idea "bm works on ults" blocked in my head cuz it's silly lol)
piercing is pretty valuable, bm is amazing for sure, prior to the avatar change it was picked for infinite ws I didn't really think about it's use for avatar (I probably have the idea "bm works on ults" blocked in my head cuz it's silly lol)
Familienoberhauptvogel
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yeah at best we'll get C9 vs cog
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
well there's no money in it nor seeding as far as I can tell. Also makes the main event more suspenseful.
I'm pretty sure each qualifier has a prize pool. I might be wrong, but the LAS thread definitely references their qualifiers having prize pools.
EDIT: looks like no prize money
EDITx2: All the prizing is backloaded into the NA championship on Feb. 27-28th. $100,000.
EDIT:x3: My next question is...are they still letting the qualifiers play in the next rounds for the experience or no? NA only had 36 teams sign up for this event. Last year there were over 100 at least two times. Definitely over 100 the time we signed up as Stronk Tenk in the June qualifier.
EDIT: looks like no prize money
EDITx2: All the prizing is backloaded into the NA championship on Feb. 27-28th. $100,000.
EDIT:x3: My next question is...are they still letting the qualifiers play in the next rounds for the experience or no? NA only had 36 teams sign up for this event. Last year there were over 100 at least two times. Definitely over 100 the time we signed up as Stronk Tenk in the June qualifier.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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wait 36? EU had over a hundred for the 1st and 72 for the second, qualified teams sat out in EU so far.
Speaking from experience (MTG PT), it's precisely the opposite.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
lol @ plugging the afking motorcycle while a team fight is going.
Speaking from experience (MTG PT), it's precisely the opposite.
Maybe the case for you and potentially esports in general, but in physical sports it has a tendency to bite teams (particularly in football) and end badly.
That's what I was basing it on. Would seem to me like no real stakes or ability to truly compete for a month would be a detriment while the others get to utilize the new patch (or patches) in actual full-out games. They talk on THH often about how scrims aren't the best gauge because of varying effort levels/seriousness.
There are still other events, no? Having the guaranteed Q is huge.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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there's ETS but that's it I think
fuk i thought c9 was gonna go for nova instead of sylv, I wanted to see that haha
i watched glau play vikings once on stream I thought he was pretty good
gonna be difficult to dodge stitches though
whoa I don't even know what that kael talent is
faye going for the gotlike flamestrike build I think
i watched glau play vikings once on stream I thought he was pretty good
gonna be difficult to dodge stitches though
whoa I don't even know what that kael talent is
faye going for the gotlike flamestrike build I think
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Cog not looking half bad this game.
Oh yeah forgot to add, "Stitches just an EU thing". Who's the passive region now Kenma.
Oh yeah forgot to add, "Stitches just an EU thing". Who's the passive region now Kenma.
Arthelon looking lol there.
Zuna feed
yeah glau's stitches play was anything but passive
bw great w/ sonya and stiches
dread and josheb are way above jake/cooby to me, the way dreadsheb reacts to a bw pick vs. jooby is night and day
i got tilted when I thought I saw psi-infusion but it's probably the range
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Baseline Dread alone just knows way more than Jooby, Josheb I don't know.
Kenma said that Stitches works in EU because the region is so passive compared, hence the jab.
Kenma said that Stitches works in EU because the region is so passive compared, hence the jab.
Jake and Cooby need to be split up at big events. Jake/Zoia and Cooby/Gilly would work much better.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Even though they lost, great showing by Cog. Glaurung in particular despite often getting flak for having a limited stable of heroes and receiving a lot of target bans against him by C9. Seems like they assembled a good roster Faye's KT was great as always.
C9 less great of a showing, feel like the last game was won on double supports more than anything.
I do miss complexity in events like this they always brought wacky comps that were a joy to watch and how C9 Vortex usually where the first to crack a new patch.
C9 less great of a showing, feel like the last game was won on double supports more than anything.
I do miss complexity in events like this they always brought wacky comps that were a joy to watch and how C9 Vortex usually where the first to crack a new patch.
curlyfriski
Banned
Faye's backdraft and flamestrike builds on kt were pretty cool to see considering all the complaints about him having only one build.
Backdraft is just Chain Bomb with no defense.
I know on stream after Heroes Rising that Dread said he saw some good and bad in Tempo's performance but that he thought Srey's shotcalling was suspect at times.
On the one hand you could chalk that up to salt, on the other he was one of the best shotcallers in the world and the performances do seem disjointed.
I still think the addition of Srey was a bigger part of why Dread left than he let on (though Srey surely was vocal about it in that Score interview)...never cared for the guy and it seems like they backed the wrong horse.
EDIT: Carbot portraits from reddit - https://imgur.com/a/WuOcz
Not the biggest fan of these, but would love to see some in game.
On the one hand you could chalk that up to salt, on the other he was one of the best shotcallers in the world and the performances do seem disjointed.
I still think the addition of Srey was a bigger part of why Dread left than he let on (though Srey surely was vocal about it in that Score interview)...never cared for the guy and it seems like they backed the wrong horse.
EDIT: Carbot portraits from reddit - https://imgur.com/a/WuOcz
Not the biggest fan of these, but would love to see some in game.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
He also called Srey out on his comments in that interview.
That avatar swap! I was like hey we got a new guy! I thought about taking one of the Arthas ones.
I didn't see him call out Srey on that but good on him. That was pretty BM.
I read Familie's (I think) comments saying Glaurung showed some diversity. What heroes did he play in the event besides Stitches?
I feel like that like McIntyre he is plenty capable of fitting in wherever as like the "ultimate flex", but he's said multiple times on stream that he just really loves playing Illidan and Zeratul, for example. If he does branch out, though, this is easily the best team he's had since he got kicked from Tempo.
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