Heroes of Newerth Thread 2: Electrician Boogaloo. Now Free to play!

[Tensei]

I swear, she gets banned all the time, definitely worth a double mention!

[Dhsu]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=92475 More news about open beta. Once closed beta ends, if you prepurchase, you will no longer get the golden shield and the ability to taunt/smackdown.

http://hon.esportmedia.com/video/2010/03/26/twl-tournament-match-load-vs-phb

Nighthound in a competitive game, what? Also, Chu` getting DESTROYED in mid.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

chu` cried for your sins.

[Tensei]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

chu` cried for your sins.

This was after he went mid with hag. Because his hag is really good. (I've tried to force some memes out of this interview )

[Tensei]

Doublepost, but needs to be said:

Open beta is out. Go to http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ and register now.

[Harmonious Dissonance]

I'm still playing, Just felt like saying it after scytheful rolled around and told me to start playing again.

[Tensei]

I'm going to frame this and hang it above my bed.

Oh, and this weeks new hero will be EPIC: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3812390&id=63037549101

[Hemophiliac]

if it's techies, i quit.

if it's tinkerer, win.

[relyanCe]

its doom bringer

callin it now

[Hemophiliac]

its doom bringer

callin it now

S2 already said it's an INT hero.

[MaxFrost]

I've heard that it's a brand new hero, so neither

[Tensei]

Yeah, what Max said, it's not a port.

[relyanCe]

no its gotta be doombringer it looks just like him

[Tensei]

Well the new hero is kind of a disappointment right now.

[anosou]

Well the new hero is kind of a disappointment right now.

Much like you.

BAM!

[Dhsu]

I'm going to frame this and hang it above my bed.

Bah, it shouldn't count if you have assists.

[Kidd Cabbage]

Whoooop!!!

[Tensei]

You're gonna love my nuts!

[Kidd Cabbage]

Looks meh. At least in that situation.

[zircon]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=100136

tl;dr balance post :3

[Kidd Cabbage]

What are you arguing about there?

Whatever it is, I disagree with it.

[Bleck]

he is arguing about whether or not games should be balanced for competitive or public play

He's saying that games should be balanced for competitive play because a lot of what pubs think is overpowered is simply them not knowing what the hell it is.

I think that making a game not fun until you're good at it is always a terrible design choice, and I think that zircon agrees, as he goes on to say that the balance fixes should not be nerfs or buffs, but instead things that make it easier to get good at the game without having to play it for a million billion hours.

[Tensei]

It's not necessarily that you have to be 'good' at it, it's more that the game should be balanced on the assumption that the players know the 'rules'. If you walk into a Goomba in Super Mario Bros., you could say it's unfair that you died, because you didn't know walking into something had that effect. Goomba's should not be nerfed just because of this.

Heroes of Newerth is of course a bit different because it has a lot more of these 'rules' (i.e. having to memorize skills for 60 heroes, as well as the effects of a number of items). I think that's the point zircon is trying to make.

[Hemophiliac]

http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=100136

tl;dr balance post :3

nice post, you got stickied there.

[Dhsu]

Proposing that the thread title be changed to "Heroes of Newerth Thread 2: Electrician Boogaloo."

[Tensei]

Done. Can't believe I didn't think of that myself.

I do have this pun to share though:

<@Tensei> tabcom doesnt help with pushing

<@Tensei> ironically

Oh and: http://hon.esportmedia.com/video/2010/04/09/new-hero-sneek-peek-chipper