Manilla Major Discussion

Soooo... is it too early to say "pick RTZ lose Manilla?" :p

It's never too late to say that :D

Feedeezy stinks. Now I want to watch that Liquid Alliance game so much, I wonder if I manage to stay awake for that...

This Secret incarnation has played 9 series since it was created. They have only won 1 of them, and that was against some underperforming Chinese team (EHOME it think before they started getting better). Who would have expected that kind of result? Like daaaaamn. Arguably the highest potential roster there and everyone is performing super badly expect PieLieDie.

Just damn. RTZ managed to take down 2 teams at once. Maybe now they'll actually play some competitive games outside of ****ing tournaments.

On the other hand, Na'Vi is back baby. Good times. Good good times.

Only shame that Dc didn't have chance to rekt Secret...
Anyway I am really glad secret members can pack their sh*t and go home.

Secret still have at least one more game to play before they go home. They go to the loser's bracket, not outright home.

Secret is the best recent example of how actual chemestry in the team plays an important role in results. I mean, look at OG: you have the old joke about them playing all yelling and Miracle carrying them 1x9, then you see them celebrating together his 9k, they somehow have a very good vibe going on and the results show it, even if they are not packed with stars. A bit like real life sports, I guess.

Also this, what I've been saying about the last patches to all of those complaining that Icefrog is crazy and that "we're LoL now": we're at 84 heroes picked in the second day of Manila only, and the record of heroes picked ever is 89 at TI5 (Nahaz data). If this is not the best meta ever, I don't know what is.

Ye it seems that Icefrog grasped the art of balancing Dota at last.

Only took him 11 years 4head.

How many TB picks in the Major thus far?

And match links if applicable too, I want to watch and maybe learn :)

Oh I haven't seen any Terrorblade yet myself, but Dotabuff says 5 games, 40% winrate. Anyone knows how/where we can find the games?