Ironic or apropos?
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Ironic or apropos?
wakajawaka
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Sounds about right to me. No chances for TongFu, I guess?
Really looking forward for the EU qualifiers: Mouz, Empire, Qpandas, Rox.Kis, Eg/vp...
In my third year spanish class during high school, all we did was fill out coloring extra credit assignments that were worth more than the final. My teacher had a broken hip and a soft voice, so she sat at her desk and used a megaphone to speak to the class. A student carved "hips don't lie" into her classroom door and she put in her retirement notice soon after.
I didn't learn shit that year. Thankfully everyone I've played with in dota understands english.
Also ksan don't forget about Rattlesnake.
TongFu hasn't really done anything lately, they're definitely gonna be in the qualifiers though.
Yeah, they're really good, but I still think both MUFC/VG has proven more, so I'm nearly sure they're gonna be in the qualifier
Head of Vengarl
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I took Spanish 101 in college and it was terrible. The professor assumed we all took it in high school and treated it as a "refresher" course, which meant she sped through all of the basics and I was behind pretty much from the get-go. Total bullshit. I only got 3 C's in college and that was one of them.
I haven't seen VG play, are they actually good or is it just big-name ZSMJ?
shira
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씨발!
그래, 한국인은 DOTA에 아주 나쁜입니다.
i took korean in high school
wakajawaka
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Hah, scrubs. My Spanish is native level.
T> dirty words in spanish class for rares
Edit: Also Does E-Home still exist? Loved the tiny wisp doto
probably because I'm spanish
T> dirty words in spanish class for rares
Edit: Also Does E-Home still exist? Loved the tiny wisp doto
shira
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Nappun? Probably low skill might be better? Dota chal mot hae.
They're really good, just smashed Orange (in a bo1 though). With ZSMJ replacing sydm, they have cty where he should be; mid.
SteveWinwood
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I took Latin in college.
I wonder how many ancient Romans I'll run into in dota.
I wonder how many ancient Romans I'll run into in dota.
shira
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wakajawaka
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I don't think that's real latin.
shira
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Pig Latin?
Dreams-Visions
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I'd put good money on VP, EG and QPad getting in.
But I didn't realize there was a limit going to the West and East.
Head of Vengarl
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I took 日本語 in high school and college. 6 years and I could still barely hold a 2 minute conversation. But hey I got a trip to Japan out of it, so that was cool.
Is that Odin Sphere?
Shit they already put EGM's Windrunner in a game
Is that Odin Sphere?
http://dotabuff.com/matches/181858120
This was a very scary game for a while. I'd picked up a team member in the Giant Bomb channel and they hadn't played much (Drow), and the Disrupter randomed him and went for void stone immediately (I told him not to, but he said "trust me"). I started as support after seeing that neither ES nor Disrupter were doing so, but I had to go teamfight/semicarry after I started getting kills and only TA and I were doing well.
This was a very scary game for a while. I'd picked up a team member in the Giant Bomb channel and they hadn't played much (Drow), and the Disrupter randomed him and went for void stone immediately (I told him not to, but he said "trust me"). I started as support after seeing that neither ES nor Disrupter were doing so, but I had to go teamfight/semicarry after I started getting kills and only TA and I were doing well.
OH nice! Can I get a vod link to that? Definitely want to see dat ZSMJ.
Dragon's Crown. I might actually buy a PSVita for that one game...
Yeah, they picked him a few times. I don't think they ever won with him though.
Dragon's Crown.
shira
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Sequel of sorts = Dragon's Crown - same dev
I'd like to see KP over Qpad just to see some unusual picks for EE.
SteveWinwood
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It is. And it's actually conjugated correctly which is a rarity in these things that use latin (bioshock infinite had a really strange one recently). Means Born to Conquer.
wakajawaka
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I'm not a latin expert, but born to conquer should be constructed in sbjunctive mode (ut xxx), I think. You don't use an infinitive form jsut like that.
GordonHalfman
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Can anyone link me a good Nature's Prophet replay to watch? He feels like a game changing hero when played well, though I feel completely useless with him when the game goes badly. The split push doesn't seem worth trying if their heroes can 1v1 you easily. I also think I'm missing a trick with his jungling as I'm quite slow.
shira
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Procarbine
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Even though this was from a while ago, I think it bears clarification. NaVi didn't do anything wrong here. They accidentally drafted CK at the last pick of the first pick phase and informed Alliance immediately they wanted to switch it to rubick, and then banned rubick immediately after. Alliance would've never had a chance to pick him and they didn't get an "extra ban", they just swapped a consecutive pick and ban.
For jungling, remember as a Treant gets lower health, pull it out and let the creeps hit the other one, and repeat this. Start with the small camp, gradually move up to the medium. As you get more levels in Nature's Call, you can take on the large camps.
For the split push, it's all about pushing behind their backs. Are there 5 X's on the top lane? Then TP bottom and push it. Assuming you have maxed your TP quickly, you have that thing on a 20 second cooldown, so by the time they try to stop you, you can walk away, and TP out.
Also, CARRY A TP, EVEN ON NATURE'S PROPHET! If something goes wrong on a TP, you still have something to fall back on to get out. It can also be used aggressively. I LOVE sniping the walking courier early game. Just watch the map for it and you can make the TP for it.
SteveWinwood
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It's been many years, but I don't remember what would be wrong with using the indicative because it's a likely future outcome. But most of what I remember about subjunctive is dependent clauses, and there really isn't much room for that here. It wasn't "I was born to conquer" which is what I think you're going for with the ut.
Also I wasn't terribly good at latin, I just took it lol.
CarbonatedFalcon
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The other thing about Prophet that I've realized is that Shadow Blade is easily worth a first item on him (perhaps after midas, treads, basilius though). You can channel the teleport while invis, so just split push and people coming? Pop that shit walk away a bit and teleport out scot free. It's definitely my ideal choice now if I remember to get it over Orchid.
sorijealut
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a PS3, you mean.
Bro I don't play console games unless it's the naruto fighting game. PSVita version is better.
Whatever dude. You're such a NaVi groupie.
Archie beat you to that a while ago.
Sugoi!
I took Japanese, been working on traditional Chinese Hanzi, and now working on Korean. You got some catching up to do bro.
remember when you threw with PA and lost to anbokr weaver
Bo was doing so well on Invoker and you just had to throw it all away
shira
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Some tricks.
- pull the creeps at :53-54 on the clock so you have 2 camps at the same time (might want to wait till you are producing 3+ treeants at a time)
- if your treeants are on cooldown teleport to the top of the mountain on the radiant side (creep camp nearest to the radiant fountain)
- use your groupings and creep multiple camps at the same time
- if you finish all the camps go to the other side's jungle
- don't forget to kill the ancients and Rosh
lel, pa ain't cancer.
Heavier than Select?
Yeah, I don't think there's any chance of Pandas getting an invite. I still think they're strong contenders for the qualifiers, though.
What's the Wild Card slot going to be used for? Anyone have ideas?
じょうず!
I got shit in high school. Only had boring French lessons and I think I've come across 1 French player in Dota.
Runner ups in the east/west qualifiers duke it out the day before TI3 to see who gets the Wild Card spot.
And yea idk, waga's play has never been really impressive to me.
It's cause he's not an impressive player :d
He's probably the most boring player I've ever seen.
wakajawaka
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The other day I was playing with gaffers and I made that mistake Waga just made. We were smoked and I went #yolo against an illusion. It was absolutely embarassing, and I'm ubershit tier ._.
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