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Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.
Puppey has said something about these two players.
Team Secret's tweet: Our captain Puppey shares some perspective on our recent additions to the squad.

I support Filipino pride and we know how armel makes good gameplay but sometimes once he got dominated in the lane it takes time before he recovers but I guess the team secret will suitable with this because of the support they can give, if I will make a comparison with Nisha and Armel still I prefer with Nisha because of his game style, and if you are a fan of team secret too they keep supporting the Filipino pride and I guess that's why they choose armel at the same time.

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Quote from: dbshck on March 11, 2023, 11:33:38 AM

I'm also placing my bet on NiP.

NiP won 2-0 against OG, sending them home. Still can't believe that OG is the second team to be eliminated from this group. There's still 1 spot left for playoff from the last chance bracket and I expect NiP to get this. It'll be a close match as they'll likely face Grayhound again but I hope NiP can learn from their mistake.

For tonight's matches, I'm placing my bets on FaZe and Grayhound, also later on NiP for the 4th place decider.

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Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

Both players are a solid addition to Team Secret, Armel might not be in the same level as Nisha but he's still a big upgrade over Boom.

Yamich was great during his time with VP/Outsiders so there's no need to question his skill level. I just hope their performance would be more than enough to push for the promotion back to Div 1.

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In the first match of the day, we watched the rooster-00nation match. Rooster made a good start by winning the map of his choice with a lot of difference. 00Nation won the map of his choice by force. In the last map, 00nation won by playing well. It cannot be said that both teams played well.
In the second match of the day, pain defeated grayhound, albeit hard. Pain played better as a team.
In the last match, OG lost to NiP. I honestly expected the OG team to win.

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Quote from: dothebeats on March 11, 2023, 05:32:04 PM

Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

Puppey has said something about these two players.

Team Secret's tweet: Our captain Puppey shares some perspective on our recent additions to the squad.

Not sure about Yamich but Armel can compete with the best of the mid laners in WEU. If given ample time for scrims, practice, and lots of tournaments, Armel can achieve success just like Abed did in previous EG. I really think that this pick up by Puppey is the best decision he's made, though I'm quite unsure of Resolution being replaced. He performed okay during their first stint of the year in the first DPC tour, while their previous mid laner needed to be dragged a lot of times on a lot of teamfights in order to be helpful to the team.

Hopefully they achieve some success on this new roster. I have lots of high hopes for Armel to do good in that region.

I also prefer that resolution stayed with Team Secret, but we do not know if he was kicked out or moved out on his own. He is going to a good team though, so his future is secured with OLD G. I think with enough time, Yamich will do good with this team. It is upon Puppey to properly guide and coach Yamich to perform well and blend well with his new team.

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Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

I thought Puppey is going to recruit Ame somehow. Imagine if any team manage to recruit this guy to play in their team, he is still a top tier pos 1 player though and still has the capability of making it to TI this year

Division 1 is getting back in around 12 hours or so, getting some of the games to bet on but too bad that it starts with EEU division instead of WEU. Hydra was a pretty good team in division 2 on the last DPC so I kinda want to watch them against One Move that was just decent

SEA DPC will also start tomorrow if you follow them. These are good matches and should be fun to watch.

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Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

I thought Puppey is going to recruit Ame somehow. Imagine if any team manage to recruit this guy to play in their team, he is still a top tier pos 1 player though and still has the capability of making it to TI this year

Division 1 is getting back in around 12 hours or so, getting some of the games to bet on but too bad that it starts with EEU division instead of WEU. Hydra was a pretty good team in division 2 on the last DPC so I kinda want to watch them against One Move that was just decent

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Quote from: sunsilk on March 11, 2023, 04:54:36 PM

Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

Puppey has said something about these two players.

Team Secret's tweet: Our captain Puppey shares some perspective on our recent additions to the squad.

Not sure about Yamich but Armel can compete with the best of the mid laners in WEU. If given ample time for scrims, practice, and lots of tournaments, Armel can achieve success just like Abed did in previous EG. I really think that this pick up by Puppey is the best decision he's made, though I'm quite unsure of Resolution being replaced. He performed okay during their first stint of the year in the first DPC tour, while their previous mid laner needed to be dragged a lot of times on a lot of teamfights in order to be helpful to the team.

