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[G.ZZZ]

I don't draft, i lose game.

I'm seeing a pattern guise.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I really think Valve could be handling their store stuff a lot better than they are right now.

I have no idea how the Elder Shield creator is getting paid. His item was never sold, isn't marked accepted, but is sold on the market. In theory, he should be getting paidfrom market transactions, but probably isn't because they wouldn't have his payment info because that form only shows up when you have an item accepted

Another thing is that contributors have no idea what their item is selling. There's no way to check if the payment was correct because you have no idea. I don't assume I'm being shafted, but I'd still like to see some sales figures for my own items for my own financial records, even if it's behind an NDA.

 

[Radec]

An interesting side effect of removing single pieces from the shop is that this item is basically unobtainable anymore and was only available for a month and a half

I've checked that in D2Lounge and I got 20pages of trades. Even saw a 1:1 uncommon for that axe. lol

So no, that item will never be more valuable as it is right now even if it is no longer unobtainable. There's too much of that item to become rare.

 

[Procarbine]

What about deso + cuirass? (maybe as 3rd-4th items, not counting wands, boots, drums,etc)

Just asking after seeing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmZFKv59pY

at 3:00

edit: unless armor reduction doesn't stack, in which case what about ac vs deso?

It stacks, the only reason it's not bought as often is that it lacks attack speed. Most people want to make sure to get some AS on every item just for the ulti. Going something like phase, drum, ags, deso would leave you with very few bonus attacks.

 

[Drkirby]

I've checked that in D2Lounge and I got 20pages of trades. Even saw a 1:1 uncommon for that axe. lol

So no, that item will never be valuable even if it is no longer unobtainable. There's too much of that item to become rare.

Unless valve decides to retroactivally add the animations that they subbmitted onto a Kinectic gem.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Unless valve decides to retroactivally add the animations that they subbmitted onto a Kinectic gem.

I'm still waiting for boxing glove animations that were promised on the update page as being a huge deal, but didn't actually exist

 

[Kade]

The spikes are on the wrong wide, won't even hurt.

It looks cool though.

 

[manfestival]

I am glad I don't draft. I seriously have no clue who counters who. I just play the game and I manage to play the characters well enough and have a general knowledge to not suck. I wouldnt say im great but I can be good!

 

[Drkirby]

The spikes are on the wrong wide, won't even hurt.

The spikes are there so he can hang multiple pieces of meet from a single hook. What, do you think, he just tosses that thing at people and kills them? He is a butcher, geez.

 

[shira]

https://www.facebook.com/SheeverGaming/posts/696686020372183

All the starladder sheever interviews:

Kuroky is the best as always - such a great interview.
Navi.Razzoc is pretty cool too for a manager.

Avoid puppey's

 

[G.ZZZ]

Now draft, win lane handily, see supports start roaming around without even taking lane tower first, feed kills, give them comeback and lose.

The trench is forever.

 

[FtHTiny]

Now draft, win lane handily, see supports start roaming around without even taking lane tower first, feed kills, give them comeback and lose.

The trench is forever.

I was playing against you twice today. To bad that the first time valve didn´t let me reconnect.
Second game i was laughing when i saw your captain took drow.

 

[Nymerio]

https://www.facebook.com/SheeverGaming/posts/696686020372183

All the starladder sheever interviews:

Kuroky is the best as always - such a great interview.
Navi.Razzoc is pretty cool too for a manager.

Avoid puppey's

I want to watch bulldog's but I don't know if I can handle the awkwardness. Watching kuro now though.

 

[Gully State]

Is there a huge difference in skill between 3K and 3.3K MMR? My friend was obnoxiously trying to make the argument that he's in a higher bracket than me despite the fact that we both play 90% of our games together when I'm playing (Prior to mid Dec, I took a 3 month break from DOTA while he played nonstop).

 

[Borgnine]

All the starladder sheever interviews:

Why do so many DOTA commentators start sentences with "we're going to have a little of" or "with a little bit of." Like Luminous does it too, it's this weird non-native English speaking nervous twitch.

