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OMG OMG OMG

*** it's happening ***

MISAKA Storm Spirit mod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsnfKER1K64

the fuck is this. what did I just watch and why is it so offensively bad?

installing this so hard

nerddddddddddddddddddddd

 

[sixghost]

Well where else would I take them?

Maybe let the bear tank creeps outside tower range until your next wave shows up, to bring the creep wave closer to your tower. Letting the tower hit the creeps basically resets the creep equilibrium.

 

[Schweinehund]

outside of new heroes, are we ever going to get solo ranked mm? Is it too much to ask when HoN and league already did that within their first year...

 

[shira]

the fuck is this. what did I just watch and why is it so offensively bad?


nerddddddddddddddddddddd

EEsama got one of his followers to make a Storm Spirit mod for Biribiri
Please try to control your bonerz

 

[KingKong]

EEsama got one of his followers to make a Storm Spirit mod for Biribiri
Please try to control your bonerz

her laugh is terrifying

 

[Boken]

I can't believe procarbine has me on ignore

 

[Karakand]

I can't believe procarbine has me on ignore

Might be shira and me instead of you and shira.

Or maybe shira was spared the axe and it's us. :O

The mysteries of passive aggressive posting are truly infinite.

On a related note, the visceral reactions of disgust to fanart in this thread always entertain.

 

[Captain Fish]

Does anyone know off hand if the damage amp from Natural Order from the spirit works on the Astral Spirit nuke damage itself?

 

[Razzer]

Playing as timbersaw and our NP abandons straight away, followed by the rest of my team and 3 of the other team. About a minute later a 4th enemy also does, leaving me and an AA to 1v1 mid instead. Always make the most of a bad situation I say. I won, though timber is way better for that kind of thing ofc. Surprisingly fun actually.

 

[bounchfx]

woo! schema update.

Sniper, morphling, FV, Lion, Kunkka, and my SB set. yay!

 

[Conceptor]

On a related note, the visceral reactions of disgust to fanart in this thread always entertain.

I don't think that's the whole story. 'I'm disgusted by this piece of well-done, tasteful fanart that someone posted in the thread' - said no one ever

 

[KingKong]

oh goody another morphling and kunkka set :|

 

[kasane]

EEsama got one of his followers to make a Storm Spirit mod for Biribiri
Please try to control your bonerz

EE-sama saves Doto again. Installing.

 

[Calidor]

300mb patch.

wat

 

[Schweinehund]

300mb patch.

wat

hats

Spoiler

hats

 

[Milabrega]

Big Monday patch just dropped.

 

[Shepard]

Meh, just frost wyvern and legion commander, was hoping for 3 hero patch.

 

[Zeth]

Any good hats? I'm on a hat-spree lately and I've got money to burn.

 

[Lotto]

No, this thread will finish before a new hero comes out god dammit

 

[Karakand]

I don't think that's the whole story. 'I'm disgusted by this piece of well-done, tasteful fanart that someone posted in the thread' - said no one ever

Dota 2 is fully of hammy dialog (even discounting the announcer packs) and hilariously grimdark lore (Leshrac's, for example, "Like other elemental characters, he is completely at one with nature, but in his case it is a nature lurid and vile. He alone sees the evil truth of reality, and has no use for those who believe the cosmos reserves a special reward for those who practice benevolence."), I'm not really sure why you expect it to be treated tastefully.

 

[Milabrega]

Looks like 3 UI Skins and a new tournament ticket.

 

[Haunted]

Looks like 3 UI Skins and a new tournament ticket.

What am I going to do with all these "Welcome Legion Commander" party hats I've got lying around now.

 

[shira]

woo! schema update.

Sniper, morphling, FV, Lion, Kunkka, and my SB set. yay!

Sales +1. Very satisfied with my wolfie and lichee. Haven't sold em off.

 

[Zeth]

Think I'll get Kunkka and SB. Though Sniper is tempting.

edit: Baekho wings still look like paper cutouts

 

[sixtyfivedays]

That Kunkka set is legit as hell.

I want that pipe.

