oh yeah
#DOTA 2
karmic grove
gritty sparrow
Ya know I don't mind the disconnect shard thing too much just from the coordination it would require and relative time wasted performing it. I would say just hope you don't have a real DC in this game cause if you paused to fully let people get back after doing this there is a zero chance the enemy is holding the pause for you, lol
reef parcel
<@&877973728997294120> anyone feeling dotapilled
cursive wing
im ludum dare pilled
manic nimbus
took the ludem dare
gritty sparrow
Sure, I need to waste time before Lancer anyways
glossy stratus
One day I'll get around to participating in a ludum dare
I'll probably be up for game 2 or 3
gritty sparrow
My Lancer game I left to do got canceled anyways, cool
glossy stratus
I'll probably run an AD game real quick then
And reconvene in 30ish
wtf happened the one time I played Brood?!
That's 7k gpm
delicate jungle
mayb
glossy stratus
Alas, yep
paper shell
Let me know when next game
paper shell
Treant's build is awesome
viscid tapir
shame it's not that great
paper shell
yeah I think cookie isn't great on him
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> anyone to be a fifth?
glossy stratus
pearl chasm
Already have 3 here
noble tusk
i could do a dota
steel forge
what the hell is happening to my dota game
steel forge
I think it's pango but I honestly can't tell
viscid tapir
brewmaidenolier
paper shell
Interestingly, I think thats my crystal maiden skin
karmic grove
wtf happened the one time I played Brood?!
This was a custom ability draft thing we did (I think with tom?) to test out some interaction I can't remmeber. We had cheats on though to grab a ton of money and xp quickly. I was luna in it so my luna average is out of whack
I dunno why it got counted as a proper game considering there were only like 3 people in the lobby
fortunately it counts it as me going mid so I can still see my regular stat average ๐
glossy stratus
Ohhh right
steel forge
I just had an incredible sand king game into both brood and PL
the lane went very bad because dazzle exists but when I hit 6 it turned out I could just kill them
karmic grove
ohh that sounds nasty
caustic finale on spiderlings must do an insane amount of damage
steel forge
it's pretty solid
sandstorm and epi just completely evaporate them as well
I had over 600 gpm too because I kept blinking onto them and solo killing one or two of them every time epi came off cooldown
it's honestly the first sand king game I've felt notably impactful
olive moon
any gamers today?
steel forge
I am currently dotaing
having a real lag moment though (I send this message while dead for the umpteenth time)
glossy stratus
I'm going to go for a quick walk, but I'll be open for gaming when I get back
olive moon
im gonna hang out in dota channel for a bit, join if u wanna play/watch
glossy stratus
<@&877973728997294120> can we get a fifth?
reef parcel
<@&877973728997294120> can we get a fifth?
oh if you really need a fifth I can jump in
light urchin
I can dotes
light urchin
o7
light urchin
There is something so primally satisfying about Techies
karmic grove
Laning against them is so annoying, they're one of the heroes I'll basically always buy raindrops against
light urchin
Raindrops?
glossy stratus
Infused Raindrops, they're a consumable with... five I think? charges, each of which provides a magic damage barrier
Like 120 or something?
Gives a lot of EHP vs magic damage early
They also give you passive mana regen which is nice
I need to remember to get them more often, Weaver for example really likes them
glossy stratus
Interesting build idea: Disperser first Sniper
Somewhat slower farm speed, but you can be really obnoxious in a fight, running around a fight without being slowed by Take Aim
paper shell
Raindrops are probably my favourite item
I try to ping them in any game I think theyโre remotely good in
The noise them make when consumed is satisfying too
karmic grove
they're quite funny in any game with a zeus
unless you're on like, 10 hp, it's tough for him to kill you with ult
glossy stratus
I should buy them more often, I used to get them all the time but with the mana boots change I've become greedy and tend to go for Basi instead
Then I die to magic damage
manic nimbus
raindrops are real good
glossy stratus
It makes me real sad when I get tickled for 75 magic damage when I'm on the last charge and I lose my mana regen though
manic nimbus
yeah lol
glossy stratus
I wish they were toggleable so you could turn off the magic shield if you wanted to save charges
Would probably cost more then though
olive moon
Interesting build idea: Disperser first Sniper
this was pretty popular when disperser was released, got overshadowed by the khanda build pretty quickly but it's legit
viscid tapir
dota 2 wiki has moved from the fandom site to liquipedia:
https://liquipedia.net/dota2game/Main_Page
glossy stratus
And there was much rejoicing
olive moon
any <@&877973728997294120> gamer?
