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DOTA 2 |OT6| Plz vote for Keeper of the Light Arcana
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It is fairly easy on the dotacinema website. There's a yellow submit button on the homepage.
SteveWinwood
Member
yeah
if hes getting challenged at all its going to be a rough game
its worth the investment though as he can still steamroll pretty well at a decent time with farm
Technosteve
Banned
is there a youtube video that teaches me how to use hammer?
SteveWinwood
Member
probably
i recommend just reading some of the documentation though and then diving in with lots of time and trial and error tho
that got me a decent amount through many years ago but i spose everyone is different
Sigismundo
Member
Another person that likes Dewott and hates Samurott, huh?
man this whole time I thought I was bad a dota because I was old. Turns out I just suck.
I love them both. It's not good to hate so I don't hate anything.
TyphoonStruggle
Member
edit: sorry my bad
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/830333514
So i went i did my first tinker game in pubs, apart from jugg and bs carrying I think a did a good job, getting used to spamming keys like that was pretty weird tbh. Any tips?
So i went i did my first tinker game in pubs, apart from jugg and bs carrying I think a did a good job, getting used to spamming keys like that was pretty weird tbh. Any tips?
Gratz ! (Why no plinking ? You make it so hard on yourself.)
I actually did try it but for some reason I was getting st.lp when I tried to plink it.
Renoir
Member
Jurassic Dota Is a myth???!
Fuck shift queuing and active items, go bloodstone necro aghs and dont let anyone come near a 2k radius
SneakyStephan
Banned
Getting huge as silencer is so satisfying
was a long close match where their slark got really big and they had an aba, batrider, veng and gyro (who also had a decent amount of farm)
I had 40 stacks near the end, they must have had no mana to fight with anymore
force staff + aghs refresher, 200+ sheet dmg + about 150 from glaives int bonus
Had a linkens (so I wouldn't get blink lassod or swapped) and a cheese
Those 12 second silences and massive mana drains from the aghs upgrade just ruin their supports, when our ursa and TB died diving past their racks the gyro, aba and veng turned on me but they all had to run with their tail between their legs as the right click is just too much.
Silencer is such a beast if the game goes late
was a long close match where their slark got really big and they had an aba, batrider, veng and gyro (who also had a decent amount of farm)
I had 40 stacks near the end, they must have had no mana to fight with anymore
force staff + aghs refresher, 200+ sheet dmg + about 150 from glaives int bonus
Had a linkens (so I wouldn't get blink lassod or swapped) and a cheese
Those 12 second silences and massive mana drains from the aghs upgrade just ruin their supports, when our ursa and TB died diving past their racks the gyro, aba and veng turned on me but they all had to run with their tail between their legs as the right click is just too much.
Silencer is such a beast if the game goes late
what about a divine rapier?
Someone should make the Jurassic Park mod in the new editor. I just looked it up and apparently it has it's own wiki page what
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_Survival_Enhanced_Edition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_Survival_Enhanced_Edition
Dreams-Visions
Member
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/830419384
when playing support loses its enjoyment. also, Tinker pretty balanced hero.
when playing support loses its enjoyment. also, Tinker pretty balanced hero.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Ooooh..... didn't realise the tools make you redownload the whole damn game. lmao
No Dota 2 for me today.
No Dota 2 for me today.
Nono, you aren't just redownloading the game, you are downing the game in SOURCE ENGINE VERSION 2
neurosisxeno
Member
Nono, you aren't just redownloading the game, you are downing the game in SOURCE ENGINE VERSION 2
DotA 2 with 100% more Source.
Glass Shark
Banned
I think there is some validity to the deterioration of reflexes, reaction time, and fine motor skill with age. Also, a lot of these 18-20 year-old pros are going to have some wicked RSI in a few years.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Ok I want a definitive answer on this: should I or should I not let the ranged creep go through when blocking the first creepwave? Does it differ per lane? Thanks!
Pretty much whenever you want your lane pushed back towards your tower more.
Ok, I have put Lich Wars up on the workshop for public view now, hopefully I didn't break anything. You can get it here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=299261012
Assuming you want the lane to push, you want to block all the creeps for about 75% of the way, then let the ranged one through near the end so that it dies first. Letting the ranged creep get way ahead still makes the lane push, but the initial creep equilibrium is pretty far up, so you run the risk of getting ganked immediately.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Yo um...did Razor get buffed at some point in the last year?
I don't really recall being this effective with him in the past. Played him for two games for the first time in about a year and have gone 29 / 5 / 21 in those two matches.
I don't really recall being this effective with him in the past. Played him for two games for the first time in about a year and have gone 29 / 5 / 21 in those two matches.
This is everything in the past 18 months:
Strength gain increased from 1.7 to 2.3.
Unstable Current slow duration increased from 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6 to 0.5/1/1.5/2.
Unstable Current movement speed bonus increased from 3/6/9/12% to 4/8/12/16%.
Eye of the Storm duration increased from 20/25/30 to 30.
Eye of the Storm strike interval decreased from 0.75/0.65/0.55 to 0.7/0.6/0.5 (Aghanim's to 0.55/0.45/0.35).
JawesomeJaw
Member
Silencer got killed by SF mid, says he is gonna feed. Does, and I hear Dire's courier has been killed 30 times.
