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Dota 2 Beta Thread 2: Real Talk Discouraged [Magnus, Teams, 6.75b, 150+ Shop Items]

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I'm surprised that the game doesn't save your hero layout choice, then again, the brightness slider is still broken (had to go through the game files to fix it) guess that comes with the territory of being a beta 'n all.
 
If you get reported and what nots, what happens?

I know you get put in a low priority queue for awhile, but is that it?

Also, how do they check? Cause a few games ago I was pretty much blamed for everything >.<; (Even though I am sure I wasnt the biggest reason we were losing) buuuut, if I do get reported for feeding or whatever, what do they do? Have someone check the game out?
 
You won't get put in low priority for being bad.

You'd have to, like, be willingly walking your hero to enemy towers for any action to be taken.
 
Why so bad markot?

How many games have you played so far? And are you playing on sea or US?

You should join ausgaf from time to time and be bad with most of us, Unless the good players join and we get grouped with other good players. Random solves any issues there!
 
Um, nearly 200 games, so yeah im not terrible but not terrific.

I play on sea and the us servers, the others have too many non english speakers so its tough.

My steam id is poinky
 
visage is fun, seems like it would be super easy for a newbie to feed the enemy team familiiars though :( this game so hard

it would be cool if you could just automatically matchmake with people in a certain group, i'd like to play with dotanewbgaf or redditnoobdota but i cant be bothered to actually converse with people to set up a match. is such a thing even possible?
 
Cool draft for mtw vs darer

Mtw has: Prophet/Tinker/Enigma/Brewmaster/Lion
Darer has: Lycan/Leshrac/Lone Druid/Keeper Of The Light/Windrunner
 
Cool draft for mtw vs darer

Mtw has: Prophet/Tinker/Enigma/Brewmaster/Lion
Darer has: Lycan/Leshrac/Lone Druid/Keeper Of The Light/Windrunner
So save for Lone Druid, KotL, and Brewmaster this is your typical run of the mill competitive team?
 
mTw has been playing kind of poorly since they defeated Navi at Dreamhack. I don't really care that much though, as they are one of the most boring teams to watch.
 
Visage picked by Darer in game 2.

mTw has been playing kind of poorly since they defeated Navi at Dreamhack. I don't really care that much though, as they are one of the most boring teams to watch.

The worst part is that they're playing at a lan, "bootcamping". You'd expect them to do a lot better unless this is some very strange testing period for them.
 
I don't really get why Lion isnt picked more often. 2 very solid CC's and good burst, all without items.

Anywho, if MTW doesnt end this soon I think Lycan and Solobear will roll over them.

He requires level for his skills to be really good, which he often doesnt get in the support role. Lion needs xp.
 
So uh,
are chat rooms broken for anyone else?

It stuck me in the NeoGAF one by default after downloading the latest patch, but I'm not in any others anymore, and I can't connect to any others.
 
Then why did they win gosuleague after dreamhack?
Sure, they won Gosuleague, but they have also lost 16 of their last 30 matches since Dreamhack, and have been eliminated from a bunch of other tourneys, some pretty early on (TD yesterday). Essentially they are playing .500 Dota, and seem to be breaking down before the International. Of course, there is still over a month til the International, so maybe they'll pull their shit together.
 
The worst part is that they're playing at a lan, "bootcamping". You'd expect them to do a lot better unless this is some very strange testing period for them.

It's kind of constantly a testing period for all these teams with the steady stream of new heroes popping out. The weird thing about mTw is that they play such a standard style that they don't really adapt. You see Darer pick new heroes in all 3 games, running weird strats and styles while mTw just does their thing all day everyday. No improvisation, no heroics, just by the book Dota. And I feel like they struggle against the teams with nonstandard styles.
 
So I just wanna ask a few people... who else enjoys doing this?

-Solo Mid
-Farm Blink Dagger
-Blink to cliff
-Recall Allies
-Suicide Couriers if they try to get them to bring tp scrolls
 
Some of the changes to character's recommended items are just... odd. Dark Seer should get Arcane Boots over Phase Boots? Arcane boots are so useless late game for him. Also I don't get hood and pipe recommendations either. I guess since he's an initiator you want him to be able to survive, but you'd think that one would take sheepstick or Shiva's before a pipe.

And blink dagger on Shadow Shaman?
 
So I just wanna ask a few people... who else enjoys doing this?

-Solo Mid
-Farm Blink Dagger
-Blink to cliff
-Recall Allies
-Suicide Couriers if they try to get them to bring tp scrolls

i enjoy winning >_>.

Hope that even though there will be no more heroes until after TI2, they continue to slip out portraits and texture/models in the patch files.

Valve's rendition of bristleback will be glorious.
 
Some of the changes to character's recommended items are just... odd. Dark Seer should get Arcane Boots over Phase Boots? Arcane boots are so useless late game for him. Also I don't get hood and pipe recommendations either. I guess since he's an initiator you want him to be able to survive, but you'd think that one would take sheepstick or Shiva's before a pipe.

And blink dagger on Shadow Shaman?
Arcane Boots are recommended because DS has very expensive abilities, and his mana pool isn't very high. You can also dissemble the boots if you go for Bloodstone. Hood and Pipe are amazing, they give HP regen and mana resistance. A hood is way cheaper than a sheepstick, it gives a lot of survivability. Plus Dark Seer can farm super easy.

Blink Dagger is great on Shaman when your team lacks (or wants more) initiation. Another great item for Shaman is BKB.
 
Some of the changes to character's recommended items are just... odd. Dark Seer should get Arcane Boots over Phase Boots? Arcane boots are so useless late game for him. Also I don't get hood and pipe recommendations either. I guess since he's an initiator you want him to be able to survive, but you'd think that one would take sheepstick or Shiva's before a pipe.

And blink dagger on Shadow Shaman?

Those are all standard item choices.
 
Some of the changes to character's recommended items are just... odd. Dark Seer should get Arcane Boots over Phase Boots? Arcane boots are so useless late game for him. Also I don't get hood and pipe recommendations either. I guess since he's an initiator you want him to be able to survive, but you'd think that one would take sheepstick or Shiva's before a pipe.

And blink dagger on Shadow Shaman?

Soul ring and then rush pipe is the only way to play dark seer.
Just kidding, but it's so good to get that early pipe for your team.
 
What happened? Right as I'm about to unpause I see the chat going crazy spamming OPA DENDI

He just constantly pummels the other team in teamfights. What happened earlier was porting in after a fight when 4 of Darer were low and killing all 4 singlehandedly with march and Shiva's.
 
I unlocked 2 stupid tide hammers last night. I wonder if I can ditch those and csgo for 4 or 5 keys.

I attempted to play nyx last night as well, Didn't go so well. I think at this stage I will sorta stick with SK and Axe which seem to be what I mostly know at the moment. I still need to work on range (units) in Dota. I keep thinking X spell should have reached when it clearly shouldn't. Such as burrowstrike.
 
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