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[CarbonatedFalcon]

Tango Mango I think is the name of my laundry detergent. Or close enough.

Is this what Dota builds have become? Soap?

 

[Schweinehund]

Among the pages of the Compendoum there's a list of feats that will net compendium points, there's not a lot of points in it if you don't guess TI winners and such, however.

Most of the leveling this year seems to be restricted to buying the points.

That's disappointing, it seems every year valve gets more greedy on this sort of thing. Baseline compedium still seems like a great value if all the stretch goals are met. I kind of regret not getting last years at times.

If the effects are just gold particles on your TP/Blink, I'll probably buy the immortals I want off the community market.

 

[Volodja]

That's disappointing, it seems every year valve gets more greedy on this sort of thing.

That's kind of how I read it as well, honestly.
But at the end of the day I bought a 25 euro compendium instead of the 10 euro one that I bought last year, so I guess I'm part of the problem pleasesendhelp.

 

[G.ZZZ]

i abandon games with no fucks given now

3 people picking carries and fourth picking a furion? left without picking

pugna and tusk last picks building as core with zeus, slark and morph in their team and not responding to repeated requests for vision? thank me later for only having to wait 5 more minutes till my abandon kicks in instead of playing to your inevitable loss

The hate flow strong through you my young padawan Kappa

 

[Artanisix]

"Assuming your start is Stout Tango Mango, I feel like 900g can be a lofty journey for sustain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izi6bAIuLRs

 

[Kade]

already mad at Glimmer Cape, too cheap. You can cast it while TPing too.

 

[Wok]

Has a 0 mana cost invis with low cooldown.

http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Glimmer_Cape

After reading this page, this item looks really cheap and useful. Only situational on Tinker, otherwise core.

 

[Sianos]

So do i have to play against a slark in every game for the rest of my life....

If the meta shifts to "gank meta" and hyper aggression mega harassment tower dive combo offlanes the community will force my hand into becoming a scummy slark picker.

I just want to hit the creeps in peace. ;_;

 

[RubxQub]

After buying/returning a shitload of mice...I returned to my classic that I've used for years...BUT WITH A PIECE FROM ANOTHER MOUSE GLUED ON!

Behold! The FRANKENMOUSE!

My pinky has never felt so pampered.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

already mad at Glimmer Cape, too cheap. You can cast it while TPing too.

So much good invis options now, it's gonna be all about detection.

 

[Artanisix]

slardar is your glimmer cape destroyer

you can't hide from slar and your weak-ass magic resist does nothing to him

 

[RubxQub]

slardar is your glimmer cape destroyer

you can't hide from slar and your weak-ass magic resist does nothing to him

Has the benefit of not being affected by Lotus Orb because he smash isn't a target spell as well if someone's building both.

Seems like Glimmer/Lotus is going to be a popular initiating combo for heroes like ES and Clock.

 

[ViviOggi]

After buying/returning a shitload of mice...I returned to my classic that I've used for years...BUT WITH A PIECE FROM ANOTHER MOUSE GLUED ON!

Behold! The FRANKENMOUSE!

My pinky has never felt so pampered.

Razer

 

[shira]

The Eternal Elmos vs. Fist Full of Meerus Sat. 11am/2pm

BRULE'S EUL'S vs. Extranormal Gentlefish Sat. 12pm/3pm

Team Eurocleave vs. Morton's Trenchers Sun. 10am/1pm

Don's Cherry vs. Team Audrey Sun. 11am/2pm

Team EgoOne vs. It is all Ogre Sun. 12pm/3pm
GAF Titans vs. 2 Ogres 1 Club Sun. 12pm/3pm

Did that other game get resched?

 

[Volodja]

So much good invis options now, it's gonna be all about detection.

The patch is still young so it's too early to say, but with Glimmer Cape as a support I don't even care about detection that much.

