Watch the 4th day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event here

The Dota 2 International is nearing an end. Watch the 4th day of the Main Event right along with us here at Shacknews!

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The Main Event has reached its latter stages at the fifth annual Dota 2 International. Only a few more days until one of the biggest eSports events of the year wraps up, with the first place team taking home $6,470,659. Here are the brackets going into today's proceedings, courtesy of the official Dota 2 International website.

Dota 2 lovers are welcome to join us here at Shacknews and watch the full stream below.

Watch live video from dota2ti on www.twitch.tv

For those that are not well-versed in all the intricacies of Dota 2, the always-helpful Newcomer's Stream is also making its return this year, just in time for the Main Event. That stream can be found here.

This is also one of the most anticipated events of the year for the Shacknews community. Watch along with us and don't forget to join the conversation with the rest of Chatty. (Don't be afraid. The community won't bite.)

Also, if you're looking to take your Dota 2 International excitement on the road, remember that many bars across the country are broadcasting today's matches. A full list of those locations can be found on the Dota 2 International website.

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    August 6, 2015 8:00 AM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Watch the 4th day of the Dota 2 International 5 Main Event here

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      August 6, 2015 8:12 AM

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        August 6, 2015 11:00 AM

        I want secret to win, but I doubt they'll beat CDEC. I'm also totally clueless about Dota2.

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          August 6, 2015 11:05 AM

          hah EG are the ones up against CDEC, w/e

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          August 6, 2015 11:10 AM

          Secret has the ability to beat any team. CDEC is on fire right now, but I wouldn't give them any real advantage over secret.

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      August 6, 2015 9:19 AM

      This tournament is double elimination, right? What happens in the scenario where the winner's bracket team loses to the loser's bracket team in the grand finals? Do they play again as that would be the first loss for the winner's bracket team?

      I remember that this is how it happened for me in my 8th grade basketball tournament. My team (Mt. View) lost in the first round to Highland Park. We then had to beat Cedar Hills, Meadow Park, Five Oaks, and Whitford in the loser's bracket to get to the finals to face Highland Park again. Now, our team was 2-7 in the regular season with only getting a win against Cedar Hills and Meadow Park. No one thought we'd be in the finals. We tore into Highland Park to win the first game of the finals, but since it was double elimination, we had to beat them again, which we did. That's right! I was able to participate in a scrappy underdog story that would rival movies like Might Ducks or Bad News Bears.

      So... Is the International set up for such a situation, or if, let's say, Secret makes it to the grand finals and defeats CDEC there, is the tournament over or would they need to defeat CDEC again?

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        August 6, 2015 9:24 AM

        No, the grand final doesn't get replayed. The winners bracket game plays, and the loser of the winners bracket plays the winner of the losers bracket, then the winner of the winner of that match goes to the grand finals for a BO5 instead of a BO3.

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        August 6, 2015 9:46 AM

        Finals are single-elim.

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      August 6, 2015 10:28 AM

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      August 6, 2015 10:58 AM

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      August 6, 2015 11:20 AM

      I am sad that it half over already. Other than the DDOS's this has been really awesome. Hoping EG pull it off, their techies pick was really incredible (how it upset the flow of the game)

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      August 6, 2015 11:51 AM

      Kaci Aitchison, Valve's field reporter for TI5, hinted at a big reveal during the TI5 All-Star Match.

      "If you thought Techies was a big surprise last year," she said, "you will not believe the surprise we have for you tonight."

      Perhaps we'll see at least one Hero reveal tonight.

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        August 6, 2015 11:52 AM

        Pitlord hype!

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        August 6, 2015 11:58 AM

        Half Life 3!!

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          August 6, 2015 11:58 AM

          :O

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          August 6, 2015 11:59 AM

          The natural progression from a techies announcement is of course to announce the most anticipated game in history.

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          August 6, 2015 12:21 PM

          this would be the best thing ever

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        August 6, 2015 11:59 AM

        Pit lord vs arc warden confirmed.

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        August 6, 2015 11:59 AM

        I'm calling Arc Warden and Pit Lord...one for each team.

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        August 6, 2015 11:59 AM

        maybe they'll take Techies out of the game again!

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        August 6, 2015 12:11 PM

        Kaci is awesome, really glad Valve hired her

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          August 6, 2015 12:15 PM

          Yeah I love her. It wouldn't be TI without her.

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          August 6, 2015 12:22 PM

          agreed, the first year she had no idea what was going on but was so enthusiastic that it completely made up for it. Pretty sure she's nearly universally loved.

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      August 6, 2015 11:55 AM

      Lol march trying to ult everyone but being denied each time

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      August 6, 2015 12:02 PM

      Is there a schedule for the newcomber stream?

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      August 6, 2015 12:56 PM

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      August 6, 2015 12:59 PM

      VP vs Secret Game 1 starting

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      August 6, 2015 2:02 PM

      Hahaha poor swindlemelonzz

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      August 6, 2015 3:27 PM

      So I hear stuns and slows are pretty good

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      August 6, 2015 4:16 PM

      ╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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      August 6, 2015 4:16 PM

      Take off the hat quit pretending!

