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caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6430 Posts
July 12 2014 17:14 GMT
#48841
my favorite caster across all games remains Jatt. I don't think there's any other caster with that combination of game knowledge and shoutcasting skills.

I hope Alliance doesn't get eliminated :3
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
July 12 2014 17:16 GMT
#48842
On July 13 2014 01:55 WaveofShadow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2014 01:53 Nos- wrote:
On July 13 2014 01:46 WaveofShadow wrote:
What does the hero distribution look like so far? I could swear I see the same 20 heroes every game with a few exceptions here and there. (Razor, ember spirit, tide, etc)

skywrath/enigma/rhasta also very popular. Skywrath is a new one to me though, but hard to argue with 1k damage nuke + 6 second silence. Void also pretty popular right now. Even saw clinkz once.

Who is rhasta?
Shadow shaman?
Kinda dumb how each dota hero has two names and the one commonly used is completely arbitrary. It would be like calling xin zhao 'seneschal.'

I mean, the generic ass title are just as arbitrary as their made up "real" names :p. I think it works in Dota.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
July 12 2014 17:30 GMT
#48843
On July 13 2014 01:55 WaveofShadow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2014 01:53 Nos- wrote:
On July 13 2014 01:46 WaveofShadow wrote:
What does the hero distribution look like so far? I could swear I see the same 20 heroes every game with a few exceptions here and there. (Razor, ember spirit, tide, etc)

skywrath/enigma/rhasta also very popular. Skywrath is a new one to me though, but hard to argue with 1k damage nuke + 6 second silence. Void also pretty popular right now. Even saw clinkz once.

Who is rhasta?
Shadow shaman?
Kinda dumb how each dota hero has two names and the one commonly used is completely arbitrary. It would be like calling xin zhao 'seneschal.'


Dota 2 actually only has one name. It's just a carry over from War3 where heroes had names and titles. New people tend to just start picking up on it since older folk still use it.
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
July 12 2014 17:33 GMT
#48844
Nah I'm not new to dota at all but it is definitely a carry over. Like crystal maiden is "cm" to me but slayer is "lina". I don't know what dota 2 calls most of the hero since they changed the names.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
July 12 2014 17:38 GMT
#48845
Alleria went from "Windrunner" to "Windranger" in DotA. Wut. It's not like "Windrunner" is a rare occurrence (since Blizzard didn't copyright it there was no infringement, just Valve not wanting to take risks).
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
July 12 2014 17:38 GMT
#48846
On July 13 2014 02:11 Alaric wrote:
Isn't the bounty on them pretty high if they get popped, though? So it's not exactly 0-risk compared to PL or Naga (but comes online much faster I guess).


They're 100g each but aren't at risk of dying to a hero instantly or anything. Until someone gets a huge right click they generally take 3 or so hits each to kill. Also, sending a hero to stop Visage birds that he can just resummon at himself for the fight they're going to force with you across the map is a perfectly acceptable outcome. Every couple minutes they just do it over again when the aura+bird timers are ready. The birds are also stupid strong in teamfights for the same reason and will absolutely rip apart supports.
How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?
Crusnik
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5378 Posts
July 12 2014 17:40 GMT
#48847
Pretty much what they are ingame, only ones that stand out for me are POTM (Mirana), CM, Niax (lifestealer), and Rhasta(Shadow Shaman)

Merlini/LD are two of the best Dota casters imo, Merlini's knowledge is amazing since he was one of the top players in the West, and is still one of the top NA players, he also randoms every game he plays, so he's a bro. LD's voice/casting is just soothing I guess?

I also hate League casters, they are all crap imo and so hard to listen too since they rose-tint everything and refuse to call out stupid plays/calls.
Steam: rook492
wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
July 12 2014 17:45 GMT
#48848
On July 13 2014 02:40 Crusnik wrote:
Pretty much what they are ingame, only ones that stand out for me are POTM (Mirana), CM, Niax (lifestealer), and Rhasta(Shadow Shaman)

Merlini/LD are two of the best Dota casters imo, Merlini's knowledge is amazing since he was one of the top players in the West, and is still one of the top NA players, he also randoms every game he plays, so he's a bro. LD's voice/casting is just soothing I guess?

I also hate League casters, they are all crap imo and so hard to listen too since they rose-tint everything and refuse to call out stupid plays/calls.

