My first ever hero is something I don't remember.

All I remember was Fadenhell harassing me with a level 6 sa, and I thought he was teleporting around, and asking him how he does that LOL

But my first real hero that I "practiced" with was viper

We should all post our newbie moments.

Live2Win

United States6657 Posts

August 20 2008 15:58 GMT

#3645

I remember buying euls scepter on Lina because of a guide suggested it, and never knowing about cyclones.

Ack1027

United States7873 Posts

August 20 2008 16:24 GMT

#3646

My very first game of dota I played phantom lancer because I didn't know who to pick and my friends on vent were like just pick anyone the game is balanced.

I picked lancer because he has the Kimari avatar from FFX and so he seemed familiar. I think I died around 8-10 times as does everyone their first game. After that I read up a lot on the heroes since they started doing shit to me that I had no idea of. I randomed for a long time after that. Probably for like 10 consecutive versions I did nothing but random so I could try all the different items on all the different heroes.

Anyone I taught how to play dota I always tell them to play sven then sniper if they are serious at getting decent at it.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

August 20 2008 16:31 GMT

#3647

i don't remember my first hero, i think it might've been tide

i *do* remember not knowing where the wood is, and asking about it. and getting bitched at. dota players in general are such whores, honestly.

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

August 20 2008 16:47 GMT

#3648

I don't remember my first hero, but I remember playing mass games with Lich while learning items. Just watched some replays and tried Lich builds with Meka, Dagon, Bottle, Dagger, etc.

I miss the old dagger

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

August 21 2008 05:02 GMT

#3649

I miss the old bottle.

And I remember asking how to get wood, too... what a misleading recipe cost! There are a lot of games where wood is granted with time or when a certain special condition is met.

Doktorian

Sweden9 Posts

August 21 2008 06:52 GMT

#3650

My first hero was yurnero, since the first time I played was with 8 other people that hadn't ever played before and 1 that had, I was pretty good compared to them lol.
The guy that had played always picked bloodseeker though, and I ran of course haha I was like WHY THE FUCK DO I KEEP DYING NODOBY IS EVEN CLOSE TO ME!!?!?!?

"o hay it's dok :o"

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

August 21 2008 08:21 GMT

#3651

On August 21 2008 00:58 Live2Win wrote:
I remember buying euls scepter on Lina because of a guide suggested it, and never knowing about cyclones.

Ah that's actually a good idea huh... you can land ur light array right when they fall down :D

Meh my first hero was... I think it was furion...
I had so much fun pushing lane w/ my "tree herd", that's what I called them... I was a herder of trees herding the trees across the river deep into enemy ground and get ganked like 10x in a roll I was all sad, "WHY CANT I HERD IN PEACE!"

Then I had broodmother and had so much fun surround kill w/ my spiders untill I tried to surround axe...

btw can sombody pm me on how to get on GGC? mine seem to stuck at the "autentication" stage and never move anymore. Anyone help? I've been playing on Bnet for 1 day now it was awful

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

August 21 2008 08:25 GMT

#3652

i have absolutely no idea what my first hero was, the first dota game we played was on RoC ffs. It was when each side had one teleporting healer on sent and scourge, I dont think there was even a hidden shop?

It was usually 4v4 inhouse with friends at college, all of us would go to Frist Campus center and hijack 2 rooms, 1 team per room and lan. It was so awkward when other pple looking for somewhere to study would open the doors lol.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

August 21 2008 10:41 GMT

#3653

On August 21 2008 01:24 Ack1027 wrote:
My very first game of dota I played phantom lancer because I didn't know who to pick and my friends on vent were like just pick anyone the game is balanced.

I picked lancer because he has the Kimari avatar from FFX and so he seemed familiar. I think I died around 8-10 times as does everyone their first game. After that I read up a lot on the heroes since they started doing shit to me that I had no idea of. I randomed for a long time after that. Probably for like 10 consecutive versions I did nothing but random so I could try all the different items on all the different heroes.

Anyone I taught how to play dota I always tell them to play sven then sniper if they are serious at getting decent at it.

Sven, really is a good starting hero. Hes got good str gain, and his skills are easy to use and understand. Just tell them to get some bracers and str power treads, and once they work out how to do that, they will think they are the best Sven player in the world

DotA really was "omgwtf?" times back when I started. It was so dam funny. Things would happen, and you be like, "wtf was that?". But as you say, dieing alot, is the way to learn lol. Coupled with playing -ar for like, ever.

SK.Testie

Canada11084 Posts

August 21 2008 17:51 GMT

#3654

This thread should never be out of the top 5.
It is a crime.

Zelniq

United States7166 Posts

August 21 2008 19:36 GMT

#3655

ASDF~~~~ GO DOTAS NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

August 22 2008 02:33 GMT

#3656

dude i can't log on to GGC, it stuck on "authentication" and won't move.
What to do.

Doktorian

Sweden9 Posts

August 22 2008 06:18 GMT

#3657

Try reinstalling or something.. or did you chaneg anything with ur firewall and stuff? Cause might have something to do with your firewall/windows firewall...