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Dota 2 Beta: INHOUSE LEAGUE Season 1!! FREE HATS
- Thread starter Artanisix
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That's why I replied later that it was just based on 2 games.
The "problem" itself was more in my second game, but I can't tell who they were. I hope that is more fair.
But yeah, I'm done with the discussion so no need to keep going.
Looking at your second game, it looks like you played with 109 and tswift, both players sometimes let the heat of the game get the better of them and can get a little sassy (outside of games they give very good advice and are quite civil). Like Pro said, I wouldn't let 1-2 players ruin your experience, there's always a mute button, and you have a voice in game that you can speak up with. I'm sure a vet in the midst of yelling wouldn't expect a retort calling them out and clarifying that you are a new player.
This is dota though, the yelling, the advice, the critiquing; it's going to happen again (unfortunately to the first part). You can't avoid it, but you can find ways to deal with it or handle it (mute, mentally ignoring, or speaking up). And I'm not just saying this to make you feel better, but you honestly played a hell of a support both games. I think you were AA the first and SD the second, both difficult support heroes (especially SD); for the most part as a new player, you held your own and did a great job actually harassing in your lane while picking up kills.
This is dota though, the yelling, the advice, the critiquing; it's going to happen again (unfortunately to the first part). You can't avoid it, but you can find ways to deal with it or handle it (mute, mentally ignoring, or speaking up). And I'm not just saying this to make you feel better, but you honestly played a hell of a support both games. I think you were AA the first and SD the second, both difficult support heroes (especially SD); for the most part as a new player, you held your own and did a great job actually harassing in your lane while picking up kills.
Maybe tonight I'll finally unveil my "Waifus 5ever" strat.Maybe you should step up to the plate and captain some new strats
Takamura-San
Member
I have to say that after playing almost 16 consecutive hours of IHL that....
I have fallen into depression and haven't been able to touch a video game for days.
I keep having trilane nightmares of pillow and yuber insulting my magnificent Tide skills.
I get night terrors and shivers.
Haven't had an erection ever since then either.
I'm taking medication to help me sleep and ease up my nerves.
I have fallen into depression and haven't been able to touch a video game for days.
I keep having trilane nightmares of pillow and yuber insulting my magnificent Tide skills.
I get night terrors and shivers.
Haven't had an erection ever since then either.
I'm taking medication to help me sleep and ease up my nerves.
sorijealut
Member
5 ever eh
Takamura-San
Member
Death Prophet not uguuu enough?
Dead girls ain't uguu.
Takamura-San
Member
har
apparently reddit got pretty butthurt over it :lol
Telosfortelos
Advocate for the People
Kyan started an IHL lobby.
That's a load of bullsquash and you know it. Death Prophet is definitely waifu material.
Swiftlame made it on there for going 0-15 on Omni, I posted the link to it in the DOTA2 OT but nobody saw it because the next post started a new page.
just checked stats.dota2.be
my avg sf gpm is 530
yours is 460.4
LOL nT SCRUB
edit: challenge this, n00b
There was never a point in that game where we were at risk of losing. Get some gamesense nerd.
Seems like HoN IHL lasted longer. I see a season 2 of the thread
Takamura-San
Member
I didn't think my absence would have that much of an impact....
SaberVulcan
Member
xD yeah man I went away for the weekend, and now its apparently not going on anymore.
I'm going to have to echo this sentiment. I would never recommend a noob player, even a diligent one, to play in one of these. Way too many angry nerds trying way too hard. I'm not even bad and I get shit on every little mistake. Every time I watch the stream, it's nothing but shitting on people. Though personally I love it
However, the people that matter and are actually good and fun to play with are very kind and welcoming to all players as far as I can tell (procarb, milk, pillow, ksan etc). Hopefully they are on your team though, because if you get matched up against them ur teamates are probably going to shit on you for whatever reason they can find (Ikuu, PuppetYubber, doombass, swift,etc etc etc).
