General Discussion - Page 945

On September 03 2012 21:42 Klonere wrote:


Meepo is done, people were playing him @ Valve. Techies is second last on the hero release order picture that someone got.

On September 03 2012 20:07 Fwizzz wrote:
Hoping a multiple hero patch this week.

But that would be unlikely seeing the effort Valve has done making TI2 possible.

On September 03 2012 22:19 writer22816 wrote:
Holy shit meepo is being released???

...Yeah I'm not playing for a while.

On September 03 2012 21:55 NeWeNiyaLord wrote:
Sorry if this is the totally wrong place to ask this, but how do I get into beta? Read a thread where I should buy three keys? What kind? And he linked me to reddit/r/dota2trade to submit that I was willing to trade 3 of these keys (Still no idea what kind) for a Beta invitation.

But firstly. I don't know how to post in reddit/r/dota2trade and secondly I'd really want a "easy" way to get it,
because I'm lazy. So anyone here willing to trade 3 of those "keys" for a Dota 2 invite? Please give me a PM If you'd like to help a Starcrafter get into Dota 2

On September 03 2012 22:13 pap0t wrote:
Guys check this out. Chuan was once slim :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_bokhz_7Yo

On September 03 2012 22:56 Ramong wrote:
morph players yeah, but AM ain't that hard to play so most will still do good

On September 03 2012 23:00 BlitzerSC wrote:


The thing is, most pub AM will get a really late battlefury and keep farming because all their items will be delayed. So you just group up and go as 5 and hope that the AM is retarded enough to ingore his team. Easy win.

On September 03 2012 23:31 GaryBrackett wrote:
I've played a lot of Dota and Heroes of Newerth over the years but I only got a beta key about 2 months ago and having played ~90 games or something, I have to say the standard of game is very disappointing and I haven't solo queued for the last 50 or so games.

In a 20 game period i went about 15-5 in wins/losses. These games were incredibly frustrating due to the exceedingly low standard of the games. People who farm woods while your base is getting pushed is an example or people that push the enemy base on their own without teleport???? Obviously this kind of thing is going to be common in people who are new to the game.

However even after this 15-5 spree the standard of game just didn't change at all so i gave up on solo queuing and just started playing with people i know. The problem is the people i know are a lot less experienced than myself so although it's not frustrating playing with them, the games are still of a really low standard.

I observed one of those games that has loads of spectators, and although it's hard to gauge from just watching, I think I would be fine in those games in my more preferred utility/support role. Profiling all the people in the games, every single one had over 400 wins and I currently have about 50.

I am capable of winning a high % of games if i solo queue but it's just not enjoyable at all, no offense but i find it very frustrating to play with beginners and I know i'm not improving at the game at all due to the different tactics required.
e.g. in the level of games i get, you can kill people with rupture because they still move with it on and don't carry teleport scrolls.
e.g. in the games i get people go lothars edge on every single hero

I'm not saying the matchmaking is awful, my first 10 or so games i went 3-7 because i hadn't played for a while and i had severe FPS lag problems that I've now fixed. I also play with someone that leaves a lot. So get quite a few losses from that.

My question is can I get to a much higher tier of matchmaking without having to play 600 games? because I don't think i can stomach playing that many games at a low level or is the solution to just find people who are your standard and only search with them?

On September 03 2012 23:31 GaryBrackett wrote:
I've played a lot of Dota and Heroes of Newerth over the years but I only got a beta key about 2 months ago and having played ~90 games or something, I have to say the standard of game is very disappointing and I haven't solo queued for the last 50 or so games.

In a 20 game period i went about 15-5 in wins/losses. These games were incredibly frustrating due to the exceedingly low standard of the games. People who farm woods while your base is getting pushed is an example or people that push the enemy base on their own without teleport???? Obviously this kind of thing is going to be common in people who are new to the game.

However even after this 15-5 spree the standard of game just didn't change at all so i gave up on solo queuing and just started playing with people i know. The problem is the people i know are a lot less experienced than myself so although it's not frustrating playing with them, the games are still of a really low standard.

I observed one of those games that has loads of spectators, and although it's hard to gauge from just watching, I think I would be fine in those games in my more preferred utility/support role. Profiling all the people in the games, every single one had over 400 wins and I currently have about 50.

I am capable of winning a high % of games if i solo queue but it's just not enjoyable at all, no offense but i find it very frustrating to play with beginners and I know i'm not improving at the game at all due to the different tactics required.
e.g. in the level of games i get, you can kill people with rupture because they still move with it on and don't carry teleport scrolls.
e.g. in the games i get people go lothars edge on every single hero

I'm not saying the matchmaking is awful, my first 10 or so games i went 3-7 because i hadn't played for a while and i had severe FPS lag problems that I've now fixed. I also play with someone that leaves a lot. So get quite a few losses from that.

My question is can I get to a much higher tier of matchmaking without having to play 600 games? because I don't think i can stomach playing that many games at a low level or is the solution to just find people who are your standard and only search with them?