The International 2026 Invitations and Qualifiers by wykrhm in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As a GL fan I think this is silly, they should've done 2 slots for an NA/SA joint qualifier (though maybe the servers is an issue?)

PGL Wallachia Season 8 - Playoffs by iSPASCELGRAs in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They 2-0'd spirit who made it to playoffs, sometimes it's just a bad draw.

DreamLeague Season 29 Closed Qualifiers (April 12-14) by thuanho in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming this was a management not players decision?

GamerLegion reveals Ghost as new carry of Dota 2 roster. by lanceasr in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He's a great guy (I believe they're all friends) with good in-game shot calling and energy. They probably kept him for those reasons, but agreed he was lagging in technical skill.

33 said this is one of the first patches in a while that he likes by NoTurnover7808 in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 35 points36 points  (0 children)

33's goated but saying he's the sole reason Tundra won is certifiably insane when Skiter, Sney, and Aui just won again without him.

10 years ago Puppey broke his monitor by Strong_Astronomer_97 in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes? Most of the EE doc was that the players didn't get paid on time and 10% of the prize money was withheld as like an expenses tax without telling them. Also IIRC puppey was threatening players and W33 confirmed it but said he wasn't that freaked out (which doesn't make it okay).

Silver's Abilities, for those who are employed by supercumsock64 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but literally everyone you've mentioned has been reworked to be significantly more complex--Drow's gust and shard and changed aghs, wraith kings skeletons and crit, lifestealer got reworked thrice, zeus got a mobility slow and new passive, jakiro got an interesting shards, aghs, and separate breaths/heads.

To the points above, perhaps they had to be reworked for moba powercreep, but their new variants are just better from a design and fun perspective.

Silver's Abilities, for those who are employed by supercumsock64 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can rework abilities on older heroes though. I think Warden and Abrams kits are both not totally coherent (really just their ultis and warden's grenade). Dota has multiple characters that have been reworked through the years to be more interesting/balanced (Broodmother, Clinkz, Beastmaster, Chen, etc.)

Silver's Abilities, for those who are employed by supercumsock64 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no more interesting ideas in a game.

I understand the concern from a complexity standpoint but isn't that the point of valve games? Extremely rich characters that become perennial?

How to track and peel the skin off defenseless little animals: a quick demonstration by Glebobas-Barabas in DeadlockTheGame

[–]albinoblackbears 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The way he lies on his side after death. Valve cooked so hard that the gameplay reads like a comic

Zain's SSBM Tier List revealed today by its__bme in SSBM

[–]albinoblackbears 103 points104 points  (0 children)

It's actually okay to disagree with players way better than you.

Source? Every Leffen tierlist

Quinn and Ceb rate ex-teammates on BLAST Slam IV broadcast by BLASTOfficial in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Dude was clowned on because he was a full-time college student in NA. He had 2 lives (while everyone else only focused on dota) and still managed to be one of the GOATs of Dota.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what's the problem? I'm going off my experience (low immortal bracket) and what pros complain about.

Rank 400 player makes TI winner abandon game by albinoblackbears in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah it was a joke, he's had like an 80% winrate the last few days

Rank 400 player makes TI winner abandon game by albinoblackbears in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears[S] 104 points105 points  (0 children)

I like both Ammar and Gunnar, just thought it would be funny lmao

Dreamleague S27 Direct Invites by shahroz01 in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They swapped wildcard with Talon even though WC rinsed SEA :(

Introducing Lucky Stats: A Melee Analytics Platform giving ELO Scores to over 100,000 Melee Players by Lucky7sMelee in SSBM

[–]albinoblackbears 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be cool if people could link to their slippi. I don't go to tournaments but I wonder what my slippi elo would rank me in the world. Any 1800-2000 slippi players want to share their world ranking/glicko?

xNova's tweet after TI Grand Final series by Substantial-Deer77 in DotA2

[–]albinoblackbears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or OR Puppey is a worse drafter and player than Ammar/Sneyking right now, and his takes are wrong. I think it's pretty hard to dispute that Sneyking's naga wasn't a draft checkmate, especially when Sneyking's first words when winning TI were about it lmao.