The International 2019 - Dota2
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We've Heard of millions worthy play but never thought we would see a millions worth ítem, jesus fuck that was entertaning. Fuck the chinese crowd tho, unfunny cunts.
I better go to sleep, thought this was gonna he shorter
I better go to sleep, thought this was gonna he shorter
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I made it two games into Liquid vs OG and couldn’t stay awake anymore. Sad that Liquid lost but happy a Chinese team didn’t win.
I wish the meta has been a little more interesting, too many of the same heroes getting picked was boring.
I wish the meta has been a little more interesting, too many of the same heroes getting picked was boring.
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It really is, a comfy finale.
We don't know what the deal is. A lot of times, cities bid on tournaments like these. I wouldn't be surprised if Valve contacted several cities and picked the one with the best offer. Its also interesting they're going to Stockholm. TI 3 was really where the International took off and its going back to where Alliance came from
No idea, maybe he just hesitated or was told not to. It was a bad choice, I think if he bought back they could have at least held.
We've Heard of millions worthy play but never thought we would see a millions worth ítem, jesus fuck that was entertaning. Fuck the chinese crowd tho, unfunny cunts.
I better go to sleep, thought this was gonna he shorter
I tried to stay up, but I fell asleep during game 3.
The Chinese crowd basically left after LGD got its back broken by Liquid. I mean, that's how you beat LGD. They think they're the super best ever, never dropping a game. But when they're heavily in the lead, with an 80-20 win rate and you come back and destroy them, you basically just win the series. Its what happened to them last year with OG and its what happened this year with Liquid.
I am sad too, Liquid was a great underdog story but OG is so composed and you really can't break them no matter how bad they take a game. Its basically what makes or breaks you, which is the lesson I've learned from watching the International. You have to have the discipline to ignore bad plays and fights and still retain that confidence. LGD couldn't do it, so they lost. I think that's the key to beating a lot of Chinese teams. You have to rattle them because a lot of them are arrogant and overconfident. Once you break their composure, they just break down completely. Like the third game vs. Liquid was just fucking sad. Liquid systematically and coldly picked them apart. The Wyvern completely nullified any chrono target and they worked around the chrono to murder their entire team. While void was helpless. Shadow Demon was murked so much he didn't have the souls to do shit. They basically forced them into a prison in which they could not escape. I mean, I think it was very arrogant of them to try and 'style' on Liquid. Shadow Demon requires to be ahead or equal, and if he can't do that, he's basically a waste. Which is exactly what happened. He was no threat at all.
Liquid just basically got outplayed with OG.
I think the problem is that the meta was figured out early on in the group stages and qualifiers, so people knew what worked and what didn't. At least we got to see a Meepo win for the first time on the Grand Finals. But not to worry, I'm sure in a year the meta will be completely different. That's what I love about DotA, the game keeps changing so its very difficult to stay on top.