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i have ruined couple games cause the captain was entirely jruk, and they called me noob lol,
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+1 that happened to me weeks ago, an stupid retarded capt and 3 more guys who in capts mode picked what they wanted thinking was great to counter the enemy team, they gave me Crystal maiden, i asked for my top support players and told them that i had never played with CM, and went to the hard lane with a retarded who wanted to give the first blood right away, he complete end it feeding and the safe lane feeding as well so whothey blamed???? ME. Were a bunch of stupids who thought they were NAVY or Alliance or the DK, how can i say this: uhmmmm a new specie of noobs!= noobs retarded!!!!!! At the end i was happy of losing that game cuz those guys deserved that and more... Right now im good enough with these:

Support
Venge- Lich-Silencer-Dazzle-TreantP

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Jugg-Luna-Ursa

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Clockwerk
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Hi, I kind of installed Dota 2, 2 days ago.Want some advice,is there a point doing that training 100%?ANy point of buying anything from money shop?IS it some kind of pay to win?or cosmetics only?
 

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Hi, I kind of installed Dota 2, 2 days ago.Want some advice,is there a point doing that training 100%?ANy point of buying anything from money shop?IS it some kind of pay to win?or cosmetics only?
No point in doing training to 100% if you understand the basics. Everything you can buy is PURELY cosmetic. No pay to win, there is NO advantage of paying for anything. The account level up is purely for getting a cosmetic item each level, no extra benefits like runes/masteries like LoL. You can use every hero at start (depending on game mode of course, but you can always pick the same heroes the other players can)
 

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the leveling up is not just for costemic items ; its there so that people with similar experience can face each other. no matter how well a player understands the game, a level 10 player will never be able to compete against, say, a level 25 player.
 
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I only did one fight wth real people and it seemd that there was one guy who killed all of us he had all time godlike annoucments,and we lost 1 to 40 points wise.We even attacked him 3 on one but still couldnt beat him.SO not sure if fight was fair.He seemed overpowered
 

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I only did one fight wth real people and it seemd that there was one guy who killed all of us he had all time godlike annoucments,and we lost 1 to 40 points wise.We even attacked him 3 on one but still couldnt beat him.SO not sure if fight was fair.He seemed overpowered

That usually happens when you let a carry farm. Controlling such heroes is very important early in the game, make them struggle to farm big equipments.
 
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I dont think I did'nt let him to farm i straight away run to center where he was,he didnt kill anyone maye only 2-3 my gnomes , but all I could do is damage him only about 10th part of heathbar where he killed me with 2 strikes.
So it depends what char u took to go against,seems like some chars are very weak agaisnt melee opponents
 
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there are a lot of people who play dota 2 with different accounts. like once after they have reached a high level they start again in a different account at level 1, pwning newbies. these sort are usually the type who suck at playing at their actual level.
 
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the leveling up is not just for costemic items ; its there so that people with similar experience can face each other. no matter how well a player understands the game, a level 10 player will never be able to compete against, say, a level 25 player.

I disagree. Level has nothing to do with actual skill and everything to do with number of games played. If someone gets to level 10 and has spent the entire time learning, they will be substantially better than someone who dicked off for 25 levels.
 

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even if you are dicking around you still do pick up a few things. what you said only applies to a handful of people. plus there are the usual south asian pinoys and russian cykas who have no idea what they are doing. Which is why its best to not play in all pick lol.
 
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THanks for your advices, will try to follow em and enjoy the game, as a noob.Probably wont be on leaderboards any time soon :)
 
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even if you are dicking around you still do pick up a few things. what you said only applies to a handful of people. plus there are the usual south asian pinoys and russian cykas who have no idea what they are doing. Which is why its best to not play in all pick lol.

