Dota 2 e-sports and stuff

Really enjoying these captains draft games from DotaCinema, creates some interesting drafts.

Got to watch just the last game but man, what a game. N0Tail's Meepo was so good
Oh, and the Ogre Magi was actually surprisingly good too!

BTS production value is off the charts!

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And new stats kind of thing and a thing that tells you team's strengths and stuff during picking phase. The one I like the most because casters always miss it is Rubick's Spell Steal.

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I am really enjoying watching C9 play, such a fun team.
I really can't imagine them not getting a direct invite to TI4.

Holy pomegranate Starladder Americas finals' final game. Really long but holy crap what a game.

UGH, I can't wait to the meta in pro scene to change.
EVERY single game has to be Ember, Invoker and Lycan.

Ember is the only thing that needs some nerfs so that he stops being in every other game (either ban or pick) but I think the meta is quite fine.
Invoker is incredibly fun to watch and he can go with any strat right now, compared to when he was picked just for summons and early push strats.
Lycan I don't mind that much because of stuff like this

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I loved ICCup push strats and I never saw them use it again when 3 of them joined Empire until this game, which made me very happy.
I think the meta is great as it is and if there are changes I hope they aren't anything drastic, I would hate losing the variety pro scene picks.
I think you're just very unlucky to catch every Ember/Lycan game, since they're not even near the most picked and banned heroes right now.
If I were to complain about heroes that are picked too much I'd just name Ancient Apparition, there was some stat recently that said that he was like 100% pick/ban during a month this year or something like that.

Invoker is incredibly fun to watch and he can go with any strat right now, compared to when he was picked just for summons and early push strats.

Since now is 100% QuasWex invo, it deters 90% of the teamfights with just tornado + Emp. It's really effective but I just don't like it.
Anyway I don't think this meta last up to TI4 so whatevs.

EG looks so.. soo strong.
Not even C9 could take em.
I wanna see them versus another top-tier team.

After C9 and Na'vi plays eachother singsing, kuroky and puppey plays together in match-making.
Nice to see that the teams are good friends with eachother

After C9 and Na'vi plays eachother singsing, kuroky and puppey plays together in match-making.
Nice to see that the teams are good friends with eachother

Aaah didn't catch that!
BUt is nice to see they just threat each other as rivals and not enemies.

Sad they lost to Rox... at least Empire will be there
I can't wait to see how Na'vi, Empire and EG do against chinese teams, it's going to be amazing finals.

It's sad because overall C9 is the better team than Rox
They just drafted really poorly. I mean yesterday they stomped alliance 2-0 and today they wooped EG ass after losing to rox. Zzzzz ;_;

WPC qualifiers starting soon and I'm excited. I'll be sad as hell if Empire doesn't qualify. *Surprised too.
Actually I'd be disappointed if it isn't Empire and C9 that qualify... Alliance and Fnatic are meh lately and I don't like Team Dog at all so it'd be rather frustrating to see teams that aren't at the top right now making it there.

F'ucking Empire throwing games making my last post look dumb. I don't get it, the first game every one of them threw, like actual 322 throws, and then the second game they stomp Alliance so badly -_-

Maybe they don't want opposing teams' fans to lose any rares and that's why they tie all their WPC matches. Such an awesome team!

C9 vs empire game one...
That was certainly a game.

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C9 on fire

And game two C9 decided that they just didn't want to win apparently.
Who fucking drafts spectre after shadow demon? Shadow demon disruption on spectre almost instantly killed envy even in lategame Q_Q

C9 vs empire game one...
That was certainly a game.

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C9 on fire

And game two C9 decided that they just didn't want to win apparently.
Who pineappleing drafts spectre after shadow demon? Shadow demon disruption on spectre almost instantly killed envy even in lategame Q_Q

At least they have more chances than Empire right now.

At least they have more chances than Empire right now.

We might see a 5-way tie if fnatic win the next game, lol(Depending on the rules that have been changed a few times now).

C9 have been on fire today though.

Edit: anime fucking won guys

Hopefully we get singsing celebration stream

https://twitter.com/KaciAitchison/

I don't get Empire... they throw one game and then they stomp as if they were playing against a random pub.
Also sad about crappy Na'vi vs EG stream, I wanted to watch both at the same time

I don't even play this game but I watch based EE-sama stream sometimes for the lulz. The thing is that he plays a ton of maplestory BGMs and it gives me nostalgia like dayum.
I'll go back to not existing now.