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Holy_AT
Profile Joined July 2010
Austria978 Posts
March 05 2012 20:03 GMT
#1861
I am sorry if I am maybe asking some dumb questions.

But there have been many Dota 2 tournaments and announcements and streams but it has not yet been released ?
This is very strange, can you download some kind of demo version and try it ?
And I was watching some streams, or lets say trying to watch some streams but I got very confused.
You have to know that I play Lol so I grasp the basic gameplay Idea behind this game.
But when watching the stream on the weekend (it seemed to be a huge dota 2 tournament) I was very confused.
I thought there were also 2 teams in Dota 2 batteleing it out but there were multiple units with many colors on the playfield and I could not make out anyy team. Do I have to look for something different or do the colors have special meaning that I dont get ?
Ectrid
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany51 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 20:25:01
March 05 2012 20:24 GMT
#1862
nvm
Nobody is more a slave than the one who considers himself free without being free
Unleashing
Profile Joined March 2011
Denmark14978 Posts
March 05 2012 20:33 GMT
#1863
On March 06 2012 05:03 Holy_AT wrote:
I am sorry if I am maybe asking some dumb questions.

But there have been many Dota 2 tournaments and announcements and streams but it has not yet been released ?
This is very strange, can you download some kind of demo version and try it ?
And I was watching some streams, or lets say trying to watch some streams but I got very confused.
You have to know that I play Lol so I grasp the basic gameplay Idea behind this game.
But when watching the stream on the weekend (it seemed to be a huge dota 2 tournament) I was very confused.
I thought there were also 2 teams in Dota 2 batteleing it out but there were multiple units with many colors on the playfield and I could not make out anyy team. Do I have to look for something different or do the colors have special meaning that I dont get ?


LoL and DotA are really very very different games.
There are 2 teams, the dire and the radiant. Colours differentiate players so you can see who owns what units, you can enable it so all your allies are green and your enemies are red. The game is in beta and if you have a betakey you can play.
From the Ghastly Eyrie I can see to the ends of the world, and from this vantage point I declare with utter certainty that this one is in the bag!
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
March 05 2012 20:39 GMT
#1864
On March 06 2012 05:03 Holy_AT wrote:
I am sorry if I am maybe asking some dumb questions.
But there have been many Dota 2 tournaments and announcements and streams but it has not yet been released ?
This is very strange, can you download some kind of demo version and try it ?

Right now it is in closed beta, so only people lucky enough to acquire keys can play.
And I was watching some streams, or lets say trying to watch some streams but I got very confused.
You have to know that I play Lol so I grasp the basic gameplay Idea behind this game.
But when watching the stream on the weekend (it seemed to be a huge dota 2 tournament) I was very confused.
I thought there were also 2 teams in Dota 2 batteleing it out but there were multiple units with many colors on the playfield and I could not make out anyy team. Do I have to look for something different or do the colors have special meaning that I dont get ?

If you are referring to the colors above heroes names that is nothing but an indicator for each player and does not signify team. There are two teams of five players in every game of DOTA, just like in LoL. To tell who is on which team you should look for the red and green coloring of the health bars or better yet just check the heroes at the top of the screen every game ^_^
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-05 22:49:35
March 05 2012 22:48 GMT
#1865
On March 06 2012 05:39 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2012 05:03 Holy_AT wrote:
I am sorry if I am maybe asking some dumb questions.
But there have been many Dota 2 tournaments and announcements and streams but it has not yet been released ?
This is very strange, can you download some kind of demo version and try it ?

Right now it is in closed beta, so only people lucky enough to acquire keys can play.
Show nested quote +
And I was watching some streams, or lets say trying to watch some streams but I got very confused.
You have to know that I play Lol so I grasp the basic gameplay Idea behind this game.
But when watching the stream on the weekend (it seemed to be a huge dota 2 tournament) I was very confused.
I thought there were also 2 teams in Dota 2 batteleing it out but there were multiple units with many colors on the playfield and I could not make out anyy team. Do I have to look for something different or do the colors have special meaning that I dont get ?

