Tundra seems they haven't played dota in like a month. Lots of individual mistakes, i can't even point out one player in particular, it's all of them. It feels their communication is also way off. It's like they're playing without using discord or something.
As for who i think impressed me the most so far, i would say Spirit and Parivision. Those are to me, so far, the best teams at the tournament. I know falcons are unbeaten, but they looked very shaky at times. Same goes for Navi. Falcons seemed to be going back to confort Ammar heroes, like alot of Timbersaw and mars,which are way too out of meta and quite garbage, but it seems to be working out. Let's see for how long. Navi is the typical comeback team. Reminds me of old Team Spirit, but they currently lack the individual skill to pull it off consistently.
I am expecting more from Aurora, Liquid and Betboom. Shoutout also to Playtime, this team is legit, very impressive growth.
I think that Tundra isn't motivated by the fact that 33 said something about how low the prize pool for the EWC. Although this isn't EWC but you can see from those words if they're motivated or not. Parivision is consistent and that's what I like with them, no matter what the tournament is, they always play good.
Motivation is not, and should not be an issue here. Tundra is simply out of shape. And the most logical explanation to me is, they took a break from practice, and maybe even pubs, and are now using DreamLeague as a glorified bootcamp. Remember they also bombed out from that 1win tier 2 tournament, losing to tier 2 teams. Since they have been already qualified for EWC for the last almost 4 months, they could afford to take a break, to get to most important stage of the season fresh. If EWC prizepool is a motivational issue, then might as well just retire. It's not going to get better.
Also, the prizepool for EWC has been known for a while now.
I think that Tundra isn't motivated by the fact that 33 said something about how low the prize pool for the EWC. Although this isn't EWC but you can see from those words if they're motivated or not.
I also saw that post, but EWC's prize pool is still chunky despite the reduction. Imagine winning that and then being able to sit out the next two tournaments instead of exhausting themselves for a month or two.
I agree, it's still a huge prize money to be honest. But it seems that 33 just found it not that much this time when it's par with the other majors. He's used to how huge it was before.
Wdym by before? If by before you mean DPC days, remember 33 was only relevant during the second to last DPC season when he won his first TI, where the prizepool was already heavily declining. Also, the prizepools for the DPC majors were 500k, and were only 3 per year. Right now there are 11 tournaments with 1M prizepool per year, excluding TI and EWC. If by before you mean before even DPC or his TI winning Tundra team, remember he was failing to qualify to majors and often collecting last places when qualifying.
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