DOTA 2

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That was soooooo well done, i think only 2 things i wish they kinda changed.

Ceb's $11M axe call, i wish they made it so it wasn't the full FMV animation (i liked these in general) but i kinda wish it showed the actual gameplay of him blinking in and then it like zooms in top down into the scene or something

I also don't think they emphasized how hard Ame threw both game 4 and 5 lol

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Its funny that was my recollection of the last TI, people were talking about how great OG looked and I was like Really? The entire tournament, but particularly the end looked like teams throwing. I wondered if it was ultimately just the patch that made the games look that way.

Watching the major, could Juggernaut always TP during omnislash? I don't remember ever seeing that in the past, seems stupid. Similarly it also seems stupid the skill Monkey King gets for free can disjoint spells, I don't recall seeing players abuse that in the past either.

Also, whats up with the panel following one group then peacing out while there are still important games left in the other group? Seems like lazy production, they didn't even have a timer.

I think the comeback mechanic was too strong in the TI 2018 patch. You could spend the whole match doing everything right, but if you screw up once against the Spectre with buyback the game becomes even.

Whelp, looks like that Liquid/Pango series will be a classic. God damn!

I switched streams atfter BB died around 44 minutes assuming the game was over....

When they changed his ult from slashes to actual attacks they allow him to use items and shit during it too, you can blink and shit mid omni as well

Whoever this guy is on the main desk is annoying as fuck. Wish it was Redeye or someone else, 2GD needs to come back.

Also this was hilarious.

Yeah the panels are pretty weak, shame pretty much everybody is boycotting China at this point over that kuku shit

Theres a bunch of shit on it, but: Chongqing Major: Will Kuku and Skem get banned?

tl;dr china banned a player from attending this major because he said "ching chong" in his pub game before. Lots of people got mad, the team tried to cover it up. Some casters refused to attend china, and most likely TI9 because of it.

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Yeah the panels are pretty weak, shame pretty much everybody is boycotting China at this point over that kuku shit

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They don't seem terrible to me, aside from Nehaz being his normal irritating self. Though host's style does look like a hipster selling used cars as well....

They really needed a NA major this year with China hosting TI. A lot of the events last year and this year are occurring overnight on the east coast, while it may be the best option for the finances of an event, I can't help but think this will have a longer term impact on viewership in North America.

Championship Saturday night tonight. No Chinese teams left. (VP/Secret/EG). Tune in to see if anyone cheers.

For the amount they've lauded SAP for analytics this event the information is pretty trivial and frequently pointless.

is it EG vs secret? i just got home

or secret vs VP?

Secret vs VP

Puppey God! What a great draft. I was totally expecting the Rubik for their last pick and the drow blew everyone’s mind.