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Ummmmm....

Seriously?

What are the chances that M5 goes out and drinks too much vodka so they can't compete, so Mouz is put in as their replacement and wins the entire tournament? :D

Firstly, any type of profanity should be against the rules in tournaments.

With that being said, livestreams create a bit of an issue that's unique to internet gaming. Most pro players stream...

https://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?7751-1-0-Grand-final is already discussing this. ...

I'd have to say that it's due to the raging that came when someone didn't want to swap you. I remember soooooo many games where I would random Prophet or Void or something, and someone would have...

I think this one would win. Ferrari has a terrifying TA, and I think Puppey and Loda would be better than their respective counterparts. I think Burning is a slightly better carry than Korok, but I...

Chill with the flaming.

I'm just gonna go ahead and close this thread before it devolves into racist hate

I almost laughed. Almost.

Check out the VOD section here on joinDOTA: http://www.joindota.com/en/vods
And for Beyond the Summit specifically, check out LD's page: http://www.youtube.com/user/lddota

I know that good junglers have to be active and have good map awareness, but good mid players have to have those traits too. Assuming that you're playing one of the "standard" mids like QoP, Storm,...

This whole debate is just anecdotal evidence. There's no objective study you can do to find if FF would ruin the game besides just seeing what people want. If you're going to say that his 2v5 win...

teamliquid.net sent me

Many heroes have multiple ways to be played. You could have, for example, a Broodmother offlane, Queen of Pain mid, Prophet jungle, with Necrolyte and Morphling safe lane which would be 5 carries...

You really find playing solo mid easier than jungling? I do both frequently, and I find that jungling is somewhat easier just because you aren't actively fighting for cs.

http://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?8101-EHOME-forces-6-minute-gg-against-M5
Thread already exists. Search first please :)

I really don't think it's fair to say that they won just because of Korok. You have to give props to the rest of his team. Brax and PIG really set the pace for the first game.

It does add range? I played over 1000 games of HoN and I literally don't think I ever saw a melee get Harkon's, so since it wasn't in the description, I just assumed he didn't know what he was...

Harkon's doesn't add range to ranged heroes. It just makes your attack magic. Unless you can think of a melee hero that would benefit from Harkon's, then I don't really think this is a balance issue....

http://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?7789-No-Ban-Strategy
Somebody already made a thread like this. Use the search function before starting new threads please :)

I guess it doesn't really happen in Dota 2 (yet?), but it does happen in other games. At the last MLG (SC2) players trying to make their way through the LB had to play from 10 AM til around 6 PM ...

"but while I was in college they would’ve been extremely upset if they were aware of how much Dota I played."
I chuckled

Play Dota for 8 hours straight and then play against a team who's completely rested and tell me how much fun it is. Mental exhaustion can make a big impact. In addition, the WB team will be watching...

I dislike the 1-0 advantage for the WB team. Having to play through the LB is enough punishment by itself. It means several more hours worth of games for the WB team to just sit around and watch,...

I don't really like Riki because I feel like there's other heroes that do his job better. If you want a mid-game ganker then Clinkz and Bounty Hunter are both really good at that. And if you want a...

Firstly I'd like to say that you shouldn't bash the item just because it came from HoN, that's just being childish.

On topic though, the I don't think the item would be totally niche as some have...

I'm sure he'll still have lots of input while drafting. He just most likely won't be calling the shots in-game as much

http://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?7211-mouz-invited-at-TI2
Use search function before starting threads like this please :)

Gonna go ahead and move this to off-topic.
Also, they don't look anything alike :P

http://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?6544-Create-your-all-star-dota-team
:)

It's not really fair to say that she's a poor co-caster because she isn't as good as Synderen, because Synd and Toby have casted, what, hundreds of games together? The witty banter and conversation...

Copenhagen Wolves are currently showing a lot of potential
POTM Bottom is pretty good too
And Fnatic hasn't been doing too well, but that's just because they've been playing 2 games. Now that...

What is this I don't even?

I'm pretty sure that DreamHack was the last HoN tournament they were gonna play.

With almost 2 years of HoN experience, I have to say that the concede function is bad for the game. It was so common to have 2 or 3 people want to concede and would just afk in the fountain if they...

In the Defense yesterday :)

Hahaha. I thought you were serious until I got to #10. Well played :)

Have you tried asking in the contact forum to see if there's other like-minded people? I'm sure you could find 4 people who like to do troll builds and mess around instead of tryhard every game.

I really think you should try fitting a jungler into this lineup instead of another hard support. Veno is already a hard support, so having a supporty jungler would be better so you can get more...

