The DotA thread :)

Well, i just got out of game with a fellow NBR-er and we decided to make a DotA thread in order to see who plays and to get games set up.


So.
http://www.dota-allstars.com/

^ Dota


Ok, so we are working on maybe a Ventrillo server for us, so if any one wants to make one or something, let me know!

So, post here if you play DotA, and you can put your Battle.net name too!



My BN is aan310

 

yo aan310! it's me, WinMidori lol
That was quick making this thread.
I play dota 1~3games every night so i'm in and
add me to ur f list on war3.
Too bad we lost last game

 

I'd love to get in some games with people that won't leave right away. Name is in my sig. I play on US West though.

 

aan310 and i played on the East server

 

Yea, its too band
I moved today, and was sooo tired, and i was at a buddys house to play dota, since i dont ahve internet for another week!!!!

Ill have to live at the library or something

 

I like to play DotA every once and a while, but often times don't enjoy as much because you deal with all the back lash of sucking, and having every one get on your case.

 

This is true....

The funny part is when they are the ones feeding too


But if we do an NBR game, i dont think we will ahve to deal with that



lol, wait.... there is a friend list in WC3?

Or on the battle.net -steam like application?

 

There's a buddy list in BNet, but I'm not sure if it works across servers. Probably not.

Anyways, if I'm really desperate - IE, if none of my friends are playing and my Garena happens to not be working - then I play on USWest, with the username fccy56ud3. Yes. No typos there.

 

For each server (east coast, west, europe, and asia) You have to make a new account. And so your friends don't come, you only have friends that are on the same server I believe.

 

Yep only same server. Lol they are the same WC2, SC, and D2 servers lol... Anyway, I play on Garena.

 

What's the newest version of DOTA by now..is it 6.60?

 

6.60b

www.getdota.com

 

So...

Any one else LOVE the new map?!

I LOVE IT!


EDIT: P.S. Does any one know how to make a ventrillo server?

 

Well...I used to play a ton back in the 6.43 days till like 6.49ish. I still play occasionally but not as much as I used to before.

Anyways, add me as TevashSzat on either east or west.

 

I have garena, and am on USeast.... can you guys TDA? I've grown bored of pubstomping with my friends... heh.

 

I don't see whats so great about garena, anyone want to explain that? Though I think you can play on garena even with a non legit CD key. TDA FTW

 

There were a few DoTa like maps that I liked better when I used to play.

I want to say one of them, my favorite was called land of legends?

It has some really cool hero units and abilities.

Also just found this: http://www.dotapod.com/

Dota Pod, I dont know the full details but apparently you can play DOTA right from your browser on very fast servers with additional tracking and things.

you do need WC3 installed and up to date.

 

I used to play a lot of DOTA, but it's kind of hard without internet now.

I might play a little bit when I get back, but I was thinking about just playing Demigod online instead.

My screen name on USEast is: TheRebellion

 

Haven't played DOTA for a year now...But I still remember those Friday nights when we'll hook our notebooks into LAN and game DOTA until the wee hours of the morning. And the losers will have to buy pizza

 

Well, if like me you live outside the continental US, playing on BNet seems to induce noticeable lag. Seems like they route commands from server to the US to the client. Either that, or there's some crappy networking code going on.

And yes. Pirates can't BNet either, but that's a moot point here, assuming we're all playing legit versions... We are, aren't we?

 

ahh dota. such a fun game. ill be back in the states in a month and all my friends and i play tha game and have a vent.

 

Any Aus DOta players?

Join my hamachi network if you want

Name: AUSNBRDOTA
Password: 123


Any players welcome!
Would be good to find some regular players and see what level of play there is

 

Bump .

Would like to hear some fave heroes from you guys.

Bara is Beast

 

Silencer is the best int hero for me. Love it when I pwn an int enemy~-1 int

 

lets see, i did quit playing dota december 2008. thats been all because i traded in my old Thinkpad T61 (Radeon X1300) with a new Precision M4400. so i had to play more graphicsintense games first.

Nick was 2k5.lexi on european bnet, maybe ill move to us east. lets see, because of the timeshift for me if there are enough games open-

 

some off the top of my head are rhasta, godly single disables, trax, insane damage + an autocast slow, what's not to love, and earthshaker with a blink dagger, it's not even fair sometimes lol

 

Silencer is great for highly competitive games where people actually work togeather since his ult is perfect for surprising the other team in a team battle. Unfortunately, he has no escape mechanism and has low health so that in normal pubs, he isn't that great since noone ever understands proper team coordination.

My favorites:

Lycan: Go jungle, get vlads first, then str treads, and then BKB. Everything dies...

Broodmother: Go jungle, get vlads, agility treads, then BKB. Everything dies too....

