so lacoste and me are now in the beta too, who else is? we could get some WA games this weekend...
darkz
green
lacoste
ropa
anyone else?
I'm in the beta but can't play until like June because I'm moving to a different city and don't have internet now. D:
I'm gonna be really active starting June though, I wanna have a proper team and play tournaments etc. I'm regularly playing DotA vs AI too to hone my lasthitting skills. xD
is it easy to get a beta?
Well it depends, you need some luck if you dont have connections or dont want to simply buy it from someone. They are giving away a lot of the keys weekly, though.
I wish I had a key. Gambit plays.
play LoL shAUhsAUhsuAhsuahsu!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111
Quote from: Husk on April 20, 2012, 04:49 AM
play LoL shAUhsAUhsuAhsuahsu!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111
I sent you a message through the LoL friendlist chat like 4 days
You never replied
noob :'(
(my nick is Sunny F)
sorry mate I didn´t know it was u =) but yea, I have far too many games to learn atm, so I wont be playing dota2
m gonna start mists of pandaria, guild wars 2, and atm scratching the surface of LoL
Why do people play LoL when they got a DotA 2 beta key is something I don't get into my head. :P
This weekend is TERA Open Beta, me and my friend are gonna play it. Anyone wanna jump in?
Husk, I am in MoP Beta if you wanna play some Instances on the EU Beta server.
Ropa, I am sure you got access to D3, let's play 1 play-through to the skeleton king before beta closes in 2 weeks.
Guild Wars 2 Beta is next weekend, but also Risen 2 release day which my mate pre-ordered. :)
On-Topic: I would be interested in a dota2 key, I liked Heroes of Newerth but LoL sucks because of the panda media booster. :P
Only MSN, tell me if you want me to add you, Have got dark and ropa, that's it. xD
Quote from: DeathInFire on April 20, 2012, 12:01 PM
On-Topic: I would be interested in a dota2 key, I liked Heroes of Newerth but LoL sucks because of the panda media booster. :P
Only MSN, tell me if you want me to add you, Have got dark and ropa, that's it. xD
Pando Media Booster is only in their website so you can resume the download if it fails. You can get LoL from a torrent and you won't see Pando anywhere.
I can get you a dota2 key I think, but only if you play.
fuuuu msn
#worms
What about a play-through in D3 Beta? :P
What you mean if I play, is there a preset value of hours I have to play to be eligible? :D
No sense in getting used to LoL when Dota2 is on the way, it's like getting used to Path of Exile if D3 is around the corner. And the gameplay I know from HoN which is known to be more elite than LoL anyway. ^^
Quote from: DeathInFire on April 20, 2012, 12:15 PM
What about a play-through in D3 Beta? :P
What you mean if I play, is there a preset value of hours I have to play to be eligible? :D
No sense in getting used to LoL when Dota2 is on the way, it's like getting used to Path of Exile if D3 is around the corner. And the gameplay I know from HoN which is known to be more elite than LoL anyway. ^^
My d3 key is rented to some dude for fg
You can't compare Path of Exile and D3 to LoL and Dota2. LoL and Dota2 will actually compete face to face for the same market, whilst Path of Exile sucks like Titan Quest. Riot is very good at selling. Very good and very dirty. Dota guys don't have the same business ferocity of Riotgames who are basically the most promising gaming company of this decade (based on growth rate)
Talking about video gaming market, why the f@#! is WCG mobile games only starting this year?! They're nuts lol.