Hopefully they achieve some success on this new roster. I have lots of high hopes for Armel to do good in that region.

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Armel and Yamich are the two addition for Team Secret. They've announced it a few hours ago that they'll be the replacement for resolution and zayac.

Puppey has said something about these two players.

Team Secret's tweet: Our captain Puppey shares some perspective on our recent additions to the squad.

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Quote from: Mauser on March 11, 2023, 02:21:49 AM

ESL Pro League Season 17 is my main focus for the weekend and next week. There were some surprises in the last few matches, a big one was Grayhound beating NiP 2-1. I thought NiP would win that one easily, but I misjudged them. Today Grayhound is playing against paiN which is going to be interesting. Even though paiN is the clear favourite for the match I am going with Grayhound for this one. The other match today is 00Nation vs Rooster, which should the Brazilians be winning easily. Another big surprise was 00Nation losing against Grayhound and OG. Both coldzera and TACO are two great players and hopefully they will pull it around. The last match today is OG vs NiP which is probably the most interesting one, they are both good teams and it's going to be a close one. It's an all or nothing match, the losing team will be out of the Series. I will go with NiP for the match, it could go either way though.

Didn't expect those upsets at all. Especially for NiP, they look really dominant in the first map (Ancient) which is Grayhound's picks. It's surprising to see two big dogs facing each other in an elimination match. I'm also placing my bet on NiP. Good luck with our bet Cheesy

Quote from: Kapokala on March 11, 2023, 11:15:46 AM

As well as ESL Pro League goes. This is the season of upsets. And IT will only continue. To me, tier1 (that includes max top10 teams in the world does not exist anymore). Only Heroic is actually pretty consistent with their form, but always do lose in finals (major, IEM katowice).

G2 also looks consistent, aside from their recent 2-0 loss against Cloud9. Personally, I hope to see more upsets like these, as they make the scene even more competitive and thrilling to watch.

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As well as ESL Pro League goes. This is the season of upsets. And IT will only continue. To me, tier1 (that includes max top10 teams in the world does not exist anymore). Only Heroic is actually pretty consistent with their form, but always do lose in finals (major, IEM katowice). We do need source2 that will finally implement huge changes in the game. Nerfing AWP, or SSG won't do a thing, if we won't change movement, boosts, atleast half of map pool. Look at Nuke right now. It used to be fully CT sided map for a few years. In 2022 its Like 60/40 CT map, that played well, could convert into 30/70 T sided map. Valve makes cosmetial changes, but it stll does not improve lvl of sportship.

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Quote from: Jossque on March 11, 2023, 04:39:55 AM

Yesterday there were 2 matches whose outcome surprised me. The first one is of course Pain vs OG.When I look at the OG team, I think that it was a mixed team of young players, all talented from each other, but due to inexperience, such a defeat was taken. Otherwise, I think that OG's players are much stronger and more talented than Pain.Of course, this defeat is not very important for them, but it was proof that some lessons were learned. The other match was NiP losing to grayhound. While NiP won 16-2 on the map grayhound chose, they failed to show this success on other maps and were defeated as a result.I think that NiP's roster is not settled and they still need time and I want to think that this roster will achieve great success over time.Otherwise, NiP will be dragged into a collapse.I hope that the roster is strong now, but there is a disagreement between the players and this will be resolved soon.

Yet performance of NIP did not surprise me at all. I do not know how Aleksib, after getting benched in 3, teams before, is still taken seriously to tier1 teams. G2, OG, all of these squads, full of such great players (maybe NBK was not as good) failed even in major qualifications. How far this can go? Australian CS was always the one getting roasted around the whole world, only Dexter achieved something. Losing to such team as Grayhound, with 1 map lead, and also 9:6 lead on 2nd map, mirage, is a sign to move on with such IGL as AleksiB is. He just can not perform such as he used to back in the days, when he was in Ence.

