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Dota 2 |OT4| The saga of Vade and ReRixo: the Boat Anchors continues.
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neurosisxeno
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Doesn't LoL still have a buyable Aegis equivalent?
Yes it does, but you only come back with 30% of your HP, so its not super powerful. LoL has (or had, I really don't keep current) a ton of 2008 era dota roots left in it if you look closely
Sgt.Pepper
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call_kotaku
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For arteezy's naga set, how viable would it be for a custom "let's do this boys" sound to play when naga casts Q?
tsunami643
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Oh Bruno.
Oh right. It's that time of the year where the internet makes absolutely no sense for ~48 hours.
Wok
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Yeah, April 1st.
I remember 2gd said awhile back that you can expect 6.81 and a content patch in April, sounds like he got some insider info from somewhere or both of them are just trolling/speculating. I expect the former though, 2gd knows a bunch of videogame devs, and I suspect the guys at Valve love the dreamleague squad--they keep hiring them to host events after all. Bruno's schtick might be an april fool's joke, but I think it's a pretty good guess to say some sort of moderate to large content patch will hit in April, quite possible 6.81, followed by international and qualifier announcements.
now the question is did you speak to anyone of pakistani or arabic descent? gotta narrow it down based on his name "Abdul Ismael," u kno (not to say that the name only includes people of the aforementioned cultures, but it's certainly more frequent in the middle east--i'm arab).
see abdul ismael is a pretty middle eastern name, but abdul is a shortened version of abdullah that arabs don't like using and is much more common in pakistan. ismael is a common arabic last name though
bruno is 99.9999% not icefrog
SteveWinwood
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wait i thought people were convinced he was chinese
or indian
or indian
Sigismundo
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I thought he was the dude on the right. (although it would be strange as to why he would be at an l4d2 event)
You ever talk to him, Anuxi?
at the risk of taking something you posted seriously, this isn't what 'abd al- is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul
delete hans wehr noob
this is getting too political
i avoid OT for this very reason
im out
cya guys in bansville
Na I'm being serious bro, both my parents are born and raised arabs and both said Abdul is kind of an uncommon name in the middle east, as the more standard name is Abdullah over there. They said Abdul is much more common in Pakistan. Now I'm not an expert on Arabic culture and naming, but I assume my parents are, and so I just go with what they say concerining these things. Also, the article you just linked traces the etymology of Abdul as derived from Abdullah. Looks like Abdul translates to "the slave" and Abdullah translates to "Slave of Allah." One is a shortened version of the other, no?
People have speculated he's Chinese because they see him maintaining a profile over on Chinese social networks, but he said a few years ago that he decided to start learning Chinese, and it makes sense seeing as how China comprised the biggest dota fanbase at the time. Plus he's pretty much a god over there. And the name Abdul Ismael most likely isn't a hoax going off that anonymous valve "whistle-blower" a few years back, the Blizzard dota lawsuit naming an Abdul Ismael, and the more recent free 2 play credits. Not to mention his rumored involvement with s2 (makes sense since they copied dota 2 heroes pretty much skill for skill until Valve began working on dota 2) and the name Abdul Ismael showing up as an employee of Maliken (owner of s2) on some tax/political-contribution forms.
i'm guna unmask icefrog, it's my life's mission u kno. awhile back navi released this troll video supposing that icefrog was the white dude sitting in a chair behind them and watching them practice, but i bet the answer was still before our eyes, and according to the very best detectives (reddit), it was this dude right here: http://youtu.be/YMYqCwGlJPU?t=2m12s.
Heavy's Sandvich
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But I also know of people simply called Abdul
I'm not an arab.
I'm not an arab.
yes im guna call it the frog knight rises
Wok
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From what you write, I could imagine Icefrog would prefer to stay anonymous. I am sure some people would not like to see a guy of Islamic culture work on a game which features scantily-dressed women and most importantly heroes which are part of a modern mythology. Dota even features the father of gods from the ancient Greek polytheism. Plus, not everyone would like to be considered a god in China. If Icefrog prefers to stay anonymous, why would people try to unmask him/her? Come on.