karmic grove
Yeah could do
steel forge
If dota happens I would like to spectate but I cannot vc unfortunately
olive moon
I'll grab a drink then make a channel, gimme 5 mins
viscid tapir
I'll be around soon
glossy stratus
Alas 'tis Monday and thus I must remain Dotesless
gritty sparrow
I've been holding off on it
I want Crownfall
It's gotta be this week right
It is as of today right in the middle of april
They only have so long of "mid april" left
viscid tapir
mid april just means it has to fall within april
and the "ends" of april can be as vague as "the moment april begins/ends"
so april 30 could be "mid april"
anyway, crownfall tomorrow
source: it came to me in a dream
viscid tapir
I have been told this would make a fun guess the hero, so:
Answer: ||Enchantress (plus some extra text to elongate the spoiler)||
serene arrow
I feel like the player is a big hint
Going by what my friends list is always telling me
viscid tapir
lol
gritty sparrow
mid april just means it has to fall within april
I would say that's bullshit for any other dev
But valve could get away with that
Because Valve time
reef parcel
I have been told this would make a fun guess the hero, so:
I'm guessing enchantress
||I knew it. It was the locket that gave it away. Found myself wondering who you'd play with a heal and a need to tank||
light urchin
Hmmm. is it time to learn broodmother
noble tusk
become the bug parent you were meant to be
light urchin
Hmmm, Brood is fun yeah
I think i like Visage a little better in terms of heroes with autoattacker buddies but the webs are just a really cool central gimmick
olive moon
patch tomorrow evening
gritty sparrow
The only real way we have of telling a patch: TeaGuv doing something deranged
olive moon
yea
olive moon
any <@&877973728997294120> players?
viscid tapir
sure
delicate jungle
Yeah, just need to plug in my computer
steel forge
yes
viscid tapir
||I knew it. It was the locket that gave it away. Found myself wondering who you...
||Like Alex said, probably a lot easier when you know it's one of my heroes :P||
cursive wing
i do not think i will join right now playing some factorio with a buddo
viscid tapir
@delicate jungle game 1 done
<@&877973728997294120> general game-2 ping
at 4 stack right now
olive moon
i try to get 1 last leshrac win before new patch
and my team spends all game flaming and gives up when I'm 9/1
karmic grove
classic
I've scuttled my way up to 2.2k and aside from a couple of miserable defeats I've felt fairly confident in my play
Mostly been going luna/troll/pl with zeus, centaur and jakiro as my go-tos for the inbetween games
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> anyone up for some defending of the ancients?
light urchin
I could in a bit
steel forge
I am out right now but will be back in like, half an hour probably
So game 2 I would be down for
light urchin
I could in a bit
Hrm, actually no not tonight
gritty sparrow
viscid tapir
๐
glossy stratus
Congrats on becoming the grrrrrandest magus
steel forge
no way
reef parcel
omg
reef parcel
... is there a patch or is this just a comic
vapid ledge
i'll leaf through to see if there's anything at the end of the comic... the comic's fiddly to read
comic spoiler: ||wait is that vengeful spirit? she's a pair with skywrath?||
cursive wing
ITS OUT?
vapid ledge
ok last page has a to be continued
steel forge
truly, we are the clowns who fell
manic nimbus
i'll leaf through to see if there's anything at the end of the comic... the comi...
||yeah uh, y'know all sky's lines about his secret love and all that||
vapid ledge
ah
light urchin
funky
vapid ledge
... is there a patch or is this just a comic
seems like just a comic, no patch noticed
vapid ledge
maybe we're too quick to jump onto it and they release a patch in like a few hours
light urchin
Haha
Yeah this seems like a hype tease kind of deal to try and buzz up 'what's gonna happen in this big update'
reef parcel
hopefully: birds
vapid ledge
i honestly thought this has something to do with the circus master hero teased
light urchin
Looks like Skywrath and Venge might get some kind of redesign
maybe this bird god will be a hero too, We'll See
gritty sparrow
I am guessing these are their two new arcanas
If I had to make a crapshoot guess
A continuation of the comic tomorrow or next week that reveals they go for some reason to new hero Puppetmaster
gritty sparrow
vapid ledge
is this co-op content that i'm seeing?
pearl chasm
Still no actual patch though, the event seems cool
viscid tapir
wonder if the encounters are little PvE things
<@&877973728997294120> still not gameplay update, but would anyone like to play?
viscid tapir
the game is still the same
(the immediately followed up with "i'm 4 its cool" so I got an actual answer but that's less funny)
glossy stratus
<@&877973728997294120> still not gameplay update, but would anyone like to play?
I am trapped by traffic, forever 
(Hopefully in like an hour though)
manic nimbus
4 sf sounds kinda funny
glossy stratus
I suppose you have an AoE fear and a nuke
manic nimbus
and the aura
viscid tapir
they did quite well in lane
vapid ledge
the co-op event? yeah, seems to be the case
viscid tapir
not really a co-op event so far as I see, basically a big cavern crawl with a plot
vapid ledge
oooh, misunderstood what it was
cursive wing
feral impulse bear
cursive wing
and then i took arena so that i can thunderdome ppl in with my bear
it was very fun
karmic grove
hit archon ๐
gritty sparrow
olive moon
<@&877973728997294120> any gamers?
delicate jungle
mayb game 2
karmic grove
sure
olive moon
im in channel, join whenever
glossy stratus
Finally omw home, so I'll hopefully be able to join game 2 or 3
glossy stratus
<@&877973728997294120> can we get a 5th?
karmic grove
<@&877973728997294120> Any dota gamers about
olive moon
can play next, gonna make some food
delicate jungle
i could
viscid tapir
sure!
