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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:50 |
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 15:17 |
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its incredibly ownage that one of their players is like "hey I'm gonna take a break guys", they're all like "yeah okay, have fun buddy", then just gently caress around for the whole season doing nothing of note, then get back together right before TI and loving win it again what absolute gods
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:50 |
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Tha_Joker_GAmer posted:loving shadowfiend For real. ICEFROG PLEASE BUFF HIM
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:51 |
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Carrier posted:Ana is the biggest chad in esports. Fucks about all year, comes back for the biggest tournament, yolo plays a fuckin IO carry cause he wants to, proceeds to destroy any other teams chances of out drafting OG and lifts the aegis. That they didn't even practice- not that it's the hardest strat in the world tbf. Niceguy ana even didn't buyback to let liquid have one win in the GF. Too kind
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:51 |
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This was a good TI, but I have to be real: TI8 grand finals. Game 4. Was a legit out of body experience I had. It was just insane being there in person
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:52 |
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Estraysian posted:now where's my roster shuffle drama where's the fiend at this year!
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:52 |
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TI8 finals were better but these owned in a different way
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:52 |
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Yeah TI8 was far more of a screaming finals but this one was satisfying in its own way. I just wish LGD didn't loving mess up cause OG LGD finals was my ideal match
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:53 |
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Just watched game 1 of the finals, wtf.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:53 |
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The REAL Goobusters posted:This was a good TI, but I have to be real: TI8 grand finals. Game 4. Was a legit out of body experience I had. It was just insane being there in person Oh yeah. My team won, that was a FUN AS gently caress set with so many highlights, but Ceb's call and the turnaround in game 4 of TI was a moment of a lifetime. I don't know enough about real sports to come up with a comparison... but it was a moment
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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fluke TI
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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Jen X posted:TI8 finals were better but these owned in a different way Does anyone have any good pictures of the boys after they won? I want to use a full team shot.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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I also think that being mediocre for most of the year and barely qualifying is actually kind of an OG strat, back when they were winning majors back to back Icefrog just nerfed their strategies into the ground so when TI came around they were at a severe disadvantage. Now they kind of fly under the radar and when it's time to perform they unleash their true skill.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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Taffer posted:its incredibly ownage that one of their players is like "hey I'm gonna take a break guys", they're all like "yeah okay, have fun buddy", then just gently caress around for the whole season doing nothing of note, then get back together right before TI and loving win it again it's wild because part of me looks at that Gyro play, and I think "it can't be that hard to come up with 'applying mana burn to a lot of heroes is good' right?" and yet it's this brand new thing that just wrecks, and now OG are back-to-back TI winners, and it can't be that loving easy, right?
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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parabolic posted:
https://i.imgur.com/zpqF22k.gifv
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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TI8 was the emotional rollercoaster, TI9 was the clowny merry-go-round
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:54 |
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As a partisan OG fan, as much as I enjoyed these, the TI8 grand final was unquestionably better as a game. This one was far funnier, and I had a ton of fun watching them just run at Liquid like madmen, but the TI8 final was much more intense and swingy.
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Original_Z posted:I also think that being mediocre for most of the year and barely qualifying is actually kind of an OG strat, back when they were winning majors back to back Icefrog just nerfed their strategies into the ground so when TI came around they were at a severe disadvantage. Now they kind of fly under the radar and when it's time to perform they unleash their true skill. They're also rich enough without anything to prove, as long as they get invited to TI they can afford to gently caress around and save up their for TI. ana literally took 6 months off!
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:55 |
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Jerk McJerkface posted:In Ti8 you had that incredible Ceb Axe call, and I believe there was an amazing Jerax Echoslam as well, but I forget if that was GF. that game two was the platonic ideal of playing dota with your friends HE SHOWED UP ON THE MINIMAP LETS GO MURDER EM
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:55 |
I feel like this TI was basically OG proving to the world that they are the best team in Dota, and even if they all quit Dota forever tomorrow, they would be so for quite some time. just loving lol at all the idiots going OG winning TI was a fluke last year
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:56 |
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Majestic posted:When I say "might not be the best" I mean "might not literally be the #1 player in the world based on raw mechanics", not "is not good". Eh, Kuroky was voted the best carry in the world in 2008. He's certainly up there.
