Jutranjo Posted March 2, 2016 There was the MLG that had the majority of the stream switch to watching an eagle nest webcam because the delays were too big. There was a tournament in Malaysia that had a literal fire at the computers. There was the CS:GO tournament in Slovenia that had the finals played on a parking lot and the organizer stealing the prize money/leaving teams to pay hotel bills. None of them stretched over so many days! There weren't even expectations to disappoint. The games are cool, everything else is garbage. Here's a video log from one of the new hosts Sleep deprivation is going to do interesting things to the panelists by the final day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted March 2, 2016 The games are cool, everything else is garbage. Here's a video log from one of the new hosts Sleep deprivation is going to do interesting things to the panelists by the final day. Yup, the Alliance and Team Liquid games were genuinely thrilling to watch. I wanted to watch the LGD and MVP games but it was time for me to go to bed before they went on thanks to the massive delays. I'm gonna check the VODs when I have a chance. I woke up to discover that the delays were so long that they had to have the lower bracket games take place back at the hotel over the internet. Shitty! This picture LD posted on twitter kinda says it all: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted March 3, 2016 So day 2 of the playoffs seemed to go much more smoothly. I was really happy to see Secret outplay OG after Crit talked some major trash about Secret after the Frankfurt Major. That has got to feel like some really good payback. But in game 3 w33ha accidentally GG'd first, so now they have a fairly harsh penalty where they won't have any reserve time in the first draft against EG. What a dope! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted March 4, 2016 Goddamn Secret vs EG games always deliver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jutranjo Posted March 4, 2016 Great game, great interview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oskar Posted March 4, 2016 As a massive fan of the old cloud9 lineup this tournament is looking so good. Seeing EG being set to the lowerbracket by Secret was such a delight not to mention the lower bracket upsets. Definitely the best day of the tournament so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted March 4, 2016 Also shout out to Fnatic for taking out OG in such convincing fashion! This means the next day of games we're gonna see two European teams competing against each other, two American teams competing against each other, and two SEA teams competing against each other. What a setup! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reyturner Posted March 9, 2016 There is a rumor floating around of corruption on the PW side of the Shanghai Major based on a Chinese whistleblower blog post. https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/49n12z/translation_whistle_blower_article_from_perfect/ It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ewokskick Posted March 11, 2016 That looks pretty bad. I hope Valve finds a new partner in China if those accusations are true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted March 12, 2016 That's kinda business as usual in China, though. Even after a few anti-corruption campaigns, China ranks pretty high on the scale of dirty states. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
