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Xboct carrying both underdogs into the WB finals is hilarious. I love that dude.
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XBOCT won me 5 uncommons. He's alright in my books now.
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http://www.dota2.com/newbloom/day2/ 6.80 is out. Most changes are pretty small, but the blink dagger change is HUGE. We'll probably see a lot more strength blink initiators like centaur, and slardar will definitely become way more popular. I can see tinker making a small comeback, too. Forge spirits were slightly nerfed while Q/W stuff was slightly buffed. Might see a Q/W invoker after this patch. One thing's for sure though, we'll be seeing a fuckton more blinks than we did before.
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I can't wait for the casters to start making GBS threads on "Blink gaming" the same way they hated Midas and Necrobook.
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IncendiaC posted:I can't wait for the casters to start making GBS threads on "Blink gaming" the same way they hated Midas and Necrobook. I don't think we're going to start seeing 5+ Blink Daggers in every game.
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I am looking forward to seeing more Tide / Centaur / Slardar / blink Tiny?
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Srice posted:I don't think we're going to start seeing 5+ Blink Daggers in every game. Yeah; if you didn't want a blink dagger before, it wasn't because of the mana cost. If this does anything, it'll make the heroes that need blink but have issues supporting it more common, not the item itself.
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The Lord of Hats posted:Yeah; if you didn't want a blink dagger before, it wasn't because of the mana cost. If this does anything, it'll make the heroes that need blink but have issues supporting it more common, not the item itself. It's going to mean less fuckups for me on sand king when I ult then don't quite have enough mana to blink. Hurrah!
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If we get just one blink aghs mid lion in a pro game out of this patch I'll be happy
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causticBeet posted:If we get just one blink aghs mid lion in a pro game out of this patch I'll be happy Fun things are likely to happen with an aghs Lion Magnus combo
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Corey is really good
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Taffer posted:Forge spirits were slightly nerfed while Q/W stuff was slightly buffed. Might see a Q/W invoker after this patch. This is weird because all of the competitive Invokers I've seen have been Quas/Wex and relying heavily on EMP, you don't really seem them going Exort unless I'm missing something.
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Boing posted:This is weird because all of the competitive Invokers I've seen have been Quas/Wex and relying heavily on EMP, you don't really seem them going Exort unless I'm missing something. What? I cant remember the last time I saw a quas/wex Invoker. I think it might have been S4 like half a year ago?
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Boing posted:This is weird because all of the competitive Invokers I've seen have been Quas/Wex and relying heavily on EMP, you don't really seem them going Exort unless I'm missing something. Really? Both h4nni and iceiceice are the people that come to mind for premier comp Invokers (at least in 6.79) and both of them go Q/E.
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Same with FATA and Dendi
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Does s4 ever do well with Invoker though? I have one seen two (?) games, and in neither he seemed to get much done.
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PGG on twitter posted:Enigma Black Hole AoE increased from 375 to 400 Black Hole cast range increased from 250 to 275 Hahaha, fantastic ![]() Cybernetic Vermin posted:Does s4 ever do well with Invoker though? I have one seen two (?) games, and in neither he seemed to get much done. I think it was bulldog that says they dont let him play invoker because hes terrible at it
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CIS CARNAGE is trying to give Netolic a run for its money in the "SUPER SHADY TOURNAMENT" side of things. One of the guys from Virtus.Pro (Airman/Illidan) is standing in on Power Rangers, following the two XBOCT stand-in appearances from yesterday.
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![]() H4nn1 is pretty fit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q40fKsRsHFU
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Offlane Venomancer getting slammed, seems like a bad lane idea? e: fed Luna vs. fed Shadow Fiend, WHO WILL WIN Majuju fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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Nikolaos posted:Fun things are likely to happen with an aghs Lion Magnus combo How often has an Aghs change/buff actually brought a hero into competitive tier? It seems like the changes are always either to heroes that are good without an Aghs, or to Supports who will never have the gold to farm one anyway.
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Majuju posted:CIS CARNAGE is trying to give Netolic a run for its money in the "SUPER SHADY TOURNAMENT" side of things. One of the guys from Virtus.Pro (Airman/Illidan) is standing in on Power Rangers, following the two XBOCT stand-in appearances from yesterday. This has been pretty weird. XBOCT at least has been causing significant impact when standing in, not so much for Illidan though. I should really start looking things up before betting items. Now I have no idea what to expect for Empire Vs VP.
