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Dota 2 - The prizepool for TI7 has now surpassed that of TI6!

The prizepool for TI7 has now surpassed that of TI6!

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT

Making it the largest prizepool ever for an esports tournament, beating TI6 and TI5 in second and third respectively.

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Kinda important for dota I guess ?

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 04:23 AM PDT

Can you guys go fight for net neutrality. I'm not even from the USA. But if we don't have net neutrality NA dota might die. Then where would we go for memes.

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my attempt at an ELI5 of net neutrality

  • If you have net neutrality you get cheaper internet and free access to everything.

  • If you don't then you have to pay for every single website and every single thing you do on the internet .The ISP decides what they choose to give in your basic package and what they will charge for each add-on .

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deleted this one.

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TL;DR save memes , vote for net neutrality

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Make an urn but for mana

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 09:10 AM PDT

I don't know how to shit post

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Blitz is going to coach Day9 today!

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:11 AM PDT

Pinned ya!

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:41 AM PDT

Lack of growth: Dota 2 had 555 thousand avg players in june this year, less than the amount in june 2015. Let's discuss why.

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 07:19 AM PDT

TL;DR: the game is not dying, but it is not growing at all. Valve is doing great with the esports, could be doing better at welcoming new players and keeping them, and really should at least think about advertising in any form.

First of everything, the data from the title is from Steamcharts. The average player numbers and the peaks are supposed to go up as TI begins, and to stay pumped up for some time after it ends. But let's not focus too much on numbers. The game is NOT dying, but it is also not growing at all.

Section 1 - Esports

Dota 2 is an astounding title in the esport community, and we can look forward to have an even better year in 2018, with the changes from Valve in the Major system. The International is the best event out there for a spectator, its value production is way beyond anything in any other game, and seen how it bumps up the numbers as it begins, the esports section is assured to be at its finest.

The only thing that could be improved is in terms of advertisement. We all can agree that if TI were in the hands of Riot or Blizzard, it would be heavily advertised as the biggest esports event of the world, but we will talk about that in the third section of this post.

Section 2 - Welcoming newcomers

Not much time ago, some new tutorials were added to make the life of newer players easier. These tutorials, however, are not even close to enough. Even with the guide page being updated, the learning curve of Dota is too plain before it starts getting steep: the basics are really hard to get used to, although these guides really help people who don't know what a hero does or how it is supposed to be played, and this new buildguides page must be kept working.

Now, compared to most ARTS out there, the tutorial for Dota is the less useful one, and this has nothing to do with how high the skill ceiling is, so talking about how much more complex Dota is will not help much.

One topic that isn't really addressed in the current tutorials is invisibility. It is really impressive how loose a Riki can play in a newcomer's game. Plus, it could be really interesting to make a tutorial specific for pub-stomping heroes such as Pudge or Sniper and how to play against them, not forgetting to mention, even if quickly, the peak of efficiency of each of these heroes, and why. This would make the players start thinking on how to counter other heroes as well, and start grasping the strategy involved in the game.

Section 3 - Advertisement

A quick look at the League of Legends' Workshop or champion teasers really makes me jealous, and don't let me begin talking about Overwatch. But these trailers are important not to make fans like me happy, but to attract new players or to convince newcomers that trying a bit longer to adapt might be worth it.

These trailers are so powerful that can make the hype of a game like Overwatch skyrocket so much it got to a point it made its competitive scene fall into a crisis. However, they are expensive, we all know that. So they shouldn't be frequent, one for every new hero we get will be plenty, considering that we will probably get 1 per year, revealed at The International. Plus, this will put TI under even more spotlights for casuals or might-be players.

Talking about TI, it is probably the biggest esport event in the world, so why not brag about it? Why is it that game websites talk more about LoL World Championship than about the International? Esport is the best way to show how epic a game can be, and how unlimited its possibilities are... but who are we showing this to? Mostly already-players I believe. It does have the strength to attract people from other games, but this strength is not being used. It should be easy to do if made together with the trailers mentioned above, just like the New Journey update at the end of the Monkey King teaser.

Conclusion

What else should be added or modified to keep our beloved game growing? As said in the title, this is a discussion and not an article, and it it's being hosted in Reddit after all, we don't work at Valve nor do we know about the developers plans for the future, but as someone who's spent thousand of hours into this game and who don't want to see it die, I think it is already time this discussion had started.

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The International 7 Pubstomp Thread

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 04:04 AM PDT

Unfortunately mods don't think this thread is worthy of being stickied or put in the sidebar so I'm forced to copy-past it to keep it afloat. If you think it would be useful, message them!.

To the mods saying that they will wait until Valve puts up the official website: THE ORGANIZERS NEED FAR MORE TIME THAT WHAT VALVE GIVES TO RENT THE PLACES AND ORGANIZE EVERYTHING. Ask any organizer and they will say the same thing.