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      August 6, 2015 4:17 PM

      Holy shit buckets

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        August 6, 2015 4:18 PM

        Ok so if I get this right, secret and navi players reunite in a new team now

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        August 6, 2015 4:19 PM

        lol G's interview is hilarious, we picked some heroes, we played some dota, it worked today. its like any other sports interview. awesome.

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      August 6, 2015 4:19 PM

      lol this G interview

      "We just pick some heroes, and play some Dota. Sometimes it works, sometimes not"

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        August 6, 2015 4:20 PM

        LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

        "i couldn’t give interview for years because I suck ass"

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      August 6, 2015 4:19 PM

      "We just pick some heroes and play some Dota"

      That's the magic recipe for beating Secret

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        August 6, 2015 4:20 PM

        "I couldn't even interview with you because I sucked..."

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      August 6, 2015 4:20 PM

      "I couldn't give an interview to you because I suck ass."

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      August 6, 2015 4:24 PM

      I getting really sick of seeing these player profiles.

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      August 6, 2015 4:26 PM

      Who do I root for in these last 3?

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      August 6, 2015 4:27 PM

      Kill9,

      Twitch needs to stop DDoS'ing YouTube and Valve. I want to watch this in 1080p, 60fps and realtime stats and charts.

      Doz out.

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        August 6, 2015 6:20 PM

        Seriously, that 1080p60fps stream looks so damn crisp. I love it.

        Kill9, you guys need to get on that ASAP!

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          August 6, 2015 6:36 PM

          I don't even bother with twitch. The difference is so obvious

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          August 6, 2015 6:48 PM

          Twitch supports 1080p60fps but their max ingest bit rate is 3500kbps, which is pretty crap at those settings.

          YouTube max ingest rate is 9000kbps at 1080p60fps.

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      August 6, 2015 4:47 PM

      Farming pugna, interesting.

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        August 6, 2015 5:12 PM

        Pugna plus Zeus. It's the magic version of a minus armor strategy. These VG drafts are so good.

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          August 6, 2015 5:20 PM

          That's not any different than the Skywrath Mage / Lina draft by EG in the group stages.

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            August 6, 2015 5:29 PM

            It's pretty different. Long team-fight magic damage versus burst.

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              August 6, 2015 5:53 PM

              Not when you're talking about 'magic version of minus armor'. Decrepify == Ancient Seal in that case, except Decrepify is a bit more magic resist reduction at the cost of duration.

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            August 6, 2015 5:34 PM

            Lina's often want the agh's upgrade, but if she gets it then it can't be amplified by ancient seal or decrepify because it's no longer magic damage. These is one of the few times it's better to have magic damage versus pure damage.

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              August 6, 2015 5:48 PM

              They specifically did not pick up Aghs during the game I'm talking about.

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                August 6, 2015 6:58 PM

                When there is this really good item for your hero that you can't get because of your team strategy than that probably indicates a problem with either your strategy or your draft. Anyway how many times have we seen Zeus this tournament? I think I saw one of the western team try to make zeus/bloodseeker work and it failed miserably. He's not a meta hero at all so it's interesting seeing a team have success with him.

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                  August 6, 2015 7:11 PM

                  I had no idea Zeus existed as a DOTA hero prior to last week. He got picked a few times.

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      August 6, 2015 6:17 PM

      Silencer discussion!

      So, I'm a big fan of silencer, especially in this current meta. There's a lot of popular heroes right now all about jump mechanics or burst damage, so this patch I've been playing Silencer a lot as a position 4->3 as I ramp up with kills and int steal.

      So, with that in mind, I watch Wagamama's stream pretty regularly, and over the last month or so, I had been posing the question to Waga why pro players didn't use Silencer more often in pro matches, asking if it was because he was too dependent on his ulti and too innefective in team fights during the cooldown. Maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago right before TI started, he finally noticed my question in the twitch chat and answered that he thought Silencer was still a strong hero in this patch and he was surprised he wasn't picked more often.

      So now it seems like we're seeing a lot of Silencer, which makes me super excited because I think he's such a great hero in this meta for shutting down a team when they try to jump/initiate. But I'm curious why he's making more of an apperance so late into TI.

      Anyone have any insight into why Silencer has been so rarely picked this patch, but he's back in the mix now?

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        August 6, 2015 6:31 PM

        He's been picked lately because Lina, qop, and SS have all had very high (>50%) win rates. Global silence shuts them down in key teamfights or pick offs.

        I don't think he was picked previous to that because to be effective you have to play him as a core, and there are enough cores to go around. Support silencer has been coming out a bit, so that mindset is changing.

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      August 6, 2015 6:47 PM

      oh man rubick with snowball is awesome. juking the tusks own snowball with your own snowball was amazing.

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      August 6, 2015 7:00 PM

      Anti-Fun game. Not a big fan of VG this tournament.

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        August 6, 2015 7:02 PM

        I really hate AM games.

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        August 6, 2015 7:07 PM

        No love for FY Rubick?

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          August 6, 2015 7:10 PM

          I love FY and iceiceice, but I'm pretty much apathetic about the rest of the team. Would've also liked to see rOtk go farther.