It's a little more true now but it's not basically fact. If someone played say HoN until recently and decided to pick up DotA 2 since HoN is a ghost town, they would be better off at level 1 than someone who is level 25 and picked up DotA 2 with no ARTS/MOBA experience. Not to mention you're basically saying naturally ability and aptitude mean nothing or don't exist. Playing more doesn't instantly make you better, I know personally I'm better than hundreds if not thousands of people who have played way more games than I have, and are a much higher level. As it stands, the only thing the level system enforces is that you get 1 item guaranteed every time you level up.
 
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the leveling up is not just for costemic items ; its there so that people with similar experience can face each other. no matter how well a player understands the game, a level 10 player will never be able to compete against, say, a level 25 player.

I don't think the level up system is used for matchmaking, you can practically buy levels with boosters. You have one solo mmr, one for team, one for solo ranked and one for team ranked.
 

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THanks for your advices, will try to follow em and enjoy the game, as a noob.Probably wont be on leaderboards any time soon :)
read about roles and start picking what you like most and try to learn about all heroes abilities for you to counter your enemy, dota is about team work and counter your enemy, you get gold for killing but you win by taking towers then the throne. first pick your role dude , for ex: if youre a carry learn how to farm fast and get kills without dying, last hits and that stuff. IF youre a support protect your carry at all cost, let him farm and harras the enemy all time, provide mana/Hp and deny your creeps if possible, have the map all the time warded and deward if possible. my advise is to practice against bots and learn to farm and last hit then try mid lane and pushing your lane, support is the most difficult role so have a little exp before picking that role. In the other hand you have heroes who are initiators, pushers etc... learn about that too its important to know how to start a fight and have the upper hand. So, good luck dude welcome to dota.
 

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as i said there are many many many dumbasses in all levels

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They are not really dumb, but lacking for the quality of play you expect for your level.
 
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Anyone here @ TPU still playing this ? Hope to spice this thing up a bit, plus there will be a lot of big Dota 2 competitions coming up later this summer
 
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Anyone here @ TPU still playing this ? Hope to spice this thing up a bit, plus there will be a lot of big Dota 2 competitions coming up later this summer
I am and still playing it, no reasons to quit any time soon, Its Dota dude and Dota grows everyday so the players. Noobs too by the way....... waiting for the international this July, my favs this time are the DK and Navi, i hope Alliance has an ace under the sleeve, bad picks make them lose the Starladder vs Navi, i expected more from them, hope the international to be more fun and competitive.
 
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Being an Alliance fan, I still root for a lot of Western teams like Na`Vi, Evil Geniuses, Team Empire, Cloud 9, FnaticEU ...
Not to say TI. ESL One Frankfurt and DreamHack ROG DreamLeague are also notable to watch
 
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I'm predicting Na'Vi will climb out of the losers bracket and win TI4. Alliance wasn't doing amazing leading up to TI3, they always save some tricks for TI. The meta has also shifted a bit since Alliance were top dogs, they can't play the passive pushing strats like they had been all of last year, there's a bit more aggression and some of the heroes they relied on (NP, LD, especially Batrider) have seen some nerfs. Not say they don't stand a chance, but I highly doubt they will be in the finals, possibly Top 3 though.

The bigger issue in my mind is that none of the Eastern teams seem especially potent. They have all been really lackluster compared to the explosive Western scene. In the West we have Na'Vi and Alliance, but also wildcards like EG, Fnatic, and Empire, but there's also relative newcomers like C9. The Western Qualifier is going to be a bloodbath, but the Eastern Qualifier is a few lackluster teams and some heavy favorites.
 
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That usually happens when you let a carry farm. Controlling such heroes is very important early in the game, make them struggle to farm big equipments.
Yep..if you let he carry farming, I think most of carrys can be god-like the whole game.
 
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Power Supply Corsair CXM500w // CM MWE 600w
Probably most people here playing Dota 2 haven't played the original Warcraft DotA custom map I believe ? :D Just wondering

I have, Dota 2 is much better in many ways compared to the limitations of the WC3 engine
 
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