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Who will win the Summit 4?
This poll is closed.
OG 54 26.60%
OG 36 17.73%
OG 57 28.08%
OG 56 27.59%
Total: 203 votes
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Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.

Radical posted:

whatever the new thread is called please put this picture of LD in it thank you and god bless



Don't respond to Craptacular!, please.

The Summit 4 is over and America wins yet again! The rest of this post is straight garbo now!

https://gfycat.com/BleakInsecureElkhound



Pro DOTA 2: Shanghai Major Edition

We're knuckle deep in the inaugural Winter Major, taking place in the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. As per the rules of the universe, tournaments in China are bound to be rife with drama and lacking in quality or payout. Let's get to it!

This is important if you care about recent p/b trends for 6.86.

THE TEAMS

Top Tier Teams:

OG: defending Major champs, best couch casting crew, probably only here for the free presidential suite
Evil Geniuses: defending TI champs, blessing from NA, gift to reddit
Alliance: kings of the meta and only relevant until 6.87 or whenever LodA dies of his accelerated aging condition

Next Tier Teams:

Team Secret: a really good team that doesn't pay its players, awaiting Envy to die from harsh memes
EHOME: defending champions from a $125k tournament :toot:
Vici Gaming: a fun team if you like rooting for 2nd-4th place finishes
Liquid Gaming: apparently you the dregs of other teams are greater than the sum of their parts
Virtus Pro: the best team in CIS because of Visage and also because every other team decided to mix up rosters
LGD: they're just gonna do whatever CDEC does, but a little better

Whatever Tier CDEC is Teams:

CDEC: seriously, have they even played this patch?
MVP Phoenix: a B team that is legitimately better than their A team, will probably outperform
Fnatic: Valve technically has an SEA team here so that's cool

Consolation Tier Teams:
Newbee: I think they won a DOTA1 tournament
Team Spirit: keeping a seat warm for Na'Vi probably
Archon: the fourth best NA team accidentally outplayed the second best team in qualifiers and no one really noticed
complexity: NA experiment to see how well HoN translates to DOTA, somehow keep qualifying for tournaments?

Okay But Where’s The GIFs And poo poo



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZENkZ8drm0

Zurreco fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Feb 29, 2016

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drunken officeparty
Aug 23, 2006

No Unkown vote option new thread is already terrible

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
Man n0tail might not cast anything at the rate OG is winning

Jamsque
May 31, 2009
I think VP got a last minute emergency invite when LD gave up waiting for Valve to put the redemption vote in to Reborn.

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

TheQat posted:

Man n0tail might not cast anything at the rate OG is winning

n0tail will cast the grand final as he's winning the grand final, I believe in him~~ :kimchi: :kimchi: :kimchi:

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.
also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD

drunken officeparty
Aug 23, 2006

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



why the FUCKJ am I not on that list

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

drunken officeparty posted:

why the FUCKJ am I not on that list

bootcamp that poo poo, it's the only way to defeat craptacular

Arkane
Dec 19, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Peanut President posted:

Because nothing to do with competitive dota could be called "professional".

(except for the millions of dollars)

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



Were you #17?

Majuju
Dec 30, 2006

I had a beer with Stephen Miller once and now I like him.

Zurreco posted:

Were you #17?

24th, so I'm like, idk, 4C&L I guess?

e: TnC Dota 2 actually

Elyv
Jun 14, 2013



woo ground floor

I can't wait to not watch dota because I have no time

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

825 of the worst posts this Earth has ever seen

WorldIndustries
Dec 21, 2004

:anime:

Drunk Canuck
Jan 9, 2010

Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

No I'm pretty sure those all add up to a much larger sum of bad posts.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
No stoats sign in the op smh

Taffer
Oct 15, 2010


The REAL Goobusters posted:

No stoats sign in the op smh

nobody cares that you were at ti whatever with some dumb meme

Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH
This thread title is going to be equally outdated soon. We only need a new thread every six months or after each major tops.

Majuju posted:

bootcamp that poo poo, it's the only way to defeat craptacular

Good news, I resolve to decrease my presence here after seeing that chart.

Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Dec 1, 2015

stoutfish
Oct 8, 2012

by zen death robot

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



:wtc:

stoutfish
Oct 8, 2012

by zen death robot
i have a bad habit of triple posting during dota matches

Love Stole the Day
Nov 4, 2012
Please give me free quality professional advice so I can be a baby about it and insult you

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



I would love to see a ranking of which posters in the thread were quoted the most often. Comparing those two things would make for some pretty hilarious conversation.

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
hey I'm gonna watch OG stomp on Na'Vi that's gonna be fun right

(na'vi are leading 12-2 at the 10 minute mark)

Joda
Apr 24, 2010

When I'm off, I just like to really let go and have fun, y'know?

Fun Shoe
Is it possible to win a major and subsequently a tournament without losing a single game on a fluke?

This is some amateur poo poo from OG

Joda fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Dec 1, 2015

mfcrocker
Jan 31, 2004



Hot Rope Guy

Joda posted:

Is it possible to win a major and subsequently a tournament without losing a single game on a fluke?

This is some amateur poo poo from OG

Not really. They played really well in the major and their competition at DreamLeague was laughable.

halwain
May 31, 2011
http://www.twitch.tv/dotastarladder_en

Navi vs OG

Navi are still really loving bad.

halwain fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Dec 1, 2015

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax
what a clowny rear end game

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
This is the best Na'Vi has looked in forever, and Sonneiko is still a threat, but man, they threw this hard.

botany
Apr 27, 2013

by Lowtax
#ProductionValue

Radical
Apr 6, 2011

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



VERY HIGH SKILL poster here

Kainser
Apr 27, 2010

O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow

Majuju posted:

also you forgot to list the sixteen top dota posters in the WORLD



Narrowly avoided the top 10 autism list, feels good.

And man, artstyle is back on Na'vi? so dumb

Firebatgyro
Dec 3, 2010
Navi are back

jeef
Jun 1, 2004

That list is actually your Something Awful MMR

also woke up to OG getting owned and then owning

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

Look mom Im on a list

Radical
Apr 6, 2011

remember when i said navi was gonna be the team that was back for december

ElNarez
Nov 4, 2009
Na'Vi just took a game from the Frankfurt Major champions.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Taffer posted:

nobody cares that you were at ti whatever with some dumb meme

how dare you insult stoats

Chacmool
Apr 12, 2007

The answer is no. Na'vi are not back. Unless you mean in the dumpster. (though they never left :ssh:)

Chacmool fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Dec 1, 2015

Comrayn
Jul 22, 2008
Do not insult dendi or his friends please I love him

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
If navi win this next game then they'll probably shoot up to top 3 CIS teams.

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drunken officeparty
Aug 23, 2006

I'm genuinely upset that I didn't even crack top 20

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