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[NormalFish]

I will play EU IHL so as to experience what I put mono through

 

[Jadax]

We probably won't have enough ppl here to get it off the ground and running every week.

 

[pompidu]

So you can beat horde mode with troll within 20 mins. They will probably fix that soon so if anyone wants to beat that just go troll mid

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I will play EU IHL so as to experience what I put mono through

Since US Internet is usually shittier you'll probably have an awful time. I have around 95 ping when I play US East, which is easily playable.

We probably won't have enough ppl here to get it off the ground and running every week.

I think we do, we don't need to have as many participants as the OG IHL.

 

[twobear]

can you cast eyes in the forest on a tree from np's sprout?

 

[Shuggananas]

I suppose you could, since you can tango them, QB them and treant them, so they're like real trees
But the thing would die instantly

 

[TUSR]

can you cast eyes in the forest on a tree from np's sprout?

?

 

[lucebuce12]

can you cast eyes in the forest on a tree from np's sprout?

?

You should be able to, since it is 8 trees that Sprout creates and they behave just like any other tree on the map. Though I can't even imagine a situation where that's something worth doing.

 

[twobear]

?

the CLUTCHEST plays

 

[Shuggananas]

You should be able to, since it is 8 trees that Sprout creates and they behave just like any other tree on the map. Though I can't even imagine a situation where that's something worth doing.

if you have orchid/hex/euls + aghs but your ult is on CD

 

[kionedrik]

You should be able to, since it is 8 trees that Sprout creates and they behave just like any other tree on the map. Though I can't even imagine a situation where that's something worth doing.

I imagine it can be used to give vision inside and stop Furion from tp'ing away

 

[TUSR]

You should be able to, since it is 8 trees that Sprout creates and they behave just like any other tree on the map. Though I can't even imagine a situation where that's something worth doing.

the CLUTCHEST plays

yeah you can

 

[SecretMoblin]

tree's cast times are wayyyyyyyy too long for that sort of thing

 

[Monochromaticx]

I will play EU IHL so as to experience what I put mono through

500ping boys

 

[Uriah]

I wish your MMR would reset after a period of time like it does in CSGO. I haven't played in a year and I still have the same MMR.

 

[Shuggananas]

I wish your MMR would reset after a period of time like it does in CSGO. I haven't played in a year and I still have the same MMR.

Give a recalibrate option only usable once a year
Also give fucking solo queue

 

[twobear]

mmr should grow more slowly if you just spam one hero over and over, and when you pick heroes with high public wrs

 

[Shuggananas]

mmr should grow more slowly if you just spam one hero over and over, and when you pick heroes with high public wrs

Better yet, make your MMR equal to the average of your hero MMR for your most played X heroes (I'd say 30 heroes should be a good basis)
That is if the hero MMR thing is good

 

[inkls]

mmr should grow more slowly if you just spam one hero over and over, and when you pick heroes with high public wrs

what if your hero is appropriate to your team comp?

 

[NormalFish]

what if your hero is appropriate to your team comp?

Mmr shouldn't increase at all for storm players.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I like the idea of lower winrate heroes giving slightly more mmr and higher winrate heroes giving slightly less, it'd add some more risk to picking OP heroes and less risk in picking heroes you're new with.

So if you pick Lesh and lose you lose 30 mmr(assuming balanced teams) and if you win you gain 20.

The problem lies with niche heroes that are strong, like Earth Spirit, but that could be fixed giving less mmr to hero spammers.

 

[Baha]

Day 1 of the European qualifiers for ESL One New York starts today with NiP vs We Make The Future. Tomorrow we'll see Alliance vs Abaxas and so on. You can find dates for games and who's playing at the bottom of this article where the bracket is: http://www.joindota.com/en/news/31253-the-esl-ny-europe-qualifier-invites-are-out

 

[Shuggananas]

Nah don't factor in winrate, some heroes have awful WR because people are shit on them
See ember, chen, brood, naga, visage, rubick for instance

 

[twobear]

what if your hero is appropriate to your team comp?

your hero can be appropriate to your team comp even if all you do is spam it

 

[kionedrik]

all random should be the only MMR mode!

Are you good? then prove it by winning with some random thing we'll throw at you

 

[rac]

wtf mmr is required for ihl?

 

[W1SSY]

wtf mmr is required for ihl?

I think the only requirements is having an mmr. I am sure the lower the mmr, the less likely you are going to get picked for a team though.

