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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


succ posted:

How come PPD poo poo on Nahaz?

Because Nahaz is poo poo

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


mikeraskol posted:

I love EG but there's no way. Crit's drafts are sometimes such garbage that EG has no chance to win the game and I think that will cause them to lose a series later on in the tournament.

You forgot the real reason: RTZ will never win a Valve event

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Majuju posted:

OG went and got sponsored by Red Bull, loving up my banner image and producing this hellish monstrosity:



good lord

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


funmanguy posted:

The groups looks surprisingly even to me, which feels like a first. Which team is going to unexpectedly bomb hard and barely squeak into the lower bracket? Can't say secret or og, those are too obvious.

EG

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:

Here is the August 2017 TI tier list of all the commentator people I can think of that are there or should be there

S Tier: Draskyl, GrandGrant, Sheever, PPD
A Tier: Synderen, Winter, Pyrion Flax, KotlGuy, ODPixel
B Tier: Fogged, LD, Godz, Merlini, Lumi
C Tier: SIRACTIONSLACKS, Capitalist
D Tier: Tobi

I just checked with a scientist and this list is objectively correct

Move slacks and Tobi both down a tier

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


a witch posted:

So the options here are that Valve has run a highly successful human smuggling ring for six years, orrr the fat kappa man hosed up.

Gee which is more likely.

Valve being dumb about visas happens every year

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Ambivalent posted:

maybe take issue with the byzantine and decrepit visa system that fails to accommodate for the realities of travel in the 21st issue

You can take issue with both

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


RisqueBarber posted:

Seems weird to be responsible for over 100+ people's visa's and passports.

Valve: "Hey, do you want to come to TI and be an analyst? We'll pay you $5,000."
BD: "Absolutely, I'll be there!"
Valve: "Cool. Be sure to get your passport and visa figured out."
BD: "Oops"

Please don't expect dota pros or people otherwise relayed to pro-dota to do anything on their own

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Liquid is looking solid vs. IG

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Xtanstic posted:

Does this make mason winning TI the equivalent of Trump winning the election?

Nah, Mason is at least somewhat competent at dota

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Firebatgyro posted:

Matumbaman owns

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


the gently caress is liquid doing

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I want C9 to get to the finals and then lose game 5 to an EE throw

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The REAL Goobusters posted:



smh if youre not on multitwitch

smh if you don't have at least 4 monitors

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


OG without notail would probably be a significantly worse team

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I hope C9 does well enough to make it to the main event at least

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


EE-teams are always fun to watch and C9 dropping before the main event would be a tragedy

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Sudden Loud Noise posted:

We live live in a time where Pugna and Phantom Lancer are valid heroes. The only way this could be better is if Huskar was good.

Phantom Lancer being viable is not a good thing.

Pugna owns though.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Balobam posted:

has there been any other team since ti3 to just wipe the group stages like LFY are doing?

i mean i know it's not over yet, but they genuinely show no signs of it not happening repeatedly

OG last year

Edit: Oh they had more ties than I remembered

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


lol at DC taking a game off LFY


Group B looks pretty close overall too.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


a witch posted:

OG is basically guaranteed lower bracket. No way they can 2-0 LFY

Why would OG need to 2-0 to get upper bracket? Looking at the remaining matchups there are multiple ways for them to get through without it.

Andrast fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Aug 5, 2017

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Quincy Smallvoice posted:

jesus christ OG what in the gently caress are you doing

Upper bracket is so overrated

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Kainser posted:

OG choking another TI, nice.

Now they just need to 2-0 LFY so no problem

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


A 50S RAYGUN posted:

is og out if they lose here or are there a loser's bracket already?

I think they might make it even if they lose here depending how the other games in the group go but I think that would require 2-0ing LFY and good luck with that

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Quincy Smallvoice posted:

lol OG looks pissed

I would be too if I choked enough to lose a game to Execration

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The REAL Goobusters posted:

OG needs to 2-0 LFY to make it to upper bracket now I think

no problem then

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The REAL Goobusters posted:

Yeah I don't know about that

OG went 1-1 with IG and LFY managed to lose to DC once already.

It's not like LFY needs to try super hard since they are already confirmed to be first in the group.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Balobam posted:

yknow, people give envy flak for the dumb deaths, but everyone in c9 does the exact same thing, he just does it first

which is actually arguably better cuz the rest of the team die going into a known disadvantage

That's what happens when EE is the team captain.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


The REAL Goobusters posted:

Hellraisers officially eliminated lol

RIP planet dog

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


I look forward to Peru eliminating OG

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Le Saboteur posted:

It ain't TI until someone has said the n-word over team comms.

Well Mason is still in the tournament

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Craptacular! posted:

It's more like when prize money is so high that salaries can't possibly compare there's nothing stopping successful players from just leaving and/or forming their own orgs.

About the only owner that really offered something unique was Kemal and we saw how that turned out. There's no reason to invest on a team if it leaves as soon as it gets good, because then all you are is a "crash pad" for bad/unstable rosters.

Good.

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Reality Winner posted:

Reso to EG next year would be pretty good. Not sure who they can get to replace cr1t.

ppd

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


DoctorJones posted:

mtg online seems to do pretty well with a similar market, though I don't think wotc makes a cut after the initial sell of the card packs.

mtgo doesn't do anything well

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


That sure was a start

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


good gank TNC

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


And Naga is just freefarming while this is going on

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


lol

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Like even if TNC started being good enough to fight OG they were just going to get Nagad


edit: oh it ended

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Let's go Mason

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