SneakyStephan
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Dota 2 |OT| To Hell and Back and Back to Hell
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When you die irl.
Sigismundo
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This matchmaker downtime isn't too bad. I'm learning how to play CS:GO instead.
Apparently the Berettas are overpowered or something.
Apparently the Berettas are overpowered or something.
Freakinchair
Member
P250 is the best pistol followed by the glock. USP is the worst pistol in the game.
SteveWinwood
Member
Can't wait.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Man valve really took a shit on cs then, usp used to arguably be the best pistol (well after deagle) for those who could aim.
Unlimited rate of fire with no recoil, bullets do the same damage as the mp5 (but no recoil and 12 clip)
Sigismundo
Member
Duly noted. What happened to the Deagle?
balladofwindfishes
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the fix might be coming soon, matchmaking is entirely disabled for some regions
Been like this for over 4 hours.
old manatee
Banned
It sucks so bad that when the servers go down it will let you search for a game. It pretty much always takes about 5 minutes anyway, so I alt-tab to another window and wait for the gong that means that it found a match. When it's down i don't even realize until it has been searching for like 20 minutes. If it just said the servers were down I could go do something else instead of fucking around.
Freakinchair
Member
The end times are upon us. Gordon Freeman is the hero being released tonight. Dota 2 being renamed to Half-Life 3.
HAVE MERCY GABEN
What is your secret?!
Is there a good trading website? I checked out the Dota2 warehouse but the selection on cards was pretty small when I looked.
RubxQub
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It changes dramatically depending on when you check. Last night the place was sapped dry, but this morning I saw a shitton of people and I made a ton of card trades.
Really nice system/website. I drop a handful of rares/uncommons/commons/dupes and get fake currency to use on player cards that I do care about.
Wish I had more time this morning before my train to spend with it, I could probably have just about filled my compendium minus a few holes.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
There should not be a Girls only team or a Boys only team. Just have the best players play on one team. In Video Games there is not a huge gap in physical abilities from men and women as with Football, Hockey, or Track.
RubxQub
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You know what would be a way bigger statement to gender equality in eSports than having girls teams?
...having a girl on a proper pro team vs. segregating them into their own teams for show.
Kudos to these girls teams if they actually can compete, but I still can't shake (especially after watching LGD.girls play last night) that not all of them are the best players in the world.
Even if just a single girl got on a pro team it would make waves.
...having a girl on a proper pro team vs. segregating them into their own teams for show.
Kudos to these girls teams if they actually can compete, but I still can't shake (especially after watching LGD.girls play last night) that not all of them are the best players in the world.
Even if just a single girl got on a pro team it would make waves.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
TrAcEr_x90
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So I have figured out the longer I hold back and not engage with the enemy side and just kill creeps the better I do. I really like using Warlock right now, and if I'm patient, and frugal, I can get that sword for two ultimates and then I start kicking ass. But I still find myself getting too greedy, first at the point of level 6 and getting my ultimate. Then when I can get the two ultimates. Before I know it, all the hardwork I put in with being paitent and not engaging in the beginning and mid game starts to get all jacked up towards the end with people being multiple levels higher. What are some strategies from around level 12 on up? Warning, still a super noob with this game.
Nerfed to hell! Not the hand cannon it once was. Its strong it just doesn't handle like it used to,
.SteveWinwood
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SteveWinwood
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Will trade a key for a complete VP, TongFu, TL, and LGD China cards.
they were good
better than 99% GAF IHL, including me
One of them was playing Doom and getting rampage kills like a boss
Freakinchair
Member
They recently nerfed the deagle (2 months ago?) to the point where it's not worth picking up. As terrorist you'll want to buy body armor for the pistol round and as CT you should buy the P250... or the Five-Seven.
Freakinchair
Member
Look at this mini-yuber
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
It's not like girls are being kept out of pro teams because of their gender, it's something else.
Gully State
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Combination of DOTA2 warehouse and that card matching site that's been linked here. Not to mention some persistence. Dota2 WH selection varies from min to min so check back every once in awhile. I notice the selection is better during the day rather than later at night.. Also, don't be afraid of buying up cards you have dupes for. Just use the dota card trading site to match you up. I've picked up and traded Yamateh like 6 different times for different cards I needed. I'd imagine someone like Dendi would be easy to trade for cards you need as well.
