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I'm fed up of being matched with people who are clearly not the same MMR as me.
Single draft unranked. Of course no one picks a support, 3 carrs and a zeus and so I pick earthshaker. This gyrocopter in my lane is just auto attacking creeps spamming all his spells to clear creeps keeps going in to kill an ursa and a beastmaster, I try to save him when I can with fissures but he keeps going in. And he just flames me saying I should save him. What can I do? I don't understand how I'm put with people who aren't just average players they're like rank amateurs you should know not to auto attack creeps constantly in lane, and I checked and he was 350 hours played.
What can I do? I'm fed up. Constantly put with idiots.
And yet the hilarious thing is there was one other decent player on my team and guess what he was playing? Meepo. So you have me and this meepo who's pretty good and a zeus that's ok, and then a feeding drow and gyro. It makes me not want to never solo queue ever again.
And before anyone criticizes my items. I'd never really buy those sort of items but it was a constant uphill battle in a losing game. So I had to buy low cost items like the vlads and I think I got mine before the meepo got his. I died the least out of anyone in the game but yet was involved in more kills than anyone else?
And I get the whole, focus on your own game stop worrying about your team mates but it's a team game and at the end of the day you should worry about your team mates but some of them are so arrogant and think they're amazing (I know everyone does, I probably (definitely) think I'm better than I am) that when you give them advice they just tell you to "**** off", like I'm telling this gyro not to auto attack creeps and last hits and he just flames me yet at the end of the game he apologises to me.
I'm seriously tempted to just go into games from now on and mute every single person in the match before it even starts, I shouldn't have to do this...
I was watching Sing Sing yesterday and on his team he had someone who was in their calibiration games for MMR...
Sing has 6000+ MMR, so I guess if they can't find everyone in a team with similar MMR's they put someone like Sing in there and then maybe 2 people with much lower MMR's.
This is the only way I can see why you get idiots on your team like this, I assume it happens to everyone sometimes, because it happens to me too.
Na'Vi played treant and dazzle two of my favourite supports that I think are not played enough. 
I think it's a bug that if treant overgrowths someone but doesn't do any damage to them he doesn't get an assist.
On a side note why is there no cosmetics for treant
I think it's a bug that if treant overgrowths someone but doesn't do any damage to them he doesn't get an assist.
On a side note why is there no cosmetics for treant
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Na'Vi played treant and dazzle two of my favourite supports that I think are not played enough.
I think it's a bug that if treant overgrowths someone but doesn't do any damage to them he doesn't get an assist.
On a side note why is there no cosmetics for treant
Such crazy plays.
Nice grave and both overgrowths were epic, the positioning on the first overgrowth was insane and the timing on the second was perfect, they RP and he blinks and overgrowths juts after so they can't do anything with the RP.
Alliance just got dominated, they really seem to have fallen off recently, definitely not got anywhere near close to their TI performance.
I've been enjoying playing Slardar recently, not the greatest carry more of a semi carry. But mid game he is a beast, basically as soon as you have power treads and level 6 you can get kills, nobody can run away from you just need to be careful when you use his sprint due to the increased damage debuff.
I've been enjoying playing Slardar recently, not the greatest carry more of a semi carry. But mid game he is a beast, basically as soon as you have power treads and level 6 you can get kills, nobody can run away from you just need to be careful when you use his sprint due to the increased damage debuff.
They are still getting to the finals of every tournament, not really fallen off that much.
The meta game change has ruined them, they can't adjust to it and they only had one playstyle before really so its going to take them some time.
The meta game change has ruined them, they can't adjust to it and they only had one playstyle before really so its going to take them some time.
Because Alliance have been having troubles recently so they are changing things up a bit, Loda is now the captain/drafter but apparently he already made most of the calls anyway.
It just means slightly different picks and strategies which is what they need really.
It just means slightly different picks and strategies which is what they need really.
There wasn't really anyone at their level in that tournament though, except Na'Vi, Fnatic maybe but they were playing badly.
Sigma? I don't know enough about them to comment but they looked to play really quite well at times, an then badly at other times.
If some other top level teams from asia were involved maybe they wouldn't have even made the final.