Heavy's Sandvich
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Lol not at all, he's said in the past that he prefers to stay anonymous because of the sensitivity behind balancing dota heroes. Putting a public face on the changes turns attention away from the actual gameplay alterations and instead paints an easy target for hivemind communities to burn at the stake (look at WoW/LoL devs and the whole diretide fiasco with Cyborgmatt). Makes sense, the mystery behind an anonymous balancer kind of gives changelogs more weight and encourages people to debate and discuss the changes themselves and not the developer behind them.
btw i'm joking about the whole unmasking and detective thing bro
hijacking this thread with updated impressions:
eso is like the opposite of sw:tor--extremely anti-hyped because of alpha/beta hyperbole, but actually a really good, polished, fun game come release. hell i bet moodyshuffle buys this game within a couple months (though that's not really a strong argument for my case since moodyshuffle only buys shit games).
ok guys now let's get back to discussing the upcoming patch 6.81 for diablo 3
It said you were Lubnani in that shopped GAF DreamLeague compendium but I wasn't sure how much of that was serious.
I've read that Wiki a couple of times now and I don't see where it says the variant Abdul comes from Abdullah specifically, but w/e, I was trying to communicate that it's 2/3 of an idafa (basically a compound noun equivalent) used in many names, not just shorthand for one specific name. (imo it doesn't make enough sense in Arabic to count as something like Andrew ---> Andy, but I'm a learned speaker.)
Day 1 for The Frog Knight Rises.
It said you were Lubnani in that shopped GAF DreamLeague compendium but I wasn't sure how much of that was serious.
I've read that Wiki a couple of times now and I don't see where it says the variant Abdul comes from Abdullah specifically, but w/e, I was trying to communicate that it's 2/3 of an idafa (basically a compound noun equivalent) used in many names, not just shorthand for one specific name. (imo it doesn't make enough sense in Arabic to count as something like Andrew ---> Andy, but I'm a learned speaker.)
The name "Abdul" isn't a name that will be given to people of arabic cultures generally, the complete name will rather be "Abd ul/el/ess x" where x stands for one god's names. For example: Abdullah or Abdessamad. Sometimes, the name of the prophet is what follows such as in "Abdennabi". The name Abdul, alone, will be found in non arabic cultures and is probably where it originated, as a short and easier way of saying "Abdullah". That is why it doesn't make sense for you if you look at it purely from the point of view of arabic spelling and grammar.
The name is very common in Islamic regions of sub saharan Africa for example. In France, people use the name "Abdel" often when they want to address their arabic friends with such unpronounceable names, from their perspective, as Abdellah (Abdullah).
Heavy's Sandvich
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Also, let's not forget Paula Abdul. The most famous one.
FlutterPuffs
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Guys.
What if Bruno is secretly a muslim.
What if Bruno is secretly a muslim.
Heavy's Sandvich
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Then I'd hope he let the ummah teach him how to dress.
you're asking too much
http://www.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit Quad lane Dota
Bruno posted the 6.81 changelog. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1weKszu6G5RbiTPGBSbvO_7SNHiX22huDooCbHCsVmlk/edit?pli=1
Self casting Lighting Bolt to get flying vision? What an odd change.
Self casting Lighting Bolt to get flying vision? What an odd change.
Another convert! We need more people in the church of disruption. Spread the word brother.
Anybody knows who these Orenda guys are?
Sigismundo
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Ctrl+A, scroll down to the bottom.
The "joke" is going to be that it is real.
I don't know anything LD hasn't said. Apparently Chinese pubstar types.
that would be amazing
except there are no terrorblade nerfs, dead giveaway that it's completely fake--don't even have to scroll down to the bottom
that only means it goes through Bkb, it does not ignore Magic resist according to the wiki.
Yes, am I the only one who thinks that's ridonkulous?
Skywrath with a force and/or Atos is already the king of the midgame that's countered by BkB. Making Flare go through BkB would be too good (not that I'm complaining. He's my favorite hero and owns mid in potato bracket)
You said it yourself, Potato bracket. Dude is a glass cannon that offers nothing but a flimsy slow and a silence late game, and BKB makes him useless. I think it would be completely fine, you jsut had to build a pipe on your 4/3 position to counteract most of it. He'd still be as tanky and a roll of toilet paper.
Prophet Steve
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That is pretty much the first thing I searched for.
Time to enjoy more TB while it lasts.
Maybe it's because Icefrog makes good changes and those other games don't??????????