This is not even funny anymore, people are actually allergic to duo offlane. I had someone fuck off to jungle because they didn't wanna share, nobody realises that if you are getting harassed and deny you won't be getting that sweet ass solo exp.
[editline]21st January 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Clovis;49578699]So a lot of you are probably gonna say, "thank fuck", others may say "oh he'll be back".. some of you probably arent going to read this, but..
I'm not uninstalling or whatever, but I'm announcing a quote unquote retirement from Dota 2. My passion for this game has dropped severely, almost exponentially up til now and I don't even think I have the care to play it. I have people I talk to at work about it ask me to play, and my hesitation has reminded me how much I just barely like this game anymore. And its simply lack of interest. Its not the game, but me. The game is amazing. I will never say I regret playing it, but now I don't enjoy playing it at all, its as simple as that. I was going to promise myself to get 5000 again and im close enough to do it but i just really cant be fucked finishing it. Maybe i'll do it later, but i dont even care. I've done it before, And I dont think I could ever get past 5500, nor do i think I could try hard enough to get that high up again. I know for a fact i'll never be leaderboard, or pro, so for me it feels like theres nowhere else to go.
I've spent countless hours here, shitposting, whatever you'd want to say about me, and despite how difficult I've been, I've enjoyed the company of you guys in this thread as a whole.
I had few friends here i used to play with all the time, for years, back when things were different and I was a totally different person. I legitimately used to stay up til 4 in the morning when i had school that day, just to play with some of you guys. Around 2013 I literally stopped going to school, just sleeping through the day, cause I stayed up all night playing Dota 2 with some of the people in this thread, and I spent most of the day i ever went to school or whenever I was sitting on my computer to check this thread and talk about Dota. I dropped out without finishing school just cause I loved Dota 2, and now I'm learning how to be an adult, working full time, trying to save, et cetera. All the hours I spent playing with people on 330 ping just to be around my friends, because the honest truth is, before my current job, you guys were the closest things I really had to friends, and you can quote me on that, whether you think its funny, sad, or heart warming.
And on that note, I want to thank each and every one of you, whether you love me, or hate me, for putting up with my shit over the past few years. I do apologize for the trouble I've given anyone, but I just want you all to know that I live in a different way to some people, with different ethics. The ethic of focusing on myself, how I can improve. And that starts from fucking up. Making mistakes. Sucking dick at games, or whatever. I told myself it's my fault. This game is about winning, and unless youre in a team, only you can do that for yourself. If you put it into any other situation, like a workplace, I think that blaming others is cowardess. This is where my arrogance comes from. Its all about me, cause if things involving me goes wrong, it was my fault. Thats the way my brain works. And in a game where people dont listen, putting things nicely is very difficult, so I tried to drill it into peoples brains with aggression. Whether its dota, or real life. Just focus on your fucking self. I used to be a depressed piece of shit, years after playing this game, and improving, and reaping the self satisfaction has legitimately changed me as a person. For anyone even stuck in an MMR rut, you need to really level your head, focus on yourself, try to improve yourself, and commit to that for everything you do, because it will help out a lot.
To close off, I could say a lot more, and try to explain how I'm not as terrible of a person as some of you think I am, but I'm honestly glad that any of you would take into account even anything I say in the first place, and if you read this whole thing, I honestly really appreciate that. And if you're asking if I'd do all those thousands hours of dota, staying up late, fucking my sleep schedule up til the point of getting kicked out of the house.. would I do it again? In a heartbeat I would.
I'm still wearing my Dota 2 lanyard to work every night, and I'll probably still be around, but I think it would be hypocritical of me to keep talking about dota when I just don't care about it anymore.
Thanks for everything, thread [img]https://facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I can relate to this, I'm on a streak of shit games, and not having any fun, yet I kept going because people tell me i can do it.
Now i'm amazed, you are the last person I would think that would quit.
[QUOTE=Clovis;49578699] :words:[img]https://facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Sometimes taking a break, or quitting for now is a good idea, it sounded like you still like the game, but you've been playing it too much that it became more of a chore. Maybe in a few months or more when a major update hits it will pique your interest again
[QUOTE=Clovis;49578699]Thanks for everything, thread [img]https://facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][/QUOTE]
i'm on the next boat i think. good for you probably... i'm starting to notice i can make a lot more changes with myself and be a lot more persistent and hardworking in anything that [i]isn't[/i] dota, so it's kind of feeling like a sub-par pastime because i'm starting to find myself in a position with a lot more things to do. i'm partially biased because i don't agree with the direction the game balance has gone for the past 2-3 patches but that's almost irrelevant i'd like to believe...
godspeed regardless even if you've proven to me that you're a tremendous fucker at times, but i am simply one and the same in relativity
[QUOTE=Systema;49579950] i'm partially biased because i don't agree with the direction the game balance has gone for the past 2-3 patches but that's almost irrelevant i'd like to believe...
