Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion - Page 1948

On May 29 2015 03:40 ChunderBoy wrote:

the one he is talking about was. the rly old riptide wasnt even a circle around hero it was cast infront of u like dragonslave/carrionswarm

On May 29 2015 03:48 Plansix wrote:

They will get over it. It seems like a problem that was completely out of the players control and he is trying to fix it.

On May 29 2015 03:51 ChunderBoy wrote:
tbh that naga ti2 meme video is just dumb hype
it was 100% going to be a navi win if they engaged like that
ig didnt even have the advantage walking into that fight

On May 29 2015 03:55 Thetwinmasters wrote:
the play wouldn't have happened if dota 2 followed dota 1 mechanics with the ravage song interactions since in dota 1 u can cancel song while the enemy is in the air from ravage and it would instant stun which was impossible in dota 2

On May 29 2015 03:48 Plansix wrote:

They will get over it. It seems like a problem that was completely out of the players control and he is trying to fix it.

On May 29 2015 03:58 crms wrote:

No this is pretty stupid and it makes it worse when their player manager make retarded excuses.

This whole situation shows how fucking amateur hour player management is in 'esports'. You have a 10 million dollar tournament and you have no back-ups in place for the biggest event of the year for your players to resolve quite possibly the most common online issue, ISP fuck-ups and connectivity.

His backup PC didn't have dota updated
He had no reservation setup with the 900 local LAN centers in his area in the event his ISP pooped
No backup location with Friends/Family established prior

I think any good manager would have the above established for their players prior to this event, but then again I'm not some dipshit kid who thinks putting 'team manager, thoughts are my own' on their twitter makes them worth a shit.

On May 29 2015 04:01 Plansix wrote:

All NYC lost internet for a period of time. Plz explain to me how he is supposed to correct this issue. I am very interested in your response. Should players be required to have two internet connections with two separate providers? If they are in a single provider area, should they just move?

On May 29 2015 04:04 crms wrote:


Only Time Warner in certain areas lost connectivity. If literally every LAN center and every friend and family member nearby uses the same provider he was pretty boned, but I highly doubt that. You can tell none of this was ever even considered though considering his back-up laptop didn't even have dota updated. I would have most certainly researched LAN center options in his area with different ISPs options if I was a manager prior to the event.