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Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2845 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:10:08
September 18 2014 05:08 GMT
#130521
I don't actually muscle memory for wand/tps. Blink is always on 2, but other actives are usually scattered around in random places. Sometimes it means I accidentally use a tp when trying to place a ward, but you can't realistically have consistent slots for wards, sents, smoke, dust, tp, arcanes, blink, mek, force, urn, medallion, wand and any other shit you manage to pick up.
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
September 18 2014 05:10 GMT
#130522
blizzard and riot are secretly the same company owned by the mother of all evil EA who is also satan, the ancient alien worshiped by the mayans and who invented DRM and overcooked vegetables
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2845 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:13:22
September 18 2014 05:10 GMT
#130523
And the apocalypse, they also invented that

There's an ad playing on my twitch on the other monitor for a UFC fight, and one of the fighters names is Mark Hunt, but every time the dude shouts his name in the ad, it does not sound like he's saying Mark, or Hunt.
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7087 Posts
September 18 2014 05:12 GMT
#130524
On September 18 2014 14:08 Fleetfeet wrote:
I don't actually muscle memory for wand/tps. Blink is always on 2, but other actives are usually scattered around in random places. Sometimes it means I accidentally use a tp when trying to place a ward, but you can't realistically have consistent slots for wards, sents, smoke, dust, tp, arcanes, blink, mek, force, urn, medallion, wand and any other shit you manage to pick up.


99% of heroes i'll have blink in 2nd slot and tp in 4th slot


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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:17:10
September 18 2014 05:13 GMT
#130525
On September 18 2014 14:08 Fleetfeet wrote:
I don't actually muscle memory for wand/tps. Blink is always on 2, but other actives are usually scattered around in random places. Sometimes it means I accidentally use a tp when trying to place a ward, but you can't realistically have consistent slots for wards, sents, smoke, dust, tp, arcanes, blink, mek, force, urn, medallion, wand and any other shit you manage to pick up.

I do. Teleports on C. Stick on X, with defensive activated items getting priority to supplant it. Boots on V (or something else if I have Travs). Generic activated items follow a decreasing hierarchy of importance along B, 2, and 3.

This only rarely fails me when I put something in an unaccustomed spot, but in general it works very well. I can't imagine having something so universal as a teleport scroll switching its location, ever.

I can go a lot more in-depth if you'd like. It just seems excessive to me to accept regular teleport losses to misclicks.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
September 18 2014 05:15 GMT
#130526
only thing i like to keep the same is blink on space and boots on F the rest move around everywhere

i prioritise point target items on T and D but thats not always possible and im fine with them in other slots
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
Fleetfeet
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Canada2845 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:24:57
September 18 2014 05:21 GMT
#130527
Typically my TP scroll is in my last empty item slot. So earlier in the game my inventory might be brown boots -> wand -> obs -> TP, but later in the game it's usually on 6. I've never had it where I wanted to TP but had to look down and see where my TP scroll was, making note of what's where whenever I recieve items works for me, alongside some basic logic for keeping my own inventory organized. So it's still muscle memory, sort of. It's just constantly in flux.

Actually I just looked at my dotabuff. The only item that maintains a constant slot is a blink dagger. TPs wards and everything else can be anywhere.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44312 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:26:20
September 18 2014 05:24 GMT
#130528
On September 18 2014 14:13 Acritter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 18 2014 14:08 Fleetfeet wrote:
I don't actually muscle memory for wand/tps. Blink is always on 2, but other actives are usually scattered around in random places. Sometimes it means I accidentally use a tp when trying to place a ward, but you can't realistically have consistent slots for wards, sents, smoke, dust, tp, arcanes, blink, mek, force, urn, medallion, wand and any other shit you manage to pick up.

I do. Teleports on C. Stick on X, with defensive activated items getting priority to supplant it. Boots on V (or something else if I have Travs). Generic activated items follow a decreasing hierarchy of importance along B, 2, and 3.

This only rarely fails me when I put something in an unaccustomed spot, but in general it works very well. I can't imagine having something so universal as a teleport scroll switching its location, ever.