Tinker: Mid solo with bottle. Rune camp like hell and rush for a BoT. After BoT, go get a Shivas, tri lane push. All the while, go gank like hell. -> GG.

Storm Panda: I start with 5 GG branches, 2 sets of tangos. Rush for Bloodstone. If you get it quickly enough, you're set

Chen: Because nothing is better than a lvl 2 first blood.

And loads more....

 

If i get a good start, i pwn with clinkz, depending on the team magnus and/or sven and i havent played in a whike, so idk xD

 

What about a lvl 1 first blood with juggernaut's blade fury w/ boots?

 

Juggernaut needs to be nerfed IMO

 

haha no way, he's too fun, I love running down the river and catching some caster alone, then you just push the 'I win' button and cash in

 

Won't usually happen in competitive play. And juggernaut with boots is a bad idea. General rule: never start with boots on any hero.

 

I've had it happen in more than a few occasions with some careless harassers and boots on him is so you won't move slower than the enemy hero so you can constantly stay on them when you're blade fury'ing

edit: but yes, I do agree that otherwise boots is a bad item to start with

 

Yeah it does happen sometimes but if the people you're playing against are careful, it shouldn't.

Basically the thing with bfury is that just go lane with a disabler. You won't have to sacrifice +stats then for boots.

Edit:

Anyone here misses the old bdagger? It was so imbalanced but everyone abused them so it became more even.....ahh....the good old days where you're whole team can blink in and out at a moment's notice.....

 

Old blink dagger was stupid. Chain stun to get a single kill T_T.

And Silencer is an extremely poor pick, never seen in competitive play...he doesn't do anything well, and doesn't contribute to how the -game plays out at all, at least for the last .5X versions and into the 6.60s.

 

true, I actually play with a buddy of mine a lot and we always choose heroes that combo's well

what was the old bdagger again? besides that there were no restrictions as to which heroes could use it, was there also not that restriction where you can't be hit a few seconds before you use it?

 

I haven't played this in a while, but seeing this thread makes me wanna pick it up again........now then, where did I put my wc3 cds...hmmmmmmmm

 

The old blink dagger was awesome, the new one is just worthless. It's been years since I played competitively, but we'd run silencer in some of our games. One of my friends could dominate with him. If anyone played competitively/TDA more than a year or so ago you might know him, Fenix(TME) on USeast.

 

Specter is god. Damn Icefrog for nerfing her 5 times in a row.

 

TC is pretty imba right now, good thing IceFrog nerfed his strength with 6.61.

 

I love the werewolf whatever his name is... Been a whilr since I played dota, I mean years and years, anyway forget about going into a lane with him I'd always just go creeping for the few first lvl's so that my main team would have an exp advantage. Mind you lvling up was slow till you became strong enough to kill off centaurs, Then it raced up and yeah it worked.

Anyway, you go off and help with a lane once you reach lvl 8 I think, (everyone else should be around 6-7 by then, centaurs really gave alot of exp then) and just harass between the lanes... Though I never played competitively though.

 

Beretta @ useast (Azeroth)

Was just playing a pubbie

 

Eh, Bnet sucks. GGC ftw!

 

GGC? Whats that?

 

Its Garena. Basically its used for some open and closed leagues who want games with very little latency. That application simulates a LAN kinda like LC or Hamachi I believe

 

I always play on Garena. But playing in different countries have different ping so it's a little difficult to play outside your region.

 

Blink dagger worthless? O_O

It's core on any initiating hero, and essentially core on several other heroes, mainly some Int and Agi ones...also depends on ur style of play, whether u follow a competitive Asian lineup with "stranger" heroes than u would see in european competitive dota.

She WAS a god in .52e and the farm farm farm farm for an hour games, but now she's a guaranteed loss against decent players XD. Far too weak, doesn't fit with the metagame at all

yah TC is ridiculous, GUARANTEED initiation from 1500-2000 range with spirit/stomp, an ult that, if used in conjuction with any other initiation, guarantees u the win in any teamfight...broken hero T_T.

Dirge is arguably more broken, just so good in so many ways. One of the hardest heroes to kill during the laning phase, insanely good spellset, and an ult that makes babies cry just hearing about it XD

As for Garena, the vast majority of players are on in are absolute . I mean, they are HORRIBLE. Even in the "high level" rooms its substandard play (i.e, boots first, tinkers that dont gank, enigmas that lane, etc). TDA is/was considerably better in terms of player quality, though TDA players have declined considerably in their ability as compared to a while back...

 

I just played a game yesterday and hate what they did to medusa's ult ><, it's more defensive than offensive now

 

True, it is not THAT bad right now, but its worthless compared to how imba it was before. You were used to be able to justify getting it on almost any hero just because of the mobility and escape mechanism it gave you. Now, its just limited to those initiating heroes (Tiny, ES, and those likes)