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Arteezyrage.gif --------------------- Welcome to the 5th edition of the Professional Dota Discussion thread! (Previous threads 1 2 3 4) There are professional Defense of the Ancients Two events taking place every day all over the world, and this is the place for live reactions and commentary. Posting here is more relaxed than in the main Dota 2 thread, and more in line with SAS GDT or TVIV style posting. The main Dota 2 thread is located here.  It's that time of year again! The International is a yearly tournament hosted by Valve. The top teams from around the world are invited to come and compete for a first place prize that grows more and more every year. The International currently boasts a:  prize pool! Wow! This is achieved through the sale of Compendiums and Compendium levels. More info is located hereSchedule Wild Card Tourney: July 26, starting at 9 AM PDT Group Stage: July 27-30, starting at 9 AM PDT Main Stage: August 3-8, starting at 10 AM PDT Where to watch Your main source for Twitch streams will be here. That link will take you to the full International broadcasting spectrum that Valve will provide. Its gonna be needed, as during the Group Stages there are gonna be 3 matches going simultaneously. More info for where to watch will be provided on the main page for TI5, which is here. QUICK TI5 WATCH LIST posted:Standard: http://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti     wait something's not right here oh right here they are: The Teams ♔ = Captain Cloud9  "In my opinion, Could 9 is one of the most exciting teams in Dota to watch. You get the personalities, the crazy drafts and, more often than not, some of the most intense Dota 2 games that you'll ever see." -Andy 'Draskyl' Styles Roster: Jacky "EternalEnvy" Mao - Carry Adrian "FATA" Trinks - Mid Johan "BigDaddy / NoTail" Sundstein - Support Pittner "Bone7/Bone-chan" Armand - Offlaner ♔ Rasmus "Misery" Filipsen - Support Complexity  "Complexity's success has been forged through grueling perseverance and unrivaled strength of will. CoL has gritted through thick and thin, finding victory after victory despite facing adversity from all fronts." - Ben "Merlini" Wu Roster: Zakari "Zfreek" Freedman - Support Kyle "SWINDLEMELONZZ" Freedman - Mid ♔ Luis "Zyzz" Perez - Carry David "Moonmeander" Tan - Offlaner Tal "Simbaa" Aizik - Support EHOME  "The combination of rookies and veterans on the EHOME roster is highly anticipated, especially on how much they can evolve this tournament; will they be the dark horse? No one should overlook this legendary 'new team'" - Lingxiang "Haitao" Zhou Roster: Zhang "Lanm" Zhicheng - Support Chen " CTY" Tianyu - Mid Yang "Yang" Pu - Carry Bai "ROTK" Fan - Offlaner ♔ Liang "DDC" Faming - Support Team Empire  "The International 5 is the place where Resolut1on will prove his title of the best CIS mid player. I predict that this year Empire will have a place at the top." - Roman "Casperrr" Lepyohin Roster: Andrey "ALWAYSWANNAFLY" Bondarenko - Support Roman "Resolut1on" Fominok - Mid ♔ Airat "Silent" Gaziev - Carry Maxim "Yoky" Kim - Offlaner Ilya "ALOHADANCE" Korobkin - Support Evil Genuises  "From the boy wonder Suma1L to the old man Fear there is so much to work with but my eyes always move towards UNiVeRsE on the offlane where I feel the games are won for EG." - Toby "Tobiwan" Dawson Roster: Kurits "Aui_2000" Ling - Support Syed "Suma1L" Hassan - Mid Clinton "Fear" Loomis - Carry Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora - Offlaner Peter "ppd" Dager - Hard Support ♔ Fnatic  Southeast Asia was once the home of the most dominant teams in Dota. Team Fnatic hosts some of the most respected and talented layers to show that this region can rise to