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[Ashby]

Too abstract to explain

Damn. I love things that are too abstract to explain too.

 

[roytheone]

I really hope steal my sunshine doesn't turn into a situation where Dan doesn't bet because he has a huge lead, Alex doesn't bet since he is Alex, and Vinny+Abby don't bet because they don't have any shines.

 

[Twin Tails]

Is Brad bringing back Breaking Brad today? Is today the day?

 

[oti]

I can't watch Youtube. What is this?

 

[GustyGardens]

I really hope steal my sunshine doesn't turn into a situation where Dan doesn't bet because he has a huge lead, Alex doesn't bet since he is Alex, and Vinny+Abby don't bet because they don't have any shines.

Dan is super confident in his Sunshine skills. He's definitely going to bet again. It's going to be his downfall.

 

[JackEtc]

I really hope steal my sunshine doesn't turn into a situation where Dan doesn't bet because he has a huge lead, Alex doesn't bet since he is Alex, and Vinny+Abby don't bet because they don't have any shines.

They need a way for betting to occur without shines. I don't know how, but Abby being the most reckless and also the most frequent better means she runs out of shines and then isn't able to bet more making it boring. There's gotta be a way to buy in or bet quarters or something

 

[kiguel182]

If the betting ends might as well cancel the show.

Redistribute the wealth is what I say!

 

[Ashby]

Would be pretty strange if Steal My Sunshine was the catalyst for an actual gambling addiction of Abby's

 

[Tubobutts]

Dan having all the shines is part of his plan to get them to allow IOUs so that when he loses all of his he can still bet.

 

[Twin Tails]

she watches giant bomb
https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/890635958579679232

 

[Liquid Shake]

They did say they were introducing "game changers" next episode so hopefully that leads to more fuckery and ultimately more betting.

 

[Twin Tails]

the content

 

[soundtest]

i havent watched this new dota stuff...is it just them playing dota?

because i cant. if its that then why

 

[oti]

i havent watched this new dota stuff...is it just them playing dota?

because i cant. if its that then why

Pretty much. Brad tries to win a match with every hero. There are over 100 of them. First episode was Ben coaching Brad. Ben has said that he wants to change up the format though after he got some "constructive criticism", so we'll see.

 

[Mupod]

I would watch DOTA content that involved Jeff being confused at DOTA but that's about it

 

[OdysseusVA]

the content

she watches giant bomb
https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/890635958579679232

makes you think

 

[TheCrow]

Brad being confused at DOTA is enough for me. Looks like it'll be another support game. Think he'll have a tougher time this time though. Bane is a harder hero to play.

 

[Infinite Justice]

No content today as well

 

[alr1ght]

the content

Shut the site down

 

[Ashby]

What happened to the call in show?

 

[avengers23]

Would be pretty strange if Steal My Sunshine was the catalyst for an actual gambling addiction of Abby's

If you play any game with blind boxes, you are already well on your way.

 

[LucidMomentum]

It took me a year of playing almost every day to complete the all hero challenge in Dota 2.

Good luck Giant Bomb.

 

[OdysseusVA]

What happened to the call in show?

they called in



nailed it

 

[Infinite Justice]

What happened to the call in show?

Given the time of month that might be UPF tommorrow

 

[Twin Tails]

This is nuts
https://youtu.be/-T-14Knoqmw

What happened to the call in show?

They didn’t know that Beast was streaming at the time they said they’d do it, for some reason. They shut it down.

 

[Glass Shark]

the content

dota dota dota dota dota dota dota

must play dota

 

[daveo42]

the content

Friday seems like a good day to catch up on all the quality #content

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

With the addition of FriDota, are we are a point where there are three regular live features on Fridays?

 

[soundtest]

Pretty much. Brad tries to win a match with every hero. There are over 100 of them. First episode was Ben coaching Brad. Ben has said that he wants to change up the format though after he got some "constructive criticism", so we'll see.

i guess it's a better premise than when brad just played dota on company time a few years back but still, no one asked for this : /

 

[VeryGooster]

Got my Murder Island shirt today!

