DOTA 2

Cybsled

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As a FYI, if you pickup the new International Book, the battle bonus you get lasts from whenever you use it until the International ends.
 

Penance

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I use shift queuing. I'm talking about modifiers period. ctrl or alt would be nice.
 

Pyros

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I have EG at #1 cause they've been playing really well lately, but fuck if I can guess who's gonna be #2, it's like a bunch of average inconsistent teams, they could beat each other any number of times and you still wouldn't be able to tell one's stronger than the other. Would have been Empire for sure before they lost most of empire, with twista and mitch I really don't know. I like aL players but I don't know if they can win anything, I'm also interested in dd because of their picks and playstyles but so far they haven't shown much, so yeah, hard to tell.
 

Dandain

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I think mousesports has the next best chance behind EG, black can carry them hard in many games, especially against the teams they will face.
 

Pyros

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I think mousesports has the next best chance behind EG, black can carry them hard in many games, especially against the teams they will face.
Yeah looking at some results, it seems mouz has beaten every team in the group in the past 2weeks, so they might be the most likely to win. It's so close though I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't or if even EG was #2. Assuming EG can play at all, since they're getting DDoSed again today and their game has been postponed...
 

Zaphid

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Rox.kis is incredibly volatile, EG is #1, Mouz #2 for me, Black is still the best western carry. EG playing while in a single room is the biggest factor I think, hopefully they won't get DDosed ...
 

Penance

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EG if demon plays remotely well. Empire because I like LoH.

What about east? Not too familiar maybe Rattlesnake. Who knows.
 

Cybsled

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I guarantee you that in about a month or so, they will add another more realistic stretch goal to boost additional sales of the book once they begin to wane.
 

nu_11

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So what are peoples picks for 1st and 2nd in western qualifier seems like a total toss up
1. Mouz
2. ROX.KIS

i'm not really a fan of EG. demon seems to throw too often for my tastes, also their team seems to lack top tier teamwork
 

Delly

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EG and Mouz are a toss up for me. If EG is on point they will wreck those other teams and Mouz has been playing solid Dota for the past few weeks.
 

TecKnoe

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for what it is, ixdl-o isnt too horrible, most people have a grasp of the meta so they can play most heros, supports actually ward and all that fun stuff, the few games i played i fucked up a few times they were more or less just kinda pointed out what i did wrong and tried to help me for next fight or w/e, it has that "competitive" atmosphere like i said most people know how to play and or have good understanding of the meta game, ive liked it more than solo que.

i think the majority of the players que high or v high, but you do get some like me who que in the shit bracket and are still learning the fine tunings of playing a real support since i always tried to carry in solo que.