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Yesterday there were 2 matches whose outcome surprised me. The first one is of course Pain vs OG.When I look at the OG team, I think that it was a mixed team of young players, all talented from each other, but due to inexperience, such a defeat was taken. Otherwise, I think that OG's players are much stronger and more talented than Pain.Of course, this defeat is not very important for them, but it was proof that some lessons were learned. The other match was NiP losing to grayhound. While NiP won 16-2 on the map grayhound chose, they failed to show this success on other maps and were defeated as a result.I think that NiP's roster is not settled and they still need time and I want to think that this roster will achieve great success over time.Otherwise, NiP will be dragged into a collapse.I hope that the roster is strong now, but there is a disagreement between the players and this will be resolved soon.

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ESL Pro League Season 17 is my main focus for the weekend and next week. There were some surprises in the last few matches, a big one was Grayhound beating NiP 2-1. I thought NiP would win that one easily, but I misjudged them. Today Grayhound is playing against paiN which is going to be interesting. Even though paiN is the clear favourite for the match I am going with Grayhound for this one. The other match today is 00Nation vs Rooster, which should the Brazilians be winning easily. Another big surprise was 00Nation losing against Grayhound and OG. Both coldzera and TACO are two great players and hopefully they will pull it around. The last match today is OG vs NiP which is probably the most interesting one, they are both good teams and it's going to be a close one. It's an all or nothing match, the losing team will be out of the Series. I will go with NiP for the match, it could go either way though.

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Quote from: dothebeats on March 09, 2023, 06:20:54 PM

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Alright, just after the Lima major and those that have been too curious and were aware of the cheating that Team Knights did during the qualifiers, there's now an action that's been made by Valve and Perfect World. And they're not the only players from that team has been banned, there are too many of them. There goes the lifetime ban for players and those that have the duration of 1 year and 2 years ban.
Refer to this list for those players: Knights and EHOME Players Amongst 46 Banned From Dota 2 Pro Circuit

It's good that they're making a somewhat swifter action right now. I remember that some of the cheating accusations a few years back that took months before Valve acknowledged and then the situation just died down and IIRC this is also for a Chinese team. Having said that, there isn'tthat much that can be done for these players except to hand over these bans for them to realize the gravity of their actions. Less players in the active pool = more chance for a lot of new teams to grab.

1+ month without competitive Dota that is worth watching, I'll start focusing my sights on CS:GO once more.

There's no turning back, they've chosen their path and just destroyed their Dota 2 career. They know the consequences for doing such activities that are against the management and cheating is not tolerated by Valve I agree with you that they're acting quickly this time. Going back to CS:GO actions, although some minor Dota 2 tournaments are still there.

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many of them. There goes the lifetime ban for players and those that have the duration of 1 year and 2 years ban.
Refer to this list for those players: Knights and EHOME Players Amongst 46 Banned From Dota 2 Pro Circuit

Lol, whats with all the majority of the China region player banned though. I guess cheating to make your way up to play for a DPC team is quite a thing there huh. Well atleast Knights player made it to the Major then made a joke out of themselves by getting their ass beat by most team from the group stage before Valve decided to ban them

It's a combination of many cheating involved like those hotkeys that they're using while they play, map hack for which most games and qualifiers are made online so it's easy for them to abuse it, and as well as the known "322". Well, they deserve it and looking at some articles online, I've read that only 2 teams remain in division 2. Let's see how the China region will fill those removed spots.

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Two matches will be played today. The first match will be pain-og. Pain is a strong team but not strong enough to beat OG. I think OG team will beat Pain even if it's hard, it won't be an easy match. 3 maps can be played.
The other match is the Grayhound-NiP match. I expect NiP to win this match, albeit difficult, as well as a heavy defeat against Faze. Grayhound is the strong team of Australia and will push NiP.

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Quote from: dothebeats on March 09, 2023, 06:20:54 PM

1+ month without competitive Dota that is worth watching, I'll start focusing my sights on CS:GO once more.

