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The REAL Goobusters posted:I wouldn't say OG is the clear favorite though despite their major wins (since they only did well at the majors and the other tournaments they didn't so hot). Also reminder that Majors this tournament season were single elim, and they have trouble in double elim. Its gonna be a toss up, but I think Liquid may falter since there is so much information on their playstyle right before TI. feels like OG have stumbled some in the most recent tournaments they've played, idk if it's patch nerfs or saving strats, or whatever, and all the other direct invites haven't seemed like unstoppable juggernauts at all either. this is gonna be a real wild tournament.
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OG went and got sponsored by Red Bull, loving up my banner image and producing this hellish monstrosity:
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Majuju posted:OG went and got sponsored by Red Bull, loving up my banner image and producing this hellish monstrosity: good lord
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hhaahaha notail looks like me after like 15 vodka tonics 
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Isn't that just the sleeping dogs logo E: oh you beat me to it
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Centzon Totochtin posted:Isn't that just the sleeping dogs logo in hindsight I should have checked the filesize
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TheRat posted:Werent Newbee almost eliminated in the group stages of TI4, but the wonky structure made them skip ahead to final day through some kind of magic shitstorm? Yeah they had to play in the weird bubble brackets post-groups/pre-main event. IIRC they were a Bo3 away from not even showing up on main stage, but eventually ended up in the upper bracket. Valve hosed up their reservation and only got 4 days at Key Arena so the scheduling was awful. The upper bracket finals were played early so Newbee were confirmed finalists on Day 2 (instead of the typical Day 5).
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Why's Nahaz greeting about not being at Ti, I only just realized he was a panelist at Ti5, he's had his shot
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Majuju posted:hey wait a minute did you PLAN this, did you KNOW??
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Majuju posted:hey wait a minute Pack it in folks we have our GOTY
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Majuju posted:hey wait a minute Hotdamn. Pork buns for everyone. botany posted:not to distract from JPJ being a complete waste of biological material, but our boy artour is the topic of a piece in rolling stone: Oh poo poo. Goddamn this article starts strong.
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sugar free jazz posted:For years, Arteezy read How to be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball’s Best almost every day. "Be a psychopath, start fist fights with teammates, constantly berate teammates with hateful, bigoted language, get jealous a celebrity chose a teammate over you for the night because his dick was bigger, take PEDs, and gamble enough that the league forces you to take a two-year "secret" suspension." Fits DotA players pretty well, imo.
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day9 will be on the ppdcast on sunday https://twitter.com/Peterpandam/status/891054006025498624
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Newbee were the second best team in China for like 6 months before TI4. Them doing poorly in the group stage was the surprise.
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I got my badges in the mail finally. I can't wait to heckle Arteezy.
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Reality Winner posted:Newbee were the second best team in China for like 6 months before TI4. Them doing poorly in the group stage was the surprise. That's what I thought, I just couldn't remember if they were the favorite. Earlier in the year it was DK DK DK but I thought they had already started fading heading into TI. And then Xiao8 unretired and joined Newbee and everyone expected them to make serious waves. And yes, the structure of the tournament made it so that Newbee knew it was in the grand finals (or was it winner's bracket finals) like two days in advance and got to sit around and do nothing. mikeraskol fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Jul 29, 2017 |
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Who's going to TI so we can get beers? EG fans preferred  
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Wezlar posted:Who's going to TI so we can get beers? Sorry friend. I was born a Yaptard, and I'll die a Yaptard.
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Wezlar posted:Who's going to TI so we can get beers? I got drunk after the GRG won the Calder Cup and I endes up buying an EG cap. I will wear it for the entire week/weekend at TI this year until it feels wrong to do so. I'm also real excited to tie two badges to my account at KeyArena so I can double my chances to get a non-marketable limited edition platinum bzz Pugna set when SumaiL gets a double rampage on Liquid.
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If they do the first blood items again you can easily earn back the price of your tickets. I ended up with $400 worth of Crimson Witness items last year (and kept them all)
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a witch posted:If they do the first blood items again you can easily earn back the price of your tickets. I ended up with $400 worth of Crimson Witness items last year (and kept them all) What's this about? I'm going to the finals this year, never went before
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deathrat posted:What's this about? I'm going to the finals this year, never went before Last year you physically tagged in with your badge every day. For first blood of every game, 500 random people in the arena received a Crimson Witness treasure. The treasures had the same items as the Trove Carafe, but with special red particles, and a gem that tracks first bloods https://steamcommunity.com/market/search?q=crimson+witness.
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i live near seattle but tickets cost too much + hotel would easily be $2k~ for everything.
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succ posted:i live near seattle but tickets cost too much + hotel would easily be $2k~ for everything. Bruh, there is a hostel not 3 blocks from the square, so if you plan ahead next year you can bum it cheap, and if you are wise, drive up and stay around SeaTac. Wait until the semi finals and bust the scalpers balls selling tickets when they are most desperate. You can catch most of the games outside, and when the weather is nice it beats squeezing in with a bunch of sweaty fedora Bros.
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succ posted:i live near seattle but tickets cost too much + hotel would easily be $2k~ for everything. I've got a week pass for sale at face value and someone else had a spare finals pass. If you're in the area just take transit to KeyArena and pack a lunch.
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What's the safest way to sell an extra ticket for the finals? Not trying to scalp, just looking for face value and shipping costs if needed but ebay seems like an easy ticket to a fraudulent claim
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Dunite posted:Bruh, there is a hostel not 3 blocks from the square
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FWIW the crowd last year was mostly fine. The price of tickets + hotel + transportation filters out the worst of the worst.
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a witch posted:FWIW the crowd last year was mostly fine. The price of tickets + hotel + transportation filters out the worst of the worst.
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The crowds at Valve events are always for the most part fine. The only bad thing I experienced was the last day of the Boston major, the heater was on (it was cold af outside) and they locked the doors. And well game 3 of OG and Ad Finem happened and it tore the roof out of the place so people started going crazy and everyone was a sweaty smelly mess. Still hype as gently caress though
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Reality Winner posted:https://www.twitch.tv/nalcs2 ban this sick filth
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Reality Winner posted:https://www.twitch.tv/nalcs2 jeez this is dull as poo poo
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Arteezy will never win a TI.
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