If the enemy doesn't have it, I am really hard to kill, if they do, I am still much harder to kill if they don't outright autoattack me down and they've spent money to kill a hero that in this version is probably gonna give them relatively little money.
Against a Zeus his ability to see you anyways is countered by the fact that he only deals 20% damage to you (or 25% to your allies) when you fade into invis.
The low cooldown and no mana cost also makes it a decent tool for approaching and not only to move around the fight (around 33% uptime is amazing).

slardar is your glimmer cape destroyer

you can't hide from slar and your weak-ass magic resist does nothing to him

Then this happens, and you are sad.

 

[Baha]

Has anybody used compendium coins from rewards for a random set or item yet?

 

[RubxQub]

Razer

I've used a version of the Naga for years and years...still the best mouse I can find. And I literally have tried MOST of the major ones for massive amounts of thumb buttons.

Logitech G600
Logitech G602
Corsair M95
Madcatz MMO7
Roccat Tyon

...none of them are as easy to use for the buttons.

I know Razer gets shit on all over the place, but until I have a bad experience with their products, I'm fine with it.

 

[shira]

Has anybody used compendium coins from rewards for a random set or item yet?

No, but apparently you can get Arcanas if you use the 1000 coins

Srsly fuck item farmers and all these restrictions. TI4 was soo fucking fun, win or lose you get an item. Now it's win and do stupid shit for 1/10 of an untradable item via coins

 

[SteveWinwood]

slardar is your glimmer cape destroyer

you can't hide from slar and your weak-ass magic resist does nothing to him

"but then you have to pick slardar"

a good hero

 

[poppedcollar69]

yeah i cashed in for a sanguine royalty qop set, pretty meh

 

[Hylian7]

"Assuming your start is Stout Tango Mango, I feel like 900g can be a lofty journey for sustain"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izi6bAIuLRs

Interesting, I didn't think of the kind of jungle possibilities mango opens up.

Also I haven't gotten to test extensively, but could LC jungle be legit again?

 

[FACE]

 

[Raytow]

yeah i cashed in for a sanguine royalty qop set, pretty meh

If it had half the things it promised it would be the best set for QoP, as it stands is meh.

 

[CharpyImpact]

What is the base amount of coins you get for completing a challenge? I am trying to figure out if those coin booster situation makes sense to me....

 

[Monochromaticx]

After buying/returning a shitload of mice...I returned to my classic that I've used for years...BUT WITH A PIECE FROM ANOTHER MOUSE GLUED ON!

Behold! The FRANKENMOUSE!

My pinky has never felt so pampered.

I have the same mouse (red edition) and I was just thinking about how uncomfortable my pinky feels! thanks I might try to do something similar

 

[Raytow]

What is the base amount of coins you get for completing a challenge? I am trying to figure out if those coin booster situation makes sense to me....

100 I think.

 

[shira]

What is the base amount of coins you get for completing a challenge? I am trying to figure out if those coin booster situation makes sense to me....

the wiki doesn't know
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/The_International_Compendium_2015#Compendium_Coins

idk either. You have to win an allpick game

 

[RubxQub]

I have the same mouse (red edition) and I was just thinking about how uncomfortable my pinky feels! thanks I might try to do something similar

I used the pinky rest from the Madcatz MMO7 mouse. The curve of the rest just about perfectly fits the Naga, which is awesome.

Just had to cut off the little nubs that were used to connect it to the MMO7 and sand down some edges and gorilla glue it on. Shit totally worked.

So happy XD

 

[CharpyImpact]

the wiki doesn't know
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/The_International_Compendium_2015#Compendium_Coins

idk either. You have to win an allpick game

Ya, I know it has a weird time triggering sometimes even in all pick, which is weird. Took me two times to complete the challenge, when I clearly finished it in the previous all pick game. My question more surrounds the effect of the booster.

