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Deleted User 97295
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February 22 2015 23:34 GMT
#1
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rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
February 23 2015 01:16 GMT
#2
best blogger on LD
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
Deleted User 97295
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February 23 2015 01:43 GMT
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Slithe
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States985 Posts
February 23 2015 02:09 GMT
#4
What is the chess player's name?
Deleted User 97295
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
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February 23 2015 02:43 GMT
#5
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 02:56:18
February 23 2015 02:54 GMT
#6
why are you into dota and not chess now? how hard is chess to follow? how would one go about enjoying spectating chess or learning about the greatness of it? you describe this guy as a meteor so how would a non-chess player be able to wonder at this? would we have to learn chess to a high degree?
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Deleted User 97295
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1137 Posts
February 23 2015 03:23 GMT
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Myrddraal
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia937 Posts
February 23 2015 04:59 GMT
#8
I enjoy taking risks in Dota too, it's why I usually don't like playing hard carries, because I have to force myself to abandon fights early a lot of the time, or else likely feed and make the game much more difficult to win. Then comes late game when you are powerful yet you have to be even more careful, because if you feed then you might just lose the game or have to spend even more gold on buyback.

I love the feeling when you are having a good game on heroes like Centaur or Timbersaw, as you can make risky plays jumping into the whole enemy team doing as much damage as you can while your team comes to clean up and sometimes surviving through it all.

[stranded]: http://www.indiedb.com/games/stranded
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 09:10:13
February 23 2015 08:28 GMT
#9
lol feeding is not acceptable as a support either, have fun rationalising your feeding as necessary calculated risk. most people say "space created" as a joke, it seems you truly believe it.

were you also aggressively taking risks in this game where you go 4-FORTYONE-10?

i mean, in almost all of your games, you are dying at least 10 times, which is my arbitrary limit on acceptable number of deaths in a game. pros don't need to die so much to be effective and i have no doubt they take risks too.
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland4400 Posts
February 23 2015 12:47 GMT
#10
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.
Animzor
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden2154 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 13:22:00
February 23 2015 13:00 GMT
#11
lol this is some funny shit

"Unsung hero" ahahhaha
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
February 23 2015 13:49 GMT
#12
Replay isn't available. I have a tendency to die a lot as a support. I think you'll find if you watch replays a lot of the deaths are avoidable: you can accomplish the same thing without dying. It's what bumped me 400mmr. to ~4k. Then I started trying to carry lol.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 14:04:26
February 23 2015 13:56 GMT
#13
yeah don't let anyone put you down

to put it in perspective my last 4 LOSING games with my core i went

18-10
21-6
22-7
18-8
(one of those i went 17-0) (and of course a lot of the deaths are potentially from fucking around at endgame when its already over)

and each of those i was able to blame myself entirely for the loss of the game (when other members of my team are 4-13, 3-11, 6-13, 2-14 and so on) because i know (sometimes by watching replay) exactly how i could have done things differently

because of this, i don't quite agree with the sentiment of risk-taking. looking at my replays from a tactical (mechanical decision-making) or strategic point of view , i can pretty clearly see when a play is either a) stupid or b) not stupid. but this is on a core and not on a support

if you watch a high level player play on low level games you can more clearly see their decision-making that sets them apart
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macmann
Profile Joined May 2011
87 Posts
February 23 2015 14:26 GMT
#14
Your team won in spite of you, not because of you OP.
This patting yourself on the back is pretty next level.
xAdra
Profile Joined July 2012
Singapore1858 Posts
February 23 2015 15:32 GMT
#15
Is it some sort of unwritten rule that we are supposed to laugh at this OP? I don't get it, sure the KotL thing was a feed but we could take it as satire at worst instead of being outright offensive here
Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland4400 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 16:11:06
February 23 2015 16:06 GMT
#16
On February 24 2015 00:32 xAdra wrote:
Is it some sort of unwritten rule that we are supposed to laugh at this OP? I don't get it, sure the KotL thing was a feed but we could take it as satire at worst instead of being outright offensive here


I just have a bone to pick with people that buy accounts few thousand MMR above their skill level and then ruin doto for the poor souls that get matched up with them.

He doesn't seem mean spirited or anything though, maybe just a little bit delusional.

