Sheeit, it is? Turning it on pronto.The best thing about nexon starter league? Its free to watch on dotatv!![]()
Sheeit, it is? Turning it on pronto.The best thing about nexon starter league? Its free to watch on dotatv!![]()
Were they trying to sell me juice from a... sweet potato?If I've learned one thing from these commercials, Korea must smell like ass with so many ads for perfume/fresheners.
Were they trying to sell me juice from a... sweet potato?
Yeah, this level of coordination is so above the equivalent euro/americanadian pubbie tournament that it's scary.Damn just caught the end of that. Bara charge into RP to hit all 3 heroes with the charge? Good stuff
The best thing about nexon starter league? Its free to watch on dotatv!![]()
But can you get items?
Weird, just got a booster pack... and I didn't complete a single badge anywhere.
offloading all of mine to you next time i see you online k? k.Weird, just got a booster pack... and I didn't complete a single badge anywhere.
Oh, and I'm down to my last Dota 2 invite finally. Anyone lurking the thread that wants? PM me.
Anyone have tips for teaching Dota 2 to new players? My buddy is trying to give this game a shot, and I feel like I'm letting him down.
We play Smite together so he already knows the general Moba basics (lanes, towers, etc.), but that's about all that translates to Dota. His total Dota experience includes: 1 private bot match with cheats enabled which we played about 6 months ago, the DK, Sniper, and mid tutorials, 2 real PvP matches, and 1 PvB match. In the PvP match we played today, he picked Sniper btw I think Valve really fucked up here, because Sniper is the only hero he feels comfortable with after doing the tutorial, and Sniper is a horrible beginner hero and we got stomped. He fed his lane, and I fed mid because I was so flustered trying to walk him through the game while trying to focus on my lane at the same time. He needed a LOT of help with item choices, skill choices, trying to purchase/combine items when he already had a full inventory, and so on. I felt really overwhelmed because there was so much he didn't know.
Afterward I sent him the links to Purge's Welcome to Dota, You Suck guide and a 45 min YouTube guide, but he didn't seem very interested in them. But honestly, I can't say I really blame him not everyone wants to devote hours of their day to reading/watching video game tutorials. But what else can I do for him? I basically ended up telling him that he's gonna have to put in a lot of work to familiarize himself with the different heroes, items, and mechanics, but that seems like a lot to ask of someone who's just trying to get into a new game. But, I mean, I spent over 30 in-game hours just playing solo bot matches when I was new, so I could get comfortable and confident enough to play PvP. I also read a lot of Dota 2 Wiki articles and hero guides, and watched videos on YouTube. I don't really know how else you can possibly learn Dota, and that scares me because I feel like my friends will never want to put in so much time just to learn a game.
Anyway it's almost 3am and I think I'm starting to ramble, but as my final thought of the evening I'd just like to thank everyone on GAF who has helped teach me how to Doto. I never realized how difficult and frustrating it can be to try to teach such a complicated and deep game to new players.
Anyway it's almost 3am and I think I'm starting to ramble, but as my final thought of the evening I'd just like to thank everyone on GAF who has helped teach me how to Doto. I never realized how difficult and frustrating it can be to try to teach such a complicated and deep game to new players.
Anyone have tips for teaching Dota 2 to new players? My buddy is trying to give this game a shot, and I feel like I'm letting him down.
We play Smite together so he already knows the general Moba basics (lanes, towers, etc.), but that's about all that translates to Dota. His total Dota experience includes: 1 private bot match with cheats enabled which we played about 6 months ago, the DK, Sniper, and mid tutorials, 2 real PvP matches, and 1 PvB match. In the PvP match we played today, he picked Sniper btw I think Valve really fucked up here, because Sniper is the only hero he feels comfortable with after doing the tutorial, and Sniper is a horrible beginner hero and we got stomped. He fed his lane, and I fed mid because I was so flustered trying to walk him through the game while trying to focus on my lane at the same time. He needed a LOT of help with item choices, skill choices, trying to purchase/combine items when he already had a full inventory, and so on. I felt really overwhelmed because there was so much he didn't know.
Afterward I sent him the links to Purge's Welcome to Dota, You Suck guide and a 45 min YouTube guide, but he didn't seem very interested in them. But honestly, I can't say I really blame him not everyone wants to devote hours of their day to reading/watching video game tutorials. But what else can I do for him? I basically ended up telling him that he's gonna have to put in a lot of work to familiarize himself with the different heroes, items, and mechanics, but that seems like a lot to ask of someone who's just trying to get into a new game. But, I mean, I spent over 30 in-game hours just playing solo bot matches when I was new, so I could get comfortable and confident enough to play PvP. I also read a lot of Dota 2 Wiki articles and hero guides, and watched videos on YouTube. I don't really know how else you can possibly learn Dota, and that scares me because I feel like my friends will never want to put in so much time just to learn a game.
Anyway it's almost 3am and I think I'm starting to ramble, but as my final thought of the evening I'd just like to thank everyone on GAF who has helped teach me how to Doto. I never realized how difficult and frustrating it can be to try to teach such a complicated and deep game to new players.
If he can't see himself putting in about 100 hours learning the game, then I wouldn't recommend DOTA or this genre in general to your friend.
Anyone have tips for teaching Dota 2 to new players? My buddy is trying to give this game a shot, and I feel like I'm letting him down.
Can anyone recommend other good heroes to play if I like Blood Seeker, Luna and Drow?
Make it a goal to try out every hero in a private or public bot match. I'm serious. You never now who you're going to like until you try them all. I never would have imagined that Slark would've become my favorite and most played hero when I first started playing Dota 2. Or that I would like supports like Disruptor or Vengeful Spirit. You'll never know until you try them all at least once and some you won't like or get right away. Some you'll come back to later when you understand the game better. At worst you'll have a better undewrstanding of every hero, at best you'll find a few new mains to play as.
Slark is an ganker, sort of like Blood Seeker. Sven's a carry with a stun like Luna. Wind Runner is ranged hero like Drow but has a dependable escape and can set up ganks really well.
Honestly I tried out every hero in real matchmaking except for Invoker and Meepo.
Just make sure you read a detailed guide before you start the game and you're good to go.
Predictions for LGD.cn v Na'Vi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3lQA8aXSw&feature=youtu.be
Finally finished uploading. There you go.
Predictions for LGD.cn v Na'Vi?
2:1 NaVi.
iG to beat Dk 2:1, iG to beat LGD 2:1 later. And we have the grand final of NaVi vs iG again.