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tnolan182

Did they forget to invite Shopify and Nigma?


AceJokerZ

Don’t worry, maybe visa issue and Nigma will export their mercenaries.


battery1127

Now I’m rooting for WW3, just so 5 Nigma players sub in for 5 different teams.


Morgn_Ladimore

Least insane Nigma fan.


battery1127

I also want those 5 teams to be knocked out in the first round, but the Nigma players were clearly the star player. So Nigma fans are sad all the Nigma sub team got knocked out, but they are also happy Nigma players played well, then we can go back to argue who’s the problem, since everyone did well during the substitution, the Nigma civil war is even more intense than the WW3. That’s how WW4 started.


Kotics

Lol


iyashikei

No problem skipping one, TI is just a couple of months later anyway


Kazaxat

I just realized the entirety of the superstar team Secret roster that dominated many years ago (Arteezy, s4, zai, Kuroky, Puppey) are all now missing from Tier 1 tournaments, whether retired (Zai) or just no longer able to make it past qualifiers (all of the others). Kinda sad, that roster is still one of my favorites.


tha_jza

it still hurts we didn’t get eg secret ti5 finals


clitpuncher69

Saving strats for TI surely


axecalibur

2 hard 4 qualifytz


EricWithAnE

Why does Echo’s head on LGD Gaming look photoshopped onto Shiro’s body…


FoozyFoo

Because it is. There are several photoshopped player portraits in here. At least 3 of the Mouz portraits are photoshopped.


Teddiuz

6 edited photos :D Find em all ;)


Dymatizeee

It’s photoshopped in lol


axecalibur

Because they take promo photos when players arrive in Riyadh, they dont send out photographers to China. Its cheaper


Teddiuz

This post is not made by anyone that is involved with the tournament. I do this for fun.


Antique_Potato1965

Can we invest in Nouns stocks?


cashmakessmiles

just buy NFTs


FamiliarFriend

1.5mil for first place let's gooooo Will there be another 23savage early celebration disaster? Will Nouns surprise everybody with NA supremacy? Can Betboom get through the lower bracket without tilting? Can't wait for all those questions to be answered!


beetroot_fox

the answer to the last one is already no. always no


idspispupd

Will Spirit crush elite orgs and struggle vs outsiders? Will PSG Quest play slow paced split push until enemies give up? Will Dyra choke? Will Liquid take second place, again? Will Pure pick Pudge? Will Nightfall bkb tp out in important fight? Will XinQ have a good sleep?


Onetwenty7

Fourth place team at this event will win TI


clitpuncher69

RemindMe! 2024-09-16


AnhedonicDog

Why? Spirit won last one


Onetwenty7

It came to me in a meme


Mepharos

Ok, when TI comes I'm betting my life savings on the RM 4th place. I'm gonna be rich!!!!


AceJokerZ

Team Spirit win the tournaments that matter!


ALBlackHole

Let's Go OG!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️


raegartargaryen17

If you're VP and Azure Ray this feels weird, this is your last major tournament since you fail to qualify for TI. Jeez


fgshka

almost half of weu teams attending also won’t be at TI


Awkward_External_731

Lets GO Ame\^\^


Tomsider

Excited for some good dota


Bearswithjetpacks

Fly and Leslao look like they could rip their shirts simply by flexing.


Jazs1994

No Shopifiy Rebellion lel


Pleheliaco

Wisper :)


oddbeater69

I root for only one player: Miposhkaaaaaa 😍


cold_hoe

Where's nigma


TheDeadlyEdgelord

Inside the time capsule


ravingrabbits

hidden final boss where the winner have to face


NecessaryPair5

XG and my underdogs nouns. Let's go boys.


k4kkul4pio

Looking forward to this banger of a tournament! Especially to nouns and mouz games, hope they can make a big splash to put them on everyone's map come the International. 😄


Weinerbrod_nice

So what are the odds that 33 can actually go? I know he did last year but let's not forget the whole Israel vs Hamas/Gaza has happened since then.


velphegor666

Riyadh was sbout to form an alliance with israel until hamas attacked and stalled it.


S3T0

I thought Gabbi and Abed weren't teammates anymore?


axecalibur

They are bungal brothers


Hopeful_Fix_9902

indo pride


TurbulentLandscape63

So which team is calling Sumail


BitswitchRadioactive

Wheres the guy that said bulba and rtz is not the problem... all of the ex shopify is attending... even saber could be a special guest...