Oh and the blog wasn't even half bad other than trying to make feeding into a clever and creative playstyle.
bananaboy378
Profile Joined June 2014
United Kingdom39 Posts
February 23 2015 16:13 GMT
#17
A few feeds are good. However, anything more than x/x/6 is getting danger zone. After that, change your playstyle in the game, you're gunna lose if you keep feed. at x/x/10, demote yourself to ward bitch, and don't go more than 200 units from a carry.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-23 16:22:21
February 23 2015 16:19 GMT
#18
i think the main thing to take away from this is that dota is highly multi-faceted and that you can be solid in some aspects of gameplay but still have a lot to learn about other aspects that you don't even know about yet (but can learn from watching other players, coaching or reviewing replays)

like you might be awesome at your supporting, risk taking or space making stuff but shit in teamfights or at laning or something else without realising it
Cool BW Music Vid - youtube.com/watch?v=W54nlqJ-Nx8 ~~~~~ ᕤ OYSTERS ᕤ CLAMS ᕤ AND ᕤ CUCKOLDS ᕤ ~~~~~~ ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ PUNCH HIM ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32747 Posts
February 23 2015 17:25 GMT
#19
There is a difference between taking risks and >Space created versus outright feeding and having little game impact beyond a few assists or kills. Taking a look at your account a 43.81% WLR isn't too impressive and the sheer amount of deaths you have versus the assists isn't exactly a great sign. Granted, KDA isn't the best metric of skill but the consistency tells me you aren't the one making the big plays for your carries or creating space but rather, they are the ones carrying your mistakes. I'm around the 2.4-2.5k MMR, nothing impressive and about as average to mediocre as it gets and when I play with 5-4k MMR players from Liquid Dota I fully acknowledge it isn't my support plays that are helping the team win, it is their superior skill which carries me and doesn't lead me to dying a whole lot. I usually get ancient and jungle stacks yet I don't go 0-15-4 or 3-13-7, neither of which requires immense risks as long as you aren't doing it right in front of your enemies.
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Zealos
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom3576 Posts
February 23 2015 18:22 GMT
#20
On February 23 2015 10:43 Laertes wrote:
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On February 23 2015 10:16 rabidch wrote:
best blogger on LD


Why's that? I seem to get this train of people who literally laugh at my blogs. I find this incredibly rude and maybe I should starting reporting people for their rudeness. Show some respect man.

your literally a retard


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Jaysotee
Profile Joined February 2015
United Kingdom1 Post
February 23 2015 18:40 GMT
#21
literally the only time what you're doing works is when the enemies are so retarded that they forget about the other heroes and they farm because they've thought they already won because your actually uncarriable

you are not good

you're literally trying too hard to get around facing how terrible you are by making up this shit

i mean, http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1265725521
Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
February 23 2015 19:07 GMT
#22
And people like this who buy accs is the reason i hate playing ranked then tries to justify feeding rofl.
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
February 23 2015 20:10 GMT
#23
On February 23 2015 10:43 Laertes wrote:
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On February 23 2015 10:16 rabidch wrote:
best blogger on LD


Why's that? I seem to get this train of people who literally laugh at my blogs. I find this incredibly rude and maybe I should starting reporting people for their rudeness. Show some respect man.

i dont care if you're bad. i like reading experiences
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32747 Posts
February 23 2015 21:29 GMT
#24
Ahahah these item picks; Heart first on Terrorblade, Witch Doctor with MoM, Maelstrom and Hyperstone, MoM AM or rushing to Eaglesong.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
February 23 2015 21:36 GMT
#25
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
February 23 2015 21:46 GMT
#26
I have just come upon the phenomenon that is Laertes. And I just want to commend the person(s) behind the persona for their commitment to this elaborate joke.

But if you're real, don't misconstrue this as rudeness, I'm simply taking a risk.
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Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland4400 Posts
February 23 2015 21:54 GMT
#27
Okay that replay is unavailable but I watched another KotL replay.

There's stuff like.

- Buys smoke as starting item on KotL and doesn't do anything with till eventually uses it to run to lane quicker after dying. Not a big deal but you could have done something else with that 100g, who are you going to gank as KotL anyway.
- Blocks his own camp from spawning by standing next to it then tries to deward nothing. Other team didn't actually buy a single ward.
- Pudge and Troll destroy PA, KotL runs to help PA from a mile away after PA is already dead. Then KotL turns to run away, then turns again to right click Pudge and KotL dies.

Then it's just people feeding Pudge.

Seriously though man, just go back to your own MMR games, work on the basics instead of trying to be too cute.

