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[dave is ok]

Icefrog should really just pass off Dota 1 to someone else at this point.

 

[Calidor]

did anyone else watch last night the EEL game with Loda's Omniknight and Dendi's Pudge? it was absolutely ridiculous how skilled Dendi is with that hero, nevermind if you have Loda supporting you

 

[Razzer]

did anyone else watch last night the EEL game with Loda's Omniknight and Dendi's Pudge? it was absolutely ridiculous how skilled Dendi is with that hero, nevermind if you have Loda supporting you

How does EEL work then? Like NEL for Europe? Because loda and dendi obviously don't play together all the time.

 

[Nymerio]

did anyone else watch last night the EEL game with Loda's Omniknight and Dendi's Pudge? it was absolutely ridiculous how skilled Dendi is with that hero, nevermind if you have Loda supporting you

Nope, but I'd like to watch that. Do you have match id?

 

[Zeth]

My shirts shipped, woo! 2 Brewmaster + luckbox and a Puck lol!

 

[Anteo]

did anyone else watch last night the EEL game with Loda's Omniknight and Dendi's Pudge? it was absolutely ridiculous how skilled Dendi is with that hero, nevermind if you have Loda supporting you

Nope, any vod?

 

[Emerson]

There's a new PA set made with input from Loda now too. Lots of pro player sets being made right now it seems.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191143522

 

[Tonza]

Nope, any vod?

http://www.twitch.tv/neodota/b/477362629

at around 2:06:15 mark.

 

[wakajawaka]

Why do we like blindfolds so much?

Ragnarok Online, dem memories.

 

[LiQuid!]

There's a new PA set made with input from Loda now too. Lots of pro player sets being made right now it seems.



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191143522

Oh man finally a PA set without a dorky helmet! Where do I send my money!?

 

[Artanisix]

There's a new PA set made with input from Loda now too. Lots of pro player sets being made right now it seems.



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191143522

That scythe needs to go.

 

[elyetis]

Icefrog should really just pass off Dota 1 to someone else at this point.

-If- it's job is mostly about balancing the game and designing new hero, I doubt stoping his work on dota 1 to allow him to focus on dota 2 would actually help much.

But having a team of more than 2 trainee working on dota 2 only during their lunch break, might actually be a good thing to change. /rant

 

[-tetsuo-]

That scythe needs to go.

 

[Artanisix]

Icefrog should really just pass off Dota 1 to someone else at this point.

Yeah no thanks, I'd rather see Dota 1 no longer be updated than have it be passed on to someone else.

 

[dave is ok]

Yeah no thanks, I'd rather see Dota 1 no longer be updated than have it be passed on to someone else.

I just mean someone to code his Dota 2 changes into Dota 1, not to make actual decisions about it.

It seems like a bad joke, Dota is getting posts from a Valve employee, hints at new quests/heroes from a Valve employee, development time from a Valve employee. It's a WC3 mod that isn't on Steam and generates zero income for Valve. Come on

 

[Baha]

Nexon Invitational Super Match Vods from this morning for anybody who missed the matches: http://afreeca.com/afgame07

Dignitas vs MVP
SG.int vs MVP
SG.int vs Dignitas

 

[Anteo]

Terrorblade
- Metamorphosis duration from 40 to 40/44/48/52

Huh, so no big changes for this guy, finally

Ember Spirit
- Fire Remnant movement path now kills trees

Makes sense, every other altering position skill does this now.

Phoenix
- Sun Ray HP cost increased from 4% of current HP to 6%

I miss you Phoenix, you were one of my favorite heroes before your first spell rework.

Oracle
- False Promise manacost from 100 to 200
- False Promise cast range reduced from 1500 to 1000

Earth Spirit
- Boulder Smash rock push distance reduced from 2400 to 2000
- Boulder Smash can target a point to push the nearest rock within 180 aoe

I have no idea how to play you.

Pit Lord

Balanced hero? balanced hero

Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncTYOMj7U
As I thought, can be coded into wc3, but buggy at extreme speeds

 

[dave is ok]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncTYOMj7U
As I thought, can be coded into wc3, but buggy at extreme speeds

The reason there was no Halloween event and no heroes is because they needed to figure out how to go above 522 movespeed in WC3

 

[SteveWinwood]

I just mean someone to code his Dota 2 changes into Dota 1, not to make actual decisions about it.

