DotA 2 General Chat Thread

ED E · 29-12-2011 6:59am

All games are boring to watch IMO....

Spunge · 29-12-2011 7:45am

HoN/DoTA is probably the only game ive ever enjoyed watching. Needs a good commentator though

wonderboysam · 29-12-2011 7:46am

wc3 was awesome to watch! from what I hear sc2 is as well, maybe it's just RTS's!

Tar.Aldarion · 29-12-2011 3:49pm

Dreddybajs wrote: »

Is League of Legends interesting to watch? I love Dota but personally I think it's absolutely terrible to watch full games of (I only do so to try and improve my game and I'd imagine most viewers would be doing it for more casual reasons than that). LoL seemed much the same to me but I haven't watched much of it.

I can see MOBAs being really unappealing to watch compared to other games but still lol has the most viewers, it's about how it's done. I love watching dota games, css, wc3, sc2 etc even games i dont play as long as I understand it. They just need to make it clear to people what is happening. Dota games are also becoming shorter with the new changes, which should help it. But hey if tens of millions of people play these games thats a good enough base of people who could watch it anyway.

Big Knox · 29-12-2011 4:48pm

I love watching hon. www.honcast.com is great for the community with the infamous breakycpk doing the majority of casts, he really does a great job for them. There have been some great tournaments lately with Dreamhack winter, the NASL and the upcoming HonTour running over the next 2 months.

Like anything though you do need an interest and understanding of what's going on to enjoy it and a good caster to keep things flowing and keep it interesting.

Dreddybajs · 31-12-2011 12:43am

I have a good understand of what's going on in Dota games, but I don't see how it makes a good spectator game. The game is pretty much long periods of both teams sitting around doing nothing with spurts of fast intense team fights that are most of the time fairly difficult to follow, and over almost as soon as they begin. It's great fun to play but can be pretty boring to watch I think.

I've been watching WC3 and Brood War for years, as well as Quake and CS to a lesser extent and a bit of SC2, and I think they all make much better spectator games than Dota does.

GO_Bear · 31-12-2011 1:21am

I find DOTA and HON extremely fun to watch, espcially the Euro teams, watching the defense dota 2 tourny with the psuedo hon team, team Mouz with Trixi and rex using Rikimaru to eventually out carry magina, was fun to watch !!

Tar.Aldarion · 31-12-2011 3:14pm

link?

Tar.Aldarion · 31-12-2011 3:39pm

this hero should be a sweet addition next week...mmm so many spells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la2dU21ePPM

cherryghost · 31-12-2011 4:17pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

this hero should be a sweet addition next week...mmm so many spells.

You know what else would be a good addition? ME! I want in NAO

GO_Bear · 31-12-2011 5:58pm

No way they have confirmed Kael ????

Tar.Aldarion · 31-12-2011 6:15pm

Dunno everybody is saying him for some reason, his portrait wasleaked wasn't it?

GO_Bear · 03-01-2012 4:59pm

Perhaps, I was on a Skyrim bender but was playing a few games ove rthe last two days !

GO_Bear · 03-01-2012 6:10pm

Here is a fun game to watch ...

mTw have to win in 36 minutes to progress while TR have to win in any ammount of time ...

Its in two links cause some one drops from the game ... great fun to watch

Linky 1
Linky 2

On a side note, I ended up in MM against mTw Synderyn and 3 other from the clan

we got spanked hard !

Tar.Aldarion · 05-01-2012 3:39pm

Ah already saw that game! was really good! few better ones around too, dota is having such sick games for a beta

Companion box · 06-01-2012 5:37pm

Just got a beta key, anyone willing to lend me a hand or show me the ropes?

steam id:left4alive

GO_Bear · 06-01-2012 5:46pm

me and Tar in the middle of an inteense game !

Big Knox · 06-01-2012 6:35pm

God damn i've all but given up on getting a key, have tried everywhere but no joy. Will have to wait for release unfortunately!!

Companion box · 06-01-2012 6:42pm

playdota.com?

giving out 160 keys a day if you posted in their forum before december last year you are in the draw. where i got mine.

GO_Bear · 06-01-2012 6:52pm

added you btw

Big Knox · 06-01-2012 7:36pm

Companion box wrote: »

playdota.com?

giving out 160 keys a day if you posted in their forum before december last year you are in the draw. where i got mine.

Have heard of them alright but never posted unfortunately.

GO_Bear · 07-01-2012 5:07pm

Silencer and spirit breaker anddddd the big changes to the Dora map confirmed for Dota2 next week.

On a bad note my laptop broke this morning , won't have the diagnosis till tomorrow , sadface

07-01-2012 6:20pm

Silencer

FFs, the counter to everything!

Tar.Aldarion · 07-01-2012 11:50pm

get it fixed! cant wait for a bit of glaive action! he is a sweet hero.

they use a spell and their whole team is silenced, sweeet.

wonderboysam · 08-01-2012 12:23am

I've two copies to give away as steam gifts if anyones interested

GO_Bear · 08-01-2012 12:33am

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

get it fixed

It could be bad

motherboard bad

Tar.Aldarion · 08-01-2012 12:27pm

Nice of wonderboy!