glossy stratus
Hmmm, probably going to go take a quick walk and join for game 2
Want to get some excercise in me before it gets dark
karmic grove
Cool, might make some food myself real quick too, then
reef parcel
<@&877973728997294120> looking for 2 players
light urchin
I could Dotes!
paper shell
๐ค
reef parcel
is that a yes face or no face emily
paper shell
yes
steel forge
รงa c'est deux, zut
nah nah it's good play dota lol
you have a 5 stack, that's how it works
viscid tapir
@delicate jungle how long do you think you'll be?
delicate jungle
Twitter
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> anyone want to defend of some ancients?
delicate jungle
perhaps
reef parcel
just finished a ravenswatch game, god i'm pooped
steel forge
I could maybe dote
glossy stratus
I too am stuck in DnD hell (actually, Carceri, to be more accurate)
delicate jungle
<@&877973728997294120> any more?
paper shell
If you play 1 more after I can maybe join that one
viscid tapir
If you play 1 more after I can maybe join that one
we've played 1 more, or do we need to play another 1 more?
viscid tapir
excellent
viscid tapir
more time to fish
glossy stratus
My favorite part is that the wards have finished their cooldown before he activates Refresher
steel forge
Thatโs so good lmao
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> anyone want to play some Dota?
paper shell
๐
glossy stratus
o/
paper shell
I have an update
viscid tapir
(which they are)
glossy stratus
I don't think we do?
viscid tapir
also Punch may be leaving?
viscid tapir
something came up for me
you want to coach the party then?
I can just kick you otherwise
paper shell
viscid tapir
paper shell
Who wore it better
viscid tapir
resemblance is uncanny
steel forge
gritty sparrow
Give Morph a new aghs
Let the new effect be he gains a second Morph
I need to morb twice
cursive wing
> (Jakiro) no megas = trash
holy moly i've seen ppl in jenkins herald videos with better understanding of how to win the game
steel forge
QoP is a fun hero
the -2 blink cooldown talent + octarine core is extremely fun
I'm so speedy and wherever I go explodes
olive moon
then u get arcane blink and windwaker
and u can kill all 3 waves
free 75 min game every time
glossy stratus
QoP aghs is a delight
You can do so much work in long fights
I should get Bloodstone on her
manic nimbus
I tend to favour the more rightclicky build these days
but I can definitely see the pure casting build
glossy stratus
I think you get an aghs for either build, I like the right clicky as well but the aghs gives way too much value to skip
Probably get it like 3rd item instead of 2nd for right click qop though
Tbh I'm not sure I would even divide qop into right click/caster builds, she kind of builds for both with the flexibility to adjust your build to lean in one direction or the other
She's no Lina where you commit hard for one or the other
light urchin
Visage continues to be fun
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> would anyone like to play some Dota?
delicate jungle
mayb a bit later
glossy stratus
A bit later for me as well, eating rn and I need to gp bury my face in cat fur for a while
cursive wing
I might
glossy stratus
Should be free in tennish
steel forge
I could dota
viscid tapir
I pinged Zero-K before dota and might be playing that soon instead
steel forge
reasonable ๐
paper shell
I am also now available for dota
light urchin
<@&877973728997294120> so do we still got folks who want to dotes?
light urchin
Well then zero those ks
delicate jungle
we do have 5 theoretically but i would like to zero at least one k
olive moon
yea if ur dotaing and theres space let me know
delicate jungle
@cursive wing@glossy stratus@steel forge@olive moon@light urchindoater?
glossy stratus
Alas, I have gone to do something else
olive moon
yea
delicate jungle
@paper shell
paper shell
Oh I had gone to bed when this ping happened
steel forge
I too had gone to bed
I've also unlocked the most important part of dota: the fishing minigame
glossy stratus
Does it have prizes? I am notoriously awful at fishing minigames
(This was a Problem in 100% Orange Juice)
gritty sparrow
Just tokens
steel forge
normal punching a pudge who just hooked you is very funny
everyone who told me to play dark seer was right, this hero's hilarious
also apparently normal punching an axe who taunts me
it being a passive is so strange
steel forge
lmao, excellent
gritty sparrow
Dark Seer is one of my go to off laners because he doesn't play much like an off laner aside from the actual initiate part
I prefer him when I have a melee carry
Then I can focus on buffing him up and surrounding the enemy carries in clones of themself
Dark Seer when you have a monkey king to vacuum them all into Wukongs Command is great
steel forge
yeah he's a fascinating teamfight enabler
It did not feel like I did much on my own but your spells are just so good
light urchin
Dark Seer is cool, yeah
My biggest stopping point with him is ordering around the illusions he makes; I keep dropping wall and then ditching out but realizing I'm making the illusions retreat too
steel forge
I think probably the best thing is to hit your select hero hotkey before ditching
that should avoid that, I think
light urchin
Yeah, I have the keybinds all set up, just need to Remember them haha
Similar thing with learning Visage
gritty sparrow
I turn off auto-select summoned units for him
Wall illusions by default attack their originator
And will chase after them
Which is good enough most the time unless you want to single out a support real quick
They'll also get stuck at the top of stairs
Or, specifically going up stairs
vapid ledge
i forgot, do illusions inherit the originator's abilities?
viscid tapir
kind of
they usually inherit passive, like Abbadon illusions copying Curse of Avernus
they copy items like Diffusal Blade
but I think it's only the vengeful spirit one that can cast spells
vapid ledge
ah ok
glossy stratus
I think morph aghs makes a casty illusion too nowadays? But yeah usually just passives and auras
And not all passives, they can't bash thankfully
Also technically arc warden's clone is an illu I think
gritty sparrow
It's a "Clone"
So I don't think it's affected by anything that counts illusions
A lot of items also have special negatives for illusions, like radiance and diffusal only doing about a fourth of their effectiveness
Morph aghs is right in that, it's the only other illusion you can control that can cast a spell.
