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[smackababy]

Complete nonsense

100% of what you think you know about Dota is wrong. You are the worst kind of player. You are clearly wrong and yet refuse to acknowledge it and change. You belong in your low bracket with the rest of the mongoloids.

Please do continue with your build. If you ever make it into a game against me, not only will you cause your team to lose (because I will make sure to get nice and fed), I will let them know exactly what caused it. Hopefully, they flame you enough you decide to stop being ignorant and stubborn.

 

[Zeze]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1i0z4b/early_warning_dota_2_test_update_101113/

Abaddon better be here.

 

[Zeze]

Curious, would you share your Dota 2 account name? Are you in high or v high elo?

Please shut up. Your very line of thinking vs his already show that he's worlds above you.

It's not about high skill vs low skill. I want everyone to enjoy the game.

But you are stubborn and ignorant, arguing your garbage thinking into better tiers and insisting it's better. You even brought out a lurker because you are absurdly stupid. No one is with you.

RoH only works in your garbage tier pubs. Stop saying 'it works for me' from your garbage pubs and it's superior to better builds.

That's why you're getting a rise out of everyone here of what was once a very knowledgeable and informative thread.

 

[CWRMadcat]

Curious, would you share your Dota 2 account name? Are you in high or v high elo?

Shore. My dota 2 account name is Mr. Chupon

Here's the link to my dotabuff profile:

http://dotabuff.com/players/43777115

Prior to Dotabuff removing its ratings I was at the 90% percentile.

 

[ImpulsE69]

My point was the attitude put out, which has only gotten worse. While he may be wrong (in most eyes), if it's working for him where HE is, then who are you to get irate acting like it has any impact on you? If you were to come up against him (or anyone else) using said "noob" paths then you should just crush them. Eventually people learn what works and what doesn't and will change accordingly.

Usually until someone has played with someone and respects their skill and opinion, you telling them "they are noob" isn't going to change their mind about their actions and will (as you see) just solidify their thinking.

Now I realize what it really comes down to is YOU being in teams with people with the same mindset as he has, but again, you are NOONE to those people. Rage all you want, you aren't going to change their minds that way. I've been on both sides of it. The only thing that will change their style is for them to get repeatedly stomped. Strategies have to be adjusted depending on who you play against (skill wise). There are plenty of times that skill will trump counters/builds.

Relax and play the game.

 

[nijikon5]

My point was the attitude put out, which has only gotten worse. While he may be wrong (in most eyes), if it's working for him where HE is, then who are you to get irate acting like it has any impact on you? If you were to come up against him (or anyone else) using said "noob" paths then you should just crush them. Eventually people learn what works and what doesn't and will change accordingly.

Usually until someone has played with someone and respects their skill and opinion, you telling them "they are noob" isn't going to change their mind about their actions and will (as you see) just solidify their thinking.

Now I realize what it really comes down to is YOU being in teams with people with the same mindset as he has, but again, you are NOONE to those people. Rage all you want, you aren't going to change their minds that way. I've been on both sides of it. The only thing that will change their style is for them to get repeatedly stomped.

Relax and play the game.

That's the inherent issue beyond the jacking-off style of play. When playing a multiplayer game and the ideas, criticisms, and feelings of your teammates mean absolutely jack shit to you.

You could give a shit about helping your team as long as you win on your own terms and please yourself first.

It's not like dota2 doesnt cater to that crowd. You can play vs or against bots. Noone will give 2 shits about your build or how good/bad you do.

Yes, there are people who are outright toxic towards new players and that part sucks about the dota2 community, but there are people like CWRmadcat and Zeze who do put an effort to try and help other players gain strategtic knowledge towards the game. However, when their efforts are met with a " Fuck you, my style is better and your points are completely invalid " why should they remain civil?

It's not about making people understand or play the style of doto that pleases "good players", it's about not making retarded item choices and playing a solid competitive game. Same people, get retarded items, demand solo mid, and proceed to ruin the game. In-turn, they blame their team for not enough support or just talk shit because it's the only thing they can do.

I still more often than not try to defuse toxic situations and get my team to work together ( for selfish seasons, I fucking hate to lose ), but sometimes I just talk shit without any restraint because some people don't fucking get it and won't ever fucking get it.

 

[Zeze]

My point was the attitude put out, which has only gotten worse. While he may be wrong (in most eyes), if it's working for him where HE is, then who are you to get irate acting like it has any impact on you? If you were to come up against him (or anyone else) using said "noob" paths then you should just crush them. Eventually people learn what works and what doesn't and will change accordingly.

