It was a surreal moment for me, can't really blame him.
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It was a surreal moment for me, can't really blame him.
Haunted
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Horror games are about the stupidest idea at hours 15+ in a solo marathon. :lol
It's just asking for trouble.
Basileus777
Member
It seems par for the course. None of the extra lives have been classic content.
Sure they have. An extra life gave me Vinny getting shocked in the balls and some of the best Windjammers the guys have ever played.
Jason's stream was pretty good overall and Dave Lang was a beast in Patrick's stream. Other than that it's been pretty meh so far. Kind of an uphill battle when 3 of the biggest personalities aren't there.
Echoing these sentiments as all the Jason stories cemented that stream as an instant classic.
GB Chicago stream was hype that sent the ball rolling.
The Jason/Lisa stream is probably my favourite 24 hour GB stream ever, maybe tied with Operation Supply Drop (which was a CBSi stream, or whatever). The Dave Lang/Patrick stream also had some great, great moments. I've liked what I've seen of Brad's stream when it's not Dota!
Yeah, last year was like some kind of perfect storm of awesome.
I actually watched the majority of the day two stream last year multiple times
Let's go, Drewlexis!
Same.
stump sock
Member
yeah I spent a huge chunk of the weekend replaying it. what a great game.
Fried Food
Banned
Memo to Brad, less or no DOTA next year. You received pretty much no donations during that time. Plus it's so boring. Stream got exponentially better when DOTA ended
DanLongman
Member
Really been enjoying the streams. The double bread action on Brad's stream was awesome. Jason's wife and Sam were great on the Friday stream as well
I actually got really interested in DOTA from Brad's stream. Where do I start?
You could probably download the game?
Be sure thats what you really want!
http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-suck
Read that. Should cover some of the basics. There should be some easy to find youtube guides that are helpful as well. Then maybe do the training thats avaiable in game and some bot games.
TharpDaddy
Member
Yup, the other times he had just said he didn't want to say quite yet.
Chance Hale
Member
Conker Live and Reloaded holds up incredibly well visually in the demo derby video, shame it got smashed about so much. One of Rare's best and most creative games.
Who cares? They raised a bunch of money. Do you hate the children, children hater?
I know I do. They should have been raising money for their world wide tour!
SteveWinwood
Member
the best video game decision you can make
randomlyrossy
Member
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Drew would be a great movie-lumberjack
My mistake, it's been a long weekendMostly Ian, Alexis wasn't even there
Thanks to Ian for the Tricaster demo as well!My mistake, it's been a long weekend
You will never be forgiven for this huge mistake.
Never.
Fuck that season.
DanLongman
Member
Who's the dude on the stream with Mary?
TharpDaddy
Member
Ty Root, Mary's boss
The game is free to play on Steam. I suggest just downloading it and giving it a shot.
My main advice would be to just dive in. Go through the tutorial if you want, but in my experience it's kind of boring and not that exciting. Queue up for games vs. other human players as soon as possible. Just know that the learning curve for the game is massive, so you will constantly be screwing up and learning new things along the way. But the matchmaking in the game is fairly good, so theoretically you will be matched with people around your skill level. I found this to be the most rewarding gaming experience I've ever had.
If you're more interested in just watching the game, there are tons of streams out there on twitch tv. The pro player Sing Sing has a more entertaining and talkative stream than most. For more vanilla but solid gameplay, people like Merlini or Wagamama have decent streams. Most pro players in general will have decent streams I find. Aside from that, there are often a lot of tournaments going on. For instance, the Eastern European hosted tournament called Starladder just ended, and it had some pretty good games, so you can even seek out the vods for that.
Watching the game will give you a basic understanding of what goes on in the average dota match. However I've always vastly preferred just playing the game over watching it. Plus, once you have some games under your belt, you'll actually understand what's going on when you watch people play the game. I've always thought that games like Dota are pretty terrible spectator sports for people who haven't played them, because it's pretty much indecipherable for those folks.
Also, understand that the game can be pretty addicting. I haven't touched many other games since starting Dota a few years ago, and have clocked 2k+ hours since then. Every other game just doesn't really do it for me any more for whatever reason.
Do you have any friends that play? If so, ask them to teach you as much as possible. If not, then prepare to play or read/watch beginners guides a lot before it will make sense. If this sounds unappealing, it's because it is. If you make it through to the other side you'll probably spend more time play dota than is sensible.
If that sounds like something you're into, check out the gaf dota thread in community.
EdReedFan20
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BASEBALL!
stump sock
Member
but i mean, imagine how next-level that would have been if it did