There are a number of heroes that cast fake spells in conjuction with their illusions though
Just so that if CK wants to chaos bolt you he isn't instantly discovered
viscid tapir
or Naga net, or PL lance
glossy stratus
Naga is particularly funny to me because the net is fake but the riptide is real
delicate jungle
<@&877973728997294120> doater?
light urchin
Fraid not tonight
glossy stratus
I'll be available in 15 or so
viscid tapir
i'm around!
viscid tapir
current Pilot NET fishing scores
light urchin
My fishing is so weak
paper shell
At least you can fish!
glossy stratus
Standing outside the base until AM comes online: Not the winning strategy
karmic grove
I would blessed punche de la bunne but I'm on a mega bender right now ๐
gritty sparrow
I'm busy breaking NDA's by streaming Project Loki
steel forge
just won a dota game where we lost mid barracks at 32 minutes and won at 64 minutes
classic of the genre
delicate jungle
awa
light urchin
Dotes??
reef parcel
reef parcel
@manic wagon we have a dota role too
manic wagon
karmic grove
Just watch me, I'll kick arse with earth spirit mid 
light urchin
I'm very good at dota if you remove my power limiters (the enemy team)
glossy stratus
<@&877973728997294120> need 2 more for the stack
vapid ledge
i'll hop on
vapid ledge
dear diary, today i landed a parry*
not included in the clip: CN!Hoodwink's super cute sichuan accented mandarin
vapid ledge
been wondering
what's the cause of sometimes the item reservation window looks different from usual?
manic nimbus
odd
olive moon
Any of u at esl?
light urchin
ESL?
olive moon
Theres a big dota tournament going this weekend, I keep finding people I know here
light urchin
Oh, neat
viscid tapir
<@&877973728997294120> anyone up for some games?
steel forge
I am down to dota
delicate jungle
h
glossy stratus
Ooh I can dote in a bit
reef parcel
we're currently being two barn owls in a tiny tree together
viscid tapir
metaphorically or virtually?
viscid tapir
till and I will join you in your next game
it is next game time
stark linden
is there a space?
reef parcel
yes!
glossy stratus
...does the Coach Loadout window always look like this?
karmic grove
lmao
reef parcel
<@&877973728997294120> looking for 3 players
stark linden
doing pathfinder 
stark linden
steel forge
Ah there's the Dota ping
manic nimbus
dangerous case of too much fun
steel forge
I could dota
reef parcel
gotcha gotcha
glossy stratus
I've got pizza arriving in a few minutes myself, so similar eta
paper shell
Im in my Italian arc
reef parcel
well, dota in 20 means a 5 stack
stark linden
damn
reef parcel
sounds good
stark linden
pizzamaxxing
steel forge
Righto, Dota in 20 sounds solid
karmic grove
There's gotta be some sort of dota pizza pun there, I can't see it though
steel forge
I will also eat something then probably
paper shell
I mean I wasn't planning on sharing my pizza
stark linden
vtuber cooking streams are popular
steel forge
clearly i need to get in on the mukbang game
well now I don't want to eat lmao
stark linden
how the fuck does a vtuber do a cooking stream
green screen and camera position
paper shell
You get to see their real hands
karmic grove
You get to see their real hands
You could never get to see my real hands
Closest possible is my many drawings of them
paper shell
I'm ok with this
paper shell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g66UtwAOBPQ
this is pretty cool
stark linden
yeah!
hidden hazel
Ya'll playing some dota?
karmic grove
I'll probably just be watching, Taking a week or so break from dota
I think they're all reconvening in 10 minutes or so
viscid tapir
ooh
hidden hazel
That last time I played dota very seriously was in 2016
viscid tapir
That last time I played dota very seriously was in 2016
have you followed any of the updates?
paper shell
That last time I played dota very seriously was in 2016
we accept all players!
hidden hazel
I still read the patch notes
paper shell
The pizza was yummy
karmic grove
I clearly screwed up somewhere because now my stomach is trying to eat me 
steel forge
ah sorry I need 45 seconds
karmic grove
We're timing you
hidden hazel
I guess you're full up already 
gritty sparrow
It may surprise you but there is regularly enough players for two stacks
paper shell
This is the case for sure
gritty sparrow
A lot play regularly here
delicate jungle
does this skin look bad
viscid tapir
by the way, nice to meet you Amber! It's cool to have new Dota players joining the stacks.
