Sooo many people choosing a random character and having no idea what to do lol. And a lot of people speaking spanish on the NA servers -_-
Im still a newbiw but finding so hard to survive as Lina against stealthy characters, even with some wards or dust =/ they hit HARD!
Sooo many people choosing a random character and having no idea what to do lol. And a lot of people speaking spanish on the NA servers -_-
Im still a newbiw but finding so hard to survive as Lina against stealthy characters, even with some wards or dust =/ they hit HARD!
Pudge is better because he can hook people without putting himself in a position to be disabled and he does damage while he disables them and he is incredibly tanky if he snowballs. Batrider has some stuff that's better about him too but don't discount Pudge.
CS: GO gifts are the best currency ever on Dota 2 Lounge. I just traded 2 CS GO for every Lina set and 1 for Cluckles.
So we are getting some kind of new cinematic tonight? I was disappointed we didnt get one for the games official launch so this is nice. Hopefully the quality is as good as the TF2 cinematics, but more serious considering the different tone of the 2 games.
Time Larkin(dota 2 composer) is going to be at Video Games Live and apparently there's suppose to be new footage or something.Wait, what. Is this true?
Hey, that's me!Sooo many people choosing a random character and having no idea what to do lol. And a lot of people speaking spanish on the NA servers -_-
GAF not playing? Our team waiting in the winner's finals? When's GAF next game scheduled?http://www.twitch.tv/hylian7
Casting in Lower Bracket Giant Bomb Tournament - /arc vs DRM.
After this will be in the higher bracket - BS vs /d2g/
GAF not playing? Our team waiting in the winner's finals? When's GAF next game scheduled?
So just played a really intense match with Alchi and had solo lane against Gyrocopter in the beginning...Is that supposed to be a lane that I should win? Gyro would just stun and flak cannon me when I tried to harass...I gave up two deaths to that..tried harassing with unstable concoction in the beginning but I just didn't do enough damage...
GAF not playing? Our team waiting in the winner's finals? When's GAF next game scheduled?
Time Larkin(dota 2 composer) is going to be at Video Games Live and apparently there's suppose to be new footage or something.
Übermatik;71817701 said:If his stun is hitting you and leaves you in range for his barrage/flak, you're too far forward. Use Acid Spray to harass, but careful not to push the wave too much.
lazy bums!We aren't playing for like... years.
maybe a week?
+1 Procarbine
Bloodseeker so underrated.
Bloodseeker is one of my favourite laning characters, he has to snowball to make it worth it but the fact he can gain hp on denies is ridiculous. I currently really like him as a hard counter to Weaver solo lanes. Though I think if your opponent picks up blademail it can hurt him a lot.
GAF not playing? Our team waiting in the winner's finals? When's GAF next game scheduled?
Guys think I need a guide against Abbadon... what the hell is this shield that absorbs everything then he heals himself?![]()
Guys think I need a guide against Abbadon... what the hell is this shield that absorbs everything then he heals himself?![]()
Shame. I was watching (also looked at the GAF game in your archive) and you're doing a good job explaining the picks and analysing strategies at the start and then there's solid play-by-playing the actual action - really enjoyed your casting!Apparently /d2g/ Ocelots bowed out of the tournament, so the high bracket game isn't happening tonight. There will be matches tomorrow though.
Is there an item that neutralizes silence?
Batrider has been consistently the most picked/banned hero in professional Dota for the last year or so in spite of the cavalcade of nerfs they've hit him with, while nobody (not even Dendi) plays Pudge anymore.
I think we can discount him.
i have ran into this before but playing on my normal account, I had 400 wins but my team mates had 10-20 and the enemy had 400-800 wins (lol). Basically MM is shit and smurfs fuck it up even more. Don't smurfOk I gotta rant.
I NEVER had big problems with matchmaking. I mean sure sometimes you get the match that is completely stacked in the enemies favor but whatever.
Today though.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
I am playing on my smurf account, NO not to "own noobs", but to teach other players. So I am constantly helping them, naturally not playing my best, but I am ok with that.
