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[User 85168]

Someone sum it up for me in 3 words.

Aghs Dark Seer

 

[Arkanius]

They should definitely formalise it rather than it being the result of buggy particle effects.

It's not buggy particle effects
It's intended.

 

[Sibylus]

i don't understand how OD can outcarry there entire team.

Stats man, stats.

 

[Wes]

Need a VOD, stat.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

wait, what was exploding?

After 89 minutes the map begins to fall apart and particles go crazy. Random bits of rock start falling from the sky and weird particles float all over. Valve never planned for matches this long and so some variables are not set up for this long o a game and the game starts falling apart

 

[SteveWinwood]

i don't understand how OD can outcarry there entire team.

you get that int brah

 

[1.09]

Someone sum it up for me in 3 words.

this game sucks

 

[Haunted]

At risk of being called a scrub, would someone please explain to me why GAF and most other communities are so against adding a concede option to the game? It makes nothing but good sense to me. Too many games I've played where defeat was inevitable and it only became a chore to finish the game out. No chance of comeback, no fun or enjoyment left to be had. Yet we have to flesh it out until the other team finally decides to stop chasing for kills and diving the fountain.

It's a divisive issue. Two camps - those who think the community can handle having the option in a mature manner and Valve will take measures to avoid its abuse, and those who think griefers and abusers would have a field day with it and it ultimately would cut down on the amount of comebacks in Dota 2.


Valve is going the compromise/probing route right now, having implemented an easily initiated and easily cancellable surrender option for tournament and training games.

 

[Artanisix]

It's not buggy particle effects
It's intended.

It's not intended in the sense that Valve programmed it to happen that way because they want it to happen that way.

So actually yeah, it's not intended. It's just awesome.

 

[eznark]

So rad

 

[Skab]

Exploding map? What? What happened?

 

[Arkanius]

Exploding map? What? What happened?

Fnatic vs Mouz went over 90 minutes
The map starts to decay after that time

 

[childplease]

Exploding map? What? What happened?

looked more like a spiraling tornado of fire with crows flying in unison with it.

Really looked post apocalyptic. Would be awesome as an ulti.

 

[Des0lar]

At risk of being called a scrub, would someone please explain to me why GAF and most other communities are so against adding a concede option to the game? It makes nothing but good sense to me. Too many games I've played where defeat was inevitable and it only became a chore to finish the game out. No chance of comeback, no fun or enjoyment left to be had. Yet we have to flesh it out until the other team finally decides to stop chasing for kills and diving the fountain.


Alright, GAF. Come at me.

P.S. Hopin' for Legion Commander soon. After her, I hope they begin work on Ember Spirit. I know all you fellas want Techies, but I want that fire-dancing panda.

People will start spamming that concede button after the first blood, then people will report you for not agreeing with the concede. People will concede after the first rax is lost, while the enemy still has towers. People will concede because their Ursa is "far too farmed". People will concede because Enigma hit one good black hole. Comebacks will be rarer, especially the big ones.If you are a 5 man stack, you can concede by leaving all at the same time. So there's that at least.

It creates a defeatist attitude. Yes, sometimes you will be fountain camped, but honestly, in the 1000 games I've played, a really long fountain camp has happened 2 times probably. The rest is 5 minutes most. I don't care, I can alt tab, I buy shadowblade and hide somewhere, or blink dagger.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Someone link me the VOD because I want to see the exploding map.

 

[Drkirby]

i don't understand how OD can outcarry there entire team.

Dark Sear just copied the enemy team twice. ez.

After 89 minutes the map begins to fall apart and particles go crazy. Random bits of rock start falling from the sky and weird particles float all over. Valve never planned for matches this long and so some variables are not set up for this long o a game and the game starts falling apart

I don't think its always at that exact minute mark, but in long games the particles effects system just breaks.

 

[Artanisix]

waaake me up when september endssssssssss

Spoiler

or when the patch comes out

 

[Finalow]

Need a VOD, stat.

same, I missed a lot of that game.

 

[Gully State]

They shouldn't add concede, but they should incentivise players to finish games more quickly (BP?). Nearly every time I lose, there's a protracted period where the enemy team flies to Barbados on holiday, hikes up the Andes, takes down our bottom barracks, cycles around France and then finally decide to take top barracks and win the game.

How about once racks are down or some other qualifying condition , the winning team gets less XP the longer the game goes.. So if you fountain camp and let the game draw out, you lose out on XP..

 

[User 85168]

same, I missed a lot of that game.

http://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit/b/435729029

Start at the 6 hour mark

 

[Des0lar]

Ok that's it, enjoy your non patch, I am going to sleep.

#screwvolvo

 

[Captain_Spanky]

This happens all the time. I love it when it happens in a bot match. Guy goes 50-0 with Drow because he decides to fountain camp. Game ends..."Commend plz"

At the same time, I've noticed that people nowadays are more judicious with their commends nowadays.

