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[shira]

Full schedule released
The prelim everyone is waiting for May 25th --> Invictus Gaming vs. Alliance (best of 1)

- @8:30 EST joindota is starting coverage http://www.twitch.tv/joindota

- @9:00 EST BTS will reveal the Eastern qualifier schedule + 2 hour talk http://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit/new
- @9:30 EST GD are starting coverage http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio
- @10:00 EST we have the actual game
http://www.twitch.tv/sheevergaming
http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio
http://www.twitch.tv/joindota

- dota2lounge is giving away 10,000 rare items (not sure how this works yet)

 

[Kenaras]

Am I doing something wrong, or does Spectre take an extremely long time to come "online" as a carry? I just played her, and we won, but I spend the first half of the game just farming and farming and farming, occasionally jumping into fights with my ult. I even had a Midas, and this was how I ended up after 45 minutes.

Spectre does take a long time to start carrying; her big strength is that she's able to continuously farm while still contributing to team fights when needed. If you want to contribute more to the midgame, you can try skipping Midas, maxing Desolate first, and going for a build like Drums -> Yasha -> Vit Booster -> Manta -> Diffusal -> Heart. My biggest annoyance with that kind of build is the Tranquil Boots bug with illusions. Tranquils which worked properly would be a big help in making a cost-effective, midgame-oriented build like that work.

A more endgame-oriented build is probably better under most circumstances, though.

 

[FaceDa]

Treads work well with illusions though. The AGI scales with illusions (+Damage from Phase does not) and the HP in str mode does too.

 

[Gowans]

Wheres the TI3 thread for the qualifiers?

 

[shira]

Wheres the TI3 thread for the qualifiers?

I made one but before I hit post, it didn't really make sense. It had no substance in it.

 

[Gowans]

I made one but before I hit post, it didn't really make sense. It had no substance in it.

I look forward to it, I think I've put enough hours in Dota now to be able to follow my first tourney.

Looking forward to a thread dedicated to it.

 

[Des0lar]

Am I doing something wrong, or does Spectre take an extremely long time to come "online" as a carry? I just played her, and we won, but I spend the first half of the game just farming and farming and farming, occasionally jumping into fights with my ult. I even had a Midas, and this was how I ended up after 45 minutes.



http://dotabuff.com/matches/194468918

I out GPM'd the shit out of everyone, went Midas, Treads, Diffusal, Manta, Heart, and stated Crit but only got Crystalys by the time the game ended. I know people used to advocate Radiance on Spectre, but after that whole thing about hearing that Radiance is not a very good item, I didn't get one.

Tranq, OoV, Radiance, Refresher, Disassemble tranqs as soon as possible
GGWP

http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1314825

 

[Xater]

Will all of you guys be watching the qualifiers? Should I keep GAF open on my iPad while watching it?

 

[Radec]

Legion Commander?

 

[FlutterPuffs]

I look forward to it, I think I've put enough hours in Dota now to be able to follow my first tourney.

Looking forward to a thread dedicated to it.

You'll love it. Dota tourneys are actually fun to watch.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Legion commander is gonna be so sexy.

 

[Radec]

I actually like that she's a female now.

Cant wait to play him. Love this hero back in Dota1.

 

[Ikuu]

Tranq, OoV, Radiance, Refresher, Disassemble tranqs as soon as possible
GGWP

http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1314825

I'll need to try this, last time I tried to go Radiance on Spectre my team let me down.

 

[elmariachi]

I actually like that she's a female now.

Cant wait to play her. Love this hero back in Dota1.

They do need more female characters, but none will ever match up to my lovely Windrunner.

 

[Sigismundo]

I think this is pretty relevant to this game (and this genre for that matter):

How do you calm yourself down after a particularly bad game?

 

[Qvoth]

the qualifiers start today right? how many more hours until start?

 

[JakOfTheShadows]

the qualifiers start today right? how many more hours until start?