Lame way for an 8 game win streak to end.
Lame way for an 8 game win streak to end.
manfestival
Member
my last two games I got over 700 gpm and xpm... I think its time to call it a night. Sven and drow ranger <3
The best "fuck magic" hero. Anti-noob is just a poseur.
call_kotaku
Member
I think those things are incredibly overstated, especially when athleticism isn't a factor. It's more an issue of once players get past their mid 20s they start having other real life obligations and considerations, plus they aren't as motivated or dedicated as they were when they were teens. It's not a coincidence that games which require very intensive practice and maintenance to play at the highest level like Starcraft and DOTA have younger players. Games that are less volatile at the highest levels and have fairly insular/established communities like Quake and the FGC have plenty of older players, even though logically those genres would require better reflexes and motor skills than RTS or MOBA games.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Sorry, what?
Maxing inner beast before even a single point in call of the wild? Wouldn't you want the boar to stack ancients/slow people and the hawk to scout? That must be worth 2 value points at least, vs inner beast which is fairly poor early-game.
Maxing inner beast before even a single point in call of the wild? Wouldn't you want the boar to stack ancients/slow people and the hawk to scout? That must be worth 2 value points at least, vs inner beast which is fairly poor early-game.
I've been wondering about something. If you take a player that is 5.5-6k+ MMR and had them start playing on a well established (hundreds of games) 2-3.5k MMR account of someone who feels like they are stuck in the trench, how long would it take them to get up to their normal 5k+ MMR?
Wok
Member
This question is irrelevant: a good player would just take the same hero over and over again to get free MMR. I would be more interested in the answer if ranked matches were Random Draft only, or All Random, so that one cannot just take Slark or Void, and that the good player cannot just solo carry most of the games. With a winrate closer to 55%, it would require quite a long time.
Anyway, if you want to go from 3k to 5k, you have to win 2k, which is 80 more wins than defeats. Assuming your winrate in the trench is 70%, it would require 200 matches (140 wins, 60 losses), so about 150 hours of your life. Depending on how much you value a virtual measure such as MMR, and depending on how much you value your limited time on Earth, it might just be worth it to buy an account off a Chinese running bots to artificially increase MMR.
and there was a support player who is doing it, looks to be a bit longer
GordonHalfman
Member
This guy did it:
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1398477
It took him around 150 games to get from 3-5k.
I think there's more examples of this, I remember a guy on reddit doing it as well but I can't find it.
even if they did, whats the point?
Players at that level are much better and will wreck the weaker player. MMR needs to be stopped looking as "high class", middle class, lowly peasant - and rather as heavyweight, lightweight, e.t.c.
The pro players will always have better reflexes, game sense, mechanical skill and practise than someone who tryhards yet can't dedicate as much time to the game.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Just used Huskar for the first time using a user-build. What a beast. I imagine I'll be saying something different if I get off to a slow start and my abilities end up doing more damage to myself than enemies 
This. Besides, Dota isn't as APM-heavy as Starcraft so I don't think you NEED to be in your early 20s to be competitive.
RaGMasTeR90
Member
Hey guys,
i just finished a little experiment regarding the MMR system. Few months ago i created a new account to play with some friends who are new to Dota and to see what solo MMR i can get at lvl 13. For reference i play Dota since 2006 and started Dota 2 in November 2011. I have played nearly 3000 games on my main account and im currently standing at 4069 solo MMR and 4468 party MMR.
This is the account http://www.dotabuff.com/players/54945472
So on my smurf account im standing at 124 played games with 4976 solo MMR.
http://www.dotabuff.com/players/164303370
The thing is, i cant really gain more MMR on my main account even though im trying kinda hard. Also i dont really feel i lose against players who are exceptionally better than me. This only kinda happens on my smurf account, which is sad because the games are really really good there, whereas solo MMR games on my main kinda suck :/
i just finished a little experiment regarding the MMR system. Few months ago i created a new account to play with some friends who are new to Dota and to see what solo MMR i can get at lvl 13. For reference i play Dota since 2006 and started Dota 2 in November 2011. I have played nearly 3000 games on my main account and im currently standing at 4069 solo MMR and 4468 party MMR.
This is the account http://www.dotabuff.com/players/54945472
So on my smurf account im standing at 124 played games with 4976 solo MMR.
http://www.dotabuff.com/players/164303370
The thing is, i cant really gain more MMR on my main account even though im trying kinda hard. Also i dont really feel i lose against players who are exceptionally better than me. This only kinda happens on my smurf account, which is sad because the games are really really good there, whereas solo MMR games on my main kinda suck :/
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Is there still space left in the GAF team for the GB tournament?
EDIT:
EDIT:
*heavy breathing*
Just used Huskar for the first time using a user-build. What a beast. I imagine I'll be saying something different if I get off to a slow start and my abilities end up doing more damage to myself than enemies
Yeah, Huskar's awesome. I had Print Screen
stalking
This is a good MMR refresher to spread around every now and then:
http://blog.dota2.com/2013/12/matchmaking/
http://blog.dota2.com/2013/12/matchmaking/
I think its super weird that people care so much about MMR
Oh no my magical Dota 2 Epeen number is too small it must mean im bad!