ixmike88 Profile Blog Joined May 2011 United States 46 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-29 03:36:15 #1



fancy ass lights that my city dont got:















alliance plotting to go 7-0:





the basketball stadium that the tournament was held at:





korok repping his razer headset:





alliance + carson (our g1 translator pwner guy):





orange:





bulba being stupid:





korok during replay review session:





lgd int at the dota super league studio:







brax + korok





swedish reunion:





dota super league studio:

















g1 posters:











g1 team posters:



















g1 stadium:







country flags, wheres canada guys:





chuans left cheek:





xiao8 + bulba:





chuan + korok:





chuan + bulba:





chuan leaving after forced to take pic with bulba:





yao + bulba:





g1 booth:





walking on stage rehearsal:





i couldnt get the best pic of what happened but this is actually how people drive:





player pass:





indoor train tracks thing:





trophy:







the drummer girls:





tc with american flag, what a patriot:





opening ceremony:











korok caught with glasses:





flamewheel waking up late:





pajkatt + bulba + brax:





pajkatt + korok:





g1 staff sleeping on the job:





g1 staff sleeping on the job + brax:





can u imagine they actually pee on walls:





akke + kyxy birthday:















bulba + tc gosugamers interview:





alliance victory:

















pajkatt + me:





carson + me:





bulba + carson:





xtinct + korok:





some club with fancy ass lights:





xtinct + me:





this is a hot pot where u put the food in:





the gender distinguisher bathroom thing:





weird hotpot shit:







i got told this was chicken but its actually frog:





octopus and some other shit before its cooked:





a leaf design in my coffee like kato from the green hornet movie:







regarding the tournament, i thought overall the whole thing was good. playing on lan again was a lot of fun and the production quality seemed pretty nice, though there was a ton of downtime caused in between games and pauses, valve handled this at ti2 by having each player give their peripherals to valve in the very beginning of the tournament and they would set them up in between games, along with an SSD (hard drive) for each player to make sure there was no previous config/setting problems.



i thought the opening ceremony with the glitter girls banging on drums was nice, this is something that the international lacked last year completely, an opening and closing ceremony.



before i got to the tournament, i didn't expect to do well at all, there's always a lot of hype behind the chinese teams, and we had created some of our own irrational fears for their ability to excel in late game situations. however once we got there, we quickly learned that the chinese teams are no different than anyone else.



none of the matches except the game against lgd were one sided enough for me to believe that we can't compete with the chinese. the orange, alliance, and dk games could have very easily gone in our favor with a few small adjustments, and though its common and easy to say 'shoulda/woulda/coulda' won, we didnt. we still have a lot of improving and refining to do before ti3 comes along, but in between that is a dreamhack tournament (which i think we can do really well in) and a month long bootcamp. regardless of our end result, it's comforting to know that the chinese are human.



congratulations to alliance for winning this tournament, its a huge stepping stone for a western team to win a tournament with chinese competition, and im glad they did it in such a dominating fashion.



id like to thank/shoutout to carson and flamewheel, both of these fine gentlemen were a big help to us all throughout the tournament and we probably would have died without them (except flamewheel tried to kill us three times)



hello, here i will upload some of the photos i took with descriptions and some thoughts about the tournament at the endfancy ass lights that my city dont got:alliance plotting to go 7-0:the basketball stadium that the tournament was held at:korok repping his razer headset:alliance + carson (our g1 translator pwner guy):orange:bulba being stupid:korok during replay review session:lgd int at the dota super league studio:brax + korokswedish reunion:dota super league studio:g1 posters:g1 team posters:g1 stadium:country flags, wheres canada guys:chuans left cheek:xiao8 + bulba:chuan + korok:chuan + bulba:chuan leaving after forced to take pic with bulba:yao + bulba:g1 booth:walking on stage rehearsal:i couldnt get the best pic of what happened but this is actually how people drive:player pass:indoor train tracks thing:trophy:the drummer girls:tc with american flag, what a patriot:opening ceremony:korok caught with glasses:flamewheel waking up late:pajkatt + bulba + brax:pajkatt + korok:g1 staff sleeping on the job:g1 staff sleeping on the job + brax:can u imagine they actually pee on walls:akke + kyxy birthday:bulba + tc gosugamers interview:alliance victory:pajkatt + me:carson + me:bulba + carson:xtinct + korok:some club with fancy ass lights:xtinct + me:this is a hot pot where u put the food in:the gender distinguisher bathroom thing:weird hotpot shit:i got told this was chicken but its actually frog:octopus and some other shit before its cooked:a leaf design in my coffee like kato from the green hornet movie:regarding the tournament, i thought overall the whole thing was good. playing on lan again was a lot of fun and the production quality seemed pretty nice, though there was a ton of downtime caused in between games and pauses, valve handled this at ti2 by having each player give their peripherals to valve in the very beginning of the tournament and they would set them up in between games, along with an SSD (hard drive) for each player to make sure there was no previous config/setting problems.i thought the opening ceremony with the glitter girls banging on drums was nice, this is something that the international lacked last year completely, an opening and closing ceremony.before i got to the tournament, i didn't expect to do well at all, there's always a lot of hype behind the chinese teams, and we had created some of our own irrational fears for their ability to excel in late game situations. however once we got there, we quickly learned that the chinese teams are no different than anyone else.none of the matches except the game against lgd were one sided enough for me to believe that we can't compete with the chinese. the orange, alliance, and dk games could have very easily gone in our favor with a few small adjustments, and though its common and easy to say 'shoulda/woulda/coulda' won, we didnt. we still have a lot of improving and refining to do before ti3 comes along, but in between that is a dreamhack tournament (which i think we can do really well in) and a month long bootcamp. regardless of our end result, it's comforting to know that the chinese are human.congratulations to alliance for winning this tournament, its a huge stepping stone for a western team to win a tournament with chinese competition, and im glad they did it in such a dominating fashion.id like to thank/shoutout to carson and flamewheel, both of these fine gentlemen were a big help to us all throughout the tournament and we probably would have died without them (except flamewheel tried to kill us three times)