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            August 6, 2015 7:12 PM

            Yeah I hear that, rOtk is awesome.

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      August 6, 2015 7:01 PM

      VG, amazing again. Haven't dropped a single game since the main event started.

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      August 6, 2015 7:01 PM

      I heard ViCi Gaming intentionally went to the lower bracket so they could save their anti-EG strats for the finals.

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      August 6, 2015 7:16 PM

      Okay that winner video was amazing.

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        August 6, 2015 7:19 PM

        Those were all pretty great. I think the Enigma and the Tiny/TA ones were the best.

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      August 6, 2015 7:16 PM

      fucking lol, shots fired at pubs

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      August 6, 2015 7:19 PM

      So animu

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      August 6, 2015 7:22 PM

      uh oh

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      August 6, 2015 7:22 PM

      The ALL-STAR GAME: Team Chuan vs Team N0Tail

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      August 6, 2015 7:22 PM

      haha

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      August 6, 2015 7:23 PM

      This is not a good twist. Needs everyone playing 2 heroes (both Meepo for every player)

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      August 6, 2015 7:24 PM

      pick serpico74!!

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      August 6, 2015 7:25 PM

      THE JORTS

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      August 6, 2015 7:26 PM

      HAHAHAHA holy shit

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      August 6, 2015 7:27 PM

      Things that suck:
      Secret losing

      Things that don't suck:
      VG (go iceiceice)
      This draft

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        August 6, 2015 7:30 PM

        guys Chuan is the coolest

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          August 6, 2015 7:33 PM

          "I will eat the cheese"

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            August 6, 2015 7:35 PM

            fat guy owning it. Surprisingly good english too

            notail still looks sad :(

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        August 6, 2015 7:39 PM

        Where's my PitLord!

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      August 6, 2015 7:38 PM

      Didn't shackers have like 20 v 20 Dota games or was that HoN games?

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      August 6, 2015 7:39 PM

      10 v 10 NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!

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      August 6, 2015 7:40 PM

      What in the world is going on?

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        August 6, 2015 7:45 PM

        Is this a pub game where they just invite people from the crowd?

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          August 6, 2015 7:46 PM

          10 v 10, each team is half pros have scrubs

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            August 6, 2015 7:47 PM

            What a disaster in the making.

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              August 6, 2015 7:47 PM

              dont worry, 420 booty wizard will make it all okay

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        August 6, 2015 7:48 PM

        DendiFace

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      August 6, 2015 7:43 PM

      This match is going to be insane, lol! I can't wait!

      We all take a shot if anyone gets a RAMPAGE +1 kill. If it's a RAMPAGE +2, 2 shots, etc...

      Who's down?

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      August 6, 2015 7:48 PM

      dendi. what

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      August 6, 2015 7:48 PM

      DENDI

      I had an idea but this is awesome

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      August 6, 2015 7:48 PM

      holy fuck

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      August 6, 2015 7:49 PM

      N0tail must be pissed.

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        August 6, 2015 7:51 PM

        His chance of winning some cheese is diminished!

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      August 6, 2015 7:57 PM

      Orange player is just up farming top lane

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      August 6, 2015 8:28 PM

      Pub player gets hooked by Dendi into 3 enemies, glimmer capes and gets away.

      Best moment of his week.

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      August 6, 2015 8:29 PM

      Nobody picked blood seeker?

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      August 6, 2015 8:30 PM

      WALRUS KICK

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      August 6, 2015 8:33 PM

      That was actually fairly entertaining

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      August 6, 2015 8:36 PM

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        August 6, 2015 8:36 PM

        because dota is the best

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      August 6, 2015 8:36 PM

      fucking Dendi in that Pudge suit, I love it.

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      August 6, 2015 8:40 PM

      420 BOOTY WIZARD = MVP

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      August 6, 2015 8:41 PM

      Aww no new heroes

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        August 6, 2015 8:44 PM

        420 booty wizard is the hero we deserve

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      August 6, 2015 8:41 PM

      so are we doing 10v10 when it comes out or what?

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      August 6, 2015 8:47 PM

      Really fun all-star match this year

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        August 6, 2015 10:36 PM

        All-star was incredible in person, crowd was howling.

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      August 6, 2015 10:37 PM

      So it seems Pitlord was supposed to debut tonight in the AS game. But they ran into a bug and couldn't fix it in time. It's why Puppey was the last person to choose a hero. He was supposed to pick Pitlord and when it didn't work they just hit Random and he got Meepo.

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      August 7, 2015 1:49 AM

      Lost five games in a row. I don't why I keep queuing after midnight. The quality of my games goes down dramatically the longer into the night I play.

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        August 7, 2015 2:57 AM

        Gambler's fallacy. I must keep playing until I get a win!

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          August 7, 2015 3:07 AM

          If I queue at rush hour I usually have an all english crew that wants to win. If I queue at 1:00 am I might get people who don't speak english and demand mid and safelane and I have to mute them immediately. In all fairness I did get a good game tonight but I'm frustrated I didn't win.

          Pick stun people. If you don't know what to pick... pick stun. Stun wins games. It doesn't matter how hard you feed as earthshaker, he is still scary as shit.

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