http://blog.dota2.com/2012/06/did-you-see-that-kill/

Valve is fucking nuts right now, in a good way. Dota 2 is gunna be big, its kinda inevitable at this point. Valve is on the fucking BALL with doing shit right. DHS12 had ~70k on stream (even though a lot prob SC2 waiting for finals) while the game is in "beta", which is HUGE. Games like SC2 and LoL didn't get this numbers until months after their release (a year or 2 for LoL to be honest).

Valve knows how big this game can be as an eSport and they're doing everything in their power to bring in viewers and sponsors. With the whole "Whenever you purchase a tournament, we’ll share the money you spend with the organizers of the tournament." sponsors are going to want to support dota 2.

Also, the team function is fucking awesome. Team banners and Logos INGAME, as well as team history stat tracking. AWESOME.

Gah I can't wait for this shit to take place. I hate hating on LoL, but I can't stop laughing at how much Valve is 1uping them in everything. Won't be surprised if you see RIOT take some of these ideas.

smile'd @ yhyhyhhh, totally true
Love it how much effort VALVE puts into DOTA 2 and ofc how big it'll come out eventually, once it's out of the Beta stage

I really like the way Valve is going. And I'm surprised I like this game, HoN and LoL couldn't catch my interest. Dota 2 is just well done and polished, especially the art style and the sound effects.

Now I want a Cave Johnson Pack

Wow, Rubick on DotA 2, I didn't expect him very soon. Wow.

Now, GO FOR MEEPO.

Title = Did you see that kill??

Reference to techies, NA, TA?

Rubick spell stealt spells no casting time, Sniper ulti & Furi TP instantly GG VALVE

[AirCoN] wrote:

Title = Did you see that kill??

Reference to techies, NA, TA?

I'm feelin TA or NA, leaning more towards TA. He textures look good to go.

this thread needs to surpass the LoL thread.

when will these people realize that gay cell shaded graphics and passive gameplay suck

inb4 mads

This thread has been better than that one since day 1. That thread turned terrible way long ago.

The LoL thread was good the first few pages, then it started filling up with baddies trying to convince their shit build and shit hero were the best and posting shitty stats pictures everytime they win a game, and the same shit is kind of happening to this thread. shit.

#1 We never discussed any builds on heroes
#2 Same with which heroes were the best, ok - somewhere in the middle over 1-2 pages but not all the time
#3 The only one doing that is iMercurial and kinda everyone ignores it

Anybody buying The Defense/The International II Ticket?
I think I'll have a go at The Defense, not like I dislike TobiWan's commentary but I'd rather analyze on detailed information and playstyle on single players and heroes which you can't see on live stream. It's also not all too expensive, can't go to Seattle though, <- because of that itself and it's just too expensive in total lol

Anyway wants to discuss about bulds on heroes or something?

Magicphoenix wrote:

#1 We never discussed any builds on heroes
#2 Same with which heroes were the best, ok - somewhere in the middle over 1-2 pages but not all the time
#3 The only one doing that is iMercurial and kinda everyone ignores it

Anybody buying The Defense/The International II Ticket?
I think I'll have a go at The Defense, not like I dislike TobiWan's commentary but I'd rather analyze on detailed information and playstyle on single players and heroes which you can't see on live stream. It's also not all too expensive, can't go to Seattle though, <- because of that itself and it's just too expensive in total lol

I'll prob buy one this weekend. If not to watch, just to support. 5 dollars isn't that much. Will also be nice to test the DOTATV a bit.

[AirCoN] wrote:

Title = Did you see that kill??

Reference to techies, NA, TA?

they wont release techies till the end man (hopefully never)

I hope Tresdin gets ported anytime soon.

I'm pretty sure that none of the last released heroes will be introduced till last, or near last.

Mikey wrote:

[AirCoN] wrote:

Title = Did you see that kill??

Reference to techies, NA, TA?

they wont release techies till the end man (hopefully never)

Speaking of Techies:



I want to play Techies now

http://de.twitch.tv/beyondthesummit

Link to Gigabyte DotaMasters finals. The system is 3 sets of Best of 3. Winning 1 Bo3 = 1 Set, whoever wins 2 Sets wins

Both teams are one of my favorites so I don't root for 1 team in particular and only hope for nice games

http://www.twitch.tv/dota2altv

-wtf mode tourney funny shit.