It's that time of the year again! as most of you know, Valve offers very little support and publicity to most of the pubstomp events. So, like last year, I'm posting this thread to collect in one place all the pubstomps and viewing party organized by the members of the /r/DotA2 community. Every organizer can add their event by simply commenting with the location, a brief description and a link to the event.

Country City Description Referent
Australia Sydney I host a small event in Sydney each year, located near south hurstville for the entire week if anyone is interested, probs wouldn't want any more than 10 people at my place though but feel free to shoot me a pm if your interested. /u/sitting_in_a_towel
Brazil Juiz de fora Em 2017, a Daily Esports Company retorna a Juiz de Fora mais uma vez apresentando a Segunda Edição do The International Pubstomp! Fãs de Dota 2 não podem deixar de comparecer e presenciar o maior campeonato de eSports da atualidade! https://www.facebook.com/events/1904256616500934 /u/chibista
Brazil São Paulo Mais um The International se aproxima, e novamente vamos nos reunir para assistir este belo espetáculo do e-sport. Desta vez o local escolhido foi o Good Game E-Sport Bar. Data: 12 de Agosto de 2017. Endereço: Rua Mourato Coelho, 992 - Vila Madalena - São Paulo/SP (Próximo a estação Fradique Coutinho da linha Amarela do Metrô) https://www.facebook.com/events/115357225745223/ /u/SiegelZ
Canada Toronto Can't make it to Seattle? Watch the grand finals of The International 7 on the big screen! Check out the discussion for photos and videos. Tickets are $20 and will grant you access to: Full day viewing event of The International 7, Raffles/Giveaways for Valve Merchandise, Raffles/Giveaways for gaming peripherals, Dota 2 photo ops! Tickets will be available soon on the Cineplex website and mobile app! https://www.facebook.com/events/318375745284694 /u/chibista
Germany Karlsruhe Hey everyone, Roke2601 here. I'm proud to announce that the campus group eSports United Karlsruhe eSUKA[2] will be hosting the next pubstomp for The International 7 in Karlsruhe, Germany. eSUKA is hosting the pubstomp for the fourth year and we are ready to exceed the expectations once again. About 300 fans attended our pubstomp last year on the final day[3] , we can easily top that this year! This huge number of enthusiastic fans will provide an energetic atmosphere to watch the games and cheer for your favorite teams and biiiiig plays. All informations about the Event and the Poster design we're using will be listed below. https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/6ktdw8/ti7_pubstomp_in_karlsruhe_germany/ /u/Roke2601
Italy Padova Hai mai pensato a quanto sarebbe bello guardare la finale del torneo più importante del tuo MOBA preferito su un grande schermo, circondato da appassionati come te che sono pronti a fare il tifo per la loro squadra preferita? Dopo l'enorme successo degli ultimi due anni, stiamo organizzando un evento al multisala "the Space Cinema" di Limena dove poter guardare la finale dell'International 7 sul grande schermo, in compagnia di decine di altri fan. Non mancare! https://www.facebook.com/events/110151476218576 /u/reservoir_cat
Mexico Guadalajara I am looking for people in Guadalajara México to watch TI together with. Please contact me if you exist /u/karottenhead
New Zealand Christchurch Thinking about trying to contact a cinema around where I live, anyone in Christchurch, New Zealand interested in seeing the Grand Finals on the not-quite-as-big-as-key-arena screen? /u/AztecLeprechaun
Norway Trondheim Den 12. August viser vi storturneringen «The international» på Work-Work. Vi vil tilby utvidet åpningstid til 04.00 og bruk av andreetasje for å sikre at vi har bra med plass! I tillegg vil vi kunne friste med konkurranser og kule premier og giveaways. Mer info kommer fortløpende, så følg med. I mellomtiden: hold av datoen og spre ordet! Vi skal gjøre alt vi kan for å arrangere Norges største DOTA 2 arrangement! https://www.facebook.com/events/632570186953645/ /u/Knutepunkt
Ukraine Kharkiv Multiplex cinema might be doing it again as they've done in past 3 years, still waiting for an update from them however /u/SatyrTrickster
United Kingdom Sheffield Want to watch The International 7 finals day with other Dota2 fans? Come and watch in Sheffield where you can see it on the big screen in a 1920's cinema. The event is sponsored by MSI who will be bringing a shop along with HTC Vive to demo throughout the day. There will be a raffle and other shops in attendance so bring a bag to take stuff home in. The event is bring your own food and alcohol with deals in local shops set up. Tickets are £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/249549762197535/ /u/Crazy_CuJo
USA Austin The first Austin, Texas Dota 2 pubstomp was hosted for TI5 and now it has become a tradition to have one for every Valve event. The venue, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, is known for their comfortable seating and their excellent menu of food and drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic). The viewing will take place in two theatres with a total of 258 seats available. Prizes will be given away and there will most likely be special Austin Dota 2 t-shirts for sale and to be won. If you're in the central Texas area, I would highly recommend coming out for this. https://www.facebook.com/events/1948288528777158 /u/IHateTWCSoMuch
USA Baltimore This is our third year in a row hosting at Myth & Moonshine. Last year over 100 people showed up! https://www.facebook.com/events/142744512955002/?ti=icl /u/STEAMCRAB
USA Huston Houston Dota 2 is proud to host Houston's premier viewing party at Atlas Pub On Washington, starting at 11 A.M. Come meet local Houston Dota players, feast on great food and drinks, and watch your favorite pro teams battle for the Aegis of the Immortal! https://www.facebook.com/events/1682809988692562/ /u/KiLLiNDaY
USA Macon Prime Time Gaming
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A Midas study: how you should use it.

