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klmklm17
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada85 Posts
November 05 2011 20:27 GMT
#421
This is great for starter people. I have taken lots of time off Dota so I think it might be time to start up again!!

Thanks for this again.
the extent of all evil is the limit of all good
yyang1493
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 20:28:44
November 05 2011 20:27 GMT
#422
DotA 2 would be a great game I'm sure. But I think that it is too much of a direct port of its predecessor. I guess the Valve team and Icefrog decided it would be safer to make a similar game and not change too much similar to how Starcraft 2 followed up on Starcraft. I started playing DotA since the Invoker patch and was unfortunate to not witness the full evolution of DotA from the very beginning but I have seen how the game have so drastically evolved since the first time I played. DotA was limited by its Warcraft 3 engine and I was wondering what do you think DotA 2 should introduce to the genre?

I mean no disrespect to other players if some of what I said offended others.

Very informative guide by the way, great way to gateway the genre for newer players. Keep up the good work.
shinlh
Profile Joined September 2011
Brazil4 Posts
November 05 2011 20:28 GMT
#423
Nice guide for newbs!
Pibacc
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada545 Posts
November 05 2011 20:29 GMT
#424
Very nice guide! Really helpful.
jakeee
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1 Post
November 05 2011 20:32 GMT
#425
Good read, thanks
Gatsbizzle
Profile Joined March 2010
United States132 Posts
November 05 2011 20:33 GMT
#426
Very nice high-level overview of the basics of DotA! The game has a reputation of being very intimidating to newcomers, so it's good to see content like this be put out there for the community.
I joined TeamLiquid for TSL2 but I stayed for Nada's Body.
enigmatik
Profile Joined November 2010
United States86 Posts
November 05 2011 20:34 GMT
#427
Nice guide, I play LoL but that is the only moba I have ever played. It seems to me that Dota has a lot more depth once inside the game than LoL does, though there are masteries and runes outside for LoL. I really want to try out Dota 2 though, especially since the LoL client is the worst thing that has ever happened.
coreydota
Profile Joined October 2010
United States180 Posts
November 05 2011 20:35 GMT
#428
This blog was a good read, it looks extremely helpful for beginners. I'll show this to a few of my friends if we get beta keys ~
Dbblou
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany3 Posts
November 05 2011 20:37 GMT
#429
Thanks for that good guide!
pedrotrv
Profile Joined August 2010
Brazil117 Posts
November 05 2011 20:38 GMT
#430
Can't wait to play it.

Very complete guide, will help a lot of the newcomer dota2 will have.
woot.
minester
Profile Joined November 2011
1 Post
November 05 2011 20:39 GMT
#431
The usual time for pulling is (:13~:15 or :43~:45), although I'm unsure of the top pulling as radiant but it should be around the same.
cbRRRR
Profile Joined June 2010
Germany179 Posts
November 05 2011 20:39 GMT
#432
Cant wait for the game to come!
twitch.tv/cbrofl
Huge O
Profile Joined April 2011
Great Britain95 Posts
November 05 2011 20:40 GMT
#433
Is DOTA harder to control than LoL?
Riakam
Profile Joined November 2011
Norway1 Post
November 05 2011 20:40 GMT
#434
Good read.
And I'm not gonna lie, I made an account in hopes of getting a code. I'm bad like that.
Gholie
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway4 Posts
November 05 2011 20:40 GMT
#435
Nice guide! And good luck to all of those looking to get a key
Darkstar_X
Profile Joined May 2010
United States197 Posts
November 05 2011 20:41 GMT
#436
It would be nice if you could include places to ward to block the jungle spawns that also give good map vision at the same time
lucii
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia7 Posts
November 05 2011 20:42 GMT
#437
Great guide for people just getting into dota, like me ;3 thx.
pewpew
PartyBiscuit
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada4525 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 20:45:24
November 05 2011 20:44 GMT
#438
Don't know how you'll randomly choose from thread posts (especially with the influx of random redditors ), but nice discussion of DOTA basics (even let me know a couple things I was unaware of Roshan).

On November 06 2011 05:40 Huge O wrote:
Is DOTA harder to control than LoL?

If you mean mechanics or use of APM, then yes.
the farm ends here
Inderwink
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-05 20:48:13
November 05 2011 20:44 GMT
#439
Following you on a twitter, good sir. Thanks for the great info and the youtube vids. Here's to hoping for a key!
Asamael
Profile Joined November 2011
1 Post
November 05 2011 20:46 GMT
#440
Great guide! Complete noob at DotA but a bit of experience in HoN, found this very useful! Would love a beta key
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