If you are referring to the colors above heroes names that is nothing but an indicator for each player and does not signify team. There are two teams of five players in every game of DOTA, just like in LoL. To tell who is on which team you should look for the red and green coloring of the health bars or better yet just check the heroes at the top of the screen every game ^_^


Just adding that you cannot have the same hero on both sides in Dota, unlike LoL, so the coloring isn't as important. You should remember pretty quickly which heroes are on each team, and the red/green bars should be enough otherwise.
Tomken
Profile Joined January 2010
Norway1144 Posts
March 05 2012 22:51 GMT
#1866
Is it possible to get same camera grip (mouse3) as in SC2..?
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noD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 04:38:44
March 07 2012 04:37 GMT
#1867
Is it just for me or everyone in E V E R Y S I N G L E G A M E without no exception, has a leaver in either one of the sides?
edit: on a serious note is there a mod to put minimap on right side instead of left ?
ftd.rain
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom539 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 05:12:50
March 07 2012 05:11 GMT
#1868
On March 07 2012 13:37 noD wrote:
Is it just for me or everyone in E V E R Y S I N G L E G A M E without no exception, has a leaver in either one of the sides?
edit: on a serious note is there a mod to put minimap on right side instead of left ?

I just started playing and in my first 3 games there were no leavers, and I think that there's a system in which leavers get matched up with other leavers.
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
March 07 2012 05:21 GMT
#1869
I barely ever have intentional leavers.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
March 07 2012 05:45 GMT
#1870
Same, I probably have less than 10% now, even in early beta it was only slightly more common but I mean, you would wait 50 minutes to find a game that people just wouldn't leave once they're in, they would be more inclined to leave if the game is a streamroll since there was no penalty for leaving but I don't get intentional leavers often at all.
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Fishgle
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States2174 Posts
March 07 2012 05:49 GMT
#1871
On March 07 2012 13:37 noD wrote:
Is it just for me or everyone in E V E R Y S I N G L E G A M E without no exception, has a leaver in either one of the sides?
edit: on a serious note is there a mod to put minimap on right side instead of left ?


in 200 games i've only ever seen 5 or so leavers, a few of them timeouts/disconnects, and a couple rage quits from either side

most of them were from when i started playing, but i think as you go up in skill level, people are less likely to leave.
aka ChillyGonzalo / GnozL
QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 05:57:16
March 07 2012 05:57 GMT
#1872
On March 07 2012 13:37 noD wrote:
Is it just for me or everyone in E V E R Y S I N G L E G A M E without no exception, has a leaver in either one of the sides?
edit: on a serious note is there a mod to put minimap on right side instead of left ?

Have you yourself abandoned any games? If you abandon a certain number, I believe you end up getting paired with other leavers.

FWIW I almost never see leavers in my games.
. . . nevermore
noD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 12:21:22
March 07 2012 12:17 GMT
#1873
On March 07 2012 14:57 QuothTheRaven wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2012 13:37 noD wrote:
Is it just for me or everyone in E V E R Y S I N G L E G A M E without no exception, has a leaver in either one of the sides?
edit: on a serious note is there a mod to put minimap on right side instead of left ?

Have you yourself abandoned any games? If you abandon a certain number, I believe you end up getting paired with other leavers.

FWIW I almost never see leavers in my games.


I have 12 wins 18 losses and 0 abandoned games...
deit: last 8 ones had leavers and i lost
byFd
Profile Joined May 2006
Germany620 Posts
March 07 2012 15:55 GMT
#1874
when you press alt, the minimap shows little hero faces instead of X and O, is it possible to have this effect permanent?
(>°_°)>
Frazzlehoon
Profile Joined July 2008
United States3455 Posts
March 07 2012 16:30 GMT
#1875
On March 06 2012 05:03 Holy_AT wrote:
I am sorry if I am maybe asking some dumb questions.

But there have been many Dota 2 tournaments and announcements and streams but it has not yet been released ?
This is very strange, can you download some kind of demo version and try it ?
And I was watching some streams, or lets say trying to watch some streams but I got very confused.
You have to know that I play Lol so I grasp the basic gameplay Idea behind this game.
But when watching the stream on the weekend (it seemed to be a huge dota 2 tournament) I was very confused.
I thought there were also 2 teams in Dota 2 batteleing it out but there were multiple units with many colors on the playfield and I could not make out anyy team. Do I have to look for something different or do the colors have special meaning that I dont get ?


Also, if you want to learn a general overview of the game, I'd recommend after reading a little on general gameplay: http://www.joindota.com/en/vods
I think every game is commentated and Tobi/whoever the commentator is makes it really easy to understand the general things of what's going on in a gam!

