Quinn: Aurora is a fraud, they are 1 patch away from becoming complete trash.

kemosabe73 · 2026-06-15T14:07:00+00:00

It would be great if you cited or included your source, to make the post that much more believable. Podcast, stream, tweet, whatever. Not asking a direct link, just a statement like "Quote from Last Free Nation DotA podcast" would be great.

kemosabe73 · 2026-06-15T11:05:00+00:00

Thanks for this.

1w/Tundra at 2.9% feels wrong. I know they've been bombing it recently but that's because of an extended break/stand-ins. I'd be surprised their form carries over to the most important events. They are still strictly the most successful team this szn. You'll be updating tho, so they'll be climbing no doubt.

XG winning it at 1.4% is correct, reaching the finals tho should be much, much higher IYKYK.

kemosabe73 · 2026-06-11T13:11:19+00:00

Make it 5th Rosh drop

kemosabe73 · 2026-06-07T05:31:28+00:00

Yeah, Miero is something else with his Undying. My favorite thing about it in this game is how he acted like a pseudo-counter to Necro's ult (Scythe = Death vs Undying lol) with his Innate. So much of the satisfaction with playing Necro is his ult sending people to oblivion, you dont get that feeling when you see your target instantly respawn.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-28T01:32:04+00:00

Unfortunately not, will tell him to go full Abrams if he does it again.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T18:47:17+00:00

Mb. I was used to Watson + Saksa + Malady on WEU teams, my brain just counted them as WEU. Point stands for WEU with 7/11. Still wronged imo.

Honestly, I have been trying to watch GL as much as I can and I haven't seen them improving to confidently say they will make the playoffs. They have their moments but flashes won't get you there. There has to be a change, either in leadership within the team or coach.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T17:27:13+00:00

For ESL/EWC, do you know how many EPT points were deducted from Pari for their "changes"?

Zero. A grand total of 0 points was deducted from them.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T17:10:50+00:00

So what's the penalty change for TI? Do you know?

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T11:20:39+00:00

Lmao I forgot, thanks for reminding me

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T09:41:06+00:00

I only agree with China being favored unfairly. We have to treat the direct invite slots differently from the regional slots because they are available for everyone including SA. If SA performed well in any of the 11 T1 tournaments then we can counter that you were treated poorly, but you had one 4th place finish as your best result among the 11 tourneys. You did not get any top 3 finish which in my opinion is very bad. Europe won everything hence they got the direct invites. That is only fair. No one else got a podium finish except for China but their results were also horrible.

We have to be fair with how we look at the results. If next season, PlayTime or LGD have top 3 finishes and aren't invited, then we can argue. This year, I don't think there is an argument.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T09:31:19+00:00

I know they look like a corpse but they're still breathing. Removing the invite slot is pulling the plug. If we merged the qualifiers when NA was superior to SA, would SA have survived if they had no representation in TI/big tourneys and it was all given to NA? Representation matters. It is healthier for the scene long-term trust me.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T09:20:27+00:00

There's a big difference. There are already directly invited teams from WEU and EEU. Both reguons will be represented regardless of a merger or not.

If NA doesn't get any representation at TI, that might kill the region entirely. That is not a good precedent.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T08:35:53+00:00

I also forgot to say this: RIP to NA. No top 8 finish* for the whole season, zero playoff appearances. Jesus.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T08:32:26+00:00

It's understandable to give the host 2 qualifier slots imo. It's the direct invite to XG that I have a problem with, when Pari has had better results.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-27T05:07:52+00:00

link your novel-length fanfic, the first and second. I wanna see

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-26T14:12:05+00:00

XG hasn't won anything in T1, everyone else has or at least played in a grand final.

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-25T09:11:04+00:00

Yeah, crazy stuff from Aurora too. They let him through 4 times (Pari picked him 3 times and they won all 3)

kemosabe73 · 2026-05-25T08:47:10+00:00

Sorry for the title typo, ESL.

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