Check out the VODS.

[AirCoN] wrote:

http://www.twitch.tv/dota2altv

-wtf mode tourney funny shit.

Check out the VODS.

Razor too stronk

:O

wtf rubick can't steal dazzle's shallow grave?

Pizzicato wrote:

wtf rubick can't steal dazzle's shallow grave?

yes he can.

Update today fellas. Predictions?

I'm likin TA or Luna

would be nice to see more STR heroes like magnataur or centaur warchief

but if anything you're right, probably TA

If they add Gyrocopter & Rubick, I wouldn't doubt it if they added any new hero, I just hope that they will never add the new heroes (e.g. Legion Commander, Fire Panda, Goblin Shredder and what they all are)

TA or Luna, possibly wisp.

Does anyone have a key left for Larto? We need to get him away from LoL.

Hahahaha, I don't have one, sorry u.u

I really doubt they're even handing out invites at this point, as they just released them for sale for 40 bucks. They must have at least drastically decreased the amount of people they invite.

Just tell Larto to enter every Dota 2 thing on steam gifts until he wins lol

Nharox wrote:

Does anyone have a key left for Larto? We need to get him away from LoL.

€30,-

The Euro sign before the numbers looks fucking disgusting. Plus Larto has no money (guess why he plays LoL).

no money - no honey

Luna and Wisp are in

HOLY FUCK LUNA LOOKS FUCKING AMAZING ISFHSDOFJSDP:FJSDF:KLSDJF:SLDKFSD:FLSD

Luna can use orb effects besides Lifesteal now, I've waited for this moment for way too long !!!

You guys should add me

http://steamcommunity.com/id/sonez

I do have 1 key that i MIGHT be willing to part with, depending on how cool you are.

I need one key for a friend who are waiting around 5 or 6 months... D:

Edit: YEAH!

Shanaftw, key plz <3


>Has gotten over 11 keys, still needs 11 more.

omfg AM blink on Rubick has to be the most fun op shit in the world.

'Coz of the anti-mage replicate when Rubick blinks or why?

Magicphoenix wrote:

'Coz of the anti-mage replicate when Rubick blinks or why?

The Same thing happends on DotA 1.

When Rubick stoles the Magina's Blink and He (Rubick) uses it, he leaves the magina corpse on the ground for 1 second.

[AirCoN] wrote:

Shanaftw, key plz <3


>Has gotten over 11 keys, still needs 11 more.

Wait what, why you need so many. I gave away some on playdota already and some to amd peeps ^^

Magicphoenix wrote:

'Coz of the anti-mage replicate when Rubick blinks or why?

Cause its a delay less (like Blink dagger) blink on a 5 sec (or w/e) cooldown. When AM blinks, there is a tad bit of delay before he goes. He kinda twist and spins. Its instant for rubick, like Blink dagger.

That is indeed OP and fortunately got fixed on Nature's Prophet, SF & Sniper, though it was pretty amusing when I played as Rubick against them
Most imbalanced thing this patch is that Wisp's ultimate comes without a ping or warning on the minimap, when I stared on the minimap 'coz of Wisp and was sure nothing was there - suddenly beastmaster & Io crawling up my ass from behind

furion/sniper/sf has a casting time which is different from animation swing. Anti-mage only has an animation swing. Rubick has no animation swing, so his stolen spells becomes instant.

Gabi wrote:

furion/sniper/sf has a casting time which is different from animation swing. Anti-mage only has an animation swing. Rubick has no animation swing, so his stolen spells becomes instant.

This also applies to Powershot, right?

Yes, powershot has a 1 second Casting time.

On that topic, Powershot on Rubick is fucking hilarious.

Everything on Rubick is fucking hilarous, leap is especially funny f or me

They should totally map leap so that he jumps on his broom and hops away like on a pogostick imo.

Wisp so dumb and funny, I love that hero omg.

Ye, I love it how wisp-players always take baits. Let your carry farm, sit with 4 heroes smoked behind him, wait for Wisp & carry-able hero : profit

In Tournament CMs... Wisp is first ban or first pick.

Good job M5
http://www.joindota.com/en/news/3537-mo ... -amsterdam

http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=44468

Looks like Thrall and Undying are in now.