This was covered many times already. He can do whatever he wants. Not everyone is pro and we all play at varying levels of skill. Why did I create this thread? I want more new people to enjoy the game.

The problem comes from the issue that he's actually arguing against the objective fact. RoH has NO chance, Linkens is garbage outside of lowest tier. He's saying otherwise.

This has been covered many many times. It's not about him or anyone being new or bad. It's his IGNORANCE and stubbornness when he simply doesn't know better.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

My point was the attitude put out, which has only gotten worse. While he may be wrong (in most eyes), if it's working for him where HE is, then who are you to get irate acting like it has any impact on you? If you were to come up against him (or anyone else) using said "noob" paths then you should just crush them. Eventually people learn what works and what doesn't and will change accordingly.

Usually until someone has played with someone and respects their skill and opinion, you telling them "they are noob" isn't going to change their mind about their actions and will (as you see) just solidify their thinking.

Now I realize what it really comes down to is YOU being in teams with people with the same mindset as he has, but again, you are NOONE to those people. Rage all you want, you aren't going to change their minds that way. I've been on both sides of it. The only thing that will change their style is for them to get repeatedly stomped. Strategies have to be adjusted depending on who you play against (skill wise). There are plenty of times that skill will trump counters/builds.

Relax and play the game.

Well, if you look back through the thread (it's quite a long-running issue) you'll find that throughout we've repeatedly tried to tell him why a BKB is better than a Linken's and why a Ring of Health is not good. He's allowed to be bad, and we were all bad at some point (I probably still am). But digging in your heels and saying against all contrary evidence that a Linken's Sphere is better than a BKB is just silly. Calling him noob is a last ditch effort of frustration more than anything else, since it's become apparent he doesn't listen to reason.

I think you misunderstand our motivation. I don't want to play against crappy people, and I don't want people to play crappy dota. In the end, it doesn't affect me personally whether or not he listens to us, I'll most likely never be put in MM against/with him, so it doesn't affect me personally. It's about the other 9 people in the game, 4 of whom will be frustrated that someone on their team sucks so much, and the other 5 of whom will be disappointed because they expected a fun, challenging match and instead got a stomp.

 

[Zeze]

Alright gentlemen, Abaddon is here!

Added Abaddon!

GAMEPLAY
- Death Prophet: Fixed AI on Exorcism spirits that caused them to sometimes be less efficient and linger on units far from you
- Doom: Fixed Doom not disabling Flak Cannon
- Huskar: Fixed being able to attack while he is leaping in Life Break
- Jakiro: Fixed Liquid Fire debuff being removed by Manta/BKB
- Lich: Fixed the order of damage instances on Frost Nova
- Omniknight: Fixed his spells not working on Mechanical units
- Phantom Assassin: Fixed Stifling Dagger projectile speed traveling a little too slow
- Sven: Fixed Storm Bolt aoe not hitting invisible units
- Fixed Siege not getting increased damage when the Ranged Barracks dies
- Fixed Buckler and Mekansm +2 active armor buff stacking
- Fixed Vladmir's Offering not working on Siege units

TRAINING
- Added match making option to opt out of Limited Hero mode
- Fixed some players not receiving item rewards after completing training tasks
- Play Tab will now remember your previous selection
- Fixed various progression bugs in Mechanics II
- Fixed disabled skill assignment using CTRL+Ability when in tutorial

COMPENDIUM
- Added Player Card rewards. Unlock the Smeevil Crab mount by stamping complete teams
- Added the International Fantasy Challenge.

UI
- Added a hotkey to Select All Units
- Added a hotkey to activate Speed Burst on your flying courier
- Minor reorganization to control settings page
- Fixed Replay Speed Decrease hotkey missing from the configuration panel
- Increased the maximum number of total spectator slots from 14 to 22
- Removed Favorite hero count limit
- Moved Solo Only Matchmaking to a setting on the main Find Match tab.
- New Tournament Drops:
... When a player reaches a Godlike streak
... When a Courier is killed
... When a player buys a Divine Rapier
... When Earthshaker Echoslam's 5 heroes
- Fixed Quick Cast bug preventing use on neutrals/couriers

VISUAL
- Fixed Global Silence not showing the visual effect on Familiars even though they are silenced
- Updated ability icons for Dark Seer and Dragon Knight
- Added new disarmed effect
- Fixes for a few portrait based effects, such as Enigma's vortex

AUDIO
- updated Mekansm SFX.

