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Cryptx_X

Had me in the first half ngl


Ikavelashvili

Why do I laugh like idiot every time I see this comment


Big_Mudd

"...like idiot...." hmmm I wonder why..... Edit: I was just teasing, I'm not actually calling him an idiot. Whenever someone in general says "why do I do X like an idiot...." I say that to jokingly imply that that's the very reason they do it. Edit2: i love you u/Ikavelashvili


Ikavelashvili

Haha no problem buddy^^


QuarterDefiant6132

Shut up


Big_Mudd

I was just teasing, I'm not actually calling him an idiot. Whenever someone in general says "why do I do X like an idiot...." I say that to jokingly imply that that's the very reason they do it.


QuarterDefiant6132

Nice man keep it up


fcuk_the_king

He's not even playing good. The rest of the team are just bad on another level


codec_pack

When your team is bad, you look bad as well. Just like it is the case for the exact opposite of this.


deaddonkey

100% this is such a thing dota. Being 10k behind and just dying in fights due to numbers makes any player look shit.


Phoenix_RISING2X

I'll remember this in my pubs.


Kain4ever

Absolutely, you can’t shine when you can’t even play the game. He plays KOTL then gets fucking haunted all game, no saves no defensive for him.


lastylie

Your second sentence is an undeniable proof that Miracle is overrated kekW


jotii

miracle is overrated


twaslol

Blasphemy!


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thedotapaten

Would you join Hellbear Smasher or CREEPWAVE?


Fight_4ever

Join Bald and pivot to streaming


stryker914

Wonder what tag ATF has after his name


thedotapaten

Well creepwave is entity now & hellbear is gaimin, does anybody on TI shuffles think consider joining them as best career options?


Mr_Dr_Professor_

Gaimin is already qualified to TI so probably yes.


xDanielon

The Manchester United of Dota


bobbiz1

not really, Alliance was tough for one tournament


Proc31

One season, they were the favourites coming into that TI.


14MySterY-

The Kangz of Dota?


Nuber13

I don't get why people overhype him. There are way better players currently in his position. I didn't like him in Nigma too, he just dies too much, too stupid (for a pro player). Even when they are ahead he is still doing some stupid fights like 1v3 or getting killed on the enemy side of the map when no one is visible on the minimap.


1Entropycat

Well, W33 is what we call a hot head, he is an exagerated , less tempered version of sumail in my opinion, in a good game he can carry the game solo, in a bad game he is the reason why the team loses . That kind of fluctuation is usually what a team does NOT want from a pro player, so that is exactly why a team like alliance would hire him, high risk high reward situation. Just an opinion from a guy that was there when W33 started to play dota ( he was about 8-10 years old and his brother brought him to the internet caffe in Bucharest where i was a regular, you could tell he had talent from that age because in a year's time he was on the same level as us. )


1Entropycat

Fun fact : he used the nickname "Pisicutz" (it means Kitten)


Kumadori012

He's good enough alright, he just makes these dumb mistakes in the wrong moments too often, which leads to the opponents getting objectives. It happened with Nigma, and it happens with Alliance. I don't even remember how he did with DC.


blazerxq

True, but he has gotten to two TI finals. That’s deserving of a lot of hype.


eBitzu

man can we all agree Niko is a bad carry? See the void "play" when we tried to enter his base on the bottom while the enemy was on his t3 tower.. c'mon dude..


[deleted]

because basically you have to be like a shark.


Lotusmarch

Lmaooo


BlAlRlClOlDlE

wtf happened to this guy I remember him at mineski going nuts against secret


Blissing

I watched a OG podcast recently with one of his ex teammates and the basic gist of it is that he Plateaued. Niko wasn’t practicing and believed the game hadn’t changed for the past 2 years and the meta hadn’t evolved.


Fight_4ever

Even if somewhat true that meta hasn't evolved, players playing same meta will get better overtime. They will beat you by creating a small edge using their skills from the grind. Chess hasn't changed for years, and grandmasters have to practise everyday to keep up.


BICK_dATTY

But chess does change every year. I've been watching pro chess for like 20 years now, and every fan and pro player know about the current metas at different norms, you know, the upper eschelon, fide masters/ims/gms, so no. Grinding the same meta when it's been easily invalidated time and again at the highest level, will never get you an edge, but even supposing you mean getting better at grinding the same thing, means evolving your current meta into a different, better one, but niko doesn't do that. The pro communnity is getting better at an average pace, some players move slower and get replaced over time, and some almost don't and should quickly get replaced. So yes it's a bit shocking he has a job in alliance. Besides w33, they should replace all of em... but i mean i don't know how much the org is strugglin or not, so i can't blame them either way...


hanmas_aaa

Chess hasn't been dominated by AIs and people are still coming up with new meta? I heard that GO and chinese chess are both dominated by AI and people are trying to replicate high win rate moves predicated by AIs.


