General Discussion - Page 937

On September 02 2012 04:23 PrinceXizor wrote:

how great is valve of a company that conspiracy theories involving them are in favor of customers.

On September 02 2012 05:32 RuiBarbO wrote:
Sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this question in; I didn't want to create a new thread just for this. I've been watching some of The International after TL began covering DOTA 2 and the game looks really interesting to me, but I don't know if I should buy the beta invite to get started. It's not a question of whether I'll like the game or not; I'd just like to know if buying the key is a worthwhile investment, not knowing how long it will be until the game is fully released, whether the purchase will carry over, and so on and so forth. I did opt in for a key but I doubt that I'll actually get one any time soon. So is the invite bundle worth buying, or should I just wait?

On September 02 2012 05:32 RuiBarbO wrote:
Sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this question in; I didn't want to create a new thread just for this. I've been watching some of The International after TL began covering DOTA 2 and the game looks really interesting to me, but I don't know if I should buy the beta invite to get started. It's not a question of whether I'll like the game or not; I'd just like to know if buying the key is a worthwhile investment, not knowing how long it will be until the game is fully released, whether the purchase will carry over, and so on and so forth. I did opt in for a key but I doubt that I'll actually get one any time soon. So is the invite bundle worth buying, or should I just wait?

On September 02 2012 06:45 LancerJ wrote:
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Adding another data point to the Anti-Mage skill order discussion. Burning in DK vs. Darer put 9 points into stats before getting level 2 mana break or spell shield. During this time he was farming and split pushing. At level 19 he began putting points into mana break so that he could team fight and take T3 towers and barracks.

On September 02 2012 06:53 Firebolt145 wrote:

Pretty much as you said. He was purely focusing on farm and the stats help more for farming the jungle etc. Plus against DS's wall and SD the mana burn can often turn into a curse rather than a blessing.

On September 02 2012 07:04 rabidch wrote:

it was for the SD, chinese teams are extremely experienced against SD play, and in dota1 it wasnt uncommon to get orb of venom.

On September 02 2012 07:14 Firebolt145 wrote:

Interesting, didn't know about getting orb of venom just because of that. Works both ways though!

On September 02 2012 07:14 CruelZeratul wrote:
What do the numbers beneath the team icons on the International stream stand for?

On September 02 2012 07:14 rabidch wrote:

well it doesnt work in dota2 of course .

On September 02 2012 07:15 Firebolt145 wrote:

Wait why not? Does mana break override items no matter what in dota2?

On September 02 2012 06:50 Qbek wrote:
He actually couldn't have put the point into stats, there's a level limit on them too

On September 02 2012 07:19 LancerJ wrote:

Max points into stats is 10 but he stopped at 9.

EDIT: I don't know if there's a level limit on points into stats but it's not in effect at level 19 -
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On September 02 2012 09:21 NB wrote:
holy shit... just realize... v1at casting 16 hours a day... solo.... HOLY SHIT

On September 02 2012 09:31 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:


Attributes level 10 is the maximum which he has in your picture. 20-21-22-23-24-25 is the last six points he needs to cap out on skillpoints. Three for each skill.

19 skillpoints:
10 stats+1+4+1+3=19