It seems like a bad joke, Dota is getting posts from a Valve employee, hints at new quests/heroes from a Valve employee, development time from a Valve employee. It's a WC3 mod that isn't on Steam and generates zero income for Valve. Come on

guess that guy who made the hl2 mod that later got hired by valve and went to go update it like 6 years later was wasting valve time as well

The reason there was no Halloween event and no heroes is because they needed to figure out how to go above 522 movespeed in WC3

you really need to move on from this

there are other fish in the sea you'll forget about her one day

 

[1.09]

yall need to stop being upset because you didn't get what you wanted out of valve. Icefrog is not a catering service to you, but the dota playerbase as a whole.

 

[Nymerio]

Holy shit, I really like that Loda PA set.

 

[Anteo]

The reason there was no Halloween event and no heroes is because they needed to figure out how to go above 522 movespeed in WC3

You know what's funny? they are getting a quest! We do not get a mode that was coded into the game before but they get a new quest from the scratch!!! pfft. And at least new hero for 6.70

 

[dave is ok]

guess that guy who made the hl2 mod that later got hired by valve and went to go update it like 6 years later was wasting valve time as well

you really need to move on from this

there are other fish in the sea you'll forget about her one day

Sir Steve Winwood Official Valve Knight™

It's ok for people to criticize things sometimes, even if they are things you really really like.

 

[Ikuu]

I just mean someone to code his Dota 2 changes into Dota 1, not to make actual decisions about it.

It seems like a bad joke, Dota is getting posts from a Valve employee, hints at new quests/heroes from a Valve employee, development time from a Valve employee. It's a WC3 mod that isn't on Steam and generates zero income for Valve. Come on

An incredibly short-sighted view. DotA is still incredibly popular in Asia and Valve can't afford to have IceFrog just abandon the game, they need to get the people switch over and just stopping work on their game isn't a smart idea.

 

[dave is ok]

An incredibly short-sighted view. DotA is still incredibly popular in Asia and Valve can't afford to have IceFrog just abandon the game, they need to get the people switch over and just stopping work on their game isn't a smart idea.

I understand this point of view up until the point that Dota 2 is released in those regions, which in most - it has. He can continue to keep the original mod up to date as far as balance goes, but there is no point whatsoever in adding a quest event in Dota while ignoring a holiday event in Dota 2.

But at some point, trying to make sure Dota 2 changes are able to be done on the WC3 engine is going to hurt the game released in 2013 for the sake of the one released in 2003

 

[SteveWinwood]

Sir Steve Winwood Official Valve Knight™

It's ok for people to criticize things sometimes, even if they are things you really really like.

there is no space in my name thanks though

 

[Calidor]

Sorry guys I'm at work right now, but I'll upload the replay tonight. It's hilarious watching pro players cry and rage after gettin hookd

 

[Archie]

Patch today confirmed.

 

[1.09]

Yo surprise people in SEA and Asia have really shitty computers that can't run Dota 2.

 

[ink4n3]

Patch today confirmed.

GIVE DIRETIDE

 

[KingKong]

Patch today confirmed.

sounds like the MLG ticket will come with exclusive access to Legion Commander

 

[BHK3]

I understand this point of view up until the point that Dota 2 is released in those regions, which in most - it has. He can continue to keep the original mod up to date as far as balance goes, but there is no point whatsoever in adding a quest event in Dota while ignoring a holiday event in Dota 2.

But at some point, trying to make sure Dota 2 changes are able to be done on the WC3 engine is going to hurt the game released in 2013 for the sake of the one released in 2003

I see where you're coming from but I guess valve thinks its best to ween the audience off of dota 1 and let them slowly migrate into dota 2. A flat out drop of dota 1 might seem more harmful to them, to me if they just stopped updating dota 1 after this I think dota 2's numbers will still go up slowly if not more since dota 1 will be officially dead(update wise). I don't see how it would be harmful, Valve has nothing invested into dota 1 at all.

 

[Ikuu]

Yo surprise people in SEA and Asia have really shitty computers that can't run Dota 2.

