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Abominous
Profile Joined March 2013
Croatia1625 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5661
Let's go Liquid and Fnatic!
ForTehDarkseid
Profile Joined April 2013
8139 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5662
On August 10 2013 11:30 Cubu wrote:
the hook teleport combo is just toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gimicky. It's a low risk high reward strat. Yeah sure it takes ALOT OF SKILL but what can the enemy do when the pudge can do it well?

Take map control and shut the fuck out of Alchemist.
I think their strategy is to dumpster bad Western teams (c) uriel
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5663
On August 10 2013 11:33 xyzz wrote:
Show nested quote +
I tend to be towards the bottom, you play to win, I mean how many cheese outs have we seen in major SC2 games? Tons

I have yet to see any 'creative special strategies' in SC2 where if you can time 2 abilities well you one shot the enemy army.

Every argument that 'this is hard' are ridiculous. It's not hard for the best players in the world since they do this every day all the time.

Archon Toilet?

The entire WoL PvZ lategame revolved around that.

Also EMP + Nuke in BW
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
mjxn
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia939 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5664
On August 10 2013 11:36 nonsequitur wrote:
Why is Bulba telling everyone what they are going to ban.


Good guy Bulba, fan favourite
SKC
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil18828 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5665
On August 10 2013 11:37 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:31 Numy wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:30 superstartran wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:28 anonymitylol wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:27 Fruscainte wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:26 lolfail9001 wrote:
So... they used the Pudge hook circus to allow XBOCT to farm without a big problems after that some clutch teamfights and gg


Precisely.

And people are saying Na'Vi are killing and disrespecting esports apparently because of this.

This is fucking entertainment


Na'Vi are terrible people for using an intended in-game mechanic to win a game in a tournament where the 1st prize is 1.4 million dollars, they should be banned from all dota tournaments for life



I don't think IceFrog or the developers thought anyone would actually have the execution to pull it off. However, it does feel 100% bullshit from a player's standpoint that you outplay the other team the entire time, have a timing push with an aegis, and then lose because you lose the aegis to a borderline abuse that you honestly cannot outplay apart from 'dodging.'


Kind of funny that Maelk echoed the thought.

On August 10 2013 11:31 nojok wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:30 Cubu wrote:
the hook teleport combo is just toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gimicky. It's a low risk high reward strat. Yeah sure it takes ALOT OF SKILL but what can the enemy do when the pudge can do it well?

So being 4o5 in the ennemy jungle is low risk...


In a game like that yes. They lose 5v5 so being 4v5 is meaningless. If they get the hook though they shut down TF.

2009 was loving every minute of it.

Well ok, that's not true. He was pretty miffed about it for a while but the moment he realized that Na'Vi could actually win he went nuts.

So he was mad at the "delaying" not the actual "abuse" I guess?
JoeSchmoe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2058 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5666
On August 10 2013 11:32 LSB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:29 goody153 wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:27 Canucklehead wrote:
As a new dota watcher, those pudge/chen hooks combo were disgusting to watch. Valve should looking into patching that. Just doesn't make sense to me as a new watcher.

to be honest that was reaally hard to pull of since you have to time the hook with the chen tp ...

Not only is it hard to pull off, it is incredibly risky, if you try that hook tp combo and miss, you are leaving your team to fight 5v4, as well as losing chen's sendback which may have helped you not lose the game out of the lopsided teamfight.

It is extremely risky and should only be attempted if you are far behind + Show Spoiler +
Or far enough ahead you can just mess around
and Navi took a huge risk and it succeded

In the end, 2.8 million is at stake, this isn't just a pub match everyone have fun.


lol hard to pull off. half of those were blind hooks. when blind fountain hooks connect it becoes a "incredible play"
TanKLoveR
Profile Joined August 2008
Venezuela838 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5667
Ugh you people seriously are ....

You're all about gimicky bs, "OPA DENDI OPA XD!!" like this hook or freaking Ursa and meepo ugh. What a ton of crap, that was a disgusting game and Na'Vi should be ashamed. But nope, everyone stood and screamed and clapped at such a shameful display, there was no skill, no team play just fucking luck. I hope Alliance destroys these people tomorrow, I look forward to it.
Moroshima Haruka, forever best girl. My dream is to die thinking "Wow, that was fun. I'm tired."
snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5668
When is the next game?
maru~
Profile Joined February 2013
2345 Posts
August 10 2013 02:38 GMT
#5669
What a joke.
Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42400 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5670
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


Chen sends only the player he casts the spell on. So teleport on pudge, pudge hooks just before the TP happens, if hook lands it will drag the hooked hero with him to the fountain.
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15846 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5671
This thread reached the level of a cheeseful GSL day SC2 report thread.
"Back then teams that won were credited, now it's called throw. I think it's sad." - Kuroky - Flap Flap Wings!
Cubu
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1171 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:39:28
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5672
On August 10 2013 11:34 Y wrote:
Yo guys, do you all get whiny about castling or en passant in chess too? "Such a cheap move, 0/10, Kasparov killing chess, Volvo nerf Rook plz"?

both players can do castling. Only the team with pudge can do it. So not exactly a fair comparison
LeCruci
Profile Joined January 2011
Romania403 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5673
On August 10 2013 11:37 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:31 Numy wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:30 superstartran wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:28 anonymitylol wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:27 Fruscainte wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:26 lolfail9001 wrote:
So... they used the Pudge hook circus to allow XBOCT to farm without a big problems after that some clutch teamfights and gg


Precisely.