Same to you!
gritty sparrow
We will eventually cannibalize all other channels
This will be the Dota.net server
Ya know with the amount of new people and time since I've made it I should make another rubick spell tier list.
viscid tapir
We will eventually cannibalize all other channels
I continue to make the joke in the Nebulous channel that it is in all ways identical to Dota
glossy stratus
it used to be but they removed denying your Tugs
...although I suppose scramming is kind of like denying as well
reef parcel
steel forge
Incredible
olive moon
Lark can I be one of the egirls ur carrying next time
steel forge
I need to see how lark did in that game, I'm curious as to what prompted this response
ah, via dota's robust stalking mechanisims, I have found the game
very impressive
olive moon
Can you link it, I'm on phone
manic nimbus
its some fantastic raging
steel forge
Can you link it, I'm on phone
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by link it?
olive moon
steel forge
huh, neat
sad to report that the win doesn't count though
no megas
as we all know that's the true measure of winning
olive moon
I feel like getting called a smurf is its own kind of win
steel forge
You make a good point
olive moon
<@&877973728997294120> any gamers?
steel forge
Im on a train ๐
cursive wing
es
karmic grove
Working I'm afraid
steel forge
No dota for me until the weekend
paper shell
I had a great time!
I meant to say something here after the match and totally forgot! Was great having you
hidden hazel
I meant to say something here after the match and totally forgot! Was great havi...
ty for carrying this out of practice e girl
glossy stratus
Tom vtuber arc when
gritty sparrow
During my game I played today, had the thought of
"Hmm, I've been seeing a lot of grandmasters as I've been playing recently, suppose that's the effect of playing ranked by myself" As i had locked in my grandmaster rubick
The next pick on the enemy team was a grandmaster Earth Spirit
As though my negative thoughts formed into a real person anathema to my entire being
reef parcel
<@&877973728997294120> looking for 3!
light urchin
I could totes dotes
stark linden
Hi hi
viscid tapir
me
karmic grove
I might slide in, peep the horror 
manic nimbus
viscid tapir
paper shell
I'd be interested in playing at somepoint
reef parcel
@paper shell we're on game 2
paper shell
glossy stratus
Pudge summarizing Dota
paper shell
@glossy stratus I have gained admin privdleges for the guild I'm in if you want to be apart of a guild which is already top tier ๐
glossy stratus
Oooh sign me up for them sweet sweet 250 potential shards per game
paper shell
sent you an invite
As a note, the previous owners were a little uh toxic. So I need to rename some things still
glossy stratus
Oof, been there
paper shell
If anyone else wants into the guild you're also welcome to join
viscid tapir
despite what you might otherwise assume, I was not the one who gave up on this sub-20-minute ranked game
paper shell
Oh no
viscid tapir
despite what you might otherwise assume, I was not the one who gave up on this s...
I deserve nothing wrong for doing this build
manic nimbus
playing to your outs
paper shell
No boots is the best part
viscid tapir
I sold everything in the last minute or so
which admittedly was
power treads
wraith band
wraith band
diffusal blade
quelling blade
paper shell
I think Iโm going to lean into the emotionless farming name of the guild and make the roles things like โBattle furyโ โMidasโ โRadianceโ
Though Position 1 2 3 etc also would be decent and makes more sense as a role
smoky herald
watching a pub cast from a few months ago and fully did a double take because I was not playing dota at the time of this match, this is an impostor misc
and I don't think I've ever played a match as Dawnbreaker despite the fact I'd probably quite like her
hidden hazel
She's one of the heroes on my radar
glossy stratus
Dota needs more heroes that spin to win
Right now there's what, Jugg and Dawn? And you can bump up your numbers with Eul's/Wind Waker, but still tragically insufficient
glossy stratus
He does I'm just decaffeinated
Sometimes he forgets his axe at home though
And the he's just ""
steel forge
Right now there's what, Jugg and Dawn? And you can bump up your numbers with Eul...
Pango should count
Itโs a spin on a different axis but
hidden hazel
Hon hon hon je suis pangolier
karmic grove
Troll spins a little, but it's only single rotations
gritty sparrow
Itโs a spin on a different axis but
Pango does also exclusively have the ability to spin and auto attack at the same time
Since nothing he does needs to face where he looks
glossy stratus
Naga sometimes twirls when she autoattacks, I believe
Enigma spins the enemy
Perhaps Dota does have an acceptable quantity of speen
paper shell
You should join me in my spinning at the start of games ๐
hidden hazel
olive moon
any gamers today?
gritty sparrow
I could
glossy stratus
I can in like an hour, grabbing a food omw home
steel forge
Pas de ordinateur ;-;
olive moon
karmic grove
Alas, I have Lancer today
olive moon
u can multitask
karmic grove
I don't even think I could multitask the fishing minigame and lancer
olive moon
well yeah the fishing minigame is hard u just gotta hit creps for 40 mins
karmic grove
That's true
hidden hazel
I'm interested!
