And the winners of The International 2014 are... - Polidicks

[url]http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/21/5923483/these-video-game-players-just-won-5-million[/url] ([B]spoilers inside![/B]) [quote=The Verge]Following an epic best-of-five clash between two of China's biggest teams, Valve today crowned a new champion of Dota 2, its free-to-play multiplayer game that has morphed into a sporting spectacle capable of filling NBA-sized arenas. [sp]Team Newbee triumphed over their compatriots Vici Gaming in four games[/sp] and earn a grand prize of $5,028,308, to be split between the five players and their support team of coaches and managers. [sp]Vici Gaming may be disappointed with their play today, however they too go home with a sizeable sack of cash:[/sp] the second-place team has earned nearly $1.5 million, sharing in a total prize pool in excess of $10 million.[/quote] [I]Developing...[/I]

God I love League of Legends.

worst finals of all time

To everyone's surprise, the Chinese team is victorious over the other Chinese team. China renders supreme. Glory to China. Good luck next time, China.

[QUOTE=FlashMarsh;45458533]worst finals of all time[/QUOTE] Yeah, it wasn't even remotely close. All the past grand finals were really good matches.

that was just fucking embarassing. VG looked so good yesterday and then they play like that? the drafter must have been fucking drunk

terrible grand finals

Knew this shit was lost the instant I saw VG let Newbee take Brewmaster + Shadow Shaman as first 2 picks. They got rekt so hard at drafting, who the fuck lets enemy team pick Brewmaster + Shadow Shaman + Doom.

and to think, i put all the negative predictions on them because they were called "NewBee"

What? I just heard about the International starting last week... LoL's world championships last like a month

who's in 3rd?

This years finals were pretty bad to watch. Last years was pretty exciting with Alliance barely ratting against Na'Vi to win, and they looked fucking ecstatic to have won. This year is was just a complete stomp, and Newbee look like they couldn't care less.

[QUOTE=The Party Spy;45458607]What? I just heard about the International starting last week... LoL's world championships last like a month[/QUOTE] The finals started last week, the International has been going for a while

[QUOTE=Galen;45458635]who's in 3rd?[/QUOTE] Evil Geniuses, followed by DK.

Awful grand finals. VG played it like a pub.

Also this is pretty interesting post [url]http://archive.foolz.us/vg/thread/74310702/#74315718[/url] .

They kept drafting the same thing, and losing. It honestly felt fixed.

I felt like Vici purposely threw the game. The drafts on their side were atrocious.

[QUOTE=rilez;45458647]The finals started last week, the International has been going for a while[/QUOTE] Thanks for clearing that up

[QUOTE=Galen;45458635]who's in 3rd?[/QUOTE] eg

[QUOTE=Spirit_Breaker;45458709]Also this is pretty interesting post [url]http://archive.foolz.us/vg/thread/74310702/#74315718[/url] .[/QUOTE] So, did what he called actually happen?

Chinese collusion someone tell spooky

we need detective spooky to find out if this was collusion

[URL="http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/0/06/Dlc_pflax_booing.mp3"]http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/0/06/Dlc_pflax_booing.mp3[/URL] I am very disappointed in how this ended up, noone was cheering for newbee outside of China.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;45458814]So, did what he called actually happen?[/QUOTE] Yep. Also this: [url]https://twitter.com/TI4wasrigged/[/url] edit: I didn't say I believed it, I was just pointing it out

Suppose I'm not alone in thinking the cheese match with Techies was the best match of the whole International?

[QUOTE=rilez;45458880]Suppose I'm not alone in thinking the cheese match with Techies was the best match of the whole International?[/QUOTE] Really? It was extremely short and one-sided. If you look back at last year's all-star match it doesn't even compare imho. [editline]21st July 2014[/editline] Plus they gave Techies to Arteezy..

[QUOTE=discodude;45458854]Yep. Also this: [url]https://twitter.com/TI4wasrigged/[/url][/QUOTE] Well, that's easy to spoof as pointed out in the tweet replies. You make a fuckton of them for each feasible combination in advance and then delete the ones that don't apply. The 4chan post is a bit spookier.

did they capture all the pylons?

[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;45458577]Yeah, it wasn't even remotely close. All the past grand finals were really good matches.[/QUOTE] TI2 finals sucked too. Curse of even numbers?