A month? nah, the DPC is back in 3-4 days depending on the region and it start with the division 1

Quote from: passwordnow on March 09, 2023, 05:35:08 AM

many of them. There goes the lifetime ban for players and those that have the duration of 1 year and 2 years ban.
Refer to this list for those players: Knights and EHOME Players Amongst 46 Banned From Dota 2 Pro Circuit

Lol, whats with all the majority of the China region player banned though. I guess cheating to make your way up to play for a DPC team is quite a thing there huh. Well atleast Knights player made it to the Major then made a joke out of themselves by getting their ass beat by most team from the group stage before Valve decided to ban them

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Quote from: passwordnow on March 09, 2023, 05:35:08 AM

Alright, just after the Lima major and those that have been too curious and were aware of the cheating that Team Knights did during the qualifiers, there's now an action that's been made by Valve and Perfect World. And they're not the only players from that team has been banned, there are too many of them. There goes the lifetime ban for players and those that have the duration of 1 year and 2 years ban.
Refer to this list for those players: Knights and EHOME Players Amongst 46 Banned From Dota 2 Pro Circuit

It's good that they're making a somewhat swifter action right now. I remember that some of the cheating accusations a few years back that took months before Valve acknowledged and then the situation just died down and IIRC this is also for a Chinese team. Having said that, there isn'tthat much that can be done for these players except to hand over these bans for them to realize the gravity of their actions. Less players in the active pool = more chance for a lot of new teams to grab.

1+ month without competitive Dota that is worth watching, I'll start focusing my sights on CS:GO once more.

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This Sunday there is going to be a matchup between FaZe and Vitality in the upper final of Group C in the ESL Pro League. FaZe are favoured obviously and their performance recently has really been brilliant. In this matchup they are quite advantageous as well actually. Because they are better than Vitality on many maps. It is up to FaZe to make use of this advantage and be the victor.

When we check their head-to-head stats we clearly see that FaZe have a huge superiority to them. I think they can benefit from this psychological dominance too. I still expect a 2-1 result though as Vitality are not doing bad lately.

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Just as I thought, Faze defeated NiP with easy. I knew NiP's roster wasn't settled after a tough win against Pain, and we can see that there are big problems within the team, as they started 12-3 down on both maps. It should be said that they suffered a crushing defeat especially in the ancient map.It is sad that a team like NiP, which has achieved great success in its time, has been defeated like this.Because it was one of the teams that I loved and supported at the time.I can say that NiP could not recover after the roster with GeT_RighT.

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Quote from: Fatunad on March 08, 2023, 06:48:56 PM

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Time for team's to reshuffling as the new update for Dota 2 patch 7.32e has been released as promised.

https://www.dota2.com/patches/7.32e

There's also another hero named "Muerta": Dota 2’s new hero Muerta is now available, bigger 7.33 patch release date revealed.

And there will be a new update by next month. That was a quick release and will be followed up by another patch.

Just because of that LINA hero spam on Lima Majors then this current patch did really make out some overhaul or simply nerf out this hero which cd and atk speed had been decreases out which is really that
sad specially for those die hard users of this hero and its true that this current hero Muerta is really that on carry type which its been labeled on that category which is something that would be
spam out on normal or ranked matchmaking or being on an autopick Cheesy

It's not that sad at all, nerfing is always expected when it becomes a popular hero and that's what Valve is doing every single major or minor that happens. It will be followed up by another update by the month of April and let's see what it will be.

I've tried to play Muerta and I thought that it's an agi hero but it's an int instead.

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What could be the next heroes that will be always be picked in the next tournaments? With what GG did for Witch Doctor, I guess that it will be part of the new meta that it will be considered as another strong offlane hero, maybe.

Yup, Witch Doctor is still strong since he received a slight buff on his W and maybe we'd see more meme hammer combo as it's now viable to more heroes after the casting time reduction.

For now, it's hard to say who could be the go-to hero in the competitive scene as we're only a few days into the patch and I barely play pubs but my guess would be Juggernaut, OD, Clinkz, and maybe SK as some of them received one or two good buffs that could push them higher in the priority list.

We'll see it then, currently, I am just enjoying the pubs and surprisingly that almost any hero is gonna be in good meta but we shall see what the pros will do about it with their pub games.

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