EPTDreamhack Summer [Day 3] - Page 289
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Koshi
Belgium38799 Posts
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Vadrigar
Bulgaria2379 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:59 SeaSwift wrote: My god, I'm actually close to crying. I'm really tired, but it's just all these memories of DHW1 flooding back, and Naama and Mana battling it out. Where did those days go... where did Naama go? I want to see the SCV train again, I want to see the epic storms, I want to see the seige tanks in TvP. <3 Naama, <3 Mana and <3 Dreamhack. :'( Naama was/still is in Korea, right? | ||
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:59 mostevil wrote: Sums up my feelings too tbh. It looks like they haven't skinned the character models, one seemed to be just be a purple blob. They have gone all out on particle effects etc. though, which adds to my confusion as to whats going on as I can't recognise whos cast what but at least pretties it up some. (no different to storm/fungal if I didn't know sc2 I guess). Now comon, lets get the sc2 going! I wanna hear another Dima victory roar! Well... thats because Enigma is just simply a purple blob ![[image loading]](http://media.playdota.com/hero/98/character.gif) | ||
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zawk9
United States427 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:55 NexUmbra wrote: Please guys lets have some more "SC2 is easier to watch/Dota 2 is easier to watch/LoL is easier to watch" posts which have no supporting evidence ;p You mean to tell me passive aggressiveness and bitterness aren't supporting evidence? | ||
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TheBanana
Norway2183 Posts
Damn, Blizzard really pulled a number on us with the Hots-expansion, I don't recognize any of these units. | ||
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Bashion
Cook Islands2612 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:59 r00ty wrote: Ye, LoL shitting on QLive... That's the biggest insult i've ever read! (if i'd take it seriously  ). Q3 pros were gods amongst men!LOL fans shit on HON fans | ||
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:53 Slardar wrote: You have to know what each individual hero does or is at least capable of to have some strategic grasp as well as a basic clue. (e.g. who is on what team?) Imagine watching Starcraft with no idea what the units did, all you can assume is one team shooting or attacking the other. Give yourself time and a chance, if you learn the basics it will open up to you. I watched Starcraft without much idea of what does what. I had played the campaign a few times, but I mainly started watching it because I once saw a documentary about Starcraft being a popular competitive video game in South Korea. I had a great time watching practically all the games on gomtv.net, grew really fond of tasteless as a caster (I still am, even though Artosis drowns him out way too much and Tasteless' passion for Starcraft 2 isn't on the same level as his passion for BW). I found out very quickly how the game functioned. The premise was also very easy: destroy the other player's base. Like you said, in a MOBA game you have to know each of the heroes, and there tend to be a lot. Next there's also the items, critters that randomly seem to attack towers (what's their function?), gold etc. There's a lot of stuff you cannot know unless you play the game yourself, or do a ton of research. That's not good for a spectator sport. Football, tennis, basketball, hell even american football are all sports that are relatively easy to understand for people who are new to them. The finesse unfolds if you watch it a lot. It's not something I see happening with MOBA games, a genre which I personally find a bastardization of the RTS genre (since you basically only have to control one unit). Another problem is that micro-battles between units that die incredibly slowly are a chore to watch. WC3 was a great game, but watching pro-players duking it out was almost sleep inducing. There's nothing exciting happening on-screen because units die so friggin' slowly! | ||
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Dumboprime
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trias_e
United States520 Posts
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
On June 19 2012 06:59 Drazerk wrote: I'm sorry I've seen countless games where the LR thread is completely fooled by biased casters and actually don't end up knowing the final result so no it isn't that easy to watch unless your watching it at a neutral stand point and understand the game perfectly That has nothing to do with how easy the game is to watch. On June 19 2012 07:00 Shunjal wrote: It can also be slow at times, with not a whole lot to watch, and unless you play SC you can't really understand the factors of macroing effectively and strategy in timings, etc. Big issue with viewing SC is the meta game being standard you see alot of games that mimic each other, not to mention alot of "one battle wins the game" type matches are pretty disappointing. I'm only talking about how easy games are to watch. 'One big battle' type games are obviously some of the easiest games to watch. | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
Satyrs are the best because they look like rikimaru and rikimaru is OP trololol | ||
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Adron
Netherlands839 Posts
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
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mh_no_idea
19 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7054 Posts
now i have to hate Dota 2 just because it takes precious sc2 stream time ...grrrr | ||
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Finrod1
Germany3997 Posts
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
On June 19 2012 07:00 Shellshock1122 wrote: I've never really watched it but I heard the quake games were some of the hardest games to play at a high level You can't compare the games at all though. 5v5 is so much different from 1v1 competitively, it doesn't make sense to say that one or the other would be more difficult or less, since they have no overlap in game mechanics. LoL relies on teambased strategy, ban/picks and a relatively small amount of mechanical skill, whereas QL requires no teambased communication but has insanely intricate mechanics and very precise timings and strategy. | ||
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
On June 19 2012 07:02 mh_no_idea wrote: gosh how long does this take ? i think iam going to bed ZzzZz, what a terrible time for finals on a weekday. Thex could at least put some info on the screen whats up etc... yeah what the heck! | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45253 Posts
Finals 17:15 EDT (-04:00) as soon as DOTA 2 ends Grand Final (BO5) - DreamArena Extreme DIMAGA vs MANA Sooooo.... | ||
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pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
On June 19 2012 07:02 Adron wrote: in other news, the stream just dropped 20k in viewers :D but almost 40k is pretty good imho ^^ I'm staying in because I like both games, but dota 2 more than sc2 :p | ||
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