gritty sparrow
I will hop on
olive moon
join whenever, I'm in a voice channel fishing
steel forge
Im fluent in french Im allowed to ignore the rules
I bet thats how that works
Besides if I was really french Iโd just say computer and be done with it
olive moon
yeah my french sucks its just funny to be pedantic on the internet
steel forge
I will grant you that one lol, I did sensibly chuckle
olive moon
I'm interested!
you joining this game or later
olive moon
no worries, hopefully you can make it later
olive moon
i've been cursed with packet loss, no dota for me today
if there are people playing i might hang out and backseat watch
karmic grove
My lancer session actually fell through so I might be around after all
olive moon
caught a huge fish
olive moon
glossy stratus
I could if we can get a stack
gritty sparrow
I'm on atm
stark linden
if winged is around for game 2, ill be there for game 2, helldiving rn
hidden hazel
Aaa
reef parcel
we'd be interested in a game 2!
stark linden
same here, am done helldiving :3
reef parcel
@stark linden @manic nimbus they're done
paper shell
Im also available now
stark linden
were at like, 11
stark linden
if youre down to coach us we have a coach slot
paper shell
yes
cursive wing
we need players at the other stack
paper shell
gritty sparrow
steel forge
Rubic rolling thunder is incredible
viscid tapir
I'll be around soon if anyone's still playing
paper shell
we need 1 more for the 2 channel stack
hidden hazel
Great games tn ty 
paper shell
Yes very fun game
manic nimbus
viscid tapir
I'll be around soon if anyone's still playing
soon here being 10-15 minutes
karmic grove
Good games today people, was fun playing with you again!
paper shell
Close game
manic nimbus
it was quite rough for us
viscid tapir
yeah
manic nimbus
I was getting decent farm then things just kinda folded
viscid tapir
guess I had the privelege of "I need items so it's fine if I dodge fights for a bit"
real rough that they had black hole and RP so even after I had BKB I still needed to be really careful in fights
manic nimbus
yeah like
there were a bunch of fights where it would start kinda on me
and I'd not get a chance unstunned to use my items
which is a bad place to be for underlord
paper shell
We lost a foothold on any chance of map control very early and only had space takers and no space creators
honest meteor
I know this is like super far in advance for how we usually ping lol
But would <@&877973728997294120> be able to get a 5-stack (or the infamous 10-stack ๐) in about 5 hours right now?
(I've been travelling for work back-to-back for like 5 weeks and I'm finally back at home for at least a little while.)
Edit: Reacts for those interested? :dota:
paper shell
We had 10 people yesterday lol
Though I do know some of those people are less interested in 10stack style games
honest meteor
valid.
paper shell
However with a 5hr ping I can certainly make it happen
Perhaps add a react clause to your ping so we can get numbers ๐
reef parcel
i am full of curry and wholly incapacitated
who knows if I will play dota ever again
stark linden
noble tusk
olive moon
i could probably dota in a few hours, need to finish some work first
honest meteor
Ah. Nuts. I just found out that I have a dinner to go to tonight so no DOTA for me tonight. Hopefully folks who are interested still get to play! Sorry again for a ping from way downtown.
karmic grove
Alas. Enjoy the dinner, chief!
paper shell
looks like its fate
light urchin
Oh, boo
glossy stratus
I think my favorite part of this video is Void using the classic TP > Time Walk > Chrono > Eat Moon Shard combo at 12:20
Double bottle on Ember might not be entirely terrible? You can refill it easily, and he's very mana hungry
glossy stratus
I think only either an empty one or the upper leftmost one
paper shell
that would make the most sense
glossy stratus
(Unclear which, since this techies only knew how to use the upper leftmost)
paper shell
I miss bottle on io a lot
paper shell
(Unclear which, since this techies only knew how to use the upper leftmost)
he actually was using the 2nd slot at one point earlier in the video
glossy stratus
Why don't you get it any more?
paper shell
The value isn't as good, since most mids do get bottle
glossy stratus
he actually was using the 2nd slot at one point earlier in the video
I was suspecting he knew how to use that slot as well, since his Atos was there
glossy stratus
Fair, I feel like at least the bounties help offset mids also getting bottles?
paper shell
Yeah I think they do
glossy stratus
But hard to compete with all the other items
glossy stratus
Oh, yeah, that sounds like excellent value
I like the bounties' current positions, they're well-placed now
paper shell
With the wisdom rune i could see it being maybe doable again
but usually you don't have lvl 6 by then
Maybe I try it in a game anyways and see how it goes
glossy stratus
If you have 6 at 7 minutes I think you probably can afford a better item anyway
paper shell
Yeah probably
glossy stratus
It does encourage you to go contest the power rune, which is really nice for your mid
paper shell
It was a pretty common build for me in 2020
I was also building holy locket in 2020
Like a crazy person
it was so bad then except on io imo
now this is an era
the next page too
pages 36-42 of my match history all look like this lmao
same builds too
Tangos Bracer start into bottle -> mech -> aghs
Sometimes holy locket if the healing was extra good
glossy stratus
That's so much Io
I don't think I've ever played one hero for ten games in a row
Let alone like that
Actually I lie, I spammed Riki and Invoker when I very first started playing
paper shell
I like the hero a lot
When I'd go to bed after a day of aghs building
I'd see swirls
karmic grove
Some heroes are pretty cool
light urchin
I'm utterly fascinated by Arc Warden but having to manage two units, two separate abilities, and two separate item inventories is too much to really consider
I'll try the weirdo someday though
glossy stratus
You could try Lone Druid as a gateway drug
paper shell
I'm utterly fascinated by Arc Warden but having to manage two units, two separat...