 

[Hazaro]

ROX.XIS vs VP has an interesting Game 2 lineup and positions.
http://www.twitch.tv/d2l

Is there a huge difference in skill between 3K and 3.3K MMR? My friend was obnoxiously trying to make the argument that he's in a higher bracket than me despite the fact that we both play 90% of our games together when I'm playing (Prior to mid Dec, I took a 3 month break from DOTA while he played nonstop).

Not really imo

 

[bounchfx]

This Omni set, which is probably waiting to be recolored

It was recoloed in november or so. It half went in.. kinda? I'm surprised it hasn't officially been released yet. I'm also curious how long it will be after the china event before we see normal content releases again. I'm sure the china update will be massive.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I am glad I don't draft. I seriously have no clue who counters who. I just play the game and I manage to play the characters well enough and have a general knowledge to not suck. I wouldnt say im great but I can be good!

You can't start to not suck until you try it! Just get a five man stack together and go for it.

It's really fun in my opinion.

I'm bad at it, but I think it's fun.

 

[Gully State]

Wow...I'm amazed at the output for the DOTA2 Spring Fashion Collection.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

It was recoloed in november or so. It half went in.. kinda? I'm surprised it hasn't officially been released yet. I'm also curious how long it will be after the china event before we see normal content releases again. I'm sure the china update will be massive.

Idunno

This is a re-occurring issue with the workshop. They accept items well before they actually ship, and sometimes it takes a year or more to get them out

 

[Acinixys]

Just played with the worst shitter ive ever come across in DotA 2

We all pick, Viper calls mid and so goes to T1 mid

Guy lasts picks jugger
Goes mid
Steals Vipers farm and feeds 1st blood to Pudge
Viper goes top
Jugger lanes for 2 more mins and then abandons mid and goes to jungle
JUNGLES FOR 25 MINUTES, goes back to base every 1 min to regen because he didnt get vlads
Does nothing to help the entire game, jungles from 15 mins to 40
We win 4v5 because they had 2 total noobs in their team

He also spammed missing non stop. He must have set a macro to spam it because it was continuous

http://dotabuff.com/matches/478516389

 

[shira]

Wow...I'm amazed at the output for the DOTA2 Spring Fashion Collection.

Those are all bullshots.

This is the ingame image.

 

[Procarbine]

Is there a huge difference in skill between 3K and 3.3K MMR? My friend was obnoxiously trying to make the argument that he's in a higher bracket than me despite the fact that we both play 90% of our games together when I'm playing (Prior to mid Dec, I took a 3 month break from DOTA while he played nonstop).

No there isn't, your friend is in the same bracket as you.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1vri6c/accepted_items_on_the_workshop_that_are_not_in/cev9k87

Hello sir, i'm the creator of Naga Swords, i did talk with the guy who accepted my item why my item is not in the chest and hes answer was "The addition of crafting complicated dropping paired weapons sets. It'll go out eventually, just not sure when." And sadly i don't think the item we ever be in the shop at this point. By the way a friend of mine who published his Riki Daggers at the same time as mine didn't make it. Thank you for creating this post.

Well that's... unfortunate and explains the unused Riki, Naga and Bloodseeker items all added in the same update

 

[Drkirby]

Those are all bullshots.

This is the ingame image.

To be honest I don't even buy the "in game" video, it looks like he modified the game files and is using higher quality textures then valve would use in game.

 

[Gully State]

Those are all bullshots.

This is the ingame image.

Still looks good to me.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Not a chance those textures are that high quality once Valve adds it.

 

[Gully State]

No there isn't, your friend is in the same bracket as you.

Not really imo

I am curious though what the variance in scores are due to. We pretty much play 90% of our games together. The only difference is that he has like 45 or so more games than me.

Not a chance those textures are that high quality once Valve adds it.

Does Valve downgrade the texture quality once it's added into the game or is this more of a bullshot by the author?

 

[LiQuid!]

I am curious though what the variance in scores are due to. We pretty much play 90% of our games together. The only difference is that he has like 45 or so more games than me.

Seems like you get about +25 MMR per win so if he has more games than you and has a few hundred more MMR it's probably just coming from the difference in his win/loss record compared to you. Or he's just better than you, in which case you should get good.

 

[Radec]

Still the best Sven set..

