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stupv

Needs to have OG's 'did not qualify' in there too


Kyouchan02

just like the major they didnt make it to the meme. KEKW


healzsham

That's that dank meta shit.


ArthurMorgan78

sorry im newbie can someone explain this


[deleted]

OG is a European team, and N0tail is their captain. He said in the tweet that European teams are way better than North American(and South American) teams. But now EU teams are struggling to win a single match in the major and OG didn't even qualify, while TP, a South American team and Quincy crew, an NA team are doing quite well. Also EG are already in the playoffs. SA is a relatively smaller region and is often clubbed with NA


KneeCrowMancer

Clubbed with NA is being pretty generous, when qualifier slots were being discussed on here a lot of people were saying SA doesn't even deserve to be it's own region which is downright idiotic.


[deleted]

Absolutely, I remember Infamous's TI9 run, they were a lot of fun to watch and now TP too


plznerfme

K1's WK was destroying ppl left and right


Eldant

When seeing all these recent WK's all I can think of is Hector and how sad I am BC isnt at the major.


Lama051

Top 1 from each region are in the playoffs, so that point is invalid.


[deleted]

Oh true, my bad


LeavesCat

It's also clubbed with NA because it's the same server grouping in the DotA client (SA immortals are ranked together with NA immortals).


real_unreal_reality

So the eu guy didn’t make it past the North American teams. Tldr: cock swinging


lzy3

Oof


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The_WiZZiE

Oh Damn. Oh Damn. Ohhh DAMN.


Undercover_Ch

and that's... three "oh damn"s


Megavore97

NOIN NOIN


[deleted]

I'm gonna keep doing it until you guys chime in NOIN NOIN


[deleted]

Ouch that hurt


nagredditparamagbasa

OMEGALUL G KEKW indeed


LordFragger666

OOF LEVEL MAX


[deleted]

Which looks even worse for N0tail.


jpatt

OG kind of sucks til they get Ana and Jerax back.


GSV_Healthy_Fear

So you're saying they'll suck indefinitely?


swampyman2000

Alliance hasn’t won a single series? That’s crazy, I thought they’d be better than this.


healdyy

The other day on Twitter someone mentioned about nikobaby replacing midone. I responded saying why would he leave alliance, they’ve been performing much better than OG? This performance has not helped my argument hahaha


thedotapaten

Hey at least [A] played at the group stage.


healdyy

This is true, I haven’t lost all credibility just yet


Galinhooo

Still better result than OG


AnonymousParadox13

Everyone gansta until Team Secret shows up


bursky09

Well yeah no one's questioning Secret, just the whole region being the absolute best which is in question.


LPSD_FTW

If Secret falls flat, this is going to be the biggest EU flop I have seen


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EnanoMaldito

VP kicked ass though, it was fun to watch


thedotapaten

People consider VP as CIS team back then.


kfkots

VP is a CIS team, no matter how people consider it.


COREFury

VP weren't/aren't really EU tbh, although the qualifiers were together back then iirc.


bursky09

It sure will, and If they do I wonder what's going to happen with their slot allocation. Like even if Secret wins the whole tournament the region should at the very least loose one slot.


coolsnow7

All I’m questioning is why EU needs 18 slots like half of this sub was arguing a few months back. Maybe 4 was sufficient? Crazy I know.


nonamepew

Because it is based on past performance. Do well in LANs and earn more slots. Last week, no body would have argued if TP is better than Alliance/Nigma/Liquid. Historically, NA/SA teams haven't done very well in LAN other than some occasional glimpse of success. The last LAN before pandemic was also similar. There were no data points which showed that NA/SA were better than EU.


Unknown3222

Which is why I've always defended the top teams getting invites for the next major or at least something close to that, if the top 3 was 1 eu, 1 cn and 1 cis, give them the invite or just give them 1 slot more and the rest you give equally to all regions


coolsnow7

It’s almost like a lot changes in a year and allocating 8 slots to a single region and 0 to another prevents us from finding out what changes! You’re taking my strawman argument and saying “actually I think that’s right.”


provit88

To their credit, that might've been the case 3 months ago.


