I think that, of all the teams at this tournament, LG is the only one that the analysts severely undervalued

zqk was their worst player easily, they're fairly tactical, fallen has been playing a very strong awp game, and fer is a monster

I think that if boltz can entry consistently well (like vs kinguin and unlike vs envyus) that they'll take it

judging by the bans, mouz must have done it based on maps they felt uncomfortable on, not based on the other team's strength, which suggests they saw themselves as an overwhelming favorite

still weird they banned inferno tho, considering flipside lost 16-1 to nip AND navi on it at eswc even with s1mple, not to mention that they got rekt on it by envyus yesterday...

I probably agree with this, although clg is generally a better ct side team than a t team

damn clg's doing pretty good, I thought they got kinda fucked by the randomizer (mirage and train being two maps they have a better history on, albeit also maps that navi is very good on), but their cbble looks better than I expected thus far

navi's t side on this map is frightening tho so it's not over yet

up.

goddamn, if fnatic is back in that sort of ct form, this tournament is theirs to win

this team is very ranga

ranga ranga ranga

ranga

some of the things that annoy me most about the loose cannon:

1) some people are better at timing it to double donk than others, obviously, but there are so many places on maps that seem almost designed to make them easy by just tap spamming as kaidus said (for instance, gullywash choke to big door, roughly the length of the point on viaduct, mid to saw room entrance on snakewater, etc.)

2) the effect it has on ubers is so ridiculous, plus it's really arbitrary based on map/whether u get a double donk or not, plus it does just enough dmg to make it where a medic can't even choose whether to milk or not because no medic will milk that hard, PLUS you can't even reach the demo with hitscan like you can a pyro so it doesnt have the same level of counter

3) any weapon whose principle effect is to stall someone's movement is detrimental to fun a lot of the time

4) combined with the nerfs to stickies, demos who run the loose cannon are massively rewarded on damage stats. I have yet to determine how much this translates to a substantive difference in gameplay (ie if that free extra 2000 dmg is useful dmg). if it is, then the weapon is too much of an upgrade to pipes. if it isn't then demos who use it will be fellated without merit and elevated to better teams than they deserve because so many people look at stats to judge someone's skill whether they admit it or not

this is almost as infuriating as the time where I got minus fragged for pointing out someone was wrong when they said the best way to win snakewater mid was to jump both soldiers onto the logs up top and just sit there spamming down

1) when ubers come into play the game inherently bottlenecks into fewer options

2) part of being strategic is being able to make decisions quickly

3) part of being strategic is knowing ahead of time what will happen so that a chaotic situation becomes less chaotic

4) part of strategy is teamwork and chemistry which is more tested by chaotic situations

if the pinnacle of your idea of strategy is "LET US SPAM WHILE OUR ROAMER BOMBS THEIR MEDIC" then you're correct

I bet the people who are minus fragging me still believe "viaduct doesn't take any strategy, the team with better DM just wins"

jesus christ y'all are stupid

anyone who thinks the slowness of any map brings out more strategic gameplay is a dummy

I suppose mid fights are the least strategic part of them game then???

is someone gonna explain to this dolt how utterly whoosh'd he got or are we just gonna let him stew in his own ignorance

im gonna assume the latter

garlic by far

mixup hated it so it got voted out