96 spacejam posted:

I've been to each TI and pretty much every major since '15, although I had to skip a few in 2018 and this year. I'm at every Dreamhack, major FGC stop and CSGO LAN so there have been a lot of overlaps recently. It's very possible we have. Vancouver was the best location too. Really bummed it wasn't there again this year.

I have no desire to fight/argue, I was just over not talking about DotA and the shuffle.

Feel free to ask me any questions. I'll try to get it back on track...

C9 is grabbing an EU based DotA team, and just got told first hand that Jack may grab ppd and let him run the show, should he choose to leave NiP. Not a C9 fan due to Jack but allowing ppd to have full control may seem insane from the outside but IMO it's smart move, or at least the best chance C9 would have for a year 1 team. The issue with ppd is that he, as well as Loda, Kyle, and just a few others are very social people and when paired with players that can't take criticism (most dota players) no raport is able to get built and the you can feel the tension in the practice rooms. I will say that ppd is a S tier drafter and captain but the success EG had was due to his drafts, early-mid game calls but once Fear came online he would take over as captain.


SumaiL stack doesn't have an org just yet but Chaos is in the lead currently. I actually don't know who else is trying to grab them but I should have that info sometime this evening.

IMO if you're an esport fan, Chaos is building to become the 100T on the east coast. Don't sleep on them.