It's actually not that bad
because they're the same
hidden hazel
I used to love playing naga siren
Cloning my illusions to farm the whole map
TPing to save allies with my ult
Body blocking with illusions
Same with nature's prophet I like controlling expendable summons
manic nimbus
Np is unfortunately not really about the summons anymore
glossy stratus
They can still do a lot, with scouting and pulling waves and stacking, just nobody bothers
Because the rest of his kit is so overtuned
light urchin
Verdict on trying Arc Warden: very cool, I just cannot wrap my brain around this micro
gritty sparrow
I found him easier to play in actual fights
But doing the split push thing was harder for me
At least in actual fights you can just tab and click the exact same thing you just pressed
viscid tapir
But doing the split push thing was harder for me
was easier when you could just MoM + Rapier without a care in the world
gritty sparrow
I am sure there are camera controls to help with multiple unit control like that so I don't need to just map click and furiously scroll to where I want
But I also don't like the multi unit characters enough to do that
The closest I'll get is illusion people
olive moon
found another one
manic nimbus
cursed orb players
light urchin
I'm also giving Rubick a shot; he's very funny
glossy stratus
Rubick into Morphling is probably my favorite interaction in the game
gritty sparrow
Rubick is very fun, he's kinda corncobbed at the moment though with the meta
Lotta heroes that are strong excel at murdering him and there are quite a lot of off laners being played that both don't care about your burst and you don't have much to take from them
Very funny that I want Underlord to be buffed just so that I can play against him more as Rubick
glossy stratus
At least he likes long games, which are very much the meta rn
But yeah it seems like big teamfight ultis are less popular
gritty sparrow
This is true
Long games are a lot rougher if they decided to pick Anti or Spectre though. Only so much you can do about them late game if they really decide you don't get to play the game aside from go "well they are spending a lot of itemization and effort on a support, hope that helps"
Thankfully haven't seen much spectre
As funny as it is to Reality across the map away from her when she does it on you
glossy stratus
Just have to make the game so long nobody has space for detection, then get a glimmer
gritty sparrow
I am going to slide Icefrog some money under the table to let Rubicks chrono trap Faceless
glossy stratus
At the very least if Rubick steals Chrono he should be able to walk through Void's
Fair's fair
gritty sparrow
Relatedly, the number of Nyx Assassins is too high
glossy stratus
Invis in general feels very good with the new map
Really hard to get solid sentry coverage across the whole thing
gritty sparrow
Especially when it really does get late and he gets unobstructed pathing and you feel like an idiot because be one-shot you by sliding into some corner out of your sentry coverage
glossy stratus
I should play some Nyx again one of these days
Haven't had a chance to play with his new kit yet
manic nimbus
he is kinda fun but damn do I feel like I miss the impale after vendetta a lot
gritty sparrow
You ever find it funny that Impale and Earth Spike are the same ability, except Lion's can be point targetted?
gritty sparrow
Just such a random thing
glossy stratus
he is kinda fun but damn do I feel like I miss the impale after vendetta a lot
I really enjoy that about the hero, the greedy risk/reward tradeoff
paper shell
found another one
Fun fact I was the 64th io grandmaster
olive moon
<@&877973728997294120> lil bit early but anyone around?
delicate jungle
Out rn
glossy stratus
Still at work, but I'll be up for a Dote in an hour and a halfish
viscid tapir
i'm around
olive moon
i'm around
I'll jump in a voice channel in 5, can play then
viscid tapir
sure, gives me time to get water and snack
light urchin
I'll def keep Rubick in my pocket as as a play option
reef parcel
till and I are around, we're in the mood for veteran stack dota if that's possible
or like, I guess if alan and tom are around then that's 4 vets and some presumed veteran random public player
viscid tapir
(can raise the voice channel user limit as needed, but keeping it there to maybe dissuade random passerbys)
gritty sparrow
If you need 5 ping me directly, otherwise I will unfortunately be dealing with landlords today
manic nimbus
my condolences
olive moon
gl
reef parcel
we have 5
manic nimbus
@paper shell
paper shell
Why would you taunt me like this
manic nimbus
:>
olive moon
steel forge
pearl chasm
<@&877973728997294120> Anyone for a ranked game? Need a fifth
manic nimbus
cooking dinner unfortunately
steel forge
<@&877973728997294120> dota?
glossy stratus
I should probably go grab some foodstuffs for myself, so not until later for me
olive moon
i can dota
steel forge
<@&877973728997294120> I sound the call once more at a now later time?
delicate jungle
I can
viscid tapir
sure
steel forge
three is a real number
light urchin
I can dotes!
