Unlabelled Dota 2 - Immortal Treasure III

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Dota 2 - Immortal Treasure III

Immortal Treasure III

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:47 AM PDT

mid or blog

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:44 AM PDT

I watch a lot of other e-sports and let me assure you, no one does casting and commentary better than DotA 2

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 05:09 AM PDT

Hi everyone, this is just a thought i always have when watching a lot of these other tournaments across different games like Overwatch, CS:GO, Rocket League, League of Legends, etc. and when i compare, after being completely unbiased i have to lean towards DotA 2's casters and commentary as the best there is out there in e-sports.

 

So why DotA 2 does it better?

There is a reason why DotA 2 viewers get those chills or "goosebumps" as i like to call it when a "play" happens or some player does something so incredible, that it almost creates a vibe from within the crowds watching and makes them chant either the player's name or the team's name, or sometimes even the country's name (I'm looking at you EG fans, you guys with the USA USA chants).

A lot of times when a player makes the play, our commentators put their heart and soul into the play that was just made. As if it was a shiny gem that was given to the DotA 2 community and the casters are presenting the beautiful gem to us. Let's take an example of what I mean:

For the purposes of explaining my thought process, i'll take the example of EG v Ehome game 1 of Day 3 in The International 2016. Constant aggression from Ehome and EG keep resisting that aggression and overall there are kills everywhere. If you hear Capitalist and Blitz casting, you can feel the excitement, the "YESS, OMG IS THIS EVEN HAPPENING?" sort of vibe constantly and this continues throughout the game until EG destroys Ehome's ancient. Doesn't matter if Cap has almost lost his voice, doesn't matter if they have been casting constantly for more than 1 hour (which btw let me tell you is extremely difficult to do), they keep on keeping on.

THAT in and out of itself is what makes our community and casters special. Is that we don't settle for some measly "professional" casting and neither do the casters and neither does Valve, but we add in that excitement, that feeling the warriors get when they are about charge in the battle against a thousand other warriors.

 

Wait, so you mean other games don't add that excitement in casting?

Of course they do, in fact every e-sports tournament has a lot of really exciting moments that make watching those games so special in itself. But I am a strong believer in the way the plays are being presented to the audience. Let's take another example, but this time from Overwatch.

So the Red team is defending the payload very close to the final checkpoint and there is 1 minute left for the Blue team to deliver that payload onto the final checkpoint. The Commentator has been constantly speaking in a high-pitched voice and casting as if there are constantly plays going on all the time. When he stops to take a break, the secondary caster chimes in and starts speaking in a high-pitched voice and continues to do the same. All this while there isn't really anything huge happening, except when both teams start activating their ultimates, the voice pitch goes a bit higher and the casting tempo increases.

Eventually, Red team manages to defend the payload after a huuuuge team fight where D.VA perfectly times her ultimate and manages to kill most of the Blue team's healers. This play is being talked about by the Casters, but in the usual high-pitched voice. Even if the fans are going absolute bat-shit crazy, I felt that the commentator could have done better, almost like a magician, who shows his trick bit by bit, not all at once.

I have noticed this exact thing in CS:GO, League of Legends and Rocket league. It's all the same, where they try to make it a "professional" casting/commentary, almost like NBA/Football style casting. I feel like this is where the gaming companies and casters are wrong. When you add professionalism and seriousness to gaming, things get boring real quick (at-least for me). You need to have a little fun here and there and just "chill out" in a way.

TI6, Starladder, Dream-league and almost every other DotA 2 tournament has this "chilled out" style and I hope it continues to remain the same.

 

TL;DR

DotA 2 community was made strong with the love of the community and the casters and commentators are not just some hired professionals who are there to do their job, but are there to pour their heart and soul into the games and present them to the audience like it is their baby.

We all have the following people to thank for this: Valve, Tobi, Capitalist, LD, 2GD, Bruno, Merlini, Sheever, ODPixel, Blitz, Synderen, WinteR, Slacks, Purge, V1lat, PyrionFlax, etc. and lots and lots of other casters and analysts in no particular order.

EDIT: I forgot to add Slacks and LD.

