Great major — was a little disappointed with SG’s game 3 draft, but they were awesome and really fun to watch (even when dropping their items :).

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Taunts are used by the pros, but generally just to taunt (like Centaur Warrunner’s taunt, after he ulti’s and while he’s running away, he taunts you). But I agree, the taunt here was a tactic, and you don’t see that too much.

they are fascists. this is what they do.

It’s been a great tourney so far, with some really good games and a lot of teams clearly capable of winning. Lots of heroes being played, not too many naga/tinker games .... I approve!

Thank god. I remember them from my visit, and even as a historical buff, it was repugnant and racist as all hell. Good riddance.

She’s the worst, and I don’t think she’s fooling anyone outside of Russia.

Reforming the tax code, particularly the parts pertaining to the obscenely rich and corporations, should be our #1 priority.

We say that now, but it’s also pretty clear the odds of him turning out to be a nincompoop of epic proportions are are pretty good. Nature + Nurture. Bleck.

Thanks for the writeup, didn’t know all of this. I’ve been watching Dota for about 1.5 years now, and initially was a huge fan of the free-agent nature of the pro scene ... but lately it seems like its not good for the game or a lot of the players. I’d be a fan of rosters and contracts being set for a year, on both…

This is why almost any other position is better for the highest picks (and the highest guaranteed salaries). You can find a QB later, and QBs are SUCH a hit or miss draft proposition that you should take them later.

Here’s the thing: to win a game of Dota (in less than 5 hours) your team generally has to either (1) display impressive teamwork (2) have by far the best player or (3) the other team has really bad players.

Also the best part of this is him yelling at a ref, midway through the 3rd, up 16. That’s how I remember him.

Just stumbled across this and reminded me of our convo — fits too. Just watch Old Man Jordan still dominating the ball ... Cristiano is so so so close to this mode.

Pros figured out pretty quick that he’s best at the 4/roaming spot. I haven’t played him as much since the last 2 nerfs, but I like him best there too.

I’ll applaud more when cyclists get the same treatment.

I make the same kinda point in the endless Messi v Ronaldo debates — different because I think Messi is clearly the better player — but, as Argentina and even sometimes Barca have shown, Messi needs pieces around him and good coaching to get the most out of him (of course you always need other good players, but to me…

Man i hope you’re right, but I think Bron has 1/2 more seasons of MVP quality play, max. Age is catching up. He’ll still be amazing but not game altering by himself much longer. But hope I’m wrong, he’s my favorite player ever and really going to miss watching him.

Only Finals I put on Bron, at all, is that loss to the Mavericks. All respect to the Mavs but the Heat had no business losing that series. I remember one game in particular, at home, when they went up late and then choked it away (think game 2, can’t remember). And then they just gave up late in the series, or at…

My dad is like this -- it’s from the “avoid even the possibility of temptation” school of odd conservative christian thought, and OF COURSE we men are always trying to fuck everything (then again, sometimes, this is a very good point -- BUT).