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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
February 24 2021 13:21 GMT
#208041
On February 24 2021 01:10 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
I think the trick to enjoying is solo queue is to dodge the role queue option.
I think of it as the shadow pool but right there in the open. Mid and carry players with no 0 plasticity in their brains play that and flame anything when something goes wrong. Even worse is when the same players get assigned support and don't bother learning 1 thing about playing said role.

Classic queue seems the middle road. It saves the mute button quite a bit. I even had people asking for item recommendations. Only issue with classic queue is when you are higher rank and there's 500 mmr disparity in the team; picking support feels like griefing the team.
All the other modes are casual, people are not going to try hard enough to make it fun. thx for coming to my ted talk

what bracket are you in? i know the top 300+ leaderboard people don't queue ranked roles
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
February 24 2021 14:17 GMT
#208042
if ur above 7.5k+ no matter what u queue, roles or no roles, you are put into the no role queue and if a single 7.5k+ player is in the game then there are no roles in the game

Agh's ult sniper: Sniper locks eyes with target unit, immobilizing them in horror as he turns the gun on himself. Channeled, lasts 5 seconds.
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
February 24 2021 19:50 GMT
#208043
I'm not high mmr, I've played like month or two a year for a long time.
However it today occurred to me that dota has no sensitivity slider so mr janitor plz
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
harodihg
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
Japan1344 Posts
February 24 2021 20:22 GMT
#208044
i was just responding to why high mmr players seem to always queue classic -- they dont have a choice based on their mmr

Agh's ult sniper: Sniper locks eyes with target unit, immobilizing them in horror as he turns the gun on himself. Channeled, lasts 5 seconds.
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
February 24 2021 20:23 GMT
#208045
I think it's been literally a year since I've played dota and if I played i'd still have 4500 mmr or something. I want decay pls..
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
February 24 2021 20:47 GMT
#208046
wasnt it two resets ? i recently played on an old account like 5years+, still had the same mmr as before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-24 20:51:37
February 24 2021 20:50 GMT
#208047
When they reset it wasn't even really a real reset. They just dropped people down to the bottom of their current bracket, iirc, except for Immortal players. I'd have to lose something like 50-55 games in a row to get to what my real mmr would be right now.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
February 25 2021 02:20 GMT
#208048


ok, who asked for this
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
February 25 2021 02:23 GMT
#208049
My dad
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
February 25 2021 19:41 GMT
#208050
this new ghost n goblins game is killing me jesus.

but its oh so good
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7754 Posts
February 25 2021 21:03 GMT
#208051
help I can't stop playing Synthetik
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
March 01 2021 03:20 GMT
#208052
Watching Twin Peaks (the original, the assassination of Laura Palmer)

And what the hell am i watching and why did i wait so long
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7754 Posts
March 02 2021 14:51 GMT
#208053
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
March 02 2021 15:08 GMT
#208054
On March 02 2021 23:51 PoulsenB wrote:
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?

for us plebs?

very
passive quaranstream fan
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7754 Posts
March 02 2021 15:35 GMT
#208055
On March 03 2021 00:08 Artisreal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2021 23:51 PoulsenB wrote:
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?

for us plebs?

very

I mean a time eventually comes when one wants to stop being a pleb xd
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
March 02 2021 15:51 GMT
#208056
Es is pretty tricky to play well. the low range on his ult always makes teamfighting pretty hard for me. managing the stuns/silence/ult radius takes a lot of getting used to. rip the days when you could get guaranteed tower dive kills from like 1800 range at level 3.
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
March 02 2021 19:09 GMT
#208057
On March 02 2021 23:51 PoulsenB wrote:
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?

just gotta practice the combo of kick pull roll but thats about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-02 19:57:21
March 02 2021 19:56 GMT
#208058
it took me about 20 games to hit what I wanted most of the time (mind, a lot of those were turbo, which I highly recommend for ES). About 45-50 to actually feel like I was 'good' at him.

Some people advised turning quick cast on just for him... which was probably a mistake for me, with probably 3-4k games of dota/hon under my belt before that. I got way less accurate, and hitting his skills is a lot more important than doing them super fast for the most part, and it probably would've taken me about 15-20 less games if I hadn't been doing that.

Note that even at the pro level people just sometimes miss with the hero.
Faruko
Profile Joined April 2013
Chile34173 Posts
March 03 2021 11:43 GMT
#208059
On March 02 2021 23:51 PoulsenB wrote:
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?

Karma will never let you be good with ES

And we all know why
Ross was right // "Jesus Christ nahaz is doing shots before my eyes" (Sn0_Man, 2018)
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7754 Posts
March 03 2021 12:23 GMT
#208060
On March 03 2021 20:43 Faruko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2021 23:51 PoulsenB wrote:
Realistically, how hard is it to learn to effectively play earth spirit? That is, to actually be useful in a game and not missing all the spells?

Karma will never let you be good with ES

And we all know why

It's not gonna happen so dunno why you keep bringing this up lol
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
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