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Juddog

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So this whole time I've been deleting treasure boxes (don't want to buy keys to open them) and giving away items I don't want - then I found out I could've sold them on the Steam Marketplace even for .10 or more... listed some items including my immortal item Leviathan Blade and it sold instantly...D: :thumbsup:

How much did you sell your Levi blade for?

Personally I would have kept it for a few months and then sold it; the price will spike up after the international 2013 event is over and nobody can get a box for the $10 reliquary any more, similar to how the dragonbone pudge hook sells for over $90 right now, since it's no longer available.
 

Turbonium

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I still don't understand what the Compendium is even about/for. Can someone please explain?
 

Juddog

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I still don't understand what the Compendium is even about/for. Can someone please explain?

It's a time waster that comes with the international 2013 tournament ticket. You can bet on which teams do what, what players do what, collect player cards which leads to unlocking more forms on the Smeevil courier (just got my crab mount for instance).

It all boils down to a bunch of cosmetic stuff you don't need, but if you have extra time to goof around with, then you can waste time with it.
 

Destiny

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How much did you sell your Levi blade for?

Personally I would have kept it for a few months and then sold it; the price will spike up after the international 2013 event is over and nobody can get a box for the $10 reliquary any more, similar to how the dragonbone pudge hook sells for over $90 right now, since it's no longer available.

I sold it for $10... I just want it to sell quick and get my Compendium money back...:thumbsup:
 

Turbonium

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I recently had a 10 game win streak, followed by a single loss, further followed by what is now a 9 game win streak. Most of the matches were in the High bracket.

Is this normal? My current record is 166-151, so a touch above 50%. Still though, the win streaks are unreal.
 

smackababy

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I recently had a 10 game win streak, followed by a single loss, further followed by what is now a 9 game win streak. Most of the matches were in the High bracket.

Is this normal? My current record is 166-151, so a touch above 50%. Still though, the win streaks are unreal.

Yeah, sometimes you just get lucky and get decent players on your team. You all might have been matched up with people slightly lower, so your chances of winning were higher.

Don't worry though, for every winning streak I've had in Dota or HoN, I've had a much worse (and much more frustrating) losing streak. Dota (and more so HoN) have such great swings of emotion. The losses are near devastating and the wins are almost sexual gratifying.
 

CrackRabbit

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I recently had a 10 game win streak, followed by a single loss, further followed by what is now a 9 game win streak. Most of the matches were in the High bracket.

Is this normal? My current record is 166-151, so a touch above 50%. Still though, the win streaks are unreal.

Not normal at all.
I've been on a real losing streak lately, 4-5 losses punctuated with a win then another 4-5 losses.
I had just reached the High bracket of play when it started now I'm back in Normal and get stuck with unusually terrible teams and the good teams I end up on just can't seem to pull out a win (though the games themselves are well faught and fun).
I think I might be stuck in what in LoL is referred to as 'ELO Hell'.
 
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smackababy

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I think I might be stuck in what in LoL is referred to as 'ELO Hell'.

HoN has MMR hell, but be happy, because there is getting out of it. No matter your MMR rating, you get the same garbage in pretty much every bracket. The top >10% (which is like 1800+, you get pro players smurfing and everyone else seems like they have down syndrome) and below that you get the guys who are ultra tryhards (as far as picks) but are awful, so their Ophelia (Chen) does nothing but feed. At around 1500 you get the Brazilians with 300 ping that can't speak English. And lower than that you get people who die 3 or 4 times early game (because they are bad) and then try and act like they are trolling, so the feed some more.

And in the event you get to 2k (which is like less than 1%), you get 30 minute queues and still get the 1800s on your team.
 

Turbonium

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I think the only decent way to satisfactorily play this sort of game is to have a TEAM and play with them only. Like literally 4 other players that you know don't suck, and that at the very least, own up to mistakes they make. I can't stand the BS where people never own up to mistakes, or when they're all talk in terms of builds/strats, but don't have any basic game sense (like when to attack, when to retreat, when to push, when to defend, etc.).

My main weakness in the game is my knowledge of proper builds in every situation (hero combos, game scenario, etc.), but my game sense is probably much better than average, as is my map awareness. But really, I think the only reason I'm still improving is that I own up to mistakes, and never blame others unless it's actually their fault (which happens but not as often as most think).

The problem, of course, is that this sort of maturity usually comes with older age (late 20s an onward), which also coincides with when people game less or not at all, due to real life stuff. And if they do game, they can't commit as much time to it so the maturity doesn't get a chance to really shine through in the long term, not to mention reflexes and motor skills are slightly degraded which can make a difference when playing vs. much younger kids.
 
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Mr. Pedantic

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I think the only decent way to satisfactorily play this sort of game is to have a TEAM and play with them only. Like literally 4 other players that you know don't suck, and that at the very least, own up to mistakes they make. I can't stand the BS where people never own up to mistakes, or when they're all talk in terms of builds/strats, but don't have any basic game sense (like when to attack, when to retreat, when to push, when to defend, etc.).

My main weakness in the game is my knowledge of proper builds in every situation (hero combos, game scenario, etc.), but my game sense is probably much better than average, as is my map awareness. But really, I think the only reason I'm still improving is that I own up to mistakes, and never blame others unless it's actually their fault (which happens but not as often as most think).

The problem, of course, is that this sort of maturity usually comes with older age (late 20s an onward), which also coincides with when people game less or not at all, due to real life stuff. And if they do game, they can't commit as much time to it so the maturity doesn't get a chance to really shine through in the long term, not to mention reflexes and motor skills are slightly degraded which can make a difference when playing vs. much younger kids.

