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The dust has settled in KeyArena, and Wings Gaming has been crowned the victor of The International 2016. Over six days sixteen of the best teams in Dota 2 put on a stellar display that some are calling the best TI yet.So while we all go back to our normal routines, as teams board jets and head home for a much-needed rest and start prepping for the next major, lets take a look back at some of the immediate lessons learned we can take from the abundance of high-level Dota we just experienced.There is no meta...On the final day of the broadcast, analyst Chan WinteR Litt Binn put it best:No meta, boys.Wings victory signified a greater shift in Dota 2 towards drafts less focused on a meta and more on team cohesion and player skill.There were very few through-threads to draw an overlaying meta out of. Drow, Elder Titan and Shadow Demon may have been hotly contested, but none dominated the drafting stage like others have in the past. 105 heroes were picked at The International 6, with one final new pick sneaking in during the lower bracket finals.Teams are thinking about composition in a more holistic sense, understanding the nuance of individual heroes and trusting players to operate in non-traditional ways. Digital Chaos use of Naga Siren wasnt just good for a Void counter - you also never knew if it would be a support or core Naga until the last phase of the draft. Wings reached an Aegis based off its ability to pick heroes intelligently and the trust each player had in one other to play the draft well.TI6 proved that teams are moving into a new level of play in Dota, one thats less regimented by picks and bans, and focuses on a clever draft and the execution of it. Wings Gaming could hand teams the exact picks they wanted from a draft, and still beat them over and over. Digital Chaos was the only team who could take a game off Wings at the tournament, and its mostly due to Rasmus MiSeRy Filipsens understanding of that shift in drafting. More heroes are viable than ever, and that means a new outlook for those who want to keep competing with the best.... but maybe Mirana (and others) could use some changes.All of that said, Dota will never be a perfectly balanced game. The major outlier of TI6 was Mirana, the most picked hero at 108 games with a 59 percent win rate. The hard part is where to start with adjusting the Priestess? Her Aghs upgrade was certainly a factor in her reappearance, launching her into a magic-damage carry role, but Miranas strength also comes from the sum of her parts. A long-range stun, a mild-cooldown mobility tool, a global cloak that forces teams to readjust playstyle around it. Miranas newfound role is healthy and unique, but now she has just a few too many tools in her kit.Shadow Demon will also likely get a serious looking-at by the powers that be, due to the prevalence of late-game illusion siege strategies. What was once a fun gimmick from Alliance, using a Shadow Demon and Centaur to whittle down towers, became a repeated trend for late-game strats. The Disruption illusions are often too difficult for even most cores to deal with, and the rest of SDs kit makes him an easy consideration for most teams. It earned him a high spot on the most-picked list, and a 61 percent win rate across those 77 matches.There were several usual suspects amongst the top picks and bans, like Drow Ranger, Faceless Void and Elder Titan who could arguably receive changes in the next patch as well. Even heroes like Timbersaw, whose Reactive Armor buffs rocketed him into contention for most mids and offlaners, could use a look or two. The nice part is that most of these are nitpicks, minutiae; there were very few glaringly overpowered abilities or heroes, and most of the top teams found their way to the higher end of the bracket by finding ways to subvert them.Direct invites and qualifiersThe largest takeaway unrelated to game balance itself will likely be the number of qualifier teams that had successful runs in Seattle. Of the top eight finishers at TI6, only two of those teams were direct invites from Valve. The number three team came in from the open qualifier bracket of its region, and while EG might be an extreme outlier, it still shows the potential of qualifier teams. Theyve won premiers, theyve won Majors, and in Wings theyve now won an International.This year also marked the smallest number of direct invites yet - only six of the eighteen teams that traveled to Seattle were directly invited by Valve, perhaps foreshadowing the qualifiers dominance in KeyArena. Theres an intangible X-factor that qualifiers bring, whether its the amount of growth they gain over the course of the many games they play to reach the top, or the unknown underdog element.Whether Valve continues a tradition of directly inviting teams or shifts to a new format is uncertain. It goes a little without saying that Major winners should, barring extreme circumstances, garner a guaranteed TI invite, but everything else is up in the air. Should the qualifier tournament be the true lead-up to TI? Do teams always deserve direct invites based on the years results, or should they have to earn it? It will be interesting to see how the rigid structure of invites fluctuates this year, in response to the rise of qualifiers. Cheap Swingman Rockets Jerseys .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. Cheap NBA Jerseys . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The South Koreans win the womens Olympic team archery title all the time.Seriously, all the time -- 8 for 8 since the event was added in 1988. A nation cant get much more dominant than that.Ki Bo-bae, Choi Mi-sun and Chang Hye-jin werent the least bit bothered by a swirling wind as they led South Korea past Russia 5-1 in the final Sunday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Taiwan beat Italy in the bronze-medal match.It was a clean sweep for South Korea, with the mens team turning in a nearly flawless performance Saturday to motivate their counterparts.That helped a lot, watching them do well, Ki said through a translator. To show the idea of how to do well in this place.For the Russians, the silver almost felt like a gold and definitely was a medal the contingent of Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna Stepanova couldnt even fathom a few months ago when their countrys presence in Rio was in limbo.The International Olympic Committee recently approved the entry of 278 Russian athletes amid several anti-doping groups calling for a complete ban. Overall, more than 100 Russians have been excluded over allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia ahead of the Rio Games.Of course, we were very nervous of whats going on with this stuff, Dashidorzhieva said. But we believed and trained every day -- and waited.Its the first medal the Russian women have captured in archery. Perova cant wait to show it off to her young daughter.I wasnt with her part of the year (because of training). So this victory is for her, Perova said. I want to go home to see her with this medal.There was no slithering aroundd this subject: There were rumors about how the South Korean womens team used to handle snakes as a way to build mental toughness.ddddddddddddNot true, Ki insisted. Theyre mentally strong enough already.Thats why the howling wind didnt bother them. Never does.Its true that the wind was particularly strong. So we were a bit surprised, said Ki, who was a member of the winning squad at the 2012 London Games. Each one of the team really did great to lead us.To get used to different kinds of situations, the team trains in unorthodox ways. Like on a baseball field inside a dome, just to get acclimated to noise.But we dont handle snakes, Ki reiterated.Asked how this Olympic gold tasted, each South Korean archer had an amusing take:- It tastes like rainbow candy, Chang said.- My moms soup. Because thats the best, Ki responded.- Im still hungry, Choi said.Thats why it was no real surprise the South Koreans added to its title collection at the Sambadrome. It was expected. So are more in the future.When its time for me to sleep, I always think about archery, Ki said. That is why I can stay on top.The real shocker was China being eliminated by Italy in the quarterfinals. South Korea and China met in the final of the last three Olympics before Rio.South Korea beat Japan and Taiwan before facing Russia in the final. Of the 18 shots, 10 in the top scoring ring despite the blustery day. Ki sealed the win with her final arrow.We always do our best, Ki said, and thats why we always have a good result. ' ' '