Dota 2

[Rambo]

Man Tensei, I keep forgetting you aren't in mumble with us. I'm so sorry we all left yesterday without saying anything. Inadvertent douchebags.

[Tensei]

It's fine haha, I installed it now so I should be good for voicechat next time.

[Ajax]

Looks like more waves of invites are going out, and "the most active Dota 2 players" are also getting additional invites to give out (I got a couple, lol). Check your email etc, etc.

[Tensei]

Nothing here yet, but I heard they're handing out new keys per region so they might not have done EU yet.

So how about that Lycan? The performance tracking is also a pretty neat addition, it displays how well you do with a particular hero relative to other players at your skill level:

(not mine)

Also, this was an amazing game yesterday:

Edited March 23, 2012 by Tensei

[Tensei]

This week in Dota 2.

BURRS!

Sillybear is the only hero with a summonable unit that has 6 fully functional item slots.

[eternal Zero]

Why hello there, Sylla~

[Nase]

weaver is my only 5 star hero lol

i expect most people REALLY suck with him.

[Tensei]

I've randomed Razor like twice and he's now at like 5 stars for me too. For some reason I just stomp games with him even though I don't particularly like the hero.

Also, Jeremy Lin plays Dota 2!

Edited April 4, 2012 by Tensei

[Tensei]

http://www.playdota.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=2364&pictureid=39373

Brewmasterrrrr. He's a pretty awesome anti-carry, mostly popular in the Chinese scene.

Also, new Shadow Fiend ult animation:

[Dhsu]

LOL @ "OMGWTF mighty". I kinda want them to replace "mightier" with "penis mightier."

Also isn't "Pandaren" a giant trademark/copyright violation?

Edit: Man, I love that the ult leaves scorch marks.

Edited April 19, 2012 by Dhsu

[Tensei]

Pretty sure that 'Pandaren' is a placeholder or a result of directly copypasting skill descriptions, otherwise yeah, I could see Valve getting in trouble for that.

[Tensei]

No new hero this week unfortunately, but a UI overhaul and new item icons instead.

Image here.

Oh, and Lion gets a new model.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Tensei

[Dhsu]

Dude needs to lay off the masturbatin'.

[Mak Eightman]

I know this is a stupid question..

How can I get DOTA2? I'm still playing 6.72:whatevaa:

[Dhsu]

Sign up for a beta invite!

http://www.dota2.com/survey/experience/

[Mak Eightman]

Yeah.. Already did, couple days ago. Waiting is sucks.

Still, thanks.

[Garian]

I like ranged carries, I dislike melee carries, I like supporting too, but don't expect me to initiate too much or leave lane unless you are good at telling me what to do

Favourite characters currently are Vengeful Spirit and Clockwerk

[Tensei]

So I was watching Kingravens stream (an extreme rager with an inflated ego to boot who is only fun to watch for the schadenfreude), and to my surprise I saw Sensai playing on his team, clantag and everything. I hope it wasn't too terrible of an experience.

Edited May 2, 2012 by Tensei

[Tensei]

Phantom Lancer!

Might be one of my favorite designs yet. Too bad the hero is kinda boring.

Edited May 3, 2012 by Tensei

[Dhsu]

Still an obvious Kimahri ripoff, haha.

[Tensei]

This week, Trees!

[Tensei]

http://www.dota2.com/spoilsofwar/

The cosmetic store is in, and I guess it's now finally 100% confirmed to be free to play with all heroes unlocked from the start.

[Dhsu]

Figured that would be the case, with TF2 store pretty much printing money. Still I'm thinking the Dota store won't be nearly as popular since the heroes are so small and cosmetic changes are harder to notice. Also it doesn't have the advantage of having items that actually affect gameplay. I'm sure the inevitable TF2 crossover items will be super-popular though.

Now we just need a friggin' ETA.

Edited June 1, 2012 by Dhsu

[Tensei]

There's already some really amazing stuff in the workshop.

[Dhsu]

Nice!

And of course the sexy skins...forgot how horny gamers are.

Edit: ROFL

Edited June 5, 2012 by Dhsu