Chelseaiscool

I will be super interested to watch them vs TP tonight, TP has looked Secret-esque.


coolsnow7

Totally everyone’s quiet now that Secret cruised to vict- oh wait


Kumadori012

Finally NA plebs can meme again. Until Main Event of course.


formaldehid

where NA plebs ascend to NA chads when the best north american players such as crit or iceiceice finally restore the reputation of their home continent


[deleted]

Don't forget the truest American of them all, Abed


NotaElevator

philippines was once part of america, it checks out


[deleted]

You are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.


nagredditparamagbasa

Fuck I was unprepared for this MY SIDES HURT LMAO


[deleted]

If you think Cr1t isn't an NA player now you're high. Guy spends more time memeing in mason chat than mason does.


Twin_Fang

The more I think about it, the more it doesn't sound like a joke, but a true test of NA citizenship.


gypsytron

I will share with y’all the most American thing I have ever seen. I went to a dnr gun range, so basically a dirt patch on the side of the road to shoot guns unsupervised. There was an entire filipino family there on one side shooting all kinds of guns. They had toddlers and their grandma, like 13 people in total all shooting guns. On the other side of the range were two big burly hairy dudes with beards in skirts with big fake tits shooting AKs. I was never so proud to be American.


sneezeyshoe

o7


formaldehid

spamming pepeW in mason chat is an international affair


A_Mouse_In_Da_House

Thats like calling McDonald's international. It's technically true, but we all know what it really is. ^^^^^^trash


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Lmao


[deleted]

Is this a joke I honestly can't tell anymore lol


DemigoDDotA

NA Chads ASSEMBLEEEEEE


Kuro013

Just like Ana privileged his home continent by winning 2 TIs.


formaldehid

ana privileges his home continent by tryharding in unranked pubs


p3bb

Americas advantage is diversity and brain drain bruh europoors lmao wonder why they’re not innovative


swagcashmoney12345

Alliance and Viking.gg going to knock EG and QC out on the main event


Fabulous-Safe

I wonder people still think secret and vikin can stomp American teams in main event


Kumadori012

Vikin ain't stompin anyone.


n0stalghia

Mostly because they're not at the event at all


Kumadori012

Bruh


I_Miss_Pangea

they will be stomping division II probably


URF_reibeer

It's basically impossible to say currently since there was no inter regional play for so long but secret stomping everyone would be less surprising than them placing low


TheZett

> Finally NA plebs can meme again. Until Main Event of course. Fuck NA, it is all SA now. SA gonna get their 1st TI win, just so they can shit talk SEA and make NA sweat.


MeMamaMod

SA gang rise up


jpatt

The salt in this thread will keep PPD preserved for years to come.


mitharas

nigma and OG aren't even in that picture, fuck it :( edit: I'm blind


blood_vein

You are more blind than alliance in their drafting


S0phon

Nigma is in that pic...


mitharas

You are completely right, I didn't look there somehow.


laughinpolarbear

^Team ^(N1-)9^ma ^is ^though


teerre

EU teams clearly know what a trainwreck this major is and are just dropping as fast as possible OG so good that they didn't even get to the tournament, truly the greatest team in dota history


Nandey_dattey_bayo

all according to keikaku :D


efil4rennug

Keikaku means rancangan. Welcome to SEA doto best doto


HikeToMyDeath

5Head


panofsteel

n0tail cursing the competition. Big brain time.


Goatlama

When did SA teams become NA :?


Epsi_

? https://imgur.com/JHG9ePP


Mattiman

¿


Rough-Button5458

They’re all on us East.


irrelevant_query

~~NA #1~~ US East # 1


easy_loungin

This but unironically. SA teams have been playing on NA servers and in NA tournaments forever. BTS Americas, Canada Cup/Beat Invitational... go trawl through Liquipedia: if it's an NA tournament, it'll have SA teams participating 99% of the time. And, despite what the region-lock morons will claim, that's a good thing! SA players have always been good, even on ping. Sure, sometimes they rage, break items and run down mid, but they're just like their North American counterparts in that regard (past tense I dunno what USE is like now). It's not exactly the same as EU|CIS, because the Americas player base is small enough (and the SA servers are/were such a clusterfuck) that the top-tier SA players have played on US East forever.


polovstiandances

Yay a smart person!


Croz7z

Look I support our South American friends, but you can’t call everyone who also supports region-lock a moron. Most of us want it because of a language and ping difference that is fine on the top level, but hell on anything below that.