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I'm interested, care to ellaborate?
dotas getting much easier and the patches all feel the same with a push to have only big 5v5 spectator drawing fights be the best way to play dota
these are my opinions of the past few patches and its the only trend i can think of among them
[QUOTE=KillRay;49580457]dotas getting much easier and the patches all feel the same with a push to have only big 5v5 spectator drawing fights be the best way to play dota
these are my opinions of the past few patches and its the only trend i can think of among them[/QUOTE]
Funny how much i hated naga/furion/etc split push strats. Now I kinda miss them since any strat that's not 5man fighting all the time is pretty much dead.
[QUOTE=leonthefox;49580869]Funny how much i hated naga/furion/etc split push strats. Now I kinda miss them since any strat that's not 5man fighting all the time is pretty much dead.[/QUOTE]
i miss being able to pick off a person without 4 other people sprouting out of the ground wanting my blood
1k is fucking chaos because of it
Half the time the enemy team stacks one rune for first blood
Due to the nature of how 1k's are far more likely to engage in early game fights, it's not rare to see 7-15 minute mark teamfights
I have had a game where the teamfights started at the 3 minute mark and went on for the entire game of nothing but fighting. That game was fucking insane
It's hard to get a group of 1ks to agree on a certain strategy, but when it happens, all hell breaks loose.
It's not rare to see teamfights after like 8 minutes period
Friends, I need a lane that kills people constantly and does very little else.
Chaos Knight + Spirit Breaker is what I'm thinking of but some more would be appreciated.
[QUOTE=SgtWoodsy;49581411]Friends, I need a lane that kills people constantly and does very little else.
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mid
my team was yelling at me for not doing anything against the enemy team as a PL. They had Omni's ultimate right up, and the main damage dealer had magic immunity. 1.5k everybody. Sometimes I wonder why I even try.
[QUOTE=leonthefox;49580327]I'm interested, care to ellaborate?[/QUOTE]
nothing too heavily detailed. i'm just one of those people that thinks icefrog is balancing very heavily in favor of pubs too much. way too many different random things going on that i'm not really liking and i think there's so many new, bizarre things running around in dota as a result of the past few patches that a lot of it isn't getting too much room to be understood as truely applicable, and because of the constant onslaught of crazy pub changes it's kind of taking focus off of some of those that need some revising, i find... i feel like dota is kind of overloaded, and ppd brought up a very good point in the sense that icefrog is making it progressively worse and worse for spectators on the contrary.
The new chest is pretty amazing. Complete 180 from the insult that was the last one.
Finally.
Something for Pugna that isn't just a fucking ward.
and yet again, something that is missing ability icons/second styles
Pugna and SK sets are amazing
[QUOTE=leonthefox;49580869]Funny how much i hated naga/furion/etc split push strats. Now I kinda miss them since any strat that's not 5man fighting all the time is pretty much dead.[/QUOTE]
Wisp+Furion cancer strats never forget.
[QUOTE=Yahnich;49583110]you mean as one of the best carriers of diffusal you weren't engaging into the omni ult thats countered by diffusal huh have you considered ur the one that fucked up[/QUOTE]
But What If I Don't Have Charges In A Later Fight? I Gotta Save Them
[QUOTE=devon_wargod;49583142]But What If I Don't Have Charges In A Later Fight? I Gotta Save Them[/QUOTE]
Every spare charge at the end of the game gives you a 10% chance to get an item drop.
PL isn't in a very good place at the moment.
It seems the only way he has a chance of carrying is if he gets several stad padding items like Manta/Skadi and you pick him last to avoid the nasty counterpicks.
Can't say I mind the reduction in cancer though
When people buy new diffusal blade without spending the charges.
I will kill myself.
[QUOTE=ferrus;49583643]PL isn't in a very good place at the moment.
It seems the only way he has a chance of carrying is if he gets several stad padding items like Manta/Skadi and you pick him last to avoid the nasty counterpicks.
Can't say I mind the reduction in cancer though[/QUOTE]
if u play PL currently u need a blink as ur 2nd item (3rd if u need a yasha) or u suffer
[QUOTE=devon_wargod;49583142]But What If I Don't Have Charges In A Later Fight? I Gotta Save Them[/QUOTE]
one of my hugest pet peeves in all of dota
[editline]22nd January 2016[/editline]
one time i got this from a guy who had immediately upgraded his diffusal to level 2 without using any charges "for the better stats" and then was suddenly worried about how many charges he'd have (he never used any)
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;49583862]When people buy new diffusal blade without spending the charges.
I will kill myself.[/QUOTE]
I had a spectre buying diffusal after boots, and getting radiance later. It really paid off agaisnt omniknight despite being early game.
[QUOTE=leonthefox;49585162]I had a spectre buying diffusal after boots, and getting radiance later. It really paid off agaisnt omniknight despite being early game.[/QUOTE]
ive been seeing this more and arteezy has done it a few times on steam
its for even better early fighting
I used 3 charges of purge recently during Omnislash against Omniknight. Bait out Guardian Angel and then proceed to purge it from everyone mid slash (did have Aghs too).
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