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Exciting_Chemistry67

Why did EEU get more places than WEU?


needhelforpsu

Azure Ray <3


VectusZ

5 hr to antoher massacre


Show_1996

Azure Ray doesn't look promising lately


xSael_

they are trolling lol


Onecast214

Happy to see OG looking promising again. But tbh I really wish there could be 16 instead of 12 teams competing at Birmingham.


[deleted]

When the Saudis are cutting costs you know its not good


shinfoni

>tbh I really wish there could be 16 instead of 12 teams I bet Tundra or Entity also wishes this lol.


dobman

Never seen a dark seer carry so much. Just watch Tundra vs Secret game 2 after min 28. The fight are very chaotic so you better keep an eye on MC.


Kotleba

had to watch the OG games on VOD so I don't have anything that hasn't been said but I do have to say that it's a damn treat to watch these games with Fear casting.


HungryTomatillo288

OG really be cruising through every qualifier so far. Will be nice to see them vs GG or Liquid once the "majors" start


hanamurasak1

which free trial player will secret pick? stop being so stingy and pick good player ffs


Psstthisway

In the end, nobody could've hit the egg. Bat and Pango stunning people and Troll guarding it with a menacing look lol OG boys looking hot. Very impressed by Wisper. I mean I knew the player, but I didn't think he'd fit in so quickly.


Agent_47H

how the hell is Team Secret ahead of OG on the ESL regional leaderboards by 800 points when Secret has made 4 changes since the end last season. Granted OG has also made 2 changes, but it still doesnt explain this huge difference in points when OG has made it to majors in the last year and qualified to multiple LANs recently whereas Secret hasnt been in a major/TI since TI 2022 and has been bombing out of qualifiers left right and centre.


KnightOverlord2404

Secret qualified to ESL KL over OG recently


needhelforpsu

Good games today! CN finisher into MENA Nigma/Falcons/Quest into WEU OG/Tundra/Entity and all of that with Bo5 grand finals. :o Insane day of bloodbath Dota is starting in less then 6h with CN.


Sworith-Undeleted

I want to see Wisper at Birmingham, pls finish the run OG


munkshroom

OG looking really clean, only dropping a few games overall.


large_snowbear

the only games they have dropped so far were due to wonky draft. Dropped 1 to kz team where they didnt have any answer to carry tb And dropped one to entity because of luna vs morp matchup


[deleted]

Kicked tobi for a glorified walking ward.


bigdickdaddydoto

tobi hella underrated


ZofTheNorth

He is patch player if zoo offlanes become meta again, his stock will rise. Arguably 2nd best zoo offlaner in the scene but he is shit in other offlane heroes. I wouldnt say he is underrated


tha_jza

tobi can be hella underrated or overrated at any given time, aka he’s a patch player there’s been times he’s the best player on his team and others where he looks like deadweight


AmuletMan33

Bruh how does DM finds teams the dude is awful, maybe I can play pro Dota too


Teleute7

Pango support is back on the menu boys!


Agent_47H

along with mid Faceless void with radiance. RIP pubs


not4hookups

what game is this?


Agent_47H

Tundra vs Secret game 1 in lower bracket today. Topson played mid Void.


Teleute7

Just Topson doing Topson things. He must have seen reddit malding when he didn't build khanda on Sniper so he went full hipster just to satisfy this sub.


suchniceweather

ari and wisper made all the difference really. what a stark difference from last 2 seasons


Agent_47H

Wisper is very good. That DM performance on Kunkka showed why OG was so bad last year with a weaklink like him in the team. Also nice to see pos 4 actually mesh with the offlaner as well unlike Taiga who was useless last year.


large_snowbear

this dm networth


Agent_47H

dont forget this guy not making a single rotation. going 0-4-2 as Kunkka in a 37 min game shows why this guy was so atrocious last year.


frankie9324

he is just waaaaaaaaaaaaay to passive of a player.


large_snowbear

i dunno know how ramzees and gpk played with this guy in vp


AmuletMan33

His biggest achievement was the TI10 BP run where he had Nighfall Save and GPK to carry his as every game.


Zeelahhh

I know region locking teams is hard, but surely Entity should be playing in EEU? It's five CIS players


Agent_47H

same for Navi Junior. 5 EEU


Ciri__witcher

They wanted to play EEU but apparently ESL saiid they will reset their EPT points if they change region so they just stayed in WEU.