 

[Boken]

No LC again

jesus

Valve is running dota like a game reliant on handouts

they dont even make half their sets, cant even finish heroes that have half the design done for them.

what the hell is with this lazy ass company

 

[Holden]

No LC again

jesus

Valve is running dota like a game reliant on handouts

they dont even make half their sets, cant even finish heroes that have half the design done for them.

what the hell is with this lazy ass company

seriously, jesus...

 

[sixtyfivedays]

What they are doing is larger updates in slower intervals (like First Blood). We probably won't see a major patch until sometime near the end of October around Halloween (for the event).

They aren't doing it the way they used to and people will have to adjust for that.

 

[shira]

No LC again

jesus

Valve is running dota like a game reliant on handouts

they dont even make half their sets, cant even finish heroes that have half the design done for them.

what the hell is with this lazy ass company

Wait till the SKoreans start making sets on a professional basis and teams have the backing of Samsung/Hyundai/LG
Shit will be real

 

[fiore]

Well where else would I take them?

You have your bear move in circles outside of tower range until your wave of creeps meet with them. If you bring them where your tower will start attacking, your whole pulling mechanic was for nothing.

 

[Zeth]

New Kunkka set goes really well with the Plunder of the High Seas sword

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Abandonment needs a harsher punishment. For people who don't work or have kids it's fine to deal with people ruining about a third of your games, but some of us can only squeeze in a game or two a day and it gets so old having people quit.

There should be a permanent pool for those that have a certain percentage of abandons, and bump the regular punishment up to a week.

 

[shira]

New Kunkka set goes really well with the Plunder of the High Seas sword

I don't agree with the smoking though. It should have some sort of disclaimer. PS: The mass murder I'm okay with

 

[Drkirby]

Not seeing to much in the text files, Arctic Hunter set was taken out of the drop pool, and the Glados Annoucer/Megakill pack, along with the bunny courier, were added.

 

[M.D]

Carry Abaddon is legit

 

[Schweinehund]

What they are doing is larger updates in slower intervals (like First Blood). We probably won't see a major patch until sometime near the end of October around Halloween (for the event).

They aren't doing it the way they used to and people will have to adjust for that.

Yeah this is probably the case, must be frustrating to people who have played dota for years, I'm assuming that making a hero balanced and fun to play is the hardest part and that part is already done. The coding can't be too hard either, icefraud coded most of the heroes in JASS and the languages they use are less restrictive. The game has a skeleton crew right now, IIRC the recent jira board leak had like 15 staff members for dota 2.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Abandonment needs a harsher punishment. For people who don't work or have kids it's fine to deal with people ruining about a third of your games, but some of us can only squeeze in a game or two a day and it gets so old having people quit.

There should be a permanent pool for those that have a certain percentage of abandons, and bump the regular punishment up to a week.

Have you ever been in low priority? Shit is pretty bad. It only takes two relatively close to each other to get sent there.

 

[Kreunt]

No LC again

jesus

Valve is running dota like a game reliant on handouts

they dont even make half their sets, cant even finish heroes that have half the design done for them.

what the hell is with this lazy ass company

people get lazy when they don't have bosses.

 

[Skab]

I'm pretty sure Shira is the worst thing to happen to Dota 2.

 

[Desaan]

Just how rampant are smurfs? There seems to be 3-4 minimum in my games, not exactly hard to spot; 2 games on steam, DOTA 2 and Team Fortress and average 600-700+ xp/gold during the game, rape face and generally just ruin the game.

Pisses me off and ruins matchmaking completely. High or very high matchmaking players creating new accounts to troll low level/normal players achieves what exactly?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Unimplemented set alert!

Why does this keep happening?

wait, nvm, they just hid it

 

[shira]

Just how rampant are smurfs? There seems to be 3-4 minimum in my games, not exactly hard to spot; 2 games on steam, DOTA 2 and Team Fortress and average 600-700+ xp/gold during the game, rape face and generally just ruin the game.

Pisses me off and ruins matchmaking completely. High or very high matchmaking players creating new accounts to troll low level/normal players achieves what exactly?