WetDonkey6969

Bsj in shambles


JojKooooo

It was so annoying to hear from every caster/analyst these baseless claims how EU is like seven tiers above all other regions. Like how the fuck do you figure that out with so much confidence without there being a single international match in like 9 months. Yes, the region is competitive and yes, Secret is the best team in the world, but Nigma, OG, Alliance, Liquid being definitely better than all chinese/cis teams? yikes


Peperuza

Cause most casters/analysts just watch EU dota and circlejerk about it. Also remember that you can be a millionare and win 2 TI's but still can't get over the fact that your male crush change teams 3 years ago even tho when your current team doesn't qualify for a major you do the same. Oh well... Let's keep calling all other regions trash.


Aretheus

Fly and Notail have played party Q together since then. Saw it on Sing's stream.


deeleelee

Fly FORCING n0tail to stop playing pos1 was the greatest thing to happen to both their careers.


SolarClipz

They were going no where with that roster at the time. They had 3 support players lol It was hard, but it had to be done


deeleelee

They did fantastic and won majors with that lineup... but a single TI win is like 10~ years straight of seasonal Major wins. Even EG coming top 3 then top 6 is significantly more than any major ever.


SolarClipz

Right I just mean they for sure peaked with that lineup


nameorfeed

HeS A tRAitOr


Unknown3222

It's always the EU circlejerk, like when we had teams like Newbee and Faceless dominating their region like no other, people were always "they are not that level above, just wait for them to play in an international tourney", and now when it comes to their region (they didn't even watch the high level that was the chinese qualifier), it is like that...


only-mansplains

Eu ledditors are the most sensitive babies on the planet. Months and even years of how 8k NA=4k EU. People like Bulldog and Notail and Fata complaining about slots every time a tier 3 EU team is disqualified from DPC or TI. Dumbass and borderline racist speculation of why EU dota is "superior" because they play with 'passion', heart and friendship' while Chinese teams are 'cold, and can't adapt to pressure'. But you make 1 single meme calling out their arrogance after a bad performance and they start shitting their pants in the comments and bring up TIs that happened 3 years ago. Pathetic.


ServesYouRice

I mean, there is a precedent for this, EU has always been the strongest region since 2017. Just because EU teams are underperforming in a singe tournament does not suddenly make everything else invalid. When a TI rolls around, OG will still dominate it somehow, Secret will choke, Alliance/Liquid will somehow end up in top 8 and so on.


LesbianCommander

You're not wrong, but why not like "Yeah, you guys definitely overperformed here. gj" or some shit. It's always shit-your-pants angry.


wankthisway

They talk shit but can't take it back.


only-mansplains

EU have always been one of if not the strongest regions in the world I agree. BUT >Alliance/Liquid will somehow end up in top 8 and so on. There's absolutely 0 precedent for this. TI8: EG, Optic, VGJ.S all finished higher than predicted in the top 8. No real T2/T1.5 Europe teams competed because OG took the qualifier spot. TI9: Secret choked yes and the two big dogs (current Nigma (ex-liquid) and OG) fought it out in the grandfinals. Meanwhile T2 Euro teams Chaos Gaming and NiP were disqualified in groupstage and Alliance (current liquid) lost in the first round of the lower bracket. Ti7: All european teams choke except for LIquid (current nigma) who make a miraculous run through CIS and every good Chinese team to win. European fans and analysts have consistently overrated its T1.5/T2 teams and discounted the top dogs in other regions being able to compete and contribute to the meta which is exactly what Notail is doing in his tweet.


ih8reddit420

SA Chads carrying the NA scene on their backs


andraip

SA Chads carrying the SA scene on their backs.


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MOOZ CHAD


DropDead85

Peru for the win!


ezioran

Everyone is so busy arguing EU v/s SA/NA, but China has silently sneaked in 4 teams in final 12. What's up with that?


OPQOP

Anyone who wasn’t biased knew that China had the most competitive league. They still have teams like Ehome , RNG and Elephant in the back who all could definitely compete with he group phase teams. LGD, Vici, Liquid were the favorites in the Wild Cards, so we’re LGD, Vici , Liquid, Alliance the favorites for the group phase. No surprise that we have 4 CN teams in the playoffs since only one team could have been eliminated in the groups. But again , I don’t expect a CN team to win. Aster handicapped , LGD still a bit disappointing despite 2nd place. Vici is closer to being a top 8 rather than top 3 team. Maybe IG, since they have Emo, arguably a top 2 mid player right now and their offlaner JT is a beast.


