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On April 10 2013 02:44 Bisu-Fan wrote:
What are you hotkey assignments?
and gosh agh on rubick is so sick~ haha imagine like fiends grip with pugna's life drain too op~ or ravage into rp.. o.O
I use legacy keys, except when I play rubick. Valve didn't fix alot of stuff for German keyboard settings (mainly y/z swapped), so some heroes (SF too) have problems with legacy
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On April 10 2013 02:44 Sn0_Man wrote:
How is your communication with the team working?
Are you learning russian? or do you guys communicate in a different language?
Are there any particular situations where the language barrier has cost you guys something?
Thanks for doing this!
I started picking up learning russian, but I don't know if I have the power to get through with it. We communicate mainly mixed, English and Russian combined
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On April 10 2013 02:50 DoNotDisturb wrote:
We all know how much you hate Nyx (or specifically, carapace) - how would you balance him?
there are many ways to balance a hero, nyx got a nice nerf already, but is still very strong. Either you can twist some stats, or lower the power of some spells, making manaburn 4x instead of 5x for example
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On April 10 2013 03:05 MotherOfRunes wrote:
agha rubick? i can see a kunkka ship + doom
a landing ship that brings you....DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
you said your brain remembers useless informations :D
did you see maelks dancing performance at the DLM 2009 players party? and how would you rate it ? 1-10
didn't see it 
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On April 10 2013 03:06 NB wrote:
So, I want to go back all the way to the 2007-2009 period.
Back then i remember you were pictured by the media as an incredibly talented player but teams simply cant work with you due to your star personality. Were there any truth into that?
Do you, as a professional player, ever care about major balance patches and the game direction that Icefrog choose or you just put your trust into him and only care about playing?
It is quite clear that Icefrog's intention after the latest major patch were to decrease the average game time by buffing heroes across the board as well as forcing teamfight by increasing kill golds. From 1 to "Kunka patch", how much did you enjoy 6.77? What is the problem with DotA that you think the next major patch need to address?
Lastly, is there any heroes that you dont want to see in TI3? What is the last "new hero" that you played in DotA1?
There were 2 teams in my lifetime where I had some personal problems and these teams I was only part of for a short time. I think if you ask my former teammates, most will talk only good about me. so no, i can confidently say there is hardly any truth in it. media is still media, be it esports or anything else, take everything with a grain of salt given the sources.
I don't care about balance patches so much, I try to adapt and play the game
I enjoy every patch, DotA doesn't really have any problems with the patch, some heroes are simply too good at what they do, e.g. Sylla and Batrider. Small nerfs could give more space to other heroes. the roles we have today, 1-5, were created by players, while the heroes are not created to fulfil a role. Heroes are just heroes, for example, what position would Tusk fit in? What position would Skeleton King fit in? 1? there are only better 1 options etc.
I don't mind seeing any specific hero. The last new hero I played was the knight with duel. hes fun to play 
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On April 10 2013 03:31 tree.hugger wrote:
I have a question about your time in Mouz, and I hope you don't see this as gloating or rubbing anything in, I'm genuinely curious. When Liquid came back with two barracks down against PL/KotL in The Defense, what was that like for the team? What happened in game, what was the reaction after, and how did you guys rally to win against Liquid the next day?
The team felt pretty bad after the game, but we were just laughing for the first 20 minutes after our loss. Then we looked at our final mistakes we made and blamed it to our lack of concentration, while at the same time we were blaming ourselves being unable to finish an important game. During the series I already figured out liquid, so in my mind the Defense game was already won. The last game we lost by paper, but I think strategic-wise it was our win. So the next day we came back refreshed, and it was rather easy to outdraft and outplay liquid, as their way of thinking about the game was still the same. It doesn't matter how skilled you are, if one can see through your strategies, loss is imminent, which was the case for liquid.
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On April 10 2013 03:39 Murm wrote:
Do you think bottle crowing is imba? If so how would you fix it and how do you think it would effect the current play in the solo lanes?
I don't think it's imba, but it's affecting the game of the solo mid. Whether it's a good or bad things doesn't really matter, it's up to icefrog to set the pace of the game
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On April 10 2013 03:41 Steveling wrote:
DCE representing.