Some good people are in shit tier for bad manners so there is that too.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Another reason they're slower with the heroes now is that they're taking time to do them "properly" in one go. They could probably squeeze them out at a decent rate (maybe not tri-hero updates like those leading up to TI2, but 1 every 2 or 3 weeks) if there wasn't a focus on doing so. This includes things like broken-down model, better textures, more bug testing for heroes prone to issues, etc. It most likely saves more time and headaches in the long run than getting a barebones version out then having to fix it later. Besides parity (or *gasp* even new heroes!) they've got about two dozen heroes in need of touch ups or more extensive reworks to put them at the level of quality as their latest stuff. And at least 6 or so that are in desperate need of makeovers (some of which, like SF, that we know about already).

 

[Boken]

I'm pretty sure Shira is the worst thing to happen to Dota 2.

I'm going to usurp Shira. You with me?

Another reason they're slower with the heroes now is that they're taking time to do them "properly" in one go. They could probably squeeze them out at a decent rate (maybe not tri-hero updates like those leading up to TI2, but 1 every 2 or 3 weeks) if there wasn't a focus on doing so. This includes things like broken-down model, better textures, more bug testing for heroes prone to issues, etc. It most likely saves more time and headaches in the long run than getting a barebones version out then having to fix it later. Besides parity (or *gasp* even new heroes!) they've got about two dozen heroes in need of touch ups or more extensive reworks to put them at the level of quality as their latest stuff. And at least 6 or so that are in desperate need of makeovers (some of which, like SF, that we know about already).

Valve Apologist~

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Have you ever been in low priority? Shit is pretty bad. It only takes two relatively close to each other to get sent there.

I have never abandoned a game before, but I once queued up with a friend in there for one game.

 

[Boken]

Abandonment needs a harsher punishment. For people who don't work or have kids it's fine to deal with people ruining about a third of your games, but some of us can only squeeze in a game or two a day and it gets so old having people quit.

There should be a permanent pool for those that have a certain percentage of abandons, and bump the regular punishment up to a week.

Classic Queen of Hearts OFF WITH THEIR HEADS text right there.
Do you have kids? Because for people with kids, being able to abandon once in a while is a godsend because heaven forbid that your children are more important than this game.

 

[JustinBB7]

They don't even bother with changelogs anymore do they.

 

[shira]

I'm pretty sure Shira is the worst thing to happen to Dota 2.

OMG

OMG, I won't be able to sleep tonite

 

[sixtyfivedays]

They don't even bother with changelogs anymore do they.

Probably because the game wasn't updated, the items were. The store has been updated with all the sets and tourney tickets.

 

[elyetis]

Another reason they're slower with the heroes now is that they're taking time to do them "properly" in one go. They could probably squeeze them out at a decent rate (maybe not tri-hero updates like those leading up to TI2, but 1 every 2 or 3 weeks) if there wasn't a focus on doing so. This includes things like broken-down model, better textures, more bug testing for heroes prone to issues, etc. It most likely saves more time and headaches in the long run than getting a barebones version out then having to fix it later. Besides parity (or *gasp* even new heroes!) they've got about two dozen heroes in need of touch ups or more extensive reworks to put them at the level of quality as their latest stuff. And at least 6 or so that are in desperate need of makeovers (some of which, like SF, that we know about already).

It's maybe better for a devellopement point of view, but I doubt player win much out of it. Some of the hero who are considered as needing a big makeovers are quite played, so I'm clearly on the side of 'not perfect but there to b enjoyed by players'. And at least it could still be something to be happy to see in an update once the parity is there and very few new hero get added.

But the current pace... even if we remove one month for TI3, if the next hero update is only LC ( god no.... please Techies be there ) and it come soon, it still mean 1 hero / 2 month wait. Parity would take 2 years ( if there is 2 new hero in dota by then, which doesn't seems too far fetched i guess ? ).

Got a nice game with mirana today http://dotabuff.com/matches/337129517 ; almost never played her ( except 2-3 time this week with my smurf ( yeah smurf are bad blahblah )) so just not doing too badly with her, and not missing every single arrow is enough to make me happy. With Naga and medusa, it's the third hero I only recently begun to appreciate.