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Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
August 27 2018 17:32 GMT
#24961
Thanks for the help! I'll definitely keep your posts in mind while playing.

I think I'll keep playing bots for some time, until I'm completely comfortable with different types of lanes on three champions. There is just so much to learn even at this stage.
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-27 18:03:38
August 27 2018 18:03 GMT
#24962
On August 28 2018 02:32 Yorbon wrote:
Thanks for the help! I'll definitely keep your posts in mind while playing.

I think I'll keep playing bots for some time, until I'm completely comfortable with different types of lanes on three champions. There is just so much to learn even at this stage.

+ Show Spoiler +


recommend watching this. but honestly, just remember to have fun
Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3265 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-27 19:18:01
August 27 2018 19:11 GMT
#24963
On August 28 2018 02:32 Yorbon wrote:
Thanks for the help! I'll definitely keep your posts in mind while playing.

I think I'll keep playing bots for some time, until I'm completely comfortable with different types of lanes on three champions. There is just so much to learn even at this stage.

Matchups like everything in the game change a lot while you get better, so I'm not entirely sure how much trying out matchups in bot games really helps. But if you have fun then that's the most important thing and especially at the beginning just playing will improve your game and helps getting a feel for the hero.

Getting a rough idea what which hero does is the first big step imo. Stuff like running next to Ursa or Viper or dying to Necrophos Reaper's scythe is just something that will happen less once you get a bit experience.

I agree with Pontual that watching Purge is definitely worth the time once you've played a few games. He's pretty elitist, but he knows what he's talking about and is really putting effort into helping people and explaining stuff on a beginner's level.

If you watched Sc/2 and like day9 there's a bit more advanced series where Purge coaches him and talks about different concepts. Might be a bit much at first though.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Yorbon
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands4272 Posts
August 27 2018 19:55 GMT
#24964
Thanks for the video series, Pontual. I'll be sure to check it out. And the day9 one too (yeah, i both played and watched bw and sc2).

Archeon, I get your point about matchups vs bots. It's mainly for execution in different circumstances (including the enemy).
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
August 28 2018 17:43 GMT
#24965
Honestly the bots are pretty awful
Just play enough unranked til you can play ranked
then play ranked
There are plenty of "weird" interactions that you will only experience playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
August 29 2018 12:36 GMT
#24966
On August 28 2018 02:32 Yorbon wrote:
Thanks for the help! I'll definitely keep your posts in mind while playing.

I think I'll keep playing bots for some time, until I'm completely comfortable with different types of lanes on three champions. There is just so much to learn even at this stage.


heya, just grab a friend who is also learning a game and the two (or more) of you can bounce ideas back and forth and get the idea train rolling. it lets you test hero combinations in lane, or later into the game when you fight together.
two people asking and figuring the answers to questions is faster learning than just you as your own motivations and willingness to find solutions/answers to things is just your own responsibility.

i learned the game years ago with someone who cared a lot about game knowledge stuff and i picked up my own relevant knowledge along the way.

make sure you just keep an open mind to what is and isn't a mistake and keep asking questions.
just play unranked and you will get suitable level opponents for the most part.
*@boesthius' FF7 nostalgia stream bomb* "we should work on a 'Final Progamer' fangame»whitera can be a protagonist---lastlie: "we save world and then defense it"
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9109 Posts
September 02 2018 15:08 GMT
#24967
Can someone explain the tp cooldown bug? Sometimes I'll see a streamer drop their tp(s) on the ground, buy a new one from the shop, and then pick up their old tp's, which are now off cd. How's it work, and shouldn't valve fix this?
Murlox
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France1699 Posts
September 02 2018 15:30 GMT
#24968
I'm not sure I would call that a bug, it's more an oddity in the mechanics.

When you use a TP scroll, the item goes on a "global cooldown", meaning you'll have to wait X seconds before you can use any other TP scroll. Now say you do have another TP scroll, but for lack of inventory slots, you carry it on your backpack. As long as it remains in your backpack, its cooldown is doubled.

However the global cooldown is not doubled, so if you get rid of that backpack TP scroll and buy a fresh one, then you'll end having a TP scroll which didn't suffer the backpack cooldown penalty.

