Simple Questions, Simple Answers - Page 191

On September 19 2012 18:12 Shikyo wrote:
Dumb reason, Phantom Lancer has a beard too. As does Sniper. And Disruptor. And Storm. And Beastmaster. And Spirit Breaker. And... You're also discriminating against Skeleton King just because he's bald.

On September 19 2012 23:34 Aldehyde wrote:
So, as not to derail the original thread any further, why is it a big deal saying champion instead of hero? I've never really played LoL and do not like the little I've played/seen/heard of it and I've always said hero myself but I really don't understand why people hate on the use of champion over hero. They mean basically the same thing.

For reference:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=369794&currentpage=2#25

On September 19 2012 23:36 r.Evo wrote:

Just random, win a game and say "Wow, this champion is really easy".

The tears. The... JOY.

On September 20 2012 00:04 Ingenol wrote:
Are phase boots or treads typically better on brewmaster?

On September 20 2012 00:04 Ingenol wrote:
Are phase boots or treads typically better on brewmaster?

On September 20 2012 03:42 Avaryroro wrote:
So i only recently got into DotA, and im now looking to learn the game. I've been hesitant to play versus people because of my awful level and am mostly playing against bots to understand heroes, items, positioning etc. My question is, how much can the bots actually teach me? I feel that usually i can out-farm them but that only really happens in the later stages of the game. Because the games take +30 mins and they all feel the same as the last im wondering if this is the best way to learn DotA. Yes it teaches me new heroes but its not very exciting to only go up against fake opponents. Am i better off practicing against humans or should i work on my skill more first?

On September 20 2012 03:42 Avaryroro wrote:
So i only recently got into DotA, and im now looking to learn the game. I've been hesitant to play versus people because of my awful level and am mostly playing against bots to understand heroes, items, positioning etc. My question is, how much can the bots actually teach me? I feel that usually i can out-farm them but that only really happens in the later stages of the game. Because the games take +30 mins and they all feel the same as the last im wondering if this is the best way to learn DotA. Yes it teaches me new heroes but its not very exciting to only go up against fake opponents. Am i better off practicing against humans or should i work on my skill more first?

On September 20 2012 03:42 Avaryroro wrote:
So i only recently got into DotA, and im now looking to learn the game. I've been hesitant to play versus people because of my awful level and am mostly playing against bots to understand heroes, items, positioning etc. My question is, how much can the bots actually teach me? I feel that usually i can out-farm them but that only really happens in the later stages of the game. Because the games take +30 mins and they all feel the same as the last im wondering if this is the best way to learn DotA. Yes it teaches me new heroes but its not very exciting to only go up against fake opponents. Am i better off practicing against humans or should i work on my skill more first?

On September 20 2012 04:04 EtherealBlade wrote:


Definitely stick to coop vs bots first, despite the chance of learning quicker when doing matchmaking. You'd ruin the game for others if you don't know what you're doing, and when fighting the AI you're free to analyse and observe the game without the stress matchmaking would normally give to a new player.

On September 20 2012 04:49 Unleashing wrote:

What? How would he ruin games for others? He will be against people at his skill-level, and if not then he will be adjusted to be at that.
I think this is a really stupid reason for people to not play against humans, his first games will always be bad since bots teach you bad habits if you only play against them.

He might as well go Q up.

@Above, how does he not learn more from playing against humans than playing against bots? Sorry but i'm not following this logic.

On September 20 2012 08:39 valheru wrote:
Why do people say that DOTA is an RTS where LoL/HoN are MOBAs?

He then goes one further, pointing out that despite the fact that a number of different studios are working on "Moba-Like" games, it's possible that none of them will outdo the original. That, Smith says, is perhaps the most dispiriting thing of all:

As you read these words, a dozen professional studios around the world are racing to emulate Dota's success. What's going to be truly depressing is if of all the contenders in the brand-new moba genre, Valve's curator-like porting of Dota 2 into the Source engine remains the most popular one. Not only could our games industry not have had this idea, they can't even improve on it.

Valve’s New Project Is A Dota Doc, A MOBA Movie

The tournament is for DOTA 2, Valve's upcoming MOBA-style game.

Valve's second sponsored Dota 2 Tournament - portentously titled 'The International' - begins August 31st at gaming show PAX Prime, taking place in Seattle. It runs until September 2nd, and will see some of the biggest and best MOBA teams in the world compete: Evil Geniuses, Orange eSports, Counter Logic Gaming and LGD.

But unlike Minecraft and Day Z, Dota's design could never have surfaced from a commercial games development studio. Mostly, game development studios adhere to genre conventions, and we consider ourselves lucky when they work with no care for genre at all. But what they categorically do not do is go against people's instincts. Nobody's going to make a multiplayer game with one map, that takes an hour to play, that looks like an RTS but will fuck you if you try and play it like one.