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[harSon]

can't wait for the international to dictate the heroes i play against every game

 

[Technosteve]

Is synd going to cast when his team loses?

 

[neurosisxeno]

can't wait for the international to dictate the heroes i play against every game

The Arcana Vote has you covered. Prepare to play against Wisp or Jugg every game!

 

[scarybore]

I guess Valve didn't test out their fantasy card system much, my gold IceIceIce card has gone a bit screwy.

 

[Sigismundo]

Invited all three of you.

 

[Servbot #42]

Invited all three of you.

lol i think i was already invited to the neogaf chat, thanks anyway. Also man i'm so behind the dota 2 meta, i don't understand anything.

 

[evlcookie]

I forgot all about the fantasy stuff, I should put in my cards for tomorrow but i'm missing a bunch :/

 

[waxinlyrical]

I forgot all about the fantasy stuff, I should put in my cards for tomorrow but i'm missing a bunch :/

So am I :/ Anyone want to give me a Envy player card in exchange for a Miracle one?

 

[neurosisxeno]

Classic Bane/Mirana combo.

 

[Sigismundo]

Well, this game's over

 

[shira]

6-1

7-14

 

[mooncakes]

Its good to see Era playing Tiny more. I love the Io/tiny Combo when he used to play it back in Fnatic with Notail.

 

[woodland]

That play by Execration around the Rosh pit is the worst Dota I've seen in a long time.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Slardar was a not so great pick. I'm amazed they didn't take Drow since they already had Mirana and they were able to get an Invoker as well.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

That play by Execration around the Rosh pit is the worst Dota I've seen in a long time.

I just saw escape try to take a rax

 

[woodland]

Slardar was a not so great pick. I'm amazed they didn't take Drow since they already had Mirana and they were able to get an Invoker as well.

Slardar was fine I think, but with just a naked blink he's pretty ass - needs to be able to follow up or initiate, and he couldn't for the longest time cause the communication seemed like it was shit after rosh. 4v6 fight bot at the rax was pretty solid though. I think the bane's done more to hurt them tbh. Like yea it guarantees a shit lane for bat, but the other team has 1+ ways to break it on EVERY hero. Without his ult, bane has a pure damage nuke and that's pretty much it during team fights. Not even an AOE one like Dazzle/POTM

I just saw escape try to take a rax

Lol yea that was really legit.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Slardar was fine I think, but with just a naked blink he's pretty ass - needs to be able to follow up or initiate, and he couldn't for the longest time cause the communication seemed like it was shit after rosh. 4v6 fight bot at the rax was pretty solid though. I think the bane's done more to hurt them tbh. Like yea it guarantees a shit lane for bat, but the other team has 1+ ways to break it on EVERY hero. Without his ult, bane has a pure damage nuke and that's pretty much it during team fights. Not even an AOE one like Dazzle/POTM

I agree the Bane is pretty worthless, but they clearly wanted a lineup that thrives in the mid-game (no hard carry potential, Invoker and Mirana aren't great cores for the late game), and I think Drow secures them a massive early game advantage to win by the 30 minute mark.

Updated the OP with more Streams--or rather more language options for Twitch and the official TI YouTube account.

 

[Drkirby]

Qojqva has fallen and can't get up!

 

[woodland]

I agree the Bane is pretty worthless, but they clearly wanted a lineup that thrives in the mid-game (no hard carry potential, Invoker and Mirana aren't great cores for the late game), and I think Drow secures them a massive early game advantage to win by the 30 minute mark.

Updated the OP with more Streams--or rather more language options for Twitch and the official TI YouTube account.

Yea, but they also have 2 heroes with guaranteed blinks, plus a Riki that'll be sucking Drow off too, basically making her aura irrelevant unless she's perfectly positioned.

Honestly, they should've been able to win before they shit the bed and lost all momentum/went in 1-by-1 hurrah, hurrah etc.

 

[Shorty11857]

Hope Escape can get the 2-0, be nice to see Era and Khezu have success

 

[SecretMoblin]

KACI


SLDVMKLVMDVDS


KACI

 

[Technosteve]

Is this pinoy team?

 

[Deadly]

Jesus he has 3 kids already? Almost wish he'd get through, even last place money would go a long way in his country I bet.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Jesus he has 3 kids already? Almost wish he'd get through, even last place money would go a long way in his country I bet.

I missed it, who was that?

