The International

[҉NuclearGamer 92]

With the annual grand tournaments, The international is coming in rougly 9 days.

Coming to Seattle, Key arena, with a prize pool of 18 million as of now, This spectacular event will last 10 days with 16 teams battling it out for number one, as well as, the occasional cosplay competition and short film competition will be wrapping it up.

The shitpost hype on reddit will be over the roof with replays of sick moves and coordination, and lovely links to the user submitted short films.

Be sure to check /r/dota2

Anyways, Anyone hyped for it as much as i am?

Maybe if we get enough people we can do a small betting thing like the world euro cup.

 

[rhyse1317 150]

Dota 2 sucks, League is better.

[IrishChamp 641]

I don't think there's enough Dota fans in the community to do a sweepstake, but I suppose this thread is a good place for anyone following to discuss the games.

[MrGibbyGibson 32]

I started reading this till I saw this:

1 hour ago, ҉NuclearGamer said:

Be sure to check /r/dota2

[YoungGerald 170]

i'm so hyped for the next international as i've kinda fallen out with dota and it's definitely gonna get me back in to it, also if OG win i'm gonna cut my toes off.  

[҉NuclearGamer 92]

8 hours ago, rhyse1317 said:

Dota 2 sucks, League is better.

Nice esports scene, EleGiggle

8 hours ago, IrishChamp said:

I don't think there's enough Dota fans in the community to do a sweepstake, but I suppose this thread is a good place for anyone following to discuss the games.

Time to MegaThread this

8 hours ago, MrGibbyGibson said:

I started reading this till I saw this:

:(, dont you like top quality shitposts?

7 hours ago, YoungGerald said:

i'm so hyped for the next international as i've kinda fallen out with dota and it's definitely gonna get me back in to it, also if OG win i'm gonna cut my toes off.  

Im with alliance, but if og wins, wouldn't complain

[Thunder 174]

very hyped for dis

 hoping for a TI3 grand final: NAVI vs Alliance, game 5, rat gaming

[Danny 1,225]

Na'vi gonna win it easy. Actually been playing really good dota for the first time in like 2 years. Won their first Major Tournament since 2014.

I really like how they play too, very aggressive 

Dendi godlike Invoker/Mirana. Always shows up for his team.

General one of the best offlanes in game.

Arstyle - Classic Chen/Enchant player.

sonneiko - Arguably the best player on the team, his support plays has really kept this team together and without him this style wouldn't work. 

ditya ra - GODLIKE Lycan player,  also plays a mean NP and Ember occasionally. A lot better than XBOCT. Also his Huskar just wins games outright.

Na'vi have got a lot of versatility which they haven't had in a while, each player can play a few heros exceptionally well and suits the system perfectly.

Na'vi play attractive dota and do it very well.

The Quickest game will be Na'vi taking one of the teams to town. 

Also, 18 million dollar prize pool. Ti5 was slightly more but holy shit! Who said you can't make money playing games eh. Around 1 million dollars for each player that wins Ti6. Enough money to retire and never work. Pretty tidy. 

My actual prediction for Na'vi would be a unlucky 7-8th placing if they get an OG/Liquid or a well earned 3rd place losing out 2-0 to OG in upper brackets.

Na'vi have a really bad record vs the likes of Liquid and OG. So it really depends on how lucky they get when the first round is drawn imo.

Edited July 27, 2016 by DannyS

[The Untainted One 452]

The only player I know in Dota 2 is Dendi and he wrecked some chinese scrubs who said they would throw away any prize other than first. They were salty :D 

[w33zy 1,523]

i do like to watch the TI, only thing i watch from dota. where is suma1l playing? 

[҉NuclearGamer 92]

12 hours ago, DannyS said:

Na'vi gonna win it easy. Actually been playing really good dota for the first time in like 2 years. Won their first Major Tournament since 2014.

I really like how they play too, very aggressive 

Dendi godlike Invoker/Mirana. Always shows up for his team.

General one of the best offlanes in game.

Arstyle - Classic Chen/Enchant player.

sonneiko - Arguably the best player on the team, his support plays has really kept this team together and without him this style wouldn't work. 

ditya ra - GODLIKE Lycan player,  also plays a mean NP and Ember occasionally. A lot better than XBOCT. Also his Huskar just wins games outright.

Na'vi have got a lot of versatility which they haven't had in a while, each player can play a few heros exceptionally well and suits the system perfectly.

Na'vi play attractive dota and do it very well.

The Quickest game will be Na'vi taking one of the teams to town. 

Also, 18 million dollar prize pool. Ti5 was slightly more but holy shit! Who said you can't make money playing games eh. Around 1 million dollars for each player that wins Ti6. Enough money to retire and never work. Pretty tidy. 

My actual prediction for Na'vi would be a unlucky 7-8th placing if they get an OG/Liquid or a well earned 3rd place losing out 2-0 to OG in upper brackets.

Na'vi have a really bad record vs the likes of Liquid and OG. So it really depends on how lucky they get when the first round is drawn imo.

Nah, Na'vis a bit of low hope/meme level, lets hope they put some nice quick games out there doe, TI also got a bit more time to close the prize pool, so it will definitely be more than ti5.

5 hours ago, w33zy said:

i do like to watch the TI, only thing i watch from dota. where is suma1l playing? 

EG, hes the BabyRage of dota after Artezzy (Rtz).

12 hours ago, Veng3nce said:

The only player I know in Dota 2 is Dendi and he wrecked some chinese scrubs who said they would throw away any prize other than first. They were salty :D 

Eh, dota pro scene is cooler than cs go :_:. 

Event Dates

August 2, 2016 - Wildcards
August 3-5, 2016 - Group Stages
August 8-13, 2016 - Main Event

Format

Wildcards: 4 Teams Double Elimination. Top 2 teams advance to Group Stages.
Group Stage: 2 groups of 8 teams. Top 4 from each group advance to Upper Bracket of Main Event. Bottom 4 to Lower Bracket.
Main Event: 16 Teams. Double Elimination Bracket.

Edited July 27, 2016 by Gunstar
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[w33zy 1,523]

but is suma1l still insane? PogChamp 

[҉NuclearGamer 92]

On 7/27/2016 at 13:53, w33zy said:

but is suma1l still insane? PogChamp 

A bit meh.

The international started on 3rd august with teams being split to group B and group A

I've seen quite nice plays from top tier teams, like level 1 Roshan from alliance and fearful 20 minute Aghs kotl.

Streams are here; Stream #1, Stream #2, Stream #3, Stream #4, Polish stream for giraffe

Still no new comer stream, will link if one appears.

Cheer on guys :)

[VENGA BUS 2,027]

Thought this was about some interesting socialist history.

Was about some shit game like DOTA or w/e. 2/10 thread try harder next time

[҉NuclearGamer 92]

13 hours ago, VENGA BUS said:

Thought this was about some interesting socialist history.

Was about some shit game like DOTA or w/e. 2/10 thread try harder next time

I mean, if you want an essay about socialist history, i can email you one.