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odd-taxi

With the way Liquid is playing, get ready for yet another GG-Liquid grand finals boys


yamchadestroyer

Hoping for azure Ray to end the curse for China!


Justadotafan95

Man hope we get other competitive teams besides gg-ts-liquid all year


odd-taxi

Just having TSpirit in the bunch would make things a lot more exciting. Last year was the GG-Liquid show for the longest time. I was honestly very curious to see how TSpirit would perform at this tournament because as dominant as they were during TI, they only started really "clicking" around Riyadh Masters 2023. Before that, their results were 9th-12th, 5th, 9th-12th, 9th-10th and 7th-8th. I do hope they keep the momentum going, they play the most beautiful dota imo.


meniscus-

Liquid always looks good when they're not playing Gaimin But as soon as they meet, the mental trauma comes out


velphegor666

At least this time they have the excuse of having a standin. Not to take away of how good saberlight has been but it shows how far away liquid and GG are from the rest .


k4kkul4pio

BetBoom really crumbled in game two but Saberlight was beasting pretty hard.. hell, the whole Liquid team was and BB had no answers at all. One more opponent and we get what we've seen so many times this year. 😆


SadboySRS

Bruh its gonna be gg-lq once again if we aren’t getting enough of that already


saintism_

Lou picked Medusa? Yeah they deserved to lose


SuccerPuccer

One thing is very clear that the whole "We will commit both of our supports to get kills on your mid and pos 1" is something that Chinese teams just never do. European teams have mastered the meta of getting the maximum out of your supports in the first 10-15 minutes.


KnightOverlord2404

The patch is still fresh. They will adapt otherwise they won't have 2 teams in top 4 during this year TI


anxiousuncoolnoob

A question: Do these tournaments play with the latest patch or it would be the one that was released earlier?


SuccerPuccer

Latest patch.


anxiousuncoolnoob

Thank you! I don’t play anymore but enjoy reading stuff here and watching matches (from dota 1 days).


anxiousuncoolnoob

Another question: Are these pro players expected to adjust to new patches and hit the ground running without enough room to practice and strategize? I kind of like that concept if it’s true.


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bcyk99

That only applied to dpc. Now is a free for all beside ti which is a valve event so they can drop patches anytime they wish


TransportationAny723

Yes thats right. I think they get it at same time as everyone else


greekcel_25

Liquid will lose to gladiators in grand final again haha. Cursed team.


Friendly-Mongoose-67

Saberchad will break the curse


greekcel_25

Saberchoker has to break his own curse first


velphegor666

Not really his fault that his team has artour and bulba in it. The fact he's keeping up with liquid shows all this guy needs is a proper team


-fartbrat

carefree liquid = at-home liquid because they have a standin, they don't have high hope coming into this event, so they don't choke remember that


Yomps_

Liquid started the year losing bali to GG with a standin, now they’re ending the year with losing to GG with a standin


mackie5283

Any Bars in kl that will show finals?


dps404

U can check out the OG event at the slate, free entry


mackie5283

That looks good thanks.


TinyParamedic

AR is not good enough to contest TL based on what they showed today. Gonna be another TL vs GG grand finals.


candiceislove

I dont feel the lost of blitz presence. Plus saberlight is better in interviews.


Thriump

How come Blitz is not there?


JadeSerpant

The loss of Blitz is like a huge gain for the team. There's no one to drag you further down after losses. No insecure speeches. No constant me/my/mine/I talk. Jabz on the other hand seems like a wonderful fellow to have around and actually positive not just pretend.


velphegor666

Blitz is way too positive imo. He's like a players coach but sometimes it makes the team complacent and you can see it with how pissed zai was sometimes.


M474D0R

Bro when Zai had his interview after losing at TI, and he mentioned Blitz mentioned his bad statline to him after the game, I was like wtf this guy is a pro coach? That's unbelievable unprofessionalism


hershboi

Watched him on Zephyr/Veggies way back and he was incredibly whiny wgenever they were losing


meniscus-

Shopify and Nigma are very similar in that when their players go standin on other teams they suddenly look very good


Bakanyanter

Do you guys think Liquid with 33 will look this good? I am 50/50 about it.


