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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
also root sucks ass | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
On July 24 2014 15:07 NB wrote: ROOTgaming new team went 0-2 vs Pokebunny's team(Hulk Hota) https://cevo.com/event/dota2/match/28992/ http://dotabuff.com/matches/793955568 http://dotabuff.com/matches/794025273 Thoughts? lol'd | ||
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Laurens
Belgium4558 Posts
On July 24 2014 15:07 NB wrote: ROOTgaming new team went 0-2 vs Pokebunny's team(Hulk Hota) https://cevo.com/event/dota2/match/28992/ http://dotabuff.com/matches/793955568 http://dotabuff.com/matches/794025273 Thoughts? Hmm, either HH got a lot better since the LPCL, or ROOT is a complete joke. | ||
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Grettin
42417 Posts
On July 24 2014 18:04 teapoted wrote: I'm quite sure icefrog works for Valve. Thus, Valve has already made new heroes. Well i hope so. Inb4 Valve decides to charge for the new heroes. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 24 2014 20:06 Grettin wrote: Well i hope so. Inb4 Valve decides to charge for the new heroes. They cheat by making you install steam. Its like putting a Gamestop in your house and then making you click through the sales on the way to dota. Its like free drinks at the casino. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
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makmeatt
2024 Posts
WC3 DotA hasn't been updated for 6.81 yet and I doubt it will. Certainly the two won't diverge, so I expect it won't be supported anymore/much longer. Besides, Kaolin/Nerif have been introduced in 6.78, so Icefrog is definitely working on new character design when he gets an idea. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
On July 24 2014 20:04 Laurens wrote: Hmm, either HH got a lot better since the LPCL, or ROOT is a complete joke. it just seems that root cannot close a game, so a bit of both also root is a joke | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On July 24 2014 17:57 ahswtini wrote: Port puppet master pls I used to love that hero, especially back when Whiplash also gave a dmg increase and you could 1 shot people by stacking it with crit, voodoo puppet, and/or assassin's shroud. | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
I think IceFrog is probably let DotA go. Then he's either going to designate it to another person, who's going to keep making new versions, which will slide into obscurity and die over time. Or maybe he's not going to designate anyone and there will be multiple community versions. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On July 24 2014 22:32 cecek wrote: Dota has to be disgustingly profitable on it's own, the fact that it's making a lot of people install steam is a cherry on the top, not the most important aspect I think. I think IceFrog is probably let DotA go. Then he's either going to designate it to another person, who's going to keep making new versions, which will slide into obscurity and die over time. Or maybe he's not going to designate anyone and there will be multiple community versions. It's the other way around I would presume. Dota 2 ushers in what TF2 crowned: people to install Steam and play TF2. Dota 2 refines what TF2 offered as well as used as a better marketing platform because of its popular genre appeal (and younger age right now) | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
On July 24 2014 22:39 Torte de Lini wrote: It's the other way around I would presume. Dota 2 ushers in what TF2 crowned: people to install Steam and play TF2. Dota 2 refines what TF2 offered as well as used as a better marketing platform because of its popular genre appeal (and younger age right now) Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I think the original reason behind making Dota 2 free to play (or just making the game in the first place) was to make people install steam. But now it's gotten so big that the amount money it's making Valve from microtransactions outshines the benefits of bringing people to Steam. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
But no company outside of maybe Nintendo has the unlimited cash reserves to just iterate on a product as endlessly as Valve has. Which makes it great that they love Doto as much as we do. | ||
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7w0AJ6P.png) did valve do this on purpose (in my inventory, the player cards i have) edit: whatever cards | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
On July 24 2014 22:47 Plansix wrote: I don't think we can clearly say that Dota has been "disgustingly profitable" over its life time. I think after TI1 and TI2 the game was likely a loss leader to get people to install steam. TI3 is the clear turning point for Dota when the money started to come in like crazy and they figured out the workshop/chest stuff. Profitability takes a long time and people would be shocked at the costs of even creating a single hero in dota(from man hours on animation, art, sounds, effects). But no company outside of maybe Nintendo has the unlimited cash reserves to just iterate on a product as endlessly as Valve has. Which makes it great that they love Doto as much as we do. Well, Valve released TF 2 numbers that showed that the game was making a ton of money. And Dota 2 is in a different league in regards to the amount of people who play the game, but with the same business model. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On July 24 2014 23:02 cecek wrote: Well, Valve released TF 2 numbers that showed that the game was making a ton of money. And Dota 2 is in a different league in regards to the amount of people who play the game, but with the same business model. Agreed and I think that is one of the main reasons why Valve got into Dota 2. Also, just from what I know from following video games for so long, I doubt TF2 brings in huge profits for Valve. For the same amount of money that they spend on TF2, they could likely make a boxed product that would be more profitable. But since TF2 is a gateway to steam and earns them a lot of good will with the consumers, it makes sense for them to support it. But only because of steam and the profits they get from steam. People often forget when Valve announced they were making Dota 2 that it was meet was a large amount of skepticism from a lot of outside press and community. It was only due to Valves very smart handling of the game that made it the success we know today. But they are the only company that can release a game with over 100 heroes and say “its all free, unless you want sweet hats, which we give away anyways”. Now Valve just needs to make good on the crazy Oculus rift Dota viewing mod they were teasing, where you watch Dota in VR like it’s on a table top, all in 3D. I demand to live in that future. | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
On July 24 2014 23:00 Targe wrote: did valve do this on purpose (in my inventory, the player cards i have) edit: whatever cards TRADING cards my good friend | ||
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