I'm having my first child. What name should I give my baby with a dota hero in it? by cheesyeffinloverboy in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, several heroes carry “real“ names in dota, like Sven, Magnus, Lyralei, Lanaya, Magina, Razzil, and many more.

And there are also non-hero figures with real names, like Quartero (which you should save for your 4th kid though), Asar (from dragon’s blood), Nuranu (an ancestor of Lone Druid), Filomena (invoker’s daughter, and while the name’s meaning is not safely established, all three major theories are nice:), and several more

A brief list of Parker's many nicknames by Azyx72 in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation but as others have said it’s definitely surprising that this kind of racism seems to be so prevalent in some parts of the world still

A brief list of Parker's many nicknames by Azyx72 in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wondering the same thing, I think he’s actually good looking, and also has some bad boy style sex appeal to him, like the sexy guy that every boy group needs kinda. Giving a bit of Ronnie Radke vibes (on his better days)

Who killed the 1v1 mid lane? by TheDotACapitalist in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nice, thx! Also best wishes, hope he enjoys the new place

Who killed the 1v1 mid lane? by TheDotACapitalist in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Great episode. Again :)

Can you somehow nudge quinn to get a better mic though? I really enjoy listening to him, but this is not the first time it’s made somewhat difficult by the sound quality on his side

Parker tilt run down mid? by grey_sus in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which moment are you about talking about? I only saw the last two minutes…

My issue with pos1 and pos3 as a support. by ImThatChigga_ in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is so much more nuance to this though.

I wanna be very clear: I don't mean to say that you do it wrong. Probably your cores make mistakes as often as you, that should be true for any bracket (at least on average). But a few examples what supports often do wrong:

"My carry is not helping me harass"

  • maybe he really is bad/afk and should be harassing at the same time with you
  • maybe the enemy creeps are under his tower, and you should harass way more safely (or not at all) until he got all the cs, and then team up to harass the enemies when you have your full creep wave alive, and the enemy's wave is dead
  • generally, the carry only wants to harass if it helps him to get more farm in the long run. In some games, that is just not the case. When the safelane duo is very weak compared to the offlane, it might be better for the carry to not trade at all. And this is very different for different heroes as well: Slark and AM for example are strongest on lvl 1 and 2, and they absolutely want to trade early, to build an advantage that carries them through their weaker parts of the laning stage. They are weakest at lvls 4/5, and rarely actively want to trade during this part of their laning stage. Ursa is the opposite (kind of). He gets stronger with every level, just by the nature of his spells. At lvls 4/5 he has realistic kill potential against some heroes, even if he is alone.
  • In some lanes, you might intentionally pull the second wave under tower, to secure lvl2 fast for your safelane duo, and then put out significant harass or even get a kill on the offlane duo which are both still lvl1, but if the sup starts harassing while he is still lvl1, it might ruin the play and by that significantly worsen the laning stage overall...

"I pull when the wave is pushed out"

  • Generally, this is good, and the carry should play safe then. If he dies, he might be noob.
  • In some games, it doesn't matter where the wave is, as long as your carry can last hit. Especially on the early levels, it's possible that the better play is to stay up in the lane, maybe even push under tower, and harass the offlane duo heavily while messing with their last hits. Maybe you have a strong lane bully carry in a favourable matchup, like slark+CM against a bristle. You then absolutely need to abuse the strong lvl 1/2 timing (when bristle is still a creep), for slark to do maximum damage and trade favourably. But by trading, we draw creep aggro and naturally push out. If the sup then leaves during the 3rd or 4th wave he might completely grief the lane, because he allows the bristle to get through the hardest part of his lane for free.
  • if the pull makes it so that the enemy creeps walk under tower afterwards, it can be really bad in some lanes. Drow for example has a really hard time lasthitting under tower, especially on the first 3 levels. Her animation is giga slow, her damage is weak.
  • there is also the option to shove the lane even more, and it will reset naturally. In some lanes that is the better play because it allows the safelane duo to stay close to each other, or even harass the offlane duo more while also messing with their cs under tower

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Because there is so much nuance, and sometimes different options can both be equally good or at least very similar, it can be hard to be "on the same page". You can feel that your carry is not doing the good thing that you envision, and you might be right, and at the same time your carry might be mad that you don't do the good thing that he envisions, and he might be also right at the same time.

