Yes, the world is completely fucked up right now.
Please do not take it out on my students. They are the best hope we have of ultimately making things better.
Individual tournament organizers cannot be allowed to ban players from DPC events. If there is another Major in the Philippines, do they get to ban Chinese players in retaliation? Valve absolutely must step in.
Ran into
@OG_BDN0tail
in elevator. Joke about them never even having scrimmed carry Io before.
Him: “Nobody can prep against you when you run stuff you haven’t practiced to start with.” 🧠
#TI9
This can be a depressing day. Lots of people celebrating truly amazing accomplishments. Just remember to celebrate your own successes - they don’t need to measure up to anyone else’s. Celebrate all the people who share those successes and the failures too. Happy New Year! 🎉
Starting at the Frankfurt Major just after TI5, JerAx along with cr1t redefined the 4 position role from a farming semicore to a dynamic roaming playmaker, starting a transformation of the support role in the years since that has reinvigorated Dota.
True legends change the game.
From Boston to Shangai,
@iamJERAX
allowed us to write a unique story with OG.
All good things come to an end, and Jesse has decided to retire from pro Dota 2.
Thank you Jesse!
🌻 Read JerAx's statement ➡️
#DreamOG
The previous
@TeamLiquid
roster was, in my opinion, the most remarkable 5 man squad I’ve ever seen in professional Dota 2. I’m sure all 5 players will continue to succeed. But I am very, very sad.
Did Trump actually just SHAKE HANDS with the CEO of Walmart 5 minutes after declaring a national emergency over a pandemic. You have got to be shitting me.
You're playing with two standins
You have two offlaners and a third core with 120 ping
You've lost five straight games to the team you're playing
But you're still
@OGesports
“Someday you’ll grow up and quit playing video games”
Cyberpunk 2077
STALKER 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Vampire tM:B 2
Yeah you can pry the mouse, keyboard, and controller from my cold dead hands
Radiance has been built on Alchemist 1,187 times on record in pro
#Dota2
matches.
@anadota99
’s 10:01 time for the item in
@OGesports
’s game 2 win is the 4th fastest EVER. 👀
#TI9
Legit believe
@kukudota
is one of the most underappreciated players I’ve seen in my years watching Dota. The guy’s led and played at an elite level at four TIs with multiple teams coming from the most volatile pro region.
I'll have to think on this one for a couple of days but is there a storyline comparable to
@Ceb
's winning 3 $1million+ Valve Majors as a coach, then being the first to win two TIs as player, then coming out of retirement to win another Major, ANYWHERE in sports or esports?
My very first Dota 2 LAN we celebrated
@Silentdota2
as the first player to reach 600 pro Dota 2 wins. Always felt he was super underrated as a player and seeing him play such a huge role in
@Team__Spirit
’s success was really something special for me. GG WP to a legend!
Hi
@valvesoftware
@DOTA2
with all of the amazing Dota we’ve witnessed in the past couple of weeks today would be a great day to announce cross regional qualifiers for additional slots to
@dota2ti
10 this October. Hope you have a great day!
Just when I think I’ve lost a game of Dota 2 in every dumb ass way possible I get to add getting Hexed/Abyssal/Meteor Hammered by a fcking flying Donkey or getting my Blink disabled by courier in the trees with Radiance
While I know
@EvilGeniuses
hoped for better than top 6, I’ll say this (and the #’s back it up):
Not since the original DAC and TI5 have I seen
@SumaaaaiL
look this individually dominant relative to any other midlaner. Scary to think his best Dota could still be ahead.
#TI9
I am thankful for my beautiful, wonderful, and patient wife and daughter
For having two careers that bring me genuine joy and have led me to some of the most remarkable people one could meet
For being 42 and still being able to dream about what I want to be when I grow up ♥️
I am honestly wondering whether the Dota 2 community (at least the most vocal part) is just addicted to drama. We pay all of this attention and make heroes or villains of people based on ultra short term blowups and seem to have no interest in addressing the underlying problems.
ArcTZ!:
@Arteezy
's 997 GPM on Arc Warden is the all-time pro
#Dota2
record for the hero, and is the highest GPM recorded in 7.19 (1,155 matches) by a hero other than Alchemist.
@EvilGeniuses
moves on at the
#KualaLumpurMajor
!
It's an
#ESLOne
tradition; everyone's favourite game 'Hot or Haz' hosted by
@SirActionSlacks
is back and better than ever!
Watch
@NahazDota
desperately try and find his hidden laptop 💻
Congratulations
@LiquidKuroKy
on being the first pro
#Dota2
player with 1,000 career wins. We've been blessed with many great players and captains in our game, but there's only
#1Kuro
. 💙🐐
(photo cr 1UP Studios)
126-96 career on Dark Seer (34 more wins than any other player)
54-15 career on Void (highest win % of top 1,000 player-hero combos in pro Dota all-time)
59-24 career on Tide (highest win % ever in >30 pro games on the hero)
For my money, the best offlaner in pro
#Dota2
history.
