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DOTA2 |OT15| anime only please

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sleverfunk

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Chris R

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Ghosted by Hylian smdh

At least the hotel wifi is fast enough to stream twitch at 360p.

edit: But the game times are not very compatible with my conference times here in Austin these next few days :( I'll get to watch a shit ton of stuff on Thursday at least.
 
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Hylian7

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Chris R said:
Ghosted by Hylian smdh

At least the hotel wifi is fast enough to stream twitch at 360p.

edit: But the game times are not very compatible with my conference times here in Austin these next few days :( I'll get to watch a shit ton of stuff on Thursday at least.
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Dammit, I forgot. My fiance has been sick all weekend too though.
 
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Gaaraz

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The 'Group Stage Connoisseur' achievement is ridiculous... 4 matches are usually played at the same time from what I've noticed today, so to get 25 predictions correct rather than tuning in to watch a few, you have to be constantly jumping through the menus hoping to catch the opening 1m30s of each game.

Also, I'm clearly really bad at it, because so far I've got 0/25 correct predictions (I've made around 40 predictions at a guess)

Edit: Is there a way to view prediction history? Thinking about it now, it seems pretty unlikely (and very unlucky) that I haven't had a single one right so far.
 
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shira

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Gaaraz said:
The 'Group Stage Connoisseur' achievement is ridiculous... 4 matches are usually played at the same time from what I've noticed today, so to get 25 predictions correct rather than tuning in to watch a few, you have to be constantly jumping through the menus hoping to catch the opening 1m30s of each game.

Also, I'm clearly really bad at it, because so far I've got 0/25 correct predictions (I've made around 40 predictions at a guess)
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Appears to be bugged

edit: latest patch fixed it
 
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Hylian7

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Procarbine said:
Someone post on dota2 reddit that veno passive damage goes through aphotic shield. This must be a bug
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Tart Toter 9k said:
Veno's passive is flagged as HP removal. I dont think that's a bug unless the shield also blocks other forms of HP removal.
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twobear said:
I don't think so. It also doesn't break blink dagger for instance.
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They're right, that is in fact the case. I didn't realize this was done on the hero though. I thought that change was only made on the Plague Wards. It's weird that it's flagged that way though. The patch notes don't say it was changed to HP Removal, but I'm guessing it was still intended since the only damage that doesn't cancel blink/salve/clarity

Poison Sting
Increased duration from 6/8/10/12 to 6/9/12/15.
Damage no longer dispels consumables or Blink Dagger.
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Tart Toter 9k

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Hylian7 said:
They're right, that is in fact the case. I didn't realize this was done on the hero though. I thought that change was only made on the Plague Wards. It's weird that it's flagged that way though. The patch notes don't say it was changed to HP Removal, but I'm guessing it was still intended since the only damage that doesn't cancel blink/salve/clarity
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I guess it's just an unfortunate side effect of that change. This also means that it no longer takes away a charge of TA's refraction and Treant's living armour.

Imp the Dimp said:
I cannot scroll with the mouse wheel on GAF anymore. Anybody else with similar problems?
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bbd23 said:
yup pops up now and again. Have to restart my browser if I want to use it.

using a Logitech G502
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Are you using Chrome?
 
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neurosisxeno

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mooncakes said:
So I been catching up some of Kiev match and watching some replays, can anyone explain to why Spectre started to get picked more?
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Spectre can fight early enough to be useful, and can go from farming to team fighting in an instant. Pushing is really powerful and Spectre is a good anti-push hero if you can get a well-timed Radiance. Lineups this meta tend to boil down to team fight or split push, and Spectre can do either pretty well.

These main event rankings and awful. Liquid loses to DC and TB and ends up ranked above them because they 2-0'd SG and Faceless? The teams Liquid beat had a combined record of 4-12, the teams DC beat a combined 10-9, and TB a combined 11-9. How does this make ANY sense???
 
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Chris R

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No no thanks. Alaska highs in the 70s no humidity is perfect thanks.

edit: hotel had a pool, was terrific to float around in it with the wind kicking up until almost midnight, making the heat at least somewhat pleasant.

Roll on Thursday, hoping next hotel has decent wifi to stream some games.
 
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neurosisxeno

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Someone on Reddit adjusted the seedings based on a slightly different Swiss method that factors in opponent records/results;

1. Secret (vs. iG.V)
2. VP (vs. SG)
3. iG (vs. Mouz)
4. TNC (vs. Faceless)
5. OG (vs. Random)
6. DC (vs. Liquid)
7. Tbirds (vs. VG.J)
8. EG (vs. Newbee)
9. Newbee (vs. EG)
10. VGJ (vs. Tbirds)
11. Liquid (vs. DC)
12. Random (vs. OG)
13. Faceless (vs. TNC)
14. Mouz (vs. iG)
15. SG (vs. VP)
16. iGV (vs. Secret)
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I think these are a lot more accurate.
 
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neurosisxeno

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Gaaraz said:
Are there any teams with very favourable fixtures that I should load my Fantasy Challenge with? 😃
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I would say base it on who's playing that day and focus on players you have Gold and Silver cards of. If your only option is Blue cards just play people from teams you think will eeek out wins (you get more points from players who play 3 games versus players who stomp in 2 generally).
 
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Gaaraz

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neurosisxeno said:
I would say base it on who's playing that day and focus on players you have Gold and Silver cards of. If your only option is Blue cards just play people from teams you think will eeek out wins (you get more points from players who play 3 games versus players who stomp in 2 generally).
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Thank you! I did that yesterday with a gold lil card (instead of JerAx) and it backfired badly :)
 
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lv2 pidgey

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neurosisxeno said:
I would say base it on who's playing that day and focus on players you have Gold and Silver cards of. If your only option is Blue cards just play people from teams you think will eeek out wins (you get more points from players who play 3 games versus players who stomp in 2 generally).
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1) dont overrate silver or gold cards. some of the stat bonus dont really mean anything. ex) +15% for obs ward planted on a mid player
2) that's not how points work. the highest 2 scoring games in a bo3 are counted and highest scoring 3 games in a bo5 are counted

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shira

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lv2 pidgey said:
1) dont overrate silver or gold cards. some of the stat bonus dont really mean anything. ex) +15% for obs ward planted on a mid player
2) that's not how points work. the highest 2 scoring games in a bo3 are counted and highest scoring 3 games in a bo5 are counted

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thank you

Hylian7 said:
What the fuck.

Hopefully Valve shuts this down soon though.
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yeah patent trolls are going to go away tomorrow too
 
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LiQuid!

I proudly and openly admit to wishing death upon the mothers of people I don't like
Came real close to impulse buying a Nintendo for the new Puyo Pop but luckily they are still not in stock.
 
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