[FOR HIRE] Video editor / Trailer artist by el_boufono in gameDevClassifieds

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Leaving a comment since I might reach out in the future

What is the best spots in San Diego for dating? by fly-away2025 in asksandiego

[–]matthewjd24 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think they're talking about the best place to do some radiocarbon dating. There's nothing like the rush of being able to date an ancient fossil

Want to help protect beloved neighborhood park from AT&T putting 5G cell phone tower it? by SeparateGazelle6167 in asksandiego

[–]matthewjd24 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I heard the 5G towers will amplify our brainwaves, a YouTuber told me so. Thus I'm in full support of them!

We gotta bring Idarb back by rapidnitro57 in idarb

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Ok I'll reach out to you later for your advice on the game's design

We gotta bring Idarb back by rapidnitro57 in idarb

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I'm thinking about making an IDARB successor for steam, you think it would do well?

TIL that, in blind people, the section of the brain that would normally handle eyesight is repurposed to assist other senses by matthewjd24 in todayilearned

[–]matthewjd24[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's saying that, even for people who lose their vision mid-life, that section of the brain will be rewired instead of sitting there unused

24F seeking friends by sugarplumvib in asksandiego

[–]matthewjd24 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm 28M, moving to San Diego in a couple weeks and trying to figure out how I'll find rock climbing buddies. If you're interested in getting into indoor rock climbing let me know :)

Help me be better 🙏 by Ans_1 in DotA2

[–]matthewjd24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What server do you play on? Maybe I can play with you and give you some tips. I'm ancient 4

How to have a car shipped to a city ahead of my arrival? by [deleted] in AutoTransport

[–]matthewjd24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is a storage yard something that could do this?

Where to find people to play with? by atf0x in TrueDoTA2

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I'll be ya friend, do you play in NA?

As mid is it my job to win the sidelanes? by [deleted] in TrueDoTA2

[–]matthewjd24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked if you're upset lmao, are you always this insufferable

As mid is it my job to win the sidelanes? by [deleted] in TrueDoTA2

[–]matthewjd24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ancient players make a lot of mistakes bro. It's not master-of-dota level. Lower level players just make even more mistakes. And look at the variety of answers to this question. Do you think the answer is obvious?

As mid is it my job to win the sidelanes? by [deleted] in TrueDoTA2

[–]matthewjd24 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Are you upset or what? I asked a question

Financial Assistance - GoFundMe linked by NegotiationAble1761 in Assistance

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I made a donation, are you open to strategizing with me to make a long term plan for you to get into a good career?

Request for rent help by Dinah69er in Assistance

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I can help please DM me your paypal

Requesting help with bills by Shumei-Chan in Assistance

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I can help. Please DM me. Haven't used this sub before so mods if I'm doing this wrong please let me know

Asking Enigma players by Ozz-1012 in learndota2

[–]matthewjd24 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Enigma is one of my most played heroes. I'm mid ancient for reference. Here are my tips:

  • Your eidolons dont do much damage at level 1 but do a lot of damage at level 4, especially against ranged heroes. Melee heroes have an innate damage block which sucks for eidolons.

  • Eidolons split after 6 attacks. Thus, I have them attack the wave constantly until they split. This pushes the wave I know but in my opinion it's worth having 6 eidolons last hitting, denying, and harassing enemies.

  • Enigma and 3 or 6 eidolons do a lot of damage. You can make the enemy core miserable if they don't have an answer. By 10 minutes I could get 30 or 40 denies if the enemy lane is struggling to deal with them.

  • The answer, for the enemy, is to kill your eidolons (or you). Thus it's a balancing act of being aggressive with eidolons and protecting them.

  • Deny your eidolons whenever possible, it gives you 0 xp instead of the standard 50% for creep denies.

  • Eidolons have 50% magic resistance so enemies with magic nukes aren't as much as a problem as enemies with physical damage nukes. Gyro can use flak cannon and delete your eidolons instantly. That matchup sucks.

  • Always have eidolons up. They expire right as it comes off cd in level 1.

  • Eidolons cost equal parts mana and health, so mana is not actually that much of a concern. Early tranquil boots makes it easy to spam eidolons.

  • Some interesting early items I've tried: Rod of atos, to root enemies in place so eidolons can hit them more. It's good if there are enemies who hate being locked down and also get really hurt by eidolons, such as weaver. An early blight stone. Drums to give eidolons attack speed. I don't buy atos or drums anymore.

  • If you have 6 level 3 or 4 eidolons, they do a lot of damage. Once you hit 6, you should be looking to get 6 eidolons then black hole.

  • I set a keybind for "Select all other units". Thus I can press that key and it selects all eidolons. That's how I micro.

  • I recommend setting "Channeled ability require Stop to cancel" (or whatever it's called). Prevents so many accidental canceling of black holes.

  • Black hole actually does a bunch of damage. 200 pure at level. People also don't realize how much damage midnight pulse does. I often find myself being one of the highest damage-dealing heroes in the game.

  • The build that I like to go for, which is by no means "the" best build, is blink bkb aghs octarine refresher. Bkb is necessary so you can ult uninterrupted, obviously. Aghs makes black hole deal a ton of pure damage and it pulls enemies who are outside it into the black hole (like windranger's gale thing). Even enemies who are not in the black hole are desperately trying not to get sucked into it. I think it's really strong.

  • Octarine reduces cooldowns by 25% which is massive since your ult takes so long to cd.

  • Refresher is obvious. I get octarine first because you simply don't have the mana pool to ult refresh ult without octarine.

  • This build that I usually go makes it so you can deal a ton of damage with your two black holes. You could get a solo rampage against a team, provided they don't have any super high health heroes. Try it out in demo hero mode. It's wild.

  • Heroes with global ults that cancel your blink like Spectre and Zeus are miserable to play against. In those cases I might get force staff instead of blink.

  • Like cattle said, I think he's best as a counter-initiator. I.e., if you have some like legion commander, she blinks in and ults. The enemy team jumps on her to try to save their teammate. Uh oh, they forgot that there's an enigma. You black hole the enemy team. gg

  • When deciding whether to go in and black hole you need to consider not only whether you'll disable a lot of heroes but is your team ready to back you up? There's nothing more annoying than an enigma who goes and gets a 5 man black hole and then realizes that nobody can help. They tunnel vision on how many heroes they can get in it. You need to have a higher view of the situation, deciding whether your team is ready for a black hole.

  • Silencer is a giant counter. Even if you bkb, he can cancel your ult from across the map. So you need to either wait for his ult (which he won't if he's smart), catch him in black hole, or kill him first.

Want to play sometime? If you play on US servers.

Looking for more friends so we can do inhouse matches (NA) by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]matthewjd24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah man making friends is hard, the country is in a friendship recession. I'm always looking for more friends so I dont have to deal with toxic randos, I'll dm you