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Julian The Apostate
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Well it's not the only thing they play, the reason they're in lower brackets is because they fucked up in the 16 previous games enough, so yeah it sucks to get a BO1 direct elim in the main stage but at the same time you do have plenty of games before that to prevent the situation. They could maybe add a day but on the flipside it makes being in the top of the group stage a lot less rewarding, like sure you can lose a bo3 and not get eliminated and that's still nice, but the biggest motivator atm is not being at the mercy of some cheesefest shit in a BO1.
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Every TI champion there has ever been as come from the Upper bracket. So, I would say BO1's are working as intended.
You have to thin the herd and they are incredibly exciting. Having been to TI twice, it was my favorite day of the tournament. The game itself is worth $168,000 which seems like a lot, but it is only a difference of 0.5% in the total prize pool. I would like to see them take another 5% off the top of the winners and divvy it up to the 7th - 18th places. That extra $2m would go a long ways towards supporting the long-term health of a lot of teams.
You have to thin the herd and they are incredibly exciting. Having been to TI twice, it was my favorite day of the tournament. The game itself is worth $168,000 which seems like a lot, but it is only a difference of 0.5% in the total prize pool. I would like to see them take another 5% off the top of the winners and divvy it up to the 7th - 18th places. That extra $2m would go a long ways towards supporting the long-term health of a lot of teams.
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I've never been a big fan of how top heavy the prize money is. I know they want to reward the winner handsomely, but the drop off is pretty extreme.
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Delly
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Maybe its just me remembering poorly or my personal bias but the crowd seemed better when TI was hosted in the US/Canada. Obviously, there is going to be bias to whatever teams are from the country that is hosting, but I remember the crowd chanting for Chinese teams during previous TIs. Maybe they travel better than the rest of the world?
More or less just tired of loud cheering during Chinese games and almost zero, even during some exciting fights, in the rest.
More or less just tired of loud cheering during Chinese games and almost zero, even during some exciting fights, in the rest.
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Needless
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It's really no different than the Seattle bias, except china always flys out like 1000+ people that sit behind their chinese commentary and are super loud so you hear both sides to a degree
NA didn't do this at all
At least china loves EG though so they at least cheer for one western team lol
Those EG/Secret games were insane, god i love good dota
NA didn't do this at all
At least china loves EG though so they at least cheer for one western team lol
Those EG/Secret games were insane, god i love good dota