DOTA II Trailer

SeantheMan

No actual gameplay, but cool nonetheless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSFPIwMEq4

WolfForager

Screenshots:

Tar.Aldarion

great trailer, cant wait

GO_Bear

Traxx farming the woods :P
Axe vs Bloodseeker ( Then Sven (right) , Earthshaker and Anti mage blink in )
Storm vs Void
Razor vs Night Stalker
Pudge failing a hook against Sand King
Crystal Maiden vs Lina Inverse
Viper swoops in and fights Dragon Knight Davion

Very impressive cinematic as would be expected from Valve however it does not reflect gameplay at all :P where was the laning phase ?!?!

GO_Bear

I also seen in the screenies that there is static attack damage, not a range (i.e 45-56) like in HoN, I liked the RNG it was normally nice to me !

Vicxas

Looks awesome

ShadowHearth

cool trailer.

thought still 5 millions years till release

Drakar

They still seem to be aiming for 2011, not long left in that!

ríomhaire

Beta sign-ups open:
http://dota2.com/tournaments/international/

Grimebox

I don't get these games. HoN, LoL and Dota. Can someone explain to me the appeal? I'm not trolling here, genuinely curious

GO_Bear

Grimebox wrote: »

I don't get these games. HoN, LoL and Dota. Can someone explain to me the appeal? I'm not trolling here, genuinely curious

They are a genre called MOBA or Multiplayer Online battle arena,

There normally is a lag list of charecters to chose from all with different abilites, and you play against other teams i.e 1v1, 3v3, 5v5.

You kill enemy NPCs for experience and gold, get items level up and try yo push into your enemies base.

Simple concept, with outstanding layers of complexity when you take into consideration the ammount of items, and for example DoTA 108 different heroes.

No game is ever the same.

Meirleach

http://www.dota2.com/tournaments/international/

Stream of the first match of the international is starting, you've just about missed picking... if you get in now.

Dustaz

Dota 2 looks pretty dissapointing tbh.

Its Dota. With better graphics.

There doesnt seem to be any of the extra gameplay elements that hon and more particularly lol introduced.

I guess since its free its worth a try but with all the development time, some new twist would have been nice.

GO_Bear

Dustaz wrote: »

Its Dota. With better graphics.

Thats what a lot of people want ....


I have no doubt that along with the classic map, Valve will have something else in store, TF2 being a good example with 2fort being remade perfectly and then their own maps

Spunge

holy fukk is there no english commentators for the DoTA 2 tournament ?!?!?!?

GO_Bear

There was, it went offline about now appears that they are having problems, Its quite a passive game anyways with a spectre team

Meirleach

GO_Bear wrote: »

There was, it went offline about now appears that they are having problems, Its quite a passive game anyways with a spectre team

It's being going up and down, seems to have to stabilized a little now though. I gotta say I found most of the lol dreamhack games more fun to watch than this one, so passive.

Tar.Aldarion

spectre 8k gold :S

Spunge

no commentators, lagging out, stream down.

this is fail

GO_Bear

Meirleach wrote: »

It's being going up and down, seems to have to stabilized a little now though. I gotta say I found most of the lol dreamhack games more fun to watch than this one, so passive.

Aye, HoN forums have gone from "Can't wait for S2 to DIE with DoTA2" too, "DoTA2 looks kind of disappointing"

I quite liked it, might be better if the next match does not have such a hard carry in it. Loved Clockwerk !

Spunge

The reason i moved from DoTA to HoN was to play essentially the same game with updated graphics, leaver protection, stat recording etc etc.

It seems a move from HoN to DoTA 2 wouldnt really be worth it.

GO_Bear

It appears the camera man has fallen asleep

Tar.Aldarion

even with this poor showing of a stream i can see the game is what I wanted from it, and as valve are a great development and innovation team I would expect good things in the future. it is way easier to see what is going on in this than the others I think

love the popup scoreboard

GO_Bear

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

even with this poor showing of a stream i can see the game is what I wanted from it, and as valve are a great development and innovation team I would expect good things in the future. it is way easier to see what is going on in this than the others I think

love the popup scoreboard

THEY HAVE to limit buy backs like in HoN, otherwise this 80 minute snooze fest will happen. Although the Chinese teams are "known for their ricing"

GO_Bear

I lost count how many times Spectre bought back now

SeantheMan

I wanted to watch a bit with the english commentators, hoping for an explanation or introduction as to what was happening a complete outside to this genre. But not the case.

I dunno if anyone else here is like me, but I've never played any of these types of games, so I don't really know what is going on. There isn't much of a gentle entrace barrier, it seems to be hardcore players that are mainly into these games...as anything I've read on Dota or LoL or HoN .(which i assume are similar types )....are all hardcore, and where new people are just abused.

I was thinking / probably still will of getting this, as I tend to get every major release. But I can't follow what is happening at all in these streams.

Spunge

SeantheMan wrote: »

I wanted to watch a bit with the english commentators, hoping for an explanation or introduction as to what was happening a complete outside to this genre. But not the case.

I dunno if anyone else here is like me, but I've never played any of these types of games, so I don't really know what is going on. There isn't much of a gentle entrace barrier, it seems to be hardcore players that are mainly into these games...as anything I've read on Dota or LoL or HoN .(which i assume are similar types )....are all hardcore, and where new people are just abused.

I was thinking / probably still will of getting this, as I tend to get every major release. But I can't follow what is happening at all in these streams.

Yeah, its pretty ****ing retarded without a commentator.

I remember watching the HonCast games and the commentators there would explain what the situation was pretty well, even if you didnt know much about all the items and heros.

GO_Bear

SeantheMan wrote: »

I was thinking / probably still will of getting this, as I tend to get every major release. But I can't follow what is happening at all in these streams.

Your watching competitive level play in these streams, of course they are not going to be beginner friendly. Although I think this match is doing more bad than good for DoTA2, with the lag issues and commentator disconnection.

If you want to start these type of games, and I cannot believe I am saying this ( I play HoN ) I would really recommend playing LoL first, its free and definitely easier to learn ( bots etc ), but LoL is quite different to HoN and DoTA, its just easier to start fresh

GO_Bear

Second game started

Team 1

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Team 2
Vengeful spirit ( Andromeda )

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Magina ( Magebane )
PoTM ( Valkyrie )

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Earthshaker ( Behemoth )
Weaver

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VS

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Beastmaster ( Tundra ) woot woot !
Leshrac ( Torturer )

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Lion ( Witch Slayer )
Tidehunter ( Kraken )

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Lich ( Plague Rider )


This game should be alot better only hard carry is Anti Mage


Firstblood to Tidehunter !

GO_Bear

2 nil before minute 3 , I knew it

Stev_o

The most boring MOBA iv seen in a long while.