Dota2 invites went out today. Anyone get one?

[Chiropteran]

i've had leavers in 50% of my games so far (3 out of 6).

so what mechanism is in place to prevent habitual leavers from even joining?
the record is one thing, but will there be something in place to enforce it?

and are valve and steam closer partners?
i thought steam was just a distribution channel.

My understanding is that players with leaves are matched up with players with similar % of leaves. As a new player the matchmaking isn't really working yet, but I assume that after 100 games or so you probably won't see leavers very often at all unless you are a leaver yourself.

Also, I guess my point wasn't that leavers don't exist, just that they aren't a big deal. In those 3 games with leavers, how many of them did the guy leave in the first 5 minutes? In LoL an early game leaver like that is incredibly annoying, because you can't even surrender until 20 minutes in, so you are forced to play at a disadvantage from the start, and even if you do surrender at 20 you still got a loss. It's really a terrible system.

In DOTA2 leaves were never that annoying for me because I could just hop out of that game and find a new one, without suffering an extra loss on my record. Early leave was comparable to a LoL queue dodge- minor waste of time but not really a big deal, while a late leave was more annoying it was still not as bad as LoL because of the way the loss would be forgiven.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

My understanding is that players with leaves are matched up with players with similar % of leaves. As a new player the matchmaking isn't really working yet, but I assume that after 100 games or so you probably won't see leavers very often at all unless you are a leaver yourself.

Also, I guess my point wasn't that leavers don't exist, just that they aren't a big deal. In those 3 games with leavers, how many of them did the guy leave in the first 5 minutes? In LoL an early game leaver like that is incredibly annoying, because you can't even surrender until 20 minutes in, so you are forced to play at a disadvantage from the start, and even if you do surrender at 20 you still got a loss. It's really a terrible system.

In DOTA2 leaves were never that annoying for me because I could just hop out of that game and find a new one, without suffering an extra loss on my record. Early leave was comparable to a LoL queue dodge- minor waste of time but not really a big deal, while a late leave was more annoying it was still not as bad as LoL because of the way the loss would be forgiven.

most did leave within the first few minutes.
i had another leaver game after reading your post and left after confirming it was safe to leave. in the other games, i played them out being not familiar with the system.

is a disconnect the same as a leave?
so if you have connection issues, you get both a L and a D?

 

[Chiropteran]

most did leave within the first few minutes.
i had another leaver game after reading your post and left after confirming it was safe to leave. in the other games, i played them out being not familiar with the system.

is a disconnect the same as a leave?
so if you have connection issues, you get both a L and a D?

I don't think there is any penalty for disconnecting if you reconnect back to the game quick enough. You just get the leave if you don't return in time, and the game becomes abandoned.

 

[IAteYourMother]

do people want to post steam names to play together?

 

[PrayForDeath]

do people want to post steam names to play together?

Yeah, as soon as I get my beta invite, lol.

 

[VashHT]

I got an invite through my brother's friend a couple weeks ago and I'm having a lot of fun, playing it brings back some good memories of playing the original. It took a little adjusting since I've been playing LoL for a while now but overall I've been doing prety well. It would be nice for them to have a surrender option, sometimes a team that is dominating will take it's sweet time winning because they want to keep building badass items and it can get really boring.

I haven't has as bad of luck as some people here with leavers but it's still really annoying, nothing worse than being like 20-5 and losing because it's 5v4.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

for those of you that played wc3 dota and haven't played dota2 yet, here are the differences:

better graphics, obviously
easier shopping menu (one shop instead of 3, suggested items per hero, type to search)
remap keys (default is LOL/HON 'QWER' for casting, or revert to WC3 dota hotkeys)
record/stats keeping
reconnect to game if you drop
auto match making
can watch games (live?)

 

[GoodRevrnd]

can watch games (live?)

2 minute delay.

 

[Nietzsche-san]

I received a beta-invite...but it was a scam, since it asked for information obviously not pertinent or usual for a situation like this...

For those who are "rejected," do we get a reject email?

Edit: If anyone has a spare guest invite or original invite, I will pay for one or graciously accept your benevolence.

Edit2: just read about the lack of guest-keys. Lame

 

[silvan4now]

it would be sad that a game like Dota 2 to be out of enough testing just because they want to be safe with the content not being stolen....or in fact of any reason.
In my opinion Dota is exactly that kind of game you need to put much testing into in order to get it 100% perfect.

 

[ussfletcher]

I just got a Dota 2 invite, its downloading currently.

 

[IAteYourMother]

got an invite, woot!!!

 

[PrayForDeath]

I just got a Dota 2 invite, its downloading currently.

got an invite, woot!!!

I hate you all

 

[zokudu]

Finally played my first game last night. I randomed my hero and got Lich. Overall I think I did well. 5-1-7 and a win. I enjoyed it more then I've enjoyed LoL or the old Dota. Definitely going to keep giving this a try.

 

[crownjules]

Another round of invites just went out as I finally got one.

 

[hans030390]

Anyone have an extra invite?

 

[MikeyLSU]

another round of invites seemed to have gone out today. I just got in.

 

[gothamhunter]

I got in the last one, forgot to mention it lol

 

[mirandu04]

I hate you all

+1; browsing different sites for weeks now in an attempt to get an invite

 

[DrunkenSano]

Wrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy did I not get one! :|

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

I have a spare key if anybody still needs one.

 

[CVSiN]

got 1 but not liking it very much.. ;(

I just dont really get it I get my but kicked over and over and over..

never even kill anyone. even the easy bots farm me.

 

[Xed]

got 1 but not liking it very much.. ;(

I just dont really get it I get my but kicked over and over and over..

never even kill anyone. even the easy bots farm me.

Lot of possible reasons...

You aren't last hitting/denying creeps. Your items are bad. You are playing a hero that just doesn't really suit you, etc. You also lose gold when you die so if you get very behind you're pretty f'd.

 

[DrunkenSano]

I was able to get into the beta and I am enjoying it. CVSiN, I know how you feel, the first couple of games I was pretty clueless though I made it harder on myself by choosing random. But I did so, so I can learn all the classes and you get extra starting gold by going random.

In the beginning, you just need to focus on not dying, that is by far the most important part. Don't die and just stay near the stuff that are dying to get exp. You don't have to kill things yourself to get exp. You get gold if you last hit and or kill an enemy hero but if you screw up and die to the other team, you give them more gold early which is bad.

Also, right when the game begins, click on the shop and buy the suggested items on the side. As you play more, you will find out through your style of play which items are more important for you and which you might be able to skip.

And hit up the dota 2 wiki. Good info there.

 

[SLU Aequitas]

Haha, I suck compared to WC3 (not TFT) DOTA, but on the plus side, my first match no one raged at me...ended up 8/8/4 as randomed Sven. Not having the rage in the first match is definitely a plus, as I honestly think the DOTA community is one of, if not *the*, worst communities out there.