On extremely talented Rubick players, I agree.
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On extremely talented Rubick players, I agree.
A Sentient Keyboard
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Is there any way to remove untradable items from your inventory? I want to set my announcers to 'shuffle' but I don't want it to pick the Death Prophet one I got from level up rewards. I can't sell or offer it, it seems.
GODDAMN, so good
Eh, even average rubick's benefit from it. A less talented rubick may misjudge the right moment to steal a spell etc, so the 5 sec cooldown allows them to steal at will with little risk of missing their opportunity. Additionally, think about how many aghs upgrades there are where people say 'yeah it's good, but the problem is you have to farm it first' that is true for lots of support heroes, but with rubick it's good enough that it's worth getting as quick as possible. So you get all those cool upgrades, like with eclipse as shown there.
It's great on average players, and game winning on the best players. Of course, it still depends on there actually being good spells to steal, but you should never have picked rubick in the first place if there wasn't any.
Also the latest Dire Circumstances comic was posted, and it's huge.
balladofwindfishes
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The biggest issue with the vote would be that Techies, Pit Lord and Oracle are all so close to release, if, for whatever reason, the community happens to pick Arc Warden or Winter Wyrm, who don't have as much, or anything done for them, it will be a long wait for new heroes, versus just allowing Valve to add them in the order they sit fit.
Jesus christ, what is shit is this? :|
The previous ones were all entirely comedy, which is why I read them, but for some reason this has an actual story thing. It's not bad though.
The new announcer is like the possibly the greatest thing ever made. It also legitimately got me killed.
My issue with Zephyr is I have absolutely no idea what they're doing with their time. They've had almost a full year of being able to focus on Dota and they're placing at the bottom of the SEA qualifiers?
And it's not just their supports that are awful - it's the entire team from the draft to the decision making. I've watched a couple of their games and it looks like pub Dota. These are guys that all live in one house with plenty of time for scrimming and team building and they're a wreck. I don't know what their training schedule is but if they're actually serious about this then they need to get their shit together. With the opportunities they've been given there is just no excuse for this style of play. Their drafts seem so disorganized and they need to start working with a plan - even if that plan is as simple as "win the laning phase."
Guess it's time they start getting some pointers from MVP.
Also, they're not a top 30 team. They're a top 40.
And it's not just their supports that are awful - it's the entire team from the draft to the decision making. I've watched a couple of their games and it looks like pub Dota. These are guys that all live in one house with plenty of time for scrimming and team building and they're a wreck. I don't know what their training schedule is but if they're actually serious about this then they need to get their shit together. With the opportunities they've been given there is just no excuse for this style of play. Their drafts seem so disorganized and they need to start working with a plan - even if that plan is as simple as "win the laning phase."
Guess it's time they start getting some pointers from MVP.
Also, they're not a top 30 team. They're a top 40.
I still say that if Miranas Ult scales instead of being a flat 15 secs of invis at all levels it would make her way less OP
Like 5 - 10 - 15 secs of invis with a 3 - 2.5 - 1.5 fade time
Cause 15 secs of team invis at level 6 is disgusting
I want an announcer. You know, the guy who tell me my towers are dying.
You basically have to wait until they change the "Make Offering" option back into "Delete".
He said announcer.
And don't we expect Arcana vote to end around the end of TI4 ? ( 29 day left before the end of the 'first round' I think ), so another vote probably be the same, are we officially putting expectation so low that we don't think those 3 hero will be released in the next 2 month ?
Actually, It looks like the Witch Staff and Toad Totem are part of their own promotion, they are being given out on their own. You can find some one the market now.
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/570/Genuine Witch Staff
http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/570/Genuine Toad Totem
shira
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That's kind of the weird thing about all this. Valve doesn't exactly strike me as the type of company to just expand as revenue expands; they seem to want to preserve their culture and take hiring decisions very seriously.
That's fine and all- even good- but it also would imply that kickstarter esque schemes won't really make an impact, since their output isn't going to presumably skyrocket off the back of this money. And it's not like Dota was out of "objectives"- still have heroes to port and custom maps still need to come in, alongside whatever other modes they may have planned. Adding these features just seems like it'll move stuff around, not get us content any faster.
A Sentient Keyboard
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So there is an actual delete option (or, there will be one in a month or two)? I can live with that, thanks.
I agree. Which is kind of why it's weird to have things like new game modes as a stretchgoal. Like they weren't planning on doing it eventually anyway? If the money is not going towards helping them develop the game faster/better then where's it going?
The stretchgoals must be a list of things they've wanted to do but just haven't had the time to get done yet... so then the money would go to staffing up to get some things done. OR they're just scrooge mcduckin it and just swimming in cash for funsies, which would also be pretty awesome (for them).
Yes, they did this during New Bloom and the "Delete" option returned after that event was over.
new servers pls volvo, I can't be the only one to have lag spikes.
Uggh $10 for the first witch doctor item in years. Like i want it but thats too steep.
Why couldnt we get this is in yesterday's chest? Why we needed yet another shitty axe axe, sven sword and CK...oh god im sick and tired of CK items in EVERY hat patch. No one even plays that hero valve. Stop putting out CK items pls! Please represent heroes like WD or someone who barely has anything new in a while.
NotoriousPUG
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I would like to have an option to shuffle specific couriers, announcers, etc. Nothing worse than randoming the pirate announcer.
Luna's Aghs upgrade is super legit when Rubick uses it.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Dendi's stream is so good when he explains his actions and analyzes the game.
rhophiehalul78
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What's the deal with the timer for the Orange match? I was away for awhile and just read the forums. Were they given some kind of penalty?
It was another 3 way tie for 3rd/4th. If Orange won their match, it would still be a 3 way tie, in which it would go to time rule, and the two teams to finish the fastest would advance.
For some reason, Orange decided to go full on retard push start, when a 49 minute game is pretty long as is and they likely could have played it straight.
Dreams-Visions
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I haven't heard him say much more than,
"Sunstrike...predictable."
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"Help! I don't want to die like this!"
okay, dendi.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Well... It's hit or miss with Dendi, but when he's serious it's great.
rhophiehalul78
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I see. Thanks for the reply. I will watch some VODs now to catch up on the qualifiers.
balladofwindfishes
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How did I just completely miss the word announcer
Timbersaw or Pudge would pretty handily win that vote
Heavy's Sandvich
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Even Bamboe's rubick is better than Kurokys.
GOAT
balladofwindfishes
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I'm trying to think of other stretch goals they could do
Maybe a second round of immortal items?
A ward?
An Arcana for the second placer of the vote?
Gabe announcer?
It seems Valve didn't expect this kind of speed at all. I wonder if they had even started development on the latter stretch goals.
Maybe a second round of immortal items?
A ward?
An Arcana for the second placer of the vote?
Gabe announcer?
It seems Valve didn't expect this kind of speed at all. I wonder if they had even started development on the latter stretch goals.
Technosteve
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i can't afford anymore announcers god damn it
Good timing for this months steam stats snapshot thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=820774
-dota 1 loading screen are amazing
-luckily dendi english improved
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