PLATFORM
- Added support for Mac OS X
Minimum Mac OS X Requirements:
OS X Lion 10.7 4GB RAM, 4GB Hard drive space. nVidia 320M or higher, or Radeon 7000 or higher, or Intel HD 3000 or higher
- Added support for Linux
Minimum Linux System Requirements:
Ubuntu 12.04, dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz, 4GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1, 4GB Hard Drive Space, OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
Mac and Linux support is early and experimental. They will be remain in Dota 2 Test until the testing phase is complete. For reporting bugs, please see the Dota 2 GitHub at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2/issues For community discussion of the Mac and Linux versions head to the Dota 2 Dev forums at http://dev.dota2.com/forumdisplay.php?f=447

WORKSHOP
- Added Mok mandrill courier
- Added Defense Grid announcer
- Fixed orientation on Bounty Hunter's Jinada Glows on workshop items
- Fixed Nether Ward effect orientation for workshop items
- Added support for workshop authored effects on Kunkka's weapon

BOTS
- Bots will no longer stare at a dropped gem, futilely trying to destroy it.

 

[Hmongkeysauce]

Aphotic shield reminds me of the good old days of WTF mode.

 

[Clinkster]

Wow, an impressive update. I was looking forward to Abaddon releasing out the most (of the pool of heroes left). Can you still choose between building offtank dps or support? Or did they balance him so you have less choice in games?

Also, I know one person I'll be recruiting with Linux/Mac support. Can't wait for tomorrow.

 

[Zeze]

Wow, an impressive update. I was looking forward to Abaddon releasing out the most (of the pool of heroes left). Can you still choose between building offtank dps or support? Or did they balance him so you have less choice in games?

Also, I know one person I'll be recruiting with Linux/Mac support. Can't wait for tomorrow.

He's foremost an effective support.

He can nuke-heal allies with Shield.
He can nuke-heal allies & enemies with his first Death Coil.
That's 450hp heal combined- very powerful for allies.

He can also Shield a lane creep for free harass.
Shield dispels LOTS of debuffs on self/allies- it disjoints Bat's Lasso! HUGE potential.

His passive lets everyone chase.
His ultimate is a mega pain in the ass to kill.

All this without items. He's a very able support. That being said, he's fun as semi-carry/carry in pubs with SnY + Orb of Venom + Passive slow = infinite slow.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Shield creep harass is one of the most annoying things in DotA. I really hate Abadon even though he's one of my better heroes.

 

[Zeze]

An interesting tidbit:

In original Warcraft 3 Dota 1, Omniknight's hero model is Arthas (the main protagonist of WC3), and Abaddon is the corrupted Arthas (later turns into Lich King).

Similar to WC3, they have near-mirror skill versions of good vs evil in Dota:

Omni's Purification: Heal allies/self, damages enemies
Abba's Death Coil: Heal allies, damages enemies

Omni's Repel: Grants spell immunity
Abba's Death Coild: Grants a damage shield + dispels on cast + damages enemies (similar to Purification)

Omni's Degen Aura: Slows everyone within range
Abba's Curse of Avernus: Slows target, hastes nearby allies.

Omni's Guardian Angel: Ignores all physical damage.
Abba's Borrowed Time: Ignores all damage to self, absorb it as HP.

Both play a similar role as support.

 

[Chiropteran]

Shore. My dota 2 account name is Mr. Chupon

Here's the link to my dotabuff profile:

http://dotabuff.com/players/43777115

Prior to Dotabuff removing its ratings I was at the 90% percentile.

Well, you are correct. You would never see me in a game. I don't play all pick garbage.

 

[Zeze]

Well, you are correct. You would never see me in a game. I don't play all pick garbage.

Whoa whoa.. wow.

Despite your delusion, you remained relatively civil so far.

Now you're both trolling, and straight up insulting others.... ironically someone who is better than you.

 

[Chiropteran]

It's not about high skill vs low skill. I want everyone to enjoy the game.

BS. You made it about skill level. You are the elitist who started the whole thing, and now you are trying to say skill level is unimportant because you are bored with the argument.

RoH has NO chance, Linkens is garbage outside of lowest tier. He's saying otherwise.

The problem is you like to spew garbage like this, while it might sound good to the newer players of the thread who think you are some kind of authority on the game, is simply false. Go check out your precious reddit which you seem to think is so important, they are doing an item of the day thread on linkin's sphere. Garbage, not mentioned once.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1i0epr/item_discussion_of_the_day_linkens_sphere_july/

"This is a decent pickup instead of a BKB depending on the other team's composition, but of course it is situational and expensive."

"Great on carries like Medusa, Morphling and Weaver who need both mana to spam spells as well as the increased durability this item provides."