the top once again." - Austin "Capitalist" Walsh Roster: Fadil bin Mohd "Kecik Imba" Raziff - Support Chai Yee "Mushi" Fung - Mid ♔ Lee Kang "KYXY" Yang - Carry Chong Xin "Ohaiyo" Khoo - Offlaner Siong Tait "Johnny" Lee - Support Invictus Gaming  Former TI champions, they can out play and out pick their enemies with precision at times but they would get drafted into a corner by their enemies at times. Their primary weapon is Chuan and Faith making enough space for their 3 cores to shine. - Chan Litt "Winter" Binn Roster: Wong Hock "Chuan" Chuan - Support Luo "Ferrari_430" Feichi - Mid Xu "Burning" Zhilei - Carry Luo "Luo" Yingi - Offlaner Zeng "Faith" Hongda - Support ♔ LGD Gaming  "You'd struggle to find a captain more accomplished at TI5 than xiao8. With a roster just as talented as last year's champions Newbee, LGD look to replicate the magic of their 2012 squad." - David "GoDz" Parker Roster: Zhang "xiao8" Ning - Support ♔ Lu "Maybe" Yao - Mid Liu "Sylar" Jiajun - Carry Yao "Yao" Zhengzheng - Offlaner Lei "MMY!" Zengrong - Hard Support MVP.Hot6  MVP.Hot6 is my favorite team going into TI5 due to their proper usage of their heroes in strats, the insane roam and outplay of their supports, and the extreme consistency from their core roles. - Kevin "Purge" Godec Roster: Jesse "Jerax" Vainlkka - Support Lee "SunBhie" Jeong-jae - Offlaner Lee "Heen" Seung-gon - Hard Support ♔ Pyo "MP" No-a - Mid Lee "Forev" Sang-don - Carry Natus Vincere  The old magic returned just in time for Na'Vi to make it to their 5th TI in a row. Dendi plays like a man possessed, and Artstyle has returned with a swagger they've long been lacking." - David "LD" Gorman Roster: Oleksandr "XBOCT" Dashkevych - Carry Danil "Dendi" Ishutin - Mid Gleb "Funn1k" Lipatnikov - Offlaner Akbar "Sonne1ko" Butaev - Hard Support Ivan "Artstyle" Antonov - Support ♔ Newbee  DEFENDING CHAMPS  These former TI champions are very dangerous. Last year they came back from the brink of elimination and ended up dominationg/ Do not underestimate this team, and especially mid player Mu of whom I expect great things. - Jorien "Sheever" Van der Heijden Roster: Wang "Rabbit" Zhang - Carry Zhang "Mu" Pan - Mid Lin "June" Shiyang - Offlaner ♔ Wang "Banana" Jiao - Support Wang "Sansheng" Zhaohui - Support Team Secret  It's been a long time in the history of Dota since we've seen a team look this unstoppable. They not only reliably provide win after win, but also incredible play after play. What's the key to their success? All I know is: it's Secret. - Owen "ODPixel" Davis Roster: Artour "Arteezy" Babaev - Carry Gustav "s4" Magnusson - Mid ♔ Clement "Puppey" Ivanov - Support Ludwig "Zai" Wahlberg - Offlaner Kuro Salehi "Kuroky" Takhasomi - Hard Support Vici Gaming  Vici gaming has a fantastic roster with the likes of FY and Super but I think every team needs a character, a flair player, a maverick - and with iceiceice they have a barely-tamed wild STALLION - Ted "Pyrion Flax" Forsyth Roster: Lu "Fenrir" Chao - Support Xie "Super" Junhao - Mid Chien "Hao" Zhihao - Carry Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang - Offlaner Xu "FY" Linsen - Hard Support ♔ Virtus.Pro  Virtus.Pro is this year's top CIS team. Known for their relentless aggression and innovative drafting by captain and shot-caller Artem "fng" Barshak, VP looks to secure the first CIS TI victory since Na'Vi in 2011. - Ken "Hotbid" Chen Roster: Ilya "lil" Ilyuk - Support Sergey "God" Bragin - Mid Ilya "Illidan" Pivcaev - Carry Alexander "DKPhobos" Kucheria - Offlaner Artem "FNG" Barshak - Hard Support ♔ Team Archon  It seems like every year a western team of raw and rambunctious talent will sneak their way into TI, and this year it's Archon. I'mvery curious to see what tricks are up the sleeves of these