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Dota 2 |OT12| A Safe Place For Your Sociopathic Behaviors.
- Thread starter Dreams-Visions
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HOTS has won, Dota 2 is trash anyway.
SecretMoblin
Member
hiring the "most qualified" candidate rarely happens
you want to hire people who are good for your team, good for your clients, good for your business
there are a large number of factors that go into hiring; qualifications are merely one of them.
an impressive person can learn on the job, but a shitty person with stellar qualifications will always be shitty
sheever slays, kaci is both an icon and a legend, and also timeless
sewy is ok I guess.
you want to hire people who are good for your team, good for your clients, good for your business
there are a large number of factors that go into hiring; qualifications are merely one of them.
an impressive person can learn on the job, but a shitty person with stellar qualifications will always be shitty
sheever slays, kaci is both an icon and a legend, and also timeless
sewy is ok I guess.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
they copied ogre magi as well.
The less players, the less noobs. This is for the best.
The less money input, the less overall quality of the product/service. Also for the best?
The ones who quit are not the ones who are investing money into cosmetics.
I've watched people do this with Ogre Magi, one on the mouse, one on the keyboard.
They don't do as bad as you would think.
yes but mmr is zero sum so the fewer new players the harder it will be for you to move up
call_kotaku
Member
Blizzard really needs some new writers
Is neutrality not allowed? And bleeding players? Whats the link here? Players are leaving because the major has no female casters?
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Even though I don't think I'll buy a single thing from Blizzard, they're doing everything I wish valve would do with their IPs
'neutrality' could be seen as tacit support for the status quo, which you might not see as a good thing, necessarily
NormalFish
Banned
This thread sure is a trip.
I'm casting at least one IHL match this weekend (Tobear vs Vade). Anyone interested in joining me? Would rather cap it at 2-3 people, since sometimes things get a bit unwieldy with more. Let me know.
I'm casting at least one IHL match this weekend (Tobear vs Vade). Anyone interested in joining me? Would rather cap it at 2-3 people, since sometimes things get a bit unwieldy with more. Let me know.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I can.
NormalFish
Banned
mmk. I'll make a mental list of anyone who responds and figure out what I'm doing when I actually know times and what matches I'll cast.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
you sound well enthused.
I have not spent much time watching Thorin's videos in the past, only seeing the headlines on the CSGO subreddit and recently the Dota 2 subreddit. This was the first time he spoke about a topic that I felt relatively informed about and the first time I actively listened to what he had to say. Boy does his narrow mindedness and outright ignorance shine through. What a fucking disappointment that he has such a large platform to spew his bullshit, and that people seem to take him so seriously.
edit: also, reading the reddit comments was kind of upsetting. I am glad there's a different consensus here.
edit: also, reading the reddit comments was kind of upsetting. I am glad there's a different consensus here.
I'm like Sheever apologist #1 and I wouldn't put her in the same league as the Rap God. He's the next hypecaster we need now that guys like LD and Tobi are becoming old timers.
I think Sheever can out-host almost anybody in the business and I love having her on panels, but it took her a long time to find her niche. She spent a lot of time wallowing in the low-tier caster pool.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Pretty sure Purge reported someone in every single game he played today. He's one passive aggressive toxic motherfucker.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
It is not worth 40$ to me, especially considering the lack of assurance on future costs. Hopefully enough people get into the beta so we can enjoy it as a group.
SecretMoblin
Member
I'm dying via several localized explosions @ the idea of a normalf*sh/heavy/hylian trilane cast
god I'll probably be working during it too....
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make it happen please
god I'll probably be working during it too....
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make it happen please
I normally burn through my reports as soon as I get new ones each week.
How's the game's depth? Can you see it having the kind of skill-ceiling in TFC/TF2 with all of its movement-related techniques?
For example this gif of a Junkrat player conc-jumping out of bounds is the sort of thing that interests me.
Imp the Dimp
Member
I hardly ever report anyone come to think of it. I should think of it.
By the way, is this top post accurate? I almost choked from laughter.
Overwatch has me worried that the base game/heroes is $40 and then everything onwards is "DLC" aka full free 2 play microtransaction system. Have they said anything on this front?
Blizzard really makes all the Valve hat/economy complaints look like a joke. Makes you truly appreciate how Valve operates CS/Dota/TF2.
Blizzard really makes all the Valve hat/economy complaints look like a joke. Makes you truly appreciate how Valve operates CS/Dota/TF2.
call_kotaku
Member
I guess the worst part of this whole gender representation thing is that the same communities complain about all-Chinese finals for DOTA or all-Japanese finals for SF or all-Korean finals for LoL/SC2 because they "can't relate to those players", and therefore don't really mind that "worse" teams are able to qualify for major events because it gives them an NA/Euro team to root for.
Or that for the last 5 years reddit has incessantly complained about the "old boys club" of esports since it seems like nepotism matters more than talent or qualifications when it comes to being successful in the industry, and how it makes it difficult for new talent to get noticed even when they're more motivated than established personalities.
I mean, we've already established that representation matters and this industry isn't a meritocracy, why does it become different when it's about gender?
Or that for the last 5 years reddit has incessantly complained about the "old boys club" of esports since it seems like nepotism matters more than talent or qualifications when it comes to being successful in the industry, and how it makes it difficult for new talent to get noticed even when they're more motivated than established personalities.
I mean, we've already established that representation matters and this industry isn't a meritocracy, why does it become different when it's about gender?
SecretMoblin
Member
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they way its been worded makes me believe that this is the case
also, if no one watched it tigole said it was important for players to be able to switch heroes
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Having never played those games I can't compare it, but currently only junkrat and pharah have skill intensive movement. Pharah's doesn't come from any kind of rocket boosting either, she has a knockback. There's probably something in there for lucio, but I haven't seen it yet.
The depth in overwatch comes from skill combination and hero selection, and there's a lot in that department. Even with just two people working together you can do a lot of interesting things, let alone all six.
misses bull
Banned
Black ops 3 is a fun video game
This gives me hope but I'm still expecting really awful post release monetization
This gives me hope but I'm still expecting really awful post release monetization
well there goes my hopes of being a dota statswoman
Yeah, that's what I've heard about the game; it's designed similar to TF2, where if your team needs something different you don't itemize differently (not items anyway), you just pick a different class. But apparently this tends to lead to everyone going for sniper type classes, and nobody supporting.
It's tricky, the Internet makes us feel very connected in a lot of ways, but the latency and timezone problems of Australia become quite significant.
I don't think it's for nothing that everyone's favourite lecherous racist Australian is based in germany. See also: WinteR moving to LA.
mmr is not zero sum when you factor in abandons and such
oh and I think llama lives in America for university btw right now
Ok finally read through the thread
this is a really good post
I wish Tobi was an inaccurate portrayal of us, but his behaviour is pretty typical of Australians, blasé casual racism & sexism
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