People in Detroit too.

 

[Artanisix]

List of things community has gone baby mode over:
new mute system
phantom lancer
no visible mmr / the slaughter of dotabuff
golden roshans
alpine ursas
first pick imba
dire so imba
spirit breaker
pa no transparency
pulling and stacking

pick any combination of the above, I'd rather talk about those than diretide / NO VOLVO COMMUNICATION again.

 

[Eternal Gamer]

There's a new PA set made with input from Loda now too. Lots of pro player sets being made right now it seems.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=191143522

I love how her hair is arranged and decorated.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Has it really been over 4 months since Abaddon?

 

[dave is ok]

Has it really been over 4 months since Abaddon?

Almost 4 mos. It was the second week of July

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Almost 4 mos. It was the second week of July

I see. Has there ever been a break this long?

 

[Zeth]

It's less of a break, more an abandonment.

 

[Baha]

Poor showing from Bulldog: https://twitter.com/AdmiralBulldog/status/398485108895657984

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1q3xgr/admiral_bulldog_is_angry/

I'll explain what's going on in a few words. We are being pressured by tournaments to play 10 matchs per day, same goes for all the teams, Alliance included. To avoid problems, scheduled are done weeks in advance. That match was scheduled a month ago I believe. Before teams accept a tournament, they have to confirm their availability for all the matchs, which makes perfect sense. It appears that Alliance did not check anything, since they realized a day ago that they can't play the D2CL the 13th, as they will be in Korea. The blame is 150% on them, as I believe that Korean trip was not booked 3 days before departure.

Fairplay and sportsmanship by AdmiralBulldog apparently would be to force my team to play without me, (it's a fight for the top of the group, the most important match for both teams so far), because they struggle to get their shit together.

Obviously we will not pay for someone else's mistake, it would be the dumbest move ever. As a conclusion, I'll get two things clear: - We would strongly like to play versus Alliance in full line-up, we are competitors, and are interested by nothing else. Any words that would deny that are nothing but rumors. - The immense lack of respect coming from AdmiralBulldog on a public website is just another proof of his immaturity. I'm just sad to witness such behavior, and sad for the DotA community in general.

I hope a solution will be found, with respect & fairplay. I'm f**** tired of those scheduling problems when we do our best to avoid them.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

Poor showing from Bulldog: https://twitter.com/AdmiralBulldog/status/398485108895657984

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1q3xgr/admiral_bulldog_is_angry/

at least Bulldog just kinda apologized for the dick comment.
Odd situation and can see both sides.
Hope it works out amicably.
Though tbh im always up for watching twitter drama

 

[Haunted]

I'm actually surprised there aren't even more scheduling problems, the amount of tournaments some of these teams are juggling right now is pretty insane.

 

[Haly]

Yo, where's my PA transparency????

Abandoning DOTA1 is a bad move. Why? Because it leaves the mod open for someone else to take up the reigns and potentially split the community when Valve's grip on the playerbase isn't yet absolute. As long as the WC3 custom games room is 80% Dota, they can't afford to drop it.

 

[1.09]

or Scotland mb

 

[Emerson]

I mean, this specific situation seems to be Alliance's fault, but I have a hard time disagreeing with Loda's tweet:

I think its bs that a PRO team can say that they can only play between 18-22. Then you are semi-pro. I call this my job for a reason -_-

 

[SteveWinwood]

I mean, this specific situation seems to be Alliance's fault, but I have a hard time disagreeing with Loda's tweet:

Sorry not everyone can be as pro as you loda.

 

[Emerson]

Sorry not everyone can be as pro as you loda.

Pro is pro. I dunno how you can maintain a job and limit your game availability and claim to play on the level these guys do.

 

[Borgnine]

I watched a youtube of DOTA 1 once and it was completely incomprehensible. I don't know how anyone ever played that shit.

 

[belvey]

Patch today confirmed.

wonder if some of the bundle money will funnel to the prize pool.

 

[JakkuFurosu]

PRO means professional and not scheduling correctly is well not professional lol
Their schedules are obviously tight as fuck and maybe 7ckingmad wanted to visit his moms during their little off time XD


like I said I can see both sides and twitter wars....