Also:

Update Notes - July 4, 2012
- Added Disruptor and Undying!
- Enabled Rubick, Wisp, and Luna in Captain's Mode.

GAMEPLAY
- Bloodseeker: Fixed Bloodbath not properly granting a heal from enemy heroes dying in an AoE.
- Invoker: Fixed DPS burn from Chaos Meteor not stacking per tick.
- Luna: Fixed Eclipse ending if you get Cycloned.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed astral indicator to only show for hero and allied team.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Persuasion not killing stolen creeps when lost.
- Rubick: Fixed stolen Relocate not teleporting teammates who are linked with a stolen Tether.
- Rubick: Fixed Toggleable spells not being stealable.
- Rubick: Fixed not getting flying vision or flying height when stealing Firefly.
- Rubick: Fixed Fade Bolt stopping when Rubick dies.
- Rubick: Fixed stealing Morph Replicate and Replicate not working correctly.
- Rubick: Fixed Invoker's Spell Stolen abilities having broken hotkeys sometimes when using Legacy Mode.
- Rubick: Fixed Telekinesis land AoE triggering Linken's Sphere.
- Wisp: Fixed Magic Stick interaction with Tether.
- Wisp: Overcharge and the two spirit control sub abilities no longer proc magic stick.
- Wisp: Spirits no longer don't retain their vision after they explode.
- Wisp: Fixed Relocate's return not interrupting other channeling spells (like TP Scroll).
- Wisp: Fixed heroes continuing old movement orders after returning with Relocate.
- Wisp: Fixed Soul Ring not working with Tether.
- Warlock: Fixed the burn aura from Warlock's Golems so it stacks correctly.
- Small fix to creep aggro reaction time.

VISUALS
- Fixes for guardian spirits rendering with pops and such when entering/leaving FoW.
- Added 'Telekinesis Land' effect marker for Rubick.
- The game now desaturates when paused.
- Fixed Wisp voice lipsync getting stuck on with random noise.
- Fixed ranged display stomping on ambient effects, including Wisp.
- Fixed Unusual Flying Couriers losing some of their effects when transitioning.
- Fixed Tether being left behind when enemy teleported into FoW.
- Changed Guardian Wisp Explosion Effects.
- Added more obvious Wisp Tether Boundary Effect.

UI
- When someone buys back, an icon now shows on the top bar for 5 seconds.
- Tether now shows the amount that it heals it's target.
- Wisp spirits no longer show up on the minimap.
- Wisp and his tethered unit move their camera when they Relocate and Relocate back.
- Right clicking an upgradable item in the shop will attempt to upgrade any (fully combined) version of that item that the player already owns. (Right click on Necro 1 will actually buy a Necro recipe if the player has a Necro 1 or 2, etc)
- Fixed shop closing when other players' selections change
- We now show the Aghanim upgrade info in the ability itself if you're holding the scepter.

AUDIO
- The Relocate sound stops correctly now.

BOTS
- Fixed a bug were all bots would disable themselves if a human on the other team disconnected before picking a hero.
- Changed how bots use Glyph, they should no longer use it when their buildings aren't being attacked.
- Made Crystal Maiden bot even more timid.
- Bots will temporarily no longer do Roshan.
- Made bots go to the lane front when defending in-base rather than cowering behind the innermost towers.
- Fixed bug where bots weren't correctly parsing their roles, which would lead to bad hero picking/randoming.
- Fixed case were bots could "cheat" and have knowledge of where their target was when blinking.

yeahyeahyeahhh wrote:

Update Notes - July 4, 2012
- Added Disruptor and Undying!

Let the wtf-way-too-OP teamfights begin...

Tshemmp wrote:

http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=44468

Looks like Thrall and Undying are in now.


Also:

I still don't get how he became a fan magnet with his ear-hurting voice and 24/7 offenses...

Magicphoenix wrote:

I still don't get how he became a fan magnet with his ear-hurting voice and 24/7 offenses...

You won't be entertained if you take him serious ofcourse. You have the wrong approach I guess.

Of course I don't take him serious wtih all the crap he spouts out, still, his character pisses me off and like I said, his voice & accent destroys my ears.
+ I want Gandalf in DOTA 2

Sudden urge to buy Gummy Vitamins...

dafuq about the last update?