Was a Drow player on mine too lol.

 

[Schweinehund]

, my expectations for this patch have pretty much plummeted.

 

[The Technomancer]

Out of curiosity.. how many people actually commend when someone does good/communicates well, regardless of if they ask and how many only do when someone asks?

I do. If we have a really good victory and its because one or more of my teammates played intelligently, talked and communicated, and generally played a coordinated game I always commend.

 

[Randdalf]

How about once racks are down or some other qualifying condition , the winning team gets less XP the longer the game goes.. So if you fountain camp and let the game draw out, you lose out on XP..

That changes the mechanics of the game though, why should you get punished for winning?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

jeez Valve, what's going on

 

[DarkKyo]

So nervous about patch...

 

[Drkirby]

Where is my invoker collar? I want an excuse to suck as him some more.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

So nervous about patch...

I'm pretty sure we're not getting a hero, I'm more waiting to see if there's any heroes that get visual updates.

 

[Bjern Fita]

Match making in this game just gets worse and worse.

English WEU only solo queue (matched in about 1:30)


carry rubrik smashes Drow mid, and Jakiro builds attack speed first, 14-1 in the first 10 minutes.... (cant bitch about disparity in lvl however, these sukckers have at least played enough games to know better)


Dota is a far better game than LoL but if it never takes off properly, cant compete with the evenish games i had in LoL

 

[andregnreis]

Rant

Seriously, who the fuck designed Abbadon to make him almost invunerable 1v1 or 2x1? A shield and an OP ulti that heals almost to full health? Fuck him.

/Rant

 

[Skab]

Rant

Seriously, who the fuck designed Abbadon to make him almost invunerable 1v1 or 2x1? A shield and an OP ulti that heals almost to full health? Fuck him.

/Rant

Stop attacking him when his ult pops.

5 seconds later he dies. OMG SO OP.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Where is my invoker collar? I want an excuse to suck as him some more.

Fewer popped collars pls.

 

[Sibylus]

How broken is this patch? How many patches will it need?

 

[Drkirby]

How broken is this patch? How many patches will it need?

Invoker's Collar is just going to be THAT popped, game can't handle it.

 

[SteveWinwood]

How broken is this patch? How many patches will it need?

itll be so broke

 

[Sibylus]

Not enough tflops for this pop

 

[Epix]

When do we get the Immortal Compendium item?

 

[Sibylus]

When do we get the Immortal Compendium item?

Once they take it out of storage and reconstitute it with a little water.

 

[Gully State]

That changes the mechanics of the game though, why should you get punished for winning?

You end it fast enough with whatever parameters they define, you don't get penalized. Plus it's a soft penalty that doesn't carry over to the next match but hard enough for people to stop fountain camping for 15 min

 

[Schweinehund]

cyborgmatt feels confident there is a patch but its 9:48 and no red posters. i am conflicted.

 

[Mr Touchdown]

volvo, pls T_T

 

[bounchfx]

legion commander tonight confirmed? late patch guarantee? 10 free sets for everyone? HL3 confirmed?!

 

[dave is ok]

I think Cyborgmatt's gone catatonic, waiting for a patch that will never come. He just keeps driving and driving and driving.

 

[Skab]

I think Cyborgmatt's gone catatonic, waiting for a patch that will never come. He just keeps driving and driving and driving.

Don't worry, that's just how you play Euro Truck Sim.

 

[Wynnebeck]

cyborgmatt feels confident there is a patch but its 9:48 and no red posters. i am conflicted.

 

[The Technomancer]

I'm sitting here not wanting to play Dota until there's a patch...

 

[Psychoward]

So me and my friend were going to try this after not playing for months, and when we did it was for 3 games only and we got wrecked. I figure we'd start an Easy bot match, any classes to recommend? He likes support stuff and I like melee damage characters, preferably with some sort of lifesteal or heal.

 

[Randdalf]

You end it fast enough with whatever parameters they define, you don't get penalized. Plus it's a soft penalty that doesn't carry over to the next match but hard enough for people to stop fountain camping for 15 min

Oh, I thought you were talking about in-game xp not battle points, apologies.

 

[elyetis]

So me and my friend were going to try this after not playing for months, and when we did it was for 3 games only and we got wrecked. I figure we'd start an Easy bot match, any classes to recommend? He likes support stuff and I like melee damage characters, preferably with some sort of lifesteal or heal.

Support is kind of vast ( thought i think keeper of the light could be a good advise as an starter support since you can easily get gold, and don't have mana problem, crystal maiden too ), but for "melee damage characters, preferably with some sort of lifesteal" the obvious answer would be Life stealer ( and also skeleton king ).

Valve delaying the patch so we can get LC + Techies, so nice of them.