Well, my smurf has 5 wins, my teammates all have 5 or less wins.
Our enemies?
350 wins
200 wins
100 wins
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK? Of course we get obliterated every lane. Yes the enemy has the occasional 1 win guy, but just 2 of the others can carry the whole team. Most of these guys were also in a stack, which makes it even more ridiculous.
Gonna post this in the dev forum, because this is not fun for anyone.
Ok I gotta rant.
I NEVER had big problems with matchmaking. I mean sure sometimes you get the match that is completely stacked in the enemies favor but whatever.
Today though.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
I am playing on my smurf account, NO not to "own noobs", but to teach other players. So I am constantly helping them, naturally not playing my best, but I am ok with that.
Well, my smurf has 5 wins, my teammates all have 5 or less wins.
Our enemies?
350 wins
200 wins
100 wins
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK? Of course we get obliterated every lane. Yes the enemy has the occasional 1 win guy, but just 2 of the others can carry the whole team. Most of these guys were also in a stack, which makes it even more ridiculous.
Gonna post this in the dev forum, because this is not fun for anyone.
Ok I gotta rant.
I NEVER had big problems with matchmaking. I mean sure sometimes you get the match that is completely stacked in the enemies favor but whatever.
Today though.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
I am playing on my smurf account, NO not to "own noobs", but to teach other gaffers. So I am constantly helping them, naturally not playing my best, but I am ok with that.
Well, my smurf has 5 wins, my teammates all have 5 or less wins.
Our enemies?
350 wins
200 wins
100 wins
WHAT THE FLYING FUCK? Of course we get obliterated every lane. Yes the enemy has the occasional 1 win guy, but just 2 of the others can carry the whole team. Most of these guys were also in a stack, which makes it even more ridiculous.
Gonna post this in the dev forum, because this is not fun for anyone.
i have ran into this before but playing on my normal account, I had 400 wins but my team mates had 10-20 and the enemy had 400-800 wins (lol). Basically MM is shit and smurfs fuck it up even more. Don't smurf![]()
Working as intended. Valve's MM algorithm does pretty well at pulling people into their appropriate tiers after as little as 5 games, and if you were partied with other players why wouldn't you expect to get queued against other parties?
Were you crushing the other teams in the previous games? Did you know all the people on your team? Maybe you got matched up with a couple other smurfs.But I shouldn't be matched up against these people. I am not playing to win on my smurf account. I am not picking carries and bashing new players heads in. I make a lot of mistakes because I am constantly watching other players and talking. Hell, I died to neutrals 2 times because I wasn't paying attention to my hero.
There is no reason for the MM to assume that I am some kind of pro. Nor anyone in my party. It is setting us up against high level stacks, just because we are a stack as well. That's completely bullshit.
These are 600 hours of experience players against 10 hours. Ridiculous to the max. And not only is this shitty for me, but how does Valve expect new players to have fun, when they are not even facing at least smurfs. They can see that they are matched against people with 40 times the experience. If my first games looked like this, I don't know if I would have kept playing.
It is in NO WAY working as intended. Cut the bullshit. We are a stack of 3 people who have 5 wins each. 2 of these people are genuinly new. They play heroes they have never played, they don't lasthit perfectly, they don't deny perfectly. As am I. As I said right now. I am not playing my best. not even close. I am playing barely better than someone who played 50 games maybe. I am not carrying these games. For what it's worth there is no way MM should place me against these people.
5 people on my team have less than 10 wins. No smurfs except for me. And it places us against a stack where 3 of the people have over 100 wins? One of them over 400? Tell me how that is in any way fair or "intended". And I expect to play against stacks of 2 or 3 or even 5. But players who are at least somewhat close. I don't care if they have 20 wins more, or even 50. Hell even if there is one guy with over a 100 wins in there, I wouldn't mind that much. But setting a stack of new players against a stack of veterans is simply in no way a good matchmaking system.
Were you crushing the other teams in the previous games? Did you know all the people on your team? Maybe you got matched up with a couple other smurfs.
It's hard to criticize the matchmaking too much when people are messing around with it by creating new accounts.