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21st May 2008, 00:30
The first Mock Draft complete
Everyone has been waiting to get a taste of the newer versions in the league play, thus the invention of the Mock Draft. We have thrown top teams into the arena, forcing them to draft and compete against each other on an entirely new map.
Perceptions of the outcome were entirely lop-sided, many felt that drafting would stay completely the same and that gameplay would be dull and boring with a lot of farm-fests. These two games were quite the opposite though. The hero bans were very standard but the drafting was entirely new.
We saw new heroes emerge in these games like Drow Ranger, Dragon Knight and Omniknight. Some of these heroes were game-breaking and both teams agreed that the new map changed play a lot more than they expected. It will surely take a while for the top teams to adapt to such a map, but for the most part Mouz and MYM are ready to rid of 6.48b and move on.
The judges; 
Naz, 
GunzComeOut, 
Soth and 
Hit0mi were on ventrilo discussing the drafts and games the entire time and have put together evaluations for both games!
Game info and player responses
Judges response to the first mock draft
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Comments (23)
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first blood
To be or not to be, where is the problem ?!
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naitsirhCseyeR 
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<---- this is my response ^_^
pupupupumpupumpum! C=(^_^Q)
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amimamimo
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cool game. no boring lineup
and why do mym ban their own heroes like QoP, PotM,zeus? | |
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RotSTerrestris
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Nice picks in game too bad my PC is fucked up so i can't watch the replays. IMO the new ban system will completly remove some heros from the game: like NA, Warlock, Dazzle, PotM, QOP, Zeus, BM, Centaur.
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GenoZStriker
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Definitely nice games. It was really exciting to watch both games. I thought the were very actioned packed, especially in the beginning and the no dagger also forces teams to fight rather then run. Live or die, not fight and run.
Mouz.fragalot: GenoZStriker why are you not judge? Mouz.fragalot I don't know why I am not a judge. I don't even know what the judges were for then. Thx Rinoa for being able to provide these games for us and looking forward to seeing others. :D Demigod ESL 2v2 Opening Cup - http://www.esl.eu/eu/demigod/
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manhunter321
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nice
you will know and recognise me after somtime
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queNty-
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FB )))!! True ))
Last edited by queNty- at 21.05.2008, 23:51
Don`t belive me
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Both li
╦╦╦╦╦╦╦ The fence of the Ancients ╦╦╦╦╦╦╦
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Red_Aces
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how come the crystal maiden never ultied
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darknight240
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We never going to see potm and qop again in .52 xl mode.
Why wasn't Puck in any of those games. Puck is a solid hero. | |||||||||||||
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I wonder if we will see clans just making useless bans because they dont want all the "imbalanced" heroes banned since they want to pick them. I mean basically all clans favorite the same heroes so what is the point of banning them?
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i think VS also is a good pick
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binatang
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agree VS lothar+cuirass = mad hero ! Be The Witness Of The Madness
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[Aut]Chairraider
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I was surprised not to see Pitlord or Dark Seer, possibly even Alchemist... In 6.52c you could theoretically even give undying a try... If that guy is on a lane you can permanently keep both heroes at full hp without any hp regeneration items and the enemy would have to try to kill you when there are no creeps around, else you simply can't kill em as long as soul rip is not on cd (and with 4 heroes it heals 100 hp already anyway)... + jungle... + really nice ulti with long range now^^.
I also expected Tidehunter to be part of the games, but maybe its still too early for all the new stuff. Last edited by Chairraider at 23.05.2008, 09:00
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pj_chicken
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Quoting zK-: Where could i dl the replays for the mock draft? | |
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weetus
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hmmm wat would be SK strategy when getting to lots of changes...
and also wat about QOP hmmm | |
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