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I feel something is missing here?
e:nvm twitter not showing -.-
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no Optic invite must mean they aren't going or else this is omegalul at its finest
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On July 07 2018 07:48 whattheHEKman wrote:
no Optic invite must mean they aren't going or else this is omegalul at its finest
This is basically 2 weeks before TI. I wouldnt be too surprised if quite a few teams declined invites.
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oh for sure. but if it turns out Optic is playing through quals then that would be quite silly. although i am not surprised the champs aren't coming back to defend their title, VP have the target on their back this upcoming TI and giving teams a chance to get free professional matches in on them pre-TI is probably not in their best interest.
that being said i fully expect a lot of non-TI teams to participate in this event.
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On July 07 2018 08:43 whattheHEKman wrote:
oh for sure. but if it turns out Optic is playing through quals then that would be quite silly. although i am not surprised the champs aren't coming back to defend their title, VP have the target on their back this upcoming TI and giving teams a chance to get free professional matches in on them pre-TI is probably not in their best interest.
that being said i fully expect a lot of non-TI teams to participate in this event.
the BTS Summer Cup is probably the only qualifier they will do
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Surely there are more invites to announce?
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On July 07 2018 10:46 SimplyPanda wrote:
Surely there are more invites to announce?
They usually announce the invites in waves to attract additional attention
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On July 07 2018 08:28 sCuMBaG wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2018 07:48 whattheHEKman wrote:
no Optic invite must mean they aren't going or else this is omegalul at its finest This is basically 2 weeks before TI. I wouldnt be too surprised if quite a few teams declined invites.
BTS is really just giving teams to practice in a format a little more meaningful then a scrim. I think its great.
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Oh it’s before TI, I was thinking “That’s quite ballsy to invite two squads that won’t exist once TI is over”
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As well as it being scrimmish for the teams, it's also great for viewers who haven't spectated DotA 2 in a while and want to "warm up" by watching this before TI8.
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Pretty much a warm up before TI, both for the viewers and players.
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I'm curious if this was something that they talked to players about before setting up? Like did players want something like this where it's basically paid scrims? Or is it something forced in?
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On July 08 2018 05:51 giftdgecko wrote:
I'm curious if this was something that they talked to players about before setting up? Like did players want something like this where it's basically paid scrims? Or is it something forced in?
How exactly would they force players into this? Do you mean through the orgs?
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This tournament is prefect for teams that didn't make it to TI or need to build together because of new rooster like EG.
Don't know if teams actually can save strats as there properly be patch after this tournament.
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On July 08 2018 06:35 dragonswarrior wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2018 05:51 giftdgecko wrote:
I'm curious if this was something that they talked to players about before setting up? Like did players want something like this where it's basically paid scrims? Or is it something forced in? How exactly would they force players into this? Do you mean through the orgs?
Forced in as in they wanted to have a tournament to make more money before TI.
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As an org, it's awfully hard to *force* your players to do things when said players own their invites to TI happening in barely a month.
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UPDATE:
Optic and Pain have been added as invites.
Also, Let's Do It (Ex-Kinguin) won the qualifier.
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I'm quite surprised this is only a 6 team event, I though more orgs would use this to bootcamp and play some competitive matches as a warm-up or final check up before TI. Now it is such a long break where no competitive matches are played.
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