General DiscussionDota2 patch 6.87 coming out after ESL MANILA

Dont think so, FrozenReptile would want atleast one major LAN event before the patch is played for Internationals.

Longest ive seen without a major patch I shoulda learned od after all lol .

How long until ESL Manila ends? I've stopped following prodota ages ago.

@Zano, ESL Manila starts this coming weekend

@Defy: Would still fit that bill since Manila Major comes in June

The year is 2017. President Trump is sitting at the oval office, both bewildered at the lack of powers the President's chair holds, and bored out of his mind. "This was supposed to be fun" he thought. So far the Senate, House and Supreme Court were all against his plans to ban all Minorities and to start a war with Mexico because they wouldn't pay for his wall. Bored, he had an idea. There was a job that gave more power and money than the U.S. Presidency. But he needed some help to achieve it.
Trump's plan was to take over Valve. To do it, he tapped into a population much like the one that helped him to get to the White House. He targeted the Dota 2 community, the most vocal, angry, racist and dankest of all of the gaming communities. Since Valve is an NA company, he targeted the NA dota community specifically. Soon, he had them foaming angrily at Volvo and Gabe Newell with his unfounded claims.
"The reason there's no 6.87 yet is because Gabe only cares about selling you hats"
"When Peru sends its players to the NA servers, they're not sending you their best players. They're sending their ragers, quitters and noobs."
"Let's make NA Dota great again"
"I will build a firewall, a beautiful firewall, to keep Peruvians out of U.S. East and U.S. West. Putin will pay for it, because his name kinda sounds like Peruvian. And I will ensure that NA teams stop hiring Koreans like Aui 2000 and Mexicans like Sumail, and keep the teams firmly comprised of good American players like Chessie and Limmp."
Needless to say, with the backing of such an angry, if small population, Trump got the necessary votes for the Government takeover of Valve Corp. He was now the President of the U.S., the president of Valve Corp., and the President of N.A. Dota. It was only a matter of time before he could target the world for domination.
Meanwhile, Gabe Newell was desperately trying to create a resistance movement versus Trump, but few would help him. Bruno/Ice Frog confronted him with a desperate gamble.
"Gabe, you'd know if you watched more movies, that to combat an insane megalomaniac bent on world domination, you need a suave, Charismatic British Guy..."
"Bu... but I can't ask him... Not after I called him an ass and said we'd never work with him again." GabeN said.
"It's our only hope!! We need James!!" Bruno replied. GabeN yelled then "You don't get it!!! This would mean it would be the chapter after our second between him and I... I can't count that high Bruno"
"You need to Gabe. I'll help you do it!!"
So after watching nothing but Sesame Street for 2 days, Gabe overcame his irrational fear of the number 3, and proceeded to open the third chapter between him and James.
James was a gentleman when the request came, and soon arrived to the U.S. to devise a plan to derail Trump's goals. First, using his British charm, he got into Valve HQ where all the research had been halted. He was looking for a very special prototype of the Oculus Rift. Bruno had told him that it was capable of time travel, and that the only way to stop Trump was to prevent him from riling up the masses against Gabe. Only he could go, because of time travel reasons.
James managed to get his hands on the prototype, knowing well he had the power to erase a timeline and reshape the world to his liking should he do so. He traveled to April 18 of 2016, where he barged into a Valve HQ reunion where Gabe was discussing which CM set would be included in the next chest. Before Gabe could utter a word, James just yelled at him that their only hope was for 6.87 to be released this week, or Armageddon would ensue. Gabe didn't believe him, but Bruno, shedding a tear while watching his old friend, knew deep inside that he was telling the truth. He worked for a whole 10 hours, giving OD -1 armor, Invoker -0.4 Str. Gain per level, and releasing a Riki Aghs upgrade. Thus 6.87 was released that week and the future adverted.

^ tldr, trump fan fiction

I think you meant Manila Major and not TI. Either way, there Epicenter before Manila Major and after ESL Manila anyway.

Release the houndnotes.
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Balance what is disharmonious.
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Bring back dead heroes
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From the cesspool of despair.
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For one, today,
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We are in glory,
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Arrival of our Lord
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Draweth nearer as we speak.
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Today, we shalt see
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Hearth of the rift,
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Agape and torn asunder,
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Spewing torrents of disharmony
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Remember: What's created
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Can be uncreated
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If the Blue Amphibian
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Deems worthy of their end
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A new meta is on the horizon, my friends. Brace thyselves; 6.87 is coming.

6.81 - 2014-04-29
6.82 - 2014-09-25
6.83 - 2014-12-17
6.84 - 2015-04-30
6.85 - 2015-09-24
6.86 - 2015-12-16
And 30 of April is the start of Manila Major open qualifiers.
Gosh, snowtoad patch dates are so unpredictable...

Unpredictable when its about time

There are only 12 days left till quialifiers and there needs to be some time available for testing on test client some time for people to get used to it on the main client. So as the absolute maximum date I would say Thursday, but even today's a possibility. And there's no way patch isn't coming out until Manila looking at how much work is going on in the beta testing client.

https://steamdb.info/app/247060/history/

(to know how many time they upload things