shira
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They also cancelled their EMS LAN finals. So they might be hunkering down after Dreamhack Valencia and cooking up some new shit.
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Dota 2 Beta Thread V: Real Talk Strikes Back [Tutorials]
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They also cancelled their EMS LAN finals. So they might be hunkering down after Dreamhack Valencia and cooking up some new shit.
He is.
He is though, isn't he? Did they revert that change? Anyways it's a slippery slope to bring logic into dota balance. What about Beastmaster, should he be immune to his roar?
He's not? Could have sworn I've seen it
Well BM shouldn't be immune because roar isn't a racial trait thing, just a really loud shout that physically stuns enemies.
Enigma is a better example I think. In that instance I see it as a separate black hole being created, unless there's something about his lore that allows him to traverse space-temporal phenomenons
The shout is loudest inches from his ears with the way sound energy works. If he is able to shout and stun someone without stunning himself at the same time he should be immune from other people shouting at him!
Call is not a loud shout, Axe says something inappropriate about your mother or something. Beastmaster isn't immune to insults.
Well you just bought the ult itself into question
Um...the stun comes not from the roar itself, but rather from the air blast being propelled forward, ie. away from him and his ears, generated by the soundwave created.
Kind of like RP no?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Managed to finish a match without being kicked today.
Aks.
Aks.
Well you just bought the ult itself into question
Um...the stun comes not from the roar itself, but rather from the air blast being propelled forward, ie. away from him and his ears, generated by the soundwave created.
So it's more like a Primal Blow instead of a roar? Where can I get one of those?
Oh god what have I done...
Well it's only ADL and twitch chat's fucked, so here goes:
DD
Add one in myself: Timbersaw should be able to instant-kill treant protector and treants.
Well it's only ADL and twitch chat's fucked, so here goes:
Morphling should heal Nature's Prophet
DDThe roar comes from the BM, the blast is the resultant effect.
Add one in myself: Timbersaw should be able to instant-kill treant protector and treants.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Dota servers being shit or what, I get kicked out of every match and can't rejoin...
edit: I see
edit: I see
So what you're saying is it's a good time to start playing.
Oh god what have I done...
Well it's only ADL and twitch chat's fucked, so here goes:
Morphling should heal Nature's Prophet
The roar comes from the BM, the blast is the resultant effect.
Add one in myself: Timbersaw should be able to instant-kill treant protector and treants.
Well at least I know it's not just me now.
jaundicejuice
Member
Weekend Doto hasn't been as awful as it normally is, been playing with a lot of friendly, communicative players. Normally it's a gongshow of uncooperative, hostile people who can't even speak with one another.
shira
Member
User 85168
Banned
http://www.twitch.tv/grandgrant
Some nonsense casting of EG vs TL
This dude is pretty friendly with players on both teams. Informal interviews/trashtalk on skype before and after the games.
Some nonsense casting of EG vs TL
This dude is pretty friendly with players on both teams. Informal interviews/trashtalk on skype before and after the games.
Works for me now, time to enjoy quality Dota.
SteveWinwood
Member
I'm laughin.
I've not really used twitch before, is there a way to view old games/rewind the stream?
I want to catch up with this.
Press Videos on the right side and then choose the one you want to watch.
The direct link to GAF game from today is: http://www.twitch.tv/ajamafalousify/b/427160763
Schweinehund
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Try zeus out, if you want kills you'll find
steal
shira
Member
On his blog it is Genuine so it appears to be linked to some purchasable item. For example you buy a pair of Razer Kraken headphones inside is a code to redeem the sheepstick.
But who knows what volvo does. They added the Wyvenguard on the store. I would like a IRL compendium booklet or those Dota WETA items. Make it really rare.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Found the GAF stream and just watched the first match. It just makes me realise how bad I still am at this game, my CS, roaming and everything just sucks compared to the play in that game
How am I not decent with 270 hours played? D:
We've been playing for years so don't feel that bad.
Best game ever:
http://dotabuff.com/matches/237545911
Puck started in after 10 minutes just completely trashing our team. We are all pretty quiet. We farm, and things start to turn around. From there things got really ugly for them.
I can't quit you DOTA 2!!!!
http://dotabuff.com/matches/237545911
Puck started in after 10 minutes just completely trashing our team. We are all pretty quiet. We farm, and things start to turn around. From there things got really ugly for them.
I can't quit you DOTA 2!!!!
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Ok, this might be the way for him. And the advice for letting him use STR heroes is actually a really good idea, because he doesn't seem to have any interest in playing a support (part of the problem, I know... I'm hoping he'll reconsider once he actually plays one). I had him use Lifestealer in a bot match, because I feel he's a relatively straightforward and strong hero. I'm thinking Dragon Knight, Sven, Centaur, and Slardar would also be decent choices for him.
