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[BeesEight]

Is the betting on matches being done on Dotalounge. I have a small collection of items that I'd just delete but if I'm going to be pissing them away on the off chance of getting something new I might as well do it through this.

I'm just leery of logging in with my steam account into third party sites.

 

[iamblades]

The choices would be Key Arena, which is in the Seattle Center and kind of away from everything. Seahawks Stadium is way too big. Safeco is still huge. Husky Stadium is again pretty far away from everything, and probably too big.

Not a lot of good choices, TBH. Seattle is totally fucked in terms of layout. Now if they had it in Portland............

I think they run it at Benaroya due to the classy factor.

Well Seattle has plans to build a new arena so they can get an NBA team back, but that's probably years away.

Doesn't really have to be in Seattle though.

 

[kazabi]

I know

That's beautiful! Is that the minty winter mountains?

Yeah, I think you're right.

 

[Akim]

Blargh...live in Seattle and couldn't get a ticket

 

[Deadly]

The TI3 english caster pairings were announced except one.

LD & Luminous
AC & Draskyl
Tobi & (Merlini/Syn/Pyrion Flax/Sheever/Blaze????????)

If Pflax is there I'm guessing he'd be on the host panel rather than as a caster. Who's included so far? Godz, Bruno, Maelk apparently? I'm guessing 2GD might be there again. What happened to nebula?

 

[Gxgear]

WTB wardrobe app.

 

[mkenyon]

Well Seattle has plans to build a new arena so they can get an NBA team back, but that's probably years away.

Doesn't really have to be in Seattle though.

Last I heard (which is probably outdated) was that Bellevue was the possible site for the new team. Bellevue is just across Lake Washington from Seattle.

Blargh...live in Seattle and couldn't get a ticket

I know that feel. I'm in the Oly area.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I'm just leery of logging in with my steam account into third party sites.

It uses the steam api. The site doesn't get anything other than what is publicly available from your community page anyway.

 

[shira]

If Pflax is there I'm guessing he'd be on the host panel rather than as a caster. Who's included so far? Godz, Bruno, Maelk apparently? I'm guessing 2GD might be there again. What happened to nebula?

I hope someone invites this guy. He would make a great caster and he's been working so hard to get an invite to TI3

 

[Hylian7]

Blink Dagger Shadow Shaman is best Shadow Shaman, no question about that.

http://dotabuff.com/matches/190524344

 

[Technosteve]

I hope someone invites this guy. He would make a great caster and he's been working so hard to get an invite to TI3

the few times i saw him cast with tobi he was really insightful and was able to read alot in to how people were going to play there heroes

 

[Inversive]

Could i get a link for the Alliance PA game? My searching failed. Never saw her played in a pro game before.

 

[Spookie]

Nothing worse than having one of the best starts in a game ever then slowly watching it slip away because your carries are too fucking arrogant to push. I should have lost that last game because my team certainly didn't deserve the win. :/

 

[Nokterian]

Bristleback is my new favorite hero,played him many times this week. Very fun hero and spamming that quill like there is no tommorow.

 

[finalboss2]

wow the kid who is playing Ender in the Ender's game movie is a DOTA 2 supa freak. This is his reddit account: http://www.reddit.com/user/Stimpers/submitted/

he gets hype over the slark/naix bomb it looks like too

 

[Dreams-Visions]

The TI3 english caster pairings were announced except one.

LD & Luminous
AC & Draskyl
Tobi & (Merlini/Syn/Pyrion Flax/Sheever/Blaze????????)



I kinda wanna go just to see this

Where the fuck is Ayesee

 

[Sibylus]

Where the fuck is Ayesee

Phonetic pronunciation.

 

[Sanjay]

Where the fuck is Ayesee

WHERE THE FUCK IS AYESEE!

 

[mkenyon]

Ayesee what you did there.

 

[ink4n3]

So was Navi just fucking around in their match today? I was at work and couldn't watch. I want to bet the 4 rares I just won against them again tomorrow.

