[Megathread] DotA 2

[LiiLoSNK]

There's a play sound in desktop check box in the audio/video options. Check that box and that way you can alt tab and still hear the massive horn blast queue pop noise while doing other stuff.

That being said, i'm glad they ban people for this. 9/10 gets annoying.

[Charge me Doctor]

There's a play sound in desktop check box in the audio/video options. Check that box and that way you can alt tab and still hear the massive horn blast queue pop noise while doing other stuff.

That being said, i'm glad they ban people for this. 9/10 gets annoying.

This sound is most loud and annoying sound after kaspersky dying pig sound

[LiiLoSNK]

This sound is most loud and annoying sound after kaspersky dying pig sound

If they used the kaspersky threat detection sound for the queue, nobody would ever miss it.

Other annoying/loud sounds:
Visage summoning familiars
Spirit Breaker when he randomly Moo's really long and loud
The match commencement firecrackers from the asian beast festival event.

[Lysah]

Agreed, 9/10 is one of the most annoying parts of DotA and I'm glad they fixed it with bans on repeat offenders. Before they started doing this it was not uncommon to get 3-5 9/10s in a row before every single match. Not to mention times when people would queue and intentionally AFK and not click accept, then immediately requeue and do the same just to ruin everyone else's day. There has to be a punishment for being so ADD you cannot accept a 3 minute queue with a 30 second window.

But I'm sure Valve will cave to the whiners soon and revert it back to Defense of the 9/10. After all, those people they're banning have money for hats and they aren't going to be buying hats while they're banned.

[Drunkenvalley]

It gets worse though when you infrequently get 10/11...

[Sarevokcz]

There's a play sound in desktop check box in the audio/video options. Check that box and that way you can alt tab and still hear the massive horn blast queue pop noise while doing other stuff.

That being said, i'm glad they ban people for this. 9/10 gets annoying.

happened to me more than once that the queue pop didnt go out while i was alttabbed and I have had background sound enabled since the first time I launched dota2.

[EqualWin]

Good news everyone. After my 24 hour ban I came back and missed ONE queue. Another 24 hour ban.

You can say it was my fault but this is just ridiculous.

blame the people that abuse it. to farm mmr.

[Jester Joe]

If they used the kaspersky threat detection sound for the queue, nobody would ever miss it.

Other annoying/loud sounds:
Visage summoning familiars
Spirit Breaker when he randomly Moo's really long and loud
The match commencement firecrackers from the asian beast festival event.

Isn't that one of his level up lines? I actually like that one!

Yes. I enjoy sitting there watching a clock tick upwards sometimes of 7 minutes. I enjoy it alot. What a logical thing to say.

Where do you queue that it's 7 minutes? My queues are usually only like 2-3 minutes tops.

[LiiLoSNK]

Isn't that one of his level up lines? I actually like that one!

That's the one. It's un-bara-ble.

I've never heard a better description of that noise than on the dev forums when years ago someone said, "it sounds like someone spontaneously started giving birth to a motorcycle"

[veiledy0]

Study Finds 95% of Mid Players Win their Lane ^{in case you missed it on Reddit}

The SF part made me laugh hard

[Jester Joe]

That's the one. It's un-bara-ble.

I've never heard a better description of that noise than on the dev forums when years ago someone said, "it sounds like someone spontaneously started giving birth to a motorcycle"

Well...I can't disagree with that description, it's uh...pretty spot on. I just like it as a "What the Hell" sorta thing, just like Lich's "om nom nom" line.
And Undying's famous gummy vitamins line.

Study Finds 95% of Mid Players Win their Lane ^{in case you missed it on Reddit}

The SF part made me laugh hard

That is amazing lol

Now, I have a question about one specific thing(Although I'm sure Ariadne will enjoy seeing all my mistakes that I admit now to doing) for anyone who feels like watching a random replay. It's for this match here, I hope the replay is still available since it was just yesterday.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/854524351

I'll describe the situation too, to the best of my memory.
I was hanging back a bit from our tower because Death Prophet ulted, so I was just trying to grab the creeps away to try to slow them down a bit possibly, and then Timbersaw TP's right on the tower with...about half health I want to say while DP's ult was still going. He proceeded to die to DP and Slark, and then blamed me because "He could of got the kill".
My question is, would he of actually gotten the kill? I think people underestimate Dark Seer sometimes, all I could really do at that point was Ion Shell and hope it does something, I think he would of died anyway.

Personally, while I think I did do pretty bad during the game, I think the Timbersaw and Tusk were just flaming people for some of their own faults too (Like Tusk snowballing into their entire team with only me and Sniper there, then blamed me for his death).

And just to clarify, I'm not looking for "Oh yes, you weren't at fault at all", I'm just curious as to if to whether or not Tusk and Timbersaw were doing as perfect as they claimed. Personally I think it was all of our faults, and my biggest one was sticking with Dark Seer after randoming him despite that we only had one actual carry and then 3 initators (Even if Dark Seer is more support than initator), as that doesn't seem to work well in Pubs.

[Drunkenvalley]

I personally wouldn't even blink at someone blaming me for doing a stupid initiation to be fair.

Anyway, do you mean 10:43 when you're at bot tower? I presume so, since it sounds like it. Anyway, it kinda looks like he just went full retard throwing himself at them. I mean, Death Prophet just silenced him and boom, he's a walking creep.

[Longview]

My question is, would he of actually gotten the kill?

DP was at ~250 hp when timber launched chakram

level 1 chakram is 100 pure dmg on hit

even if exorcism didn't end as timbersaw went on her, there is no way he gets that kill with chakram

if he did whirling death and hit chakram he could have gotten the kill, but his execution would have to be a lot less sloppy

[Jester Joe]

Ok, that's basically what I thought too. I mean I know he did better than me in the long run, but I was just confused as to whether or not he could of actually gotten her.

I am mesmerized by that .gif of it now though...

[Deleted]

1v1s are fun.

[Jester Joe]

1v1s are fun.

Like, the new mode? Or are you implying something else? The suspense is killing me!

[Deleted]

Like, the new mode? Or are you implying something else? The suspense is killing me!

Not the mode. Like proper 1v1s with even matchups and proper rules.

[Jester Joe]

Not the mode. Like proper 1v1s with even matchups and proper rules.

You mean what I thought the whole new mode was going to be until they were like "Oh, it's just for 2 deaths or tower kill"?

I wish that was a mode honestly, although I'd probably only use it to either challenge friends or to get good with certain heroes without embarrassing myself on a whole team.

[Deleted]

You mean what I thought the whole new mode was going to be until they were like "Oh, it's just for 2 deaths or tower kill"?

I wish that was a mode honestly, although I'd probably only use it to either challenge friends or to get good with certain heroes without embarrassing myself on a whole team.

The problem with the current 1v1 mode is not the tower or kill rules. The matchups are too random which creates unbalanced games that aren't fun to play. The fact that you also can random and get extra 250 gold is a joke. I also don't like that they allow runes because I think 1v1 mode is to practice your laning and runes are just about luck in 1v1.

[Jester Joe]

The problem with the current 1v1 mode is not the tower or kill rules. The matchups are too random which creates unbalanced games that aren't fun to play. The fact that you also can random and get extra 250 gold is a joke. I also don't like that they allow runes because I think 1v1 mode is to practice your laning and runes are just about luck in 1v1.

I haven't even tried it yet to be honest, didn't even know about the rune thing. That's super lame now.