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[bzm]

Necros a good snowball character. He's shit if he doesn't have a heart and bloodstoone though.

wot
there are so many other better items

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Necros a good snowball character. He's shit if he doesn't have a heart and bloodstoone though.

I did Aghs, Mek, Wand, Basilius, and Treads.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

So

Lifestealer
Tiny

Those two are the only guys I seem to be able to do reasonably well with.

 

[Ikuu]

Didn't realize that Dotaholic also does stats, and has a few more than Dotabuff. Lets you see how often you buy certain items on each hero, and which heroes you still have to play.

 

[snack]

What kinda items will drop for having Pennants? I'm assuming the international chest items?

 

[Detox]

Eh, I would prefer if Valve just made their own official stats website even halo 2 had one.

 

[snack]

Anyone got a list of the popular dota 2 players' steam urls? It's so that I can get their replays from dotabuff.

 

[pix]

Anyone got a list of the popular dota 2 players' steam urls? It's so that I can get their replays from dotabuff.

Use the chrome extension.

 

[Ikuu]

Anyone got a list of the popular dota 2 players' steam urls? It's so that I can get their replays from dotabuff.

http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Category:Professional_Players not a huge list, but better than nothing.

 

[drkOne]

I bought a key. Got that terrible Poor man's shoulder for Lone Druid and deleted it for a chance at a better item.


Never again.

Wow...

 

[Fou-Lu]

Anyone want to trade an international key for one of my terrible items? I want to see what other terrible item I'll get from the chest.

 

[Stahsky]

Wow...

namequote

 

[Volodja]

I did Aghs, Mek, Wand, Basilius, and Treads.

Isn't aghs kind of a waste on Necro?
The bonus on your ultimate is not that good and you can get the stats from other items.
For less than a thousand more you can get a bloodstone and Necro shouldn't have many problems getting that amount.

 

[Cheeto]

Does anyone have any international chests they don't want? I'm willing to open any amount of them and give away duplicate items.

 

[Ikuu]

So The International starts in 2 days, anyone planning to make a thread?

 

[JustinBB7]

I wouldn't mind making one, if nobody else wants too that is.

 

[Drkirby]

So The International starts in 2 days, anyone planning to make a thread?

Yeah, me and milk are working on one. Milk is making the part about the tournament it self, I am writing up the part trying to explain the heroes and items to new players. Hopefully we can get it up tonight.

 

[Forkball]

http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Category:Professional_Players not a huge list, but better than nothing.

You'd think someone like Dendi would have more hours. He barely has more than Gabe!

 

[injurai]

You'd think someone like Dendi would have more hours. He barely has more than Gabe!

Gabe is going pro as soon as HL3 is finished.

 

[dave is ok]

I really hope there is a new trailer, but I doubt it there will be

 

[JustinBB7]

I really hope there is a new trailer, but I doubt it there will be

I wouldn't be surprised, there have been a couple Valve made trailers in the past few weeks, since it also helps to promote the Source Filmmaker. So hopefully there will be one. Valve is going pretty full out for Dota so.

 

[Archie]

TI2 is just as big an event as something like Mann vs Machine. I'd be very disappointed if there wasn't a trailer.

 

[JustinBB7]

BurtonJ ‏@sptonjohn

Up early to help set up for the first day of #dota2ti boot camp. Running on 3ish hours of sleep.

Guess teams can practice already? I wonder how they will do it though, Valve's office doesn't seem that big in terms of actual space.. unless they completely stop all their work and let them play on dev computers? Wonder what's going on. I know they're all on wheels but still.

 

[Gowans]

So warming up to watch the first Dota 2 tournament I've ever watched with the international, is there any great commentated games on YouTube that are must watches?

 

[Moobabe]

Maybe I've missed it - but DOTA 2 is showing up in all my friend's game lists now, along with being listed in the Valve complete pack. Is this just the spectator client?

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Maybe I've missed it - but DOTA 2 is showing up in all my friend's game lists now, along with being listed in the Valve complete pack. Is this just the spectator client?

i believe so. I had a friend PM me the other day cussing Valve up and down for giving him DoTA, just to install and find out it was the spectator version. Im sure it says somewhere that its just spectator but whatever

 

[dave is ok]

Think they'll open it up to everyone right after The International or wait for the holidays?

 

[Guesong]

Think they'll open it up to everyone right after The International or wait for the holidays?

Right after the Internationals is my guess. It'll be the most prone moment of the year to get people to try the game they just watched this big exciting tournament of.

 

[Forkball]

They still have to put 18 heroes in, plus various bug fixes. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they didn't release the final version until some time in 2013.

 

[Anbokr]

These are some truly horrifying percentages, 20% Tide though, lol.

Yo like 3-4/5 of my Lycan losses were when we tried hon push strat and played the same guys twice...

DOESNT COUNT

btw get on my storm level pro

 

[Pai Pai Master]

They still have to put 18 heroes in, plus various bug fixes. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they didn't release the final version until some time in 2013.