under dogs! - Dakota "KotlGuy" Cox Roster: Scott "Chad" Jensen - Support Steven "Korok" Ashworth - Mid ♔ Chris "Ush" Usher - Carry Arif "MSS" Anwar - Offlaner Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas - Hard Support CDEC  Despite roster changes at the beginning of the year, including the loss of Mikasa and Maybe, CDEC still qualified for TI5 and looked very strong. Agressif and Shiki stepped up to the plate and gave CDEC fans around the world a reason to cheer. - Andrew "Zyori" Campbell Roster: Liu "Garder" Xinzhou - Support Huang "Shiki" Jiwei - Mid Sun "Agressif" Zheng - Carry Chen "XZ" Zezhi - Oflaner Fu "Q" Bin - Support ♔ MVP Phoenix March has consistently shown himself to be the best captain in Korea, helping to nurture his team into an absolute powerhouse. Consistent drafting, and understanding the meta, makes Phoenix absolutely capable of making a splash at the International. - William "Blitz" Lee Roster: Kim "Febby" Yong-min - Support Kim "QO" Seon-yeob - Mid Damien "Kphoenii" Chok - Carry Park "March" Tae-won - Offlaner ♔ Wong Jeng "Nutz" Yih - Support Vega Squadron  Three very young players in the same team with CIS gurus Solo and Mag, show great promise. This is a team that is not afraid to showcase and test new strategies, a team that is sure of its players and a team that can accomplish many things. - Vitalii "V1lat" Volochaii Semion "CemaTheSlayeR" Krivulya - Support ♔ Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko - Mid Pavel "9pashaebashu" Hvastunov - Carry Andrey "Mag" Chipenko - Offlaner Alexei "Solo" Berezin - Hard Support What can I earn for watching this and other events? By watching games in client or on Twitch, you can earn special ingame drops. These drops will be tied to specific ingame events, such as first bloods or multikills, and will be tagged with the time, date, and players involved. For most tournaments, you will have to have bought the ticket to be eligible for drops. I want to earn cool hat drops and level up my Meepo set but I'm stuck going to the movies with my wife. What can I do? You have two options. Using the console command dota_spectator_auto_spectate_games leagueid you can set Dota 2 to automatically join tournament games of a given tournament. See this page for individual league IDs. Alternatively, you can link your twitch.tv account to Steam, making you eligible for ingame item drops. UPDATE: There is now a tickbox on each tournament page allowing you to autospectate games. I'm having issues with Twitch/DailyMotion/Ustream/whatever. Help! Kyrosiris posted:I have noticed that people who have stream issues with either Twitch or DailyMotion have them considerably reduced with Livestreamer. Now along with Livestreamer comes a much easier and nicer to look at version of it packaged as Twitch Livestreamer GUI which can be found here. --------------------------------------- List of casters/personalities attending in official capacity: English Kaci Aitchinson | Host ReDeYe[1] | Host TobiWan[2] LD[3] BlitzDota[4] ODPixel[5] GoDz[6] Zyori[7] Kotlguy[8] PyrionFlax[9] SyndereN[10] Purge[11] Capitalist[12] Draskyl[13] Wagamama[14] Winter[15] Merlini[16] | Analyst Desk 7ckngMad[17] | Analyst Desk Nahaz[18] | Analyst Desk Sheever[19] | Analyst Desk NoxvilleZA[20] | Statistics Hot_Bid[21] | Interviews Weppas[22] | Observer skrff[23] | Observer Russian AdekvatTV[24] Maelstorm[25] mob5ter[26] MistaFaker[27] ARS-ART[28] GodHunt[29] NS[30] | Analyst Desk xeozor[31] | Interviews Chinese Haitao Xiaotian DC Laodang MuMu BBC Zycj Freeagain AMS PC Cold Danche 78 Lin Miao Watt CuoJue above list shamelessly ctrl+c ctrl+v'd from reddit, will update with linL.p.ks to twitters/proper formatting tomorrow maybe idk  Links & Other Stuff Alright so looking back at the old OP