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 02:03 AM PDT

Watching a lot of pro streams, I've noticed and interesting trend among some of the players: they tend to hold on to Midas in order to use it on a Large Neutral Creep (notably /u/EternalEnVy). This lead me to question: is it really worth it? And how much can you withhold your Golden Hand in order to be most efficient?

Here is my investigation:

UPDATE: as u/Bokoloony and /u/robobok pointed out, there is a 2% Jungle Creeps xp/gold increase every 7.30 mins. (From base value). I also made a mistake in the original calculations, not counting the 1st use.

If we take this into account, and start counting from the first increase (7:30 mins into the game) the numbers are following:

  • Ranged Lane Creep: 166.5 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 7:30: 179.265 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 15:00: 182.78 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 22:30: 186.295 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 30:00: 189.81 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 37:30: 193.325 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp after 45:30: 196.84 experience
20 min timeline [Starting from 7:30]
  • Ranged Creep, MaxE - total of 13 uses, 2164.5 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, MaxE - total of 13 uses [5 uses after 7:30, 4 uses after 15:00, 4 uses after 22,30] = 2372.625 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, 5 sec interval - total of 12 uses [5 uses after 7:30, 4 uses after 15:00, 3 uses after 22,30] = 2186.09 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, 10 sec interval - total of 11 uses [5 uses after 7:30, 4 uses after 15:00, 2 uses after 22,30] = 2000.035 experience.

As you can see, this way things gone a lot different.

Also, a PSA: A lot of people in this thread seem to misinterpret the information I've provided - This post is not a call to always use your Midas on the ranged creep. Dota is an incredibly complex game with millions of scenarios that can have a drastic impact on the flow of the game. A big number of people have written about farming patterns, time it takes to kill different units and other things that have an impact on your efficiency, however, the purpose of this post is only one - to make you think next time you use your Midas "would it be beneficial to use it right now on this ranged creep or to spend 10 seconds running back to the large camp?"

  • Ranged Lane Creep: 90 experience
  • Hellbear Smasher: 95 experience
  • Dark Troll Summoner: 95 experience
  • Wildwing Ripper: 95 experience
  • Centaur Conqueror: 95 experience
  • Satyr Tormenter: 95 experience

Using Midas multiplies the experience by 1.85x, as a result we get the following numbers:

  • Ranged Lane Creep: 166.5 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp: 175.75 experience

A mere 9.25 difference. But how will it play out in the long run?

Here are some quick scenarios:

20 min timeline
  • Ranged Creep, MaxE* - total of 13 uses, 2164 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, MaxE - total of 13 uses, 2284.75 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 5 sec interval - total of 12 uses, 2109 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 10 sec interval - total of 11 uses, 1933.25 experience
30 min timeline
  • Ranged Creep, MaxE - total of 19 uses, 3163.5 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, MaxE - total of 19 uses, 3339.25 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 5 sec interval - total of 18 uses, 3159 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 10 sec interval - total of 17 uses, 2987.75 experience
40 min timeline
  • Ranged Creep, MaxE - total of 25 uses, 4162.5 experience.
  • Head of the Large Camp, MaxE - total of 25 uses, 4393.75 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 5 sec interval - total of 23 uses, 4042.25 experience
  • Head of the Large Camp, 10 sec interval - total of 22 uses, 3866.5 experience

*MaxE - Maximum Efficiency - using Midas as soon as it's off cooldown.

TL;DR It's more efficient to use Hand of Midas on Ranged Lane Creep immediately than to take ~7 seconds to find the Head of the Large Camp (Experience-wise). Quick tip: Gold-wise it's always superior to use it on a lower-cost creep.

EDIT: Made a mistake not counting the 1st use of Midas.

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My friend wanted to play safelane Treant. Never again.

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 09:40 PM PDT

Charge of darkness auto detecting script spotted

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:01 AM PDT

Another case of script using. This one able to detect Spiritbreakers Charge of darkness and some other weird stuff like backing away instantly after the charge was casted on you, pinging >Spiritbreaker is missing! chat wheel. Whole process accompanied by strange camera movement and order issuing.