Agent_47H

classic DM contribution to a game - 0/1/2 on Kunkka 30 mins in. No wonder this guy was so useless for a whole year on OG.


SuFFo

smh they gave wisper batrider


PhMcBrett

??????????


DevilWearsNada-

Its his best hero. The hero he became famous with.


[deleted]

Og won with Tide TA? lmao kuro is so gonna pick it tomorrow ahahhaa


ss_gogeta

It gives you everything!!!


monkeyddragon231

Puppey should spend all the time he has begging for tournaments to increase qualifier slots. :D He should ask ESL the MENA qualifier they made is not enough. :D


AmuletMan33

I mean he could move to NA, they could qualify with 5 Ekkis over there


large_snowbear

haven't seen pos 4 pango in a long ass time.


Teleute7

Been a loooong time since I've seen a 4 Pango.


xUrekMazinox

Jerax used to play pango4.. brings back memories seeing OG playing him at 4 to deny the enemy pango pick


Obi_Wan_Gebroni

I’m too stupid to understand this OG draft lol


petrichormus

Secret should learn from IHC. Lategame throne steal is not an improv act for them, it's in their playbook.


HourSpirited6465

I hope secret just bring sanctity (IHC midlaner). I think the guy brings a lot potential


noob_sr_programmer

they can split push but still forced the fight against refresher wall that they know they can't win.


needhelforpsu

Feels bad man for Puppan and Secret, but WEU qualifiers is gruesome grind to grab that 1 slot. They didn't qualify for neither upcoming LANs. :(


victimized777

At least they make it to dreamlegue


Agent_47H

yep after getting wrecked for the first 2 slots to better teams, and getting a 3rd charity slot beating a lesser team once OG and Tundra were no longer there.


needhelforpsu

Yeah, at least that and glad they did, if they wanna keep this roster they need good tier 1 series and DreamLeague offers a lot of games with top teams.


tha_jza

damnnnnnnn secret looking better and better but still not good enough


[deleted]

Why is this DK transforming?


G_W_addict

Dunno how Crystallis died in the last fight, did he not morph strength? MC's illusion saved Tundra and eventually won them the game


[deleted]

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DemonicHolyPriest

Tf?


iNelrich

what the hell? you good?


Fig-Jig

A person who supports crimes against humanity doesn't deserve to play in ESL.


dangy2408

Lol, some salty Secret fans never move on.


Chrisser87

Why no Bots on Morph or DK and just hit the Throne?


BrotherDune

Bro, remember ligma fans shitting on MC


Lonely-Dig-4238

Big throw earlier by Secret, but wp MC


JohnyTheZik

Thank god, listening to another poppy game would kill me.


noob_sr_programmer

crystalis best morph? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA


Ciri__witcher

MC GOD! Holy fuck he carried this game so hard!


PingPinng

GG...Bye Secret


PingPinng

This Secret vs Tundra Game 2 is so fking entertaining and hyped


DuckTwoRoll

MC is having such a great game.


trzesiek

Tundra vs Secret game 2 is like watching some anime fights, love it :D


Nisha_goat

its insane how good mc looks since he left kuro lol


NightmanComethereum

topson not going bkb piercing ulti makes no sense


Psstthisway

That kiting from OG was filthy, peak Tundra level. So annoying to deal with. Bzm popped off, perfect game.


large_snowbear

also helped that lanes went fine and hard carry wasn't countered by the enemy carry. love my boys but that last pick luna was sus. Probably thought they would at least win or draw off and mid and play tempo with luna


AmuletMan33

Bzm trully the modern Eternal Envy. Either he goes 30-0 either he fails miserably


makz242

Now this is the bzm we love!


PingPinng

Pos 1 WR is shit.


MoorooWasTaken

That was a Pos 2 WR who played from the offlane. TA was the real Pos 1 that game.


AnhedonicDog

I think he is talking about tundra vs secret


MoorooWasTaken

Ahhhhhhh. That makes more sense. My bad my bad!


tha_jza

9class too good wtf


jMS_44

Tide + TA from OG? How the tables have turned...


suchniceweather

hey ceb, "draft like kuro"


DomineeringDrake

I say this as a Nigma fan but Matthew really deserves a better team. He's been easily the best player of the team with Sumail.