There's just no shortcuts in getting good at DotA.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
February 23 2015 22:20 GMT
#28
On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.
Average means I'm better than half of you.
Shikada
Profile Joined May 2012
Serbia976 Posts
February 23 2015 23:26 GMT
#29
On February 24 2015 07:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.


Hahaha, dat graph :D

Seriously, I don't want to be mean here, but is this trolling or is the OP truly delusional? I haven't seen 41 deaths in a game where people intentionally fed and right clicked the enemy fountain the entire game from the start O.o
Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
February 24 2015 00:05 GMT
#30
On February 24 2015 08:26 Shikada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2015 07:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.


Hahaha, dat graph :D

Seriously, I don't want to be mean here, but is this trolling or is the OP truly delusional? I haven't seen 41 deaths in a game where people intentionally fed and right clicked the enemy fountain the entire game from the start O.o

Yeah its hard to get even 41 deaths through feeding intentionally in LP lmfao
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
February 24 2015 00:10 GMT
#31
On February 24 2015 08:26 Shikada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2015 07:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.


Hahaha, dat graph :D

Seriously, I don't want to be mean here, but is this trolling or is the OP truly delusional? I haven't seen 41 deaths in a game where people intentionally fed and right clicked the enemy fountain the entire game from the start O.o

read the rest of his blogs. on reddit he also claimed to be international master level in chess even tho his elo was like 1400 (typical IM elo is around 2500)
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
February 24 2015 00:22 GMT
#32
On February 24 2015 09:10 ahswtini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2015 08:26 Shikada wrote:
On February 24 2015 07:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:
On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.


Hahaha, dat graph :D

Seriously, I don't want to be mean here, but is this trolling or is the OP truly delusional? I haven't seen 41 deaths in a game where people intentionally fed and right clicked the enemy fountain the entire game from the start O.o

read the rest of his blogs. on reddit he also claimed to be international master level in chess even tho his elo was like 1400 (typical IM elo is around 2500)

How is this possible?
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-24 01:03:12
February 24 2015 00:51 GMT
#33
moved to question thread
Cool BW Music Vid - youtube.com/watch?v=W54nlqJ-Nx8 ~~~~~ ᕤ OYSTERS ᕤ CLAMS ᕤ AND ᕤ CUCKOLDS ᕤ ~~~~~~ ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ PUNCH HIM ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ
Deleted User 97295
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1137 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-24 01:25:56
February 24 2015 01:12 GMT
#34
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-24 01:20:19
February 24 2015 01:19 GMT
#35
+ wants to know what the rubber is

my advice is that you should focus on learning by traditional methods until you reach a standard of competence and then apply your own genius/quirks to what you do at that point.... in dota and in life (hopefully you dump dota and get good at something more worthwhile tho.... your anxiety will vanish if you do this)
Cool BW Music Vid - youtube.com/watch?v=W54nlqJ-Nx8 ~~~~~ ᕤ OYSTERS ᕤ CLAMS ᕤ AND ᕤ CUCKOLDS ᕤ ~~~~~~ ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ PUNCH HIM ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ
Buckyman
Profile Joined May 2014
1364 Posts
February 24 2015 01:58 GMT
#36
On February 24 2015 01:13 bananaboy378 wrote:
demote yourself to ward bitch, and don't go more than 200 units from a carry.


This doesn't add up.

Wards should be placed near unsafe places to make them safer. Placing a ward 200 units from the carry is very likely too conservative.
Chewbacca.
Profile Joined January 2011
United States3634 Posts
February 24 2015 02:00 GMT
#37
On February 24 2015 10:58 Buckyman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 24 2015 01:13 bananaboy378 wrote:
demote yourself to ward bitch, and don't go more than 200 units from a carry.


This doesn't add up.

Wards should be placed near unsafe places to make them safer. Placing a ward 200 units from the carry is very likely too conservative.


And standing so close to a carry means you're not contesting rune, zoning offlaner, producing fear in other players because you're off the map, and you're stealing exp. One of the worst suggestions I've read.
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
February 24 2015 07:12 GMT
#38
That dotabuff profile looks so painful.
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Exoteric
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia2330 Posts
February 24 2015 07:34 GMT
#39
you should write for esex
hell is other people
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-24 09:35:03
February 24 2015 09:33 GMT
#40
On February 24 2015 10:19 FFGenerations wrote:
+ wants to know what the rubber is

when 6.82 (or whatever) patch was first released, with the new comeback gold mechanic, there was huge rubberbanding as a team that was previously behind would win a fight and shoot up in networth, only for them to lose the next fight and the other team to shoot back up. so you ended up with ridiculous gold swings back and forth, hence the rubberband effect. i guess our philosophical risktaker here figured he could just feed the enemy lots of kills so that when his team wins a fight they will cash in on all of his feeds and ride that rubberband to valuetown.

