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Abenson
Canada4122 Posts
The other team had a riki + broodmother who was pretty fed and trying to carry, so naturally I (zeus) ended up buying the gem thing. We had a massive fight near roshan, and the gem was lost somewhere. Our team proceeds to spend the next 3 minutes after respawn combing through the forest trying to find the gem. | ||
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crms
United States11933 Posts
:D! edit: Ret is actually beating him now, well played ret.  | ||
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Zozo
Brazil2579 Posts
still gz on 3k | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
basic chinese dota 101 | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
On March 31 2012 03:46 Shichibukai wrote: This probably doesn't warrant a new thread so I'll drop it in here. I'm kinda new to watching Dota (just through streams, no key yet) so I have a couple of noob questions.
The thing is, changing to a new map with different lanes, different jungles, etc. wouldn't be the same thing as how SC2 changes maps. Even though you see a lot of maps in SC2, they still have the same general layout. A protected natural, a relatively easy to take 3rd, usually 2 or 4 starting positions, everything you'd expect in a balanced SC2 map. Changing DotA's map layout would feel similar to more drastic changes in an SC2 map, like say an island base with 6 gas starting at your main and no natural, huge changes like that, that would affect the game quite a lot more than minor changes in terrain but still a relatively similar map all-in-all to the rest. It COULD be done, but for the most part the community and competitive players would prefer just having the same map rather than having to work out different (probably drastically different) strategies for each map, banning heroes, picking heroes, deciding if trilaning, pushing, jungling, ganking, is more effective, it would be basically an entirely new game, not to mention some heroes might turn out to be too powerful and have to be nerfed because of it, and then in turn the strategies on the ORIGINAL map would change, the list goes on and on basically. :p Not saying it 100% can't be done, I just think that DotA has been around for so long that most people are used to how it is now and would prefer it just stay this way. Especially considering how much the meta is changing still, now, after all these years, and risking a change like a new map and making competitive teams play on it might have the potential to just crap everything up if it doesn't turn out perfectly, since both the players and fans are so accustomed to what it is now, and a new map could potentially make an entirely new game that might not be for the best. As for casual play, I wouldn't have a problem with some new maps though just for fun. | ||
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LAN-f34r
New Zealand2099 Posts
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ControlMonkey
Australia3109 Posts
IMO the variation in dota comes from the huge combination of heroes. A game with furion in it is completely to a game without furion. Same can be said for a lot of heroes. A game with a strong pushing lineup is very different from a game with strong late game carries. Starcraft need new maps to stay fresh, dota has enough variation within its hero lineup. Changing the maps would just complicate things. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On March 31 2012 07:56 LAN-f34r wrote: Somewhere I heard that dota2 is going to support custom games, so there is a possibility of someone porting twisted treeline or dominion from lol. Or even better, someone might make a GOOD other map. LoD... | ||
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Akatora.
Denmark2 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
And thats no other than the 6v6 map! | ||
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
that was some of the most fun I've had playing DotA ever was really sad when i reinstalled Warcraft 3 late last year and didn't see any ever hosted ;_; | ||
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PHILtheTANK
United States1834 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On March 31 2012 09:44 Imbajoe wrote: i hope someone makes bob's omg dota that was some of the most fun I've had playing DotA ever was really sad when i reinstalled Warcraft 3 late last year and didn't see any ever hosted ;_; it's called LoD now. slightly different but same premise | ||
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Shichibukai
Sweden355 Posts
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Dankleteer
United States1430 Posts
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epoc
Finland1190 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On March 31 2012 09:49 Dankleteer wrote: What's the premise of LoD (what does the acronym even stand for?). I didn't play much Dota 1... Lord of destruction @_@ | ||
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