LCS casters* though I would say some of them are starting to be more critical like Kobe.
liftlift > tsm
Eppa!
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden4641 Posts
July 12 2014 17:48 GMT
#48849
D1 is the best caster ever. Thats how it is.
"Can't wait till Monday" Cixah+Waveofshadow. "Needs to be monday. Weekend please go by quickly." Gahlo
Crusnik
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5378 Posts
July 12 2014 17:49 GMT
#48850
On July 13 2014 02:45 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2014 02:40 Crusnik wrote:
Pretty much what they are ingame, only ones that stand out for me are POTM (Mirana), CM, Niax (lifestealer), and Rhasta(Shadow Shaman)

Merlini/LD are two of the best Dota casters imo, Merlini's knowledge is amazing since he was one of the top players in the West, and is still one of the top NA players, he also randoms every game he plays, so he's a bro. LD's voice/casting is just soothing I guess?

I also hate League casters, they are all crap imo and so hard to listen too since they rose-tint everything and refuse to call out stupid plays/calls.

LCS casters* though I would say some of them are starting to be more critical like Kobe.


Yeah, that's what I meant, Monte and DoA are OK. I still can't listen to Phreak though, his puns are too offputting...
Steam: rook492
jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
July 12 2014 17:56 GMT
#48851
On July 13 2014 02:48 Eppa! wrote:
D1 is the best caster ever. Thats how it is.

Soniv ||| Soniv#1962 ||| @jcarlsoniv ||| The Big Golem ||| Join the Glorious Evolution. What's your favorite aminal, a bear? ||| Joe "Don't call me Daniel" "Soniv" "Daniel" Carlsberg LXIX ||| Paging Dr. John Shadow
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
July 12 2014 17:57 GMT
#48852
On July 13 2014 02:49 Crusnik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2014 02:45 wei2coolman wrote:
On July 13 2014 02:40 Crusnik wrote:
Pretty much what they are ingame, only ones that stand out for me are POTM (Mirana), CM, Niax (lifestealer), and Rhasta(Shadow Shaman)

Merlini/LD are two of the best Dota casters imo, Merlini's knowledge is amazing since he was one of the top players in the West, and is still one of the top NA players, he also randoms every game he plays, so he's a bro. LD's voice/casting is just soothing I guess?

I also hate League casters, they are all crap imo and so hard to listen too since they rose-tint everything and refuse to call out stupid plays/calls.

LCS casters* though I would say some of them are starting to be more critical like Kobe.


Yeah, that's what I meant, Monte and DoA are OK. I still can't listen to Phreak though, his puns are too offputting...

Monte always comes off to me as using his position as a caster to try to show everyone how smart he is. i really dislike his commentary for that. and his voice bugs me.
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-12 18:13:29
July 12 2014 18:04 GMT
#48853
Who's D1?
Also Deman's been critical for quite some time, Kobe's starting to become more, and Deficio, well... I remember this Gambit game where Genja refused to buy Last Whisper and at 4-5 points in the game Deficio expressed bafflement at him still not having one, and he ended up with things like cutting his sentences, or saying "I can't comment this game anymore". His frustration and will to facepalm felt tangible.

One Morrigan out. D: The happy birthdays too strong in that fight.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
jcarlsoniv
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States27922 Posts
July 12 2014 18:06 GMT
#48854
On July 13 2014 03:04 Alaric wrote:
Who's D1?


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Soniv ||| Soniv#1962 ||| @jcarlsoniv ||| The Big Golem ||| Join the Glorious Evolution. What's your favorite aminal, a bear? ||| Joe "Don't call me Daniel" "Soniv" "Daniel" Carlsberg LXIX ||| Paging Dr. John Shadow
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
July 12 2014 18:15 GMT
#48855
damn the alliance rat dota is pretty real
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-12 18:18:34
July 12 2014 18:17 GMT
#48856
what does the expression rat dota mean nvm blessed be urbandicktionary
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
July 12 2014 18:18 GMT
#48857
On July 13 2014 03:17 Scip wrote:
what does the expression rat dota mean

endless splitpushing and tower chipping, never full on team fight
Bronze player stuck in platinum
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
July 12 2014 18:18 GMT
#48858
On July 13 2014 03:17 Scip wrote:
what does the expression rat dota mean

always split push, never engage, focus on avoiding getting caught and keeping the other team from being able to pick a fight or push.
red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
July 12 2014 18:19 GMT
#48859
I think DK are my favorites to win the tourney right now. Let's say for a moment this draft(something they've done like 5 times now, with some even more hilariously 'awkward' and wrong looking) is actually real... well they're beating a bread and butter EG lineup with it. Then you consider that the draft is probably not that real and they're hiding strats/not showing their subtle variation on what this tourney has shown to be standard, and I think they're in position to absolutely dumpster teams in series play.
How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
July 12 2014 18:21 GMT
#48860
"10th rapier at TI4"

INCLUDING 3 IN THAT GAME BY 430
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
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