He was probably furiously typing fighting with the pudge about who gets mid.
But why would you even go there and with no items to boot?
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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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He was probably furiously typing fighting with the pudge about who gets mid.
But why would you even go there and with no items to boot?
OldAsUrSock
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default is A + clickAbout to do my first training match vs humans. Kind of nervous, not sure I'm ready for it. Couldn't kill shit in the bot matches
How do you deny creeps?
As toxic as the community can sometimes be, a couple days ago I got matched with players that were ridiculously polite. One guy had "Game is Hard!" and "We can still win this!" on his chat wheel, and then one guy makes a mistake and apologizes and four people instantly went: "it's ok", "don't worry", "everyone makes mistakes", "we all have bad days". Was kinda surreal, really.
SteveWinwood
Member
Did they say when the kaipi alliance game was rescheduled to? Today?
shira
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OldAsUrSock
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I have been getting matched with nicer people as well. Maybe the report system is working?
Haunted
Member
First it's Brad Shoemaker playing with 2GD and Bruno, now it's Purge playing with Idra.
Worlds collide.
Worlds collide.
dat trench
I wish. The next game I got pinged to death because I killed the pull camp as enchantress because our Drow wanted to pull it without stacking. Then got called a tard, and everyone got told to report me.
I think I'll start sending out friend request to the nicer players I meet. Should've probably done that long ago. I don't even care if we're loosing as long as people act like decent human beings.
His first item was hand of Midas recipe.
Also, from the same game, some extreme luck:
http://www.twitch.tv/drkirby/c/2918383
The_Hitcher89
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Our team, and especially me, got smashed. One player just stood in the base the whole time, connecting and disconnecting, I was doing nothing other than giving the opposition free gold and xp 
I just can't deal with Sniper or Viper, especially the former. That Ultimate just wrecks me every time, then he starts teleporting up to me and battering me before I even know what's happening
Its gonna be a struggle getting used to this. Never played a game where I have to learn to fear players who have levelled up to the point of having a clear advantage, gotta lose those gung-ho tendencies
edit: Sniper's voice is irritating as well. One day I'll kill him and bathe in his blood
I just can't deal with Sniper or Viper, especially the former. That Ultimate just wrecks me every time, then he starts teleporting up to me and battering me before I even know what's happening
Its gonna be a struggle getting used to this. Never played a game where I have to learn to fear players who have levelled up to the point of having a clear advantage, gotta lose those gung-ho tendencies
edit: Sniper's voice is irritating as well. One day I'll kill him and bathe in his blood
Technosteve
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If you can stun sniper he's a dead sniper
Good play up until the last part where instead of killing all 3 you died, your teammates killed Void and then Wisp and Bounty relocated back to safety. The force staff and steal was #bigplays, but if you would have hit Void with his own Chrono it might have been highlight worthy.
busted
shira
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Our postponed match @theAllianceGG vs @KaipiDota is now moved to 21 CEST on the 15th of September
2 PM EST Sunday 9/15 - was so sure the GAF showmatch would have interfered. Thank goodness.
Good play up until the last part where instead of killing all 3 you died, your teammates killed Void and then Wisp and Bounty relocated back to safety. The force staff and steal was #bigplays, but if you would have hit Void with his own Chrono it might have been highlight worthy.
You know Void can move in anyone Chrono right? So why would he try to hit him with it.
The_Hitcher89
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Guess I don't wanna be going one-on-one with Drow Ranger then, non of her abilities have Stun capability I think. I keep forgetting to use her first ability as well, even though it should be second nature as its cheap, potentially useful and has a negligible recharge time.
Right-click on the ability icon, or press alt+the ability's hotkey to set abilities like Frost Arrow to auto cast.
The_Hitcher89
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I'd focus less on the kills and last hits for your first few real matches and just play a game of "stay alive as long as possible." My buddy has 200 hours logged and still flips his shit when he gets no last hits or kills.... when he plays a support or has a carry in his lane that should have higher priority.
Try playing support heros that aren't farm dependent to be really awesome. I like Jakiro for this, his spells are incredible if you can land them and he basically only needs mana boots and mekanism to do well in a match.
