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piratekingflcl
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States27 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-17 00:00:47
March 16 2012 23:57 GMT
#1
So I just got into the DotA 2 Beta a week ago, right?

I signed up for it on a whim. All I knew about DotA was that it was a very popular game that started as a Warcraft III mod.

But, much in the same way that StarCraft II brought me back into StarCraft: Brood War (i.e. I started watching Gom.tv when those SC2 Battle Reports came out, and someome linked Tasteless and SuperDanielMan saying they feel like Jedi when they order cigarettes XD ), I figured I could just learn stuff about it if I actually got into the beta (unlike the waiting I did for that SC2 Beta key :'( ).

And then I got the email saying I'd been invited to join.

It felt like a nice surprise, and I figured it was as good a time as any to learn about the game I was going to be playtesting. I decided that the swiftest way to learn about a new video game is see it in action, so I Youtubed "DotA 2, this week" and the top video was a DotA 2 Guide to Broodmother.

Watching the video, I was filled with a great respect for the graphics and what looked like a complicated system of heroes, skills, and items. So I decided to find out more about this game.

Needless to say, a lot of time was spent studying DotA, and now I have a pretty broad view of all the heroes, their abilities, and the items. I even know a few heroes' item and skill builds.

I've had a few games, with a win rate of a whopping 33%. And I'm happy to say, that I tried not to drag the team down on those wins. I was especially important in fun game where our team had a lot of late game potential, while the opponents were more towards mid-game.

As you can imagine, they had taken two sets of barracks and had managed to damage our ancient before we'd even knocked down all of their tier 2 towers. Eventually, a Skeleton King and I (Lina) defended the base against a slew of late game creeps, and a Furion furiously teleporting (who took a Laguna Blade to the face and took a dirt nap), while the rest of our team, an Anti-Mage, Sniper, and Juggernaut, pushed mid with everything they had.

Their opposition? A Pudge, Bloodseeker, Clockwerk, Batrider, and Nature's Prophet.

It was here I learned that Lina is freaking amazing at laning, by the way. She has great AoE spells, and her attack speed gets ridiculous when you stack her passive. She's doing more than twice her DPS after three stacks; but I digress.

Listening to the news feed, I hear that we've taken a tower, then a monster kill, followed by another tower, a barracks, and another monster kill, a godlike, more towers, at which point I glanced over and saw that our assault had reached the ancient, until we finally finished it off for the win.

You might think that the other team threw the game away, but all that really comes down to is that the better team wins in the end.

So, I guess what I'm saying is, it's a pretty fun game, and I'm glad I get to be apart of the experience. If you've been waiting for a beta key without knowing anything about it, or even someone that's never heard of DotA in the first place, I just want you to know that it's worth having to learn a new skillset to enjoy a pretty fantastic game.

(Also, people should play more Lina. She's really good at ganking, pushing, and can late-game semi-carry if you get the gold.)

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Josh-FiveO
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Denmark174 Posts
March 17 2012 00:06 GMT
#2
Been playing DotA/DotA 2 for ages now (5-6 years). Just play the game, read guides if u want to try a new hero, u will leanr all heroes and such as time progresses.And for your finishing sentence, there is no best hero, or a hero more people should play. DotA is all about adapting to your mates picks, and the opponents picks. It's not like you see a Zerg making muta's, and you are like: "Hell yeah, time for rauders!"

Adapt, adapt and pwn.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
MaV_gGSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada1345 Posts
March 17 2012 00:21 GMT
#3
youre so lucky. Ive been applying for the longest time
Life's good :D
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
March 17 2012 01:34 GMT
#4
Haha, I will probably try Lina next time I play.

Even though I also got into the DotA 2 beta, I've been mostly playing LoL nowadays >_<
I'm still riding the learning curve, but eventually I will fully transition from LoL to DotA 2. I'm new to MOBAs, so this stuff is very alien to me.

Cool to see you having fun with the game.
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Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
March 17 2012 02:16 GMT
#5
You're the kind of player MOBA games deserve, reading up on the champions and stuff before playing.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Doomblaze
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1292 Posts
March 17 2012 06:08 GMT
#6
Sounds like a pretty standard pub to me.
Lina's not as good as shes seems. Her damage and attack animation suck,so its hard to farm, and she needs another stun to help land hers because it takes a second at like 300 range to hit. She is a really fun hero to play though! I miss when she could actually carry, fiery soul used to just be an active spell that raised her attack speed by 50%, called ultimate. 1 point of stun, ultimate stats and dps items fucked people up, best troll build.
In Mushi we trust
Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
March 17 2012 06:43 GMT
#7
Lina was so much better in HoN, but even then she wasn't that great. I say this as Lina was one of my main heroes. Her stun is very difficult to land without another stunner, and she's pretty damn vulnerable and doesn't work that well without at least some farm. Also, her attack animation is absolute garbage, maybe the worst in the game sadly. If only they could buff just that aspect I think she'd be more popular.
Narcind
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Sweden2489 Posts
March 17 2012 08:41 GMT
#8
On March 17 2012 08:57 Tiirin wrote:Anti-Mage


Think I know why you won.

Seriously though, yes, dota 2 is amazing, but if I were you I'd probably stay away from lina for a while, she's actually a pretty hard hero to perform well with, and you'd probably contribute a lot more to your team by playing another hero. But, if you're enjoying playing her, why not I guess.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
March 17 2012 08:56 GMT
#9
fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I still don't have a Dota 2 beta
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