And yea, I agree with the other people, I haven't met that many intentional leavers. Even for disconnects, most Dota2 players are good mannered enough to just wait for them to reconnect. (Sooner or later however, you'll encounter the random unpausers. :/)
bokeevboke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Singapore1674 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 16:47:29
March 07 2012 16:47 GMT
#1876
I'm sorry if it has been asked and answered. But is colorblind mode going to be implemented? I can't play without it, red and green look the same for me.

iirc, warcraft 3 had colorblind mode, yes? so, if dota2 is kinda follow up to dota, it has to be there right? otherwise i won't play it >:[
Its grack
Pseudoku
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1279 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-07 16:55:59
March 07 2012 16:55 GMT
#1877
On March 08 2012 01:47 bokeevboke wrote:
I'm sorry if it has been asked and answered. But is colorblind mode going to be implemented? I can't play without it, red and green look the same for me.

iirc, warcraft 3 had colorblind mode, yes? so, if dota2 is kinda follow up to dota, it has to be there right? otherwise i won't play it >:[


Here's your solution - just use the appropriate commands in console
Copy and pasted from http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/thread/866122-useful-console-commands-for-dota-2:
+ Show Spoiler +

Opposing team color combination:

The RGB for the enemy team is dota_enemy_color_r, dota_enemy_color_g, dota_enemy_color_b (ie: dota_enemy_color_r 1). Below are some colors the enemy team can be:

R, G, B all set to 0: Black
R, G, B all set to 1: White
R 1, G 0, B 0: Red
R 1, G 1, B 0: Yellow
R 1, G 0, B 1: Fuchsia
R 0, G 1, B 0: Green
R 0, G 1, B 1: Cyan
R 0, G 0, B 1: Blue

The RGB for the friendly team is dota_friendly_color_r, dota_friendly_color_g, dota_friendly_color_b (ie: dota_friendly_color_r 1). Same colors as above.

Logic fails because we are lazy.
Pseudoku
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada1279 Posts
March 07 2012 16:57 GMT
#1878
On March 08 2012 01:55 Pseudoku wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 08 2012 01:47 bokeevboke wrote:
I'm sorry if it has been asked and answered. But is colorblind mode going to be implemented? I can't play without it, red and green look the same for me.

iirc, warcraft 3 had colorblind mode, yes? so, if dota2 is kinda follow up to dota, it has to be there right? otherwise i won't play it >:[


Here's your solution - just use the appropriate commands in console
Copy and pasted from http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/thread/866122-useful-console-commands-for-dota-2:
+ Show Spoiler +

Opposing team color combination:

The RGB for the enemy team is dota_enemy_color_r, dota_enemy_color_g, dota_enemy_color_b (ie: dota_enemy_color_r 1). Below are some colors the enemy team can be:

R, G, B all set to 0: Black
R, G, B all set to 1: White
R 1, G 0, B 0: Red
R 1, G 1, B 0: Yellow
R 1, G 0, B 1: Fuchsia
R 0, G 1, B 0: Green
R 0, G 1, B 1: Cyan
R 0, G 0, B 1: Blue

The RGB for the friendly team is dota_friendly_color_r, dota_friendly_color_g, dota_friendly_color_b (ie: dota_friendly_color_r 1). Same colors as above.



P.S. Set up an autoexec.cfg file if you don't want to type all of those every time you open dota 2.
Logic fails because we are lazy.
bokeevboke
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Singapore1674 Posts
March 07 2012 17:50 GMT
#1879
On March 08 2012 01:55 Pseudoku wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 08 2012 01:47 bokeevboke wrote:
I'm sorry if it has been asked and answered. But is colorblind mode going to be implemented? I can't play without it, red and green look the same for me.

iirc, warcraft 3 had colorblind mode, yes? so, if dota2 is kinda follow up to dota, it has to be there right? otherwise i won't play it >:[


Here's your solution - just use the appropriate commands in console
Copy and pasted from http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/thread/866122-useful-console-commands-for-dota-2:
+ Show Spoiler +

Opposing team color combination:

The RGB for the enemy team is dota_enemy_color_r, dota_enemy_color_g, dota_enemy_color_b (ie: dota_enemy_color_r 1). Below are some colors the enemy team can be:

R, G, B all set to 0: Black
R, G, B all set to 1: White
R 1, G 0, B 0: Red
R 1, G 1, B 0: Yellow
R 1, G 0, B 1: Fuchsia
R 0, G 1, B 0: Green
R 0, G 1, B 1: Cyan
R 0, G 0, B 1: Blue

The RGB for the friendly team is dota_friendly_color_r, dota_friendly_color_g, dota_friendly_color_b (ie: dota_friendly_color_r 1). Same colors as above.



thanks a lot! wow, thats great, valve were always good at giving as many tools as possible to customize their game.
Its grack
noD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
March 07 2012 18:18 GMT
#1880
Is there no mod to put minimap on right side and items on left side ?
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