Definitely avoid hard carries like phantom assassin, anti mage, juggernaut, and the like, because if you're bad at last hitting and can't secure kills then you will wind up underpowering your team.
Stronghammer22
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Riki pick by Alliance.
he's supposed to be really good with Wisp right?
Or did they?
Io is great with nearly any melee carry, though Riki having his own gap closer certainly doesn't hurt.
whens the last time he played Clockwork though?
e: and nightstalker!
Alliance really should just pick all the unpicked TI3 heroes in the group stages, its not like they can't beat Next or Menace or whoever with Drow and Sniper
Gentle Rodriguez
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Riki + Nightstalker. Intruiging is all I can say.
They spent 3 of their first 4 bans on Bulldog heroes. I don't remember AB's Clock being especially great.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I'm a bit of a natural at last hitting it seems, haven't got the item know-how to take advantage though
Did it come naturally to you guys to keep track of your Active items and abilities? I always forget about them until I'm dead and its too late, so am just playing it safe with passives. Annoying because I've seen first-hand how useful blink daggers and the like can be
SteveWinwood
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Depends on the direction the hero you're going to is facing. If he's facing you it does, if he's not it doesn't.
That's good information that I didn't know but it doesn't change the fact that he wove a bit of a tall tale in his recounting of the events.
You'll feel it eventually.
What's that, like half of all items? That must be terribly limiting.I always forget about them until I'm dead and its too late, so am just playing it safe with passives. Annoying because I've seen first-hand how useful blink daggers and the like can be
NotoriousPUG
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Play Meepo. EZ game.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Yeah. I get overwhelmed and forget about even the default things like healing salves and tangos. I'm determined to get good, gonna just play bot matches until I'm more comfortable
Any general tips for winning a fight against a ranged hero when you're using a melee hero? Other than blink daggers and movement-related abilities/items, how do you get close enough to stand a chance?
shira
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This is boring to watch.
Fnatic hasn't won a game since TI3 or something like that.
Shorty11857
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Fnatic have won 3 games in Starladder so far but they've been consistently bad, struggling and losing to C-tier teams
Gentle Rodriguez
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Fnatic being mediocre as usual, Alliance being really good as usual. Result is a boring game.
I wouldn't be surprised if N0tail actually ragequit xd.
I wouldn't be surprised if N0tail actually ragequit xd.
Sgt.Pepper
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Riki owning this.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Well that's not really the case this game though, the invis on Riki was negligible compared to the high damage output and being paired up with Wisp.
and Fnatic sucking.
Are teams really that scared of both Bulldog's NP and LD that they'd rather give them Wisp? Serious question, as they seem to be invincible when having Wisp.
shira
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It's pick your poison with Alliance. You can't outdraft them, so you can try to outplay them.
I mean in terms of general stompiness, I always seem to end up losing when playing against either Riki or Sniper.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Well the way to beat both is by good teamwork(getting vision in Riki's and SB's case, and ganking in Sniper's case) and that is not seen very often in pub games. I mostly get upset when a Riki or SB kick our asses because there's nothing I could do about it(lots of feeding by teammates who don't seem to understand how dangerous they are when you just wander around with no vision). So even when you know how to counter these types of heroes, your teammates need to have some level of competence.
That's likely because Riki and Sniper are characters that punish a lack of team coordination, aggressiveness, and proper warding/detection, which you're going to see a lot of in pubs. Besides hero counters, teamwork beats those dudes every time. Those picks are relatively easy to punish, but maybe not with randoms.
Edit: Ha! Beaten to it.
Dreams-Visions
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C'mon garrad/garran. Mama needs a new laptop
El Gato the third
My understanding is that when the pokeballs come back, so will the garrad's. They said at TI3 that that stuff will be back in stock in October or so. Unless plans have changed, it's just a matter of time. Which is why it suprises me that prices for this stuff are so high. It's inevitable that the lockless stuff will be in a fair abundance in a matter of weeks...and yet here we are watching people pay literally hundreds for some of those items. idk.
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