I have a 200% booster and I got 206 coins from a single challenge. I guess that means each challenge is 100 coins. This also implies the base booster of 100% is basically isn't a booster in the traditional sense (booster, to me, implies a % increase over the base value)... it just gives you what you should get for finishing a challenge (100 coins). So a 200% booster, is really 100% booster. This make sense?

 

[SteveWinwood]

different challenges are worth different amounts I'm fairly certain

 

[Glass Shark]

Get a Naga Hex. Six side buttons in a good layout. Perfect for active items.

 

[KingKong]

the coin system kind of sucks since the challenges are only every 5 days, it's fine for a single item since you win a challenge and get an item, but you'd get a set every 20 days without boosts

also it doesnt help with leveling your compendium. at least last year between winning a game a day and drops you could get it in the 10s or 20s without spending anything

 

[Saprol]

Pinky rests are great. Couldn't stand dragging the side of my finger across a mouse pad all the time. Went from an old MX510 to a DeathAdder to a Naos 3200. The mouse wheel is starting to fuck up though.

 

[Wok]

If I am playing as Alchemist, can I farm moon shards for teammates?

 

[Baha]

If I am playing as Alchemist, can I farm moon shards for teammates?

No.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

While we're on the topic, I'm in need of a good mouse, what are some good ones? I'd be mostly using it for Dota

Spoiler

and Diablo

.

 

[call_kotaku]

While we're on the topic, I'm in need of a good mouse, what are some good ones? I'd be mostly using it for Dota

Spoiler

and Diablo

.

I prefer logitech mice both for gaming and general use, and I've had build quality issues with razor stuff in the past, but honestly it depends on your own preferences

 

[Madn]

A good hero in this meta to get midas in less 12 minutes for the compendium challenge?

 

[inkls]

A good hero in this meta to get midas in less 12 minutes for the compendium challenge?

alchemist get the 2 bounty runes

 

[Anbokr]

New rule for ihl disconnects going forward:

In the case of random disconnects, the game will auto-pause (because it is ticketed)--45 seconds of “auto-pause” time will be granted that does not count towards a team’s 5 pauses. After this 45s, if the player has not reconnected, the team can then elect to start using their 5 pauses or play on.

 

[ViviOggi]

A good hero in this meta to get midas in less 12 minutes for the compendium challenge?

Any safelaner that wants Midas, 12 minutes is hyper ez tbqh

 

[SteveWinwood]

I should make a jerry rigged pinky rest. It always hurts after long mouse use.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

I prefer logitech mice both for gaming and general use, and I've had build quality issues with razor stuff in the past, but honestly it depends on your own preferences

Fair enough

A good hero in this meta to get midas in less 12 minutes for the compendium challenge?

12 minutes? That's doable with any hero as long as you're farming or jungling, even a support if you're greedy. Alch is your optimal option but you actually need to win the game so ehhhh.

Slark, Furion, Doom, Void, WK are examples of heroes that go Midas fairly often.

 

[shira]

It always hurts after long mouse use.

Is this really a thing?

Sounds like a

 

[Madn]

alchemist get the 2 bounty runes

Any safelaner that wants Midas, 12 minutes is hyper ez tbqh

12 minutes? That's doable with any hero as long as you're farming or jungling, even a support if you're greedy. Alch is your optimal option but you actually need to win the game so ehhhh.

Slark, Furion, Doom, Void, WK are examples of heroes that go Midas fairly often.

Thanks!

 

[StarlordDial]

anyone got that NS set? i'll trade you for my ember divines and i'll add some other extras ;_;

or any of the immortals that u didn't get today from the chest :3

 

[Artanisix]

Ember divines are only worth $1

 

[StarlordDial]

Ember divines are only worth $1

;_; i know.....that's why i said some extra too !

 

[DrPizza]

I use a Logitech Performance MX. :I was somewhat interested in the new Logitech, but then I found out it had fewer buttons than the Performance MX.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Is this really a thing?

Sounds like a

i dont understand what youre saying