 

[Lunar FC]

Pretty much. Brad tries to win a match with every hero. There are over 100 of them. First episode was Ben coaching Brad. Ben has said that he wants to change up the format though after he got some "constructive criticism", so we'll see.

Who thought this was a good idea for a series? There better at least be some cashed dropped on loot boxes every ep..

 

[kambaybolongo]

With the addition of FriDota, are we are a point where there are three regular live features on Fridays?

Dota doesn’t count.

 

[KingKong]

how about they spice it up by making Brad delete a random item from his inventory if he loses a match

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Or really go crazy and if Brad loses and also if he wins, he deleted DOTA forever.

 

[BearPawB]

I like Dota Videos

*gets hit by 1000 tomatoes*





This fortnite quicklook ex is really good at making this game not look fun

 

[ev0]

No content today as well

Gotta prepare for PAX

i guess it's a better premise than when brad just played dota on company time a few years back but still, no one asked for this : /

Well now its an excuse for Ben AND Brad to play dota on company time. And based on the first episode, that was how it kinda played out too. Is Brad gonna play from home again?

 

[TheMadMan007]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

Because I can't for the life of me ,see a reason to watch anything dota related. I absolutely hate it, I feel like Dota has been talked to and featured on the site to death. Its enough. I'd much much much rather then do something like GBeast does, where they play something through that they've been interested in, but never gotten around to it, instead of Dota. How is that entertaining? Just playing the same thing over and over again, doesn't hold much value.

I'd rather them devote that to some Old Games Show content, or Encyclopedia Bombastica. A game they are skilled in and talk about it more in depth for an hour or so. Man, that would be awesome! Heck, make Dota the first entry, but then move on and every week we can see a game that the crew likes and give some insight to why they like it, instead of just..... dota.

 

[Glass Shark]

This fortnite quicklook ex is really good at making this game not look fun

I'm a fucking sucker because I watched it and thought the same thing but I'm probably going to end up buying it anyway

 

[Red UFO]

Give me mondota tuesdota wednesdota thursdota fridota

 

[Teddified]

I doubt that DOTA time would be replaced with something else, I mean ben comes in possibly early and has to turn the stream on himself, and Brad is at home so he can come in a little later.

Also.....

Quick Look: Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator
Video - Tomorrow at 9:00 AM

 

[TraBuch]

So I guess Dan knows what it felt like for everyone else when he sat there and passive aggressively started sighing really loud during Yakuza fights to let everyone know how much he hated what he was doing.

 

[formated4tv]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

Because I can't for the life of me ,see a reason to watch anything dota related. I absolutely hate it, I feel like Dota has been talked to and featured on the site to death. Its enough. I'd much much much rather then do something like GBeast does, where they play something through that they've been interested in, but never gotten around to it, instead of Dota. How is that entertaining? Just playing the same thing over and over again, doesn't hold much value.

I'd rather them devote that to some Old Games Show content, or Encyclopedia Bombastica. A game they are skilled in and talk about it more in depth for an hour or so. Man, that would be awesome! Heck, make Dota the first entry, but then move on and every week we can see a game that the crew likes and give some insight to why they like it, instead of just..... dota.

I have almost 1000 hours in DOTA, and I can't watch anyone play it. It's the type of game that I feel like is only fun when you're involved in all of the aspects of it.

To only use GB content as examples...

I can watch them play Mario or BitE because there's only one aspect of the game. You [they] are directly controlling the character, and there's not other stuff going on outside of the actions they're taking.

I can't watch them play PUGB or DOTA. There's too many levels/layers of gameplay to those games aside from just "Watch the player character" that it bothers me (might only be a me thing) that I can't see what's going on with everything else. Ben's watching Brad, but one of the other players are sneaking off-lane. Ben tells Brad to look at something else, and then I wonder wtf the off-lane person is about to pull off, etc...

 

[Data West]

I doubt that DOTA time would be replaced with something else, I mean ben comes in possibly early and has to turn the stream on himself, and Brad is at home so he can come in a little later.

