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Relentless

    http://www.joindota.com/en/news/13805-mlg-columbus-kicking-off-tomorrow

    Prize pool is up to $124,000 on ticket sales from an initial $50,000 confirming that business model pioneered at TI3 will work for major regional tournaments.

    6 of the current top ten ranked teams in the world are at this LAN in Columbus. 5 of them were at TI3.

    Is this going to come down to another Navi vs Alliance showdown or can someone else take a shot at the Grand Finals?

    Tyakos

      Interested to see DK play against European giants. And yes, Navi-Alliance as usual, unless Navi throw single elimination.

      Bantros

        Thanks for heads up, I thought it was tomorrow

        Satellizer

          Speed vs Alliance to start things off, hmm..

          EE has no mercy but bone7 is not there :(

          King of Low Prio

            so dumb they always plan tournaments when I am busy :(

            sano

              I'm supporting Speed, their gameplay is pretty cool. I hope they keep a steady line-up (why did you leave bone7 :((( ) and have a shot at TI4

              King of Low Prio

                I just find singsing amusing so I want them to win because he will talk more shit

                Relentless

                  Recent records going into this tournament, basically the last month of games and their joindota ranking.

                  #1 Alliance 22-7
                  #4 Navi 19-13
                  #5 Liquid 19-5
                  #6 DK 20-10
                  #9 Fnatic 13-14
                  #10 Speed 17-6
                  #14 EG 10-15
                  #16 Sigma.int 15-6
                  #55 PBS 13-11

                  Totentanz to The King: M ...

                    How is 13-14 better than 17-6? And how is 19-5 worse than 19-13? Other than that this is so gonna be a mini TI, with the in-game watching as well.

                    Relentless

                      The recent records are not intended to be a ranking. The ranking # are just from their joindota ranking.

                      The recent records show who is going into the tournament on a winning track and who is not. EG and Fnatic have been struggling this past month, while Liquid and DK are doing very well. Navi and Alliance have not been quite as dominating as some might think, they have dropped games to Liquid, Speed, Fnatic, and even EG besides losses to each other.

                      Totentanz to The King: M ...

                        List is still kind accurate though, depending on teams' current strenghts. Maybe Sigma should be higher than EG and Speed should be higher than Fnatic but still not that bad.

                        Relentless

                          Maybe, Sigma was playing very well yesterday when they took their first tournament champoinship. They have just begun to really get their coordination set. But the BigPointBattle was a lot of BO1 and the only team they faced that is in MLG was EG, who is off their game recently.

                          sacroN

                            I bought that bundle on steam. I used that ticket (to get items ingame) but I can't see anywhere that its active?

                            sacroN

                              I can't see dipshit ingame as well. Should the game not start start 23:30?

                              Totentanz to The King: M ...

                                Since when Dota game starts on time? Never. It never happens. Just wait, it will begin shortly.

                                Relentless

                                  Arteezy standing in for Bone7. Speed Gaming vs Alliance in draft now.

                                  sacroN

                                    How can I see that I am eligible to get ingame items? Relentless you oracle.

                                    Relentless

                                      If you are watching in the client you are eligible. If you have a pendant for a team in the game you odds increase for each pendant. You used to have to equip one pendant, but they are all supposed to count now per 6.79 patch.

                                      King of Low Prio

                                        arteezy will be the death of speed.....

                                        King of Low Prio

                                          my net went out for a bit, and game was over(kinda saw that coming though) what happened in the last like 5mins

                                          Totentanz to The King: M ...

                                            EE ramboed in and died, then Alliance took 2 raxes.

                                            Relentless

                                              DK vs Alliance is starting. DK is going with what would certainly be called a "western" draft from 6.78. CK Wisp OD ET CM. Alliance got all classic Alliance heroes Mag Enchant Gyro Naga NP.

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                                              MMY proves the Chinese have learned how to Wisp just in time for the nerf, but its still very strong.

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                                              King of Low Prio

                                                DK pubstomped alliance

                                                Alyosha

                                                  So the best dota teams are in my city whilst I have to leave Ohio for Thanksgiving :/

                                                  Heisenberg

                                                    DK, all star ftw :)

                                                    sacroN

                                                      Holy shit. The chance of getting an item watching the game are like zero. :S

                                                      Hassan

                                                        You can only receive tournament drops in this tournament if you have activated the MLG ticket. Most of the viewers are not eligible for item drops.

                                                        sacroN

                                                          I do have the ticket activated. The chance is still like 0 :D

                                                          Low Expectations

                                                            After watching Speed vs Alliance and Speed vs Sigma I find myself distraught. I actually did not belive that Speed is so dependent on Bone7. Its pretty crazy but without his initations Speed cant really do anything.

                                                            sacroN

                                                              Arteezy is having a really bad tournament. Playing really bad right now against Fnatic.

                                                              Monkeh

                                                                Some good games yesterday, looking forward to more later. Nice to see both Alliance and Na'Vi take a loss early on, makes things more interesting.

                                                                Relentless

                                                                  EE realizes Arteezy is a solo mid player. Gives him a TA, Navi down 24-4, Navi doesn't get even 1 tower.

                                                                  Emilimia

                                                                    fucking navi is sucking so hard in mlg that SWAG team is playing better than them imo

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                                                                    Quick maffs

                                                                      Oh man i lost speed vs navi. Did speed win ?

                                                                      Emilimia

                                                                        yea pub stomp style

                                                                        Quick maffs

                                                                          Cool, where can i see a replay ?

                                                                          Emilimia

                                                                            the match is still going i think lol
                                                                            the spectators were talkin shit

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                                                                            SMELLY APE

                                                                              mushi doto vs dendi doto in approximately 1 hour

                                                                              Woof Woof

                                                                                poor dendi

                                                                                Relentless

                                                                                  Finally time for Alliance to come up with a new strat. Liquid just solved it. Alliance got everything they wanted and is still getting crushed.

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                                                                                  Emilimia

                                                                                    rat doto worst doto now?

                                                                                    Quick maffs

                                                                                      I would still say that alliance is the second best after DK right now, personally i would like speed to win.

                                                                                      SMELLY APE

                                                                                        EE-Sama TI4 INCOMING #nomercyshown

                                                                                        Relentless

                                                                                          DK has CK-Wisp going at Navi, the same thing they used to beat Alliance yesterday.

                                                                                          Quick maffs

                                                                                            Rolf timbersaw vs CM, Chen.

                                                                                            Quick maffs

                                                                                              Visage what a hero.

                                                                                              sano

                                                                                                MMY what a player
                                                                                                Lanm what a player
                                                                                                iceiceice what a player
                                                                                                Mushi what a player
                                                                                                Burning what a player

                                                                                                DK doto dreamteam

                                                                                                Relentless

                                                                                                  Puppey got majorly outdrafted on this game. They had no killing power at all against all that beef.

                                                                                                  SMELLY APE

                                                                                                    loda dies solo to a lifestealer as a weaver. LMFAO DISB[A]ND

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                                                                                                    Emilimia

                                                                                                      speedgaming going to finals u'll see

                                                                                                      unless arteezy decides to go back to his yesterday

                                                                                                      sano

                                                                                                        Alliance being outmanouvered again. I guess they always take longer than Na'Vi to adjust themselves to new versions.

                                                                                                        OMG dendi WR is out of control

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