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TheRat posted:Eh, Kuroky was voted the best carry in the world in 2008. He's certainly up there. let me know he wins to TIs
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:57 |
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Sab669 posted:Just watched game 1 of the finals, wtf. Oh man are you in for a treat.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:57 |
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lol
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:58 |
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Zyla posted:that game two was the platonic ideal of playing dota with your friends Seriously, it was the best game I've ever watched, but there wasn't like a stand out highlight play. Not that it wasn't amazing, but it there was no lynch pin moment. It's sad that even though in a Ti GF you get Enigma and Tide you don't get a single standout play, instead you just get jobbed all over the map.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 13:59 |
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ElNarez posted:it's wild because part of me looks at that Gyro play, and I think "it can't be that hard to come up with 'applying mana burn to a lot of heroes is good' right?" and yet it's this brand new thing that just wrecks, and now OG are back-to-back TI winners, and it can't be that loving easy, right? flak cannon does not apply mana burn
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:00 |
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im so glad the good guys won
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:01 |
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So Io spirits talent. Does Icefrog: 1) straight up replace it with a different talent 2) move it as-is to level 20 3) buff it and move it to 25
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:02 |
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Sampatrick posted:flak cannon does not apply mana burn Yeah but doesn't the Agh's attacks? That's 50 mana every 1.1 seconds, along with your normal attack, so that's about 100 mana/sec lost, against a Bristle that wants a long fight, to stack up Quills, it's not good, not good at all.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:02 |
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Seriously, it was the best game I've ever watched, but there wasn't like a stand out highlight play. Not that it wasn't amazing, but it there was no lynch pin moment. the entire game was a highlight reel that never ended
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:02 |
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BioThermo posted:So Io spirits talent. Does Icefrog: which one
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:02 |
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BioThermo posted:So Io spirits talent. Does Icefrog: none, it'll be a change to the aghs
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:03 |
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It’s tough because OG really did have a rough year without Ana in the first part of the DPC. They made it to no majors until Ana came back. But that was the final piece of the puzzle that they needed. Ana. It’s just incredible
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:03 |
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not much was mentioned about the abaddon but the sustain from him was off the charts in lane and later on
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:04 |
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Yeah but doesn't the Agh's attacks? That's 50 mana every 1.1 seconds, along with your normal attack, so that's about 100 mana/sec lost, against a Bristle that wants a long fight, to stack up Quills, it's not good, not good at all. you could even just apply it by hand target by target and still be a threat because the flak hits anyway
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:04 |
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The REAL Goobusters posted:It’s tough because OG really did have a rough year without Ana in the first part of the DPC. They made it to no majors until Ana came back. Their strat of topson clowns around and either feeds, carries or both while giving ana space needs an ana to give space to. Having said that while topson still fed this TI it did seem a lot less and was almost always value one way or another.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:05 |
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Yeah but doesn't the Agh's attacks? That's 50 mana every 1.1 seconds, along with your normal attack, so that's about 100 mana/sec lost, against a Bristle that wants a long fight, to stack up Quills, it's not good, not good at all. You can't actually control what the side gunner hits so you're not getting that guaranteed mana loss from side gunner. Don't get me wrong, it was a really good item pickup, but it wasn't like hero breaking or whatever.
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# ? Aug 25, 2019 14:05 |
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 15:17 |
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honestly I feel like this TI feels less satisfying than the last one due to how the new patches keep on adding more and more outlandish abilities without any forethought. I mean carry io is fun but that aghs is not well-balanced at all, and tiny is ridiculously strong at all points in the game due to how they keep on changing everything about him.
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