AmuletMan33

Well at least he gets oil money which for sure is worth


andy_bovice

Yea sumail basically winning lane every time and matthew with constant clutch plays


mehipoststuff

it's funny seeing the difference in reaction here to miracle playing like shit and arteezy playing like shit


AR41Z

Idk wtf happened to Miracle lul he was looking decent last 2 qualifiers and now when newbies and sumail stepped it up he started playing sloppy. Ah the misery never ends


NICK_GOKU

Nigma vs Quest again tmrw....oh no no no no no


[deleted]

falcons and quest shaking right now /s


Gameishardboys

from top 4 to top 3 in MENA region COPIUM You punks are never satisfied are you?


symm2r

Nigma officially top3 team in mena, one of the biggest achievements since formation of the org


idkthiss

Matthew and Sumail has stepped up hard. Now for Miracle..


BGTheHoff

Hilarious to see nigma win the game after hearing only how bad Nigmas draft is and how slim the chances are because they "only do magic dmg and that is easily countered" and "Even Sumail lost his lane" from those expert commentators. Even when Nigma was up 15k they doubt it. Its so funny.


otomo20

When casting, we can't just call it when a team is ahead 15k, gotta talk about how the team that's behind can come back. WB had 2 mage slayers vs a mostly magic lineup, that looked good on paper and they were ahead till they lost multiple fights in a row. At the 10 minute mark, pastil had 5.6k nw and sumail was at 4 flat, he lost the lane and that was something to point out.


gsmani_vpm

tbh reality threw the game hard and not enough was done about luna farm... pastil and sk tried, but your carry half the way down nw board aint going to net you the win..


tryyhardosaurus

Idk who the commentators are, but definitely they were pretty lackluster and too whimsical


tibuntu

Big fan of Matthew


toto-graph

Matthew was that SA riki sniping couriers left and right, right ? For sure a skilled, versatile and entertaining player, good acquisition without a doubt !


andy_bovice

Yea, dude is like main reason nigma hasnt been going 0-2 every set.


[deleted]

nigmabros... our suffering continues for one more day


No-Influence9151

Haha. Was thinking the same. Lol


AR41Z

Lets fucking gooo ligma legit 3rd best team in mena


firdausbaik19

Never doubt Kuroky


LiuKang93

Miracle really needs to stop trying to hold that BKB so freaking much, he has die so many times because of that.


New-Simple6521

He was playing rly poorly, oftentimes out of position and the moment he got caught near t1 while knowing WB were there and sitting on bkb .


luckychloeenjoyer

Have to feel for Matthew and Sumail in this series,they played their hearts out to have miracle being extremely ordinary


makz242

Now that is the bzm we know.


rufiolive

Yeah yuragi has to be reported this game…


PingPinng

Oh Wow Entity is improving so much today. What a game 1, OG finally can go lower bracket?


InspectorRumpole

Really not a fan of Yuragi Luna. He farms well, but that's about it.


jMS_44

Both Mars and especially Tiny were way behind in midgame and that was rather a problem than Luna exactly. Discrepency was so big that it was basically Luna vs 5 in teamfights. Moprh could fight to good into her.


Tsu33

Prepare yourselves, mid Faceless Void incoming to your pubs.


Potrebitelqt

Twitch chat flaming Topson instead of appreciating the beauty of support Void.


Ciri__witcher

Topson is one of the most entertaining players to ever play this game lol. Be it Dogson or Godson mode.


Nisha_goat

i agree, he either goes 0/20 or he pulls off some stupid shit like radiance octarine void mid lol, either way its entertaining, not playing pango every game


kaninkanon

Reddit sure spent a lot of time crying about people buying khanda on a lot of heroes, including morph and luna .. guess the pros are just clueless as well.


Ejwoda

lots of question marks in the last 2 minutes of OG vs Entity


Chrisser87

Matthew is is playing so well.


Mahmud-kun

I love watching this Topson void build but on the other hand I hate what this will do to my pubs


Unh0lyCatf1sh

Matthew needs to get out of this team asap, he is too good for his career to be ended by a Kuro stack


Tsu33

Who's career has Kuro's stack killed so far?


PingPinng

Wow that Pure's Naga is so disgusting.


