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[GoodRevrnd]

Give me your Tidehunter squid off-hand if you have one. Or all your Tidehunter loot. I already have the octopus hat.

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

Best moment of the prelims has to be the zonkey snipe by sylar against Fnatic. One courier snipe won them the game and gave them the chance to advance to the winners bracket.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Perhaps it would be a good idea to start a DOTA item trading thread?

 

[KaOTiK]

Does anyone know where/how you get the mammoth bait and/or Cleft Hawks lure, I'd love to make either of those couriers (have a smeevil treat and will feed it to change him depending on which of the above I get ahold of)

 

[BergeLSU]

Does anyone know where/how you get the mammoth bait and/or Cleft Hawks lure, I'd love to make either of those couriers (have a smeevil treat and will feed it to change him depending on which of the above I get ahold of)

You have to complete full sets of player cards. I think the first one gets you the Hawk. The 6th one (included two designated ones) gets you the crab.

It's written in the compendium on the page next to the "select courier" page.

Edit: Looks like I was wrong. You had to complete the fantasy team and TI predictions.

 

[DrunkenSano]

I've only collected one full team of player cards and was able to get the mammoth.

 

[KaOTiK]

Edit: Looks like I was wrong. You had to complete the fantasy team and TI predictions.

Son of a ......

I bought the compendium when it was first came out but didn't really look through it till a few days ago and most that prediction stuff was already closed. Man I'm so angry at myself right now.

 

[imaheadcase]

Man this game is fun to troll people on. People take the game way too seriously. lol

If you don't move fast enough they start crying or make a single mistake moving up.

 

[BergeLSU]

Son of a ......

I bought the compendium when it was first came out but didn't really look through it till a few days ago and most that prediction stuff was already closed. Man I'm so angry at myself right now.

I think it's kind of lame that my $10 got me more than the $10 my friend just spent on the compendium 2 days ago.

 

[Juddog]

You have to complete full sets of player cards. I think the first one gets you the Hawk. The 6th one (included two designated ones) gets you the crab.

It's written in the compendium on the page next to the "select courier" page.

Edit: Looks like I was wrong. You had to complete the fantasy team and TI predictions.

I completed the fantasy team and TI predictions and never got mine.

So far I do have the crab and the mammoth though; I think some people not getting the bird call is some kind of bug in the game.

 

[Destiny]

I have duplicate cards that I did not stamp in my compendium... won't do any good sitting my stash... I need Ferrari_430 to complete my IG team...

 

[Zeze]

YOU GUYS READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT TOMORROw!?!?!

caps

 

[Destiny]

YOU GUYS READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT TOMORROw!?!?!

caps

Yep!... I have my Monitor and HDTV hooked up to my Card to try to stream multiple games...

 

[KaOTiK]

My body is ready

 

[KaOTiK]

Anyone have any international treasure chest they don't want? Opened the one I got and no luck lol. I'm probably going to grab a few keys

 

[Destiny]

Anyone have any international treasure chest they don't want? Opened the one I got and no luck lol. I'm probably going to grab a few keys

I'll shoot you some when I get them - I opened 4 and no bueno... so I've been selling them in the market for .25

 

[KaOTiK]

I'll shoot you some when I get them - I opened 4 and no bueno... so I've been selling them in the market for .25

They are down to like $0.04-$0.05 now on the market so you make like 1-2 cents, reason I figured I'd just ask if anyone has any they don't want

Thanks Destiny. I'll probably buy 3-4 keys, more if I get lucky lol

Can't wait to see what new stuff goes up in the Valve store for Dota 2 merchandise. I've bought quite a bit of D2 stuff already from there. 2 shirts (Dolfrat and Drow), the Donkey plush (was able to sell the Zonkey for more than the cost of the plush wtf? lol ) and the 4 character posters which I have framed and hanging on the wall above the computer

 

[Destiny]

They are down to like $0.04-$0.05 now on the market so you make like 1-2 cents, reason I figured I'd just ask if anyone has any they don't want

Thanks Destiny. I'll probably buy 3-4 keys, more if I get lucky lol

Can't wait to see what new stuff goes up in the Valve store for Dota 2 merchandise. I've bought quite a bit of D2 stuff already from there. 2 shirts (Dolfrat and Drow), the Donkey plush (was able to sell the Zonkey for more than the cost of the plush wtf? lol ) and the 4 character posters which I have framed and hanging on the wall above the computer

You are in Seattle at the International 3's Secret Shop??!?!!! ***SHAKES FIST***

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Yep!... I have my Monitor and HDTV hooked up to my Card to try to stream multiple games...

You lucky bastards. I'd totally get up at 4am and watch TI3 every day this week. If it weren't for work. And exams. And clinicals. And assignments.

You lucky, lucky bastards.

 

[DrunkenSano]

I'm at work so no Dota2 viewing for me. :|

 

[Zeze]

You lucky bastards. I'd totally get up at 4am and watch TI3 every day this week. If it weren't for work. And exams. And clinicals. And assignments.

You lucky, lucky bastards.

Again, Dota2.com's Schedule tab is spoiler-free. You can directly bookmark it, then watch the each replays with completely same experience as live.

That's what I did last year when stupid TI2 was on Labor Day weekend.

 

[BergeLSU]

They are down to like $0.04-$0.05 now on the market so you make like 1-2 cents, reason I figured I'd just ask if anyone has any they don't want

Thanks Destiny. I'll probably buy 3-4 keys, more if I get lucky lol

Can't wait to see what new stuff goes up in the Valve store for Dota 2 merchandise. I've bought quite a bit of D2 stuff already from there. 2 shirts (Dolfrat and Drow), the Donkey plush (was able to sell the Zonkey for more than the cost of the plush wtf? lol ) and the 4 character posters which I have framed and hanging on the wall above the computer

I have 2 or 3 I don't want.

 

[Juddog]

Hopefully my computer doesn't crash today; have it set to auto-view the tournament. I have to setup a twitch account tonight to link in with my steam account so that I can quad-stream the matches like some of the other people doing the same.

So far the big matches I'm psyched up to see:

Alliance vs. Navi
Alliance vs. LGD
LGD vs. Navi

It seems like Alliance is going to win the tournament, at least based on the prelims. LGD has been shining though and are a solid team; even if they don't win this year, I'm betting they are going to come back next year a lot stronger. Navi is always fun to watch.

I finally completed the entire card collection as of this morning, and still never got my damn whistle for the bird mount. I made sure the predictions were all set, so it seems like a major bug.

 

[smackababy]

I finally completed the entire card collection as of this morning, and still never got my damn whistle for the bird mount. I made sure the predictions were all set, so it seems like a major bug.

Don't worry, I'm sure Valve will put it up for sale in a week or two.

 

[Zeze]

So far the big matches I'm psyched up to see:

I'm psyched to see ALL matches. It's the motherlovin' main event!

I'm torn because I normally...

A: Watch the matches in-game for the game's maxed graphics @ 80fps. But if I do this, I'll miss all the stage & crowd shots of the arena... the pro player reactions, etc.

B: If I watch the stream, it's laggy as hell and quality is garbage.

C: I can do both with my dual: monitor + HDTV setup, but then the game will lag.

Which?