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[Wok]

With Compendium
Watching matches live gives you a chance to get ultra-rare item drops
Watching matches live/later upgrades your compendium weevil
Playing non-practice/lobby games gives you 125% battle bonus which stacks with others.

Without Compendium
Watching matches live/later is free
Playing non-practice/lobby games gives you 25% battle bonus IF others have it.

If everyone in a game has the compendium, then you get up to 225+9*25 = 450%? That is a good way to farm items with nine other contacts.

Yes, which is why everyone will buy one and then Dreams will owe me a common item.

Okay, but it won't work after the tournament. So Valve's idea is to make people play a lot before the tournament, and then get a lot of faithful spectators. Man, they are clever.

Edit: I have found the rules for some of the rewards.

 

[TUSR]

$10

10$ for 90+ days battle bonus

what the f

 

[Sibylus]

Dignitasss

 

[K.Sabot]

Every single time Lumi says WePlay I think he says Replay and I think they are casting replays.

 

[Skab]

10$ for 90+ days battle bonus

what the f

More like $10 for 90+ days battle bonus, special courier, $2.50 added to the prize pool, and (maybe) an immortal item.

 

[TUSR]

More like $10 for 90+ days battle bonus, special courier, $2.50 added to the prize pool, and (maybe) an immortal item.

Well im off work and headed home to buy it now :lol

 

[Dec]

So the point booster from the compendium increase your item drop rate too?

 

[Sibylus]

Think I'm going to get one, the bonus pushed me over the edge (they typically cost a fuckton more per hour).

 

[Wok]

So the point booster from the compendium increase your item drop rate too?

My understanding is battle points are only a convenient way to give items to players.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Dreams which common item am I gonna get?

 

[Drkirby]

Dreams which common item am I gonna get?

A Wtich Doctor Belt o' Wicked Badness

 

[Wok]

If you are only interested in one of the rewards, you can buy it on the market.

Warning, the prices are changing a lot!

Warning, the prices are changing a lot!

 

[Sibylus]

If you are only interested in one of the rewards, you can buy it on the market.

Lol, at $3.11? That's a better and longer bonus than any on the store, at a lower price. Are the people selling these idiots?

 

[SteveWinwood]

Lol, at $3.11? That's a better and longer bonus than any on the store, at a lower price. Are the people selling these idiots?

Already on the rise. It'll settle on something much higher.

 

[Sibylus]

Already on the rise. It'll settle on something much higher.

Just dipped to $2.40, lol.

 

[shira]

Lol, at $3.11? That's a better and longer bonus than any on the store, at a lower price. Are the people selling these idiots?

Bought ticket for $50, don't even play dota.
Sucker sell ticket for $200 and battle bonus for $3.

Busfare home. Smooth that's how we do

 

[Sibylus]

$3 for a bus ride home? That shit ain't smooth.

 

[Rahk]

The battle bonus is a good way to advertise the compendium to people in game that don't have it.

 

[Wok]

Where do you find the battle bonus?

 

[Aselith]

I played my first game with BP upgrade on and we didn't get BP at the end of the match lol

 

[Ikuu]

Where do you find the battle bonus?

Should be in your inventory.

 

[shira]

^^

 

[ksan]

dedicated to hylian

#potmofthenightdota
#hylianowningnoobs
#keeponholdingtoyourdreams

 

[Ikuu]

dedicated to hylian

#potmofthenightdota
#hylianowningnoobs

You mean you can't call a game gg at 5 mins when it's 2-2?

 

[ksan]

You mean you can't call a game gg at 5 mins when it's 2-2?

Nope, you know, you gotta keep fighting.

Spoiler

even though you're support/roaming miraner

 

[Schweinehund]

True solo queue is so good for me.

RIP my chain reporting pub stacking amigos.

edit: Also RIP 4 stacks that never communicate their plans to you, leaving you 99% of the time in solo hardlane as slardar with no wards.

 

[Wok]

Should be in your inventory.

It is not there. I will try again tomorrow.

 

[mkenyon]

Let it be known that JackOfTheShadows is a better human being than anyone on GAF.