I can go a lot more in-depth if you'd like. It just seems excessive to me to accept regular teleport losses to misclicks.

Wait you still use legacy keys?

this is a quote
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
September 18 2014 05:24 GMT
#130529
I see what you're saying. I generally will buy branches after the early laning stage to keep my inventory in order. I do find it surprising that you have a set location for Blink, when you don't buy that item on every he-

Forget what I said.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-18 05:27:00
September 18 2014 05:25 GMT
#130530
On September 18 2014 14:24 goody153 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 18 2014 14:13 Acritter wrote:
On September 18 2014 14:08 Fleetfeet wrote:
I don't actually muscle memory for wand/tps. Blink is always on 2, but other actives are usually scattered around in random places. Sometimes it means I accidentally use a tp when trying to place a ward, but you can't realistically have consistent slots for wards, sents, smoke, dust, tp, arcanes, blink, mek, force, urn, medallion, wand and any other shit you manage to pick up.

I do. Teleports on C. Stick on X, with defensive activated items getting priority to supplant it. Boots on V (or something else if I have Travs). Generic activated items follow a decreasing hierarchy of importance along B, 2, and 3.

This only rarely fails me when I put something in an unaccustomed spot, but in general it works very well. I can't imagine having something so universal as a teleport scroll switching its location, ever.

I can go a lot more in-depth if you'd like. It just seems excessive to me to accept regular teleport losses to misclicks.

Wait you still use legacy keys?

No. I use a custom keyset that I put together to fit my mentality.

B is too well-used in legacy keys to be used as an item hotkey.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44312 Posts
September 18 2014 05:26 GMT
#130531
So am i the only one who still keeps the default alt+q/w/e/a/s/d for items ?
this is a quote
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
September 18 2014 05:27 GMT
#130532
On September 18 2014 14:26 goody153 wrote:
So am i the only one who still keeps the default alt+q/w/e/a/s/d for items ?

Some other people do, I'm sure. My keyboard is kind of janky and takes a lot of pressure to register a hit, so I don't mess around with multiple keystrokes to do something absolutely vital.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12178 Posts
September 18 2014 05:35 GMT
#130533
I don't have anything on alt + key except stuff that doesn't matter in-game. Things like all chat and X ping. I don't think the defaullt hotkeys for items were on alt when I started my main account.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
September 18 2014 05:45 GMT
#130534
I currently have an 11-prediction win streak

:D
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LuckoftheIrish
Profile Joined November 2011
United States4791 Posts
September 18 2014 05:47 GMT
#130535
My hotkeys are all over the damn place. Items are F G T V B Space. Phase Boots are always on F. Blink is always on Space. Boots of Travel and Arcs are usually on B. Active items go on F->G->T in descending order of importance. Wand is usually on V. If I don't have Blink then my second-most important active goes on Space.

If I'm playing Tinker then it's SR on B, Bottle on V, BoTs on Space, Blink on F, EB on G and Dagon on T.
On Twitter @GosuGamers_LotI | Grubby has a huge head!
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
September 18 2014 05:47 GMT
#130536
we share hotkeys irish
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44312 Posts
September 18 2014 05:47 GMT
#130537
On September 18 2014 14:45 icystorage wrote:
I currently have an 11-prediction win streak

:D

I always forget to press that victory taunt.

Can a scrub like me ask for your steam account ? i wanna add you in case we play some time .. we play in the same server anyways :D
this is a quote
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
September 18 2014 05:48 GMT
#130538
so i just carried by a legit tinker
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
LuckoftheIrish
Profile Joined November 2011
United States4791 Posts
September 18 2014 05:49 GMT
#130539
On September 18 2014 14:47 Targe wrote:
we share hotkeys irish


Mine are because my hands are usually stiff and sore from being at the gym and the more things I can have on my index finger the happier the rest of my hand will be.
On Twitter @GosuGamers_LotI | Grubby has a huge head!
LuckoftheIrish
Profile Joined November 2011
United States4791 Posts
September 18 2014 05:49 GMT
#130540
Targe, what server? I just finished a game going beyond godlike on Tinker.
On Twitter @GosuGamers_LotI | Grubby has a huge head!
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