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Fwizzz
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines4420 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 15:13:52
December 13 2012 15:13 GMT
#33261
Shredder gameplay from Wodota.

unkkz
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Norway2196 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 15:23:50
December 13 2012 15:17 GMT
#33262
On December 14 2012 00:07 ReignSupreme. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2012 23:54 Lightspeaker wrote:
On December 13 2012 05:26 Sn0_Man wrote:
On December 13 2012 05:21 IPA wrote:
Does playing "well" on a horrible feeder team positively affect your MMR? Or is it just the loss that the algorithm reads?
For instance, if I maintain a positive ratio, do I still receive the same MMR "score" as the 1-12 Huskarr?


The "performance rating" bars under your personal dota 2 profile sometimes seem to indicate that yes, losses can still give you postive "rating". However, the accepted wisdom is that wins make you go up and losses make you go down, period. Really we don't know enough about Valves system and I think that Valve like it like that. This way, you can't try to game the system.


As a counterpoint to that, however, it also encourages everyone to try to solo mid if they can at all manage it. Because the only real metric in performance is wins and losses and you've got the best chance of solo carrying a game from there. If its not wins and losses and people KNOW its not wins and losses then people are more likely to pick roles they actually enjoy and are decent at (support, hard carry, whatever) rather than picking the role that gives them the most control over their own destiny (solo mid); hence actually working more as a team player.

I know that personally I'm feeling more and more pressure lately to just pick a mid and demand mid every single game until I can brute force my way out of the zone where people can't last hit, don't know what a deny is, never ward, permanently push lanes blindly and constantly fail to buy detection when they're laning against a BH or a Riki or whatever. Not all games are like that, but enough are to make it annoying; especially when I've not checked how many games my teammates have played in advance and pick a hard support.


Such horrible advice~
I'm still getting paired with the people you described yet I play support 80% of the time, just make sure you use appropriate ward spots and are fast to ping, can babysit games 2ez. Example game: https://dotabuff.com/matches/77521217

Look at that goddamn line up. I literally spent the first minute telling my teammate's they were retarded. Now look at that PL farm. Now look at who got the victory.


1hour game and the PL farm is nothing impressive for a pub... i get like 600 gpm minimum playing furion to get out of the shitbracket. Yeah u can play support but its very frustrating and tiresome trying to hold the hands of stupid people telling them what to do every single step of the way. Half the time they don´t listen to you no matter what and feed into oblivion. Playing the carry yourself is still a safer way to get the win. Had you played a carry instead of support tide im sure you'd won faster.

One thing i can say however is that there is never any initiation in shitbracket, so that is one thing that can simply help tons like you playing tide here. Out of 100 games or so i can count the instances on one hand were an initiating hero actually bought a blink dagger. Mostly is Axe's and tide's trying to run in and they simply accomplish nothing.
Makenshi
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden2105 Posts
December 13 2012 15:18 GMT
#33263
On December 14 2012 00:07 ReignSupreme. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2012 23:54 Lightspeaker wrote:
On December 13 2012 05:26 Sn0_Man wrote:
On December 13 2012 05:21 IPA wrote:
Does playing "well" on a horrible feeder team positively affect your MMR? Or is it just the loss that the algorithm reads?
For instance, if I maintain a positive ratio, do I still receive the same MMR "score" as the 1-12 Huskarr?


The "performance rating" bars under your personal dota 2 profile sometimes seem to indicate that yes, losses can still give you postive "rating". However, the accepted wisdom is that wins make you go up and losses make you go down, period. Really we don't know enough about Valves system and I think that Valve like it like that. This way, you can't try to game the system.


As a counterpoint to that, however, it also encourages everyone to try to solo mid if they can at all manage it. Because the only real metric in performance is wins and losses and you've got the best chance of solo carrying a game from there. If its not wins and losses and people KNOW its not wins and losses then people are more likely to pick roles they actually enjoy and are decent at (support, hard carry, whatever) rather than picking the role that gives them the most control over their own destiny (solo mid); hence actually working more as a team player.

I know that personally I'm feeling more and more pressure lately to just pick a mid and demand mid every single game until I can brute force my way out of the zone where people can't last hit, don't know what a deny is, never ward, permanently push lanes blindly and constantly fail to buy detection when they're laning against a BH or a Riki or whatever. Not all games are like that, but enough are to make it annoying; especially when I've not checked how many games my teammates have played in advance and pick a hard support.


Such horrible advice~
I'm still getting paired with the people you described yet I play support 80% of the time, just make sure you use appropriate ward spots and are fast to ping, can babysit games 2ez. Example game: https://dotabuff.com/matches/77521217

Look at that goddamn line up. I literally spent the first minute telling my teammate's they were retarded. Now look at that PL farm. Now look at who got the victory.


was that game an inhouse? or was it just an incredible coincidence that there was an omelette in each team? lol
ReignSupreme.
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Australia4123 Posts
December 13 2012 15:32 GMT
#33264
On December 14 2012 00:18 Makenshi wrote:

was that game an inhouse? or was it just an incredible coincidence that there was an omelette in each team? lol


Pub, the om1ette or whatever wasn't called that during the game, must have changed alias after. No idea what the go is there
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
December 13 2012 15:54 GMT
#33265
On December 13 2012 23:36 wherebugsgo wrote:
if someone can help me troubleshoot dota (wc3 dota) please PM me.

I patched WC3 and when I join a dota game, as it's about to launch I get sent back into the chat lobby/main battle.net screen.

You have the correct map version/correct folder ?
trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
December 13 2012 15:58 GMT
#33266
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 13 2012 16:03 GMT
#33267
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?

