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DOTA2 |OT15| anime only please
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IHeartTSwift
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Hey Hylian are you gonna be able to create IHL4 for the new patch or wha? Would be pretty sweet for everyone to play some games together it being the holiday season n all ^_^
To be honest I have become super busy in my life and it was something that I have put on the backburner.
If I can I'd like to do it on the new patch for sure...not that there's much of a choice at this point anyway.
Speaking of the holidays though, I know people will be going out of town (meaning away from their computers that they play Dota on), so would it be better to start it in December or January?
The weather sucks and the infrastructure is old. So to me it was a very strange choice.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Boston:
Where I am:
So I'mma let you finish, but it's fucking cold in Boston. I'm from Ohio and I'm a Skiier; I know what 20s and 30s feels like bruh. Can't fool me.
rakkadakka
Member
It's cold but it's not some major fuck up by Valve that people have to wear a jacket in the city they choose for the Major.
Maybe some mittens if you get real chilly.
Man, it's only -6 Celsius at worst. Thats like autumn temperature. If it was -40 like last February, then I'd understand, but this is slightly cold.
My favorite episode of Forum Nerds, other than the one where they argue the semantics of a word with multiple similar meanings.
shira
Member
Boston:
Where I am:
So I'mma let you finish, but it's fucking cold in Boston. I'm from Ohio and I'm a Skiier; I know what 20s and 30s feels like bruh. Can't fool me.
Imperial system
It's like yall in the stone age
big ez
***** Compendium bracket predictions are due 1.5 hour before the days matches start
waxinlyrical
Member
The fact that you're in a colder place, or that the cold bothers you less, doesn't change the fact that others find Boston cold.
Man being back home in Singapore means I won't really be able to watch the Boston matches
Man being back home in Singapore means I won't really be able to watch the Boston matches
Dreams-Visions
Member
I woulda made the trip to the Major if it was in the Big Easy. 100 fucking percentage points.
Sigismundo
Member
I honestly would've tried to attend if it was in NOLA. I've wanted to go on a holiday to there for ages for the food alone (probably would avoid most of the rest of the deep south mind you)
Dreams-Visions
Member
I've been staying up till 9AM lol.The fact that you're in a colder place, or that the cold bothers you less, doesn't change the fact that others find Boston cold.
Man being back home in Singapore means I won't really be able to watch the Boston matches
It's gonna suck when I start working soon
Any thoughts on how to effectively play Bristleback please? I enjoy playing as him for the most part since he's fairly tanky and simple to play as (only two easy to learn abilities) but find as each game goes on I get less and less effective, and have only a 45% win rate with him.
Last night for example I had a build with Treads, Vanguard (building into Abyssal), Aquila, Heart & Blademail and still got absolutely wrecked by their PA and Ursa.
Maybe I should just play different heroes. ^_^
Last night for example I had a build with Treads, Vanguard (building into Abyssal), Aquila, Heart & Blademail and still got absolutely wrecked by their PA and Ursa.
Maybe I should just play different heroes. ^_^
Play a different hero.
neurosisxeno
Member
Boston Major stage setup is really good.
neurosisxeno
Member
I like the fact that everyone plays Bo3, but I feel like the first day is stacked compared to the second, and the groups were kind of comically stacked. DC could not have asked for an easier path. Only had to beat LGD.fy and WGU to win their group, and now play Faceless first, which means in my mind their first match against a T1 team comes in Quarter-Finals.
poor EG, their usual tournament winning strategy is out the window
neurosisxeno
Member
VP picked 100% by the Audience. Ouch.
waxinlyrical
Member
Bristle's one of my comfort heroes, I normally play him as a greedy offlaner. Normal build I go is Tangoes, Salve, Stout Shield, Mango, Ironwood Branches, then Treads -> Magic Wand -> Vanguard -> Echo Sabre -> Basher -> Abyssal. From there I like Octarine, because Octarine goes so well with spamming your skills/Warpath getting more stacks/decreased cooldown on basher/echo sabre procs, but it's definitely super greedy. Blademail is good, as is AC. If you prefer to get your team to push with you rushing Greaves first is ok, but I think the other item build is generally better.
General tips: Bristle's pretty good at ensuring you get decent CS even in the offlane. Bristleback passive from level 2 onwards makes you pretty hard to kill, and you can CS relatively safely even with just 1 point in Quill Spray. At level 3 I normally have 2 points in Quill Spray and one in Bristleback. At 4, if I think I can get a kill I'll get a point in Goo, otherwise I'll get more points in Bristleback. As a rough guide: if you manage to get 2-3 quill spray stacks on the enemy, have a healthy amount of mana, and they aren't backing up, don't have a mobility skill like blink, and you have boots, you should be able to chase the guy down with goo and quill sprays and kill him. Make sure to account if the enemy has stick charges from you spamming your skills though!
Once you get Wand/Vanguard, you're pretty tanky, so try to get your team to fight with you as the frontliner. Bristle thrives in long, drawn out engagements, so try to spray the enemies a bit, look like you're backing up/draw the opponents back into your team, turn back around, etc.
Things to look out for: Heroes that build Silver Edge (losing Bristleback passive hurts and throws off your ability to calculate how aggressive you can be), heroes that make you face them (i.e. Axe and LC), and heroes that kill your mana (KOTL, AM, Invoker, etc).
neurosisxeno
Member
What the hell is going on???
neurosisxeno
Member
Nevermind, VP just took a convincing fight. Faith restored.
Damn they are starting games early? Waking up to games already happening is no fun
game 1 of series 1, you're in time i'd say
LucidMomentum
Member
Steamy camera hype!
JESUS That Vacuum Wall.
JESUS That Vacuum Wall.
A mobile app would be pretty sweet, not gonna lie. The mobile app for WoW was a serious game changer for me.
LucidMomentum
Member
Yeah, same. I always forget lol.
neurosisxeno
Member
Nothing compares to her TI6 dress collection.
neurosisxeno
Member
Centaur and Support Weaver. Oh my.