Pureauthor
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Some of the dropped prices on the market are just bonkers. 250 USD to someone selling it for 65 USD.
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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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So good when you are getting destroyed and one teamfight turns the game around.
We were getting killed left and right but there was on fight where disruptor got all 5 under circle+ult and it was a wipe with all of us alive. From that point we didnt lose any fight.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/322528512
We were getting killed left and right but there was on fight where disruptor got all 5 under circle+ult and it was a wipe with all of us alive. From that point we didnt lose any fight.
http://dotabuff.com/matches/322528512
balladofwindfishes
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The guy who paid 300 for it 2 hours ago is going to be mighty salty
Empty Space
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I feel like I've sort of hit a plateau in skill for the second time and I'm not really sure how to go forward from here. The first time it happened I branched out from the dozen or so heroes I was comfortable with and after couple of weeks I saw an improvement across the board. I'm at bit of a loss on how to improve now. I guess just trying to specialize with more heroes would suffice, but the stack I usually play with has kind of solidified it roles and specifically getting the guy who plays the hard carries to not play one is a hassle.
Any suggestions on just general practice things to get better?
Any suggestions on just general practice things to get better?
Pureauthor
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I don't get the people who are panic-selling those things right now, but I'm not a hat baron so
shira
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ballad how much is your plushie going to cost you with shipping and import taxes?
Pureauthor
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Mine's gonna be 66 USD, for what that's worth.
What "role" do you primarily play?
balladofwindfishes
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Practice, practice, practice. If you feel like you've comfortably expañded your hero repertoire, the ñext step would be to theñ focus on those heroes añd learñ how to actually play them, añd not just what they do. From the souñds of it, you kiñd of uñderstand what each hero does, añd cañ successfully go through the process of seeiñg a hero and assessiñg what that hero cañ do iñ that situatioñ. After that, the ñext level would be executioñ, mechañics, añd game señse.
This is the part that a lot of players are stuck oñ, añd the poiñt where most players are comfortable with their gameplay, but there's still a lot of room to grow. Keep goiñg añd you'll fiñd that those 'plateaus' were ñothing more than steps. Gotta keep climbiñg that skill ladder.
Empty Space
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I usually end up as the solo offlaner or in certain situations I mid. I personally have a ton of success playing DK mid. I'd say I do well with virtually any Strength hero played as semi-carry.
My fingers fumble a lot with certain keystrokes in regards to execution. I rarely queue spells and I'm ashamed to admit last week I was playing tide and ravaged a wave of creeps thinking I hit the anchor smash key. That's only happened once, but still it never should. I also on occasion find myself clicking on items instead of using the hotkey. That's far less common than in the past, but it happens. I'm just far too used to doing that from other games.
You could always practice tinker with Soul Ring/BoT/Blink/Sheep/Dagon/E-Blade against bots or something, you'll need to know the keys well and shift queueing helps on him as well.
MrChocolate
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Nope, they come when they come. But something is bound to happen in the next month, because Valve loves Halloween.
balladofwindfishes
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They also promised the Polycount crate for Monday and didn't deliver so that has to show up eventually, right?
shira
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Dreams-Visions
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BWAHAHAHHAHAHA
this is also what graphs for lockless boxes will look like when they're restocked. Which, again, is why I kept saying I don't understand why people were paying $90+ for those things, let alone $300 for fucking Flowering Treeants. As if those items weren't going to be restocked when Valve said quite specifically that they'd be back in about a month??
damn it man. you should have held it for at least a week. they're going to go up from here for awhile until they restock again.
People are stupid and Steam lets them spend money easily. CS GO started dropping a new crate this weekend and people were buying it for 20+ dollars. Its already down to 5 and shouldnt cost anything really considering you still need to buy a key
That's what I said about the LD Onyx skin. I couldn't sell that thing fast enough. I'm still using that suckers money.
Dreams-Visions
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I mean, I understand the desire to be first. Truly, I do. But what the fuck. People couldn't wait a month? It's been about 40 days or so since TI3. They said early October, so they even delivered early which is like...when has Valve ever been early. Maybe people didn't believe Valve? Or maybe people had money to burn. I don't know. I just supposed I believe that if you have the choice to (a) buy something now for $300 or (b) buy something 1 month later for $40-$110, you'd wait.
yep those will be dropping soon enough.
Its gonna go up again, BALLER LIFE
Dreams-Visions
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Actually, you're right. Good time to buy. I might pick a couple up if they drop below $80. By next week, they'll be $150 easily.
I wonder if the plushes will still be able to pay for them selves once they restock.
IXDL is pretty fun as long as your team doesn't bitch.
I never knew you could see who bought stuff! Mine went to Brazil. Hue
Wok
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I have the CK set and I am going to check my inventory now.
Dreams-Visions
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I've never really seen an item that was only available through a store purchase lose more than maybe 10% of its value. Even the Axe flaming (http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/570/Genuine Wyvernguard Edge?filter=axe) and the Drow Bow (http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/570/Genuine Bow of the Howling Wind) which are now over a year old have not really lost any value. And if they discontinue the items that they're bundled with, they will probably go up.
So these Treeants will never be worth less than $40 unless they release a non-genuine version of the item...which would be a first in Dota2 (though common practice in TF2).
So yes, you're not going to lose anything buying the plushie. Though presumably, you bought one to have your own Flowering Treeant. But yea you could have bought two of them today (2 plushies) and sold the second and come out ahead in SteamBux. Easily.
Dreams-Visions
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Hey dawg, you could fund all your Steam game purchases, in-game items and TI4 tickets this way without spending another dime.
SteveWinwood
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Don't worry if you guys didn't get the flower treant.
It's pretty uggo.
Probs gonna stick with my necro trees.
It's pretty uggo.
Probs gonna stick with my necro trees.
Hell, counter strike crates still give you some decent money (20 cents) considering in that they are just crates
Dreams-Visions
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You don't have to lie to make them feel better. Flowering Treeants are fucking baller.
Sigismundo
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I want to know what Chaos Knight thinks about all of this.
On the Idle Thumbs podcast this week someone mentioned a website where it took dota buff stats and when playing in captains mode, gave you a win percentage based on the heros that are picked so far, and gave you suggestions on what heros to pick during the draft stage. Does anyone know where I can find that?
http://dota2cp.com/#suggest
If you find yourself needing a strong counter-pick for a certain hero it's probably good.
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