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The point of this blog post in particular is that I thought of an interesting analogy. I was sitting at home, doing some work and listening to some music, and I thought that in a way, a band is extremely similiar to a DotA team. For example, the band in question here is Lamb of God, one of my favourite bands, a 5 - piece metal band from Virginia, USA. They are all virtuoso's at their particular instruments, and they never cease to amaze me with their incredible musicianship. In a way, each member of a band could be compared to to a certain role in a team. For example, the vocalist could be seen as the mid player, loud, centre of attention, in your face, the mouthpiece of the band - everythings on them, because if they fail, then the whole performance/game is ruined beyond repair. It is generally the stereotype that mid players are generall the lively, hyper members of the team, with large personalities, i.e Dendi, SingSing, Arteezy, etc, and the same coould go for vocalists, i.e Axl Rose, Ozzy Osbourne, etc. The Lead Guitarist could be seen as the carry, as in, in many songs, you won't feel their impact most until the solo, or the lategame kicks in, but when it does, it hits you like a ton of bricks, and leaves you amazed at their ability and prowess, but without solid backup, they falll flat - I mean, imagine an Iron Maiden solo without the galloping bass of Steve Harris, or a killer Tony Iommi riff without the steady pounding of Geezer Butler! This brings me to my next point. The bass+rhythm guitar could be seen as the support duo, because they are the backbone of the band or team - if they falter, then everything goes to pot - the carry can't farm, the mid can't help the team without competent supports, and this is the same with a band. If the rhythm guitar and bass are off, the vocalist can lose time, the drummer can get confused and the whole song falls apart. And last but not least, the drummer. The drummer is difficult to place, as they have such a large impact, but i feel that they are most similiar to the offlaner, as they control the tempo of the game or song - for example, rotk's clockwerk - maintains a steady, stable presence in the lane, disrupting smoke ganks, keeping everything in a rhythm, and then, boom, the game changing hookshot initiation that wins the crucial teamfight out of nowhere. This is similiar to the Chris Adler of LoG, in that they keep a steady, constant pattern, and then suddenly, he switches everything up completely, changing the whole course of the song, i.e, in 'Ruin' by Lamb of God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vIimWBLLM), at 2:40, he comes in with a short drum interlude, and then the whole song follows suit and speeds up. This kind of control reminds me of tempo controlling offlaners, clockwerk, magnus, batrider, etc. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this, fellow DotA players and/or musicians!