EDIT2: We all have our own opinions, and i don't mean to hurt the CS:GO or LoL fans who clearly love watching those games more and are more indulged in e-sports scene in those games. What I've written here, is my opinion too and I am not here to "establish" who is better and who is not, im only here to talk about my opinion as to who is better.

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Brb off to get lottery ticket

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 09:23 AM PDT

Anyone else's game stuck at "connecting to game coordinator?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 08:09 AM PDT

Been trying to play for the past 20 mins

Edit: almost 2 hours later I connected but can't open chests.

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Escalating odds bug with Treasure III?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 08:44 AM PDT

I see many people said that they didn't recieve any rare rewards from Treasure III chest.

I opened 17, my friend opened 18 - zero rares.

Also it doesn't cound as Treasure III achievements.

Is it true?

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The international down low: virtus pro

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:56 AM PDT

Acrana Vote in 2017 (Photoshopped an Old Image)

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 05:13 AM PDT

I implemented a tool that helps you last pick in order to maximize your win chance

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 01:24 AM PDT

Dota 2 Main Client Update - July 14, 2017

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 09:45 AM PDT

Working on it..

Analysis Status: Done, I think.

Economy

  • Treasure III is now available.

UI Updates

Dashboard

  • Added support for patches panel. (Valve now stores the Patch info locally in a txt.)
  • Changed splash to Treasure III.
  • Practice with Bots now has a Script drop-down.
  • Lobby now has support for either Manual or Automatic (Coin Flip) side selection. (Automatic: Coin toss will be used for the first game in a series and the winning team will have their choice of Side or Pick. Priority switches back and forth for each subsequent game until the final game in an odd-lengthed series where another coin toss is performed.)
  • Players with Matchmaking Restriction will now see the play panel slightly differently. I don't have Low Priority, I can't tell the difference

Keybindings

  • Added additional keybindings for model manipulation in the Model Editor.

Siltbreaker

None of these changes are visible

  • Added support for Siltbreaker Act II, adding panels and all required backend strings.
  • Added Side Quest support for Act II.

Broadcaster

  • Added more support for Broadcaster Toasts, allowing preview of Toasts and custom Stat-based toasts.

Spectator

  • Added panel to show how many local players are spectating a match.

Gameplay

  • Added ability to have individual players suffer screen shake.
  • Updated rendering of 3D text in the world.
  • Flask has been removed from Beastmaster's Starting Items, and replaced with an Iron Branch.
  • Hero Selection page is receiving improvements on the backend.
  • Slain players now display a skull and crossbones above their model upon death.
  • Added additional bones for Broodmother's model.

Ability Tooltips

  • Added additional padding to ability label text, and made the color slightly lighter.
  • Item Tooltips have been restyled.

String Updates

  • So many. Item tooltips now use HTML, so that's most of it.
  • Passive and Actives have been separated on items.
  • There are now notes that tell you some extra information about items, such as if ""Stacks diminishingly with other sources of Evasion." , or "Using a Town Portal Scroll or Boots of Travel will not dispel Ethereal Form". It's too long to document.

Related Links

  • Changelog: None yet.
  • Patch Size: 289.5 MB (with Tools)
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anyone else wants a more "dirty" legion set?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 02:07 AM PDT

like she has all this "shining armors" and all...so i thought it will be cool to have a dirty destroyed armor for her

the armors she has right now look like "lc right at start of battle"but this one will have an "after war" tone to it and sounds cool to me

your thoughts?

EDIT:a lot people misunderstood which is my fault...i meant "battle damaged"or"worn" to change pace from the golden ones

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Top is missing!

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:56 AM PDT

Hmm

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 09:13 AM PDT

Who will s4 talk to if he wins a second TI ?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:31 AM PDT

He will be a very lonely guy

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Got 4000 point in Slark's rumble, AMA

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 05:05 AM PDT

Worst Immortal III's in at least 3 years.

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 08:33 AM PDT

These are terrible, I've gotten a lvl 1500+ compendium each year and these are by far the worst I've seen. I mean I'm happy for Viper and Wyvern, but these are totally Meh.

