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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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How high will it gooooooooooo
450,000 is the cap, right?
got two precursor bloodstones across my two accounts, what does this mean
They said capacity has been increased by 450k. Let's assume current capacity recently was 300k (explains the shitty servers) then new capacity is 750k.
They said capacity has been increased by 450k. Let's assume current capacity recently was 300k (explains the shitty servers) then new capacity is 750k.
I still can't believe the lackluster launch so far. I don't get why they released if they don't have anything significant to add. Surely it would make sense to release a new awesome launch trailer, give some cool immortal cosmetic to beta players and then have an event?
I want moar!
This. Especially with the reach and money Valve have, I expected more marketing. They didn't even put a splash banner or give the game any notice on the front of the Steam store. Feels very intentional that they're not giving much attention to the launch but why would they do that?
Übermatik;69336106 said:
Heroes of Newerth player (then streamer) called Jiggle Billy, played pretty much nothing by Devourer (Pudge). Recorded shit and made some videos. Shit is hilarious; summed up the atmosphere of HoN for me, Big plays and trash talking.
He's also has the best Devourer/Pudge plays I've ever seen.
Theres 4 devourer videos; http://www.youtube.com/user/HonRPG/videos?shelf_index=4&view=0&sort=p
Primethius
Banned
I was wondering if anyone knew the solution to a problem my friends having. I'm trying to get him to play Dota 2 but he keeps dc'ing from Dota 2 every 4-5 minutes. We've tried other games too and it seems to happen on multiple Steam titles (such as SF4, L4D2, Dark Souls etc). However, this problem has never occurred to him on non-steam titles, such as League of Legends.
A cursory search tells me it might be something related to packet loss? We've tried a bunch of possible fixes but nothing works.
A cursory search tells me it might be something related to packet loss? We've tried a bunch of possible fixes but nothing works.
While the game is launched they still don't want everyone jumping in and possibly breaking the system, they'll start to market it once they're comfortable with how things are going.
Dota2 Dispenser gave out like 80k keys: http://steamcommunity.com/id/zombine/
Up to 330k just now, maybe hit 400k today.
Dota2 Dispenser gave out like 80k keys: http://steamcommunity.com/id/zombine/
Up to 330k just now, maybe hit 400k today.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Others have touched on it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're trying to avoid the negative consumer experience of "servers overloaded"
Interfectum
Member
Soft launch. Make sure they don't disrupt the current player base as they slowly open the floodgates for new players.
The game is already Valve's most popular game ever and consistently the #1 played game on Steam so their concern is server stability not public awareness (what marketing is for).
Hmmm... no.
The Last One
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I just got my bloodstone out of nowhere! But I can't see its level. How do I use that?
No, game is repulsive visually, artistically and community wise. It doesn't even have heroes I miss.
I only miss Udyr from LoL.
It doesn't have a level, there are three different ones and they're Rare, Mythical, and Legendary.
The Last One
Member
Oh, mine is mythical. Damn, I want the legendary one then =(
Strong, independent ganker who needs no support.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Just been told by a German that I have bad english. Ok mate.
Shorty11857
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What's the current highest concurrent player count before today?
335k I think.
Heavy's Sandvich
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335k apparently.
dripdripsplash
Member
The full game starts out with this.
Is it possible to skip this process ? My mate already knows all this stuff...
Is it possible to skip this process ? My mate already knows all this stuff...
BabeSlayer
Member
haven't checked like ever but did they put out a Mac client for this?
dripdripsplash
Member
Just saw your edit. Booo. What now, he gotta go through all of that boring stuff ?
Sounds like he needs to forward the ports that Steam uses: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711
Schweinehund
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It would have been hilarious if they made her black and she said that as a line.
shira
Member
Finish the tutorial please
http://www.cyborgmatt.com/2013/07/dota-2-shagbark-competition-winners/
Some of dese are amazing
I want a shagbark plushie.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
It'll break 400k concurrent this week and 4 million unique this month, mark my words
Dinosaur Tamer
Member
You don't even know how fast they let people go through the queue.
When is she out?
Freakinchair
Member
never
Annoying but necessary considering how many newbies ignore the tutorial and have no idea how to last hit in the game.
I really wish they put in a deny tutorial and a losing game scenario as well. Even I'd appreciate that.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Marking them.
Gully State
Member
I still don't get why they released this officially with such little fanfare. Server capacity is one thing but you still want people flooding the queue.
I guess they will start the advertising for Dota 2 slowly instead of with a big bang. Maybe banners on the Steam frontpage along with the Summer Sale tomorrow.
Then start ads on popular gaming sites.
TheNamelessOne
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Any updates/estimates on when the Mac version will be avalible?
Valve time soon
Heavy's Sandvich
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To my knowledge, I don't think it's even been hinted at.
But you'd expect to happen at some point.
Blag toast said it was in testing at present.
finalboss2
Member
what does the tutorial teach?
like basic laning and support stuff like don't autoattack, buying wards helps, carries need farm, etc.?
like basic laning and support stuff like don't autoattack, buying wards helps, carries need farm, etc.?
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