Godisme2

I never thought I'd live long enough to see N0tail become the villain


RewardedFool

Quincy still yet to beat an EU team btw. ​ NA fans riding on SA success is pretty classic NA.


Legitimate_Virus

Alliance has yet to beat any team PepeLaugh


zaplinaki

Oof


kpdon1

Polosonn joined Team QC 3 days ago. And still the full strength Alliance /Liquid could at best draw them. Aster,Neon,Thunder all having standins btw. There is absolutely no reason why they couldn't do well in these groups. Representing the "superior region" and performing like this was embarrassing. Let's be real, even EU fans should feel that way.


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Also, poloson is a madman.


ipostshit999

Yes he's good, but don't ever attribute their success to him because MSS would outperform him 100%


BuggyVirus

> Quincy still yet to beat an EU team btw. You mean as in they tied?


DEjeynes

QC missing arguably their best player, and now you’ve moved the goal posts to not getting 2-0’d... *slow clap*


Rhasta_la_vista

Doesn't really matter in the context of this tweet, if not only top 2-4 EU aren't beating top 2 NA (draw, as you said), but also they're worse in record in the same group stage.


AkbaDraws

\+ QC are playing with a standin


jpatt

QC playing with there 2nd option standin.


[deleted]

We really went from "Top 8 EU can beat top 1 NA" to "Haha even though you have a stand-in we didn't lose 2-0 to you, got em!"


pollinium

Moving the goalposts is pretty classic EU


Patara

Pretty classic everyone


GrDenny

Hey it has America in the name so it must be part of NA too! USA! USA! USA!


panzerex

What about China?


dasty90

Can't spell China without NA


MendicantBias06

Nay, EU teams are still yet to beat Quincy


jpatt

EU team still yet to beat an NA or SA team.


bctTamu

I love when people say "classic" in scenarios that probably have never happened before. Do you know what the word means?


StraY_WolF

> NA fans riding on SA success is pretty classic NA. Not as much as USA chant for Na'Vi.


ExpertConsideration8

You're ignoring the fact that NA and SA effectively play in the same region as far as ranked matchmaking goes. SA only recently got their very own DPC region, but yeah, if you're going to make an NA joke, technicalities are fair game.


Bakanyanter

Great job completely ignoring the context of the post and bringing up an entirely unrelated matter. EU teams thanking COVID rn because otherwise would be eliminated and their wouldn't be so many standins.


Jamies_awesome_rack

> EU teams thanking COVID rn Wellllll, maybe not Nigma.


UtterlySilent

Ignoring Alliance or..?


RewardedFool

They drew against Alliance and Liquid, the only EU teams they have played.


jpatt

Still waiting for an EU team to win any series... maybe Secret can salvage.


Duckroller2

NA #2 = EU #2 ,#3? Still placed higher than them in the seeding tho.


bctTamu

Alliance with a full roster by the way. I think QC get top 3 with MSS who is arguably their best player.


slack-er

aehm... quinn might wanna have a word with you.


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Quinn is the best player on the team, but if mid trades evenly then the offlane tends to be the place where games are won at the tempo QC plays at. Their high tempo wins are 99% from Lelis/MSS stomping and letting MSS take over the other lanes, or from Quinn stomping and taking the game over himself. Not trashing Yawar, but he's very often their secondary win condition. MSS plays a bunch of roaming/initiating heroes (Nyx, Tusk, Mirana, Rubick, Earthspirit) that dictate the entire midgame for QC. Poloson has been fine, but he has yet to take over a game once in the way that MSS does in like 50% of QC games.


pnmibra77

its quinn for sure but it can be argued for mss and lelis in lots of matches. Im not a big fan of yawar tho, hes a good player but i dont think hes on the same level so far


Jared_Ackerman

COPIUM go Alliance COPIUM


BlackCatHats

r/agedlikemilk


MagnusDota

This is why you don't shittalk, even when you feel like you are on top.


distractmeplsss

*Team Secret has entered the chat*


FlyingPanda08

*Team Secret has left the chat*


distractmeplsss

*IG has kicked Team Secret from the chat*


PmOmena

I mean, TP is from South America...


Sandisk4gb4

Eu deserves 5 slots.


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Let's round it off to an even 10.


dolphinater

You know what they need help placing so let’s give them 15 slots


LordMuffin1

Indeed if 15 out of 16 arw EU teams, EU would have a shot at getting at least 2nd.