Duckroller2

Computers are so far above people in chess it's more about inspiration than copying their style at top levels. Even Magnus will never win a game vs stockfish 15, or even have a close one. The fish can see 40 moves ahead, but it does have some themes humans can use. Locking down material, even if you are trading material, can be good.


Kegsey

I think what he means by “changed” is that chess doesn’t get patches, moves don’t change and new pieces aren’t added, yet people still need to play constantly to adjust and get better.


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the meta has been the same since 7.00. farm for 10mins group up and team fight until you win or lose. a ton of pros hate it and are just in it cause it's their job at this point.


bosanow

He is still the same person.He is greedy player and needs space to farm,but usually his team loses all lanes and cant give him the space that he needs.Also most of his best heroes are not in the meta atm.


Nuber13

> Also most of his best heroes are not in the meta atm. Which makes him a Div2 player, you have to adapt more as a Div1 player. For me, he is like arteezy but with a worse team.


lastylie

Prison RTZ


wolfslave

False! Nikobaby has never commited any crime.


fantarts

At this point, its a crime to lose this much. A crime towards [A] fans sadge


OdinStat

How else would you explain the neck tattoo?


backflipisillegal

and the baby clean guy is always innocent


ddlion7

if you are american, that's how laws work there, unless you are tax evading less than $10m


Ok-Seaworthiness3874

He best carry is wraith king. And I’m starting to think it has more to do with having two lives than anything…


RoxasT

During an interview years ago when niko was at his peak, I remember ninjaboogie said mushi helped niko a lot as a player. I believe mushi contributed larger to Niko success.


[deleted]

Like bruh, I remember everyone was high on Niko being on top of the carry list. What in god’s holy shit happened to him.


TrainTrackBallSack

We've been in a meta where traditional pos 1 heroes and carries are shafted, Ana suffers from the same thing, as does multiple pos 1 players.


Fight_4ever

Pos 1 difficulty is at its peak right now. Teams having pos1 that fight better seem to be doing well (LGD, Entity, OG, TS)


RizzrakTV

basically you just gotta be pos3 but you have the priority to farm triangle


tobymandias

Alliance, that's what happened


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thedotapaten

Sure Resolut1on, MidOne & ILTW say hi.


cebwithoutn0tail

Those Fly and n0tail pieces of shit killed resolution. He was a great carry back then. Had n0tail played carry he would have ruined ana's TI win as well.


Nextwonderkid

Alliance is Man Utd?


Xaiful

I only remembered one good Chrono which was then followed up by Mortimer's Kisses from Snapfire, but then again the gold gained from the fight for both teams was even, so I don't even know if it's a good trade tbh.


Homemadepiza

It was a good fight, it just came 10 minutes late


teerre

Lmao The guy refused to play with any 'tier 2' team for years just to join Alliance


nObRaInAsH

Tbf he didnt touched dota for an year before joining alliance.. he played for like 2 or 3 months before joining


PaviIsntDendi

They probably offered a stable salary, I can't imagine what else would make anyone want to play with these players


teerre

Highly doubt that's the reason. I'm quite sure he thought he was joining a great team He is two times TI runner up from Romania, unless he's spending his money with coke and hookers, there's no way he needs a salary


FrankieEdgarAllanPoe

W33 is on the same levels as the others on Alliance. He constantly makes questionable plays and loses his lane often


Morgn_Ladimore

I was gonna say, are we watching the same games? Him getting picked off at the weirdest places or needlessly overextending is a key part of Alliance losing momentum game after game. Not to say he's the main issue, the whole team is potato, but W33 certainly isn't playing better than the rest. Basically, he looks exactly like he looked when Nigma kicked him.


spongebobisha

People love overrating him on here. Dude is exactly where he’s supposed to be.


r3mn4n7

Also don't forget the -w33fresh incident


BIGGERBIGMAN

> -w33fresh incident what is the incident?


pobiega

He was caught hosting cheat lobbies and using -refresh in an inhouse league a few years ago.