 

[Des0lar]

I give up. I will never win a game again.

I was 50% just 2 weeks ago. Now I am 20 games behind on losses.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

I give up. I will never win a game again.

I was 50% just 2 weeks ago. Now I am 20 games behind on losses.

Gotta get carried out with stacks on stacks.

 

[shira]

True solo queue is so good for me.

RIP my chain reporting pub stacking amigos.

edit: Also RIP 4 stacks that never communicate their plans to you, leaving you 99% of the time in solo hardlane as slardar with no wards.

I don't think the communication thing gets any better, in fact I think it gets worse. But at least you won't get stomped by an organized team.

 

[Skab]

I don't think the communication thing gets any better, in fact I think it gets worse. But at least you won't get stomped by an organized team.

How exactly would it get worse? You're not being forced on to a team of 4 friends who are all using vent/mumble/whatever to voice chat and dont feel like typing anymore. Thats automatically better.

 

[Des0lar]

Let it be known that JackOfTheShadows is a better human being than anyone on GAF.

Congrats bro! I should have bought a ticket just for some poor Gaffers who couldn't get a ticket.

 

[Schweinehund]

My issue is that the stacks would form trilanes without telling you they were doing a trilane, so you could make a pretty good pick on the assumption that you're doing 2/1/2 when they're actually doing 3/1/2, I think that solo queuing will cut down on the amount of situations like that. I can obviously tell which heroes are jungling and all that and I'll pick around that, but I'm sure there will be plenty of situations where last pick screws over team.

 

[shira]

How exactly would it get worse? You're not being forced on to a team of 4 friends who are all using vent/mumble/whatever to voice chat and dont feel like typing anymore. Thats automatically better.

Now you are stuck with 5 randoms with the potential that none of them can communicate.

 

[BigAT]

My issue is that the stacks would form trilanes without telling you they were doing a trilane, so you could make a pretty good pick on the assumption that you're doing 2/1/2 when they're actually doing 3/1/2, I think that solo queuing will cut down on the amount of situations like that. I can obviously tell which heroes are jungling and all that and I'll pick around that, but I'm sure there will be plenty of situations where last pick screws over team.

Stacks were forming 3/1/2 lanes?! No wonder something had to change.

 

[shira]

Stacks were forming 3/1/2 lanes?! No wonder something had to change.

 

[mkenyon]

Let it be known that JakOfTheShadows is a better human being than anyone on earth.

Corrected.

 

[shira]

Corrected.

Strange how people love scalpers but hate ticketmaster.

 

[BigAT]

Strange how people love scalpers but hate ticketmaster.

People love scalpers?

 

[Tobe]

so if you activate 2 battle bonuses you get 450%

 

[RS4-]

so if you activate 2 battle bonuses you get 450%

If so I guess I might buy another.

 

[Sibylus]

djWHEAT majorly in Valve's corner in this microtransaction's/f2p/e-sports discussion on Live on Three.

 

[F#A#Oo]

It's kind of a shame Valve is taking 75% cut from the sale of the compendium. They should have made it at least a 50/50 split if they are truly after a stable continuation of TI and better organisation.

 

[Tobe]

got one exra battle bonus for 2.50 seems ok, probably gonna gift it to a friend if it doesnt stack

 

[shira]

It's kind of a shame Valve is taking 75% cut from the sale of the compendium. They should have made it at least a 50/50 split if they are truly after a stable continuation of TI and better organisation.

Well they get this much.

 

[Rahk]

It's kind of a shame Valve is taking 75% cut from the sale of the compendium. They should have made it at least a 50/50 split if they are truly after a stable continuation of TI and better organisation.

Well they've already provided a $1.6mil prize pool themselves. This is just a bonus.

 

[Sanjay]

So wait for them to get mega creeps then rush down mid and kill throne, best feeling.

 

[Haly]

Team waifu + Veno

 

[Hylian7]

So wait for them to get mega creeps then rush down mid and kill throne, best feeling.

Still didn't feel like a win to me because I did horribly. I couldn't find anywhere to farm most of the game because Nyx spent the whole game hunting me. Still was a good game though.