EDIT: Kimo apparently. According to /r/DotA2 there is a local meme about his prowess in the Philippines.

 

[Deadly]

I missed it, who was that?

One of the execration players. Kim0 I think?

 

[neurosisxeno]

Anyone see that book ESC has? It looks like a step-by-step list of teams commonly done pick/bans. That's ingenious...

 

[Eleuin]

this is already over yikes

 

[neurosisxeno]

this is already over yikes

If there was any doubt a few minutes ago it should be gone now. Huskar just took a lane of Rax at 14 minutes, and they tried everything they had to kill him and still failed.

 

[Metroidvania]

XCTN did not in any way account for the Huskar, in combination with the other lanes.

Gonna need a miracle at this point, and I doubt ESC's gonna give 'em time to farm items up.

 

[Shorty11857]

Wow that was a stomp, well played by Escape

 

[neurosisxeno]

XCTN did not in any way account for the Huskar, in combination with the other lanes.

Yea, Timbersaw kinda counters him late game due to pure damage, but Huskar wrecks Timber early because Burning Spears completely nullifies Reactive Armor. ESC outdrafted them like crazy. Xctn should be proud of how they played throughout the qualifiers and against teams like Ehome and coL. I wish them the best of luck.

 

[scarybore]

Happy for Escape, especially Era, he's had a tough few years.

 

[Drkirby]

Why do they have the Manila Major trophy as a prop on the panel.

 

[LucidMomentum]

N O D I G G I T Y

B A C K I T U P

 

[neurosisxeno]

We now have our 16 main event teams! I updated the OP to divide the participating teams with those already eliminated--and plan on doing so throughout the tournament. Group Stage starts first thing tomorrow at 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT.

 

[Monochromaticx]

Syndren is playing in the ti main event
Unbelievable

 

[neurosisxeno]

Syndren is playing in the ti main event
Unbelievable

If he works really hard he'll be casting by the second day of the Main Event

 

[mStudios]

If he works really hard he'll be casting by the second day of the Main Event

Well, He's getting a nice paycheck by playing and casting

 

[Mexen]

Super glad that I started playing DotA and can understand what is going on the screen. Last year, I just screamed when my friends did but had no fucking idea what was going on.

 

[Monochromaticx]

just checked my fantasy league, got me 947.35 points

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Well, He's getting a nice paycheck by playing and casting

this. he earned himself an extra $20,000.00 today.

Good day's work.

 

[Fevaweva]

I liked the way Escape worked it.

No Diggity.

 

[schlynch]

haha coL ... that Meepo was beautiful.

glad that the most unappealing team finished last place.

 

[LucidMomentum]

Do the streams start at the same time today?

 

[Monochromaticx]

Do the streams start at the same time today?

Yup. 3 hours from now

 

[spindoctor]

So I was setting my fantasy cards for the next couple of days and checked the schedule to see who is playing when. Turns out there's a discrepancy in the schedule shown in the client.

On the fantasy challenge page, it shows that the group stages will be on 3rd/4th/5th August (3 days)

According to this schedule, both groups will play on all 3 days.

But when I checked the schedule of the tournament, it shows that the group stages are 3/4/5/6 August (4 days).

According to the second schedule, group A matches are on the 3rd/4th and group B matches are on the 5th/6th.

Need to know which of these is right to select cards accordingly.

Anyone know which of them is correct?

 

[Monochromaticx]

selection ready

 

[KingKong]

So I was setting my fantasy cards for the next couple of days and checked the schedule to see who is playing when. Turns out there's a discrepancy in the schedule shown in the client.

On the fantasy challenge page, it shows that the group stages will be on 3rd/4th/5th August (3 days)

According to this schedule, both groups will play on all 3 days.

But when I checked the schedule of the tournament, it shows that the group stages are 3/4/5/6 August (4 days).

According to the second schedule, group A matches are on the 3rd/4th and group B matches are on the 5th/6th.

Need to know which of these is right to select cards accordingly.

Anyone know which of them is correct?

that looks like a timezone issue, its showing games playing at 1:30 am your time. the matches are Wednesday through Friday in America

 

[spindoctor]

that looks like a timezone issue, its showing games playing at 1:30 am your time. the matches are Wednesday through Friday in America

Yup, that would explain it. I'm a dunce.

 

[Gothos]

Don't know which game to watch: LGD-OG or Wings-EG, hmm...