Watch the 3rd day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event here
The third day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event is about to commence, with one of the big storylines being whether Complexity and Team Secret can bounce back from their brutal losses to get any sort of momentum going. Be sure to watch along with us here at Shacknews and check out the official stream.
It hasn't always been a smooth road, but nonetheless, the Main Event continues at the fifth annual Dota 2 International. Following some brutal losses, Complexity and Team Secret try to stay alive in the Lower Bracket, while Evil Geniuses, LGD Gaming, EHOME, and CDEC Gaming try to keep their momentum alive. This is one of the biggest eSports events of the year, with the first place team taking home $6,470,659. Here are the brackets going into today's proceedings, courtesy of the official Dota 2 International website.
Dota 2 lovers are welcome to join us here at Shacknews and watch the full stream below.
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For those that are not well-versed in all the intricacies of Dota 2, the always-helpful Newcomer's Stream is also making its return this year, just in time for the Main Event. That stream can be found here.
This is also one of the most anticipated events of the year for the Shacknews community. Watch along with us and don't forget to join the conversation with the rest of Chatty. (Don't be afraid. The community won't bite.)
Also, if you're looking to take your Dota 2 International excitement on the road, remember that many bars across the country are broadcasting today's matches. A full list of those locations can be found on the Dota 2 International website.
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replyOzzie Mejia posted a new article, Watch the 3rd day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event here
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I don't think secret intentionally lost, the risk is too great. All though if it could be proven, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. They drafted and played super bad relative to their group stage performances.
Still I think the losers bracket is too great of a risk to fool around like that. There are some serious contenders down there, and it would not surprise me in the least if the winner of the whole tournament came from the losers bracket.-
Secret got out drafted, pure and simple.
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The only potentially valid aspect of this theory is that perhaps they held back on a certain draft methodology or strategy until elimination was a risk. It's dumb to think they wanted to lose though. Everyone has been researching Secret for weaknesses (especially EHOME!) so from that point of view the result isn't a huge shock. The idea that any team at TI5 is invulnerable is silly.
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It was really uninspired drafting which seemed strange to me, which is why I think the more reasonable version of this theory could be true. But reddit trying to turn this into an anime power fantasy plot is pretty laughable. When a TI5 quality team has thoroughly researched you and has figured out some ways to throw you off your game, you can come off looking bad in a match when in reality we should just be impressed by EHOME instead.
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These fans would have to be so completely deluded to think they intentionally lost lmao. They are a set of really dedicated, skilled players who pretty much always try hard. Also, the stakes are too high to let yourself drop to the lower bracket, especially so early.
I mean, I'm a huge Secret fanboy, but come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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So annoying. What do they hope to achieve?
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I think people just like to see the "top" team fall.
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Yep. That's why I'm rooting for CDEC.
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I never watch streams outside of tournaments, so I wouldn't know.
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I didn't really like RTZ much before I read that big long 'real talk' thing of him being more introspective, and I have more respect for him.
Envy tries really hard I think and his biggest flaw is being impulsive with team stuff.
PPD kinda plays a troll so I dislike that, but you also need to remember how much these guys all know eachother. He's also a great drafter.-
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Yup, it's one of the reasons why I ended up liking RTZ. The banter between them is hilarious. Dota 2 needs it. It's too clean sometimes. It's why I love the FGC.
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Maybe he's the guy with only 13 mana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TUd7BON-xQ
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NO NO NO
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Well, I can't find the nice screen grabs where puppey whines in skype chat about not being allowed a remake for picking PL (during the QB bug) until he gets a remake. I also can't find the tweets from EE (or RTZ?) calling him out for always whining to the admins about server choice.
It's all kind of lost in the discussion of him calling Merlini a lying faggot or his sexist rant toward Sheever at BTS.
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His long rant about life and the universe when he was at the European Hub. It was hilarious because everyone was sitting there just listening to him. lol
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haha dude what are you talking about?
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WW and Clock have been a pretty good combo thus far.
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yeah, gg!
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Link to that game's stats. 5k advantage at 10 minutes 8k at 18 minutes. So not even close imo, the COL comeback just now was much more significant.
https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1686604927/farm
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Sumail lives with eight of his family in an apartment and once had to sell his bike to play more Dota at a Pakistani game center. His team is about to make at least 1.1 million dollars.
