I queue for all games and last night was my first captain game. Thankfully it turned out great, but there was much arguing and debating on bans and pick, damn near burned up all the reserve time.
But yeah, no English games suck
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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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I queue for all games and last night was my first captain game. Thankfully it turned out great, but there was much arguing and debating on bans and pick, damn near burned up all the reserve time.
But yeah, no English games suck
I keep telling people to never buy keys
You wouldn't gamble your money irl, why would you do it in doto?
shira
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PSA: Ti3/doto shirts is on sale at Jinx
http://www.jinx.com/shop/coll/dota/...edium=email&utm_campaign=489-NewTeesfromDOTA2
Tired of paying ripoff prices to resellers and non-GAF tourney attendees.
Seems they have a decent shipping internationally price - well Canada anyway
edit: the CK and Bat are sold out on Volvo Storo so snap em up while you can. CK/bat - Men's small and medium disappered just now - ladies are fine
edit: Add APOCALYPSE for 10% off
ink4n3 +1 : )
not sure what's left - they are different than the TI shirts, but same codes
dorkimoe
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i wouldnt spend 2$ on a lottery ticket in real life?
Brace your selves, Luckbox prices should be going down now, valve email all the people who order them online codes at one time.
And real life Lotto tickets don't even have consolation prizes.
And real life Lotto tickets don't even have consolation prizes.
Lottery tickets are a tax on the poor.
Funny, in Dota its basically a tax on the rich.
Gully State
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The immortal compendium items seem to be going slightly up in price. You guys think the items will hold their value over the long term?
Tell me about it. I don't even play this game and I had money on my wallet so I bought 2. 1 CK and 1 Spectre ugly items later I just feel dumb. Should've bought a game or something.
Yeah, though the LD and Abaddon items will likely drift down in price, unless Abaddon gets really popular in the future.
The couriers definitely. Give it a year and they double in price.
Despite how many there are out in the wild, there won't be any more.
It will hold, probably.
I wonder how much the full style smeevil will command a decent price.
Gully State
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It's weird to see LD's cauldron go up to $4 at this point and even surpass Abaddon's mace in value as it's been by and large the least popular item this whole time.
On another note, I'm eagerly anticipating our fantasy/compendium prediction rewards. Hopefully they are good...
I see the fully upgraded smeevil couriers trading for about 2-3 keys on dota2lounge right now (courier owner usually wants 3, best offer is 2 but not taken). Incidently, I think stuff like the crab dye and lure will end up being cheaper than the bird and mammoth item despite being way more difficult to obtain.
I'm definitely hanging on to mine. Did get $225 for Admiral Bulldog's sig, that was pretty rad.
But what happens if one of the boxes holds the shitty wizard?!!? And then you can sell that for god knows how much.
balladofwindfishes
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Not really, myself and some others on reddit who ordered plushies haven't gotten an email yet
Kind if disappointing, I hope I don't have to go to customer service, since it'll be a long and drawn out process
shira
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Not sure if I'd pay anything for a smeevil. They're like greevils.
Dota giveth and taketh away.
I can't even comprehend why the luckboxes are going for so much.
No clue, but I don't really like the items that much. Maybe I'll track down the Nyx item, and I sort of like the DP hat. Shadow Blade being worth the most is just strange to me, it looks silly and Valve just released two sword for Kunnka that I think are better.
CarbonatedFalcon
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What I want to know is if player cards will continue to drop. I have I think 7 teams left for the dye. Not sure if it's even worth the effort though unless they drop for awhile longer. I already have the crab (and all the other forms), so the dye is just for the sake of completion. EZ mode would be to trade another one of my spare mythical TA hats for loads of gold on Dota2WH and finish it that way, but I'd rather save it if I can.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Hey guys, total noob over here. I've been looking to get into this game for a while, but never had the time. Now I finally have the time and I've been having a lot of fun with it. Favorite heroes so far have been Lina, Naga and Venge. I love a hero with a lot of versatile spells, any other heroes like that? Naga ulti is so goddamn overpowered btw, but I guess Alliance proved that as well.
On a side note, what the hell do I do against Broodmother in the laning fase, except for sentry wards? It's pretty much the only hero I just can't figure out how to get the upper hand against in the laning fase.