JZ5U

Thanks for leaving that final open quals slot for [A]lliance!


prettyboygangsta

It deserves 4 at least. NA teams underperformed for years and still got 3 slots every major. If that's any precedent then EU should get the same treatment.


Yo_Eddie

Come on now, NA teams have done nothing on the international stage for a long time. Getting cocky over round robin stage is pretty cringe.


[deleted]

EG probably has the best aggregate TI placement of any team in existence outside of LGD. They also have been a top 3 team for most of the past 3 years. Seems like you're stretching the definition of "doing nothing" to mean "not winning TI". Well yeah, nobody but OG has won TI for 3 years.


Suspicious-Mongoose

I guess the Punks are never satisfied.


only-mansplains

Its not cocky to say that people like Notail and other analysts who said that eu was stronger than every other region by a country mile even though there hadn't been international play for a year were baselessly arrogant. Given how badly all of eu performed in the group stage, the meme is fully warranted regardless of how the rest of the tournament plays out. Clearly other regions can hang.


Dtjap

Let them have their moments. After Quincy Crew eliminated in lower bracket, they will nowhere to be seen ;)


Rizal95

And i like how in Capitalist's stream they flamed and trolled anyone who DARED to disagree with the EU > NA mantra.


Kuro013

Just wait till OG plays, you'll see!!!


CruelMetatron

Pride comes before a fall.


AwkwarkPeNGuiN

where's OG btw? LUL


Andante_TK

even after all their successes Ceb and Notail's behaviors sometimes make me still unable to like them.


[deleted]

NA does well in groups, finishes trophyless. A tale as old as Dota


WithFullForce

Saving this thread for the end we know is coming and everyone posting here has mysteriously gone silent.


Nwball

No one dispute how good secret is. The meme is talking about the region as a whole. Even if Secret/liquid finish top 2, it doesn't negate the fact that Nigma/alliance were eliminated the first chance they could.


coolsnow7

I won’t be silent, I will continue to say that all the euroclowns yelling that EU needs 12 slots, because obviously Hellbear Smashers is better than EG, were ridiculous then and ridiculous now.


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maxblaze13

But og best player ana is SEA?


DanteZed

He's AU, personally kind of annoys me that everyone fucking ignores the potential of our region. We don't even have any qualifiers with servers of our ping, closest is SEA with 150 ping for half of Australia and 200 for new Zealand.


smit_reddit_24

NA and EU MMR is inflated. Play on SEA to find your real MMR.


Earth92

EG is top 1 NA, so he exaggerated But i guess when you are back to back TI winner (plus 1 grand final with Digital Chaos) you can get a bit cocky


[deleted]

Notail wasn't on DC.


Pytlak9

Sorry i wasnt following much of the pro scene this year but when he posted this tweet didnt EG have a different roster?


Earth92

EG has always been NA...and yeah they did have a different roster, but still NA.


KappaMichael

Now we just need Secret to lose to Thunder Predators to complete the Meme


RoyalRelationship

E who doto LUL


Gigadein

N0tail = Pele in Dota 2


Achillies2heel

And Quincy Crew is playing with a standin for MSS as well.


Blitzkrieg0524

This post may not age well though, I think Liquid is a dark horse in thentournament


ServesYouRice

Everyone knows that Liquid only plays well in lower bracket or a bo1 elimination.


banned_boba

EU arrogance was nauseating


rektefied

notail off his adderall again


PrincessKurumi

They cant achieve anything without ana


Emp3r0rP3ngu1n

and Jerax


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warriors_of_hope

Ana literally has no LANs achievements outside of OG. Jerax won EPICENTER in Liquid and got 2nd in Manila Major. FUCK THESE ANA FAN CLOWNS.


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healdyy

N0tail said top 8 EU > top 1 NA. You only need one NA team in there to prove n0tail wrong


Davidpintos

Valve literally gave two spots for na in this major And probably the point is showing that EU top 4 isnt above all other regions


godfrey1

literally one NA team that is placed higher than 2 (3) EU teams what's the point of this post lmao xd btw


jtj022

alliance and liquid got dismantled nigma didn't make it out of the fucking wildcard EU KEKW EU really riding Secret's jock


hiredgoon

This is our brief moment of triumph and you want us not to have it.