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[Juddog]

Rumor has it that there was a bug in deleting some DOTA2 item on the Chinese servers either last night or the night before; the bug was that you could delete the rare item and get a chance at a mythical, and then purposefully crash the client and when you logged back in, you had the rare item again. Because of this, the Chinese market supposedly had a flood of mythical items at cheaper than normal prices.

 

[Chiropteran]

The dota 2 item market is mind boggling to me. I bought one of the shorts from the TI3 "secret shop" thing, which came with a random treasure. Got some invoker pauldrons and sold them on the market for about $50, making the effective price of the shirt... free.

 

[Destiny]

I'd love it, thank you. Only one I have is the Solar Divine one

LOL... I think I only have the solar divine one too... I have a CM rare staff if you want that one instead...

 

[Juddog]

The dota 2 item market is mind boggling to me. I bought one of the shorts from the TI3 "secret shop" thing, which came with a random treasure. Got some invoker pauldrons and sold them on the market for about $50, making the effective price of the shirt... free.

I'm just glad someone snagged my courier; I used the $150 I got to buy a bunch of DOTA2 crap I would have normally not spent money on, picked up the Skyrim super-loaded DLC bundle on steam, and picked up some keys in DOTA2 that I used to trade for rare items in the DOTA2 marketplace (e.g. the Tiny skin).

I still have a bunch of money left over too; before getting the unique courier I had spent a total of $20 on DOTA2; basically the compendium for $10, and some tickets for various tournaments. The game has literally paid me back over 7 times what I have put into it at this point!

I looked over the profile of the dude that bought my courier; this guy had all kinds of crazy DOTA2 items, basically every immortal, for example 2 x dragonbone hooks, timebreaker immortal weapon, multiple of almost every courier, etc.. This guy must have dumped thousands of bucks into the marketplace buying this stuff. I found it incredible that someone could spend so much money on a single video game, but then again was still happy he bought my courier for so much money!

 

[crownjules]

I looked over the profile of the dude that bought my courier; this guy had all kinds of crazy DOTA2 items, basically every immortal, for example 2 x dragonbone hooks, timebreaker immortal weapon, multiple of almost every courier, etc.. This guy must have dumped thousands of bucks into the marketplace buying this stuff. I found it incredible that someone could spend so much money on a single video game, but then again was still happy he bought my courier for so much money!

It's just like a comic book or baseball card collector. Only the items he's collecting our digital and not truly "owned" by him and one day they will go poof when Valve pulls the plug on DOTA2. But maybe he's a billionaire and so what's a few thousand dollars to him?

 

[KaOTiK]

LOL... I think I only have the solar divine one too... I have a CM rare staff if you want that one instead...

lol go figure
I'm game for the CM staff as well as long as it isn't the Snowdrop one as I have that (watch it be that one hahah)

 

[Destiny]

lol go figure
I'm game for the CM staff as well as long as it isn't the Snowdrop one as I have that (watch it be that one hahah)

It is the Snowdrop staff....D:

 

[Juddog]

Wow this is incredibly lame; was watching a tournament and received a prize, can't see it, so I look at my inventory via my steam profile and it's "Emerald Polycount Collection" chest. Since when did they start giving chests as tournament prizes? This is the first time that's happened to me.

 

[KaOTiK]

It is the Snowdrop staff....D:

LOL

Thanks anyways, the thought is what matters

 

[Peter Nixeus]

DOTA 2 OCN Tournament ($2500 in cash prizes):

http://www.overclock.net/t/1427105/tournament-overclock-net-dota-2-challenge-2-500-in-prizes

I am available during the game times and looking to join a team for either the cash tournaments or the fun/casual division. :biggrin:

 

[Peter Nixeus]

DOTA 2 OCN Tournament ($2500 in cash prizes):

http://www.overclock.net/t/1427105/tournament-overclock-net-dota-2-challenge-2-500-in-prizes

I am available during the game times and looking to join a team for either the cash tournaments or the fun/casual division. :biggrin:

OCN DOTA 2 Challenge.