Match making is based on your win/lose ratio, not total wins. Someone with 100-30 is probably a lot better than someone with 500-700.

Think about what you just said. 70% of your games are extremely one-sided. That means 35% of your games are insta-wins for you. That means there's 35% of games you can't really affect by yourself...

You can play aggressively and try to get kills while still playing to win. Go Night Stalker mid and go Urn/Vanguard and then start diving T2 towers for kills. There are ways to avoid the 40 minute...

Even in Dota 1, there were lots of people who made a really big deal out of winning. In a competitive game (especially with matchmaking where you're against opponents of equal skill) you need to try...

That's just the nature of the game nowadays. I personally would rather try my absolute hardest to win than mess around to "have fun" if it meant I had a greater chance of losing. And most people feel...

But in your example, you're describing a noob, not an asshole. If I go sk mid and I can't last hit for shit, and I don't think I'll be able to kill people if I go ganking, does that really make me an...

Do you really think it's healthy for the scene to have teams having to play multiple matches in the same night? I know I'm not in a position to talk about what it's like to actually have to play, but...

I agree with saying that diffusal + HH would have rendered her useless, but that's why she's a surprise strat atm and not a top-pick. I wouldn't advise picking her vs. a...

Yeah ghost scepter just completely slipped my mind. But I think the rest of that is just heroes which have good escapes regardless. If your AM/Morph just dips out real quick, PA can still pick off a...

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

I wouldn't say that winning TI1 would make them less determined to win TI2. Pride plays a really big factor in these things, and I'm sure Na'Vi would love to be 2-time champions. Besides, there's...

Said to close thread

Just out of curiosity, how do you figure that most heroes can just disengage her? Dagger+blink strike isn't exactly something you just walk away from while waiting 10 secs for her BKB to wear off.

To be honest, most of the people who stream Dota 2 just dick around when they play haha. IIRC, Synderen used to stream his team's scrims and you could hear them talk, but I don't know if he still...

Whenever me and my friends play as 5 and want a free win, we do this:
Clinkz solo safe lane
Enchantress/Prophet jungle
Storm mid
Veno/DS hard lane

Venomancer/Dark seer is just one of the best...

True, lots of times teams have unforeseen delays, because face it, real life gets in the way sometimes. But that's still no reason for tournament organizers to be scheduling teams to have matches...

I agree. I find it kind of silly that teams often have to go from playing a match for one league/tournament directly into a match for another. Not only does this lead to frequent delays, but it also...

Ooooookay guys, you need to chill out a little bit. I'm fine with the debating, but keep it civil.

The matchmaking system doesn't hold you back. When you win more than you lose, you get put against better and better players until you starting winning 50% again.

Moved to Hero Discussion.

+1 for his Clinkz :)

Guys, you can debate the actual games as much as you want, but stop sitting here debating who's the better debater. You write as much as you think you need to actually get your point across. Arguing...

Pick a pusher-support like Ench/Chen/Veno, and then MAKE your team push. Spam ping, yell at your team in chat, type in all caps, etc. Your team WILL understand eventually. A lot of players tend to...

I actually think this would be the best thing they could do. Toby could act as a kind of host, maybe with 2gd or somethin, so they can let the other casters get more exposure, then have Toby cast the...

Like has been said already, you'll just end up with 45 minute queues for carry/mid players, with instant queue for supports just like in WoW. And then where's your guarantee that everyone will...

Well congratulations to them, but you could have posted that here: http://forum.gamesports.net/dota/showthread.php?5328-mtw-Discussion-Thread
:)

As has already been said, it's simply to pay back the teams for salary. If all the teams do is pay for the players' gear and send them to tournaments, then maybe they would take a smaller, or no, cut...

Firstly, LoL isn't completely Pay to Win like some people think it is, but paying does give you a definite advantage. For example, one of the newest champions, Darius, is one of the best solo top...

I like how the interviewer actually asked questions specific to the game - like his opinion on the metagame of Western Dota vs. Chinese Dota, and how they plan on dealing with current top picks. It...

Basically this.
Doesn't TPL realize that there's other, more important tournaments than them? I really don't see how you can just forget that DreamHack is going on. Sigh~

Bring back Team EZ :^^:

I always thought it was like 1337 + 100 :P

1v1 tournament? Sounds interesting :^^:

Really hope they can accomplish something with the new roster. Was really disappointed that they couldn't really......win anything :P

It's not like your average 14 year old can just go down to the bank and get a debit card. A lot of kids are reliant on their parents for money til they're 16 or 17 and can get a job (at least here in...