@OP:
It's funny I do the same thing in chess that you guys mention which is I do crazy stuff that doesn't make sense and am convinced that it could possibly be something genius. I don't know why I tend to do this but it produces some...inconsistencies...for a lack of a better term

no. it's why you're 1k dota, and 1400 elo chess.
oh and this gem from reddit
That's not true. I am a master. I have a very low rating because I am prone to let won positions slip out of my grasp on chess.com.

thats like saying "im really a 6k player in dota. im just 1k because i cant win games"
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Cool Cat
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1644 Posts
February 24 2015 10:25 GMT
#41
I agree with you completely. I feel like most dota players, even many pros, don't fully grasp the concept of taking risks for your team to set up advantageous positions.
ChunderBoy
Profile Joined August 2011
3242 Posts
February 25 2015 06:00 GMT
#42
this is all too confusing for me
"mmr is a social construct" - tumblr
bananaboy378
Profile Joined June 2014
United Kingdom39 Posts
February 25 2015 12:51 GMT
#43
On February 24 2015 10:58 Buckyman wrote:
Show nested quote +


This doesn't add up.

Wards should be placed near unsafe places to make them safer. Placing a ward 200 units from the carry is very likely too conservative.


And standing so close to a carry means you're not contesting rune, zoning offlaner, producing fear in other players because you're off the map, and you're stealing exp. One of the worst suggestions I've read.


Facepalm.

The advice was not to place a ward onto the position of the carry every 2 mins. Nor was it to share his XP. It was to stay close to a carry, playing ultra conservative, making sure he has safe farm, because if you're going 0-10-4 say, there are going to be some fat tempo controllers raging around the map. At worst, you are early warning, at best you are stopping the gank happening. Sorry for not making my thoughts explicit.
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3007 Posts
February 25 2015 16:28 GMT
#44
Mah mang Laertes,
If you are going to compare your dota style with Tal, then maybe playing a carry (or a semi-carry)with a dive-heavy style would be a better fit than a support who dies a lot.

Tal is probably my favorite Chess player as well, and even though the guy has a reputation for making "unsound sacrifices", don't take it as a license to just take a risk and see what happens. The dude was ridiculously good at calculating and had a killer attacking instinct.

You say you want to be different, but are you doing something different just to be different? Or are you doing something different because it is good?
Because being different just to be different is a worthless pursuit.
In the end, what is good almost always becomes the norm.
To truly create something unique and valid requires an extremely high level of understanding that probably only a few people in the world possess.
So I would suggest that you just stick to playing basic, principled dota, and work from the ground up.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Deleted User 97295
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1137 Posts
February 26 2015 12:43 GMT
#45
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
February 27 2015 23:33 GMT
#46
just curious, have you ever watched an actual 5k+ support player from the first person perspective?
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Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
February 28 2015 18:17 GMT
#47
On February 24 2015 07:20 WolfintheSheep wrote:
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On February 24 2015 06:36 ahswtini wrote:
On February 23 2015 21:47 Vaelone wrote:
I'm pretty sure 0-11-3 and 1.4k hero damage in a winning match with your team having 41 kills and you playing a ranged nuker deserves something far greater than Maelk award.

I might have to watch this replay once I get home to witness your risky ancient stacking and what not.

Don't let anyone put you down though, these blogs are always amusing and you're queueing on US east so I'm safe from this.

So painfully obvious when you bought the account though.

ye the huge amount of won games, then suddenly all lost games HMM

http://www.dotabuff.com/players/193113856/trends?date=&hero=&skill_bracket=&lobby_type=&game_mode=&region=&faction=&metric=kda

Gee, I wonder when he bought the account.

LMAO. Never has a graph been more telling.
One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other.
DV G
Profile Joined September 2012
Argentina2339 Posts
May 28 2015 17:49 GMT
#48
November 24th, Never forget.


Also how can you manage to go 5-33 and 2-23 in a week, like, I'd uninstall and get some beer.
Go pro or die trying
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
May 29 2015 08:11 GMT
#49
doesnt matter, he's recruiting 4.5k players for his team yo
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
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