a lot of that was just copied and pasted I wanna get it updated. Anyone got links to useful sites for keeping track of news/watching games live? I'm not sure what's good and what isn't anymore, stuff keeps on updating faster than I pay attention to it. http://dailydota2.com/ http://www.trackdota.com/ for if you can't watch video, they have all the stats realtime. thegreatcodfish posted:Add this calendar in Gmail, it has all the times and who is casting: barbershopthegreat@gmail.com TheQat posted:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fqrQ4yJzPzs9fEwqh86fxVPicD46SKjq3FTbuFEws2A/edit#gid=0 this is my list of good games from ti5, enjoy hotbid interviews with many players/personalities Memes-R-Us, your one stop shop for any and all thread memes!    quote:ＨＥＹ ＫＯＲＯＫ ＳＨＯＵＬＤ Ｉ ＭＡＸ ＳＨＡＤＯＷ ＳＴＲＩＫＥ ＬＩＫＥ ＹＯＵ ＣＡＭＥ ＯＵＴ ＯＦ ＴＨＥ ＳＨＡＤＯＷＳ ＴＯ ＳＴＲＩＫＥ ＹＯＵＲ ＧＦ, ＢＬＩＮＫ ＬＩＫＥ ＳＨＥ ＤＩＤ ＷＨＥＮ ＹＯＵ ＰＵＮＣＨＥＤ ＨＥＲ ＩＮ ＴＨＥ ＦＡＣＥ, ＳＣＲＥＡＭ ＯＦ ＰＡＩＮ ＬＩＫＥ ＴＨＥ ＯＮＥ ＳＨＥ ＬＥＴ ＯＵＴ ＡＳ ＹＯＵ ＭＡＬＩＣＩＯＵＳＬＹ ＡＴＴＡＣＫＥＤ ＨＥＲ ＯＲ ＳＯＮＩＣ ＷＡＶＥ ＬＩＫＥ ＴＨＥ ＯＮＥ ＥＭＩＴＴＥＤ ＢＹ ＴＨＥ ＰＯＬＩＣＥ ＳＩＲＥＮＳ ＡＳ ＴＨＥＹ ＡＰＰＲＥＨＥＮＤＥＤ ＹＯＵ? TOP NOTCH GOON-POSTS Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:Empire is boring and poo poo I wish they didn't go to TI new thread now with 100% less image leeching! Luna Was Here fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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New thread made in preparation for TI5 which will be happening over the course of the next two weeks
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Jul 26, 2015 07:07
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Ready to lose my Bugatti's in stunning record time
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Jul 26, 2015 07:10
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 Never forget TI4 and the Performance Lost To The Either
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Jul 26, 2015 07:12
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hope every chinese team is knocked out in the first round of the losers bracket ftw
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Jul 26, 2015 07:14
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Who is the fifth player for LGD? You only list 4. Voted one
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Jul 26, 2015 07:16
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:
Katie Kate's performance lasted longer than the ti4 finals
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Jul 26, 2015 07:17
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Sphyre posted:hope every chinese team is knocked out in the first round of the losers bracket ftw I hope there's a chinese team in every game so the thread posters get super mad.
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Jul 26, 2015 07:17
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Secret vs EG finals or do we get a dark horse? Stay tuned!
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Jul 26, 2015 07:17
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I am rooting for all the teams, I hope everyone does their best and we get to see some good Dota
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Jul 26, 2015 07:26
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Begin caster whining: Less TobiWan more Draskyl and Blitz please
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Jul 26, 2015 07:27
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I want MVP to win because then every region will get crushed by Korean teams forever.
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Jul 26, 2015 07:28
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I want to see a team run a weird strat and win with it, just like how TI4 DK broke out a game-winning Junglenaut during the group stage.