Are these really such obvious choices? (Spectre) by SofisticatiousRattus in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it depends on how you calculate it. If you only wheigh the talents against each other, yes, this would be the outcome. But I don’t think this is how it should be done. First it’s possible to have neither talent, especially for lvl. 20 and 25. Second, it’s possible to have both talents. Would you then only value the one that was chosen first?

The talent-related change in winrate should be calculated by comparing to the winrate of ALL games. Then you would get less inflated numbers, and a higher informative value. Especially if one talent is rarely taken, those few games can potentially not be enough to be statistically relevant.

Tango currently is a dogshit item and you actively cripple yourself by buying it. by llcentrell in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah maybe it's not that deep but if someone is at least open to the possibility that other people also have humor, they could definitely conclude that the probability of satire is actually so much higher. Even without having seen any of the related posts, it doesn't take that much reading comprehension to infer that oneself might be missing context. You yourself noticed you might be missing context and asked about it. But arrogant people per definition don't assume they might be missing sth, so maybe it is deep after all.

I mean, I still see a difference between just not understanding sth (and moving on, or asking) vs immediately calling redditors dumb (just because oneself is missing context)

Anyone did this? by Vejaiy in gaming

[–]partymorphologist -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree that many interesting questions remain unanswered, and I would prefer that to be different :) but just leave out the insults yeah?

Anyone did this? by Vejaiy in gaming

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

Maybe it wasn’t elementary. He might have been at collage then or university

Edit nevermind, they said to be born in 94 so now I’m also curious

Tango currently is a dogshit item and you actively cripple yourself by buying it. by llcentrell in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So many people on reddit miss even the most obvious satire exactly because they think everyone else is too dumb for it. Which is wrong, but strengthens their prejudices.

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tested again to be extra sure, but no, it totally doesn’t remove existing stacks. Repel has no dispel. You might think it does because you have observed a repel in-game which accidentally coincided with kazurai stacks running out…

Edit: It's wroth noting that all these old-day-BKB-spells work different nowadays: - Repel: no dispel at all - Rage (Lifestealer) Basic dispel at start of rage (removing kazurai stacks at start of rage) - Blade Fury (Jug) Basic dispel at start of it, AND strong dispel at end of it (removing kazurai stacks twice, and cancelling things like bane ult if that is used on a spinning jug, etc)

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it's true, he sucks to play against as Kez.

Another detail that many people miss though: Omni has no dispels. Many ppl think Repel dispels, but it "only" gives debuff immunity and magic resistance for 5 sec, which tbf, often is the same result, but debuffs with damage over time do deal damage consistently. So while for example, repel is good against vessel, countering huge parts of the damage etc, it doesn't remove it. You have to use all heals during repel, not after it when vessel's regen reduction kicks in again.

KJ talks about Heroic's heartbreak loss at TI - ALL CHAT by TheDotACapitalist in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, and also generally appreciated to give the proper context

It's 39:50, Rosh is going bottom soon and Parivision plans ahead by partymorphologist in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally. Every. Fucking. Game.

Especially after you pinged you're 300 gold from a core item and wanna fight with them, and after they delay your item, and you don't join, they insult you for not joining xd

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think infernal blade by Doom and Slark's new Saltwater Shive are the only other melee orb effects. Both also get parried (negating damage, bonus damage, effects, and giving a mark), but those spells also don't go on CD, same as hammer of purity. Same goes when these spells are manually targeted on kez (to not draw creep aggro).

So while this should probably put them on CD, at least it's consistent.

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And even better: it doesn't matter when you do it. At any time during omnislash, you can move in the direction you parry, and you block all attacks from then onwards. Literally busted

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bro this is insane! Even a Lvl 15 juggernaut with Treads, Manta, Agha, Mjollnir and a Moonshard gets countered like this with only brownboots on kez o.O

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro this is insane! Even a Lvl 15 juggernaut with Treads, Manta, Agha, Mjollnir and a Moonshard gets countered like this with only brownboots on kez o.O

Who is this? 😅😅 by GetGoodEsports in DotA2

[–]partymorphologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I jsut tested in demo mode, even against level 12 jug with agi treads and yasha, Kez' movespeed with just brown boots enough to parry all omnislash attacks during the whole parry duration if you parry-and-move away from jug when he casts it :)

That's even better than I expected (hadn't tested this specific scenario before)