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NitroS
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia128 Posts
April 29 2013 05:27 GMT
#41
Why are u so mad about Notail? and rat doto
TheMango
Profile Joined April 2007
United States1967 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 13:03:21
April 29 2013 13:21 GMT
#42
Moderator
wherebugsgo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Japan10647 Posts
April 29 2013 21:52 GMT
#43
NS you think BKB is very powerful, as you have stated. Why do you think, then, that omniknight is not more popular? He has a BKB-like repel, though it can be purged, and he has a heal, and an ultimate that makes his team impervious to physical damage. Why is he not picked more often as a support? Is it the lack of disables?
Nicolas Cage
Profile Joined January 2013
4 Posts
April 30 2013 10:34 GMT
#44
What is your opinion about bottle crow? Do you think it should be reworked and how? Considering it makes some heroes ie. magnus just so easy to play in mid with just spamming shockwave and bottlecrowing.
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 13:53:59
April 30 2013 13:53 GMT
#45
Okay guys, we are about to start. I will be posting NS's answers and translating them, I will mark it like this:

NS:

Very sorry for the delay = (
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 14:22:46
April 30 2013 13:56 GMT
#46
On April 27 2013 22:07 DoNotDisturb wrote:
Having played Dota for so long, is there anything about the game that makes you want to keep playing?

NS:
Dota can never just bore you, because it is constantly changing, even if it wouldn't change that often it still has no limit to perfection and abilities to think of something new. Plus the competitive nature of Dota, I love to compete and to win.

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Дота никогда не может просто взять и надоесть, потому что она постоянно меняется, а даже если бы она менялась не так часто, то в ней все равно практически нет предела совершенству и возможностям придумать что-то новое. Ну и плюс ко всему в доте меня привлекает спортивная состовляющая, я люблю соревноваться и побеждать.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 14:22:59
April 30 2013 13:59 GMT
#47
On April 27 2013 22:16 FreakyDroid wrote:
Did you try to bring in LightOfHeaven in VP and how did that go?

NS:
We are paying attention to the "free agents" at this moment, just in case. Nevertheless, we do not have any problems with our roster, so no, we didn't try to get LoH.

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Конечно мы обращаем внимание на тех игроков, которые являются "свободными агентами" в данный момент, так сказать на всякий случай. Тем не менее на данный момент у нас нет проблем с составом, поэтому нет, мы не пробовали.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 14:23:22
April 30 2013 14:04 GMT
#48
On April 27 2013 22:24 Kipsate wrote:
If you were to describe your team, how does it differ from other teams? What distinguishes Virtus Pro from the other teams?

Also Pugna has been mentioned by Illidan, what do you think about this hero, do you think it is underused?

NS:
I think that our distinctive feature, as well as our strong and weak point is our aggressive playstyle. We almost always trying to take advantage at the start, and often if we fail at that - we get serious problems.
I believe Pugna deserves more attention, you need to remember about this hero at least sometimes, the ward is imbalanced, especially against certain heroes.

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Я думаю нашей отличительной чертой, а также одновременно сильной и слабой стороной является наш агрессивный стиль игры, почти всегда мы стараемся захватить преимущество уже на старте, и часто если эти попытки не удаются у нас начинаются серьезные проблемы.
Что же на счет пугны, да, я думаю этот герой заслуживает более пристального внимания, покрайней мере иногда о нем не стоит забывать, его вард поистине имбалансен, особенно против некоторого набора героев..
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 14:23:41
April 30 2013 14:05 GMT
#49
On April 27 2013 22:26 Arc1 wrote:
Are there any heroes that aren't released yet, that you look forward to play again?

NS:
Tauren Cheiftain (Elder Titan) and I want to look at Techies

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Tauren Cheiftain (Elder Titan) и хочу посмотреть на Течиса ).
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SuperMorten
Profile Joined March 2013
Norway107 Posts
April 30 2013 14:07 GMT
#50
Will you and your team bootcamp before TI3?
Dota 2 is the best!
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:10 GMT
#51
On April 27 2013 22:53 NB wrote:
what do you think about Vigoss as a player in the current state of DotA? Other than Navi, non-other CIS teams were be able to compete against the asian teams. In your opinion, what make Navi so different than the rest of the russian speaking community? If your team is invited to TI3, how would you prepare and what would be your goal?

