[Megathread] DotA 2

[PizzaSHARK]

these voice comments are meant to be entertaining, not some in-depth analysis on the fly.
that is all.

Not all of them are entertaining, though. Tobi is annoying about 60% of the time, Sheever is annoying 110% of the time.

Honestly, I feel like LD+Winter set the high water mark. They more or less know what they're talking about, and they say goofy things occasionally without trying to FORCE enthusiasm or excitement.

Closest I've seen to Tastosis in Dota, anyway. I wish I could understand what v1lat is saying; I've listened to his casts when there aren't any decent English announcers to listen to and he sounds like a funny guy

[Lysah]

these voice comments are meant to be entertaining, not some in-depth analysis on the fly.
that is all.

Reminds of me watching hispanic football T.V.



GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA L!

[Morally Grey Storm]

Not all of them are entertaining, though. Tobi is annoying about 60% of the time, Sheever is annoying 110% of the time.

Honestly, I feel like LD+Winter set the high water mark. They more or less know what they're talking about, and they say goofy things occasionally without trying to FORCE enthusiasm or excitement.

Closest I've seen to Tastosis in Dota, anyway. I wish I could understand what v1lat is saying; I've listened to his casts when there aren't any decent English announcers to listen to and he sounds like a funny guy

Well, not everyone is gifted with the talent
But V1lat is damn awesome with his comments, dare I say, he puts a lot of passion into it, sure as sure

Reminds of me watching hispanic football T.V.



GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA L!

you're being intentionally sarcastic, arent you?)

[Lysah]

No, that is exactly how they sound. I mute casters no longer than 3 seconds into a video. No one has yet to beat that benchmark but I have high hopes.

[Morally Grey Storm]

well, feeling sad for you not being able to speak and understand russian, V1lat is just that awesome

[PizzaSHARK]

No, that is exactly how they sound. I mute casters no longer than 3 seconds into a video. No one has yet to beat that benchmark but I have high hopes.

Listen to casts by Beyond the Summit. LD, GoDz, Luminous, and WinteR is frequently a guest co-caster. They don't do any of that stupid shit Tobi does.

[Hermanni]

Commentators like Tobi can be annoying, but they exists to just hype up audience, and while something like Rubick stealing a Stormbolt might seem obvious the majority of viewers are still going to miss it. Best casts nowadays come from The GD Studio anyway, without a doubt. Between Draskyls casting and the overall sex appeal brought into the mix by James and Bruno there's just no way to stop watching.

And when it comes to Russian casters, v1lat got nothing on Versuta, the bright star in the world of casting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IZ_...ailpage#t=228s (headphone warning)

[PizzaSHARK]

I dunno... I can't imagine any scenario where I'd prefer having a caster to just being without. You can get less annoying ones but none of them really beat "none".

Aww, but LD and WinteR do goofy things like LD trying to awkwardly explain knock-knock jokes to WinteR during one of those interminable pauses :<

[Longview]

Ayesee+Draskyl master race

and on the topic of Versuta..

Gamboorger no brain

[Enkidulgaa]

I don't look for anything, I only know vids people have linked me, and they are always full of this garbage. I'm pretty sure it's the live commentary, so I shouldn't be confusing anything, unless I'm misunderstanding your post.

Of course, people also love to link videos of pro players doing incredibly standard stuff, such as using their skills to get a kill. Oh, man, X pro pressed Q and then left clicked the enemy hero! Amazing!

Its fine if you cant stand it, I was just saying that that's how commentary is supposed to be.

[Hermanni]

Aww, but LD and WinteR do goofy things like LD trying to awkwardly explain knock-knock jokes to WinteR during one of those interminable pauses :<

Sorry but they got nothing on Jaymes. More Dreamhack Invitational in only 3 hours 48 minutes, I'll gladly take that over Tobi or even BTS casting online Chinese pausing tournaments any day.

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The moment when watching N0tails stream and Hermanni shows up on the enemy team...

The moment when you random OD and think you won mid and those nerds send 2 people against you................................

[Ichy]

The moment when you random OD and think you won mid and those nerds send 2 people against you................................

Or the two want mid and wont compromise... Had a game last night that was lost because a zues was litterally throwing a tantrum because the lion went mid and wouldn't leave. Zues literally feed the enemy team by buying 3 or 3.5k worth of flying couriers... and sent them to their fountain every chance he got.

[Hermanni]

Or the two want mid and wont compromise... Had a game last night that was lost because a zues was litterally throwing a tantrum because the lion went mid and wouldn't leave. Zues literally feed the enemy team by buying 3 or 3.5k worth of flying couriers... and sent them to their fountain every chance he got.

Yeah, 95% of the time it's a fight for the mid lane and you win it anyway because they are too busy fighting each other for last hits to care about you. When it's Trixi on Slark and n0tail on Visage the game is in the other 5% where you get wrecked.

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DHI starting now at http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio

[Lysah]

Visage too OP, 7 kills in 5 minutes like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[Hermanni]

Visage too OP, 7 kills in 5 minutes like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

It's almost like I've seen that before.

[kronpas]

How are dota2 commentators ?

I don't watch the pro scene expect for the international and there i usually just mute them. I mean I understand already what is happening on the screen and the commentators are well boring, they don't entertain me all that well and are not fun like some sport commentators. Never really got the appeal of having a commentator on game except for the comedic effect.

Comedic effect and Korean TV series effect. The later is my own term for shows with ridiculously obvious dialogue meant for housewives to listen to while doing their jobs, so they dont have to pay much attention but still catch whats going on. Similarly, I put the stream vid on 2nd monitor, only look at it when the caster shouts something in excitement. Works well so far.

[yesty375]

asian DOTA2 commentators are great. notable casters are WinteR and LD, they provide good insights about the match and other things about DOTA2. i used to mute livestream sounds before until i heard them commentating

[PizzaSHARK]

Sorry but they got nothing on Jaymes. More Dreamhack Invitational in only 3 hours 48 minutes, I'll gladly take that over Tobi or even BTS casting online Chinese pausing tournaments any day.

haha no shit, that last Orange-LGD.int game... christ, they spent like what, 30 minutes total in pause? That game was so worth seeing, though... such a great finish.

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Visage too OP, 7 kills in 5 minutes like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

I've seen a couple games where he went solo mid and actually did surprisingly well, rushed a scepter. I think the idea was to have 3 bats before enemy supports could tank up and have decent boots, so that his bats' speed was much faster in comparison to supports'.

I think next time I play him I'm just gonna keep my bats hanging around me the entire time. Every time I've seen him in pro, the pros do that. I always figured you were supposed to be all over the map with them, maybe that's what I've been doing wrong the entire time.

[Lysah]

Put them on autofollow for pudge, that's what this kid did. Though he got first blood 1v1ing DS before creeps even came out and instantly started snowballing. Phase boots at 30 seconds so already autoing people for 80 damage and spamming soul catcher, fun hero.

[PizzaSHARK]

Put them on autofollow for pudge, that's what this kid did. Though he got first blood 1v1ing DS before creeps even came out and instantly started snowballing. Phase boots at 30 seconds so already autoing people for 80 damage and spamming soul catcher, fun hero.

He is. He's a really strong hero, I just thought he was bad because I thought you were just supposed to be having global map presence with bats while also microing your hero. Seems like everyone just sets bats to autofollow Visage (or a hero like Pudge, like you said) and then just pretty much ignore them.

We still won that one game, though. Maybe because I was Omniknight and Omni's really good at turning Visage's bats into free 300g.