Official Dota 2 beta thread - shit just got real

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Official Dota 2 beta thread - shit just got real

Post by ja raul » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:04 am

People are starting to get dota2 beta keys, so I only have to assume this is going to happen more and more in the coming weeks.

What is DOTA you ask??
DotA, or Defense of the Ancients, is a Warcraft III mod that involves two teams of five players competing against each other to take down their opponents' bases. While the base engine of DotA may have been an RTS, the game plays more like a hourlong RPG; each team's army units (known as "creeps") simply attack move to the enemy base in three lanes (bottom, middle, and top) and each player in DotA controls one of 100+ heroes, and gains gold and experience to buy items that can drastically boost their powers. As a single game takes around 40-60 minutes and every individual member is integral in the team's success, the game is highly competitive and is associated with a rabid community and fanbase that takes some skin-hardening to get used to.

DotA2, is a direct port of DotA to Steam and has a full team at Valve working on it. Most importantly, Icefrog, the developer of DotA AllStars (the current and most popular iteration of DotA) is working on DotA2. There are a few goons on the valve team and people in the beta floating around the thread and IRC as well!

This sounds awfully similar to...
Yes, all those games that seem familiar (LoL, HoN, Demigod, Bloodline Champions, Realm of the Titans) are all DotA-likes (or Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas if you wish to stay neutral). Make no mistake though, this is not just the successor to the original, it is the direct reincarnation of DotA.

(above was copied and pasted from somewhere else on the internet obviously..)
Current lineup of selectable heroes:
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Thread where you can go beg for keys:
http://forums.joe.to/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=65374

Share your tactics for your fav heroes, or wave your e-peen with screenshots of you pwning nubs.

Post your opinions if you think this should eventually be a paid game, or should stay f2p to try to stay competitive with other titles. I personally couldn't care if it was $30 or $40, you get what you pay for, and that is quality and a very beautiful polish to the original dota. After playing a few games of dota2 I felt a bit dirty for having played LoL..

OR post vids of tournament games! if youre into that thing..

another interesting img
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Re: Official Dota 2 beta thread - shit just got real

Post by Rat-morningstar » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:06 pm

i like how there's no puck in that image
i fucking love puck


anyway, still waiting for a key
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Post by CheeseRocks » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:16 pm

Rat-morningstar wrote:i like how there's no puck in that image
6th row down, 3 in from the left.

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Post by ja raul » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:22 pm

thanks for pointing that out, I have updated the image
also for more info on heroes check out:

http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Heroes

edit: wt.. oh well I think it was missing other heroes anyways..
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Post by MindFlayer » Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:29 pm

haha holy shit, i didn't even realize you had that many kills that game. absolute rape.

more of you guys need to get this game so we can run some j2 inhouse games or even just queue matchmaking together. every matchmaking game i play is just a complete stomp (either on my side or theirs), and i feel like we could have some really great games if we had 2 decent players as captains.

here is a list of j2'ers that have it according to my friends list:
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joe
ja raul
a1dan (hasn't played yet)
Hoodedsniper
DAK (has only played half an hour and is a ghostman)

if you know anyone else who has it please let me know, or if you have it add me to friends
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mindflayerj2

Is there any way I can see who has it in the j2 Steam group?
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Re: Official Dota 2 beta thread - shit just got real

Post by mbaxter » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:07 pm

I has it
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Post by Hoodedsniper » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:12 pm

mbaxter wrote:I has it
Then why dont you have more than 2.9 hours?
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Post by MindFlayer » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:21 pm

mbaxter wrote:I has it
then add me brah
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Post by ja raul » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:27 pm

Well I decided to make a steam group for dota2.. I sent out some invites, if you guys want to invite other dependable non-shitty, non-leaver friends to the group please feel free to do so.. hopefully this will help us set up games, or find people to fill spots!
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Post by CheeseRocks » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:32 pm

So, when do they actually give out keys? Are they constantly giving them out or do they send out a lot in waves? Are there designated days when the keys are sent out?
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Post by ja raul » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:32 am

having played for a couple weeks I have to say it is 100x more fun to play with a group vs random strangers, only because you can rely on communication, and while its a bummer to lose with a group its tremendously more satisfying to win with a team then play another game and stomp again
fortunately there seems to be decent groups out there that actually challenge the skills I do have, which is what makes it so fun to play!
I really like how similar dota2 feels compared to dota1, everything down from the chain sounds when launching the menu (just like wc3 after logging in), to the chatrooms, and of course the game itself.. I havent played every character yet but its awesome to hear a different sound clip when hero x buys item y..
dota2 is easily becoming my fav game, at least in the moba genre
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Post by MindFlayer » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:47 am

Some hilarious scoreboard shots

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Post by Adam » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:26 am

Waiting for an invite but it's amazing the closed beta is already in the Steam top 10 every day.
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Re: Official Dota 2 beta thread - shit just got real

Post by ja raul » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:15 pm

current record
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I guess i'm into intel/support heroes

edit: updated image cause I got a string of wins today upping my w:l ratio whoooooo
thanks joe, hooded and mindflayer for owning it up with me!

edit: just gona keep adding pics of my record in this post
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