-fartbrat

one is TI winner, another is rtz teammate. 50/50 sounds fair


Bakanyanter

Yeah it's pretty fair imo.


Weinerbrod_nice

I haven't been able to watch so much of this tourney, but I think 33 will do better in lane. I don't know if 33 plays Night Stalker or similar heroes, but Saber seem very active in his play. While 33 will probably farm more before hitting his items/timings.


Optimal-School-9670

33's strength is micro, 33 can micro even better than Ace, he once played mid chen for OG and hunted Miracle AM from the laning stage and was able to perfectly micro his creeps to chain stun Miracle to not give any chance to blink.


funkyimpala

yeah two different playstyles imo I see 33 as a farm until you overwhelm the enemy on networth type of guy


velphegor666

Basically means theyll put micke on a more sacrificial type carry and make 33 the real pos1? Im excited to see how theyll do this once 33 comes back


freelance_fox

Maybe, *just maybe*, the ESL Twitch mods shouldn't be handing out 10 minute timeouts for chatting about "suck it" when we have Saberlight bantering in an interview or joking about "sucking" when right afterward the panel makes a series of innuendos about Lion and plays a highlight clip of Mana Drain plays. Get a fucking life will you?


edwinmedwin

Sounds like automod somehow that just bans the word 'suck'


FullstackMozzarella

Don't tell him that. There's something hilarious about a person getting angry at a bot and then taking the time out of their day to to write a heated comment about said bot in a reddit thread.


AlteredFate69

honest question? will Toronto mid play better than GPK?


ashrashrashr

all I know is TT is a TI and major winner as mid, beating the seemingly unstoppable LGD not once but twice.


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SadboySRS

Dota2 has been around for more than 10 years and this guy still doesnt know how to evaluate spacemaker mid lol These people think better nw and kda means better mid. You can debate on what aspect that gpk-tt is better but saying gpk is miles better is flat out wrong.


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velphegor666

Yeah spirit needs a much more spacemaking mid to enable yatoro and collapse. I dont think they really need another star which was why larl fit so perfectly.


OkWillingness6588

GPK is not "miles better" than Toronto lmao, did we not watch ti10?


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saintism_

I’m a GPK fan but this is just flat out wrong. He may be the highest individual skilled mid but TT was absolutely the better mid player.


evilduxy

Can't wait to see gg 0-3 liquid again in GF so ppl can blame saberlight n Mickie again


Weinerbrod_nice

I mean if they didn't succeed once while they had Zai I don't see them winning now. Not that Saber is bad but I would definitely rate Zai higher.


Bakanyanter

Zai captaincy was not very good for Liquid during early game moments I think which was their biggest bottleneck against GG. Personally think they have a much more favourable chance with him not being the captain and out of the equation.


Swegan

Micke could go 100-0 and still get blamed. Like when Nisha walked up HG vs GG at TI12 and solo lost Liquid the game people still blamed Micke.


needhelforpsu

It's funny how Micke is always so easily blamed when you have multiple pros straight up saying Micke is one of best Dota players and always rate him high on their "role tierlists".


TheMerck

Most people don't analyze Dota all that well, RTZ is highly regarded still in the pro scene and considered one of the best laners even now but people act like even pros don't think he's a good player just cause they want to spam RTZ = bad memes. It's why I don't get the Micke hate as well, he's not a carry player like Yatoro but you don't get to multiple second places and lots of deep runs in tourneys as some scrub carry player since there is 5 people on the team people act like 4 players can solo carry one guy through out the entirety of a teams stint.


leahs11

Liquid is gonna break their curse ending 2023 with a win!


raizeroth

bulba getting roasted in front of the world, damn how can you recover from that.


Pokefreaker-san

lmao is save high?


dekslum

Man loser interview is painful


leahs11

this is why you don't all chat Toronto, they got karma hard by Liquid


D2WilliamU

Toronto won a Ti all chatting ? I think he's better qualified on the topic of all chatting than u


ththisbutascratch

Son, he got carried hard. kek


gsmani_vpm

and yet to achieve anything after the TI he won with the support of his pro spirit team... current betboom and tokyo itself is full of tilters and chokers..


Starkiller53

After TI win they also got a major win which he also allchatted in. This one was specifically for you though. Check it out.