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Goodpancakes posted:Who is the fifth player for LGD? You only list 4. Voted one what i dont know what ur talkin about buddy maybe you should get ur eyes chequed Xd
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Jul 26, 2015 07:31
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I just want Burning to win. that's all hi
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Jul 26, 2015 07:36
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Bloodseeker/Lesh 100% ban please.
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Jul 26, 2015 07:37
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Screw that; All Angry Centaur, All The Time
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Jul 26, 2015 07:38
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if i hosed anything else up in the OP make a note of it in thread and I'll try to get it fixed tomorrow
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Jul 26, 2015 07:41
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Slacks has some videos up that are like 10 minute long rundowns of each team and their player history but he only did like 5 of them eff why eye
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Jul 26, 2015 07:43
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Links for TI5 Streams http://player.twitch.tv/?channel=dota2ti HTML5 Twitch http://www.dota2.com/watch/76561198198486997 Elite Valve HMTL5 Streaming Platform drunken officeparty posted:Slacks has some videos up that are like 10 minute long rundowns of each team and their player history but he only did like 5 of them eff why eye They're not good and 70-90% of what he says is fabricated.
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Jul 26, 2015 07:45
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HTML5 links  If I use the Valve streamer am I still eligible for item drops? I've never gotten one, but I'm curious
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Jul 26, 2015 07:58
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Hmm... OP seems to be missing the "Everyone hates all the Casters" bit and we're likely gonna get a lot of mileage out of this in the coming weeks:
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Jul 26, 2015 08:04
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The hot bid interviews are also going up already. Few of them up and MSS was the best one because he called out mouz nasty ahaha.
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Jul 26, 2015 08:14
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GreyPowerVan posted:I just want Burning to win. Burning Sanders
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Jul 26, 2015 08:16
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Kild posted:
This is amazing beyond belief. It's 100x better than the default Twitch player. Thank you so much for introducing me to this -- I'm going to use it from now on whenever I watch streams.
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Jul 26, 2015 08:17
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Yeah Luna you should probably replace the c9 logo with that pic of envy for easy reference.
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Jul 26, 2015 08:17
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Love Stole the Day posted:This is amazing beyond belief. It's 100x better than the default Twitch player. Thank you so much for introducing me to this -- I'm going to use it from now on whenever I watch streams. just use Livestreamer you dingus.
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Jul 26, 2015 08:18
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Both MVPs will be in the final, Hot6 will beat Phoenix
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Jul 26, 2015 08:25
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IT shall begin. I'm hoping CDEC and MVP advance as I picked them to :V
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Jul 26, 2015 08:38
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:
The Darude set was loving legendary mind
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Jul 26, 2015 09:07
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EG wins this year, book it. USA #1 Now and Forever  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pjliE37ENY&t=18s
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Jul 26, 2015 09:10
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The weirdest thing about The International is that every year someone will demonstrate a new, creative, and unconventional way of playing a hero and then all of the people who flamed you when you tried to do it in the past will circlejerk about how genius it is and act like they always knew it was legit.
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Jul 26, 2015 09:11
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Should I sell my elder timebreaker if it breaks 140eur again or save it for my retirement?
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Jul 26, 2015 09:14
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Wait holy poo poo, the group matches start in 2 days? For some reason I thought the wildcards were several days early. 
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Jul 26, 2015 09:22
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Love Stole the Day posted:The weirdest thing about The International is that every year someone will demonstrate a new, creative, and unconventional way of playing a hero and then all of the people who flamed you when you tried to do it in the past will circlejerk about how genius it is and act like they always knew it was legit. Sorry, but eth blade lina and no boots furion are not going to be at ti5.
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Jul 26, 2015 09:26
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Nanomashoes posted:Sorry, but eth blade lina and no boots furion are not going to be at ti5. Stats-tidebringer mid kunkka with tranqs and crit sticks will win TI5, fact.
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Jul 26, 2015 09:40
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So are we not getting group stage predictions this year in the compendium?
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