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Velitation
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada224 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-18 01:50:35
February 18 2016 01:48 GMT
#23521
On February 18 2016 01:35 Mafe wrote:
There was a very interesting post about how to get better at sc2:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-strategy/253300-the-starcraft-pyramid
It would be great if someone who is suited for it could do an adpation for dota 2.

tldr (as far as I remember): the lower your skill is the more different things you can do to improve. But the best/most efficient way to improve depends a lot on your actual skilllevel.


Yeah, that helps. I guess the first things for me would be improving last hitting and monitoring the minimap more consistently before I delve into more complicated stuff.

Edit: I'm sitting around 3k.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
February 18 2016 02:58 GMT
#23522
I am using Windows 7 and I keep getting these mini stutters for 0.5-1 second every 30 seconds to one minute or so... It's extremely frustrating when playing Dota and it happens at the worst time. I don't have any firewall running, so I'm not really sure what it could be.

Has anyone experienced similar issues? I apologize if this is the wrong thread for it.
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tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7080 Posts
February 18 2016 03:06 GMT
#23523
On February 18 2016 11:58 FiWiFaKi wrote:
I am using Windows 7 and I keep getting these mini stutters for 0.5-1 second every 30 seconds to one minute or so... It's extremely frustrating when playing Dota and it happens at the worst time. I don't have any firewall running, so I'm not really sure what it could be.

Has anyone experienced similar issues? I apologize if this is the wrong thread for it.


add your dota install directory to your anti-virus exclusions/whitelist
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Verniy
Profile Joined May 2015
Canada3360 Posts
February 18 2016 03:07 GMT
#23524
i had issues like that for a while
eventually an update came and they just kinda disappeared without me noticing
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DV G
Profile Joined September 2012
Argentina2339 Posts
February 18 2016 04:54 GMT
#23525
Had the same for about 4 months (then a patch came and fixed it).

I had to verify cache every single time before playing to make it bearable to play fiwi
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FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-18 05:12:41
February 18 2016 05:11 GMT
#23526
On February 18 2016 12:06 tehh4ck3r wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2016 11:58 FiWiFaKi wrote:
I am using Windows 7 and I keep getting these mini stutters for 0.5-1 second every 30 seconds to one minute or so... It's extremely frustrating when playing Dota and it happens at the worst time. I don't have any firewall running, so I'm not really sure what it could be.

Has anyone experienced similar issues? I apologize if this is the wrong thread for it.


add your dota install directory to your anti-virus exclusions/whitelist


I don't use any anti-virus, thank you though.

Hmm, I didn't have any issues since like 6-8 months ago, and this issue made me almost stop playing Dota 2 because it's just not fun to play... It makes it feel like every loss is attributed to it in some way (it's not really, but like, every single game I miss out on a few plays because of it).

Really don't want waiting to be the only option Thank you for the advice though guys.

edit: Even now I play super easy heroes, more focused on positioning than mechanical style, and its just a bummer.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8857 Posts
February 18 2016 05:16 GMT
#23527
maybe you need to replace graphics cards or format comp or something?
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
February 18 2016 05:17 GMT
#23528
have you tried lowering the resolution?
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Boltwork
Profile Joined February 2016
18 Posts
February 18 2016 05:58 GMT
#23529
Could it be hard drive related?

I had this same micro-freeze happen on multiple games when I was using an older hard drive, but it was worst on source engine games.
FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
February 18 2016 06:09 GMT
#23530
I do have an "old" GPU, the Radeon 6870... So I'm running on medium-high settings, but its just a weird thing to be graphics card related. Like I'm getting solid performance, and then just a freeze, and it's not an CPU or GPU intensive parts either.

I'll try lowering the settings and resolution, thanks for the suggestion Icy. And hmm HDD, it worked previously, and I have a pretty solid 7200rpm HDD, so it's no SSD, but not sure how I could check whether that's an issue. My computer did fudge up a while back, so I did a clean windows install, and it's been way better since, so not sure if it could have been the HDD.

I appreciate all the help guys.
In life, the journey is more satisfying than the destination. || .::Entrepreneurship::. Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't || Mechanical Engineering & Economics Major
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
February 18 2016 10:34 GMT
#23531
is your hard disk a western digital model?
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12084 Posts
February 18 2016 18:43 GMT
#23532
I have had HDD related problems due to the windows rest setting for HDDs where there is nothing read for a long time, so it powers down. Then there is a need for data and it takes 3s to start the HDD before getting the data. This stopped when I changed settings. I don't think that is your problem though due to how common it is, should be 1-2 times per game if that was the issue.
Danzo
Profile Joined March 2011
2820 Posts
February 18 2016 18:49 GMT
#23533
When playing Ursa vs PA, is it worth going Silver Edge over MKB?
Getting too old for this..
Kreb
Profile Joined September 2010
4834 Posts
February 19 2016 07:24 GMT
#23534
Definitely not as a replacement. If you feel the invis is good (its seldom bad, especially in lower lvl pubs) you can get it but its not gonna replace MKB. Even a SBlade/SEdge Ursa will likely go MKB at some point against PA.
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
February 19 2016 10:52 GMT
#23535
How does a Spirit Breaker Ultimate work on enemies in a Chronosphere?
Is the hero hit? And the Greater Bash ... does it move the target in the Chronosphere?
For the last bit a "sidequestion": What abilities actually can move units in a Chronospere? I think a Deafening Blast can do that ... are there others?
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icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
February 19 2016 11:02 GMT
#23536
hook i think, also fissure
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c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
February 19 2016 12:53 GMT
#23537
How does Doom play now without LVL? Death? (Idk if this counts as a simple question) I felt nostalgic about my DotA days and read about how Doom doesn't have one of his signature skills. Follow-up question: why was it removed?
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
February 19 2016 15:05 GMT
#23538
the biggest downside to losing lvl death was not having something to remove linkens. i like his new spell though, dooming a hero and then hitting them with it is a lot of dmg
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Just_a_Moth
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada1968 Posts
February 19 2016 15:22 GMT
#23539
On February 19 2016 16:24 Kreb wrote:
Definitely not as a replacement. If you feel the invis is good (its seldom bad, especially in lower lvl pubs) you can get it but its not gonna replace MKB. Even a SBlade/SEdge Ursa will likely go MKB at some point against PA.

Yeah, imagine missing with your Silver Edge attack lol.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
February 19 2016 15:33 GMT
#23540
On February 20 2016 00:22 Just_a_Moth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2016 16:24 Kreb wrote:
Definitely not as a replacement. If you feel the invis is good (its seldom bad, especially in lower lvl pubs) you can get it but its not gonna replace MKB. Even a SBlade/SEdge Ursa will likely go MKB at some point against PA.

Yeah, imagine missing with your Silver Edge attack lol.

i think they patched it so you can't anymore
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