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[Sibylus]

Assuming Valve doesn't decide to release Pit Lord/Oracle in a few weeks after Techies that works.

Even then, would it be bad to drive some new blood to a leaner thread?

 

[Sigismundo]

Even then, would it be bad to drive some new blood to a leaner thread?

Nah, it wouldn't.

Unrelated: I played Blink Furion for the first time ever and went 17/7/6 and put the team on my back. Bulldog is onto something.

 

[ViviOggi]

Give me Pit Lord or give me death

 

[SteveWinwood]

rip vivioggi

 

[Acinixys]

BDN strim

http://www.twitch.tv/bigdaddy

His stream yesterday was pretty funny

JUICY J WHAT A PLAYER

 

[Zeth]

I didn't want to spoil it, but the slark

Spoiler

reconnecting had me nearly falling out of my chair. He sprinted down mid and almost made it into the victory screen.

The funniest, dumbest matches, are always the kind of thing you can't make up/stage. Just pure bad.

Omni was clearly the submitter. He made most of the right decisions despite his reluctance to ever carry a tp. The Lesh forgetting he had a dagon :lol. Tide's execution was most impressive, successfully blinking in and ravaging several times.

 

[Calidor]

August competitive tier list, for anyone that cares:



Razor now officially the most banned/picked hero in dota :/.

Why is bara listed twice? It's a shame that one of my preferred heroes os shit now

 

[StrongArmSteady]

His stream yesterday was pretty funny

JUICY J WHAT A PLAYER

lol, notail wanted to suck on Juicy J's chode..great match great void player

 

[Quesa]

im back

DotaGAF diablo ppl hit me up I want to powerlevel a seasons wd Chastityfelt#1183

Also I'm not sure if Techies is going to ruin mm but I already know people who incessantly whine about him will

 

[kvk1]

New NYT article from today.

This time focused more on Twitch.

Some of my favorite bits:

On Wednesday night, I spent time on Twitch.tv watching people watch people play StarCraft II, Call of Duty and League of Legends.

When you cover media, you get used to meta activities, but staring at my computer watching an audience watch others play streaming video games was a new level of remove. There were funny, eccentric grown-ups, but also a lot of teenage boys talking profane smack on headsets, often with corrosive rap spinning in the background, as they maneuvered through seemingly impenetrable game environments.

Even the gamers on Twitch were surprised how much it was worth. I was watching someone named Sing_sing play Dota 2 — don’t ask, I couldn’t tell you — and he murmured to the people watching, “$970 million, I don’t even understand how that works,” referring to the cash portion of the purchase price. As he tried to destroy something called the Ancient, he added, “I guess it’s because the numbers keep growing and growing.”

Say what you want about game nerds, there is clear value in owning so much screen time of a hard-to-reach demographic of young men. Even if I don’t get gaming, I am beginning to understand the larger game it represents.

http://nyti.ms/1nhOqK6

 

[Zeknurn]

That sounds far too tame for to be something SingSing said.

 

[ViviOggi]

rip vivioggi

 

[Acinixys]

That sounds far too tame for to be something SingSing said.

OH MY GAAAAAWD

 

[Randdalf]

OH MY GAAAAAWD

乁( ◔ ౪&#9684ㄏOH MAH GAWWD乁( ◔ ౪&#9684ㄏ

 

[pompidu]

This match is amazing.

0.5k mmr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAGxspv_AJw

Omni is my hero, honorable mention to Tide and Venge.

#Dead.

 

[kvk1]

So, what's the ruling here: do we still call Alliance/Na'Vi games El Clasico?

Or is the label meaningless now because of the disbanderinos?

 

[Emerson]

And Valve is still working on Labor Day folks.

 

[Ultimatum]

So, what's the ruling here: do we still call Alliance/Na'Vi games El Clasico?

Or is the label meaningless now because of the disbanderinos?

I certainly don't care as much any more

The new Alliance just aren't that interesting to me

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

That's why I thought dota nerds should just stick to dota rather than importing stuff from football.