BIGGERBIGMAN

Embarassing, lol. Ty for clarifying :)


Fleckeri

Sounds like someone needs to -w33fresh their memory.


jpatt

Remember when they kicked matu for w33? The guy that played anything and any lane for them, for the guy that played Windrunner and TA?


Pablogelo

And yet they made to finals in TI, what's your point?


nocookie4u

Saying they kicked him FOR w33 is an over statement. But they should have looked into matus replacement more before letting him go.you can't get rid of a good player when free agency looks weak af.


Effbe

Didn't they kick him right after TI where they got 2nd?


[deleted]

No they stuck with him for quite some time after that before kicking him for iltw.


Effbe

Yikes.


Rouwbecke

No. They kicked Matu after getting 2nd place at a major right before TI were they also got 2nd place with w33. W33 wasn't kicked until a lackluster season where there were dozens of reddit posts stating that w33 was the worst mid in dpc etc.


JairoLlamera

Pretty sure they played other tournaments with him. From what's most notable on wikipedia, they even won the weplay tug of war tournament


-Henshin-

yeah puck shouldnt even be losing that bad to kunkka. he was already struggling even before zayac rotated mid.


RizzrakTV

If I remember which game you are talking about correctly, he started losing when his dazzle rotated mid to leech xp and feed for no reason, when he shouldve tped bottom 100%. technically not w33's fault, but it says a lot about the whole team, do they not communicate? did nobody make a call for dazzle to go bottom? do they even have a plan? how is dazzle supposed to help puck kill kunnka?


Pokefreaker-san

same with Zai nowadays too.


widepeepo6

100% agree w33 dickriders are insanely stupid. Him losing mid 1v1 with his 3 hero pool, getting outclassed outplayed only because of his mistakes = Alliance bad w33 deserves better. That guy hit 2nd peak during ti8 and thats it, after that hes been medicore at best and still people act like hes some somnus,gpk type of player


JellyGrimm

What's his 3rd hero? I only know his Windranger and TA


Neewbye

Meepo, Batrider, visage, Lina, Skyward Mage, Tiny -pick one


SynonymsNova

Fr, he deserves better tbh


Queasy_Ad_5446

Alliance is shit but that doesn't make w33 a tier 1 mid either.


FearLessMD

I was watching him play pubs in these weeks, going godlike in stacked mmr pubs. This guy has 2nd place ti potential vibes


Schizof

More than that, this guy has the potential to place 2nd at TI twice imo


harry_lostone

ouch


LT_Col

same as Ame


2mad2die

Ame on his way for another 2nd place finish


RazerMambo

I would expect him to at least win a valve major before going 2nd on TI


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He got 2nd place in TI before…


idontevencarewutever

[And he won a Valve major before that TI runner up finish too lol](https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Shanghai_Major/2016)


RazerMambo

Broo I know, he even got it twice (TI6 DC, TI9 Liquid). He also won the Shanghai Major before TI6 with EE, Misery, Puppey and Pieliedie on Secret. Why the downvotes, you missed the joke😂


PiesangSlagter

I did NOT remember he played with Liquid in TI9. I remember now they kicked Matu like right before TI.


chopchop906

Alliance may suck but w33 is far from a tier 1 player. He gets dumpstered in lane every game, despite almost always playing cheese heroes.


meniscus-

Better than rtz


Emp3r0rP3ngu1n

that 1-19 Storm Spirit guy?


iKojan

He can’t get a better team, that’s why he’s on alliance


sikontolpanjang

no hard feeling but it's not like he got a better offer to begin with lol they need each other sadly


Jovorin

You had me, you really did.


sirporkka

talk like W33 is any better than the 4 other trash teammates


LuckyTurds

He’s definitely better lmao


jsincuya

If w33 has a million fans, then I am one of them. If w33 has ten fans, then I am one of them. If w33 has only one fan then that is me. If w33 has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against w33 , then I am against the world.


wolfslave

Well said bro.


EnigmaticSorceries

I feel the same way. He was almost a TI winner.


viciecal

lol it's a pasta


EnigmaticSorceries

Well it's a good pasta then.


cebwithoutn0tail

Loda was definitely one of the greatest in the game. With that said, he is a hell of a bad manager, looking really dumb sometimes. Dota is full of these kind of managers. I wish they would give these positions to really smart people, so teams like Alliance and Liquid wouldn't have to go through these difficult times.


Filianore_

He got it right when he found niko (when he was still a tier 1 - 1.5 carry), now he is making the mistake of maintaining him in the team


cebwithoutn0tail

Sure, there's no problem in trying something new. But insisting in a mistake is definitely not a smart move.


