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Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
He has been picking Void fairly consistently these last few days and every time he does, he complains that he shouldn't have picked Void.

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emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
https://twitter.com/kingrdxd/status/1456419059436867584?s=21

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
details unreleased but Season 1 of dpc 2022 is supposed to start end of this month

https://mobile.twitter.com/theAllianceGG/status/1445682236661981186

going to be a mad rush to get teams together

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

January twenty threeth

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

also if Major 3 isn't TI then that means they really want to stick with the October TI. Or maybe September.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:
3rd Major is not TI from what I understand

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
the zai stream is back and, thank god, he is not contractually obligated to use the liquid playlists https://twitch.tv/zai

emdash
Oct 19, 2003

and?
https://clips.twitch.tv/BetterBigCucumberArsonNoSexy-WZmgo2NH-r953U7B not sure i've seen this type of aegis steal before lol

Marin Karin
Jul 29, 2011

What are you, compared to my magnificence?
yawar's "END PLS" was palpable

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

https://twitter.com/PurgeGamers/status/1457168366066491395

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
Starts next weekend. Nice.

CVE
Jan 27, 2012
That could be awesome if people actually strategize around the skills.

Blaise330
Aug 13, 2007

GOD'S FAVORITE CHAMPION

CVE posted:

That could be awesome if people actually strategize around the skills.

I hope it's not like 99% of other "for fun" tourneys in other games where all except like 1 team don't bother learning how to play the mode.

Kill All Cops
Apr 11, 2007


Pacheco de Chocobo



Hell Gem
There's so much RNG in Ability Draft with heroes assigned, pick order and overall skills available that there isn't a whole lot to strategize for before the game starts. Even if you have your traditional supports/carries players the heroes and skills might not even match out well for their roles. The most you can do is play AD a lot and figure out which skills synergize with which heroes and prioritize them.

Sometimes you can make scuffed heroes where you get 3/4 or 2/4 core abilities from another hero, sometimes you can make some whacko out there ones. With a tournament and prize pool in mind we might even see "support" heroes deny pick skills off of the opposing team to stop their synergy from happening.

Kill All Cops fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Nov 8, 2021

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
I mean, they could just play Legends of DOTA and have a point buy system for skill tiers.

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

I played random turbo with the boys tonight. I don't know how to play spirit breaker, or arc warden. Tidehunter is still the most fun.

DNK
Sep 18, 2004

I’m trying to imagine the person who doesn’t understand Spirit Breaker. What’s not to get? Press button on man —> kill man.

When you hit 6, you press TWO buttons on man.

Sab669
Sep 24, 2009

A 100% increase in button pressing is a huge leap in complexity :colbert:


As PFlax says, don't build armlet, it's just more buttons.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1457766460735082497?t=FbXhqvQWzCzB3ZjI8iQCfA&s=19

Terminal autist
May 17, 2018

by vyelkin
I wanna see Sumail land on a stable team but do any T1 teams even have an opening for 1 or 2?

Centzon Totochtin
Jan 2, 2009
Probation
Can't post for 14 days!
It'd be incredibly funny and hosed up if he replaced yawar on quincy crew

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Terminal autist posted:

I wanna see Sumail land on a stable team but do any T1 teams even have an opening for 1 or 2?

Alliance is currently only nikobaby (1) and handsken (4)

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
Liquid hasn't said anything about their lineup aside from +zai

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Yeah I didn’t really see Sumail sticking around for too long and well Saksa definitely stuck around the entire time. Looks like OG is just Notail and topson? Ceb was saying at ti poo poo about retiring

Kild
Apr 24, 2010

Terminal autist posted:

I wanna see Sumail land on a stable team but do any T1 teams even have an opening for 1 or 2?

Rumor is Sumail is going to Secret.

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.

The REAL Goobusters posted:

Yeah I didn’t really see Sumail sticking around for too long and well Saksa definitely stuck around the entire time. Looks like OG is just Notail and topson? Ceb was saying at ti poo poo about retiring

Topson hinted that this season was probably his last one as a pro player.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

Terminal autist posted:

I wanna see Sumail land on a stable team but do any T1 teams even have an opening for 1 or 2?

Nigma, probably

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/qqtjk8/gpk_sold_his_second_smurf_account_11k_mmr_to_the/




who knows if it's true, but it's funny

Nfcknblvbl
Jul 15, 2002

I love playing Tinker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV5xDC5-L-Q

Also, I was in a Dota WTF vid! It's at 5:14 if this doesn't work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wv39Z49600&t=314s

Geight
Aug 7, 2010

Oh, All-Knowing One, behold me!
Hello I have been playing this game for a decade is there a normal thread or are we still on TI time until a real patch comes

Incoherence
May 22, 2004

POYO AND TEAR

Geight posted:

Hello I have been playing this game for a decade is there a normal thread or are we still on TI time until a real patch comes
There's a normal thread too, but it doesn't get nearly as much traffic. This thread gets remade for each new TI so we're stuck in Romania for a year.

Miguel Prado
Nov 5, 2008

Don't worry, like they say " It's all good! "

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008
ESL is now doing NA

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

https://twitter.com/PurgeGamers/status/1458804986251554823

https://twitter.com/ImmortalFaithd/status/1458811049570934789

Sudden Loud Noise
Feb 18, 2007

Never mind.

TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1458464466845061120

why do they all have to shill crypto? christ

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


dumb grifts + gambling and esports are a match made in heaven

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007


Great way to launder money

Zurreco
Dec 27, 2004

Cutty approves.
Esports teams are just looking for ways to monetize their fanbase without having to a) leave their team houses b) put any actual effort in aside from tweets c) get in on a market that has increasing marginal profit per sale. Gambling sites meet the first 2, but crypto shilling meets all 3 and also looks "cool" to folks who think crypto is the next big thing.

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TheRat
Aug 30, 2006

https://twitter.com/Peterpandam/status/1458823480959459334

he's almost certainly just loving around, but that would be top notch entertainment if it was real

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