It's still El Clasico between Na'Vi/Alliance. Can't change it because the teams aren't that interesting anymore.

 

[Ultimatum]

That's why I thought dota nerds should just stick to dota rather than importing stuff from football.

It's still El Clasico between Na'Vi/Alliance. Can't change it because the teams aren't that interesting anymore.

football is built on generations of rivalry

navi/alliance were rivals for like a year

so calling it el classico was stupid in the first place, it's just nerds trying to make dota sound like a sport

people will stop calling the navi/alliance matchup 'el classico' sooner or later

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

football is built on generations of rivalry

navi/alliance were rivals for like a year

so calling it el classico was stupid in the first place, it's just nerds trying to make dota sound like a sport

people will stop calling the navi/alliance matchup 'el classico' sooner or later

I agree.

Bruno should have done his job properly.

Before that it was Na'Vi v IG that was considered the hot rivalry.

also BibleThump pls its Clasico

 

[SteveWinwood]

And Valve is still working on Labor Day folks.

no theyre lazy we already established this with all the great valve insiders on here and on reddit who know the intimate details of their work

 

[Pratfall]

no theyre lazy we already established this with all the great valve insiders on here and on reddit who know the intimate details of their work

I blame the flat structure. I mean if you could do anything you wanted at Valve why would you ever work on Labor Day?

 

[Hazaro]

I'll be at Valve in a little bit to see how many are working there anyway

 

[Carlius]

i love this new navi. sure, i miss the fun of kky and puppey, but this is a dota team that has potential

 

[kvk1]

That was a clinic.

Dendi had something like 50 denies by 8-9 minutes in as safelane QoP.

Which was about 10 more than the actual LHs of the opposition's mid Viper.

Kid's a machine.

 

[elyetis]

I'll be at Valve in a little bit to see how many are working there anyway

If there is only 2 people in the dota 2 room, no worries it mean the entire team is there.

 

[StrongArmSteady]

Navi vs. Alliance live!

RIP in Peace PS4 twitch

YES! Blaze is casting it on twitch

Blaze Stream

 

[StrongArmSteady]

lol clayvoiance jizzing over Navi

 

[KingKong]

carry venge? thanks fng

 

[Chris R]

Fuuuuuu didn't get my bets in for [A] and Na'Vi today Thanks C9 for saving muh rares yesterday though! EZ bet

 

[Carlius]

my god. how they kept Dendi alive, that was ridiculous

 

[Thermite]

dazzle is such a good hero

 

[Radec]

This [1] VS is such a waste.

Game would have been much closer or even an advantage to Na'vi if they got a real carry.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Great match.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Just tuned in
Did they demote xboct to support or something? he's still throwing like a carry xboct

 

[Drkirby]

Give me Pit Lord or give me death

RIP ViviOggi, it was nice knowing oyu

And Valve is still working on Labor Day folks.

Maybe then just have an RNG push updates to make us think they are working

 

[Carlius]

This [1] VS is such a waste.

Game would have been much closer or even an advantage to Na'vi if they got a real carry.

its xboct baby...never a waste. time will tell

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Swap and the negative armour is doing work.

 

[StrongArmSteady]

this game is tense lol!

 

[Raytow]

worse 5 man smoke ever.

 

[Radec]

This game is turning out to be amazing lol

refresher batrider. first time i've seen one. XD

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Absolutely mental match.

I hope 6.82 brings a limit to buy backs.

 

[Carlius]

what is this game! wtf!! amazing, true el clasico game

 

[MurkyZebra2417]

Clairvoyance: This Deadalus will do nothing for Xboct, he wont get trough the armor


Next fight:
Xboct destroys everything


Good Coach there C9!

 

[Aaron]

This game is just silly.

 

[xKebob]

"xboct will do no dmg" - clairvoyance 2014

 

[StrongArmSteady]

LOL clare speachless

 

[MurkyZebra2417]

This is why everybody wishes for Na'vi - Alliance TI finales :/

 

[Archaix]

This is why everybody wishes for Na'vi - Alliance TI finales :/

Silly decisions make for entertaining Dota.