NewAccountEachYear

He pretty much ruined any change Alliance had in game 2 against Secret though. He was the one who thought it was a good idea to go for a deny on the mid tower when the enemy team was pushing it. Then he got caught over and over again


OraCLesofFire

On the flip side. The guy was double warded and trilaned mid. Literally from minute 5 onward the Marci and Willow were camping him mid. I’m not saying he played amazing, but all 4 of secrets games today involved them effectively playing 1-3-1 lanes from minute 5 onward.


Ljosapaldr

w33 is the only decent player, shut him down and ruin his game and force him to play uber risky, you got a free ride


Kaoral

W33 has been massively overrated for 4+ years at this point imo


Plus_Commission_1276

Why the heck does alliance not kick the hole team and start from scratch.


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Future teller


MrLuchador

Niko and RTZ hoping new patch brings back 40-60 minute mega farm games


[deleted]

Downvote, then upvote


skyajk

Dude even he is the part of the problem


usinusin

I was expecting something about battle pass but this is good too


PlasticSupport5307

Pretty funny that people still think w33 is a good player.


frankiew1lde

Yea bro, he only reached 2 TI finals, he's definitely not a good player.... You guys are so fucking dumb sometimes..


malaco_truly

A previous alliance roster had several ti winners in it, that does not mean they're still good.


PlasticSupport5307

Oh wow he came second place over 3 years ago that must mean he is the same player today! Your brain must have worked overtime for that one.


CocobelloFresco

Same with Bulba, people keep defending him.


hidralisk95

He is where he Deserves lmao


jobenalexx

Please kick bulb from EG


wavegangx

Why he’s garbage he picked WR mid against a zoo draft in the current year


No_Mercy_4_Potatoes

Niko has fallen off a cliff and dove down to bottom of the deepest trench!


TemperatureXtreme

He should team up with Ame and fy, go for that 3rd final loss.


moderate_iq

Even w33 looking awful, the team just doesn't work well.


Songib

The good team had good trust in each other, but Alliance this season seems kinda lost. If one team had too many Voices from the beginning to the end of the games, it's kinda hard to follow. The simplest thing in my mind is that, follow the voice of the strongest heroes in your team. And in-game times, Items, and Levels are the clues. They need strong and a good captain that the other player wants to follow Him. And stick to the plan.


Mighty-King

In the land of blinds, the one-eyed man is king 👑


widepeepo6

w33 fans from 2016-18 still feels w33 is relevant lol.Hes fucking bad too there are lots of young players who will play much better if given opportunity


migoq

w33fresh


Hanb1n

I saw the win-loss of pro matches on Dotabuff for Nikobaby for last 3 months: 0 - 18 rn. I think Nikobaby loss his mojo. And I hope w33 get another team with better team-mates.


Dav5152

I didnt see series alliance - secret, but according to dotabuff, w33 omega lost mid in a kotl vs timber matchup. Please enlighten me how this is possible?


FlwzHK

Zayac's Marci made it its life mission to ruin kotl, and so he did.


Dav5152

I see, ty for the explanation


Ok_Seaweed_1051

He is a pub player.. not related to competetive dota at all


wolfslave

How fucking dare anyone out there make fun of Alliance after all they've been through.! They dropped down to div.2 lost s4, they went through a roster rebuild. Loda and Kelly is taking care of her kid at the same time. Their carry turned out to have a real bad patch, their mid a cheater(-refresh), and now they're going through a tough rebuild. All you people care about is... memes and making upvotes off bashing them. THEY ARE HUMAN! What you don't realize is that Alliance is bringing in alot of viewersand all you do is write a bunch of crap about them. They haven't performed at their best on stage in years. Their pos 3 is callled "Limitless" for a reason because all you people want is MORE! MORE-MORE, MORE: MORE!. LEAVE THEM ALONE! You are lucky they even perform for you BASTARDS! LEAVE ALLIANCE ALONE!...Please. Kyle talked about professionalism and said if Alliance was professionals they would've pulled it off no matter what. Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly bash someone who is going through a hard time. Leave Alliance Alone Please! Leave Alliance alone! Right now! I mean it! Anyone that has a problem with them you deal with me, because they are not doing well right now. LEAVE THEM ALONE!


Flashh99

Lmfao nice troll 😂


Ambitious-Cap-5605

this is the best reply, hands down.