 

[KingKong]

Day 1 of the European qualifiers for ESL One New York starts today with NiP vs We Make The Future. Tomorrow we'll see Alliance vs Abaxas and so on. You can find dates for games and who's playing at the bottom of this article where the bracket is: http://www.joindota.com/en/news/31253-the-esl-ny-europe-qualifier-invites-are-out

EGMs team vs SingSings team starting right now, thats close enough to real dota for me

 

[rac]

I think the only requirements is having an mmr. I am sure the lower the mmr, the less likely you are going to get picked for a team though.

im sure i can just use my csgo mmr

 

[gai_shain]

I think the only requirements is having an mmr. I am sure the lower the mmr, the less likely you are going to get picked for a team though.

Face wins ihl2, cant even play in ihl3 gg

 

[Anbokr]

I was lucky to find a team that made it possible for me to play. The games were @7/8pm my time which was between 2-4pm to some of the US players. It's a struggle and it's perfectly understandable if some don't want or simply can't play at those times.

2-4 PM PST is a fine time frame for the weekend and you can probably play just fine. The problem was people signing up and then only being able to play at 11AM PST on Sat/Sunday. It just screwed their team. If you're euro (or another timezone) and can generally play from 12PM-3/4PM, you're probably OK to sign up. The warning NA thing isn't meant to keep all euros out, just the ones with very very restrictive times. If you can't stay up somewhat late on either Saturday or Sunday, probably not best to sign up

.

And if someone wants to create a euro IHL at some point, that's great. TUSR and I were talking about how it'd be fine to have a euro/NA ihl running side by side, but we just didn't have the time/want to run two leagues lol. Someone can take up the euro mantle though.

As for MMR, it's a good "weed out" requirement in the sense that we know you're probably an active dota player if you've taken the time to get an MMR number, and it also serves as just another extra bit of info for captains on top of preseason IH's, dotabuff, etc... Speaking of preseason IH's, anyone (even euros that don't plan on playing!) can host and participate in preseason IH lobbies--just throw up a CM lobby with pw 'ihl' and post in here and the ihl thread, and ask me, tusr, demoli, tswift, procarbine, sanjay or ellen pudge to throw out an announcement in the IHL group (I think a few others have this power too).

edit: If you are one of the euros with somewhat flexible times and can/will/did (want to) sign up for IHL, please throw in your comment your availability (i.e. I'm European but I can generally play from 1pm - 5pm PST). If you've already signed up and want to add this to your comment, PM or steam message tusr or me so we can edit your comment. This is so you don't scare off captains and they know exactly when you can play (if you're European).

 

[G.ZZZ]

Can't win If tobear don't play

 

[Anbokr]

The whole focus for this IHL was shorter, smaller, and more streamlined. We want a tight knit community of active players and hopefully we can support 8-12 flexible and active teams and captains. That's the ideal, the dream. We had a lot of "dead" signups and players last season and I think part of that was the wow factor of being the first IHL in a looooooong time. The other "dead" contributor was a long season and rigid scheduling times, and that we could aim to fix.

 

[inkls]

Mmr shouldn't increase at all for storm players.

I haven't played storm in a month, been focusing on the offlane alot.

your hero can be appropriate to your team comp even if all you do is spam it

but knowing that the mmr increase won't be as much is a potential discouragement.

 

[TerryLee81]

What's with the strange names in this tournament? Why not singsing etc.?

 

[NormalFish]

I haven't played storm in a month, been focusing on the offlane alot.



but knowing that the mmr increase won't be as much is a potential discouragement.

Have you gotten good at clock? Offlane Magnus? Lina? Slark?

 

[inkls]

Have you gotten good at clock? Offlane Magnus? Lina? Slark?

clock's my best currently. Been also playing Sand King, timbersaw, brood, dark seer, nyx, spirit breaker, a bit of pheonix

 

[Tenebrous]

I thought I could sell my TI5 shit now.

 

[shira]

I thought I could sell my TI5 shit now.

8 hrs

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

GUYS

Phantom Pain tomorrow.

or phantom pain yesterday for me.

 

[Artanisix]

Phantom pain hype fuck diablo

 

[M.D]

Can't win If tobear don't play

2-17 never forget

 

[Shuggananas]

mgs is more overrated than TLOU

 

[Quesa]

Phantom pain hype fuck diablo

 

[twobear]

2-17 never forget

 

[Tenebrous]

8 hrs

Figures. Cheers.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

mgs is more overrated than TLOU

who are you again?

 

[Demoli]

Alright, please only euros answer to this strawpoll so I can see how much interest for a EU IHL is there

Strawpoll in question

 

[1.09]

whens LiS episode 5

 

[kvk1]

october