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sluggaslamoo
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Australia4494 Posts
May 22 2013 03:33 GMT
#61
Guys, please shut the fuck up

Sorry I just lost so many IQ points from seeing this last debate I couldn't think of a better phrase. Don't ruin a great OP with this trash.
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jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
May 22 2013 03:55 GMT
#62
Guess I still have some WoW instincts in me (used to watch a ton of WoW pvp videos) because when I saw Magnus get stunned my first thought was "he's about to die and he needs to get off his RP....he has to trinket asap!" (In WoW pvp every player has an item (trinket) that breaks all CC on you, on a 2 min cooldown)

Great video, nice music choice too
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Doomblaze
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1292 Posts
May 22 2013 05:06 GMT
#63
On May 22 2013 12:32 PrinceXizor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2013 12:21 GogoKodo wrote:
Genre names are also a thing people use to relate information. Sure it's not specific or detailed but it's definitely used.
What kind of movie is it? Comedy.
What kind of book is it? Sci-fi.

I don't think anyone in the history of movies or books has been satisfied and understanding of the topic with just one of those words.

calling a game "mutliplayer online battle arena" literally applies to everything. CoD is a MOBA, LoL is a MOBA, DOTA is a MOBA, Halo is a MOBA, Worms armageddon is a MOBA, Starcraft 2 is a MOBA. :/

not that any of this is on topic. though try what was suggested above by zooming out the cam a bit so it doesn't have to move, so you can record it twice.


I was gonna say exactly this. DotA is a beautiful game, aesthetically and strategically.
In Mushi we trust
DCLXVI
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States729 Posts
May 22 2013 05:32 GMT
#64
Is the full game uploaded somewhere?
I can already see the ending
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12182 Posts
May 22 2013 05:35 GMT
#65
On May 22 2013 14:32 DCLXVI wrote:
Is the full game uploaded somewhere?


You can watch it for free in the Dota 2 client. Other than that yes, but I havn't looked up where.
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
May 22 2013 05:36 GMT
#66
On May 22 2013 14:32 DCLXVI wrote:
Is the full game uploaded somewhere?

http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio
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Rainling
Profile Joined June 2011
United States456 Posts
May 22 2013 06:26 GMT
#67
On May 21 2013 19:52 sluggaslamoo wrote:
This is awesome kinda reminds me of this one


So pretty O.o
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 08:58:41
May 22 2013 08:56 GMT
#68
On May 22 2013 09:09 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2013 23:56 isleyofthenorth wrote:
Moba is what the lol devs called their game. the genre is called "Dota" (maybe "AoS")

also moba means multiplayer battle arena i think?

But then Bloodline Champions fits it much better than dota or lol


As much as people might hate the term MOBA, calling a genre "DotA" or "AoS" is the stupidest idea imaginable.

"I'm playing a Mario (sidescrolling platformer)." "Oh, that game is a Quake (FPS)." "I wish a company would make a good FZero (racing game)".

Meanwhile games that copy Rogue are called Rogue-likes and nobody seems to mind.


Also, watching gameplay in slow-motion is something i quite enjoy.
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Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 09:52:54
May 22 2013 09:52 GMT
#69
Genre and subgenre names are usually coined and/or adopted by the media, and once they're there, they stick.

Most of game genre names are terribly inappropriate and don't represent the games at all, but people get used to calling them that after a while anyway (because everybody else does).
Nisyax
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Netherlands756 Posts
May 22 2013 10:41 GMT
#70
Oh yea I saw this, was wondering why the lina died after (wasn't paying that much attention) :p Too bad about the bear dying and rolling into the wall in the beginning.
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
May 22 2013 15:05 GMT
#71
On May 22 2013 03:44 MattBarry wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2013 23:56 isleyofthenorth wrote:
Moba is what the lol devs called their game. the genre is called "Dota" (maybe "AoS")

also moba means multiplayer battle arena i think?

But then Bloodline Champions fits it much better than dota or lol

Who cares. Just call it a moba for the sake of easy categorization.

No. I still call it dota because that's how I started saying it.

saw this live but didn't even realize half the things that went on!
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 18:37:35
May 22 2013 18:36 GMT
#72
Hm, as someone who doesn't care and doesn't know anything about MOBAs (or Dotas or w/e), this video doesn't do anything to convince me that Dota is a beautiful game (I know, it probably wasn't your intention to convince others, but still, the title lured me here and made me watch the video).
For me it looked similar to a WoW 5 man arena with both sides trying to land some kind of stunlock and then killing each other, very slow, with melodramatic music. Not unlike WoW pvp vods. Sure, there is a big NPC monster that the both sides are dancing around. Fantastic.

Also, there is a dude in an airplane. Which is like the most appalling thing in a fantasy setting ever, stylistically speaking.
Get off my lawn, young punks
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
May 22 2013 22:59 GMT
#73
On May 23 2013 03:36 ACrow wrote:
Hm, as someone who doesn't care and doesn't know anything about MOBAs (or Dotas or w/e), this video doesn't do anything to convince me that Dota is a beautiful game (I know, it probably wasn't your intention to convince others, but still, the title lured me here and made me watch the video).
For me it looked similar to a WoW 5 man arena with both sides trying to land some kind of stunlock and then killing each other, very slow, with melodramatic music. Not unlike WoW pvp vods. Sure, there is a big NPC monster that the both sides are dancing around. Fantastic.

Also, there is a dude in an airplane. Which is like the most appalling thing in a fantasy setting ever, stylistically speaking.

YEah warcraft 3 was pretty appalling stylistically.
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-22 23:04:57
May 22 2013 23:04 GMT
#74
Steampunk elements (races, factions) are pretty common and present in a lot of fantasy settings nowadays. One could even say they've become too common. You can almost be certain that Dwarf or Gnome-like races are going to have guns and flying machines of some variety.

If anything, it's unoriginal, but it can hardly be called appalling.
KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
May 23 2013 03:48 GMT
#75
On May 23 2013 03:36 ACrow wrote:
Also, there is a dude in an airplane. Which is like the most appalling thing in a fantasy setting ever, stylistically speaking.

what!? go away I don't want your fantasy!
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
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