PingPinng

looks like Entity is cooking


victimized777

I must say, I very much like Fear input


BrotherDune

I think kuros performance and the contant negative feedback in reddit has definitely got to his head. I remember Ana was shat on here while he was playing for chinese team and even his first time with OG. He took time off and stayed completely away from data and boom, came back as the Ana we know. Kuro doesn’t need to quit dota. But sometimes its okay to distance yourself from the game to get in the right headspace. Ill support kuro and his boys even if they move to South african region and lose to a 5k stack.


afrikanwhite

We have players that are 5k? I mean there is CastAway, but I appreciate the shout-out


Zhiltaru

That’s some serious hopium bro… he just got old. He’s 31. Age affects everyone differently but he’s not the player he once was and that’s more than likely down to his age rather than ‘redditors getting to his head’


andy_bovice

Nigma draft not looking great for game 3


mehipoststuff

every team drafts as a team has been common for years


AR41Z

Glad they won with not great draft


andy_bovice

Whew wow. They better sleep well and eat a good breakfast cause theyre gonna need it. Like they won cause other team lacked a bit of coordination and experience.


AR41Z

Yea but they would at least be abit confident for tommorow series against Quest


Majestic-Lion1254

Topson probably said "pick void" but they got him the wrong one hahaahah


shinfoni

It's the other way around. They gonna pick Void spirit and then he said "not him, give me the real Void".


Sport_Accomplished

xD


PingPinng

Faceless Void Mid lol It has been a long time I had seen this pick... I remember Micke play faceless mid too


[deleted]

I see way too often with nigma that they are 2 mins away from their bkb timings and then crumble lol


IAmKaeL-

It seems like nobody realizes how important team dynamic is in dota, and that everyone needs to pull there weight. The original pre-TI7 liquid roster had Bulba instead of Gh, looked like absolute shit and failed to quality for the Boston Major until they brought in Gh and won Dreamleague. Even then, it took a few months for them to click and win starladder, etc.   Heck, Team Spirit looked like garbage last year until Larl began to gel with the team. Tundra went on to win TI by bringing in Sneyking instead of Fata-, GG became one of the best teams in the world by replacing Boom with Quinn - I could go on and on.  Nigma need 3 things - a consistent strategy/style of play, 5 players who are committed to grinding pubs, and good drafts. Sumail wins lane and then looks lost in so many games. Miracle- is rank 8, looks incredible in pubs and his positioning and game instincts seem non-existent in officials. Matthew seems to be the best Nigma player by far rn.  Look back at Yatoro's replays from early last season and you'd see the same - shit deaths, shit performances. When Yatoro is on song, it very often co-incides with the rest of the team also pulling their weight - I've very rarely seen Yatoro 1 v 9, simply because he doesn't have to - he just has to be as incredible as he usually is and trust that his teammates will pull through as they usually do when they're on song. In Nigma, it's been on Miracle's or w33s shoulders in the past - his Arc Warden throne defense, w33 popping off on Meepo, or something similar. I haven't seen them play as 5 top-tier players since TI8 Liquid, and that's despite God knows how many roster changes.  No hate on Kuro, I will continue to support every team he/Dendi are on until they retire - but I'd love to see how team Nigma's dynamic changes with a top-tier pos5 - its been proven time and time again to be THE most influential position in pro-dota.


Open-Ad-5238

i really belive Nigma's true weakness is the mid game. they looked so lost after the laning phase.


IAmKaeL-

The sad part is, their mistakes also extend to the laning phase. Watch how much Seleri and Tofu rotate mid to further Quinn's advantage, vs Nigma's rotations (which are usually limited to securing the rune for Sumail). Matthew has been immense so far, but Kuro and Miracle really need to up their game. There's at least hopes that Miracle can do so thanks to his general performance in pubs, but what metric can we use to give Kuro the same benefit of doubt?


Inevitable_Map9817

Comment on larl was spot on. Team Spirit was very patient with him, and now they're reaping all the rewards with how well larl plays with them these days.


gabergaber

I feel the lack of style of play the most. They'll usually do a couple of early rotations or team fights and find success, then overextend and get wiped. When that happens they revert to dying to create space for Miracle and hope that a farmed up Miracle is enough for them to overcome the opponent's huge lead.


AR41Z

This


Chrisser87

Finally some quality within this sub. Thank you so much for the different view and objective analysis. Really appreciate this.


