Wondering what team Merlini joins in US, since EG has 6 players (Fear hit0mi Mo Remstar Demon Fanatic) who always play.

I don't really see that as a threat to be honest, the KS.Int lineup I mean. Waiting to see who Ravens picks up from ex-[K] THAT will be a threat.

Ravens pick up Mania, Maelk and Pusher.

KS.int / EG / Ravens Tri-Domination incoming.

http://www.gosugamers.net/dota/news/9823 info on lineups.

This post was edited by BowEzed on Apr 21 2009 12:03pm

Seems like the big trend are single-national teams now. Germany vs Denmark will be great =)

Denmark > imo unless ofc, we're talking full nations v nations, then ofc kuroky + h4nni added to the mix

mannn Misery got OWNED.

Ravens looking nasty as well. cant wait for some matches.

[k] actually stomped on dmz a few days ago, lol

DMZ picks were stupid, 3 intels in first 3 picks. obviously pugna good choice.

Russian DotA is dying. Rush3D will soon be forgotten (not completely though; as a great world-class team -- yes), Ks.Int needs fresh non-Russian blood, NS and Vigoss are already becoming too full of themselves, Vigoss already prooved that by parting with Ks, NS is also about to.

I don't even know if I'm glad or not about that, but believe me, Russian dota-community becomes more and more rotten everyday. That surely is a very sad tendention, mostly caused by the most popular Russian dota-related website prodota.ru, which is actually nothing more than a leprosorium for down-syndrom kids. And even good adequate players that start sticking to this community soon become just the same. Eh. Go Europe, Go America, I believe 2009-2010 is the time when most of the big names will be born there.

russian dota hasn't been good since VP disbanded .. I think you're talking about Jolie also, not NS.. he's already on PS with vigoss. JoliE is just taking time off from ks.int which will give h4nni a chance to play and build synergy with the team. I don't think jolie changed his mind about leaving ks.int now after rush3d already left to china.

Yeah, I've totally messed up with Jolie and NS. Yeah, you're right, even with some competitive wins, it was all the same names which take roots from the old Say_Plz roster. The only new star from the last few years was Vigoss, and this star is already about to fall.

That's sad. But I'm somewhat relieved that these prodota-retards get what they deserve, lol. ^^

It's also sad that Garena works better than bnet only for people from the same country. Back in ol' good bnet times I was even hosting @Europe and people were always surprised like "U rus? Zomg your host is too good for rus", and now every game in Europe rooms are a great pain coz of 150+ ping. So I'm kinda trapped with all these Russian pubs and low-skill SP league.