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mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Hi . Eg will win ti

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.

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mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Is this the first year in a while where there is no clear favorite going into the international? The clear favorite hasn't always won, but I remember that going into every TI there has been at least 1 team that everyone considered to be a step above the rest.

TI3 - Alliance (we all know what happened)
TI4 - Newbee (then they struggled in the group stage but came out swinging in the main event)
TI5 - Secret (It's a disaster!)
TI6 - Wings

The closest would be what, OG, because of the major wins? But even then I wouldn't put them that far ahead of iG, EG, VP, Liquid. The field seems to be the closest its ever been.

Edit: I'm doubting myself about TI4 now, because I can't remember what people were thinking about DK or VG heading into TI.

mikeraskol fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jul 28, 2017

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

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

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

a witch posted:

A full year later and I'm still baffled how OG lost to TNC

I'm watching the game right now and saying the same thing. OG was so far ahead it's insane.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
EG/Ehome yessssssssssss

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Rubick has much more flavor than Pudge as well, the possibilities for his arcana are amazing. I don't know how you could vote for Pudge.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
You monster.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Yikes a roony re: what? The interview was good, Day9 seems really personable and is going to do well as a host, what's the issue here?

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Sphyre posted:

who subbed in for Arteezy?

Got em

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
OG plays 1 game fewer than Group A teams on Day 1 how are you just going to include Fly man? Get your poo poo together.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
EG looks terrible. Rtz about a thousand behind the enemy carry as per usual.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Sorry why do people hate this terrain? I've been playing with it since it came out, I love it.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
TNC are crumbling.

People who thought they weren't going to use the aquatic terrain for the aquatic themed TI are retarded.

The aquatic terrain owns bones.

Get hosed.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
My boy Zai is so loving good on Kunkka

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Yo I can't believe the international is back i'm so PUMPED

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Xtanstic posted:

a bad casting duo for two bad teams

What in the gently caress?

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
is Chappie confirmed to miss the whole event or could he still make it for the main event if he gets the passport in time?

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Power of Pecota posted:

Wait, what happened?

The embassy lost his passport.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Its Rinaldo posted:

Which embassy?

The US embassy in Russia I assume. They were sending him the visa/passport back, didn't send the passport, he reached out and they were like "Oops that poo poo is lost."

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Its Rinaldo posted:

Sumail says invis ults are for cowards.


US state dept as pro as ever

A lot of people think its a result of the cut in diplomatic staff. Basically a result of the dueling sanctions and tensions between US and Russia.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
EG be throwing.

That fight was basically with no global silence too, I don't like the way this is going.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Yo EG have lost this game.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Kuku and Raven are seriously good players and they showed it there. 1437 is a great captain as well. The PA pick was inspired, once she got rolling EG literally could not kill her, and that was without a bkb (which was pretty ballsy).

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
My boy Aui with the clutch void

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

botany posted:

i made homemade tomato sauce from roasted veggies and had pasta

Ew, carbs

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Rip C9

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Oh my lord . . .

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
C9 is kinda just getting outplayed

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
I'm Envy's net worth position in this game.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
C9 is crumbling.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
What stream is EG on gotta support the boys in blue bleed blue mother fuckers

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

scuz posted:

They'll be on https://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti_4 once LFY/Execration are done.

edit: Here's a Google Calendar with all the matchups for group stage.

edit again: Tobi's a complete boob and it's fun when Syn gives him poo poo.

I can't look at google calendars at work, that poo poo's blocked unfortunately (along with gmail and stuff). Funnily enough, Twitch is not blocked.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
EG appear to be loving garbage and are going to crash out of this tournament.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
I mean, NP versus Veno is NP favored but MindControl poo poo all over Arteezy

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
It's kind of a problem that Crit's drafts are all over the place and like 40% of the time are complete outdrafts for the other team

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
Kind of a depressing day for our NA boys. None of EG, C9 or DC look good.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Nf3 posted:

How likely is it that teams deliberately throw in group stage for some reasons only understood by them and their coaches but not really by us audience members? Or perhaps the casters try not to talk about it because it cheapens the match? I really feel like they draft more loosely in these group stages.

Literally not happening. Being in the upper bracket is huge.

All the teams that are actually good are winning. LGD, LGDFY, Liquid, OG. It just appears that EG is not good.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.
IGV and TNC should have been easy points (TNC somewhat less easy). If they want to be near the top of the group those were 2-0s they needed to get.

mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Reality Winner posted:

Is this what me posting about alliance sounds like

its a gameday style posting thread who gives a gently caress

bleed blue they're terrible but still gonna finish top 3

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mikeraskol
May 3, 2006

Oh yeah. I was killing you.

Reality Winner posted:

In place of suma il and univerfe to be clear

:chloe:

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