And people are saying Na'Vi are killing and disrespecting esports apparently because of this.

This is fucking entertainment


Na'Vi are terrible people for using an intended in-game mechanic to win a game in a tournament where the 1st prize is 1.4 million dollars, they should be banned from all dota tournaments for life



I don't think IceFrog or the developers thought anyone would actually have the execution to pull it off. However, it does feel 100% bullshit from a player's standpoint that you outplay the other team the entire time, have a timing push with an aegis, and then lose because you lose the aegis to a borderline abuse that you honestly cannot outplay apart from 'dodging.'


Kind of funny that Maelk echoed the thought.

2009 was loving every minute of it.

Well ok, that's not true. He was pretty miffed about it for a while but the moment he realized that Na'Vi could actually win he went nuts.



Can you elaborate pls? What was he saying?
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5674
On August 10 2013 11:36 OfficeBrahzz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 11:33 Fruscainte wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:32 OfficeBrahzz wrote:
On August 10 2013 11:28 OfficeBrahzz wrote:
as far as im concerned. this is another reason why chen should just be banned every game

or pudge too if you dont ban chen.

without the abuse of blatantly overpowered fountain hooks, chen is the bigger threat and the better thing to ban.

















as far as im concerned. this is another reason why chen should just be banned every game

or pudge too if you dont ban chen.

without the abuse of blatantly overpowered fountain hooks, chen is the bigger threat and the better thing to ban.












dont ban either hero you get what you deserve




until this crap is nerfed. this is the new DOTA meta

seriously, every pro player in the international can hit those fountain hooks they take SKILL to land but every team has that skill i believe.. i garuntee fountain hooks will be ALOT more common, until pro players catch on and ban chen every game. however likely this may happen very quickly because i garuntee tongfu will be banning one of those heroes every game from now on


Just...Just stop talking about a game you clearly know nothing about.

Bullshit like this has been happening for years in DotA.



never on a stage this big in order to prove how strong the combo truly is



i garuntee tongfu has learned their lesson. watch them ban or firstpick chen/pudge every game from now on

i expect almost every game from now on will have chen or pudge bans from now on after seeing what power the fountain hooks have


Dude just stop talking.

People have known fountain hooks could do this for YEARS now.

If it was overpowered as you state everyone would be doing it.

Jesus, I don't go into professional tekken threads and start bashing player strategies because I don't know anything about the game or the scene. Why are you doing that here?
Gheizen64
Profile Joined June 2010
Italy2077 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5675
On August 10 2013 11:27 Canucklehead wrote:
As a new dota watcher, those pudge/chen hooks combo were disgusting to watch. Valve should looking into patching that. Just doesn't make sense to me as a new watcher.


On August 10 2013 11:27 Pr0wler wrote:
That "fountain hook" is complete bullshit if you ask me. Dendi was failing for half an hour, hit 3-4 hooks - boom game is won.


On August 10 2013 11:27 Kabras wrote:
what a shit game, terrible fucking dota all tournament long. farm fest or gimmicks, nobody can teamfight or initiate anymore. except s4. and super.


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Sphaero
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1697 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5676
On August 10 2013 11:30 Cubu wrote:
the hook teleport combo is just toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gimicky. It's a low risk high reward strat. Yeah sure it takes ALOT OF SKILL but what can the enemy do when the pudge can do it well?



Low risk? If it does not work and your Pudge has no BoT you essentially give your opponents a big window to fight 5v4 for a time.

It is a really strong combo, but extremely hard to execute, because without a setup the timing is really hard to get. For me it is not different to a vac into ice path combination, just harder and single target.
Drazerk
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom31255 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5677
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?


Just pudge ends up back in the home base
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 02:39:54
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5678
On August 10 2013 11:38 OneOther wrote:
New to Dota2: stupid question.

How does "fountain hook" work exactly? Pudge uses a meat hook and then Chen teleports Pudge to their base, bringing the enemy all the way to the base? Chen ends up at the home base, too?

Only the unit Chen targets goes home (along with the enemy unit if its Pudge hooook :D)
© Current year.
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44277 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5679
On August 10 2013 11:36 Gevna wrote:
I think the best thing with this game was actually the thread and casters. Reading and hearing for 15 minutes how Navi got no chance at coming back and how fucking awful navi was delaying the loss.

Suddenly all the space they created for Hvost showed in a 20K net worth alche choping everybody. LR thread made the game :D


exactly TF left alche for a very long time .. and the BKB and speed hack of alchemist will just chop everyone
this is a quote
Scio
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany522 Posts
August 10 2013 02:39 GMT
#5680
On August 10 2013 11:32 Kreb wrote:
After watching that. Yea, fountain-hooking should probably be fixed.

That said: its allowed, its a crowd pleaser, it looks really cool. WP Navi.

I can guarantee though that if this becomes a common strategy theres gonna be lots of calls for fixing it. This is the typical kind of strategy that is fun the first and second time, not the 50th (SC2 achon toilets says hello. That was also awesome first few times).


But thats the thing. Fountain-hooking has been possible for a long time and has NEVER been used to this effect.
How can it be cheap or "low-risk" if noone has ever deployed that trick to this effect? Its like perfect immortal/warpprism micro vs roches, maybe wasnt intended from the developers but people figured it out and it is accepted because its a super-niche strategy that is fucking hard to pull off.
"Did you know that in the original batman movie they casted nestea as joker but when batman threw him into the acid he was fine so they had to recast it with Jack Nicholson......it's a true fact" -Artosis
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