Quote from: ropa on April 20, 2012, 12:27 PM
Quote from: DeathInFire on April 20, 2012, 12:15 PM
What about a play-through in D3 Beta? :P
What you mean if I play, is there a preset value of hours I have to play to be eligible? :D
No sense in getting used to LoL when Dota2 is on the way, it's like getting used to Path of Exile if D3 is around the corner. And the gameplay I know from HoN which is known to be more elite than LoL anyway. ^^
My d3 key is rented to some dude for fg
You can't compare Path of Exile and D3 to LoL and Dota2. LoL and Dota2 will actually compete face to face for the same market, whilst Path of Exile sucks like Titan Quest. Riot is very good at selling. Very good and very dirty. Dota guys don't have the same business ferocity of Riotgames who are basically the most promising gaming company of this decade (based on growth rate)
Damnit, get it back. :( But you will get D3? Nevermind it's a rhetorical question. :D
I tried playing LoL, in fact before I tried HoN I wanted to play LoL several times, even before they released the panda media booster. It seems like whenever I tried to play their game either the server was down for maintenance, or later on the panda media booster gave me some trouble. So yeah, I am pretty much done with trying to play LoL. Btw, I am not the only one that had difficulties to play LoL, on totally different machines and ISP.
Then I head over to HoN, never had any major downtime, at least not when I wanted to play. Dota2 is in beta already and I already have HoN experience and don't think LoL can offer anything new other than different heroes and the domination mode which doesn't really interest me.
Dota2 to LoL is like W:A 4.0 (????) to WR, except maybe online player base
LoL to Dota2 is like pancake to broccoli, except maybe the shitty graphics of dota2
Husk to a pile of poop is like a pile of poop to a pile of poop, except maybe the brown colour.
Need a couple keys for friends of mine who are stuck playing DotA 1 with me. :D Does anyone still have a spare key? <3
The Amazing Horse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WJWF507GtOk) has plenty for sure.
Link doesn't work but I already saw it from the link on the official website. :D
I bought my key some days ago, add me if you want to play some games: xDragonfirex
After playing both games thoughtfully I conclude, LoL is the better game, that's why it's the most streamed game there is.
Lol, how can you say so ?!
Dota heroes and items are so much better.
They really deserve their name of "heroes" in Dota, not in LoL.
All heroes are goddamn cheated, so that's balanced.
And Dota is for pro gamer, you're not allowed to do mistakes.
The only bad point of Dota is that last hits are goddamn hard to do (depending on heroes for sure, but still).
Quote from: ropa on July 23, 2012, 09:22 AM
After playing both games thoughtfully I conclude, LoL is the better game, that's why it's the most streamed game there is.
(http://i.qkme.me/36fpq5.jpg)
Also - http://www.pcgamesn.com/dota/2012-electronic-sports-world-cup-favours-dota-2-over-lol
QuoteThis is a major victory for Valve's MOBA opus, and for a game that's not even out yet going up against Riot's tens of millions of players
Conclude once again please
Yeah, last hitting is hard when you start with boots. :-*
Being an experienced and semi-decent lol player (~1600elo s2) and a total dota2 newb (roughly 30 games so far), I find the depth of it and a meta that is not set in stone strongly appealing. What I dislike so far is the matchmaking system and the overwhelming russian community, but it's still in the beta afterall.
Quote from: lacoste on July 23, 2012, 09:42 AM
Conclude once again please
What does a specific event have to do with anything? LoL is the most streamed game ever, visit any big streamer websites and check their stats. Simple as.
And I'll conclude again: after playing both games a lot, I prefer LoL. LoL isn't limited by a stupid set of rules that only exist because warcraft 3 was such a limited game, Dota goes out of their way to maintain those limitations, LoL doesn't care and thus the game is more polished in every single way.
edit: 2082 elo reporting for duty
Hats off to you.
The Dota Matchmaking is perfect, the thing is, since it's a Beta and there are few players, you rarely find games.
At least they do something about trolls/leavers, not like LoL.
And what limits are you talking about Ropa ? Give examples please.
And btw, LoL attracted every guys, not only players.
I saw people calling others "no-life" playing LoL. I mean, some people started playing computer games when they found LoL.
Plus Riot sucks: all they want is money. They don't care about player experience.
Quote from: ropa on July 23, 2012, 10:48 AM
What does a specific event have to do with anything? LoL is the most streamed game ever, visit any big streamer websites and check their stats. Simple as.
