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Dota 2 |OT5| TECHIES!!!
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Imp the Dimp
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Can't wait for this. I really like C9 and especially EE. I got a soft spot for villains I think.
Freakinchair
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got me with the kappa
also specter is definitely not the strongest or even one of the strongest carries in the game. Both void and AM easily outcarry her - the only thing she is really good for is gibbing the enemy teams supports if they are underfarmed.
mastershake
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6 fucking million!!!
Dota community best community!
Dota community best community!
Imp the Dimp
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She's also a really decent man-fighter late game. Barely anyone can go toe to toe with her to be frank. Not sure what kind of experiences Freakinchair has made with her that led him to believe she can be "easily" outcarried. Shadow Demon can obviously wreck her regardless of how fed she is but that's due to his unique skills. Right-clicking her down before you drop 1st though? Good luck with that.
I have fantasy players on both these teams but got locked out of updating my roster because it locks at 5pm and not midnight... Mean while my match has Ush who somehow has 600 fucking points.
I blame stevewinwood.
The Technomancer
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As the others have said, its biggest benefit is buying you space to farm while still being able to jump into engagements. If my team decides to make a push up mid to their T2 I can go clear out most of our jungle and still jump in right when the action starts.
Plus Radiance on Spectre is just sick. One of the only heroes who I think a 35 minute Radiance isn't terrible on.
SteveWinwood
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Well if you value your time don't watch that hour and 40 min one.
Now I have to.
Yeah is there like a schedule of matches that count towards the fantasy league?
The blog post says all tournaments. The best schedule I found was on gosu gamers.
Also, six million dollars in like a week. We haven't even finished qualifiers. The immortal items haven't even. been. revealed. This has got to be the biggest esports event ever.... and I'm going to it.
Get fucking hyped.
Please understand that TI3 just finished. Give them a break.
Gully State
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They need a bigger dedicated DOTA team. It's ludicrous to call Valve incompetent considering their output for such a small company.
Well then, what are they waiting for? they aren't exactly poor.
Let's see,
21 times played, 38.10% winrate.
Dat Freakinchair Spectre experience.
I love playing Spectre, one of my favourite heroes.
Quality control? They aren't exactly poor so they can afford to take as long as they want.
Shots fired.
Also I have 1080p video and hq audio of blackout drunk stevewinwood playing "carry" void.
Pm me for details.
Valve doesn't hire people willy-nilly like other companies.
Freakinchair
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Thanks for proving my point. Spectre is shit.
Not being able to manage their resources is part of being incompetent.
You mean not allocate their resources in the way that you would like?
Ha, most incompetent company because they don't release a hero within a certain time period? That hyperbole.
They are slow and it is frustrating but let's not forget that things could be a lot worse. If we want to talk about incompetence, shall we mention Riot's replay system? Or Blizzard's handling of the original Dota? Or pretty much every competitor in this genre?
I still want my Techies though.
Technosteve
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does this cloud 9 game count towards the fantasy league?
That's the thing, there's no management whatsoever over at Valve with their flat structure. There's Gabe Newell then there's everyone else. If only a small group wants to work on DotA 2 then that's it. Sure Gabe Newell could dictate that more ressource be allocated to a specific thing but that's about it.
Imp the Dimp
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I don't like Lycan 1st pick. Overrated hero :'(
Gully State
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Because their stringent control of human resources helps preserve their working culture.
Given their output- Steam/CS GO/Steam OS/DOTA2/TF2, for their size (Ubisoft has triple to quadruple the amount of people working on one Assassin's Creed title alone- which given the quality of that series is mind boggling)...they're managing resources just fine. I do wish they'd put more people on DOTA 2 to get content out but TBH, even if DOTA 2 stays at its current size I would be happy. It's not like an extra million people would drastically change my overall gaming experience.
Dota 2 has been the most competently updated game I have ever seen. I mean a bug was just found(Pudge) and a patch was released within 2 days.
The only thing that makes them seem incompetent is CSGO if you are crying about not having a new hero think about how people who cant Actually play GO at the moment because of constant crashes and its almost been a week.
Dota 2 has had the best support for an online game I have ever seen.
Yes. Every tournament game counts between now and the end of the fantasy league.
Imp the Dimp
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Wraith King got a 58% winrate in 6.81 damn
Train of Midnight
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Was really hoping C9 would grab nyx in stead of enigma, but probably wouldn't work with lanes.
Wok
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I have seen games with really hard carries played by Alchemist, Chaos Knight or Phantom Assassin. This can be pretty difficult to deal with late game.
I have found that if you follow the guides, you do mostly fine. Then, if you want to understand why these items were chosen in the first place, and most importantly how to adapt your build to the line-ups of both teams, the only solution is to play all the heroes and discover all the items this way.
Imp the Dimp
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FFS just start already
Wok
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You play it like Spirit Breaker's charge, but it is better. Either you see or you imagine an ennemy is pushing alone somewhere, you activate the ulti, you look at the mini-map, and bam, you kill one or two isolated preys.
Otherwise, you know your team is going to initiate a fight, you are refreshing in your fountain, and bam, as soon as the fight starts, you deal damage with Radiance and remove mana with diffusal blade. If the fight is 4 vs 4, you can go and get the isolated prey and then come to the fight. Either case, the fight is easily won.
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Imp the Dimp
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Surprised how well Envy did mid with Lycan against Puck.
balladofwindfishes
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Wraith King is one of those heroes that makes me impressed by IceFrog's ability to balance. With only minor tweaks here and there over the years he's managed to turn one of the most boring and least picked heroes into a staple of the meta without being over powered or unfair, all while keeping all of his skills exactly the same.
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