I don't think I'll ever really understand social media. My whole goal in tweeting about pro Dota 2 has always been to recognize players and teams and help fans to better understand and appreciate the game. I have never intended to create drama. Taking a break for a bit. ❤️
I’m doing a drill with a teenage student in kenjutsu class last night when she busts out, “Ome wa mu shindeiru!”
I chuckle and say “You are already dead.” She stops, puzzled, and says, “No, it’s a meme, you’re supposed to say ‘Nani?’” I said, “What?”
She was so confused 😂
2170 days, 1507 wins since winning The International 2011
(as far back as we have stats)
Both all time records.
@DendiBoss
parts ways with
@natusvincere
as the greatest ambassador pro
#Dota2
has seen, or could ever have asked for.
“Game ruining behavior” in Dota 2 is running down mid, destroying items, etc. If only one team has a player doing this, they lose, nearly irrespective of heroes or skill.
Your teammate who screws up, loses mid, picks a hero/build that you think is bad, etc, is NOT game ruining.
.TI7
@TeamLiquid
and TI8
@OGesports
are two of the most incredible championship teams I have seen in any sport. And
@LGDgaming
to me are the franchise that most embodies consistency and excellence in pro
#Dota2
. The final day of
#TI9
will be beyond belief.
I said I’d never buy an N64
Then I saw Ocarina of Time
I said I’d never buy a PlayStation
Then I saw Final Fantasy VII
I said I’d never buy a GameCube
Then I saw Resident Evil 4
I said I’d never buy a PS4
Then I saw Horizon Zero Dawn
I swore I’d never buy a VR device
Dammit
My dad and I couldn't be more different. He can fix a 60 year old British race car, roof a house, and cook a gourmet meal in the same day. I'm good at math, talking, and nothing else. But he's had my back from day one. 41 years old and he's still my hero. Happy Father's Day!
It is 2021 we have a $40 million+ tournament but still have neither a local/LAN version nor a reload game feature in the event of server crash. This could literally happen in TI Grand Finals.
Congratulations
@TNCPredator
who lock up their spot at TI9 with a 2-1 win over RNG. They are top 6 at
#epicentergg
and their 18:08 game 3 win is the fastest match of the tournament and the 3rd fastest of 248 pro
#Dota2
games in 7.22.
I am lucky enough to have income and assets outside esports. I can be owed in the mid-5 figures in talent fees (much of which will never be paid) and routinely be paid 3+ months after events and still pay costs of living.
The current status quo re paying talent is unacceptable.
EG have played in 30 round robin bo2s at the last 4 TIs. They were 2-0’d only twice.
Liquid went 26-6 in group phase matches at TI7 & TI8.
EG have already been 2-0’d twice at
#TI9
in their first 3 series. Liquid are currently sitting at 2-5.
What is HAPPENING??!! 😳
I’ll go ahead and say it the production values at the
#AniMajor
, from set design to show flow to little details like graphics and music played during panel discussion, are the best I have seen at a Dota 2 event outside of TI and even superior to some TIs in multiple respects.
The president’s eldest son Donald Trump, Jr., leaving Air Force One which just landed in Milwaukee. As his father greets officials and fans at the airport, Don Jr. jumped into his own armoured vehicle toward the middle of the motorcade.
Lots of thoughts I won’t share rn. I am realizing I’m completely ignorant of many issues around sexual abuse.
I will say one thing.
When someone shares their experiences in an effort to help you learn and understand, the VERY first words out of your mouth should be THANK YOU.
@keepingitKyle
All of the time and resources spent throughout human history in pursuit of eternal life and all we had to do was pay Kyle every year to predict our demise
For me this
@WePlay_Esports
Major has been the best viewer experience ever outside of TI. All of the talent were absolutely phenomenal and I hope to see every one of them invited to The International this August. 10/10 incredible show and GG WP
@LGDgaming
!!
Don’t hate on the banter in-game, beating
@OGesports
on the main stage must be a special kind of hype for young players. I know players never mean true harm, we all are competitors and respect each other’s. Rest is social media games. Good luck to
@Team__Spirit
further, wp today.
My heart goes out to
@paiNGamingBR
and their fans after a hard fought 5-11 group phase sees them elimated from
#TI8
. This team earned a top 4 Major finish and provided some of the greatest moments of this DPC Season. Much respect and hope we see them back next year. 🇧🇷💚
Game 5 between
@teamsecret
and
@TeamNigma
is hype af but the real question is what am I going to do without dancing drow ranger in my life
AROUND THE WORLD AROUND THE WORLD
FUCK YOU, cancer. You are a chickenshit disease and have taken so much away from all of us. I am seriously considering buying a headstone and carving CANCER into it for the sole purpose of pissing on it when your worthless ass is finally cured.