If TI5 Invites were Today - Page 2
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hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
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teddyoojo
Germany22366 Posts
its harder for na since eg does deserve an invite(as it stands right now) but its very hard to give a qualifier for another na team to take a slot in ti | ||
zdfgucker
China594 Posts
On January 20 2015 00:25 hariooo wrote: Well if everyone is so adamant on invites being purely based off merit and skill, does America or SEA really deserve an invite over the 5th best Euro/Chinese team? EG (and possibly C9, depending on whether you count as AM or EU) has been more dominant the past year than any 5th EU team could be. SEA does not deserve an invite. C9 as EU: 1AM, 5EU 5CN C9 as AM: 2AM 4EU, 5CN | ||
hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
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TechSc2
Netherlands554 Posts
On January 20 2015 01:15 hariooo wrote: Valve invites players not teams. Not sure that the old EG is at all relevant to the new EG. not quite right. Yes the invites are sent to players, not teams, but they don't just randomly invite players and hope that they invite 5 players of 1 team. The look at the performance of teams over the last x months, then sent invites to the players of those teams. Even if 1 of the team members is not performing as well, it'sthe whole team that gets an invite | ||
KF91
Canada221 Posts
It would be nice to see a monthly (or bi-monthly) graphical representation of "team performances" change up TI5 invites so we get a good guess on which time frame Valve focuses on when they give out TI invites. | ||
zdfgucker
China594 Posts
On January 20 2015 01:15 hariooo wrote: Valve invites players not teams. Not sure that the old EG is at all relevant to the new EG. That's not true, as pointed out before. If that were true, not a single T1 team would have made any changes right now. Keeping the majority of your players (like TS, EG, C9 did) should be more than sufficient to get the team invite. So yup, EG is still as relevant as before. | ||
giftdgecko
United States2126 Posts
On January 19 2015 18:23 Mafe wrote: Nice to see this list, but I think TI4 results should be included, as they surely will matter a lot in terms for the invitations. Since the majority of those teams have changed rosters I don't see why it would outside of NB. | ||
hariooo
Canada2830 Posts
On January 20 2015 02:01 zdfgucker wrote: That's not true, as pointed out before. If that were true, not a single T1 team would have made any changes right now. Keeping the majority of your players (like TS, EG, C9 did) should be more than sufficient to get the team invite. So yup, EG is still as relevant as before. C9 has 2/5 since TI4. | ||
BongChambers
Canada591 Posts
I've always wondered if there are some private organized talks for invited organizations, maybe a 'donation' made for a secured invite or so. | ||
bardtown
England2313 Posts
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lestye
United States4104 Posts
On January 20 2015 00:25 hariooo wrote: Well if everyone is so adamant on invites being purely based off merit and skill, does America or SEA really deserve an invite over the 5th best Euro/Chinese team? Who knows what anyone "deserves"? It's called the International, some type of invites based on regional representation is expected. | ||
Comeh
United States18918 Posts
Also there are rumors that some of their players are going back to "real" teams. | ||
TomatoBisque
United States6290 Posts
On January 20 2015 00:56 teddyoojo wrote: sea does not deserve an invite (because that would mean they get 2 slots), they deserve 1 through a qualifier its harder for na since eg does deserve an invite(as it stands right now) but its very hard to give a qualifier for another na team to take a slot in ti Historically Valve has tried to give every region at least one direct invite, and the difference between the 6th European team and the 2nd NA/SEA team is minimal--both will probably end up in the bottom 4 (only China has ever had a qualifier team make it to the top 8 iirc, LGD in TI4 and Tongfu in TI2). A split that's like 5 China, 5 EU, 1 America, 0 SEA, 1 qualifier from each, 1 wildcard would probably oversaturate the tournament with EU teams which historically mostly end up in the bottom 8. If any region deserves to have possibly nearly half the teams at the tournament, it's probably China who could have something like Newbee, VG, IG, LGD, CDEC, EHOME, +1 (Tongfu/HGT). Realistically, that +1 will probably be replaced with Rave or w/e the second best SEA team is at the time. On January 20 2015 00:25 hariooo wrote: Well if everyone is so adamant on invites being purely based off merit and skill, does America or SEA really deserve an invite over the 5th best Euro/Chinese team? Based on Starladder, MVP Phoenix probably deserves an invite over Na'vi. | ||
bludragen88
United States527 Posts
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govie
9334 Posts
Imo opinion its not about results, its about the teamowners having enough money or other stuff to keep a team together long enough, even against brutal powerhouses (moneywise) like navi, EG, teamsecret etc. | ||
Qody
Germany162 Posts
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United States390 Posts
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Canada220 Posts
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Qody
Germany162 Posts
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