lol, you never know. Didnt you see the Tabako vs Chu 1v1 Creep Kills game? in 15 minutes Tabako had more Kills and Denies than chu. they were both puppet master.
If you aren't going puppet master, polly or defiler I am thinking there won't be much of a chance for anyone. Maybe Corrupted.
You never know. Some people are stupid as hell in 1v1 games, and do things like buy a starting HotBL. Then again though, I think the majority of people are idiots. So I guess I'm biased.
This post has been edited by Schizofriendlia: Apr 23 2010, 03:04 AM
HotBL is the strongest item in 1v1 starting with 3000 gold imho. I pretty much get it on every hero that I do 1v1 with. With this tourney however, Since you start with 600, I probably wont do that
I'm thinking of livestreaming my progress on the HoNreplays channel... so we will have a livestream.. and when I get knocked out in the qualifiers I can stream a few games.
HotBL is the strongest item in 1v1 starting with 3000 gold imho. I pretty much get it on every hero that I do 1v1 with. With this tourney however, Since you start with 600, I probably wont do that
You're absolutely wrong if you're serious about that. It doesn't help you last hit at all, and if you're enemy buys things that add to his damage he can start out with nearly 2x your attack damage, leaving you absolutely no chance to ever compete with him for last hits. Sure you're basically immune to his harassment, but with all the gold he'll be raking in from all the ck's he'll be getting, he can afford a nearly bottomless supply of tangos and health pots. He won't bloodlust you anytime soon, but he'll probably farm near 400 gold/min while you're farming around 60.
This is dumb - I went from pulling an all-nighter to be awake to play in this tournament and looking forward to it, to having the rules change SIGNIFICANTLY 30 minutes before the freaking thing starts. Forced heroes - that's just so damn stupid. I'm really disappointed that this is how the tournament will be; very pissed.
I honestly think that it makes for really one-dimensional, boring games. I don't know if you've seen the tabako, chu` 1v1 finals, but that was boring as hell. You literally just watch players last hit the entire game.
Besides, aren't people the slightest bit interested in what hero(es) do the best in mid? There's quite a lengthy debate about that in the discussion forums already, with people arguing for Soulstealer, Corrupted Disciple, Wretched Hag, Defiler, and even Pebbles. I seriously think it would be a lot more entertaining to watch a mix rather than a mirror. You could've even set a pseudo-banning system, in which each player gets to ban one hero, or something. Instead we end up with Puppet Master vs Puppet Master, in which case I would be surprised if anyone even gets any kills and is simply a straight-up farm-fest. Soulstealer vs Soulstealer has that same problem, although I suppose there's a bit more dimensionality in it, since you could either choose to harass your opponent with your hands, or nuke the creep wave.
But you have a Wretched Hag mirror in which you take away the strongest aspect of a Wretched Hag solo mid in the first place: rune control. Instead, you're just going to have people ferry bottles to and fro the entire time.
I understand that you wish to have some sort of consistency with the 1v1 Dotally Rad tournament rules, but in this scenario it's just...boring. I guess you also don't want the same heroes to be picked all the time, but you could have some rounds be forced and others to be free-pick. But whatever.
This post has been edited by rf3ng: Apr 25 2010, 17:36 PM
At least you seem to be fairly competent and educated as you make your post; every-other person doesn't understand the flawed concept of forced hero's and how stupid it is. SS vs SS in round 1 - @ lvl 7, 2 nukes = 4 dead creeps. Both SS do that, then you stand by ur tower for 30 seconds, thinking "why is this structure so fucking stupid?" Then if ur life or mana is slowly depleting, you rotate a bottle to yourself on crow. There - have infinite nukes in what is a very 'balanced and fun,' forced-hero structured tournament. Yeah - that last one was dripping with sarcasm.
I already expressed my disgust with the unprofessional approach that was taken with this online(and in my previous post), but seriously - I appreciate my time wasted due to the incompetence of the GR tournament organizers, and feel sorry for all the people who don't understand how dumb a forced-hero tournament is. Should have been -AP with the option of duplicates, and having maybe 1-3 bans that each player makes. If someone wants to pick soulstealer and I want to pick puppet, that should be allowed. If I pick puppet and he wants to play puppet against me, so be it. If I pick soulstealer, then let him pick puppet. It's not like SOMEONE is gaining some stupid, biased edge. It's 1v1.
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GR1
Anderberg>Milkfat
Skilla>_hybrid
Skilla>Anderberg
GR2
Jeppins>Reyz
GR3
Raytoran>Dfawn
The_Radioman>Sheitaan
Raytoran>The_Radioman
GR4
Jasid>Trilles
Jasid>Xanidorf
Semis:
Jeppins>Skilla
Raytoran>Jasid
Finals:
Jeppins>Raytoran
This post has been edited by KissKiss: Apr 25 2010, 20:58 PM
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