games
Saturday, August 22, 2026
you cannot convince me some of these people aren't yelling in the booth "PICK ME XYZ, I'LL SHOW HIM"
because some of the picks are 100% ego
"I think I can beat the odds in this shit matchup"
yep, the 2nd one especially
imagine being the 5
and your carry slams the desk like a faggot next to you
just quit the team right there
Some of these pros cannot win their lanes
there have only been a couple players I've seen that were actually technique gods
everyone else just seems way too willing to be 1-2k behind
sure, and that's the whole point of the team aspect of the game, and knowing when your characters hit certain jumps in power and playing around it
but honestly
if you cannot draw even in lane when you have to
wtf are you doing
the exception being when you're up against those couple actual gods
who are just *better*
back to your flowchart thing
I'm sure that's what they should actually be doing
but idk, I just don't get the vibe most of these teams are that rigid
yep
same with mid
"hey play puck, he's bad this patch, but the chart says"
*bad every patch
yeah, based solely on the meta I've seen watching TI, I think there are a lot of heroes who are going to struggle in this patch
Replying to bob #b0b3365 watching ti made me realize just how shit I am at the game
I honestly had the opposite reaction, the pros seem way more human than they used to
with those few exceptions
though support players are still really skilled, and have WAY mroe they are expected to do
playing high-level dota would tilt me so fast
I was the same way when trilanes were meta back in the day
before the larger map made the floating supports way more necessary