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

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Meanwhile Dota matchmaking has been kind to me lately (must be all the commendations I give out). Just fed 0-7 as random first time Shadowfiend and got carried by a Riki and SB. I knew I sucked this match so I just bought wards so hard they were never not on cooldown. Still could push a decent amount of damage despite my feeding strangely. And yeah I got that playername scorecard bug when I finished.
 
Oh well that's good.

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Also, this.
 
I know that feel, bro.

Dota matchmaking has been out to get me the last few weeks.

Yup 0-4 for me too.

I try to check the profiles of everyone before matches. Had one game where the enemy team had everyone over 60 wins (with one guy in the 130's) Our team consisted of three 20 win players (I was one of them), and two guys that had less then 10 wins combined.

How this seems fair I don't know. The other team went on to kick our ass easily, even though I don't think I played badly (Didn't feed, didnt get caught out, was in all team fights, etc)
 
Yup 0-4 for me too.

I try to check the profiles of everyone before matches. Had one game where the enemy team had everyone over 60 wins (with one guy in the 130's) Our team consisted of three 20 win players (I was one of them), and two guys that had less then 10 wins combined.

How this seems fair I don't know. The other team went on to kick our ass easily, even though I don't think I played badly (Didn't feed, didnt get caught out, was in all team fights, etc)

Heh I've stopped checking profiles because of things like that. I thought I had a bad record at level 5 with ~36 wins, but then I saw a teammate at level 9 with 18 wins. Needless to say we lost.
 
That Reaver model for Axe is pretty awesome though.

And I guess people are going to have to redo overlay graphics with the new CM interface.

The new version is better, though the old one was getting to be pretty iconic.
 
New cosmetics in the client.

-2 Ursa sets
-New Omniknight, Bounty Hunter and Bloodseeker sets
-Bunch of new weapons for Void, Axe and Sven (because they don't have enough)

I'm really confused as to how the workshop system works. There's some stuff on there that has been 5 star rated by community for the longest time and still isn't in the game. I understand the anti mage robes may not be put in yet because the model isn't broken down (but PA/Tiny and other heroes had items made for them before they were broken down), but the legacy blood seeker set still hasn't been approved or rejected.
 
I'm really confused as to how the workshop system works. There's some stuff on there that has been 5 star rated by community for the longest time and still isn't in the game. I understand the anti mage robes may not be put in yet because the model isn't broken down (but PA/Tiny and other heroes had items made for them before they were broken down), but the legacy blood seeker set still hasn't been approved or rejected.
It'll only get rejected if there's copyright or if its unfitting to the hero. There's a ton of 5 star items right now that Valve can't go over all of them. They may also want creators to make small adjustments to keep in line with a heroes primary colors. In the end there's no "Do these things and it'll be in the game" rather make a good fitting model and hope Valve loves it enough to implement.
 
The current system seems fine to me. It's not like you can't watch the tournament at all without paying. There are still free streams and VODs. The tickets are just for really hardcore fans.
 
Love Potm Bottom even more for bringing back Shadow Shaman into relevancy. Wish the portraits on the bans on the left were scaled larger, very blurry when not watching a stream in full screen.
 
The best way is if Valve can somehow allow ads to be played in the game, the main problem will be getting deals signed with advertisers.
 
I'm really confused as to how the workshop system works. There's some stuff on there that has been 5 star rated by community for the longest time and still isn't in the game. I understand the anti mage robes may not be put in yet because the model isn't broken down (but PA/Tiny and other heroes had items made for them before they were broken down), but the legacy blood seeker set still hasn't been approved or rejected.

It could be because they worry about legacy bloodseeker being too close to the original look.
 
Tried watching in game, but it will load a map with the ancient already destroyed and the ground textures are all glitched out, also, the hero line up is not the same.
 
Ads during games? Are you crazy?

Similar to ads during the streams full page ad before, in-between and after matches and when you first connect. The shop box is perfect free space during games and I wouldn't mind an ad popping up on the skill bar every now and then
 
It could be because they worry about legacy bloodseeker being too close to the original look.

I thought the same too because they changed panda to a different color, but now naga siren looks almost the same as warcraft 3's version.

It might just be an artistic design choice that they want to keep some heroes as far away from the originals as possible.
 
He definitely was the most solid on his team in game 2. He consistently got good ults and stuns, but his team made so many small mistakes that added up.
 
Puppey airing it out, sounds really depressed about the loss and angry with the lack of commitment from his team.

You'd think the team that won a million dollars last year wouldn't have commitment issues...

I can sympathize of course, always hard to get people on to play when they burn out. But when money fails to garner interest? Damn.
 
Well they've not really had much competition until recently and $200k is like 40 years salary in Ukraine.
 
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