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Confuse
Profile Joined October 2009
2238 Posts
February 25 2013 00:45 GMT
#61
Great interview.

How often does liquid practice with heroes that aren't seen in tournaments frequently? (timbersaw, medusa, etc.).

Asking because I'm curious as to how much attention a pro team pays to these possibilities, as the shifts in meta are usually good for a tournament win or two but then fade away as people figure it out.
If we fear what we do not understand, then why is ignorance bliss?
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:04 GMT
#62
On February 23 2013 07:11 Dubzex wrote:
Nice interview.

Bulba, Earthshaker was once a staple support of the professional Dota scene in WC3 Dota. Now in Dota 2, he is all but forgotten. What changed between the two games that made his usefulness or value as a support drop so tremendously and what can be done to bring him back into line-ups?


Fluff mentions this a lot. Fissure just seems harder to hit in dota 2. also other support heroes just seem to do more with disables against bkb (sd) or instant disables (rubick telekenesis)
in some lineups hes fine if you are playing defensive, but there is just better heroes at the moment. I would like to see a possible buff to fissure cd and mana cost. then he will be a lot better!
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:05 GMT
#63
On February 23 2013 07:14 MrHoon wrote:
Nice interview indeed :D! Master Lothar Builder on every hero

Now for my question

Valve says they will give you a custom Bulba Clockwerk/Tinker/Disruptor cosmetic item that looks really really cool. But you have to play 200 Tide games in a row. Will you take the deal?

no. sorry this is not worth it. what an awful hero
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:07 GMT
#64
On February 23 2013 07:24 Andr3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2013 07:11 Dubzex wrote:
Nice interview.

Bulba, Earthshaker was once a staple support of the professional Dota scene in WC3 Dota. Now in Dota 2, he is all but forgotten. What changed between the two games that made his usefulness or value as a support drop so tremendously and what can be done to bring him back into line-ups?

Pathing??

What do you think will be needed for SF to once again be the king of the mid lane?


Sf is actually really strong in the middle lane for Radiant. you can farm the small camp and the hill is smaller so the enemy hero can't harass u as much. you can also go farm the big camp and stack it.
the problem is that sf just gets smoke ganked a lot. There also is the fact that other heroes just do more at the moment for the mid lane. Safe lane sf is actually strong though. if you get an early enough Shadow blade, you can wreck the game.
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:09 GMT
#65
On February 23 2013 07:38 Zvenn3n wrote:
What do you think about ixmike's exquisite taste in music?
Also, what do you think about Silencer & Medusa?

silencer is decent. i prefer him on the support role over being the carry or mid hero.
medusa needs way too much farm to be useful. u often have to get a linkens sphere and then a manta and then a butterfly. by that time, the other team would have taken all ur towers while u are just farming. AM, pl, gyro, etc do a lot better job at split pushing also.
ixmike has amazing music. his songs give me memories of listening to the radio when i was a kid.
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:11 GMT
#66
On February 23 2013 08:29 Sinbu wrote:
Question: What does clockwerk bring to the team composition? Is he a counterpick?

clockwerk is a fun hero to play ! (for me personally)
to the real question:
clockwerk brings amazing pick off potential. i love playing clockwerk versus teams that just sit and turtle behind their towers. i can hook someone and initiate a fight and then cog the enemy team out. the hero just works well with us. i can do a lot with just a few items and the spells go through bkb.
its funny seeing teams ban it vs us and then give us nyx or bat :D
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:12 GMT
#67
On February 23 2013 08:31 garlicface wrote:
Woooooo thanks for the interview. The player I try to emulate the most.

Oh yeah, are you gonna be streaming more after exams (April)?

i hope to. we've had a ton of matches recently and my school work makes me really busy in the evenings. i am going to try to stream and go over replays.
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:14 GMT
#68
On February 23 2013 08:43 Skoven wrote:
I usually try to ask for different things when I see something like this, since we usually end up having the same questions repeated over and over for different sites and what not.