Leading to the situation you described. Hope it makes sense...
Resistance ain't futile
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9109 Posts
September 02 2018 15:47 GMT
#24969
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!
YBBUB
Profile Joined September 2018
70 Posts
September 03 2018 10:08 GMT
#24970
sorry I'm not sure where to ask this as it's never happened before imo:
Why is the banner on right side for Liquipedia Results: Completed doesn't have link to TI8???
It's the most important thing & it's always been easy to go there from LiquidDota soon after any tournament - yet it's not there already?
I've had to google TI8 instead...
sCuMBaG
Profile Joined August 2006
United Kingdom1144 Posts
September 08 2018 06:58 GMT
#24971
On September 03 2018 19:08 YBBUB wrote:
sorry I'm not sure where to ask this as it's never happened before imo:
Why is the banner on right side for Liquipedia Results: Completed doesn't have link to TI8???
It's the most important thing & it's always been easy to go there from LiquidDota soon after any tournament - yet it's not there already?
I've had to google TI8 instead...


Link works fine for me.
You can also just go to liquipedia and search for ti8 there.
Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3265 Posts
September 08 2018 13:19 GMT
#24972
I think someone updated it after the question popped up, so it was prolly just a mistake.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Glacierz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1245 Posts
September 10 2018 21:08 GMT
#24973
Is there a good tool/site that can show me who is expected to win a lane in a 1v1 early game? I did a quick search and found dotapicker.com, not sure how accurate it is.

It's been a few yrs since I last played the game. Is the monthly subscription worth buying to improve my gameplay?
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
September 11 2018 11:50 GMT
#24974
On September 11 2018 06:08 Glacierz wrote:
Is there a good tool/site that can show me who is expected to win a lane in a 1v1 early game? I did a quick search and found dotapicker.com, not sure how accurate it is.

It's been a few yrs since I last played the game. Is the monthly subscription worth buying to improve my gameplay?

Dota plus is not worth if its only to improve your gameplay, you can easily substitute it for dotabuff or opendota

hero voicelines are cool though, and that was what closed the deal for me.

Don't think you can resort to tools to predict which hero is expected to win a 1v1 since there are ganks, different builds, and of course, human factor that can and will make a huge difference.
Glacierz
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1245 Posts
September 11 2018 14:19 GMT
#24975
I guess I'm just looking for an indicator on who's favored, so if I lose a lane I will know if it's due to poor play or just a bad match up.
Pontual
Profile Joined October 2016
Brazil3038 Posts
September 11 2018 14:30 GMT
#24976
I follow your point, but you would rather look at a game and think what you could have done that would make you win the lane or even win harder.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
September 13 2018 20:27 GMT
#24977
On September 11 2018 23:19 Glacierz wrote:
I guess I'm just looking for an indicator on who's favored, so if I lose a lane I will know if it's due to poor play or just a bad match up.

1v1 matchup vary a lot on the skill of the players
ie puck vs qop is prolly qop favored in lower tiers
while its mega puck favored in the higher tiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
Sjx
Profile Joined September 2018
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-20 21:27:00
September 20 2018 20:40 GMT
#24978
(Wiki)Hello guys i want to get out from 4k bracket into 5k
Its been 4 years
How ?
My Superior role is only post 5/4 , but i cant do it well when meet toxic
Archeon
Profile Joined May 2011
3265 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-21 10:58:59
September 21 2018 08:42 GMT
#24979
My advice when you have trouble with toxic ppl is to mute them.
If you have leadership qualities you can try to make calls or spread positivity ("don't give up, we only need to do xxx"), but if a guy flames for the second or third time it's usually a sign that he's tilted and is just looking for someone to vent, so answering will not achieve anything constructive but instead allow this guy to distract you from winning the game.

The other advice is to look for your mistakes more. "I have trouble with toxic people" sounds like a typical self-distraction, everyone looses occasionally because one guy tilts and looks to fight his team instead of the enemy. It shouldn't stop you from rising if you are good enough, so unless you are the guy that fights them every time, there are likely other issues that you need to work on to gain MMR. "What could I have done better" is a much better mindset than "We lost because this guy" if you want to improve.
low gravity, yes-yes!
Sjx
Profile Joined September 2018
4 Posts
September 23 2018 13:17 GMT
#24980
Thats really good advice for number 1 , but its hardly happens they can feel the possitive auras
For the second advice is better in these situations and i always do it and it always end up with toxic again XD
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