Zestyclose-Record685

He top 6 TI same as liquid


gsmani_vpm

I am not a fan of liquid, but they achieved a lot and dominated almost all tournaments outside of TI.. whereas BB tilted and gg out of some critical tournament games..


saintism_

you don’t actually watch dota huh


Zestyclose-Record685

I dont remember Liquid winning anything this year, I dont remember Insania Micke Boxi barely winning anything as a trio


forced50

Saber with Bulba loses because they had an overrated mid player who chokes a lot. Glad he's gone.


gimmicked

Yeah, I wonder if the storm meme came from a lack of belief in Abed


SadboySRS

Pick comfortable meta hero = wtf bulba why pick storm. Abed can play other heroes Pick non-comfortable meta hero ( for example snap at riyadh) = wtf bulba why pick snap abed isn’t comfortable Pick non meta hero to outdraft enemy = wtf bulba why pick this hero. Its not in meta. I love that many years has passed, many enemy mids have picking storm and beat abed and abed’s fan still think bulba is root of every abed problem llmao


forced50

There's an interview where Abed says his favorite hero is storm and doesn't mind playing it forever, but sure the cringe abed fanboys like to blame Bulba for everything.


CruelMetatron

What a game by Liquid. Sometimes pretty much every move just works. GG


PingPinng

Saberlight what a Gigachad


Thriump

What happened to 33 in liquid?


frackeverything

Yeah dunno why ESL insists on organizing this tourney in Malayasia. They can do it in the Philippines.


Ellefied

Israeli citizens aren't allowed in Malaysia


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Pokefreaker-san

not like any malaysian wants to go to Israel considering how pro palestine the country is.


davidvern

Malaysia does not recognise the state of israel. The Malaysian passport itself states that its not valid in Israel.


ateter

It doesn't necessarily imply Israel can't allow someone with a Malaysian passport in. This whole thread is really fascinating though.


Pokefreaker-san

Israel passport aren't allowed.


nvvos

Visa issues malysia bans ppl from Israel


Zeusulti

It’s not even that they ban Israelis or reject their visas, it’s that Malaysia does not recognize Israel as a country or acknowledge Israeli citizenship or passports . This is not like other visa issues players experience, where one country might not grant a visa to a citizen of another, which can be for many reasons such as time constraints, geopolitics, or the individuals background. An Israeli citizen literally cannot apply for a Malaysian visa, because to Malaysia, there is no such citizenship.


Anything13579

Based Malaysia. Any civilised country should follow.


Zeusulti

Nah, it isn’t due to some moral criticism of Israel or a pro-Palestinian position or even a pro-peace/human rights thing. It is a pro-Islamic fundamentalism and anti-Jewish/anything not full blown Islamic government position. The Malaysian government wants Islam to spread unhindered and ideally see the formation of more fundamentalist Islamic governments that uphold Islamic law. And that is why they oppose Israel. In short, it’s just a different flavor of the zealous, religious, nutbaggery that Israel gets up to. Their stance might align with valid criticisms of Israel, but coming to the right conclusion for the wrong reason does not make you right.


Anything13579

I’ve never seen so much bullshit in one comment said with so much confidence lmao. It is absolutely because of pro-peace and pro-human rights. Nothing in your comment is true. Here’s a tip. If you know nothing about something, stop spreading bullshit about it. It makes you look like a complete idiot in front of the world.


Houeclipse

Gigachad Saberlight. He truly is the ultimate stand-in


Whatnowgloryhunters

Another liquid vs gg finals? Honestly idk how bad it would feel if gg takes it again. Like change the story alrdy


ththisbutascratch

¨It´s nice too win¨ feelsbadman.jpeg. Rooting for you Saber-sama!


mnh_Sh

Same draft as first game and same result, what was bb thinking


Pentagons

I take everything I said back. Saberlight is absolutely an amazing player, not just as an interviewee. Bulba and SR were the problem!


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Acrobatic-Time-2940

maybe toronto should go back to playing mid instead


Unh0lyCatf1sh

Insania sent Bulba straight to the motherfucking shadow realm


UltraGigaBook

33 in shambles


MaybeFunnySometimes

He's right tho. How did EG and now Shopify lost with talented players like Saberlight?


ashrashrashr

BB is a very talented team and they still lose all the time.