My item build for BH is Medalion, phase, wand , bottle, get mithtril hammer and evaluate whether you need BKB or can go Deso. I don't really think you need either S&Y or Manta, just go MKB for maximum damage(especially good agianst WR
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
December 13 2012 16:04 GMT
#33268
Lothars

ow wait



Back to drums BKB deso/abyssal. Manta can also be great.
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DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 16:07:11
December 13 2012 16:07 GMT
#33269
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


It's a good item build if you replace S&Y with BKB. I would go deso -> bkb -> vlads if you have a great game and vlads -> bkb -> deso if you have a not so great game.
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trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
December 13 2012 16:08 GMT
#33270
On December 14 2012 01:07 DrPandaPhD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


It's a good item build if you replace S&Y with BKB. I would go deso -> bkb -> vlads if you have a great game and vlads -> bkb -> deso if you have a not so great game.


I go for the Vlads because of the easy transition to regen items I would need along the way. I tend to skip the Bottle/Medallion.
DrPandaPhD
Profile Joined November 2011
5188 Posts
December 13 2012 16:13 GMT
#33271
On December 14 2012 01:08 trinxified wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2012 01:07 DrPandaPhD wrote:
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


It's a good item build if you replace S&Y with BKB. I would go deso -> bkb -> vlads if you have a great game and vlads -> bkb -> deso if you have a not so great game.


I go for the Vlads because of the easy transition to regen items I would need along the way. I tend to skip the Bottle/Medallion.


Yeah as I said, if you have an average game you should probably go the second item build with vlads first. But there is no reason not to rush a deso if you have a good game to snowball out of control early. Similar to TA, if you have a good game, go blink -> deso / crit. Otherwise go Blink -> bkb.
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RuskiPanda
Profile Joined December 2011
United States2906 Posts
December 13 2012 16:20 GMT
#33272
If you're having a bad game go medallion/drums... Vlads in no way, shape or form helps you get back into the game as a rush item. The stats it gives you (lifesteal and %damage increase) are both percentage based and scale much better mid/late game when people actually have more than 100-150 damage. It doesn't help you gank and get kills for track gold (which can actually get you back into the game) because all the stats it provides are better for prolonged engagements versus the -armor burst from medallion or movespeed buff from drums.
aintz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada5624 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 16:22:25
December 13 2012 16:21 GMT
#33273
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


phase, drums, bkb/deso depends on game which to get first. and of course a magic stick unless they have no casters for some reasons.

dont get s&y. and please god dont get a bottle unless ur going to be active with it, so many noobs get a bottle because they see the progamers do it, its ultra sad.
Onioncookie
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany624 Posts
December 13 2012 16:26 GMT
#33274
Bastion Announcer incoming ...

Im so buying that
Sn0_Man
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Tebellong44238 Posts
December 13 2012 16:30 GMT
#33275
On December 14 2012 01:21 aintz wrote:please god dont get a bottle unless ur going to be active with it, so many noobs get a bottle because they see the progamers do it, its ultra sad.


Eh.... I'd rather people err on the side of getting bottle than not (at least on bounty). He desperately needs the regen, and its only 600 gold (1 track kill). It is better than all the people who rush vlads for actual no reason. I mean, even if you only ever fill bottle from base it is decent IMO.
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trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
December 13 2012 16:33 GMT
#33276
On December 14 2012 01:21 aintz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


phase, drums, bkb/deso depends on game which to get first. and of course a magic stick unless they have no casters for some reasons.

dont get s&y. and please god dont get a bottle unless ur going to be active with it, so many noobs get a bottle because they see the progamers do it, its ultra sad.


I don't get the bottle either, very rare unless I have to mid lane. I don't understand the drums choice, I guess for the Bracer transition? I find that I don't need bracers in the first place.
Qbek
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Poland12923 Posts
December 13 2012 16:36 GMT
#33277
If you play BH properly ( try to track every kill on the map) you will grab most of the runes and most mids aren't that rune dependent after 8th minute. I rarely exceed 60 cs as BH and still have decent gpm coz I know how impotant it is to track shit
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
December 13 2012 16:36 GMT
#33278
as was mentioned, the drum/vlads are team items. so to make use of them you should be actively ganking with the team, and the sustain helps you to stay out there a bit longer. bottle can be bottle crowed.
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Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
December 13 2012 16:37 GMT
#33279
On December 14 2012 01:33 trinxified wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 14 2012 01:21 aintz wrote:
On December 14 2012 00:58 trinxified wrote:
So quick question regarding item preference for BH.

I usually go PMS, Wand, Phase, Vlads, Deso and then S&Y.

Most of my games end by then, but if it goes on, I obviously replace PMS and Wand with situational stuff (BKB, Rapier, etc.)

Anyway, my question is, should I be going Manta instead of S&Y?


phase, drums, bkb/deso depends on game which to get first. and of course a magic stick unless they have no casters for some reasons.

dont get s&y. and please god dont get a bottle unless ur going to be active with it, so many noobs get a bottle because they see the progamers do it, its ultra sad.


I don't get the bottle either, very rare unless I have to mid lane. I don't understand the drums choice, I guess for the Bracer transition? I find that I don't need bracers in the first place.

Drums gives nice HP and nice mana, both things BH benefits from.
Ontop of that the bonus movement speed synergizes with tracks and allows you to make sure you outspeed anyone along with helping your team as well.
Drums are good on BH.
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trinxified
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada7774 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-13 16:41:19
December 13 2012 16:39 GMT
#33280
Thanks for responses. I will try to incorporate the Bottle and Drums.

Drums seems like a slow transition. But worth a shot.
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