Bump! We need a few more people to form a team for the casual division. PM me if you can play for sure. Thanks!

 

[Chiropteran]

Anyone catch the game where Alliance got wrecked by Power Rangers yesterday?

 

[Clinkster]

I don't see this anywhere, but there is a big update coming to Dota 2 on Monday.

http://www.dota2.com/firstblood

Noteworthy changes:

LAN mode incorporated
GLADOS annoucner pack and HUD skin
Captain's draft added
Changing backpack to armory, with improvements
Items that are automatically assembled can be disassembled for 10 sec.
Timberchain is now interrupted by stuns (boo!)
Pudge hooks now hook towards where Pudge initially hooked
Fixed instant toggles of armlet
Creeps (minitaurs and satyrs especially) now have cast animations for spells.
Bug fixes galore.
Supposed hint of actions against botters

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Chen Pudge nerf! noooooooooooooooo... lol

 

[smackababy]

Chen Pudge nerf! noooooooooooooooo... lol

I don't like how they nerfed it. I wish they had just capped the distance a hook can drag someone (like 1500 units or whatever). I feel like hooking while moving will be impacted, especially just to fix a Chen / Pudge combo.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Anyone else hope they bring back Diretide this year?

I had so much fun playing that mode at Halloween last year.

 

[CWRMadcat]

Anyone else hope they bring back Diretide this year?

I had so much fun playing that mode at Halloween last year.

Yep. I enjoyed all the holiday events. Like you I hope they return.

 

[{bad}]

If you're a good drafter and enjoy playing Captain's Mode, you can now choose to become the Captain of the team in the first few moments of the game.

Adding to that, three new language options have been added - Korean, Spanish and Portuguese.

The Aperture Science Wardcores managed to sneak out of the lab somehow. Available on September 23, 2013 as a part of the Portal Pack. They come with custom particle effects.

A quick preview of the Portal HUD that will be available as a part of the Portal Pack on Monday along with the GladoS Announcer Pack and the Aperture Science Wardcores.

Beginning soon, all users that are caught by the Valve Anti-Cheat System using external programs linked to Dota 2 will have their accounts suspended from the game for 30 days.

You can learn all about how the VAC works here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7849-Radz-6869

Enemy and non-Allied HP bars when under query will now show in Red. Adding to that, spectators will see the Dire Team's HP Bars in Red too.

The Armory | Your backpack has now been renamed to The Armory and comes with a bunch of new features including Custom Filters to sort your items as you want, search functionality, working previews and more.

Local Play will be live this Monday in Dota 2. The patch is now live on the test client for who are willing to try it out before hand.

Dota 2 First Blood Update | LAN, Captain's Draft Mode, New Armory and So Much More. Coming to Dota 2 on Monday, September 23, 2013. Learn all about it here. http://www.dota2.com/firstblood

source : https://www.facebook.com/wykrhmreddy

 

[{bad}]

Pudge's Hook Interaction has now been fixed. Units hooked get ported to the place from where the hook was launched rather than where Pudge is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnbTNkx7IsM

 

[{bad}]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cQOIqmVhU&feature=youtu.be

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Looking forward to the GlaDOS above all else. Maybe this will be the thing that replaces Bastion.

 

[{bad}]

good news

As of the First Blood update on Monday, there will be some changes to how the the item drops in the game. Here's a list of them all.

 

[Zeze]

Wow, thanks {bad} for your incredible update news.

I've quit (and this time no urge!), but still love following and wasting time reading/watching this god damn game.

 

[TheVrolok]

Looking forward to the GlaDOS above all else. Maybe this will be the thing that replaces Bastion.

My exact thought

 

[{bad}]

from last 7-8 months i was playing around 3-4 games every week, but now i will start playing more again

e1 after 150 lvl i have only got 1 mythical item as drop.