NS:
Vigoss is a great player, but I think he is not serious enough about what he does.
Our goal at TI3 is obviously to fight for the victory, you can't go to a tournament just to place top-8, only to win! Although, placing top-8 at the TI3 - is definitely a good result

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Вигосс замечательный игрок, но мне кажется он недостаточно серьезно относится к тому, чем занимается.
Наша цель на TI3 конечно же бороться за победу, никогда нельзя ехать на турнир за попаданием в топ-8, только победа! Хотя попадание в восьмерку сильнейших на TI3 - безусловно хороший результат .
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fascistfromhell
Profile Joined September 2012
1689 Posts
April 30 2013 14:13 GMT
#52
Who, in your opinion, will be the next great talent coming from the CIS scene? I mean, an unknown guy that you've played with and you think he'll be pretty good as soon as he receives a chance in a pro team.
Rebuild TL Dota.
Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2516 Posts
April 30 2013 14:13 GMT
#53
What do you think it would take to get Illidan to turn his name back to Airman ga Taosenai?
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:14 GMT
#54
On April 28 2013 00:37 chisuri wrote:
What can be done, in your opinion, to fix the problem of unstability in your team's play? Sometimes you peak and destroy the enemy. Sometimes you just play very sloppy. Is your team addressing this and trying to find a solution?

NS:
I belive that a lot of practice can fix any problems. I hope that the bootcamp that is coming soon will positively affect our development.
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Я думаю более количество тренировок исправляет любые проблемы, надеюсь что предстоящий в скором времени буткемп также положительно повлияет на наше развитие.
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Hermanoid
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden213 Posts
April 30 2013 14:15 GMT
#55
Your team notably has an aggressive playstyle and are among the teams that can bring out those memorable 20 minute win performances. What western team do you think resembles your team the most when it comes to playstyle?
xyzåäö
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:19 GMT
#56
On April 28 2013 01:22 cecek wrote:
What's yur oppinion on the new 2 ban first, 3 ban second drafting? Do you think it's good, or would you prefer going back to 3 bans first?

NS:
I think that it is neither bad or good, it is just different. 2 bans at the beginning will bring a little more diversity in general picks, also it is easier to prepare the strategies, the is a slightly higher chance that your key hero will be left in the pool, not banned.

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Я думаю это и не плохо и не хорошо, просто по разному, думаю 2 бана в начале все таки чуть более разнообразят общие пики, да и становится чуть проще готовить стратегии, шанс того, что твоего ключевого героя оставят в пиках становится чуть выше.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-30 15:01:32
April 30 2013 14:21 GMT
#57
On April 28 2013 01:29 Kentakky wrote:
Do you miss the old times with mass blink daggers and chain stunning? VP 2007 was so excellent at that version it was a pleasure to watch <3 Jolie, vigoss, NS, smile, admiration my all time favourite team!

NS:
Sometimes I miss those times, I was young, carefree and we had a great time together as a team, but I do not miss those Blinks They were definitely imbalanced and had to be fixed.

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Я иногда скучаю по тем временам, я был молод, беззаботен и мы отлично проводили время вместе с командой, однако я не скучаю по тем блинкам) Безусловно они были имбалансны и их стоило пофиксить.
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dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:25 GMT
#58
On April 28 2013 03:32 teapoted wrote:
Before the last StarLadder final it seemed you were valuing Nature's Prophet very highly, in terms of your own picks and not letting renowned NP playing teams have it as well. This seemed to work very well for you, but when the final came around the priority placed on NP previously had drastically diminished. Why was this? Was it a matter of not wanting to do the same things as you were doing right before the final as teams would be studying you? Or did you lose faith in that style of play?

~

Also thanks to TL for the interview, and good luck to VP in the TPL playoffs and with TI invites or qualifiers.

NS:
Sometimes it happens so you don't know what strategy you should play and what is more effective. Maybe the fact that we forgot about the Nature's Prophet was our mistake.

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Иногда бывает, что и сам не понимаешь какой стратегией тебе лучше всего играть и что приносит наибольшие плоды, возможно то что мы в тот момент подзабыли о фурионе было нашей ошибкой.
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MotherOfRunes
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2862 Posts
April 30 2013 14:27 GMT
#59
What advice would you give to all those people crying about PL picks in pubs? ^^
"Your Razor sucks!" -Kuroky's Dad
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
April 30 2013 14:30 GMT
#60
On April 28 2013 11:11 SuperMorten wrote:
Are you happy with the current balance of Dota 2?

Do you talk to IceFrog about balance changes?

NS:
Yes, as I said in the interview you can never achieve an ideal balance in Dota, it will always be somewhat imballanced, which makes it the way we love it.
I try not to distract IceFrog with mere nothings, he is a very busy man.

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Впринципе - да, как я уже говорил в самом интервью идеального баланса в доте вероятно не достичь никогда, она всегда будет в чем несбалансирована и это делает ее такой, какой мы ее любим.
Стараюсь не отвлекать АйсФрога по пустякам, он ведь очень занятой человек.
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