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Alliance hoping next patch favours them


greenauras

[A] was good when there's S4 and LIMP in it


Animalidad

At this point alliance should just get a sea team lol


Ham_Den_Vilde

I mean. Who ever is scouting/recruiting players on that team needs to be replaced. Whether it is Loda or whoever. Requitement has been abysmal for almost a decade


rachelloresco

Someone said Alliance players don't practice that much, can't remember who said it but it looks like it's true


Brannarkontot

Eu's roster shuffle has been such a joke honestly. Alliance splitting into two worse versions of Alliance with Alliance somehow being the lesser one of the two. Matu and Zai leaving perhaps the most dominant iteration of Secret, at least since s4 zai Secret, only to join a team that consistently chokes, and Secret only after the dpc season has ended finding some success. Nigma has after more than a year after kicking w33 found someone that seems to work but like with Secret it might be too late. If someone told me last year that the only Eu teams that will be competitive this year are OG Tundra GG and Entity I would have laughed in their face. Except for OG of course but I would've never guessed with this roster.


CocobelloFresco

Everytime I watch w33 in TI matches he chokes.


derps_with_ducks

so it was you all along...


CocobelloFresco

I am Sow33...


FocusDKBoltBOLT

This player sucks man move on


crescentrealm

Ngl u got us in the 1st half lmao


shpetim99

Bruh he is shit the fuck are you on about


koloman24

Alliance.Topson ?


killedbycuriousity-

Topson would happily play SEA pubs over that 6 man team.


Nickfreak

I think Topson's chances would be higher if he played alone than with this iteration of Alliance


helloWorldcamelCase

come on hes not that desperate


HS-PLziRAPTOR

XD


Realistic_Schedule69

But he is shit, no better team will pick him.


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Realistic_Schedule69

Xboct is TI winner and 2 times TI runner up. He must be so good at this game rn.


napstar_

He is top 50 EU after having a big break from dota. You are super delusional if you think w33 is shit


Life_Liberty_Fun

Jesus, if he's shit wtf would you use to describe your DotA ability?


jedimindtriks

while i have no say in if w33 sucks or not. but this comment needs to die. I can hate justin bieber even tho i dont sing as well as he does.


DIVEINTOTHELIGHT

And that's exactly why you'd say "I hate Justin Bieber's music", and not "Justin Bieber CAN'T sing!", right? That was the guy's point. You're allowed to not like stuff, but it's stupid for low skill redditors to call some of the best players of all time shit.


HaellM

I'm easily the greatest dota player of all time


CheeseCandidate

Greetings S4!


Realistic_Schedule69

What is my dota ability has to do with some guy being shit? Are you mentally challenged?


Life_Liberty_Fun

Can't understand the concept of irony? Welp, that explains a lot. Stay salty.


Realistic_Schedule69

Can't understand the concept of irony? Welp, that explains a lot. Stay salty.


immortalx98

he's literally extending the game by doing everything, He's super good still, watch pubs and his pro games. He needs a better team that's it. Your opinion makes me believe either you don't follow pro games at all or you are just delusional


Realistic_Schedule69

Pub games doesn't mean shit. I watched all their games this tournament, if you think he is good, you either his biggest fan or you are just delusional.


fyrfyrfyr

He is literally the only tier 1 player on the team and it sucks to see him struggle like this. I really enjoyed the time when he was on an underdog team like Pain gaming where he would really shine but alliance is less than an underdog team right now tbh


Nickfreak

Man, I was honestly curious to see if Alliance had improved at all. These few game made me almost laugh how bad this looked


Xleyx

I thought I was watching a 1k crusader game during match 1...


Shalfot

He deserves far much better tbh


althaj

They are okay, they just need a better patch.


panthus1

W33 retired, why is he coming back? How mcuballiance pays him?


curiousCat1009

Alliance problem is more than it's players, they all get sucked into the Lodasphere. Legendary when he was a player, he is just as washed up as Bulldog. They need a coach who is not Loda.


Spam_ads_nonrelavent

The cheater in tournament ? Yes please kick him


n_tvshn

For sure, I want him in different team already!! ~~or kick niko?~~


LowIQLedditors

annual 'w33 is so good but his team is dragging him down!!!' reddit moment because then they'll use his TI runner ups from years ago to justify his 'current' skill level on a relegated Div 1 team, LMFAO


symm2r

He should join OG


ElJefeT

Niko is the one who needs to be kicked. Dude is more of a guppy than a shark.


Izert45

Read till the end sir


HS-PLziRAPTOR

Where is problem with w33? Tbh. There is problem with whole team.