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[Alur]

Illidan/ETC. So targeted.

Illidan banned. Now Zeratul picked. Chen banned. That's targeted breh.

EDIT: Glaurung gets rekt by even foreign teams with his hero pool. They must either legit respect him everywhere or just not respect the rest of his teams at all. I don't know which. Maybe both.

 

[brian!]

tfw when you're forced onto xul

 

[Alur]

Maybe he'll at least use the Scarecrow skin.

 

[Milly79]

Glau needs to retire

Bring in Mc. Same shit results, highly touted and at least Mc can play some ranged.

 

[Syf]

I love me some Dehaka

 

[brian!]

on the other hand zeropanda has pretty shit waveclear so maybe the xul pick can do work?

im trying to think out whether waveclear counters globals and im drawing a blank

i think i like denial's comp here better

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Doesn't Blizzard always egg the teams on to shittalk for these videos, I missed the segment but I think they did the same for dorm.

Not that Glau needs a reason to shittalk, or has results to back it.

 

[Alur]

Yeah they do. Still, it had to be him, right? haha

 

[kirblar]

I really like Jake hosting, he seems more fit for it than actual casting. You don't have to pay much attention to the game to host a panel. He's doing a good job. Maybe over time he can transition into being a Redeye kind of guy?

Yeah, he actively wants to be an empty suit (see: THH), it's perfect for him.

 

[Alur]

Great start for Denial. Wow good job guys!

 

[brian!]

"we showed xul going back to bot, there's no way dehaka will come mid right"

 

[Milly79]

Loooool

 

[Alur]

Dig better not shit it up from here on out. Otherwise it's gonna be all Korea/China and my interest will plummet.

 

[Milly79]

Yaaa our new overlords have arrived

 

[Alur]

When my son's coach and I play soccer at my son's practice against my son's team, this is what it looks like.

They are five and six years old.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

So Zero is completely ignoring Glau and just farming the rest of the team lol.

 

[brian!]

well they couldnt ignore him when he gifted them a kill on the top/mid rotation lol

 

[Alur]

4v5, no kills. #balanced

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Denial had no chance to contest, down a talent, against gust and vp. Not even worth trying.

 

[Milly79]

This some sad, sad shit

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Heavy impact probably needs a nerf. The healing static build opening that talent up makes Muradin way too disruptive.

 

[Turdburger]

NA LUL

same story as every other esport. FeelsBadMan

 

[kirblar]

Heavy impact probably needs a nerf. The healing static build opening that talent up makes Muradin way too disruptive.

Muradin has needed to be shaved down for eons now.

 

[Alur]

Guys remember that one time Evil Geniuses won it for NA in Dota 2? /cries

 

[brian!]

bmomentum nerf on him sounds good to me

 

[Zackat]

NA LUL

same story as every other esport. FeelsBadMan

Nuckledu won a premier in SFV last weekend.

But you're right tho.

 

[Milly79]

I don't know how you balance that. It would literally be for only the pros and that would drive him to be worse than he already is for pleb land.

 

[Milly79]

Ugh. Garden game 2.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Hots update is fresh.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Muradin has needed to be shaved down for eons now.

Bakery posted something w/r/t his trait, his idea is to have the trait store up damage since the last time it activates and only heal for that amount.

Once he gets rewind it's just ridiculously disruptive we're talking 4 stuns in a matter of seconds two of which aoe.

 

[Milly79]

.75 sec is like... nothing?

 

[Milly79]

So, so bad.

 

[Turdburger]

Guys remember that one time Evil Geniuses won it for NA in Dota 2? /cries

DOTA is so weird though. Egos don't ruin teams as much cause there's a lot of individual decision making. So you can make these all-star teams with huge egos and sometimes they work (EG TI5) and sometimes they crash and burn (Secret TI5). Also DOTA is just a much more volatile game so its a lot more likely that lower tier teams can pull an upset or get hot and go on a streak.

I bet if u took the top 1 or 2 players from NA and EU at their spots and actually put them on the same team they'd be alright. Caffeine, Fan, Zuna, MC, Mene, Bakery, etc. all in one place could do some damage. I realize 3 of those players were on Naventic at one point but Kenma being bad, aforementioned ego problems and their lack of a tank forcing people out of position ruined that.

I think if you did that kind of EU/NA combo stuff in HOTS like what EG is now in DOTA (zai/Cr1t- are EU) the west would have a chance. I think it will happen eventually but the scene just needs to evolve and mature for a few more years before we start to see it. It didn't happen in DOTA until the past two years or so.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Well there's some improvement, denial landed a vp rof combo.

 

[Milly79]

I'm going to need an avatar of a cut Denial eSports wrist band. No way they stick together after this.

 

[kirblar]

I'm going to need an avatar of a cut Denial eSports wrist band. No way they stick together after this.

That writing's been on the wall for months.

 

[Turdburger]

why do NA teams play so desperate against asian teams. just play the fuckin game

 

[Milly79]

LOL I CAN'T EVEN

 

[Turdburger]

what the fuck was that

 

[Milly79]

what the fuck was that

#justNAthings

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Yeah that wasn't pretty, even Caff played like shit and he's usually the most consistent.

 

[Milly79]

Caff needs to just go do his own thing. The rest should retire or do whatever, lol.

 

[Alur]

Still don't understand them trying to run it back with almost the same roster after how it ended.

They should all split and form their own teams/groups if they wanna stay in the scene. Let iDream go back to retirement home.

 

[Milly79]

Caff semi-confirmed they're sticking together...?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Caff semi-confirmed they're sticking together...?

Who knows what their contracts are also securing a spot in HGC is prob priority right now. Mac didn't even wait post blizzcon to form a new team.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Not sure about dig giving up a punisher against sylv.

Snitch is the single most improved player all year imho.

 

[Milly79]

Snitch is fucking great

 

[Milly79]

2-0 Dig

 

[Celegus]

Snitch on Medivh was insane, but even his Falstad was great too. Very impressive, hopefully they can put a dent in Korea!

Been watching all day, Ragnaros look fantasticly fun.

Also, this is miiiiiine.

 

[Milly79]

That ugly sweater is so good.