LoL is avaible for everyone and easier. DotA is not released yet and (afaik) it wont be officialy released this year. Theres still a lot to implement. So number of players (that is also streams/watchers) is no argument at this moment. + more or less what Abnaxus said
Quote from: ropa on July 23, 2012, 10:48 AM
And I'll conclude again: after playing both games a lot, I prefer LoL. LoL isn't limited by a stupid set of rules that only exist because warcraft 3 was such a limited game, Dota goes out of their way to maintain those limitations, LoL doesn't care and thus the game is more polished in every single way.
What set of rules? If you mean all those "hidden" rules that arent visible on first look, then yes, at this moment its up to players to dig playdota.com / whatever to learn deeper mechanics. As for limited things by WC3 engine, im not sure which ones, non stackable orb-effects? Its all balance, even if it was a wc3 limit, Blizzard did it for the good reason. If theres some more please tell me, i cant remember anything that makes no sense. + you didnt play dota2 alot
Quote from: ropa on July 23, 2012, 10:48 AM
edit: 2082 elo reporting for duty
LoL elo?
So, nobody's playing ? <.<
i wanna play, got key for me?
i'm focus in LoL nowadays :)
If anyone wants to play, just PM and I will add you, but as I'm still learning, I'm a total random player in it, I either carry like crazy or feed as f@#! (well, not THAT bad). So up to you.
I also play draft exclusively now, seems to be... more stable with the skill level.
Van, who cares if you feed ? :p
It's just to have fun between Worms players. :)
And Theredi, nop sorry. But you can get beta keys for like 2-4 euros (if you're lucky in trading).
add me nomoimunnimieiolemarko
oh that's my steam lol
my dota2: no moi oon marko
omg maybe go to adding me to dota2 or maybe not???
At the end every LoL fanboy turns into a proper game, that is Dota!
I have 11 Beta Keys, whoever wants them just PM with Steamname.
What about HoN(heroes of newerth)?
imo, this game is better than LoL.
Quote from: Rogi on March 05, 2013, 10:46 AM
What about HoN(heroes of newerth)?
imo, this game is better than LoL.
hahhahahah I agree =D anything is better than LoL
Naaah xD Lol sucks xD
lol haven't even creeps controling
HoN was a good alternative for DotA (the original Warcraft III one) and since we now have Valve taking over, theres no point to play HoN. Even succesful hon'ers are coming back to dota2.
Quote from: lacoste on March 02, 2013, 12:04 PM
At the end every LoL fanboy turns into a proper game, that is Dota!
Except stream viewers.
LoL is the better than dota and HoN... it's the most played game in the world right now, people are making careers out of it, get over it dota noobs!!
lol it got so many viewers because it got cute graphics like WoW =) it's easy to watch and learn!
LoL is not easier to play than dotA.
Quote from: Husk on March 18, 2013, 06:02 PM
lol it got so many viewers because it got cute graphics like WoW =) it's easy to watch and learn!
that's why tus is the most popular WA league :-*
Can you still not deny in LoL?
I played it once and cried.
Quote from: Breeze on April 25, 2013, 12:56 AM
Can you still not deny in LoL?
I played it once and cried.
This is like Mr Intermediate saying:
Can you still not rope knock in Elite?
I played it once and cried.
i downloded my dota2 yesterday, after HoN it sucks so much... I like only avatars of heroes and nothing more as for graphics :((((
Quote from: ropa on April 28, 2013, 09:40 AM
Quote from: Breeze on April 25, 2013, 12:56 AM
Can you still not deny in LoL?
I played it once and cried.
This is like Mr Intermediate saying:
Can you still not rope knock in Elite?
I played it once and cried.
Lol.
Yeah but, DOTA "clones" you think would at least copy the core mechanics that actually made the game what it was. This is just my opinion, props for trying to add different mechanics but it did not grab my attention at all.
Quote from: Rogi on May 19, 2013, 05:50 PM
i downloded my dota2 yesterday, after HoN it sucks so much... I like only avatars of heroes and nothing more as for graphics :((((
Who plays a game like DOTA for the graphics? LOL
It's all about game play friend.
I also now have 30 copies of DOTA2 if anyones keen.