viscid tapir
gimme 1 minute
glossy stratus
I can Dota in a couple mins if you still need a 5th
Though I'll need to step away for a minute when my foods get here
viscid tapir
i'm good to wait
viscid tapir
rollercoaster game
managed to steal rapier + gem from ember at the end is why his inventory is empty
steel forge
I think every hero deserves an ability that is as fun as normal punch
viscid tapir
aghs infest is really fun though
glossy stratus
You're right
They should replace it with another passive
Btw @steel forge IDK if you were already doing this, but one fun trick you can do with Normal Punch in base defense scenarios is Surge closer > Blink behind them > Punch them into the base
Bonus points if you say "nothing personnel kid" after
paper shell
@glossy stratus The more fishing I do the more I realize your high score is crazy
glossy stratus
I can see how it's possible to get 18k, but it would take so much luck
paper shell
I mean i think its possible to get even higher yeah?
glossy stratus
Especially painful since I think some of the valuable fish are not guaranteed to be catchable
AFAIK the record is a bit over 18k, I got 15k
glossy stratus
It's very doable to get 4k on the last lure and I think doable on the first one
Not sure about the rest
glossy stratus
Yeah, but also, lol, lmao
gritty sparrow
If people were around to dota I could do some before work
paper shell
Well I was able to get past oshlet
paper shell
If people were around to dota I could do some before work
I'd like to but my internet has been really bad today
gritty sparrow
Fair
Something funny as I tend to review the Overwatch cases
Is that notably almost every overwatch case I get
Is either at bottom mmr or top mmr
steel forge
I'd be down to dota
glossy stratus
I could Dote if we can get a full stack
steel forge
sure I'm game
steel forge
it doesn't really seem like we have anyone else unfortunately
delicate jungle
yeah...
light urchin
certified pudge moment
delicate jungle
Kinda wild how his pick rate is 33%
You have a one in three chance to see a pudge in your game
light urchin
you are not immune to pudge
olive moon
any gamers today?
cursive wing
It's wild that he's 300mil matches ahead of second place
yeah especially because he's the second most fun hero (tiny) is the best
cursive wing
Oh boy, pos5 pudge again <:clueless:1067921579402612787>
My Pos5 pudge in the stack is good at least 60% of the time
glossy stratus
any gamers today?
Not I on Mondays
cursive wing
i gamer today
cursive wing
<@&877973728997294120> gamers?
delicate jungle
gamers.
viscid tapir
sure
paper shell
I canโt yet as my internet is being shared for a sports game stream atm
cursive wing
<@&877973728997294120> okay we have another slot
viscid tapir
there's something really funny to me about naga having a shield with a bust of herself on it
olive moon
cursive wing
olive moon
gritty sparrow
How
viscid tapir
siege their base for 20 minutes very very slowly
i guess 33
because there were 11 runes
glossy stratus
Imagine if they had snuck out and managed to nab those
gritty sparrow
siege their base for 20 minutes very very slowly
I hate how hard it is to breach high ground in recent dota
manic nimbus
yeah I think the banner thing has just really not done what it promised to
gritty sparrow
The banner is like
The right idea
But it isn't nearly as strong a buff to them as it should be
Just straight up turn them into mega creeps for a bit
Or give a buff that jacks their magic resist super high
cursive wing
But it isn't nearly as strong a buff to them as it should be
It's also such a short relative duration
And one hero with a ninja gear can nullify its existence
Maybe we just need to buy pipe and greaves to help the creeps tank
manic nimbus
yeah the banner needs to stop basic clear
gritty sparrow
The prevalence of Gleipnir being good on so many people probably doesn't help
glossy stratus
Banner should give the creeps WK aghs, so you have to kill the wave outside your base if you don't want them to get chip damage
glossy stratus
The prevalence of Gleipnir being good on so many people probably doesn't help
Also ability creep in general, lots more heroes have wave clear nowadays between reworks and shards
gritty sparrow
That plus, while it is good that they have removed rat dota, it means less things that are good at just destroying towers
Cannot remember the last Lycan I played against, Nature's just doesn't press his treant button anymore, meteor hammer found dead in Miami
glossy stratus
I definitely preferred rat dota to "sit outside their hg for 20 minutes" dota
At least there's a cat and mouse game with ratting
gritty sparrow
We don't have to live in one or the other
Valve could just
Give us an update
I believe in their capability to fix this issue, if not their capability of having any sort of alacrity to issuing out gameplay updates.
manic nimbus
I think brew can still rat, as can bear
gritty sparrow
imo I think arc is one of the best at it
If not from effectiveness of actually hitting the tower just the frequency and low committment he must do to perform it
Lone Druid has the luxury however of just taking your tower in your face and throneing you at 20 minutes
manic nimbus
arc is pretty good
paper shell
I really liked our recent game where we reloed clinkz onto base to rat
We had a lane of racks which really made the gameplan possible
light urchin
Racks?
olive moon
I hate how hard it is to breach high ground in recent dota
hg would have been much easier if our cores weren't riki silencer omni
we didnt really have a tower hitter beyond pos 5 veno wards and omni pressing repel and hitting the tower once and running away
viscid tapir
hey once I had echo sabre I could hit it twice
and sometimes I just didn't walk away
glossy stratus
At least Omni is a harpoon builder, so you have some hg threat