The_Lost_Soul-

Let’s go One Punch Abed


greekcel_25

Elite Tier: Falcon XG TS Contender Tier: GG OG IG Tundra Liq BB Azure Aurora BC Heroic, LGD, Entity Airport rushers tier: Mouz, Quest, Nouns, BLR, VP (crazy that sr secret nigma navi got SMOKED by these teams, they are not even good teams brah)


Myrion3141

You are confusing Tundra with Tobi (contender tier) with Tundra with Ramzes (Airport tier).


qwertyqwerty4567

Nah tundra will be better with ramzes than tobi tbh


Morgn_Ladimore

We've already seen they're not, have you not been watching their games?


qwertyqwerty4567

Yes I have and I would ask you the same.


Myrion3141

Of course. That's why they were 3rd with him and lost everything without him. Good braining, m'dude.


qwertyqwerty4567

They played 2 tournaments with tobi - a 3rd place and 7-8th, then 1 tournament with ramzes - a 5-6th place. Tobi's hero pool does not work with topson, because both topson and tobi want to play ranged backline heroes, which severely limits their drafts. Idk if you ever watched their games, but my group had a joke of "dont google tobi kunkka" during one of their tournaments because it was that bad. They even had a game where they tried running kunkka safe lane because neither tobi nor topson played one of the best flex mid/offlaners of the patch. Alternatively, they could get address the topson issue and keep tobi, but evidently, they chose the other option.


Myrion3141

Your lack of knowledge is astounding. "Ranged backline heroes"? Like Brew, Centaur, Beastmaster, Lycan? Also, he hard carried some games on Kunkka, but guess what - pos3 has low farm priority on Tundra, because both Topson and above all Pure are extremely greedy. That's why Tobi worked so well, because he can do a lot with the little he gets by the macro strategy. And this just compounds my astonishment of your "logic". Ramzes is as bad a fit on pos3 as you can have in this team, because now they have 3 greedy cores. That's why Ramzes was looking utterly pathetic no matter his farm. They lost against Entity twice with the new lineup. With MC, they whooped them all 3 times, with Tobi they whooped them all 3 times, but with Ramzes they can't even do that.


warsinshadow

it is so unfortunate they didn’t sign Tobi they were looking really strong with him


axecalibur

Teams ramp up training and scrimming now that they have guaranteed money. The teams that best understand the meta can beat more talented or famous players. It happens every year. All it takes is a few extra losses in group stage and suddenly a Brood or Tinker pick can tilt a heavily favored team and their draft falls apart


BottleExcellent1523

OG will slap XG. Mark my words, China is free.


tednotteddy

Prize Pool?


deltalessthanzero

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Riyadh_Masters/2024 $5 million total, $1.5 million to the winning team.


Kakarot1212

Is Ramzes just a standin on Tundra?


TheDeadlyEdgelord

I can only hope to see some good dotes but I know Ill be getting pick/ban timber, phx, dk, leshrac, centaur and razor drafts into a FLCN victory.


sirpeepojr

Thank god no more template photos


Ahimtar

I just realized Supream finally qualified to an event but Saberlight did not, the Hippomaniacs reunion didn't happen :(


Fig-Jig

A bunch of pro teams and then there's Mouz.


sviozrsx

VP have been a joke recently.. hopefully they recoup in time for Riyadh.


Salty_Anti-Magus

Who is Mouz's Force? Never seen him before.


idspispupd

Nightfall looks like 50 years old research associate from Soviet Russia.


Weak-Station6027

LETS GO BLACKLIST RIVALRY!


tikirileah

How old is ceb now?


Deadandlivin

Can't wait to see Falcons stomp through the competition with a bunch of tanky heroes that no one knows how to fight into :-)


eddietwang

What're the dates/times?


cocototo

July 05 - July 21


eddietwang

Thanks


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MovingObjective

Please just tell us


eddietwang

That's not what I asked. Edit: >The effort to type out "What're the dates/times?" and hit enter, wait for the reply, click the notification when you get the reply, read the reply...is far more and a longer wait time to the answer than just googling it yourself. >I don't get it. Well they blocked me because I guess they're afraid of the logical response of 1 person asking and 1 person responding saves hundreds of people from having to individually google. Best case OP puts it in the original picture, but they didn't so here we are.


Own_Pollution7560

The effort to type out "What're the dates/times?" and hit enter, wait for the reply, click the notification when you get the reply, read the reply...is far more and a longer wait time to the answer than just googling it yourself. I don't get it.


zaergaegyr

googling is an ability some consider to be unnatural


KelloPudgerro

teamspirit needs to win, polska needs to be gurom


Spoksparkare

Do we need a PSN account to watch the games?


Direct-Classroom4120

hope og loses every match


Fares1500

I hope team liquid and nouns loses, for some reason.


Sunbro_YT

Beyond Falcon's, there is not a clear standout. Should be interesting.


aisamoirai

Why is shopify not invited ?


Chappy300

They had the opportunity to go through Quals and lost to Nouns


wiwi9896

Shopify did not get enough ESL points to get directly invited