This, I don't think Valve has any interest in rushing it.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Very frustrating when you see the person who went AFK for a lot of the game win an item at the end. How does that even work.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Very frustrating when you see the person who went AFK for a lot of the game win an item at the end. How does that even work.

the only person not eligible for a drop is the original leaver. After the first abandon even if you disconnect your eligible for drops

 

[Mr. Luchador]

the only person not eligible for a drop is the original leaver. After the first abandon even if you disconnect your eligible for drops

I'm talking about the guys who don't DC, but just sit in the shop near the well for the majority of the game as soon as they think they're on a 'scrub team'.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Just a point of clarification: will those of us in the Beta be spectating the tournament in the normal game client, or do we need to use the Dota2 spectator client?

Just not real clear atm. thanks.

 

[TheThunder]

Think they'll open it up to everyone right after The International or wait for the holidays?

My money is right after TI2 (no more than a month after)

They still have to put 18 heroes in, plus various bug fixes. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they didn't release the final version until some time in 2013.

18 heroes won't make much of the difference for the casual/first timers when the game already has 90 different ones to choose from.

As for bugs, aside from the brightness thing fucking up, I haven't encountered a major one yet.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

I'm talking about the guys who don't DC, but just sit in the shop near the well for the majority of the game as soon as they think they're on a 'scrub team'.

well my point was a worse case (i dont agree that leavers should be eligible for anything). I cant see them implementing a crazy drop system for afk people especially with supports who with their endgame stats can look like they played afk or just fed

 

[Baha]

Just a point of clarification: will those of us in the Beta be spectating the tournament in the normal game client, or do we need to use the Dota2 spectator client?

Just not real clear atm. thanks.

Normal client, I mean you already can spectate games in there so no reason to switch to the spectator client.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Normal client, I mean you already can spectate games in there so no reason to switch to the spectator client.

cool thanks.

 

[sephi22]

Quick question guys: Is this game in open beta or closed beta?

I remember sending an invite request to Valve, then forgot about it. Was just mucking around Steam and the Dota 2 page said I already own the game. Checked my Library and lo and behold it was there.

Just wondering if Valve entered me into the list or if its open to all Steam users now

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Quick question guys: Is this game in open beta or closed beta?

I remember sending an invite request to Valve, then forgot about it. Was just mucking around Steam and the Dota 2 page said I already own the game. Checked my Library and lo and behold it was there.

Just wondering if Valve entered me into the list or if its open to all Steam users now

everyone got spectator so it could be that.....not sure how to check that though

 

[xero273]

everyone got spectator so it could be that.....not sure how to check that though

Probably start the client. If you can't play games then spectate client

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Quick question guys: Is this game in open beta or closed beta?

I remember sending an invite request to Valve, then forgot about it. Was just mucking around Steam and the Dota 2 page said I already own the game. Checked my Library and lo and behold it was there.

Just wondering if Valve entered me into the list or if its open to all Steam users now

They don't really send out an e-mail if you get in. It just shows up in your game list. The game isn't considered in beta anymore, but it's not fully available to everyone on Steam yet.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Probably start the client. If you can't play games then spectate client

lol thats a pretty shitty system....HEY LOOK YOU GOT INTO DOTA 2 BETA!!!!*









*spectator mode only

 

[TheThunder]

They don't really send out an e-mail if you get in.

They did send me an email when I got in, then opened steam and the game was already there.

 

[sephi22]

Just checked the e-mail that's linked to my Steam.
I got the invite on July 27. I don't really use that e-mail now so no wonder I missed it.

Well, I guess time to jump in and get owned and abused by the community. This is my first MOBA

 

[BHK3]

They did send me an email when I got in, then opened steam and the game was already there.

Same here.

These games are gonna be the only pro games I watch in the game cilent, should be very interesting actually having total control of my viewpoint. I rather watch a stream with a commentator though since I have no clue who to follow and I won't be able to recognize any big plays because of my dumpster tier skill.

Can you trade pennants? I wanna buy a Navi pennant but I have no money but I can trade items for it, I want Navi because I want items for seeing first blood and stuff like that.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Well, I guess time to jump in and get owned and abused by the community. This is my first MOBA

it was mine as well.

I played bots only one or two rounds then jumped right in ( i still will play a bot round if im feeling feisty and wanna try someone new). The MM was pretty decent for me where i was matched with other people that had 0 wins (or incredibly low wins) and it wasnt too bad... The occasional " G0 PLAY W!TH BOTS U N00B!!!!" but overall the rage wasnt too bad.
Im finding it much worse now with like 75 wins.

 

[wakajawaka]

There is a Mouz pennant but no Next.Kz one? hmm

 

[The Technomancer]

Just checked the e-mail that's linked to my Steam.
I got the invite on July 27. I don't really use that e-mail now so no wonder I missed it.

Well, I guess time to jump in and get owned and abused by the community. This is my first MOBA

If you want to play with someone I'd be down for a couple games tonight. I'm always interested in seeing newer players play. (and this is from a guy with only 60 wins himself)