Unfortunately that's what wins me games, going Crystal Maiden, Lich, Lion, Lina, because no one else wants to. Love being the scapegoat.
Yeah, I honestly thought that ranked recalibration would be the promised land, but its an even bigger cesspool than normal ranked.
Lucas Scott
Anybody have that webm of Zyori?
Charles Powell
>bigger cesspool than normal ranked
go play ranked while int ranked is active. \ go tell us about your experience.
Kayden White
We still do run it, just slighty less than before
Kayden Wilson
Did anyone expect Liquid to win this year before the group stages started?
Bentley Thomas
This entire game is a time-sink simulator with a wonky ladder system full of unqualified people gaining mmr due to just playing a lot The last game I played was 3 weeks ago where someone last picked Tree and just soaked all my safelane carry's xp I tell him to stack and pull and he asks "how?" 3.2k game
John Bennett
>did anyone expect the team that swept most LAN events before TI to win TI? pretty sure noone thought hunneypot winners would win TI
Charles Diaz
I want to watch classic jimmy in the pro scene again
Nathan Gutierrez
I really thought a cn team was going to take it this year and it nearly happened when they dominated the group stages and 4 out of top6 were cn
Alexander Torres
Him coming out of irrelevancy just to smite OG out with pinoys is truly one for the history books. Then after that he cleanly goes back into the shadows. What a fucking player.
Daniel Foster
Valid point, I have till mid September to take advantage of this "slightly less cesspool" DOTA 2 ranked.
You're not filling me with hope - but I suppose there's a bit of luck if I just keep playing. Makes me feel so much better that 700MMR higher is just as great! /s
Fuck no, I completely expected yellow fever to tear through The International.
People have choked at the International while dominating Majors.
Hunter Cox
pugna
Daniel Reed
It's unanimously agreed on this board that the game isn't worth playing A lot of people here don't actually play anymore and just post during esports sorry about that
Michael Reyes
>banner victoriously coming out of the deep >it's clean and shiny as fuck >no grungy mossy and barnacle shit on it like pic related
we don't deserve bannerbro did reddit steal the banners?
Michael Gutierrez
where's the patch dotards?
Jayden Evans
So they've run out of dominant colors and will start using elemental themes. Underwater is done, what's nice Fire/Lava? Some kinda molten map would go perfectly with the Ash weather
James Ross
How do I play core mirana now? Do I still rush aghs or is it a honeypot item?
Jonathan Jackson
>didnt use underwater map >no new water hero >siltbreaker ending nowhere in sight why is TI7 water theme again?
Hudson Garcia
Flowerhead a cute
I hope her gameplay is fun
Julian Torres
They used it at first, but reddit cried. And honestly I agree, the underwater map is distracting as fuck, not only is there crap everywhere, that's an awful way to introduce new players.
Nathan Hall
>OG Singsing
Aiden Wood
wrong, starcucks that are pissed starcraft is a dead game come to our general and hate the fact dotards love to play their game. Go fuck off.
Gavin Flores
I mean they could've run the default map on the newbie stream. You don't even need to switch the commentators. I think not using the underwater theme is a huge disservice to the artists, but I won't say anything that goes up against big boss reddit
Isaac Miller
Where the fuck is my armadillo smut?
Eli Davis
EE really can't catch a break huh?
>His brainchild NoTidehunter kicks him and they go on to win TI3 and make a storied rivalry with Na'Vi >doesn't get invited to TI3 qualifiers with his Kaipi team despite getting some traction esp having a then-up and comer Arteezey in the roster who was gaining steam from the fanbase >he fails multiple times to take revenge on Loda, his then-arch nemesis webm-related being the final straw in why he can't do shit about Loda >hits gold with Speed Gaming but loses someone in Arteezey who was on-fire at the time to SADBOYS >his venture with his new team Cloud9 becomes infamous for clowny plays that would make Mouz 2012 proud instead of being actually good >among clowny plays is "WHERE ARE THE TPS?!" >they are the "second place" team, on paper it's okay but when you hardly hit gold then what's the point? >fails to hit it big in his first TI in 2014 and the TI that came after >his team disbands >had a brief moment of being a top tier carry under captaincy of Puppey in Secret 3.0 >said captain cucked him out of his winnings in that drama >EE would never reach the similar heights he achieved in Secret 3.0 >tries another shot at captaining a team with Team NP that eventually got him to be Cloud9 again >fail fucking hard in the TI7 season >will forever be the guy who literally falls off his chair and have scientists be baffled at his fuck ups >the community loves to see him fall
Why hasn't he fucking killed himself yet?
Isaac Morgan
The majority of sc2 viewers don't even play the game Why would they be mad that dotards play/don't play it either
Charles Sullivan
Reposting canonnical best RPG dota 2 party:
>main character, finesse fighter Jug >his rival/friend, brute force Sven >Sven's on again, off again GF, also mage of the group Rylai >magically attuned ally to the workings of all life, "druid" of the group Treant Protector >ally of uncertain morality and dubious black market connections looking to become fabulously wealthy someday, mage and trickster Shadow Shaman >gearhead inventor with a soft spot beneath the metal for his friends Clockwerk >brooding bitch that eventually warms up to the rest of the team as she seeks to avenge what was done to her by her sister, weird customs and aloofness, also technically "royalty", now underworld connections Vengeful Spirit
This is the best party, it cannot be improved >windranger lol
Parker Edwards
Windrunner
Christian Flores
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present, Team OurGigaguys the Anti Reddit Destroyers
Jacob Stewart
What hero do you always instantly counterpick as soon as it's picked by the oponent?