On a side note, what the hell do I do against Broodmother in the laning fase, except for sentry wards? It's pretty much the only hero I just can't figure out how to get the upper hand against in the laning fase.
shira
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Ok, we're selling $50 lottery tickets for $20 prizes.
[sold out ]
The blade biter is a big meh.
They will likely stop when Valve does the next update, but they shouldn't vanish.
Also, Dota2WH is easy mode for cards:
http://www.dota2wh.com/items/Player Card
They were $10. You would think the Luckboxes would be worth like $15-$20, since they are a bit hard to get, but no, $55.
Is it really? It looks pretty cool to me, much better then Shadow Blade.
Shitty Wizard isn't in the Luckless Lockbox, IIRC.
It should be Tournament exclusive, unless Valve accidentally put one in the Online Balls.
The Technomancer
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SteveWinewood and I solved the "hero picking" problem yesterday: take someone with zero wins into All Random!
balladofwindfishes
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I heard the shitty wizard toy is still in the online balls, there's no difference between the online store and tournament ones.
shira
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Yeah this hasn't been clarified yet. Word of mouth was 500 wizards out of 10,000 pokeballs. So even if you did buy them mail order - you would need someone to buy 20 or so to even have the right odds to get one.
thank god, maybe I can get the nyx and invoker items for cheap
Look at the graph man! At that rate it'll be free in 2 days!
shira
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Unless they add in particles it's just a portrait swap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNnlQLO3NcU&t=1m01s
The dragon sword seems to be the cream of the crop for the cheaper t-shirts.
http://youtu.be/n2sCDckWiW8?t=1m
CarbonatedFalcon
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Yeah I'm just annoyed since Dota2WH doesn't want any of my duplicates except for my TA mythicals (which it will give me 3k+ gold for.) Guess I can buy some other rares or whatever with the excess. Should've traded in my Omni hammers when it gave me the chance a few days ago.
Windrunner and venomancer are two more in the versatility department, along with being fairly item independant supports like your other picks. Learning to be good with wards and shackleshot will teach you a lot about positioning and vision.
Re: broodmother, I usually don't drop sentries unless going to secure a kill, but you win that lane with cheap aoe. Her spiders can feed you so much gold if you play smart. Take a dark seer or tide hunter and enjoy your quick mekansm/blink.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Thanks for the advice.I tried WR once and sucked horribly but that was my first match so I guess I'll give it another try. Shackleshot is pretty tough to hit, but I've even seen pro's miss those often so whatever.
This seems to confirm that they could be in the luckless lockbox, right? I want to make sure before I decide to open them.
So...uh....this just happened.
It was a 255, 255, 255 courier and I put it up on the market as a lark because I really, really didn't think that anyone would buy it for $100. As it stands, I'm starting to think that I could have sold it for more but HOLY SHIT.
WHO BUYS A DIGITAL COURIER GAME ITEM FOR $105?? WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??
It was a 255, 255, 255 courier and I put it up on the market as a lark because I really, really didn't think that anyone would buy it for $100. As it stands, I'm starting to think that I could have sold it for more but HOLY SHIT.
WHO BUYS A DIGITAL COURIER GAME ITEM FOR $105?? WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??
So...uh....this just happened.
It was a 255, 255, 255 courier and I put it up on the market as a lark because I really, really didn't think that anyone would buy it for $100. As it stands, I'm starting to think that I could have sold it for more but HOLY SHIT.
WHO BUYS A DIGITAL COURIER GAME ITEM FOR $105?? WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??
Golden Roshan is worth 2700 - 5500 keys. Blows my mind that someone would pay that much.
MY LIFE. HAS CHANGED
Dreams-Visions
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This seems to confirm that they could be in the luckless lockbox, right? I want to make sure before I decide to open them.
No.
They come with the wizard microplushie, which you could get randomly. Those who get a wizard microplushie will get a code to unlock Garrard. the luckless box is just an additional item that comes with the order.
CarbonatedFalcon
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I would never pay that much (or even be able to afford it), but there are only a handful out there (25ish?)
Honestly the Defense 2 Wardog is rarer. There's only 2 of those I think.
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