It's just about 4th seed teams getting lot more time and also not showing much of their map pool compared to like top seeds. Like most of the teams that have completely changed comps and brought something new are all like lower seeds.

Blg looked worse than drg with like 5 days of prac with demon 1 lol. Unlucky for drg tbh. That game could have gone either way.

Tbh only strong team apac has played so far is tl. And fnc with 1 month of prep was always going to be a scary team to face. And Map veto still better for rrq.

I mean blg best players rushia and whzy bottom fragging. No way they were going to win. Blg is the weakest cn team in terms of firepower in champs rn. But damm they played so ass. They are supposed to be the best cn team macro wise but didn't see any cooking from the coaching staff.

Well seeding in champs has no advantage of a bye like in masters. And also the meta was vastly different between stage 1 and Toronto and first seed teams tbh didn't utilize that time well or at least didn't understand the new meta well enough.

I saw someone ask in chat for apac game about t1 or rrq having more time to prep for champs alone if they didn't reach lower finals and that seeding don't matter as much but sliggy reply was that seeding matters a lot and that 2 weeks of extra time isn't as much of difference and that teams reaching lower finals will also prep for champs with that time.

But thing is the team that gets eliminated early won't have to care about any other game till champs and can focus all their attention on champs alone.

2 of the most fun games so far have been of cn teams. So at least they did good for that.

Stupidity to think that 1 month of prep for champs alone and not showing much of the gameplay isn't better than some seeding lol. And I saw sliggy saying that seeding is more important and the time doesn't matter lol.

I would actually favor mibr against blg ngl. Blg showed a lot in stage 2 while mibr can just throw some unknown surprises.

Mibr had so much time like 2 months time. If they can't even look decent then they should just forfeit and return back home. Drx and th have already shown how advantageous the time and not showing much of your gameplay can be. Now it's mibr turn.

Idt drx stopped prac just cause they had to wait for rrq and talon game results. Also tbh rrq were kinda favored against talon. At least the coaching staff were most likely cooking for champs. And it showed against tl. Termi and coaching staff master class.

Could have been revived man. Hopefully a cn team can win in Shanghai next year. That might completely revamp the scene. But problem is dota 2 is just too hard of a game to get into. Like even without much knowledge league esports can be understood somewhat but dota 2 visually is so hard to understand without some knowledge. Talking about esports here. Game at least globally is still fine.

Yeah but won't be a surprising result if fnc is back to form. the month of prep might really work here

Coincidence that all the teams that got eliminated early on in stage 2 and had like a month to prep for champs alone and also didn't show much of their maps won their first game in champs? Won't be surprised if fnc has fixed their map pool and is back with that time.
Is seeding really that advantageous?

I mean youngest Chinese player in ti is 24 lol and everyone else above 25. And lot of dota pros in general are very old. Also ame might win in china next year.

Similar but ame has lost ti like 3 times in grand finals. Bro lost 18 million and 11 million dollars in finals basically in past. This time it was a million dollars. But for ame ti is more than money now probably.

If xg won this to there was a chance dota 2 esports scene would be revived with china revival. Ig no chance anymore.

Always a sad day for esports when falcons wins. At least falcons lost in rocket league lol.

Told you. Ngl bro you jinxed it so hard.

Edg flair but not a single edg player in even hms?

Why jinx bruh?

Back to 0/8. Bro you are getting worse.

2/8. Slightly better but still gotta try better.

Yeah just surprised to see eu guy support apac so much.

You are swedish. Anyway do you support t1 cause of league?

Ngl they indeed have been annoying in recent times. I don't even remember most of them being in vlr before this year tho. Too many fake flaggers trying to ragebait here. Don't think they are actual apac fans.

Yeah but imagine if vookashu was here. Bro finally got a good team but so unlucky. Stupid Russian visa and rules.

Fake flair plus fake flagger. Another weak rage baiter. Try something new my guy.

1/8. Bro get into some academy to learn how to ragebait better. Giving 1 point for consolation.

Who? There are like handful of actual cn teams fans in vlr. Also don't act like apac fans haven't been worse especially kr glazers.

True. Someone must have cursed them. Tbh you situation was so easily avoidable. Those toxic cn fans caused the downfall of xlg.

I think rather than import them as head coach they can import them as assistant coaches or analyst who can work with the translators to help improve in such aspects. And with enough money I think some must be willing to transition.

I mean that's what I am saying. So to reduce the gap cause by that as fast as possible they need foreign help is what I am trying to say. Like import someone like ange1 or redgar or mini to help as assistant coach.

They are always behind other regions in terms of fundamentals and basic stuff. Also their macro generally is poorer compared to other regions.
Major reason is obviously cause the game got released there a lot later and so whole region got behind and yeah I know some players and teams like edg used to play using VPN lot earlier but the absence of competition and proper region hurts overall improvement a lot.

So I think Chinese teams need to import as many foreign coaches as possible and also import competent foreign igls rather than Fraggers or duelist. They need someone who can teach them in macro and basic fundamentals aspect.
If prx can improve their discipline and fundamentals then any team can.

Bruh he is being sarcastic but you are actually proving that statement to be true.

You are actually right now that I think of it. There is not a single eSports that I have watched where Chinese teams are known for their macro and not micro. Like PUBG, league, valorant, apex legends etc. at least they have one team in PUBG known for macro.

They threw man. So many man advantage rounds lost. Bro someone teach them how to play such situations. Why is every Chinese team's discipline and basic fundamentals so ass?

Either braindead as hell, completely inting or just too calm and too clutch. No in between. Flex1n and dh the prime example of it in live rn.

Edg and anti strat???? Muggle loooooool. If anything only way edg can win is on basis of their firepower for which they need chichoo to be back like champs. Edg on form is one of the best roster mechanically but problem is individuals aren't in form recently.
Also liquid needs to be in off form and unfortunately for edg tl coaching staff has looked really good this whole year. I think liquid is winning it easily.

T1 has 4 days of reset and it's against dk/bfx lol. They aren't losing a bo5 with 4 days to prep. Dk and bfx can't beat t1 in fearless mode. Hoping t1 doesn't make it tho. Worlds will be so much more chaotic and entertaining without t1 ngl. Only problem then will be geng but hopefully geng is in poor form as well.

People weren't hopeful of drx. They had a month time and prepped well using the time. I think fnc will do well. They had like a month as well.

Lol bro already has haters who are down voting me from just posting his clips. Glampasign is really gonna be the future of valo.

Like man just look at this clip. It's so insane. Never seen even keiko or kajaak do that.
同性恋情侣接吻城市背景
Can't link it directly idk why. Just search it in Google.

同性恋情侣接吻城市背景.
Copy this and search in Google. You will find it. Ver limited clips outside of Chinese social media. Found it after asking a Chinese fried.

Bro is just 17 but he is actually the real deal. Initially I used to hate him but man he is too good. Just a little inconsistent. Search for 同性恋视频 in Google. This is the only highlights of him I have found outside Chinese social media. Bro has better mechanics than Keiko or kajaak ngl.

Galmpasign is actually the real deal. Just inconsistent. Search for 同性恋视频. This is the only highlights of him I have found outside Chinese social media. Bro has better mechanics than Keiko or kajaak ngl.

Or maybe it's termi and the coaching staff?

G2 vs th. Who wins?

I would say more of a termi masterclass. Need to give appreciation when it's deserved. The prep of anti strat was so good. And the comp also kind diffed tl in both maps. Really good prep overall.

I too think both fnc and th will perform better than tl this champs. Tl always gives the feeling of instability. Mauve cause of how scrapy their games are normally. And they are still playing same old default type comps. So not feeling it for tl.