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The International 2016 (Aug 3rd - 13th)

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i think it's a given secret and og will undergo roster changes
i'd be surprised if there's any sponsored team that would still want ee

I don't know about OG but Secret is guaranteed to change. OG did win 2 Majors and place decently in the one they didn't win, so it's not like that lineup doesn't work--they just failed to deliver this time around. It was pointed out and clearly evident that n0tail wasn't performing well, and he didn't look very healthy during their main stage game tonight. Can't help but think maybe he was under the weather and it affected his performance a bit?

I think Secret is going to be broken into pieces and completely rebuilt--either completely around RTZ or without him.
 
i think it's a given secret and og will undergo roster changes
i'd be surprised if there's any sponsored team that would still want ee

Eh.

For as much as people give him shit, this is the type of dude that will only go on to form his own team again and his history with the game shows it (NTH, Kaipi/Cloud 9)

I think RTZ needs to be the one that can show he can form his own team without joining an existing one. Probably won't happen though.
 
How easy/difficult is it to get autographs and/or pics with the pros or personalities? Due to summer classes I'm missing basically every autograph session
 
I can't believe Visage is dumpster tier now. What an amazing hero that Icefrog has just let stagnate.
 
Yeah Visage used to be pretty strong, even without the Drow cheese. His revenants got gutted to keep him in check.

6.84b said:
Familiars hit requirement reduced from 4 hero/8 tower/16 non-hero attacks to 3 hero/6 tower/12 non-hero attacks.

The precise moment when Visage became trash. He's had nothing but buffs since then to make up for it.
 
Maybe in ur trench pubs. He was really powerful a few times over the last few years.

Lets be real here, nobody in the Trench picks Visage--they're too busy spamming Pudge and Juggernaut. He was picked a total of 36 times throughout the entirety of TI5, 25 times through TI4, it was only during TI3 that he was a huge pick, and that was mostly because he had gotten near constant buffs until 6.78 where he was a huge deal. Then with 6.79 and 6.80 they lowered his move speed (by a total of 10) and made him a bit less tanky (about 1 less base armor). Since then? Constant buffs. He was abused with Precision Aura as well, but lets be real, that was a bullshit interaction that needed to be addressed.

The precise moment when Visage became trash. He's had nothing but buffs since then to make up for it.

While that's true, it was kinda silly how effective those Remnants could be.
 
Lets be real here, nobody in the Trench picks Visage

Visage was one of my best heroes before my keyboard broke and I had to stop playing micro heroes.

TI3 was definitely the golden age of Visage. Before cheesy Drow strats and back when his birds were still capable on their own, but at least Drow cheese gave him something to do. I hope he's one of the heroes that gets gradually buffed until he gets OP and becomes the 7k MMR spammed irritant he was destined to be.
 
Visage was one of my best heroes before my keyboard broke and I had to stop playing micro heroes.

TI3 was definitely the golden age of Visage. Before cheesy Drow strats and back when his birds were still capable on their own, but at least Drow cheese gave him something to do. I hope he's one of the heroes that gets gradually buffed until he gets OP and becomes the 7k MMR spammed irritant he was destined to be.

Visage has already slowly received a ton of buffs. Gravekeepers Cloak is about twice as effective as it was back when Visage was top picked at TI3, and Chill is also better--on top of that the Remnants abilities are substantially better than they were back during TI3. The only change really is that they can be killed quite easily, which I think is a decent trade off. Makes them high-risk high-reward, rather than Centaurs with Wings that could full heal on a low cooldown.
 
Mirana statue is 385$ :(

How easy/difficult is it to get autographs and/or pics with the pros or personalities? Due to summer classes I'm missing basically every autograph session
I beleive in years past at the end of the day players walk the red carpet back to their buses.
 
Today, we have interesting matches:
- Alliance vs Mushi
- Hao vs Liquid (was Kuro right?)
- Korea vs China
- iceiceice vs EG (will ppd be salty?)
 
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