Some good points below:

Edit: r/IamViip3r The special effects for Viper, Weaver and Sand King seems to have been copy pasted from the Broodmother immortal.

r/Mystikus The fact that 3 of them have no new sound is really disappointing. The Sven immortal "looks" good but the effect isn't really too great. Should have been a God's Strength effect instead.

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I got mainstream media to pick up Dota (e-sports) news by mentioning TI's prizepool! You should too!

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 03:42 AM PDT

Hey Everyone!

I was amazed by the lack of attention of Dota (and general e-sports) in mainstream media, so I started contacting them and mentioning the current prizepool of TI and sending them links to clarify the game and the scene.

After comparing the TI winnings to Wimbledon (EUR 2.500.000), Tour de France (EUR 500.000) and US Open Golf ($2.160.000) one of the Dutch major broadcasting organizations (NOS) started picking up the news.

Link to the article , including a potato guide! (Sorry, in dutch):

Some links i used are the TeamLiquid wiki about TI, the prizetracker of CyborgMatt and Free to play.

Let's hype up TI and give it the local news coverage it deserves!

PS, Gief these Arcanas in real life!

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LFY.Monet & LFY.Inflame's US visa interviews are rejected

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 10:23 AM PDT

Source: LGD_DOTA2's weibo

Brief English translation:

LFY players Peng Du(ID: Monet) and Yongzheng He(ID: Inflame) are rejected in today's US visa interviews.

Inflame originally holds a valid US visa. However, due to the loss of passport, he has to apply a replacement visa for the new passport, for which an interview is required. Although Inflame explained to the visa officer that he's applying for a replacement one and that he has been to US three times, he was still rejected without mercy.

Previously for Monet's visa issues, the LFY organization prepared comprehensive materials, including:
* Invitation letter from Valve
* Itinerary from Valve and hotel address
* Driver licence
* Certificate of employment
* Business licence of the organization
* Certificate of deposit balance and transactions of past six months
* English references from esports associations of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces
* Guardian's power of attorney and copy of temporary guardian's passport
* Original copy of passport and ID
* Photos of Epicenter 2017 in Moscow
* Temporary residence permit of Shanghai
and etc.

Also, to increase the chance of success, the organization registered motor vehicles under the player's name and hired professionals for training and practice interviews.

During the interview today, questions from the visa officer includes:
1. Intended purpose? Answer: Attending The International 2017 by the invitation of Valve;
2. Are you a student? Answer: No;
3. Occupation? Answer: DotA2 professional player.

After brief conversation, the visa officer started browsing information on the computer. Among the materials provided, only those from Valve were checked. Passports of players were not checked as well. In the end, the two players were rejected.

Regarding current situation, the organization is actively arranging appointments for a second interview, tentatively in next week. For the second interview, senior executive of the LFY organization(US citizen) will accompany the players in the hope of increasing chance of success. We will do our best to help our players overcome current difficulties.

Meanwhile, we sincerely hope those who are experienced in visa interviews and those who are able to afford consulate aid could give us advice and assistance, in order to help our players realize their TI dreams.

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Connected to dota2 coordiantor logging in after treasure 3?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 08:26 AM PDT

Anyone else got this

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Day[9] Learns Dota - 17. Stomping Mid (Lesson w/ Special Guest BLITZDOTA)

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 07:58 AM PDT

Are the immortal III treasure achievements broken for anyone else?

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT

Opened my 18 treasure III's, but didn't get the achievements related to them. No progress was made at them at all.

Anyone else got this issue?

EDIT: Forgot to mention, you also had to go to the store page to view the treasure and open them.

EDIT2: FIXED LADS

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s4 will be the guest on Episode 3 of ppd's podcast sometime next week

Posted: 13 Jul 2017 05:07 PM PDT

Immortal III, 1220 levels, ZERO rares, very rares or ultra rares

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 09:40 AM PDT

Is the drop rate just severely lower than the previous treasures because I got 2 Ultra rares from IT2 and all of the golden immortals from the previous treasures but nothing from this treasure.

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Valve don't break this Perfect Alignment! PLEASE!

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 01:21 AM PDT

New draft UI for spectating (work in progress)

Posted: 14 Jul 2017 10:39 AM PDT

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