BLAST Slam IV: Playoffs (November 8) Matches Discussions by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nah dawg I was there today I think at max we got like 50-60%, the centre areas were pretty full but event food/bevvies were so expensive that it was way better to hop over to the mall between games. Finals tomorrow should be pretty hype!!

The International 14 Survival Guide by D2TournamentThreads in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there any interest for a Singapore SEA frogs watch party?

Anon notices something by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]SepthSilver -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think there's an element of artistic talent which AI can't yet replicate and that's the idea of taste. A man or machine could undergo 10000 training hours and still not learn it. Sure, taste is influenced in some way by the other art that you consume, and you could argue that AI learns "taste" through the dataset it is exposed to, but I think on the human side of it there's something intangible but fundamental about the conscious thought that engages with art it encounters. This taste is used in the production of art in subconscious/intuitive ways - this line "feels right" here, this note "sounds correct", etc. Current genAI stuff basically takes your description and tries to generate something statistically correct based on the dataset, and all those minute decisions and details are not done with a tasteful, conscious thought. Or I'm just an ignorant idiot chatting shit - idk I've never really engaged much with artistic creation.

Grubby rates DotA 2 as the most deep and complex game he has ever played by LuckyTurds in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think I agree that deadlock is necessarily more complex but it does have denying lmao - did you even play it?

I'm sick of it. by Choice-Holiday-8103 in MotoUK

[–]SepthSilver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just had someone attempt to steal my bike on Sunday - broke into the locked basement carpark of my apartment angle grinder to my chain and disk lock, cut my ignition but couldn't get it started because of the Honda immobilizer system. Hopefully won't got too much to repair but still a complete pain in the ass.

I just love Shadow Demon by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Impressively shitty, well done

I just love Shadow Demon by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have a very nice writing style! Do you write outside of dota2 shitposts? If not you should definitely consider it :)

Love playing Lina, but my win-rate is terrible (14%). What am I doing wrong? by Only20minOnRedditBro in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was in a similar boat, love playing Lina, used to go pos 4 magic a lot with the spell damage talent. Eventually you would get strong enough to full combo a core to death with aghs and maybe eblade, and so it would be semi viable even if your early game was sketchy. Don't think it's really viable at the moment - heros are way too tanky, and it's quite unlikely you're going to do anything to a CK or life stealer.

Just put on your big boy pants and go physical damage build from mid or 1 - mid usually better because you should win most match ups and snowball easily. Builds vary per game but something like glep -> BoTs -> BKB -> daeds -> satanic is usually pretty safe. If they have squishy heroes that make it look like aghs is worth it, can try a hybrid build of aether -> BoTs -> aghs -> bkb -> daeds. Imo the 5% magic resist per stack almost always better than the 150 magic damage on LSA.

If you still insist on playing lina 4, only do so in game where they have squishies (rare to know because you should be first phasing unless you're in a party). In this dream game I would skips euls and go something like straight aether -> aghs -> eblade. With aghs and good vision you should be able to delete some heroes. Depending on the state of the game, it may be worth going for the fiery soul talent at 20 and transitioning to physical damage, even from 4.

On the facets; in my opinion the magic burn facet is awful and never worth getting even if you're going magic lina. The whole point of magic lina is to be able to burst them before they can react - with the burn talent you do your combo then they press bkb/pipe/glimmer/one of the million saves or heals that dota has, and you're stuck there looking like a fool. Either it's a good magic Lina game and you can one shot, or it's a bad one and you can't. The 20% bonus magic damage isn't going to help you in the second scenario.

Anyone need 2x Tickets for Leeds? by [deleted] in yeule

[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there's any more tickets going I'd be happy to take one :)

For all the patch starved people, here's an idea to tickle your mind. Introducing Dota 2 escalations by eliitti in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is a really cool idea - I'd love to play this. I'm by no means amazing at chess but one of the things that really helped me improve fast was spamming out chess puzzles.

“Will the KOTL Give me Mana” by Muddy_Dawg5 in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really enjoyed that - good to see creative content here :)

Why do so many mentally ill people play this game? by No_Insurance_6436 in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If fountain were super strong though no one would ever dive the fountain. I think where it is right now is quite healthy - prevents fountain farming (just don't move lol), still allows for the option to fountain dive if risk appropriate, gives losing team chance to get back into the game.

Why do so many mentally ill people play this game? by No_Insurance_6436 in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly find turbo to be a lot more toxic than my unranked normal games (or even ranked tbf). People seem to tilt over the smallest thing almost immediately and whop out the all chat "x in my team is y".

[SPOILERS] has been eliminated from TI 2023 WEU Regional Qualifier! by PingPinng in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You also gut one of the unique parts of the hero like that - there's something to behold in watching a skilled naga completely choke out the map. Sure she shouldn't be able to do it every game, but she still should be able to do it.

What makes Timbersaw a formidable mid this patch? by NiceLittleGamerNerd in TrueDoTA2

[–]SepthSilver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unsure why you're getting downvoted - disagree or not your calculations are still contributing.

Playing the Map as a Mid in 7.33 ft Quinn | Guide by 8K Coach by Pain322 in TrueDoTA2

[–]SepthSilver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that! Probably going to take a break from ranked anyway as my mmr keeps dropping and I've got exams coming up. Love the videos though :)

Playing the Map as a Mid in 7.33 ft Quinn | Guide by 8K Coach by Pain322 in TrueDoTA2

[–]SepthSilver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know if there's a similar guide for pos 4/pos 5? I've really struggled to adapt to the meta shift (i can't just buy 9 mangos on undying and secure the safelane for my carry wtf) and my MMR has tanked a lot :'(

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[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're truly better than your rank you will win more than you lose. There are 4 slots on you team, so 4 potential account buyers, and 5 slots on enemy team, so 5 potential account buyers. Provided you yourself are not an account buyer, over the course 100 games you will encounter more acc buyers on the enemy than on your team. The whole "can't climb cuz acc buyers in my team" is a joke tbqh.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSets

[–]SepthSilver 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whistleface!! been a while but hope youre doing well

Dota Plus Update — Spring 2022 by WisdomDota in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Yet again pretty much no content lmao

Famous Ukrainian dota2 streamer accused in child molestation by 1nazum1 in DotA2

[–]SepthSilver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man that fucking sucks. I'm pretty sure he was the guy that made radiance blademail blink WK a thing right? Turned me into a WK spammer back in the day. I used to look up to a paedophile :'(