LoL > dawngate > dota > HoN > dota2
SmashMuck Champions, LOCO: Land of Chaos Online and Super Monday Night Combat > LoL
lol
I like that sig coste ;D
Join next years Abnormal cup if you want one :)
http://www.dota2.com/thebetaisover
Beta is now over, after a good 2 years.
k, does this have any significant meaning?
No, not quite. There's a little more tutorials and stuff but it's still not easy for i.e. LoL players to get into.
Biggest tournament in eSport history starting right now. The main event, that is.
http://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti
it's big alright, but not biggest =)
Depends on what you refer as biggest. Biggest in price money, in people watching, in people participating etc. xD
> 2.8 million dollars prize pool for a single event, that's why it's the biggest.
Id better wait for ropa's oppinion on that one, he knows
Quote from: lacoste on August 08, 2013, 06:53 AM
Id better wait for ropa's oppinion on that one, he knows
is there anything he does not now?
Less than 2 months left for The International 2014 (http://www.dota2.com/international/announcement/) to kick in.
Tickets for live event at Key Arena in Seattle were sold out in under 10min.
Prizepool tracker: http://dota2.cyborgmatt.com/prizetracker/international2014
Looks like it speeded up again. With this tempo and still so much time until the event, soon it will be bigger than UEFA Euro League and most likely the FedEx Cup. Quite possible to beat even The World Series and Superbowl as Compedium started to fund prize pool just 19 days ago, raising it by over 6,000,000 as of today. The hype.
http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/wiki/events/ti4
Playoffs will start tomorrow; main event 18th-21st July.
Quote from: lacoste on May 31, 2014, 05:10 PM
Less than 2 months left for The International 2014 (http://www.dota2.com/international/announcement/) to kick in.
Tickets for live event at Key Arena in Seattle were sold out in under 10min.
Prizepool tracker: http://dota2.cyborgmatt.com/prizetracker/international2014
Looks like it speeded up again. With this tempo and still so much time until the event, soon it will be bigger than UEFA Euro League and most likely the FedEx Cup. Quite possible to beat even The World Series and Superbowl as Compedium started to fund prize pool just 19 days ago, raising it by over 6,000,000 as of today. The hype.
what superbowl?
The Super Bowl, a typo. Anyway, the latest two were probably first place prize pools due to Forbes, so nevermind. Golf got beaten, though.
Easily the tournament with the biggest prize pool ever. I'm so hyped for this shit. :D Especially after my trip to ESL One 10 days ago, to Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, home stadium of Eintracht Frankfurt. It was huge (12.500+ attendees per day) and a lot of fun. Got to meet ChuaN, Dendi and some more. Will definitely visit again if there will be a second edition in Frankfurt.
Quote from: lacoste on July 08, 2014, 08:46 AM
The Super Bowl, a typo. Anyway, the latest two were probably first place prize pools due to Forbes, so nevermind. Golf got beaten, though.
I wish e-sports was in a point where this was a fair comparison. It isn't.
Dishing out 6 millions to the winner might seem like a lot of money. It's a lot of money. But it's nothing in comparison to what the Super bowl or any major golf tournament nets its participants.
For one, they're under TV rights, earning these "teams", something in the ranges of 10 to 200 millions a year just for being there.
Dont forget where esports was 5 years ago, Volvo and Riot did incredible job pushing it forward. TV, however, each and every year is less and less attractive, but that doesnt mean broadcasting channels arent interested in it (Sweden, Korea, China, recently Germany with ESL One). Also the main thing is old fart's mentality; new generation will see esports in a different light, as most of them are/were gamers just like us. Its still very risky to be a pro player today, but it will change. On the other hand, conventional sports have this advantage of being "immortal", while games die within a couple of years; ARTS games (DotA/Dota 2, as of right now) and CS/CS:GO, though, have proven having long lives and keep getting more and more popular, but without a good developer with vision and will to constantly improve, doing things right, games will sadly keep dying and get replaced by new titles.
http://www.twitch.tv/dota2ti wildcard matches start in about 15min.
Stream info: http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/2a2bre/ayesees_tweet_reveals_caster_pairs/ciqsl60
Dota > lol