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That's worse than Pakistan
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I wonder how much of the money they will actually see. I have to imagine they have to pay costs for the teams and travel and other such things unless those are explicitly already covered by sponsors. Otherwise, they will at least have taxes.
Still it is a ton of money for these guys, not retirement level certainly, but a solid paycheck.
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VP coming back son
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Well they closed the lead at least. So far they've shut down the AM well in those ganks. CoL is looking like a mess in these engagements
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lol this AM
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Imagine the pressure though, million bucks to play a video game? Any dumb mistake lets the other team back into it? I couldn't imagine it. All of this is just nuts. I can't imagine putting the hours these guys are putting into a video game. Some of the interviews pre-match really are shocking (people living on couches, playing 10+ hours a day every day). Just insane.
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Fucking raped
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Silencer's ult which also makes everyone useless. People forget how powerful that hero is in fights especially when he continues to sap your INT. Eventually he just turns you into a drooling Marvel fan by the end of the game.
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I know same here. He's a solid pick for every phase of the game.
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There was a period where I spammed Silencer for a while. Whether it's in lane as a dual support or a mid, he straight up ruins people's lives. He's such a pain in the ass when he can get decent mana regen.
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Big props to people who pick CM to help a brother out. Her Aura is the fucking best for heroes like Silencer. CM is good people.
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I <3 playing CM.
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Even then, when you're in the lead as Silencer. Those items only last for so long. And with their line-up. It's easy as hell to get the jump on them before using any of that shit. Silencer with Scepter is stupid powerful too.
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Relevant, for those who haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA2VPU-VVIk
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It's hilarious, but it also makes me sad.
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Enough for do my power.
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lol yeah
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The light and sound setup in there is fucking intense. I know they've had some serious DDOS/network/whatever issues that impact the gameplay, but the localized stuff is fucking super crazy amazing.
I was there at the end of that game 1. Crazy shit. I have no idea what was going on but the crowd was roaring. Huge comeback I guess!!!
Then, immediately like 4000 people all stood up and it was obvious they were gonna go get lunch, so I bolted the fuck right out of there because I was of course on lunch break myself! lmao -
VP vs CoL Game 3 starting
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CoL plz
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VP done did it
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Probably didnt help he had to shake zFreek's hand
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Secret vs IG starting
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ヽ(◉◡◔)ﾉ MY NAME IS S4, I DONT BAN GYRO CUZ IM COOL ヽ(◉◡◔)ﾉ
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lmao @ the boos for the Techies ban and they just let Puppey have his signature hero
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Love watching Puppey play Chen. He makes it look so easy
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These IG smokes :\
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wtf is IG doing. Just standing around after these smokes not doing anything while Secret just dominate lanes.
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lmfao
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They also have a WW and a Tusk Snowball
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It's definitely not easy with a farmed Storm and SF. And a Chen ult.
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Are you shitting me Valve?
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It's obnoxious that it happened right when that one engagement started
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I'd do in-game easily but I can't right now
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lol another game where they just let another AM farm. When are teams going to learn
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Same here and yet they keep picking him. Like C9 with Io
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It's GG, lol nice try Secret
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And I seriously dont see Secret 2-0'ing IG after this either. Secret had these great drafts until like that last set of games. It's like old Puppey took over lol
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That and like what most teams fail in is just stop pushing. They have a hard pushing line-up and just allowed AM to farm. I really don't understand this mindset when they know they're on the clock with a hero like this.
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That was insane nothing else can be said. AM ban every game now?
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This Secret draft is very interesting.
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Holy shit, thats what im talking about
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AM farming freely
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They had to or would have given it to Secret
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ayy lmao
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Relax, duncandun, just relax (͡ ͡° ͜ つ ͡͡°)
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That Immortal sucks tho
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His new taunt is great tho
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haha I know :(
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lmao @ that Clock kill
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Dark Seer plz
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And dont let him have AM
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> Mentions League.
GTFO of here-
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Not every team composition is good at taking rosh. IRRC shadow fiend's aura works on roshan which helps a lot. Usually you want a source of minus armor or a lot of patience and life steal. Or you could just commit your entire team to killing him. Usually taking rosh is extremely high risk/reward and half the reason you take it is to deny the other team the same advantage. When I play lc I usually wait till I have a deso or an assault curass before taking rosh.