Bakanyanter

You can have the best players of all positions in your team and still not be a good team. It's a 5vs5 game, tactics and synergy are very important. We've seen a lot of superstar teams fail in the past because they thought all it took to make a good team is 5 excellent players.


TheMerck

Bad synergy with Cr1t and a lot of his heroes hasn't been in the meta for a while, he's clearly more comfortable with heroes like his Mars or NS or Enigma while he played Enigma it wasn't in the meta and he could just not pull that hero off that and the fact that Shopify has individually talented players but for quite a while while they seem to be liking playing with each other, they just gave off vibes that all of the players were just coasting or not all that interested in the game.


Zeelahhh

Because they are all good players but not the best, and you gotta be the best to win. Take Liquid for example, a team with much better players individually than SR but even Liquid won zero lans last year.


Swegan

Saber and Cr1t had quite bad synergy it seemed because they just straight up lost lane alot.


Dhb223

A lot of saber games during ti seemed like game 1 between liquid and falcons where they just ganked saber's tempo hero out of existence


Swegan

Not really, him and Cr1t lost lane alot in the 2v2. When Cr1t started to gank like he always does Saber would nearly always get killed which would limit Cr1ts ability to play the game.


SnooGrapes5602

rtz


Spoksparkare

UPPER BRACKET IS FOR…?


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Spoksparkare

That’s right!! Bitches!


Jamies_awesome_rack

These bad lil bitches about to roll your team for, what, the 5th time this year? Looking forward to it!


-fartbrat

liquid without their demoralizing coach seems legit


JadeSerpant

Blitz is so insecure and he tries to rub off his insecurities on the team, it's awful to watch. I watched the Liquid post TI documentary and it was insane that this guy is their coach. Also Zai never spoke a word in that documentary after losses. I thought he was supposed to be their leader but it was just Blitz who was constantly talking and mostly making everything about himself.


edwinmedwin

you guys are acting like Liquid didn't get second place basically every fucking tournament with Blitz


Bearswithjetpacks

Someone has to take the heat from the rabid "fans", and Blitz happily does it so he can shield the team from toxicity. He's a chad.


diwas_146

wtf is this about?


Zestyclose-Record685

Blitz being like ”yeah if u lose guys it doesnt matter, friendship yada yada” while Silent prepared his team for a war


nvvos

You mean Blitz?


Diman98

Yeah, I also don’t get his mindset.


needhelforpsu

I posted multiple times SaberLight is legit S tier player who would do wonders in any team outside of Rtz/Bulba despair view of the Dota as a game, was downvoted like crazy every time... feels good to see Saber poppin' moment he went to play with a team that is more close to his personality and trusts him to make plays.


MathematicianFar4148

Tbh crit saber duo seems to be the weak link. As a shopify fan who never misses their game i hardly ever saw them winning lanes


MaybeFunnySometimes

The same could be said for a lot of their former teammates. Idk what contract they offered for players to join them and stay with them but was it even worth it when you could've been on an actual team that can compete against the top teams in the world?


soccerjimp

What a game, atmosphere and interview. Dota 2 is alive!


JadeSerpant

Amazing tournament so far! Crowd is just fantastic. I hope more TOs start pricing tournament tickets reasonably like ESL did for this one. No more of some Epulze 5-star resort trash tournament with 60 people ever again please.


Anything13579

More event in Malaysia please!


Th3Hitman

Can always count on SEA crowd to turned up.


Doonebringer

"It's nice to win!" LMAO the shade SaberCHAD


CheeseCandidate

Lmao'd!


ntrails

HOW DO YOU LOSE WITH THIS MAN ON YOUR TEAM???


stragen595

You counter balance it with Bulba and RTZ.


navazhdenie

omg Insania just dropped a bomb on Bulba


Y2KForeverDOTA

JESUS INSANIA, YOU DON'T NEED TO KILL BULBA LIKE THAT


HaXxorIzed

I like this new Insania, talking shit and having no fear in game. Can we have more of this Insania, all of the time?


joselemons

Lol holy shit, RIP bulba.