Here's the video proof (warning: potato quality slideshow)

Match ID 3307830718

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Getting that 5k in style :D

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 05:36 AM PDT

I hope we will have more of The International Archives at TI7

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 08:49 AM PDT

I found these videos so fascinating when they were put out at TI6. They were incredibly well put together films that looked at the past of TI and some of the greatest moments. I think most of us can agree there are still so many more amazing moments from TI History that could be covered. The way the Fountain Hook was illustrated in it's archive video with it's own SFM Animation was awesome and I'd love to see more of TI's best moments envisioned like it this year. Having the retrospectives from the professional players was also really good and if it happens again I'd love to see some more players and/or casters talk about some of these memorable moments in our history.

For those who may have missed them or want to watch them again, here's all 'The International Archives' from last year's TI.

The International Archives – Fountain Hook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6H-HEpnlk8

The International Archives – Playing in Finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzC7NjwY_Pg

The International Archives – Kaci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysI4RpotUgQ

The International Archives – All-Star Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9amaw88FeE

The International Archives – Fear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmusoLNESkI

The International Archives – Liquid vs. LGD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhoYB3EgWr4

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Cancel's teammate is trying to communicate with their Invoker.

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 01:34 AM PDT

Why do you even queue ranked if u feed the moment someone takes ur role?

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 05:48 AM PDT

like wtf? why queue ranked?

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Sandking is the fastest hero in Dota 2

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 10:25 PM PDT

He can dig a tunnel measuring 1300 units and reach at the end of it in just 0.433 seconds. Assuming the 1 unit range in Dota 2 is equal to 1 inch in real world, that's 1300 inch(with aghs) or 108.33 ft., that's 250.18 ft. per second or 170.58 mph, faster than a human sneeze, cheetah and even Usain Bolt. Not even gold diggers can do like that.

volvo silthbreaker II pls

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50/50: EE gets ganked and destroyed/EE expertly avoids surprise gank

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 02:58 PM PDT

valve can you please make the emotes a little bit bigger

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 04:58 AM PDT

just a tad so they can be easily visible and recognizable.

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Dear Valve, your player cards feels like work, not like fun :( plz improve the experience (suggestions inside, more ideas Welcome)

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:39 AM PDT

I had really been looking forward to the player cards, I love these fantasy games and normaly put a lot of energi into them. I also love the idea that you get in game effects based on the cards you have available, this is a cool idea. But its so frustrating that I have no control over what team I am lucky enough to get all in gold. My BP is level 860 and I have 2 teams all in gold, U should implement some sort of crafting system, where u can craft specific cards. I dont see how u dont have this? the stats on the cards are still random so its not like it would break the system....

Maybe something like, trade 3 other gold cards to get 1 specific gold card. or 5 silver card to get a gold... just something that makes this feel less like a lotteri and more like a game.

Also your hole card mangement part is horrible, I have to pace myself in going true all my cards bit by bit and dusting the ekstra cards I have... its so much work its so slow... u need to implement some kind of tool that helps with this.

Long story short, the player cards are not fun atm, its just work and I hope u do something to improve it

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Registrations open for $300 amateur cup

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:01 AM PDT

Hello Reddit!

With the approval of the moderators, I would like to introduce the first community cup hosted by DOTAFire!

Registration period: 12.07.2017 - 29.07.2017

The tournament matches will be played Saturday 29.07.2017 starting at 17:00 CEST / 08:00 PST

There is no maximum number of teams.

The prizes are as follows:

  1. 5 $30 (USD) Steam Wallet Codes - $150
  2. 5 $20 (USD) Steam Wallet Codes - $100
  3. 5 $10 (USD) Steam Wallet Codes - $50

But that's not all, a random participating team will be picked to win 5x Warhammer: Treasure of the Old World.

More information about the tournament and about the registration can be found here.

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns!

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Valve Please Add ULTRA KILLS to Profile Stats

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 08:30 PM PDT

Who needs healing ward? It does no damage and is not flashy smh...

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 12:42 AM PDT

Not just a shockwave machine

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 06:32 AM PDT

Nightstalker Cosplay Progress for TI7!

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT

6 Minutes. 6 Kills. 1 Cow.

Posted: 12 Jul 2017 08:51 AM PDT

Dear Valve, can we please have an option to craft a Gold player card using an amount of dust

Posted: 11 Jul 2017 11:06 PM PDT

I'm currently sitting at Battle Pass level 1226 and I've opened hundreds of packs. I pretty much disenchanted most of my player cards(except for my favourite team ofc) and still couldn't get the overhead TP logo for my favourite team. I could spend more money but it's not guaranteed which is just frustrating.

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