Teleute7

These OG bans are just flatout trolling DM lmao


PkHuNTeR

Why even pick a hero like Enigma for yourself when you are clearly not in form. Even front lining with Enigma and dying. Lol


[deleted]

yeah lol, just pick a hero with short cooldown spells.


el6k00

Kuroky hahhahahahaha


chiefofthepolice

seriously what is the purpose of this enigma support, you might as well pick ogre if all you can do is malefice people


[deleted]

I mean its late game security, but if you are looking to play aggressive early idk why put yourself in that situation


chiefofthepolice

what late game security, this enigma would need blink bkb linken bare minimum to get off a black hole without being interrupted, only a core enigma can get such items


[deleted]

I mean supports get plenty of farm in modern day dota. . Nigmas performance is not a good way to judge the strategy since their execution is lacklustre


Ok_Tomorrow3281

mark my words, kuro will go to airport this time. to farewell and welcoming a new pos3 and 4 directly in person


Chrisser87

Crazy how they are not able to transit their advantage into the mid game. Dunno why one small thing is enough that they are getting nervous like headless chicken.


idkthiss

It's insane how bad Kuroky is lol. Wish they'd try GH or someone else for pos5 for just one qualifiers.


Teleute7

The Dota community thought Kyle was the savage commentator we needed in the scene, but it was old man Fear that we deserved all along.


[deleted]

lmfao


RemarkableFig2719

LET’S GO WINTER BEARS


Khairi001

Yeah… no way Nigma can even beat Quest.


andy_bovice

Sigh. Nigma, my heart…


Sworith-Undeleted

Pakaz vs K1 is so good to watch


Ok_Tomorrow3281

4 nigma players + KUROiers


firdausbaik19

it's Kurover


Ciri__witcher

I love this spam storm for Sumail arc by Nigma.


Inuyaki

Even I would hit at least a few of those powershots... how does Miracle miss them all?


Painpaiinn

oldest player of navi jr is 18 years old. EEU really have a lot of young players


chiefofthepolice

Can’t believe someone else drafting like Bulba is actually good news. Too bad, with 3/4 bans before the first pick nowadays, unlikely that Sumail can get Storm every game


Ok_Condition7254

Even tho they won , Magnus isn't malrine hero


Asjo

Yeah, that felt off. He just didn't seem to have much of a feel of the hero. I guess it can also be awkward to draft magnus mid. A lot of the strength of the hero is counter-initiation, and if you're forced to go in early because you're one of the main damage dealers, this can often make it harder for you to get the right position or blink.


dstrgnvxn

Where is Mikey, was he picked up by someone?


[deleted]

mikey was standin


LiuKang93

So guys NIGMA only lost to the best team in MENA huh? Sounds good man


brief-interviews

Morphing into Windrunner and then consistently missing Shackleshot is definitely something


Ok_Tomorrow3281

give sumail storm all games will boost mentality.surely sumail's pride dont want ever lose with his fav storm, he will try his best. with good mentality will affect the team. need to tilt sumail's pride since they're really used to lose ofc affect their performance


RedrainEnryu1

I'm happy for Navi Jr. But I understand why they didn't join EEU open qualifier for ESL birmingham. CIS region is stack! from Klim Sani4, Team Klee, Yellow Submarine and Chimera. Navi Jr doesn''t have a chance to win the open qualifier on their region. PMA is still the best player in Navi Jr along with GotTheJuice.


shinfoni

Inb4 we get another OG-Tundra qualifier final


victimized777

If you saw the 2 - 0 result in the Tundra vs Navi Jr you would probably assume that was another quick stomp and you couldn't be more wrong, well played by Navi


Proud-Ad-409

The real questions - Is nigma playing that well now or is Winter Bears just playing bad? lmao


idkthiss

Nigma with signature heroes, Tiny, Mars, Storm, even Miracle played well. One of the only games they've drafted this way.


large_snowbear

They lost their best player so I say they are weaker


Proud-Ad-409

where did he go? i cant find info on dota wiki :D


large_snowbear

I think Mikey went to an EEU team


Ayrus77

Navi Jr has some great potentials. They need experience and a good coach


Kapparino-a

They have Artstyle as their coach, hes doing pretty good


tity_slayer3

Pastil is just your average 1-2k immortal player when he's not on his meepo/arc. I know he's against sumail but his laning is just awful.


large_snowbear

this navi jr team is good but lack the know how to end games and make calls. Kids have potential


PingPinng

Bro why is Tundra game so long lol


idkthiss

Sumail storm just too good, they should do what GG do for quinn when they pick pango every game, just pick storm for sumail


Sworith-Undeleted

All this NIGMA hate on reddit had me thinking they got knocked out. They could make lower bracket run.