 

[shira]

So was Navi just fucking around in their match today? I was at work and couldn't watch. I want to bet the 4 rares I just won against them again tomorrow.

they want rtz in the loser's bracket
#roadtoTI5

 

[Sibylus]

Na'Vi is a lot of things that can't be summed up with, "oh they're just fooling around".

 

[Trasher]

I know

Is that a bzm I see?

 

[Rahk]

Weren't The International 2 tickets sold in a few seperate lots over a period of time? Is it possible they are doing that for TI3 or was that it?

Also, enabling scalping just because you can get a cut is disgusting. Would have thought they'd rather sell tickets to people that actually want to go.

 

[shira]

Where the fuck is Ayesee

Come get it

 

[mkenyon]

Weren't The International 2 tickets sold in a few seperate lots over a period of time? Is it possible they are doing that for TI3 or was that it?

Also, enabling scalping just because you can get a cut is disgusting. Would have thought they'd rather sell tickets to people that actually want to go.

Aren't people who are buying them for $300 people that actually want to go?

 

[Rahk]

Aren't people who are buying them for $300 people that actually want to go?

Sure, but they're not directly selling to them and just letting other people make money from the people that want to go for hardly any effort.

 

[shira]

Sure, but they're not directly selling to them and just letting other people make money from the people that want to go for hardly any effort.

People are selling for $300, I'm not sure how many people are buying though.

 

[Deadly]

People are selling for $300, I'm not sure how many people are buying though.

Where are you guys seeing 300$? EU? I only see 4 for ~230$

 

[mkenyon]

I worked pretty hard for an hour and a half this morning to buy a ticket and did not succeed.

I'm giving you a hard time because the argument you have presented makes a lot of assumptions about why things were done the way they were. Maybe they plan to track the prices to get an idea of how large they can expand the tournament to while still making it a big deal?

Saying something like "enabling scalping just because you can get a cut is disgusting" is foolish in that you are absolutely ignorant (in the literal sense, not offensive sense) to their intentions.

I am sad too though. I only live an hour away and wasn't able to score tickets. Big events always get scalped though.

 

[RukusProvider]

Tobi and Merlini would be awesome.

Merlini needs to work on talking through some of the intense stuff. He tends to just go quiet when there's a lot of action going on and is more focused on spectating than commentating.

He's great to listen to though. I like Lumi a lot also.

 

[AndyCH]

Anyone else get nervous when they have to carry?

so much pressure! I had my first 2 viper games within the span of a week and he is pretty fun.

I got roasted for buying a deso by someone on my team as a Viper...I dont get it..lol

http://dotabuff.com/matches/190435185

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

So was Navi just fucking around in their match today? I was at work and couldn't watch. I want to bet the 4 rares I just won against them again tomorrow.

They're playing the lucrative DotA2 Lounge market, you'll only see them start winning again when the odds are 80% against them.

 

[poppedcollar69]

Anyone else get nervous when they have to carry?

so much pressure! I had my first 2 viper games within the span of a week and he is pretty fun.

I got roasted for buying a deso by someone on my team as a Viper...I dont get it..lol

http://dotabuff.com/matches/190435185

http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Uam

 

[BlisterBrown]

Anyone else get nervous when they have to carry?

so much pressure! I had my first 2 viper games within the span of a week and he is pretty fun.

I got roasted for buying a deso by someone on my team as a Viper...I dont get it..lol

http://dotabuff.com/matches/190435185

I kind of loath playing carry, I'm just not good at it.

For instance, I just had a 50+ minute gaf stack game where I played Drow and we lost with like 500 hit points left on the enemy ancient. If I didn't go for a feaking satanic and something like an mkb/butterfly we probably would have won. I let you down gaf bros

 

[traveler]

Tobi and Merlini would be awesome.

Merlini needs to work on talking through some of the intense stuff. He tends to just go quiet when there's a lot of action going on and is more focused on spectating than commentating.

He's great to listen to though. I like Lumi a lot also.

I actually like Merlini's casual insights as he plays a lot more than most casting, but, yeah, he's definitely not the one to go to for constant, active chatter.

 

[IceMarker]

This limited item is sold out.

Well looks like I'll have to bet on TI4 being at Seattle again.

