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Dota 2 Beta Thread: [Brewmaster]
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throwawayname
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NaVi always looks so relaxed during picks, browsing chat sites, watching dota 1 games, only 
throwawayname
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M5 pushing hard.
close to the edge
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Pub stomper style. I like it.
close to the edge
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I like that the casters don't always 100% agree with each other. It's always kind of boring when the casters are always in accord.
throwawayname
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Now NaVi is unstoppable with their items.
close to the edge
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Dendi is pretty good. Holy crap.
Or not. M5 <3
throwawayname
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What a defense 
WHAT A WIN FOR NAVI!
throwawayname
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OMG
this is beta :>
this is beta :>
close to the edge
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What the fuck? This is absurd!
throwawayname
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Now flip a coin!
forgeforsaken
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So I've started playing the beta, just bot matches so far, but one thing that really bugs me is the map layout. I know it's highly regarded but it is something that was clearly designed when 4x3 monitors were the norm. The big issue I have with it is that right now the GUI in the game takes up a lot of vertical space, but most of the gameplay of the early game for the side lanes takes place on the vertical plane as well. This results in things feeling very cramped, meanwhile there's a lot of space on the horizontal that's just going to waste. Now this will change over the game, but for the early game I really think it should be avoided when the designer has direct control over where the engagements will occur. A fairly simple change would be to mirror and rotate the map as shown below, this puts the long lanes on the horizontal and not the vertical and allows the the engagements to take place with the most visual space available.
I realize the Dota community would never support it, but I feel this is a way in which the game is being hampered by being beholden to them.
They also really need to get GUI scaling/customization in.
I realize the Dota community would never support it, but I feel this is a way in which the game is being hampered by being beholden to them.
They also really need to get GUI scaling/customization in.
I'm fairly sure there was a mention of LAN for final release on the blog somewhere. I doubt valve would release a game without LAN anyway
e: maaaaaaaan that sucks, was gonna be a good end
Crazy game, sounds like they'll be able to find the right save amid the +100,000 others.
That'd be a pretty comical way to unengineer an engineered feature, so I very much doubt it.
Lactose_Intolerant
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haha, oh man. Best game of I've seen of the tournament and it fucks up.
Anyone watch Shakira vs. Mouz? How did Mouz lose?
Anyone watch Shakira vs. Mouz? How did Mouz lose?
throwawayname
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dodji bre! 
Dev.dota2.com do it.So I've started playing the beta, just bot matches so far, but one thing that really bugs me is the map layout. I know it's highly regarded but it is something that was clearly designed when 4x3 monitors were the norm. The big issue I have with it is that right now the GUI in the game takes up a lot of vertical space, but most of the gameplay of the early game for the side lanes takes place on the vertical plane as well. This results in things feeling very cramped, meanwhile there's a lot of space on the horizontal that's just going to waste. Now this will change over the game, but for the early game I really think it should be avoided when the designer has direct control over where the engagements will occur. A fairly simple change would be to mirror and rotate the map as shown below, this puts the long lanes on the horizontal and not the vertical and allows the the engagements to take place with the most visual space available.
I realize the Dota community would never support it, but I feel this is a way in which the game is being hampered by being beholden to them.
They also really need to get GUI scaling/customization in.
Why does Tobi like shitty punk music?
much better than Dub/Club music thats normally playing.
Woo-Fu
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Why does Tobi like shitty punk music?
He likes shitty everything. Yesterday was dubstep, trance, bunch of forgettable 90s junk.
Right now he's playing AC/DC, so that redeems a lot.
Woo-Fu
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I gave him a lot of shit in chat yesterday about not playing any music with guitars---or anything other than synth for that matter.
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