Remember he has, kinda sorta, already put in a decent amount of time into Smite he has a level 30 and several smurf accounts, probably with a combined playtime to have almost two level 30s so he knows that Mobas have high learning curves. (And before anyone starts: I know Dota has a way steeper learning curve than Smite.) But I get what you're trying to say, and it worries me.
I think that's where we're stuck at the moment. I'm finally on the other side of the hill, so to speak, having learned the basic mechanics, item choices, skill choices, and general roles/strategies of the game. It took me months to get here. I'm trying to convince him that it's worth it. I can't really tell how hardcore of a gamer he is. He has a nice gaming PC that he built himself, and he has played CS 1.6, Source, and GO competitively, so I wouldn't call him a casual gamer.
And your last point is interesting I showed him a video of "the play" from TI2 where NaVi made a huge reversal against iG, and the next day is when he wanted to play Dota with me. So I think that actually does work.
Thanks for the tips. I think your last point might be what I should do. I don't have a lot of wins or anything, but when we played a real match together he was clearly in above his skill bracket. I'll probably make a smurf and play support, because as I mentioned earlier he only seems interested in carries at the moment.
Thanks man, this is what I'm trying to make him feel. It's overwhelming to him at first and I can tell it hasn't captured his interest yet, but I know he'll love Dota if he gives it a chance. He is almost always better a games than me; he is smart and has excellent gamesense and reactions. He has a lot of potential as a Dota player.
Time to start the weekly:
Valve pls give us Abaddon
?
Had an horrible game as Centaur yesterday. I literally got relegated to 5 by my team because Necrolyte wanted farm. Since they were my friends (Except Sniper) I said ok as long it works out
It didn't
I got no kills, no items, and got useless in every teamfight being the first to die, and as such, was the lowest XP hero in the game. I literally just blinked, stunned, and died. That was my purpose.
Our TA still tried to win the game since our Sniper was most uncooperative and very slow farmer. She managed to make 3 Rapiers and win many team fights. But the opposite team was also managed to counter her with... Blade Mails
Epic game all around, but it's hard to eat such defeat.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/236680607
How could I increase my usefullness as Centaur in this cases with no farm?
Valve pls give us Abaddon
?
Had an horrible game as Centaur yesterday. I literally got relegated to 5 by my team because Necrolyte wanted farm. Since they were my friends (Except Sniper) I said ok as long it works out
It didn't
I got no kills, no items, and got useless in every teamfight being the first to die, and as such, was the lowest XP hero in the game. I literally just blinked, stunned, and died. That was my purpose.
Our TA still tried to win the game since our Sniper was most uncooperative and very slow farmer. She managed to make 3 Rapiers and win many team fights. But the opposite team was also managed to counter her with... Blade Mails
Epic game all around, but it's hard to eat such defeat.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/236680607
How could I increase my usefullness as Centaur in this cases with no farm?
Taco_Human
Member
I'm trying to party up with my friend, I gave him an invite and he just installed. He's kinda stuck at the training screen. Is there anyway to skip it? It's not giving him the standard menu I boot up with.
respect the space cow
I have played as Spirit Breaker a few times lately. It either goes really, really well or really, really badly.
If everyone is playing as a team it works well - SB charges, stuns and everyone helps take down the other team whilst SB takes the punishment. Everyone gets kills, levels and it all goes well.
It goes abysmally when people on your team insist you charge and then proceed to run off and spend the next minute abusing you. If you don't back him up then yes, it will go badly. I'm not going to charge someone if you refuse to back me up, no matter how much you tell me I suck.
I know I'm not the best player but I know enough (generally) not to feed or disadvantage the team. I find that he's one of the type of heroes that if your team is getting destroyed it is always your fault, irrespective of how badly the rest of the team is playing or what they are doing.
Sigismundo
Member
Any of you guys have a spare $300 they want to donate?
I H8 Memes
Member
I'm pretty sure new players have to go through at least part of the tutorial. Too many people joining games then just abandoning 10 minutes in because they dont know what's going on.
Sigismundo
Member
OK I have a question about Dota 1 CM
a) Is Pit Lord in CM?
b) If so, does he get picked?
c) If not, why the hell doesn't he get picked?
a) Is Pit Lord in CM?
b) If so, does he get picked?
c) If not, why the hell doesn't he get picked?
No
No
No
He was in CM but was grossly overpowered due to his deathball push power with Undying, so Icefrog took it out.
I try to. I'm guilty of stuffing up as much as everyone else though, I played one game that was just abysmal. Had a game yesterday that I know I played badly in, had charges shut down etc. and struggled to adapt.
Naturally, my team let me know it in a helpful fashion. Never mind the fact that they too had died a large amount of times. If your team is spread across the map and the enemy is rolling around 5 strong it doesn't matter what you do or if you make a couple of mistakes. We didn't have a courier until I bought one at the 15 minute mark. Such a bad game all around.
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