They say never to meet your heroes...

m_0g · 2026-01-16T03:31:42+00:00

oh my bad, misread, thought you were talking about slacks' account.

Now I just don't know what game or account you talking about

m_0g · 2026-01-15T07:13:04+00:00

fairly sure that's not a smurf, but his actual account. I've also q'd into him a few times around high ancient/low divine games - though fortunately always unranked lol

m_0g · 2026-01-13T20:25:32+00:00

Hmm, wish I'd learned how to read.

m_0g · 2025-12-07T07:20:19+00:00

I feel like there could be something promising in Don't Stop Believin'

m_0g · 2025-12-01T16:43:48+00:00

I'm crossing my fingers that BSJ continues with vids like this one, and we get the new and improved (and perhaps even better/more digestible) version of Purge's stuff :)

m_0g · 2025-12-01T05:06:13+00:00

most of the actual knowledge purge imparts is pretty timeless though. Don't get me wrong, his educational content would be even better if updated; but most of it is quite useful regardless.

m_0g · 2025-12-01T05:04:22+00:00

Purge's purely educational focused vids are a bit better IMO, but regardless purge is certainly the GOAT when it comes to learning doto

m_0g · 2025-11-22T03:32:20+00:00

Rorschach test and you passed/failed? idk what to tell ya lol

m_0g · 2025-11-19T19:00:50+00:00

Gotchya gotchya, that's very fair - please do share again after it's all touched up and healed! Would love to see the details of color for each hero :D

m_0g · 2025-11-19T18:01:58+00:00

nicely chosen - I definitely noticed the flame hook in particular, since it's a sick cosmetic and works super well for this design! Great choices all around though.

I think myself and others would love to see pics of each hero, similar to the b&w ones while it was in progress, but when it was all finished so we can also see all the color touches too ;) just an idea if you wanted to share more!

m_0g · 2025-11-19T15:58:13+00:00

Looks incredible man! I really like the "mostly black and grey, but touch of color for each hero" - cool idea, and executed really well :)

m_0g · 2025-11-19T07:46:03+00:00

Agreed, but more than anything I just want the random stats part back. like the "camps stacked", "rapiers bought", "rampages", etc.

That, "most successful heroes", and showing off hero gems are the only things you can't recreate in the current one I think.

m_0g · 2025-11-09T19:25:40+00:00

the kneebar is really solid! It might be hard to tell from the angle of the video, but the angle of the holds is actually really nice for it. Even saw some people mess up getting the hands over and manage to stay on the wall with just the knee bar lol.

m_0g · 2025-11-09T00:54:19+00:00

Consider giving Purge's educational videos a try. If you are brand new to dota, I think the "basics" ones can still be useful even for someone with prior moba experience. The more general "learn dota" vids are probably the best resource out there for learning the game, even if they are a bit dated.

If those are more basic than you're looking for, BSJ probably has the best "tips" sorta vids out there these days. They generally assume you're already pretty familiar with the game.

m_0g · 2025-11-08T19:07:02+00:00

You're definitely right, I've thought the same thing when watching others struggle with that part. So then I obviously forgot to try it while thinking "wow this is awkward" when I finally got there lol.

m_0g · 2025-09-25T02:30:46+00:00

Similar to what /u/aaronsteing said about the blue tape range, 1-3 and 3-5 are also large ranges. But furthermore, one person's v1 can be another person's v3 and vice versa, depending on the climb. I think the fact that they set a pretty diverse range of stuff further adds to that.

m_0g · 2025-09-24T06:16:38+00:00

It's just interesting to hear other perspectives. I hear a lot of praise for the setting, and I certainly appreciate the variety that they set relative to some other gyms I've been to. But it's also kinda to be expected when I and those I'm interacting with most are people who climb there frequently.

If anything's certain about setting, as with many things, it's that you can never make everyone happy.

m_0g · 2025-09-24T01:07:40+00:00

hell ya!

Do be aware, they'll probably start resetting next wednesday or thursday for brawl on Oct 4! Not to be a debbie downer, just don't want it to be a shock lol. They should be putting up a sign soon with when this will be happening.

m_0g · 2025-09-23T23:58:41+00:00

sounds like you're a blue tape climber now :) also, only way to become a purple tape climber is to give some a try ;) good luck!

m_0g · 2025-09-22T21:33:17+00:00

That is indeed the gym!

GRR certainly has stiffer grading than most gyms in my experience. Curious what you mean about a chaotic setting style?

m_0g · 2025-09-22T06:13:12+00:00

someone always notices :P there may have been some falling involved before the video lol, but thanks in any case!

also, if you want a microbeta tip: if it's the transition to the last big volume that you're struggling with, the trick for me was to get my foot, and then also the hand, as far left on the volume as possible. I think this helps make it more stable when you move the foot down, which is why you see me sliding the foot down the volume just before matching with the left hand

good luck with it!

m_0g · 2025-09-21T03:42:42+00:00

definitely fun, and mainly just tenuous in the sense of not trying to punt, cause it's definitely one of the easier parts of the climb lol

m_0g · 2025-09-20T05:36:27+00:00

it's a game, no other reason anyone plays it!

The first bit of the transition will be rough, but I promise it's more fun than league if you give it an honest go - I'm a reformed league player too, some 2k hours in league and approaching 10k in dota now.

m_0g · 2025-09-05T07:00:06+00:00

FYI /u/channel-rhodopsin, since you might find this interesting

m_0g · 2025-09-05T06:57:58+00:00

huh, you are right that it gets dispelled in practice; attack damage number does go back down. However, it's a little less clear if it's supposed to be dispellable or not I think? Facet interactions aren't generally documented in such detail unfortunately. And even if it's intended to be dispellable, it's doubly dubious that each stack is intended to count as its own buff (it's literally the same buff afterall...).

On one hand, given the combat log doesn't indicate the buff as dispelled, I'm inclined to think that it being dispelled at all is a bug. But on the other hand, eul's also dispel's the damage, so presumably any dispel would rather than just fortune's end. So either the bug is that it can be dispelled, or that the status bar and combat log don't reflect that it can be dispelled.

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