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DOTA 2 |OT8| DOTA Asian Championship (1/27-2/9)
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Pay for a mumble server? What is that nonsense? There are a million empty ones ... just borrow one of those.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Aren't they password protected, or you can be kicked out by the owner, or someone else random can join at any moment?
Think I've figured out how to get Steam Voice Chat working, gonna try it later
Should hopefully make it much easier for teamwork.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Curse voice and razer comms are really good. Free as well.
Steam voip is really laggy.
Steam voip is really laggy.
Yeah, there are even particles in the dev tools listed as cm arcana.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
And everyone will ignore it just like they do the Dragon Shrine.
I just realized that changing "Day 1" to "Part 1" probably means no website update today.
Yeah they learned that lesson pretty quick.
sleverfunk
Member
This looks fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hds7n8X6ukA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hds7n8X6ukA
lol its LITERALLY HotS but with army men
manfestival
Member
that actually looks cool
Night_Hand
Neo Member
Mumble is so weird. Despite my friend's server not being listed publicly, people can still join it. So yes random people can join at any time if it isn't password protected. Also, randoms will usually get kicked almost immediately. Better to buy your own mumble server
I was going to say it looks more like Infinite Crisis, but then "LOADOUTS" and "TAME MINIONS" popped up. Trying to board the HotS train, lol
Seriously, they also need to remodel Viper, Zeus, and Slar already. These heroes look like complete ass, especially Slardar; dude was a badass fkn Naga (that looked intimidating and lethal) in wc3, but now he's a fat pink fish with a goddam bobble on his head it's fucking awful. If there's one hero I can't play just because of how bad he looks, it's Slardar. Might as well give him a beard and Santa hat for the next Christmas event, and you basically have a perfect fuckin Fish Claus.
Slardar actually got remodeled like two years ago actually...
yet hes still the worst
Night_Hand
Neo Member
I think zeus is supposed to be all puny and stuff because its displaying the hero according to his lore; a mortal with a napoleon complex/ god complex. He's supposed to be laughable because he isn't a god but instead a lightning mario
I like the control scheme. HORRIBLE name, though.
at least textures, model isn't that bad. Dont want stereotypical zeus anyway
The_Hitcher89
Member
Who looks best between Dragon Knight and Sven?
Manus
Member
Better than poor Viper.
manfestival
Member
bro that's not hunter of kings:
great set(second place) but the DK set is the best
Manus
Member
The_Hitcher89
Member
DK. I still think he has the best looking set in game.
I'm inclined to agree
For some reason it legit bothers me that you can see DK's face, would look so much better if it was shaded out imo
We just use skype... it does the job.
Purple Cheeto
Member
So its a slower version of Bloodline Champions?
The most annoying part of Slardars model is the fact that you can SEE its a place holder because every time he takes a breath this lower jaw clips like 1/2 way into his chest
Also if you want a chat program just use Team Speak
They even have a global server that you can make your own temp channel in
I really want more of the "crazy" Dota 1 to 2 conversions, in the vein of Rubick, Oracle, and Legion Commander. Those three are easily the best "Let's make this even better than the original" designs in the game. I remember when we first saw concept art for Rubick and were like "Who is that?!" and someone said it was Rubick and everyone was shocked. Oracle's design is fantastic, and LC being changed to a woman proved to have amazing results.
manfestival
Member
I really feel the same way for the most part. I love rubick and oracles designs for being out there. While I am indifferent about LC being changed to a different gender, I feel like her design could have been better. Granted I feel like riot has way better concept artists(no im not talking about the goofy skins)
oh and I initially hated how oracle looked at first but he grew on me
Night_Hand
Neo Member
I'm not a big fan of Oracle. He doesn't feel like future-telling prophet but more like spooky outer space creature
ashecitism
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Dreams-Visions
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the big plumb is cool but....nah.
Love that set, but still think this one tops it.
interesting. I thought everyone was on the same page about this set being godawful in every possible way.
StarlordDial
Member
:OOOOO
Looks really good but he basically Web 4.0'd DOTA.
I would love to see it in the game but there is nothing that particularly sets his design apart from... other modern websites I've seen.
At least there isn't some parallax scrolling effect that is all the rage these days.
I would love to see it in the game but there is nothing that particularly sets his design apart from... other modern websites I've seen.
At least there isn't some parallax scrolling effect that is all the rage these days.
Dreams-Visions
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screw the lore, i want motherfukn zeus man:
Mark my words: sooner or later they'll do one of those comic strip-style relaunches of Zeus like they did for PA, where he regains his godly looks and height and they introduce the updated character model, broken down for artists to make sweet shit for him + arcana.
I refuse to believe Valve will let Zeus look like a poor man's Mario for much longer. HE'S FUCKING ZEUS.
YES.
Don't really like it that much. It looks nice, but it would not just be a literal ton of work to implement, it just doesn't fit the tone of the game. It's also nice looking slick in concept art, but actually implementing it is another matter entirely. However, there are some nice ideas in the functional design (like hovering over a friend to see their KDA, similar ideas have been mentioned before).
The menus look very clean, and it's a well made mock-up (although probably a bit too flat for my tastes) but in-game looks really bad. The vignette effect on the screen is really distracting. The spacing between interface elements makes it look like a bad custom UI from WoW circa 2006.
Dreams-Visions
Member
why are you worried about how much time it might or might not take to implement? that's not our job and a professional team of developers don't need you covering and excuse-making for them. "it might be hard" is not a valid excuse to decline better UI design. The UI has looked like this at the main menu and in-game for about 3 years now and they both need updates badly. The main menu wastes too much space and the in-game UI is bigger and bulkier than it ever needed to be. It could shrink by 30% and everyone would appreciate the reclaimed space.
also, I'm sure some faded rocks or some shit can be added to better fit the tone of the game as necessary.
Take notes, Valve. Even Leeg has a better looking landing screen that Dota 2.
Dreams-Visions
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and it manages to look better. that's a damn shame.
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