The amount of talent that rose from that little community is insane.
Kuroky best 5 player in the world. Keep going strong dude, also y u no stream more?
PC + inet problems don't let me stream for now.
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On April 10 2013 03:46 SuperMorten wrote:
@KuroKy-
- Are you happy with the current balance of Dota 2?
- Do you talk to IceFrog about balance changes?
yep, some heroes (bat/nyx/kotl) are annoying to play against, but generally I'm happy
nope, we are not in contact
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Which team from the western scene do you think has the highest potential currently?
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Generally, as far strategy goes: it seems like you prefer to be reactionary. Figure out the opponent's strategy and then beat it by out-executing, exploiting their predictability, figuring out the weaknesses, and so forth. Would you agree with that? What do you think of teams who may practice a certain strategy or style so much that they believe they know how to play that kind of game better than their opponent, even if it's a little predictable?
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According to singsing bamboe has a small penis, can you confirm ?
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On April 10 2013 04:07 Kipsate wrote:
As a support player, how does one differentiate between a good player and a great player?
What are important skills or perhaps even personality that you feel a good support player needs?
Good players fulfil their role, great players bring new dimensions into the game
Skillwise, support players need to have a good overview of the game and fights happening, as they can set only 1 spell in the right time, which is crucial. A good placed Lion stun can win the team fight
Personality-wise, I would say it's the same as competitiveness itself. You have to think in a way what to do to win, in order to win you do x, y and z. Whatever you feel is the right thing, do it with confidence. if it fails, analyze your movements, and do it again. if it fails again, you have your answers whether you did the right things or not. Time to change your movements then, apply it to all approaches in life
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On April 10 2013 04:09 MatteLiF wrote:
Are you all speaking english when in-game? Or are the "russian speaking" speaking russian, when talking to eachother and english when talking to you?
it is mixed, sometimes we all speak english, sometimes xboct and dendi speak russian, another time english etc.
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What kind of pizza are you?
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1) Alex wrote a post when you left Mouz and had some nice things to say about you. It's similar to the one you wrote for Puppey when you guys split ways. What was your reaction to that post when you read it?
2) In TI2 we saw how far behind the west was compared to their eastern counter-parts. How far do you think the NA/EU scene as a whole has progressed since then with respect to the east? Other than Na`Vi, teams such as nth, Fnatic and VP seem to be showing a lot of promise, so do you think it will be closer this time?
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On April 10 2013 04:11 Windwaker wrote:
do u think valve need to step it up and make a huge organized league like riot and blizzard?
Valve's way of sustaining the scene via the community itself is too idealistic. They are a dreamy company, so their choice is obvious. We can already see ten thousands of tickets being sold, yet the online world is dominant, and the prizepools remained the same. So yes, I believe and hope Valve will do something about it, since all pro players are being crippled. Personal sponsors can approach you, but they want to see something like LCS for LoL or WCS blizzard, so they can have something to work with.
I believe, if after TI3 nothing will happen, alot of Dota players will retire/change the game. We love Dota so much, but people are getting old and we need to see where we stand in life. So much time invested for some small online tours, even the LAN tours are low prizepools.
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On April 10 2013 04:17 TR wrote:
Do you think metagame will change before TI3?
Is there any upcoming heroes being released that you're looking forward to?
In your opinion, what players do you think are best in each role, eg best mid, carry etc.?
don't know about the metagame, anything can happen
hmm, I want to see pitlord finally. besides that, maybe the new heroes, they look fun
dendi-xboct-funn1k-puppey of course!
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You were very vocal about the vast differences of eu and chinese pro scene in the time of the original DotA, how do you see the differences now (strategy, individual talent, teamwork, training)?
What are your expectations from training in China?
Keep up the good work! Been following your games since the KS.int days
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On April 10 2013 04:51 Spektor wrote:
Who do think is the most underrated support hero? Which do find do you utilize best with the rest of Na'vi?
hm, I don't think there is any real underrated support, they all find their function within the game and strategies
do you mean which heroes work the best in the team? I think I can use rubick the easiest in navi
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