I liked the game where Loda was on Naga they played that really well, not seen a carry Naga in a long time.
I think one of their main issues is, Admiral Bulldogs lack of options that he is great at.
Sigma? I don't know enough about them to comment but they looked to play really quite well at times, an then badly at other times.
If some other top level teams from asia were involved maybe they wouldn't have even made the final.
I liked the game where Loda was on Naga they played that really well, not seen a carry Naga in a long time.
I think one of their main issues is, Admiral Bulldogs lack of options that he is great at.
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This isn't the only tournament they've made it to the finals in...
They've made it to the finals in pretty much every tournament they've entered since TI3, they have been playing a bit worse recently but they haven't fallen off.
They've made it to the finals in pretty much every tournament they've entered since TI3, they have been playing a bit worse recently but they haven't fallen off.
Maybe fallen off wasn't the correct word to use, they haven't been playing at their best anyway.
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/The_Alliance
Just look at the results since after TI, in comparison to before TI, not fallen off but definitely not on form.
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/The_Alliance
Just look at the results since after TI, in comparison to before TI, not fallen off but definitely not on form.
I can't see how Loda taking over drafting is going to improve things. I've always considered him to be the weakest member of Alliance. Their strength is their godlike support. S4 is a top tier mid too of course, and Bulldog is good at what he does (however samey that might be). Seems like Loda is just along for the ride though, which is odd considering he seems to be the big ego in the team.
Many of the Alliance players have said that without Loda the team wouldn't be what it is, he is the one that makes a lot of the calls in games and is really the captain.
People seem to hate on the carry of every team saying they are the weak point.. Loda, EternalEnvy, XBOCT, etc
People seem to hate on the carry of every team saying they are the weak point.. Loda, EternalEnvy, XBOCT, etc
Well I'd have been surprised if anyone on the team had the balls to say anything different given that he stabbed the last team captain in the back and ousted him. Can't help with his girlfriend being the manager of the team too.
Pretty sure that most people were under the impression that it was S4 as captain/drafter up until relatively recently, although I'm sure Loda threw his weight around a bit. Also not surprised that S4 was willing to abdicate the role to Loda if he valued his place in the team.
Fair point about people always giving carrys a hard time though, but I still stand by the view that the strength of Alliance is in their quiet, modest players (Akke, EGM, S4) rather than their ego-heavy ones like Loda and Bulldog.
Pretty sure that most people were under the impression that it was S4 as captain/drafter up until relatively recently, although I'm sure Loda threw his weight around a bit. Also not surprised that S4 was willing to abdicate the role to Loda if he valued his place in the team.
Fair point about people always giving carrys a hard time though, but I still stand by the view that the strength of Alliance is in their quiet, modest players (Akke, EGM, S4) rather than their ego-heavy ones like Loda and Bulldog.
Probably because carry is the easiest role.
And I agree with the above, I've not followed the pro scene for that long but in Na'Vi for example it seems like Puppey and Dendi are the 'stars' yet everytime I've watched them funn1k has been amazing especially in starladder. Kuroky is good too.
And I agree with the above, I've not followed the pro scene for that long but in Na'Vi for example it seems like Puppey and Dendi are the 'stars' yet everytime I've watched them funn1k has been amazing especially in starladder. Kuroky is good too.
Like murray said the only thing that has changed with alliance is the meta, if you actually watched carefully at the international you would notice that the huge reason why alliance won was because of picks like furion and LD, they would've lost the last game so hard if they didn't have the ability to split push.
well believe it or not, Loda has been drafting before a lot of people here have even been playing dota. He was drafting for SK gaming when they were one of the best teams in the world back in 07, also regardless of all the disrespect he gets, he's still an amazing player, a player who is just "taken along for the ride" doesn't win the international, you're only as strong as your weakest member in a team.
well believe it or not, Loda has been drafting before a lot of people here have even been playing dota. He was drafting for SK gaming when they were one of the best teams in the world back in 07, also regardless of all the disrespect he gets, he's still an amazing player, a player who is just "taken along for the ride" doesn't win the international, you're only as strong as your weakest member in a team.
No it's not.