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Secret vs IG Game 3 starting
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That's tough. They're both really good fucking drafts. Can't do it :D
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Have you seen the animation with that item when WD dies? The monkey caresses WD's head. lol, it's heart-breaking.
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Banned AM. Good move.
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I love me some Shaman
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Oh here's my shot from game one http://chattypics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_dtid5wdtza.jpg
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LOL that Aegis steal fucked IG
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Zai in general is a fucking amazing offlaner. He's good at every hero he's given.
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hahah holy shit that vac + wall
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hahaha yeah, fucking game-changing
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That reminded me of Dendi's Rubick "The Play". It was so beautifully executed and Zai just fucking destroys everyone with that combo.
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hahahah fuuuuuuuck
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That's what their strength is, which is what Blitz said. He said Secret are one of those teams where their supports are just as dangerous if not more than their carries. Everyone seems to just be as leveled as they need to be to bring damage when needed. And it helps that these track kills are just all over the place at the right time.
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That was so fucking badass. Like when Puppey plays Omni or Lycan. Dude goes in hard.
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It's like when Puppey plays Omni, he just goes in hard. That was such a classic Puppey move.
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Aww yeah
BALLS OF SCHTEEEEEL
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RTZ with the old man wisdom ヽ(￣ー￣)ノ
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Happy Birthday Zai :D
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For anyone interested. The Zai Play
http://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti/v/9801586?t=7h46m45s
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Yeah :(
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I think he's just worn out playing that position with C9. He deserves a better team. Bring back the Meepo's!
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I love Xcalibur. I'd love to see that kid return back into the pro scene.
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properly broken yes :( made me sad
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Upper Bracket - LGD vs CDEC Game 1 starting
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BigDaddy is so good at the desk. Thank goodness C9 likes to fail at big tournaments so much.
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I think when BigDaddy (N0tail...whatever) started talking it made it is obvious how shallow the analysis of pretty much everyone except a couple former top level players has been.
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They needed Purge. They always need Purge. They need to open their wallets and hire Purge as the voice of Dota2.
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How true. Let's get Joe Buck to do Dota 2 as well.
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(I am sarcastic there, please don't. Leave the guy with baseball and maybe football. He shouldn't go anywhere else.).
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China ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Funny how that works.
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20 mins or 2 hours
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Upper Bracket - LGD vs CDEC Game 2 starting
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das it mayne
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Secret Shop and people gotta eat
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What an absolute stomping.
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This is the worst pub stomp of TI5 I think. Just brutal.
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Poor LGD
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Upper Bracket - EG vs EHome Game 1 starting
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Dozir_ is that you?
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That was so bad
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lmao GG
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Poor Aggressif looks suuuuper uncomfortable with Kaci
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lmao
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Redeye is comedy
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No, Vici Gaming. not Team Liquid.
https://twitter.com/ViCi_Gaming/status/629114199898214400-
I love Vici's reply to the first response: https://twitter.com/ViCi_Gaming/status/629117323018903552
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haha yeah, he brings that dirty pom humor I love
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So the big winner this tournament is China's tax coffers.
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Upper Bracket - EG vs EHome Game 2 starting
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Ember :D
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LOL Yessssssssssssssssss
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No they're betting it on Sumail's Ember. Which is really good. Techies are just there to stifle their map control and movement.
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I know, I think it's Sumail's best hero next to Storm. He needs heroes like this to go in hard
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He just destroyed with Ember. They just had zero way of stopping him without the rest of EG going in on them.
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There it is...fuck.
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The Techies mind games are working.
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haha see
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haha me too. I keep waiting for PL to walk into them
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Are you shitting me? That was a great game lol
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lmao @ rOtk's death
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Yeah, I have to get up at 5:30 AM for an early meeting. :(
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Because Valve gets behind schedule :P
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I still say Techies is one of the most boring picks, but Aui really fucking knows how to make him effective. Techies really crippled EHOME and they couldn't do shit.
If EG could play like that every game, they could easily win TI5.
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Upper Bracket - EG vs EHome Game 3 starting
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Come on EG, keep up that momentum you just built up in Game 2.
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LOL @ techies respect ban
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Windranger :D
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What is this draft from EG? D:
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WR destroys heroes like Storm and a number of their heroes. If Sumail gets levels WR is going to be hard to kill.
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Love me some Blink WR.
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It's GG. Great day for second game turnarounds.
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