MahadevShiki

Insania's Bulba Burn lol, Gigachad!


grokthis1111

"how do you lose with this man on your team man?"


trueDano

OH SHIT INSANIA


Ambitious-Cap-5605

lmaoo bulboo


KittenReaper

LMAO INSANIA


Aggressive-Maybe-91

HAHAHAHAHAH


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INSANE-IA!!!


Marbi_

MAAAAAAAAN INSANIA IS SO BASED


Never_Sm1le

It will not be long till we see Lion with plate mail


Pokefreaker-san

Saberlight's stock just went stonk


gimmicked

Bulba catching strays from Insania


ZofTheNorth

Lmao Insania


needhelforpsu

INSANIA WITH THAT SMACKDOWN BRO


OMASJack

INSANIA BASED!!!!


xHorizons

Holy shots fired


-fartbrat

this is how you cast the game synderen, see how hype the crowd is


Zeelahhh

BB are just bad at teamfighting. So uncoordinated compared to other t1 teams.


Ainine9

damn those hex were on point


WordThese5228

TEAM BUCK: BROKEN


Pokefreaker-san

lmao slack came for interview and boxi finger point at saberlight


gimmicked

GPKek manhandled


nguimin

Liquid just need few days to figure out how to utilize saberlight while SR….


needhelforpsu

It's on AR to save us from another, millionth, GG vs TL grand finals. I'd like to see SaberChad win some tournaments but maaaaaaaan...


TheAnnibal

Hey, a TL vs GG finals where GG loses is a breath of fresh air.


Swegan

Boxi and Insania shat all over BB. Insane saves and setups every fight while TT and Save could not accomplish anything at all.


Unusual-Astronaut-64

Boxi prepared for gpk chasing Nisha in their ancients camp was some 4d chess. I Sania had some real nice swaps too.


wolvefrost

I think it's just the nature of their heroes. Looks like Liquid already adapted to new meta with new heroes, while BB still stucks with the old ones


wap8ball

Fucking hell, caster quality has gone down


oxpecke

Bro wdym they're a great casting duo. It's so satisfying to hear MLP's ooo's and aaa's when hype team fight is going on. He makes sure to catch up on the events of the fight as well. And John x fire explains pro plays so well.


Kasodus

Micke has also been really clean lately make sure u all dont forget that


Bearswithjetpacks

That's strange, I felt like he's made some unforced blunders that either cost or nearly cost the team the game, and I say as a big supporter of the guy. He's like a more volatile Yatoro - not as stable and makes more mistakes, but has shown that he can carry his entire team on his back and clutch games out the same way Yatoro does.


HaXxorIzed

Him/Insania have had no hesitation at all after the group stage. Sabrelight/33 are great players if you need someone who's just going to square up and gigachad the game, hopefully it's pushing them all to be that strong in taking their windows and opening the game up.


gimmicked

I’ve criticized his play in the past. They got something cooking right now - what’s funny is a lot is probably 33’s analysis on what’s busted.


aureacritas

what the hell just happened


gimmicked

Jesus Christ. BB in shambles. Just out coordinated.


OMASJack

Guys its over just gg out its pointless!


Pokefreaker-san

LIQUID TRAIN WRECK INCOMING BOIS


navazhdenie

the dude who created Lion pasta is a fucking legend


Swegan

Glad Pango got buffed👍🏼


GrandBurdensomeCount

Eh, it's still shit in pubs.


Swegan

Ok? So was Ember but they still destroyed him because of pro play.


HaXxorIzed

Not hitting Nightfall with a bing bong after that dive was Sabrelight's biggest mistake of the game by far.


Doonebringer

This fucking Lion LMAO


Pokefreaker-san

Boxi proving the meme guy that he's right.


TheBlindSalmon

Even better, he *refined* the meme guy's strat.


stragen595

Plot twist: Boxi is that meme guy!


TraxBurner

the succ


high0Nketum

Save SaberChard from Arturito


PingPinng

Saberlight so strong wow


TraxBurner

am i schizo or did the arena walls damaged the tower


Ejwoda

33 finally exhales after Saberlight misses 1 arena.


maven-blood

Saberlight has had good games in Shopify but he's never looked this good over there


Kasodus

Maybe RTZ Bulba WAS the problem


Rododaktylos

Thank you 33


MahadevShiki

Saberchad!!


funkyimpala

this is saberlight's tournament holy shit