What I can't stand is when people expect you to be polite to them and own up to your mistakes when they're being a total douchebag. One of the games I played with the other day had literally the worst person I've ever played with. He wasn't bad, in fact, he was probably better than me, but every thing he said had either "fuck" or "wise and beautiful woman" or "retard" in it.
 

Destiny

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What I can't stand is when people expect you to be polite to them and own up to your mistakes when they're being a total douchebag. One of the games I played with the other day had literally the worst person I've ever played with. He wasn't bad, in fact, he was probably better than me, but every thing he said had either "fuck" or "wise and beautiful woman" or "retard" in it.

DOTA 2 just brings out the worst in some people... one time I qued in a game and 4 other players from the same Guild/Clan - they were horrible and blaming me the entire game - but yet they keep making technical/mechanical mistakes... when i viewed their game history they were on a losing streak and were acting as douchebags in other games... at the end of the game they would type and say racist things...

You want to stay quiet in the game to ignore them - but in a game that requires you to have good communication its a catch 22...
 

z1ggy

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I think I also want to add bloodseeker to pub stomp list. A lot of times the new players freak out when you cast your ult on them, and run away, which usually just kills them. If they are smart and don't move, a lot of times you can still kill them because you put some decent damage on them first. I also like the fact I can kill a bunch of creeps with him if I am low on health and gain some back. Add in a life steal item and it's crazy how much HP you can get back...
 

Zeze

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Zeze

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Pre-TI3 Competitive Hero List

I can't wait to see Spirit Breaker or Bristle Back surprise strat/pocket picks! Both very powerful early/mid heroes.

Just like when iG surprised all of us with Luna during TI2- it was unheard of back then, and we all thought iG was cocky & trolling. Boy were we wrong.
 
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Juddog

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I'm still trying to figure out a way to auto-it a DOTA2 relaunch in case it crashes, and then auto-type the spectator command. Every DOTA2 forum I've read through had someone with the same request with no answers.
 

BergeLSU

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I'm still trying to figure out a way to auto-it a DOTA2 relaunch in case it crashes, and then auto-type the spectator command. Every DOTA2 forum I've read through had someone with the same request with no answers.


If you open the launch commands for Dota (right click Dota in Steam Library > Set Launch Options) You can type

-dota_spectator_auto_spectate_games XXX

This will have that command every time you launch Dota, but I don't know how you can have the application launch if it crashes.
 

Juddog

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If you open the launch commands for Dota (right click Dota in Steam Library > Set Launch Options) You can type

-dota_spectator_auto_spectate_games XXX

This will have that command every time you launch Dota, but I don't know how you can have the application launch if it crashes.

Yeah the auto spectate command isn't an issue; DOTA2 closing after some period of time is the big issue, and getting it to restart automatically only when it's closed. I wish there was a setting somewhere that you could set the application to keep running, and I haven't been able to nail down exactly how long this period is, since there is no event generated in the windows event logs or anything like that.

I know for sure if I start the auto spectate an hour before a tournament, the client stays running throughout the tournament, even if the tournament is 10 hours. If I have the client running say 8 hours before a tournament, with the auto-spectate command turned on, I'll come home from work and the client is closed. I've started the client before I go to bed for a tournament starting at 5/6 AM and woken up with the client closed as well; so it's a period between an hour and 5-6 hours that it auto-closes with no warnings, no errors, no crash report, etc..

Right now I'm thinking that if I set the client to run in windows mode, then have an auto-it click the steam launch icon and launch DOTA2, then input the auto-spectate command, maybe that will work? Will experiment this weekend.
 

Zeze

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBhTHNW8E8&feature=youtu.be

Dota 2 Puck in Korean.

The Korean pack is released in Dota 2 now (Right click game, properties, language)

Pyong!: Poof! or Tada!
Gan-da!: Off I go!
Etaba!: See you soon!
Baba!: Look! / Look at me!
Pali Pali!: Hurry Hurry!

Puck is done well. I've been playing in Korean since it was released. I really hope they're not finished- Most are very underwhelming. WR is awful as she lost that whole bubbly personality. And the entire humor of Valve is missing. No 'bury me underneath a tree' or 'my elbow strength grows!'.

Most male heroes sound generic and sound similar (Troll, DK, BS), lacking that uniqueness.
 
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Zeze

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I just played an absolutely beast of a game with Visage- shows how OP he is in pubs.

Match ID : 261115721
(Watch Tab -> Recent Games -> Filter by ID)

-I started out as a standard babysitter to Riki. Harassed enemy Mirana & Sniper while I also stacked & pulled.

-You can see from level 1 how sick Visage is. His spammable slow & attack speed steal is devastating (basically free Hyperstone). Sniper foolishly traded hits with me. I come out on top as I'm just a support and he's outzoned while Riki farms.

-Even before hitting 6, Visage's nuke is stupid strong. With such burst, we dove into tower and made big kills at level 2-4.

-When I hit level 6, it was all she wrote. You can see the Medallion + Summon attack + Nuke in full swing. It deals stupid damage and melts heroes in seconds.

-I continued to support with too much gold for support hero- wards, sentry, smoke, flying cour. Then Mek. We pushed early by abusing early Mek. Then once I got Scepter, it was just too. much. damage. Started out as a support, I ended up carrying with 27-3-13.

I'm not great at the game by any means. But if you want to see an adept Visage play and how he's supposed work, this game is a good example.
 
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smackababy

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I am curious what other heroes they had, to send Mirana and Snipe to the same lane. Unless they had more priority farmers than either, I don't think they should lane together.
 
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