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Majuju posted:CIS CARNAGE is trying to give Netolic a run for its money in the "SUPER SHADY TOURNAMENT" side of things. One of the guys from Virtus.Pro (Airman/Illidan) is standing in on Power Rangers, following the two XBOCT stand-in appearances from yesterday. I can accept XBOCT standing in on 2 teams, but they don't even have a rule that if you play in the tournament as part of a team you can't stand in for another team in the tournament? Bwah?
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Srice posted:I can accept XBOCT standing in on 2 teams, but they don't even have a rule that if you play in the tournament as part of a team you can't stand in for another team in the tournament? Bwah? This being the same tournament that had match fixing in it
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Yeah, though to be fair they did disqualify the team responsible.
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HGH posted:This has been pretty weird. XBOCT at least has been causing significant impact when standing in, not so much for Illidan though. XBOCT was okay because Navi isn't competing. VP very much is, so there is a conflict of interest with Illidan.
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mfcrocker posted:This being the same tournament that had match fixing in it Wasn't it not match fixing? I thought they were cleared of that?
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No one actually thinks Next.kz fixed that game, they were just loving around because they had massive ping issues and picked a fun team. Y'all are getting way too worked up about rules. Who cares what team wins, just enjoy the spectacle of Tier2/3 CIS teams beating the poo poo out of each other.
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Firebatgyro posted:No one actually thinks Next.kz fixed that game, they were just loving around because they had massive ping issues and picked a fun team. A betting company suspended all bets on the match due to suspicious bets, and next.kz were disqualified from the tournament. Sounds like someone thinks they fixed the game.
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TheRat posted:A betting company suspended all bets on the match due to suspicious bets, and next.kz were disqualified from the tournament. Sounds like someone thinks they fixed the game. Considering the highly questionable draft and the fact that there were several new accounts that placed a bet and attempted to withdraw the money immediately after, it was definitely suspicious as gently caress.
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Remember when dota2lounge cancelled every bet one day of starladder because Pajkatt was standing-in for a bunch of teams and some admin lost his rares? It's not like the betting sites themselves can't be just as dubious.
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Equilibrium posted:Remember when dota2lounge cancelled every bet one day of starladder because Pajkatt was standing-in for a bunch of teams and some admin lost his rares? It's not like the betting sites themselves can't be just as dubious. This isnt a rare-betting site, this is a professional real-money site.
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TheRat posted:This isnt a rare-betting site, this is a professional real-money site. Its a Russian E-Sports betting site... You'd be hard pressed to fine a less reputable orginization
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TheRat posted:A betting company suspended all bets on the match due to suspicious bets, and next.kz were disqualified from the tournament. Sounds like someone thinks they fixed the game. http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/26697-cis-carnage-goes-to-playoffs-next-kz-cleared-of-match-fixing-charges Take from that what you will, though the headline seems a little misleading because they weren't actually "cleared." But it doesn't seem clearcut, and they were only removed from the tournament when they agreed to because the allegation was causing a serious problem for the tournament. I haven't heard of any betting sights providing proof of any allegations or whatever, and the tournament admin confirms that they were playing with really bad ping.
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Loutre posted:How often has an Aghs change/buff actually brought a hero into competitive tier? I didn't say it'd be a common thing, just I can see some people running a farming Lion with a Magnus or Enigma just to see what happens.
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When did Relax get good?
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Peanut President posted:When did Relax get good? Their line up is KSi, crazy, Dread, Nexus and Shachlo. They all have extensive pro experience (except maybe Shachlo, haven't heard much about him?) and it just seems like they got their poo poo together.
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MLG and Join DOTA announced an EU/NA Dota league starting on Feb 4th. Most of the better teams are involved, Navi, Speed, Fnatic, Liquid, Sigma, some CIS guys like Virtus.Pro, and surely some terrible NA teams. Noteworthy only for the prize pool, 60k, and for being the first major tournament on 6.80.
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# ? Jun 16, 2024 16:54 |
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HELLOOOOOO WOLFY e: if the patch hits tonight, will the final tomorrow be in the mysterious new world of 6.80 Dota? Majuju fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jan 28, 2014 |
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