Adrian Howard
Have you ever tried not living 2 days in the past?
Dylan Reyes
I dont get it
Dylan Stewart
literally the Judeo-Christian alliance against the Muslim hordes
Anthony Watson
>TI2020 >all players replaced by AI bots >all spectators replaced by holograms
literally dota will never die, even when humanity goes extinct
Christian Richardson
Slark with Bloodseeker I don't focus the slark down but I make his regenning crutch annoying to use. I kill his teammates then get Aghs and/or blademail
Wyatt Russell
>no one to operate the electricity
Anthony Foster
Invoker with silencer because I essentially deleted his relevance and gained my +25
Mason Allen
you false flag that dotards dont play their game. Sorry broodwar remaster blows
Sebastian Lopez
once the killer robots created by the AIs are done wiping humanity they will be repurposed to janitors to keep the solar panels and all the shit going
Jaxson Brooks
Time for the earth shaker faggots to start crawling out the woodwork. Never get to enjoy TB or CK cause of you fucks.
Nicholas Nelson
>they will be repurposed to janitors ETERNALLY DOING IT FOR FREE?
Grayson Hall
...
Carter Barnes
Why did OG kick ana? He was the reason they didn't get knocked out by TNC again or SOPA
Grayson Gutierrez
>Kicking the one player that kept you around that long
HUH?!
John Flores
Because he's not part of the Noskill/Fly circlyjerk
Jason Morgan
cuz fly have to make n0tail look gud
Jaxon Taylor
Reminder that it's absolutely pointless to put effort in the game.
You can run around butt naked and die 100 times per game and you'll still win 30-40% of your games.
Giving it ''your all'' will ultimately still bring you to a steady 30-40% win rate.
Kayden Gonzalez
>this nigga has a sub 50 winrate
Holy shit lel
Juan Evans
Then explain why some players have >60% winrate
Easton Price
Based PSG always "feeding" to prove a point
Ryder Perry
>OG was chat wheel spamming in their TNC and uma delicia games >dead silent in their LGD games
That was AMAZING. I hope Notail never retires, its awesome to have someone to root against that plays both autism dota AND is a faggot. >that feel when glorious OG hating masterrace
Lincoln Diaz
>Matumba streaming >people donating money to someone who just won several million dollars
Jack Peterson
>Wake up >No Patch >No Patch Notes
Jayden White
The only issue with the water map are the trees. I can't click on them for shit. I swear I've died multiple times because I cut down the wrong tree.
also >TI6 was a remake of TI1 storyline (mediocre tournament) >TI7 was a remake of TI2 storyline (single western team against all of china)
Thomas Cooper
shouldn't the MC have some transformation?
Aiden Howard
How do I ascend from 1k MMR bois?
Levi Russell
win more ranked games than you lose
Gavin Bell
stop being a cocksucking faggot
Christian Adams
they did spam all chat wheels against LGD, funny thing is once they started doing that LGD started winning
Owen White
>1k MMR
Jason Collins
I have teams I root for But any good game also needs villains, just ask /sp/ And in Dota 2 that is OG.
Ian Cooper
Could be worse, could be 800mmr like I am.
Andrew Murphy
max aftershock and fissure with 1 in totem
Daniel Johnson
Then who's the main character
Hunter Reed
>no 4
Angel Diaz
Should I activate shrine as a support
Grayson Wood
only play support
Liam Perez
>TI8 gonna be a remake of TI3 with one Western team pubstomping like Alliance and a West vs West final
Blake Campbell
Good non autism dota The point is that you (should) be a fan of one team. But since only 1 can win it all in a tournament it helps keep those fans who have had their teams knocked out to have a team they don't want to win. OG is that team.
Brayden Baker
>Secret Dendi
Brandon Hernandez
Or even better, you (should) stop being retarded.
Chase Ortiz
Why is he so qt, bros???
Hudson Gutierrez
>But any good game also needs villains, just ask /sp/ And that's how you end up with unnecessary violence and stadium fights ending in injuries.
Jacob Nelson
sources say that yapzor convinced ppy to sign FATA- playing pos 1 (like he played on bears)
Dominic Brooks
>his name is Ivan Borislavov Ivanov
Could a name BE any more Slav?
It's like a woman being name Helga Olgalov Helgaov
Cooper Richardson
>It's like a woman being name Helga Olgalov Helgaov
this didnt even make any sense
Jason Jenkins
Most pro's, analysts and powerranks had Liquid as biggest favorites before TI.
Levi Nelson
>not Ivan Ivanov Ivanov hew blew it desu
Gavin Hernandez
...
Gabriel Campbell
In my experience 1k games have 4-5 carries. To have all those games as carry, you're either very lucky or you're not paying attention to what your team picks. Don't do that.
Nolan Thomas
I'm pretty sure the middle part is his father's name