Gully State
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co-op bot matches...not singleplayer bot matches. You get way less XP per match though..
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co-op bot matches...not singleplayer bot matches. You get way less XP per match though..
TV rapier concept. Doesn't look like the source, divine, or rapier. Eeeeeeeeee
Did his raccoon bear-thing get accepeted? I guess that's week 2 or 3 Bloom Festival.
dont like it
Anuxinamoon
Shaper Divine
Sigismundo
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So, my netgraph seems to have disappeared off my screen.
What gives, game?
What gives, game?
neurosisxeno
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For some reason DotA 2 has been causing my computer to lock up since the 3 Spirits patch. I was playing a game as Terrorblade and their team was getting handily beaten when my computer started to crash, I came back every time within 2-3 minutes but they refused to allow my friends to pause for me and I got my 3rd abandon in about 750 games. I haven't played since. Breaks are necessary when talking about DotA 2...
manfestival
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I read the patch notes but discovering the joy of the scepter rework for ogre magi is a think of beauty. I am so blown away and happy about how it works. Yeah it might make all of my other spells unusable but spamming stun for forever is totally worth it
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Happy bi.......oh wait, I don't care.
Am I beating CyborgMatt and Shira to the punch on this?
World Cyber Games (WCG) to cease operating all tournaments and events in 2014
World Cyber Games (WCG) to cease operating all tournaments and events in 2014
shira
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korea always won starcraft
Not sure I want the retail version, since I'd want unusual version to mess with the particles.
It's going to be a long freaking wait
All the Rikis I've been playing are total steal killing scum, is this the norm in higher MMR? what is rich is that when confronted one of them said that the game is about team play not kills.just played bounty hunter for the first time to counterpick riki
http://dotabuff.com/matches/500451699
hes a really cool hero. i was getting money so damn fast without even realizing it due to the track kills
You mean they just sit there invis and take the kill when they can? Eventually that doesn't happen (because they wont be able to sit invis in fights because the enemy will have vision) and you stop caring about killsteals too (especially when riki needs to carry).
That's one less organization Tencent has to bribe.
They're right though...
LOL not when he was 5 levels above the guy who stole the kill for.
Ehm, yes he is, since he's probably the one who's supposed to carry your ass to victory.
If he isn't the primary carry, then ks'ing from the no1 carry is indeed not a great move...
Riki "Kill Stealing" has no bearing on experience received. Experience is equally shared by all heroes in a 1300 range.
Gryo, Bloodseeker, and specially Sniper were the carries.
Well, if riki was 5 levels higher than one of them I'd argue he's probably doing a better job at carrying the team than they are doing.
What level are you now?
I'd kill steal from BS and Sniper any day of the week as Riki but Gyro can carry so I'd think twice.
Nirvana
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The fact that this was the lineup I'd say none of it really mattered anyway, since all of those heroes can benefit from farm, it's beneficial no matter who gets the kill.
That's not entirely true since Gyro is probably the best carry in that line-up which would be the hero you want to prioritize farm on (would ofcourse be different if one of the carries gets ahead by quite a margin, like riki being 5 levels ahead).
But what kind of game mode was that anyway? AP fail or was it an unfortunate AR draft?
Nirvana
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Depends to be honest. Bloodseeker is basically useless until 6, Riki is mildly less useless, but still needs his 6, whereas Gyro is effective early through to late game. So you could argue that getting early levels on those heroes and then allowing Gyro to afk farm while they create space in the mid game is going to be more beneficial to the team.
If a Riki is deliberately stealing kills from a Gyro, I guess that's a different story, but at the end of the day, both get experience from the kill and Riki is still farm dependent and does quite well with gold, so it isn't that big of an issue.
They should've just been happy they didn't get 20 minute stomped with a lineup like that.
Cyborgmatt
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balladofwindfishes
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Did they make a mistake on Terrorblade's arcana? It says it's being released tomorrow but it seems everything else is happening tonight. Why would they just push it out a day from everything else?
shira
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Putin wants it part of the Olympic celebration.
Anuxinamoon
Shaper Divine
Happy birthday <3
AP I swear nobody plays support but me. Also hard support what's that? I don't really care, but maybe I should play more impact-y heroes, any good ones that aren't right clickers and/or melee?
Storm Spirit is a nice fusion of Right clicker and caster, he's fun because he is highly mobile and casts a lot, but he has good right click so he can carry kinda if it goes late. He's also very high impact if you go orchid first.
Amazing. Is this a Death Grips side project?
Maybe it's so they can give one date, it will by the 6th in China by the time the update hits, or they could hold it back till tomorrow to greater highlight the new themed items.
balladofwindfishes
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What's the timer at? 6 hours?
Gonna be an early one I guess.
Gonna be an early one I guess.
5:26 now.
I only play AP when I'm playing with a stack tbh, saves me from the disappointment of having crappy drafts without supports. (most of the time
)All random has been a solo queue favorite these last couple of weeks.
You tend to get more friendly/knowledgeable people who seem willing to support if they get a support character. And they have a broader range of heroes they are comfortable with.
AP for solo queuing is a just asking to be disappointed imo.
As far as heroes go, I'm really, REALLY enjoying Ember Spirit at the moment.
Dude is hard to kill without chain stunning/silencing him, since his ult basically saves his life every single time.
And the amount of damage you deal out (free radiance + mini omni slash) is amazing as well. Can be played mid and as a safe lane carry.
When you do want to play AP as a solo, I would advise trying to go for either the mid, solo offlane or jungle position so that you kind of don't have to rely on a direct teammate so much as being part of a dual lane. (This is true only when not counting the obvious factors like: courier, wards and missing calls, etc)
balladofwindfishes
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Maybe it'll be like Wraith Night and the timer will be at 0 for 3 hours.
manfestival
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ive started to give into the whole only playing captains mode for ranked.
playing AP is infuriating in ranked
playing AP is infuriating in ranked
AP is fun if you're in a (5) stack.
Otherwise there's a big chance it'll be infuriating ;-)
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