Ah man that sucks, time you built yourself a computer! Get back on somehow for games

Artur Foden · 08-01-2012 12:53pm

wonderboysam wrote: »

I've two copies to give away as steam gifts if anyones interested

Hey hate to be that guy, but if you still have one to give away, I'll take it.
steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/SgtShamrock

if not no bother.

cherryghost · 09-01-2012 2:32am

wonderboysam wrote: »

I've two copies to give away as steam gifts if anyones interested

If you have a second one there, I'd be more than glad to take it off your hands.

wonderboysam · 09-01-2012 8:25pm

Enderman wrote: »

If you have a second one there, I'd be more than glad to take it off your hands.

hey sorry man all gone! I'll keep an eye out for ya though

cherryghost · 09-01-2012 8:34pm

Ah sure thanks anyway. I haz a raging sad

Dreddybajs · 11-01-2012 3:37am

I've been streaming some games here: http://www.twitch.tv/dreddybajs

Play with a bunch of Irish people and some UK guys too. We're not great but we try our best to communicate well and have fun with it. Check it out if you're bored sometime. :pac:

GO_Bear · 11-01-2012 6:57pm

Bleh I want my dam laptop back

GO_Bear · 13-01-2012 11:06am

Big changes in to bring Dota 2 up to 6.73, and addition of Spirit breaker and Nortrom, I wannnnnna plllaaaaaayyyy god dam laptop !

13-01-2012 11:47am

Lads I'd appreciate if you added creep82(Joe) and call him a feeder for me. Thanks

GO_Bear · 19-01-2012 2:33pm

Puter still in shop

Tar.Aldarion · 19-01-2012 2:58pm

god dammit that's ages! if you had a pc you'd have fixed it yourself by now for a fraction of the price

GO_Bear · 20-01-2012 2:21pm

Oh for F**k sake, they FINALY do it ... and my dam computer is still broken ....

Enjoy ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCcsA4P3dUM

SeantheMan · 20-01-2012 2:41pm

I STILL havent got a key for this ! Disgusted

such a loyal Steam customer too

I'm not gonna want to play it or buy it on release if everyone has already played it and the skill gap is too big.

Is there anyone here who never played any of these games (DOTA, LOL, HON) , who got a key, and is really enjoying it ? I'd like their take on the game

ShadowHearth · 20-01-2012 5:41pm

is there release date announced for it yet?

Tar.Aldarion · 20-01-2012 5:53pm

nope will probably be ages. valve like to perfect things.

invoker ftw but i dont know how to play him yet haven ever tried....10 spells.

Dreddybajs · 20-01-2012 7:46pm

SeantheMan wrote: »

I STILL havent got a key for this ! Disgusted such a loyal Steam customer too
I'm not gonna want to play it or buy it on release if everyone has already played it and the skill gap is too big.

Is there anyone here who never played any of these games (DOTA, LOL, HON) , who got a key, and is really enjoying it ? I'd like their take on the game

The skill gap is going to be massive between new players and experienced players either way, if anything on release there'll be a much larger percentage of new players than there is in the beta.

I'm playing with someone who's never played any DOTA-type game before (as far as I know) and is enjoying it. The important thing is they always ask for advice on how they should play/what they should buy on a given hero when trying them out, and listen to the more experienced players on the team during the matches.

As long as you're willing to take advice from teammates and able to take the inevitable rage/flames from somepeople you're going to be paired with, learning the game shouldn't be too difficult for a new player. I'd advise finding people to play with from here when you get in to minimise that aspect of it.

KilOit · 20-01-2012 8:03pm

People that are experienced in these games will this game be a hit? I've been checking out vids and I love to get my hands on it, looks class.

Tar.Aldarion · 20-01-2012 8:42pm

It will be a massive hit, it has huge tournaments in beta, is made by valve and has a pre-existing giant community. Also it is really good! Has a huge following already.

as for new players, I think seye from boards is new? and has been playing nonstop

well nearly 200 hours!

ED E · 21-01-2012 1:52pm

I'm still torn, my brother and several mates play LoL while its just myself and the guy who invited me for DOTA, tending to play more LoL subsequently, a lot of the fun is VOIP.

GO_Bear · 21-01-2012 2:01pm

If my laptop is not finished by monday I will cry

I want to fail with Invoker, Quas/Wex ..... I am so bad with him

Cannot wait too play mid again new Invoker players though !!!! Its always so easy, but inversely, am ****brick scared of playing against good ones :O He was not activated in captains mode for so long for a good reason !

GO_Bear · 22-01-2012 4:11pm

Stolen from Reddit but

The New Anti Mage Protrait for when you pick up Divine Rapier

Tar.Aldarion · 22-01-2012 4:44pm

haha see when somebody(dendi?) bought 6 divine rapiers on antimage?

also love the dendi 5 battlefury + divine rapier bounty hunter build.

KilOit · 22-01-2012 6:46pm

Just started playing League of Legends, never played a game like this before and it's the most fun i've had gaming in a long time

Dreddybajs · 23-01-2012 8:57pm

Just streamed an Antimage game where I managed two rapiers. Not up to Dendi standards yet though. :pac:

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