"To almost always build Linken's on QoP is a mistake to me. Of course it makes you more survivable, but to me getting it first item for that reason indicates you're playing too agressive or are out of position often.
The mana regen is nice but there are a plethora of items that you could get for mana that all have great utility as well, namely Orchid and Scythe (both of which are in the same price range of Linkens).
Linkens is pretty great as a follow up to a Scythe or Orchid I think if you have good farm and prefer to skip the BKB. Cheers!"

Lots of debate about where it's good on a given hero or not, but not a single post saying it's complete garbage worthless on everyone.

Incoming response from zeze about how dota players on reddit are all terrible noobs and nothing they say is correct.

 

[Chiropteran]

Whoa whoa.. wow.

Despite your delusion, you remained relatively civil so far.

Now you're both trolling, and straight up insulting others.... ironically someone who is better than you.

I don't think I was insulting anyone? I think all pick is a garbage game mode, I'm not calling *him* garbage. If I wanted to just see the same 15 champions over and over I'd play league.

 

[Zeze]

This idiot.

No crap it's core on Medusa, it fits her like a glove. That's about it. It's situational on Weaver because he's a sick offlaner who becomes ridiculous with cheap items (Tranquil, Medallion, Drums, Wand). That covers all his needs rather than being a bumbling fool with 450hp trying to farm Linkens until 20 mins.

It's still suboptimal on Storm & QoP when you can Orchid (shuts out all spells + dmg amp) and get Hex or BKB later.

Linkens still is a terrible item on higher tier pubs except on rare cases that warrant them vs anti-BKB spells. This was covered already.

You also talked about how BKB is bad value compared to Linkens for pages in this thread. Then talked about how you like to rush Linkens on most heroes without mentioning which.

Reddit dota players are more sensible as you can get for a general public. They're awesome, wtf you talking about? Why don't you start a thread there about Ring of Health and how Linkens is better than BKB. LOL. You will get destroyed. Do it.

 

[Zeze]

I don't think I was insulting anyone? I think all pick is a garbage game mode, I'm not calling *him* garbage. If I wanted to just see the same 15 champions over and over I'd play league.

How the hell is AP garbage mode when you play AR? AR involves ZERO skill, zero counterpicking & team compostioning. What. the. hell?

AR is the biggest garbage of all modes. You end up with 5 carries vs 5 supports and get crushed or 3 core farmers with 2 offlaners, etc. It's all up in the air, the most mindless game. What is wrong with you?

I don't know about you, but in my AP- 2-3 people pick what they want, but other 2-3 people accordingly pick offlaners, supports, junglers or even a carry if not picked. This also includes counterpicking enemies.

I mean, every new things you mention, you just keep revealing how bad you are at this game.

 

[Zeze]

In the history of AT, I've never met such thick headed troll in my life. And what do you know? I found him in a game thread.

He habitually misunderstands people into his twisted little mind, and lacks basic logic and thinking ability.

Congratulations, you actually made it to my ignore list. You are the third troll in this forum to have made it so. Good bye.

 

[Chiropteran]

Why don't you start a thread there about Ring of Health and how Linkens is better than BKB. LOL. You will get destroyed. Do it.

Because I don't believe they are?

I guess you were never taught to question anything, you simply accept what you are told without question.

I never claimed that RoH was the best possible first item, and I never claimed that linken's is better than bkb in every case. I simply argued with you when you made completely BS reasoning as to why they suck. They might well suck, this hasn't been fully established, but your reasoning was worthless anyway and deserved ridicule.

It's like when some ignorant person dies 5 times in the first 6 minutes, without even being ganked by another lane, and then complains about lack of wards. Wards are good, yes, but the reasoning of the ignorant player is BS, he was feeding in a way that wards wouldn't have made one bit of difference. Wards are needed and a good thing, but don't in any way excuse early game in lane feeding which wasn't even trigger by a jungle or other lane enemy ganking.

That is what you are zeze. You are complaining about my RoH and how I'm such a bad noob playing trash tier, but the fact is my tier and skill has little to nothing to do with a single item choice. You may well be right that RoH is bad, but your reasoning and argument is wrong.

 

[CWRMadcat]

Well, you are correct. You would never see me in a game. I don't play all pick garbage.

Which modes do you play, and what's your dotabuff profile/dota profile?

 

[Zeze]

Here is HD video of Abaddon in action.

 

[CWRMadcat]

Someone refresh my memory on this....would a high damage strike or nuke that would otherwise kill you triggered borrowed time, or will borrowed time only trigger on attacks/abilities that drop you below the threshold but not to zero?

Nice vid. Looks awesome.