Twitch tells me it's 1:1.
There's nothing wrong with have female teams and competitions if it encourages more women to play competitve, or just in general, the problem is when they're nothing more than a PR stunt.
I don't remember if I ever specified my gender on steam either.
RubxQub
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Would you say that the current girl teams from Navi and LGD are anything more than PR stunts?
If these girls can't compete in tournaments with all the standard teams, then what is their purpose other than a PR stunt?
Just saying that either they should be good enough to be primary members on existing teams, or they should be able to hold their own in competition with everyone else and be judged on their skill directly.
...not saying they're bad at all, just saying that I highly doubt they'd be competitive based on what I saw last night. Again, they weren't bad (I'm sure most/all of them are better than me)...but that doesn't make them pros.
I don't understand what you're asking, but I'll try to help anyway.
As Warlock, your whole purpose is a teamfight hero, but not a farming one unless you go mid. In general, you should play support, max your first two skills and use the heal as required on your teammate/carry. Definitely get your ult at level 6 and just start engaging, push towers, force teamfights, etc. The initial stun radius is MASSIVE so it's pretty easy to land, just make sure you use your golem in the teamfight - it's flaming fists or w/e destroys supports and low hp carries(a la PL, AM, etc).
For your items, you'll most likely want Arcane Boots since you have 4 actives and a Mekansm after them. If you're playing mid, it's good to work towards Aghanim's Scepter, which gives you double golems. If you're doing really good, start farming for that Refresher, which will allow you to instantly reset cooldowns on your skills/certain items, allowing you to doublecast your ult and get 4 golems. A nice alternative to refresher is Sheep Stick.
Finally, some last notes - Your 3rd skill is good if gotten perfectly, but it takes forever to have an effect and you're useless while casting it. You can opt to put levels in it or just get stats to make you tankier, more int, more agi instead. Your ult goes through BKB, so don't worry if they buy BKB's or anything. Also, if possible get your bonds (first skill) off on the enemy team before ult, but if you can't, dont worry. Ult's massive so just putting the bonds on them afterwards is fine too.
There is something to be said for PR stunts, which is this:
By creating the appearance that women are playing competitively and "succeeding", they will encourage more women to play DOTA 2, leading to a wider pool from which actual competitive players might be discovered.
Role models are powerful stuff. While these girls teams are primarily attention grabbers, they may still have an indirect positive effect on the gender balance of the game.
By creating the appearance that women are playing competitively and "succeeding", they will encourage more women to play DOTA 2, leading to a wider pool from which actual competitive players might be discovered.
Role models are powerful stuff. While these girls teams are primarily attention grabbers, they may still have an indirect positive effect on the gender balance of the game.
Gully State
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There's no sword....
Aghanim's Sceptor gives you two golems
Refresher Orb gives you two ultimates.
Which one do you mean? Whatever the case, you should get Refresher orb before Aghanim's since it gives you effectively area of effect stuns with two golems as opposed to aghanim's scepter which only gives on AOE stun with 2 weaker golems.
I too am not sure what you're asking but avoiding fights until you have your items isn't your role. In fact you should be participating in as many fights as possible early on especially at 6. I think what you should really be concentrating more on is positioning in general. Fight behind your tankiest hero and be careful when chasing a low health enemy if his teammates are up.
As much as I like going fresher, it's an extra 1k and I do prefer the stats (and item build) towards scepter instead.
Unless I'm really snowballing, then I'll go fresher first. Sometimes I'll just ignore it all together and get necro 3 or something instead after scepter.
being that they're a bunch of skinny hot girls in tiny shorts and heels, i think it's probably more likely to drive females away from the game, or at least make it for harder for them to take it seriously.
Gully State
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To trade
swordbeta.com/dota2/
To load up on cards
http://www.dota2wh.com/items/Player%20Card
But it's a 2 for 1!!!
TrAcEr_x90
Member
Awesome, that was exactly what I was asking. That has been my general play style these past two nights. I didn't know about buying Mekanasm or the Refresher though. I just try to help out others and I only battle enemies or go for towers when I have the ultimate. I find the 3rd skill pretty lacking, or I don't use it properly so I put one skill point in it, then move on to upping my stats.
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