 

[Sibylus]

I kind of loath playing carry, I'm just not good at it.

For instance, I just had a 50+ minute gaf stack game where I played Drow and we lost with like 500 hit points left on the enemy ancient. If I didn't go for a feaking satanic and something like an mkb/butterfly we probably would have won. I let you down gaf bros

Satanic on Drow is fine, you just have to be very selective about when to use Frost Arrows and when to use lifesteal (don't leave Frost on autocast).

 

[Rahk]

I worked pretty hard for an hour and a half this morning to buy a ticket and did not succeed.

I'm giving you a hard time because the argument you have presented makes a lot of assumptions about why things were done the way they were. Maybe they plan to track the prices to get an idea of how large they can expand the tournament to while still making it a big deal?

Saying something like "enabling scalping just because you can get a cut is disgusting" is foolish in that you are absolutely ignorant (in the literal sense, not offensive sense) to their intentions.

I am sad too though. I only live an hour away and wasn't able to score tickets. Big events always get scalped though.

You're right, I probably overreacted just based on the fact that I hate scalping in general and how Valve has handled some things in the past. I was never planning to actually go and didn't even try to buy a ticket since it would be too costly as I live in a different country.

 

[The Technomancer]

I kind of loath playing carry, I'm just not good at it.

For instance, I just had a 50+ minute gaf stack game where I played Drow and we lost with like 500 hit points left on the enemy ancient. If I didn't go for a feaking satanic and something like an mkb/butterfly we probably would have won. I let you down gaf bros

Sometimes it all works out. Earlier today I went Ursa in the jungle, and our Spirit Breaker went top with Windrunner leaving Witch Doctor to solo bot against a Juggernaut and Phantom Assasin. Hilarity ensued. WD got a double kill against both of them because he had his ult at like six minutes, I got a Morbid Mask at like five minutes and took Roshan at 12 and every ten minutes after that, their Sniper was a moron and lost mid incredibly badly against our Viper, we ended up going like 31-6 and I had my best game as Ursa ever

 

[juicyb]

IS STEAM DOWN?!

 

[Mr Touchdown]

Maybe my Ursa set will finally come in handy... could use it to buy a ticket.

 

[Clawww]

yeah looks like steam is down

also are compendiums legit sold out? what the heck yo

 

[x3r0123]

*friends gifts me 2 anuxi keys* yay
*opens a random one* oh
*finds bat mounts*
*opens a random one* oh
*finds bat mounts* oh........
how much are they even worth?

 

[Hylian7]

yeah looks like steam is down

also are compendiums legit sold out? what the heck yo

I don't think that's possible, there should be infinite Compendiums...

Wtf, it says it is. That must be a bug...

 

[bzm]

THANK THE CARRY HYLIAN
THANK 'IM

 

[Uriah]

IS STEAM DOWN?!

Appears so

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Steam is down for me. This blows.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Sometimes it all works out. Earlier today I went Ursa in the jungle, and our Spirit Breaker went top with Windrunner leaving Witch Doctor to solo bot against a Juggernaut and Phantom Assasin. Hilarity ensued. WD got a double kill against both of them because he had his ult at like six minutes, I got a Morbid Mask at like six minutes and took Roshan at 12 and every ten minutes after that, their Sniper was a moron and lost mid incredibly badly against our Viper, we ended up going like 31-6 and I had my best game as Ursa ever

Speaking of which, I find most Sniper players are morons. Unless you rush a maelstrom on him, it takes him forever to build up the items to help him farm fast (in order to get the items he really needs online). Most rush Shadowblade, which makes them largely irrelevant for 30 minutes of the game since it usually takes them that long to farm up their next damage item.

I don't really consider a Shadowblade until mjollnir (or at least malestrom) and yasha are in the inventory, and only then if I'm getting blown the fuck up in team fights. Otherwise, crit and Dom or deso and AC and murder everybody.

But anyway yea, my eyes usually light up when I see a sniper pick. They get even bigger if he goes mid.

 

[ink4n3]

Routine Maintenance. Should be up soon.

http://issteamdown.com/