Also.....

internet's use of daddy is worse than arrow in the knee jokes

 

[kiguel182]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

Because I can't for the life of me ,see a reason to watch anything dota related. I absolutely hate it, I feel like Dota has been talked to and featured on the site to death. Its enough. I'd much much much rather then do something like GBeast does, where they play something through that they've been interested in, but never gotten around to it, instead of Dota. How is that entertaining? Just playing the same thing over and over again, doesn't hold much value.

I'd rather them devote that to some Old Games Show content, or Encyclopedia Bombastica. A game they are skilled in and talk about it more in depth for an hour or so. Man, that would be awesome! Heck, make Dota the first entry, but then move on and every week we can see a game that the crew likes and give some insight to why they like it, instead of just..... dota.

I like to play Dota but I didn't watch the other episode. It just seemed meh.

Altought I more likely to watch it than "the old games"

 

[Glass Shark]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

I've been playing Dota off and on for probably 3-4 years now. I have over 1000 hours in it. In 2015 I played at least one match of it a day and never got bored of it. I love the game. I genuinely think it might be the greatest game ever made. It changes and evolves all the time, and no two matches are ever the same, not even close. The variety of heroes, items, skill builds, and strategies make it continually fun to play.

Dota is like an hour-long game of tug-of-war where every single thing you do from the moment you start a match to the moment you finish it is important to the overall structure of the match. There is no downtime, no filler. Everything you do matters, and it rewards skill and knowledge better than just about any other game.

Watching high-level Dota play is some of the most fun I've ever had with video games. It's incredibly exciting to see well-executed teamplay. That being said, there's not a whole lot of value to watching amateur Dota except in specific instances, and FriDota happens to fit the bill for me. Brad is about at my level in terms of skill, and having a higher level player like Ben coach him is not only interesting to watch in terms of Brad learning and growing as a player, it also teaches me new things that I can apply. On top of that, I enjoy watching Dota being played by friends and personalities I care about, even if the actual level of skill is not the best. I had a lot of fun watching the Rektreational and I welcome any new Dota content GB wants to put out.

 

[TraBuch]

internet's use of daddy is worse than arrow in the knee jokes

I blame Waypoint.

 

[DanLongman]

Clearly you are not Power Players (TM) or you would have got the fortnite video much more

 

[LucidMomentum]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

Good explanations / vids as to why I love DotA:

Day9 - Dota 2 Hates You

EG Vs EHOME, Game 1 - The International 6

Anything Can Work - N0tail (Combo Wakamaka)

The game is mechanically intensive and you're always learning something. Pro players make it look so easy when it's not but over time you start getting better at it and it makes you feel amazing.

Winning the mid matchup and destroying the other team is something few games can replicate.

 

[TheCrow]

Serious question... Do you guys actually like Dota? If so, why?

Because I can't for the life of me ,see a reason to watch anything dota related. I absolutely hate it, I feel like Dota has been talked to and featured on the site to death. Its enough. I'd much much much rather then do something like GBeast does, where they play something through that they've been interested in, but never gotten around to it, instead of Dota. How is that entertaining? Just playing the same thing over and over again, doesn't hold much value.

I'd rather them devote that to some Old Games Show content, or Encyclopedia Bombastica. A game they are skilled in and talk about it more in depth for an hour or so. Man, that would be awesome! Heck, make Dota the first entry, but then move on and every week we can see a game that the crew likes and give some insight to why they like it, instead of just..... dota.

As someone who has played at least 1,500 hours of dota I can say its a pretty good game. However I haven't played 20+ heroes yet so my review can change. Glass shark summed up a lot of my feelings about dota. The highs and lows throughout the course of a single match is unparalleled.

Unless its the International I stick to watching "bad" players. It's just more fun seeing clowny game where anything can happen. Plus it makes me feel better about my games.

 

[Fried Food]

Clearly you are not Power Players (TM) or you would have got the fortnite video much more

oh man I was waiting for someone to comment on that lol