Also

Magicphoenix wrote:

+ I want Gandalf in DOTA 2

Yeah, I want Ezalor in da game too.

Just played vs [drd]KingRaven with Gabi. ROFL



No idea who he is look down

That guy is even worse than Sing Sing.

so i was practicing invoker and i bumped into this
how2get fast like him omg

yes, it's dendi but still

^ how the hell?

Dendi also tries to troll in his pubs no matter what, he's losing 11-22 with his team but still goes meka, vlads & dagger on AM

Magicphoenix wrote:

but still goes meka, vlads & dagger on AM

dafuq did I just read?

There's now an extra server for Russians & other north europeans, gg

Magicphoenix wrote:

There's now an extra server for Russians & other north europeans, gg

Wait does that mean less Russians for western Yurp?

If Yurp means Europe then yes, once people give a good feedback from the test stage there will probably be much less Russians playing on the official Europe server

Now they just need like a bajillion BR servers so I never get them on my team again

(no offense to Brazilian osu! players, but fuck most of the retards I get on my team)

invoker so fun
done practicing him \o/

Lycan is the best fucking hero ever. Losing as him is nearly impossible!

I approve, Remco finally got some kills.

N'aix, Slardar, Magina.

I can take down that Lycan with some other heroes.





Fucking "Farmer" Windrunner...

Nharox wrote:

I approve, Remco finally got some kills.

I always play support you baka

Hey, someone still has a spare key? I really need one :/

Try sharedota2 on Reddit, Steamgifts or buy a key on ebay. They are cheap and worth it.

I'm the best player ever!

If you'd like to beat Lycan just pick a hero who can man-to-man him like Slardar, Templar Assassin, Anti-Mage or just kite him with heroes who got escape spells like Windrunner, Mirana, Storm or just buy Force Staff/Ghost Scepter, wait until his ulti runs out and then laugh at him for being useless

Magicphoenix wrote:

If you'd like to beat Lycan just pick a hero who can man-to-man him like Slardar, Templar Assassin, Anti-Mage or just kite him with heroes who got escape spells like Windrunner, Mirana, Storm or just buy Force Staff/Ghost Scepter, wait until his ulti runs out and then laugh at him for being useless

If you think it's that simple to win vs a Lycan then you're just silly. Lycan is the power house he is for multiple reasons.

Gaba wrote:

Hey, someone still has a spare key? I really need one :/

You can trade 2 or 3 chest keys for a invite, just go to the main trade channel in game ( Trade or TRADE )

It's the usual counter for pubs, if you want to beat him properly you also need disables and especially the ones who go through BKB and lots of counter push and accurate execution, in the end DOTA 2 is a 5n5 though, as long as you can take care of the 4 other heroes, Lycan won't be a trouble as big in the end

+
Maelk raping people with his look
left to right, Fear - Bulba - Maelk - DeMoN - Universe (Evil Geniuses)

^ Maelk the only really "evil" one here .

lycan dominates the game at every single level of play. not only has this hero got the incredibly broken potential, but the amount of skill required to hit that potential is laughable. its quite tragic to see such an imbalanced hero after dota has been refined and tweaked with for so many years.

Mikey wrote:

lycan dominates the game at every single level of play

I concur, although this can be easily countered with Tresdin (if he gets ported anyway)

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

I haven't spend that much time watching tournaments (yet) but Lycan always gets banned.

And we actually lost once with Lycan because Remco is a sletje hasn't farmed enough.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

dafuq did I just read?

Are you serious?

If a Lycan catch in Mid/Late with only with Vladimir/S&Y, he'll destroy your body, and destroy you again in the afterlife.

Also, N'aix or Slardar are the only heroes who can beat him properly.

Pizzicato wrote:

Lycan is a strong pubstomp hero. But he's quite weak on pro scenes.

http://dota-academy.com/hero/85/
See? He is nearly always banned or picked in the last 4 months. And his winrate is quite impressive, too.

I love this thread!!

And I love you Zero.

I counter Lycan with Teemo hue.

Still waiting for Ezalor, Naga Siren, Troll Warlord, Magnataur, Meepo and Techies.

who gets S&Y on lycan