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On April 18 2013 02:53 evilfatsh1t wrote:
yeah lumi is the only caster ive found that actually bothers to study mechanics and stuff outside his casts. id say hes the most knowledgeable non-pro caster.
Ugh.. I have to disagree with you here personally. While you might be right that he studies stuff and such, i just can't stand him. Some of the calls he makes and other "blunders" are similar what Tobi does.
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On April 18 2013 02:56 Numy wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 02:49 TheYango wrote:On April 18 2013 02:41 Numy wrote:
Predicting picks has more to do with knowing a teams tendencies than just game knowledge. It's actually really funny watching Chinese ex-pro commentators commentate SEA/Western games. They talk through the draft in such detail, and then suddenly one or both teams totally blindside them with a bad pick, and they get totally confused.. Sigh I wonder if taking Mandarin as an elective is worth it. Not knowing a second language :<. Anyway yea people must never confuse draft phase as being 100% what is theoretically best. It's always about what the players are more comfortable with.
At the same time, the players should be comfortable in whatever is theoretically best.
On April 18 2013 02:53 evilfatsh1t wrote:
yeah lumi is the only caster ive found that actually bothers to study mechanics and stuff outside his casts. id say hes the most knowledgeable non-pro caster.
Ugh.. I have to disagree with you here personally. While you might be right that he studies stuff and such, i just can't stand him. Some of the calls he makes and other "blunders" are similar what every (Western) caster does.
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Dota 2 with digital vibrance over 70% is so much more beautiful, you guys should try it.
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It is very nice though when casters know the teams very well and give some history or tendencies though. It's at least to me more interesting than hearing about why someone should get a BKB or not.
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On April 18 2013 02:59 teapoted wrote:
It is very nice though when casters know the teams very well and give some history or tendencies though. It's at least to me more interesting than hearing about why someone should get a BKB or not.
Yeah but a common side effect of casters "knowing" the teams is that they end up heavily biased one way or the other 
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On April 18 2013 02:58 InfectedGoat wrote:
Dota 2 with digital vibrance over 70% is so much more beautiful, you guys should try it.
Digintal vibrance?
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On April 18 2013 03:01 Sn0_Man wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 02:59 teapoted wrote:
It is very nice though when casters know the teams very well and give some history or tendencies though. It's at least to me more interesting than hearing about why someone should get a BKB or not. Yeah but a common side effect of casters "knowing" the teams is that they end up heavily biased one way or the other Well in some cases sure =P But like Meruna did when she cast. Or Kawa who (although he has a lot to work on) at least researches teams and writes some stuff down coming into matches.
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On April 18 2013 03:03 teapoted wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 03:01 Sn0_Man wrote:On April 18 2013 02:59 teapoted wrote:
It is very nice though when casters know the teams very well and give some history or tendencies though. It's at least to me more interesting than hearing about why someone should get a BKB or not. Yeah but a common side effect of casters "knowing" the teams is that they end up heavily biased one way or the other Well in some cases sure =P But like Meruna did when she cast. Or Kawa who (although he has a lot to work on) at least researches teams and writes some stuff down coming into matches.
The only problem with this is when you are casting 10 matches a day with 2 unique teams each like a tobi would (his team knowledge isn't that bad just from his volume of casting).
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Tobi has good team knowledge from casting a lot. I think that point came about from Draskyl not really knowing much about the scene. As he probably casts the least games of all prominent casters that's not all that surprising. (I guess Purge maybe, but Purge is more youtube personality than caster)
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On April 18 2013 03:01 Zealos wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 02:58 InfectedGoat wrote:
Dota 2 with digital vibrance over 70% is so much more beautiful, you guys should try it. Digintal vibrance?
Yeah, it makes all the colors brighter. for nvidia it's in Display --> Adjust color settings --> Digital vibrance.
For radeon I think it's called Saturation though I might be wrong.
I didn't see much of a difference when I played sc2 but it's really awesome on Dota, especially on radiant side
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On April 18 2013 03:10 InfectedGoat wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 03:01 Zealos wrote:On April 18 2013 02:58 InfectedGoat wrote:
Dota 2 with digital vibrance over 70% is so much more beautiful, you guys should try it. Digintal vibrance? Yeah, it makes all the colors brighter. for nvidia it's in Display --> Adjust color settings --> Digital vibrance. For radeon I think it's called Saturation though I might be wrong. I didn't see much of a difference when I played sc2 but it's really awesome on Dota, especially on radiant side
Care to take pictures? I can already feel the headache after one game with that.
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IceFrog's online. Get your gifs ready
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On April 18 2013 03:40 duoform wrote:IceFrog's online. Get your gifs ready
ded gaem volvo incoming, thousands of them
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On April 18 2013 02:58 Comeh wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 02:56 Numy wrote:On April 18 2013 02:49 TheYango wrote:On April 18 2013 02:41 Numy wrote:
Predicting picks has more to do with knowing a teams tendencies than just game knowledge. It's actually really funny watching Chinese ex-pro commentators commentate SEA/Western games. They talk through the draft in such detail, and then suddenly one or both teams totally blindside them with a bad pick, and they get totally confused.. Sigh I wonder if taking Mandarin as an elective is worth it. Not knowing a second language :<. Anyway yea people must never confuse draft phase as being 100% what is theoretically best. It's always about what the players are more comfortable with. At the same time, the players should be comfortable in whatever is theoretically best.
Bare in mind that dota has overlapping heroes so you have to look at what you define as theoretically best first because you can apply that to a real game. It's very hard to say one hero is better than any other in a certain role. Normally when such a thing arises it's perma banned(See Lycan or Nyx). So the question is what happens when the pool gets more muddy. Do you define the best hero for a role based on the tendencies of a certain team or playstyle. What do you do? I don't know the answer but I think if you do know it then you might have some deeper insight into team drafting than others if you can apply that information to the team itself.
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On April 18 2013 02:53 evilfatsh1t wrote:
yeah lumi is the only caster ive found that actually bothers to study mechanics and stuff outside his casts. id say hes the most knowledgeable non-pro caster.
Really? Maybe some mechanical knowledge, but his actual understanding of the game seems pretty low.
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Yeap, Synderen did tweet about it earlier today.
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Oh interesting.
Synd/smulg/XoY are all legit afaik. If Synd qualifies these days
EDIT: just you wait they are gonna join with some SC2 players to make "Horde Esports".
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Any word from Valve if there's gonna be a patch tonight/tomorrow?
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On April 18 2013 04:03 cecek wrote:
Any word from Valve if there's gonna be a patch tonight/tomorrow?
You expect so from Valve?
But nope, I don't think so. I didn't see anything in dev.dota2 tho.
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