I'm going to have to echo this sentiment. I would never recommend a noob player, even a diligent one, to play in one of these. Way too angry nerds trying way too hard. I'm not even bad and I get shit on every little mistake. Every time I watch the stream, it's nothing but shitting on people. Though personally I love it
However, the people that matter and are actually good and fun to play with are very kind and welcoming to all players as far as I can tell (procarb, milk, pillow, ksan etc). Hopefully they are on your team though, because if you get matched up against them ur teamates are probably going to shit on you for whatever reason they can find (Ikuu, PuppetYubber, doombass, swift,etc etc etc).
huge call outs
ikuu worst euro player on gaf confirmed
SteveWinwood
Member
All I get is compliments when I play.
The streamers even called me getting wr ult "questionable".
If anything they're too nice.
The streamers even called me getting wr ult "questionable".
If anything they're too nice.
PillowKnight
Member
I think mixing players of very different skill levels was a mistake, is anyone actually pleased with how that turned out?
Takamura-San
Member
I'm very pleased.
Shit talking is part of dota.
Being told what to do is part of dota.
I just learn my lessons and move on.
Announcing the 3 best players on GAF:
Third place goes to SaberVulcan, who no one knew before IHL, I'm shocked such a great player remained hidden from us all this time.
Second place goes to Seig. I think he's only here because he contested one of his games and I fixed his ELO for him, huge swindles.
First place and the greatest DOTA2 player on GAF of all time goes to...
MILABREGA
If memory serves me right, Milabrega started hisMOBADOTA career playing in the League of Legends beta, where he specialized in Ashe because he "liked kiting" as a Frost Mage in WoW. After making the switch to HoN, he quickly realized that playing LoL dulled his senses, and he disappeared in order to train by himself in the mountains. Now, he has made his triumphant return to the world of DOTA by becoming top player in the DOTA2GAF IHL. Truly, there has never been such a momentous leap in e-sport skill. We will all be cheering for him as he guns for a spot on a team in the Third Annual Invitational.
Thank you all for participating in the first DOTA2GAF IHL.
Third place goes to SaberVulcan, who no one knew before IHL, I'm shocked such a great player remained hidden from us all this time.
Second place goes to Seig. I think he's only here because he contested one of his games and I fixed his ELO for him, huge swindles.
First place and the greatest DOTA2 player on GAF of all time goes to...
MILABREGA
If memory serves me right, Milabrega started his
Thank you all for participating in the first DOTA2GAF IHL.
SteveWinwood
Member
That was it?
SaberVulcan
Member
Hooray I got 3rd. Shame this apparently died down, was gonna see how long I could go undefeated .
Yeah man, I was out of town for the weekend, apparently people got disinterested? Idk. Hopefully things pick up this weekend again, this was really fun.
.Yeah man, I was out of town for the weekend, apparently people got disinterested? Idk. Hopefully things pick up this weekend again, this was really fun.
Just like HoN. First, you can only take so much tryhard. Tryharding is fun every now and then, but the competitiveness kind of burned out for me after the 70th consecutive tidehunter/lesh/panda/ck/qop game. Second, no hats and battlepoints. I think after awhile the allure of hats and BP in tmm also draws people away. Third, sore losers. DOTA is a very competitive game that some people take very seriously, they hop into a few super tryhard inhouses with casual or "i'm guna pick PA and stomp" expectations and get crushed or yelled at by a competitive captain. IHL can be intimidating for some people, especially with an elo ladder. Some people just can't bear to see themselves lose or go down, and are too scared to play/captain; the phenomena of "retiring" or avoiding games when you're in a good place.
Hope IHL doesn't join rift, WoW, magicka, SWTOR, smite, *insert wanderlust soon,* as the next 1-2 week fling. Need to find a way to inject some variation/motivation into it. Also, having IHL's go 12 hours a day for the first 3 days certainly doesn't help. A few games a day of tryhardness might have avoided the burnout.
Also think we needed more IHL's started/initiated by non hongaf members like in the first day--that way you have some variety in games (in terms of players, captains, skill level, tryhardness, heroes, etc...). Without hongaf players to start a lobby and sound the rallying call to get players into the lobby, games don't take off (talking about post-first day). Now we're basically reduced to 7-10 hongaf/milkgaf members and the 2-3 brave souls that show up but often spectate.
edit: dayummm sieg dodgin games then invalidatin losses. wheres dat sieg rule!!!! lol
ur awful