- Have your dad learned more heroes than Tinker?
- Favorite beverage?
- Cheese or jam?


lol. my dad occasionally watches games (he saw our mouz games today). he knows what clockwerk does since i played it so much.
green tea
jam
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:15 GMT
#69
On February 23 2013 08:53 Irratonalys wrote:
What Hero currently in Dota 1 are you looking forward to the most?

i think most dota 1 players would say Terrorblade at the moment. it was one of my favorite hero models in dota 1. also i haven't played the brand new heroes much. Xin looks fun though.
GoDz
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia364 Posts
February 25 2013 01:15 GMT
#70
Who's gonna play Tauren Chieftain for your team when he comes out? And do you think you'll be picking/using him a bit?
To die will be an extraordinary adventure
Pax
Profile Joined August 2010
United States175 Posts
February 25 2013 01:16 GMT
#71
"Bulba Says" should totally be renamed to "Thoughts, Bulba?" or "Bulba's Thoughts"
"Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it." -Plato
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:20 GMT
#72
On February 23 2013 08:55 Dankleteer wrote:
What do you study in college? Do you enjoy/value your major?
Do you have many college friends outside of Dota?
Who is your favorite Star Wars character, if any?


i am doing a biology/poli sci double major. I enjoy politics and was planning to do pharmacology after. I like the poli sci major but meh about biology. I kind of regret my path though. would have preferred to do comp sci but pressure from parents to do the 'pre med' route which i backed out of my sophomore year. u have to enjoy something to be successful at it and i couldn't do another 4-6 years of school
- a lot of my college friends also play dota which is kinda funny. (shoutout to guanzo, flamewheel and jinge)i have some friends from grade school that know i play competitively and they were really confused. was funny explaining it to them.
- chewbacca

Eurynomos
Profile Joined January 2010
New Zealand7 Posts
February 25 2013 01:21 GMT
#73
From the player introduction articles, it seems there are a few heroes you guys collectively don't like. IIRC, Tide and Treant/Rofltrellen.

Can you elaborate a bit on why you think these heroes aren't seen that much (Tree esp.)? What do you think could be changed for them to be seen more? Is it just that 'walking ultimate' heroes are boring?
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:21 GMT
#74
On February 23 2013 09:02 Kipsate wrote:
You have 2 choices

You either never play Clockwerk again

or you play 500 pub games of Treant protector.


sorry treehunger, i hate treant also. up there with TIDE
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:21 GMT
#75
On February 23 2013 09:14 ragz_gt wrote:
I feels Clock really has been a hit and miss for them, in fact miss more than hit.

huh
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:22 GMT
#76
On February 23 2013 09:26 See.Blue wrote:
What are sufficient conditions for Storm to be picked for liquid in a draf?

if they dont have a bunch of disables. a hero that needs to be picked off. also an ab-usable offlaning hero that you can kill. we usually ask korok if they have heroes that storm is good vs and he says yay or nay.
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:24 GMT
#77
On February 23 2013 09:41 pedrlz wrote:
Most awesome heroes to:

frag movies 360 no scope
play talking with the chickens on facebook
lose mid lane
play it like you are a bronze scrub
kill furion in the jungle all the time (and why is BH)
teach TL.Hero how to play dota



clockwerk
bloodseeker
spectre mid
drow
obviously bh! riki does this too
meepo?
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:25 GMT
#78
On February 23 2013 10:09 Skullflower wrote:
When are you going to play Meepo in a competitive game?

i gave up on my meepo ventures. it's never gonna happen unless i bribe fluff
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:26 GMT
#79
On February 23 2013 10:12 flamewheel wrote:
Bulba, when can I buy you pizza to pay you back for the pizza you got me in DANMARK?

when ru back to chapel hill?!?
BuLba
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1585 Posts
February 25 2013 01:28 GMT
#80
On February 23 2013 10:23 Gurgl wrote:
I miss witch doctor in competitive DotA, what's the reason we don't see him picked atm?

Are there any graphics settings in DotA that give you an edge in any way or is it just personal preferences that decide how you have your settings?

Which keybindings do you play with?


better support heroes. sorry to use this answer for this question and the earthshaker one but it's true. Witch doctor doesn't bring what sd/rubick/kotl/wisp bring to the table. the ultimate with aghs is mad legit though. you do so much damage
I have everything on max.


Keybindings-
if i only have to use 1 hero and no extra units
1- hero
2- chicken

some micro (furion, sylla, etc)
1 hero
2 summon
3 both

items-
2,3 4, 5, 6, q

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