About 1h 20m till the first game. Here is a good schedule to follow.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1e6u4l/the_international_3_western_qualifiers_survival/

 

[FlutterPuffs]

I think this is pretty relevant to this game (and this genre for that matter):

How do you calm yourself down after a particularly bad game?

Walk about. Do something else. You'll soon realise that the rage isn't really worth the effort to be mad after a bit.

 

[Archie]

I think this is pretty relevant to this game (and this genre for that matter):

How do you calm yourself down after a particularly bad game?

Break something.

Yell a lot.

Make a complete asshole of yourself.

That's what I do anyway. You might want to try something else.

 

[Gowans]

About 1h 20m till the first game. Here is a good schedule to follow.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1e6u4l/the_international_3_western_qualifiers_survival/

Awesome, so are we doing a thread for the qualifiers?

It would be nice to separate it out for clarity.

 

[Zia]

Do qualifiers affect the Smeevil?

 

[Zeknurn]

Soe & TobiWan preshow is live.
http://www.twitch.tv/tobiwandota

They're showing never seen before TI2 footage.

 

[Archie]

Do qualifiers affect the Smeevil?

I think they might get particle effects with the more games you view ala TPL/Starladder couriers?

Regardless, you can watch replays to level that up. Live games are for item drops.

 

[Qvoth]

gaben spotted!

 

[close to the edge]

gaben spotted!

Heh, cool that he just sits in the crowd with everyone else.

 

[Sanic]

I think they might get particle effects with the more games you view ala TPL/Starladder couriers?

Regardless, you can watch replays to level that up. Live games are for item drops.

Will qualifiers have item drops? Can't seem to find that anywhere.

 

[Technosteve]

ITEM DROPS

 

[Qvoth]

is the dude with long hair beside gaben icefrog?

 

[Vade]

I think this is pretty relevant to this game (and this genre for that matter):

How do you calm yourself down after a particularly bad game?

Remind myself atleast I am not the FreakingChair.

Chair your gyro was so boring Saturday I passed out.

 

[Boken]

well that was awkward

 

[Sanic]

Huh, just bought a Compendium but I guess it's too late to predict the west qualifiers, for some reason.

 

[Zeknurn]

http://qualifiers.thegdstudio.com/

Sleek website. I like that it has a Dota TV link and the current prize pool.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Huh, just bought a Compendium but I guess it's too late to predict the west qualifiers, for some reason.

Because they're happening in less than an hour. The predictions closed last night.

 

[JakOfTheShadows]

http://qualifiers.thegdstudio.com/

Sleek website. I like that it has a Dota TV link and the current prize pool.

Pretty awesome that $200,000+ has already been added to the prize pool. That amount would be a huge tournament prize pool in its own right.

 

[Sanic]

Because they're happening in less than an hour.

I know, just figured they would still be up but my bad for not checking.

 

[JakOfTheShadows]

The GD Studio pre-show is starting.

http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio

Edit: minus sound apparently... lol

 

[Spookie]

The GD Studio pre-show is starting.

http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio

It would if they turned up the audio.

 

[Qvoth]

silencer too stronk, real global silence

 

[Archie]

It would if they turned up the audio.

#productionquality

 

[Zia]

How long can this go along without them realizing they don't have sound? Jesus.

 

[SteveWinwood]

It would if they turned up the audio.

I thought I had gone deaf.

 

[wakajawaka]

How can noone in the studio be reading the chat? GUYS PLS

 

[Technosteve]

still no sound, i'm going to go watch the tobi stream instead

 

[JakOfTheShadows]

#productionquality

They do have a "NO LEGS" strategy poster though.

 

[Ikuu]

They're on a 6 minute delay so it'll be a few mins, lol.

 

[Archie]

Epic 4chan poster xD

 

[SteveWinwood]

Bruno's face when he realized lolololol

 

[Technosteve]

SOE <3

Tobi ug noooooo

 

[Zia]

LOL. A shocked Bruno mouthing that they've had no sound this whole time.

 

[Spookie]

Oh it's sinked in, Brunos face haha.