 

[Gully State]

Seems like you get about +25 MMR per win so if he has more games than you and has a few hundred more MMR it's probably just coming from the difference in his win/loss record compared to you. Or he's just better than you, in which case you should get good.

Does the unranked MMR work the same way as ranked or do we not know? I remember Valve writing that factors outside of W/L are accounted for in calculating MMR but that doesn't seem to be the case in ranked MMR (everyone on the winning team seems to get the same score regardless of performance).

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Does Valve downgrade the texture quality once it's added into the game or is this more of a bullshot by the author?

From what I understand, the game pretty heavily compresses everything at run time, and that looks uncompressed.

 

[Ultrabum]

I remember that picture where the zoomed in minimap shows the towers are 3d cubes instead of pixels, anyone remember that?

 

[shira]

Still the best Sven set..

That's no ringblade

 

[Sanjay]

So I decided to try out Lycan, what a hero.

The key to playing him is to whack buildings as much as you can and you end up winning.

 

[Procarbine]

Sanjay pioneering the bots and tp build.

 

[Übermatik]

The key to playing him is to whack buildings as much as you can and you end up winning.

This is how you win!? :O

That's no ringblade

That's a bottle opener.

 

[Sanjay]

Sanjay pioneering the bots and tp build.

The force of habit is to strong.

 

[Spookie]

Why are 2 random groups and me queuing vs a 5 stack? At least they spoke English I guess. One out of two, I guess it's a start.

 

[SamVimes]

Why are 2 random groups and me queuing vs a 5 stack? At least they spoke English I guess.One out of two, I guess it's a start.

Because that stack is ass most likely.

 

[manfestival]

So I decided to try out Lycan, what a hero.

The key to playing him is to whack buildings as much as you can and you end up winning.

you decided to try him out in RANKED?!

 

[Spookie]

Because that stack is ass most likely.

I wish that were the case, my team spent too much time assessing each others skill build to play the game.

 

[Granadier]

How do you guys play Furion?

 

[Übermatik]

I can't help but keep playing Legion. She's SO strong.

 

[Demoli]

How do you guys play Furion?

If the oponent has a weak trilane/dual lane, I play him there. If we aggro tri, I play him solo safe. Jungle if neither is available.

 

[Übermatik]

How do you guys play Furion?

Off-lane solo, preferably vs. another solo. You will win 1v1 on almost anybody form early levels, plus you'll get an extremely early tower if their trilane is too focused on their carry.
Solo vs. a trilane is often difficult, because your treants end up being free gold to the carry, but if your micro is good enough and you're confident, this can work too.

Otherwise, jungle.

Otherwise, cliff jungle.

Wait, no.

 

[Hylian7]

Off-lane solo, preferably vs. another solo. You will win 1v1 on almost anybody form early levels, plus you'll get an extremely early tower if their trilane is too focused on their carry.
Solo vs. a trilane is often difficult, because your treants end up being free gold to the carry, but if your micro is good enough and you're confident, this can work too.

Otherwise, jungle.

Otherwise, cliff jungle.

Wait, no.

The last NP I saw do this had a total of 146 tower damage...IN 50 MINUTES.

Also I'm streaming, finally got that win last night, now lets hopefully turn it into a streak.

 

[Acinixys]

So I decided to try out Lycan, what a hero.
The key to playing him is to whack buildings as much as you can and you end up winning.

Ive been playing a lot of Lycan lately

Vlads - Treads - Necro 3 - Deso - Manta is brutal

 

[Sigismundo]

I mentioned the other day to some friends that it would be nice if Valve permanently cut the price of all of the old, expensive sets.

They seem to have done so for most of them!

 

[Razzer]

Off-lane solo, preferably vs. another solo. You will win 1v1 on almost anybody form early levels, plus you'll get an extremely early tower if their trilane is too focused on their carry.
Solo vs. a trilane is often difficult, because your treants end up being free gold to the carry, but if your micro is good enough and you're confident, this can work too.

Otherwise, jungle.

Otherwise, cliff jungle.

Wait, no.

In recent times the cliff jingling prophets I've met have been better than normal ones. They constantly tp in to lane to gank and counter gank. It's weird. The normal ones sit in jungle and afk farm all day.