TPU Dota 2 Thread

[ThunderStorm]

Since nobody has started a thread for the popular dota 2, I will.

This thread is open for gameplay discussion and general issues only, please for the sake of peace, do not mention any aspects of LOL, i would be much appreciated.

Welcome to TPU Dota 2 !

For those who don't know what Dota 2 is: it is a MOBA ( Multiplayer online battle arena ) based game, developed by Vavle and Ice Frog ( the main contributor of Dota 1-a custom map for Warcraft 3 ). Although it's not complete yet, dota 2 is now much playable and enjoyable.

My steam is steamcommunity.com/id/Tetsudo

If you want to check some one's performance, go to dotabuff.com and see for yourself.

[JNUKZ]

Dota

Too bad I don't have time to play it but usually I watch a few games.
btw didn't understand this new hero: Timbersaw

[xenocide]

Timbersaw is kind of like a weird version of Clockwork. It's the best way I can describe him. I don't care for him much, but then again I don't care for most heroes in the game xD

[lyndonguitar]

If any of you guys want to play the game, Me, and skylamer have a few invites to giveaway. check out this thread.

[LightningJR]

I'm a little hooked on this game right now, I don't start work until Monday if anyone would like to add me to Steam and play a couple of games.

Steam: LightningJR

[Absolution]

Originally Posted by JNUKZ

Dota

Too bad I don't have time to play it but usually I watch a few games.
btw didn't understand this new hero: Timbersaw

I didnt get how to play timbersaw too. Most of the hero's skills are made so they synergize with each other (sometimes 2 skills, sometimes 3 or 4 depending on the difficulty intended).

Watch merlini's or singsing's timbersaw play to get an idea on how to play timbersaw.

[Absolution]

In my experience, its never a good idea to mix your "pub" profile and "pre-made" profile. It often results in bad gameplay experience because the game usually tends to put people higher than you. And in the end, players usually blame themselves or others for the loss.

[Fourstaff]

Originally Posted by Absolution

In my experience, its never a good idea to mix your "pub" profile and "pre-made" profile. It often results in bad gameplay experience because the game usually tends to put people higher than you. And in the end, players usually blame themselves or others for the loss.

Can you please elaborate a bit? I play both solo and premade (2-5 players depending on who is playing), and I don't feel any bad gameplay experience. Most of the losses were "graceful" rather than complete pubstomp from one side.

[Absolution]

Originally Posted by Fourstaff

Can you please elaborate a bit? I play both solo and premade (2-5 players depending on who is playing), and I don't feel any bad gameplay experience. Most of the losses were "graceful" rather than complete pubstomp from one side.

Well I had a number of such cases with premades:

1. With a new friend (who was new to dota). Needless to say, him with my main account, things didnt go so well. Feeding factor. It was much better when I made another account and then played with him. He noticed that too.

2. With another (happened 3 times), who found me playing well, decided to introduce me to his buddies, suddenly, the hero Im somewhat good with does real bad in 2-3 matches later on.

Overall sometimes I feel its better to solo queue with my solo queue account.

I think its better that if you start off with someone new (or premade 5), to make new accounts, and practice together from the start (from the lowest skills) until the team gets our timings and synergy right.

The other unpleasant part is the "doing bad - feeling guilty" or someone does bad and being bad mannered to them.

Its not only Dota Ive faced this issue in, but other matchmaking games like APB Reloaded too. Do real good in one mission with a guy, pair up with him and keep playing matches and the experience isnt that well.

[Fourstaff]

Originally Posted by Absolution

Well I had a number of such cases with premades:

1. With a new friend (who was new to dota). Needless to say, him with my main account, things didnt go so well. Feeding factor. It was much better when I made another account and then played with him. He noticed that too.

2. With another (happened 3 times), who found me playing well, decided to introduce me to his buddies, suddenly, the hero Im somewhat good with does real bad in 2-3 matches later on.

Overall sometimes I feel its better to solo queue with my solo queue account.

I think its better that if you start off with someone new (or premade 5), to make new accounts, and practice together from the start (from the lowest skills) until the team gets our timings and synergy right.

The other unpleasant part is the "doing bad - feeling guilty" or someone does bad and being bad mannered to them.

Its not only Dota Ive faced this issue in, but other matchmaking games like APB Reloaded too. Do real good in one mission with a guy, pair up with him and keep playing matches and the experience isnt that well.

Well if you have top 5% skills matched up with a newbie of course matchmaking is going to make you (or him) suffer. I had that problem too, but we just worked our way around playing 4v5, with him staying on a purely support, until he is good enough. Pulls his weight and more in games now. Well the people I play with have an idea how to play Dota (as in, they know what most hero can do, their cooldowns, when to push and when to defend, and can lane properly in the opening stages of the game), so even the worst will be able to have some fun.

[ThunderStorm]

Yesterday i played Pudge : dotabuff.com/matches/93355237 with 18/7/11 K/D/A consecutively. Sand King on the other hand, was not that good ( i myself can say with a humble voice that i'm an avid pudge player ), or i can even say terrible with 1 kill and 15 deaths, he did not know how to stun the enemy heroes nor have a basic knowledge of defending/positioning. So i checked his profile thanks to dotabuff: dotabuff.com/players/111381423, seems like a newbie to me. It was totally understandable, everybody once was a newbie, but we learned from mistakes and tried to learn more right? But the thing is, he never typed a thing!, when we tried to help him of how it's done but my team felt like we were talking to ourselves. And you guys get the point.

Playing with someone new isn't necessary boring or frustrating, sometimes it's even fun! but they have to show some kind of willingness to learn.