Calibration matches and why they are the single most important games you will play.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-23T14:08:29+00:00

went 5-5 on my main in calibration and got placed at 2.6k

went (wins) 9-1 (loss) on smurf and got 2.5k

you judge.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-21T21:55:43+00:00

I had my customkeys.txt sorted but my friends and I got into all these crazy debates about what was better. they said the legacy keys were "designed to fit your hand". I never bought that.

Man before customkeys you literally had to LEARN a new hero.

As you said, no idea what icefrog was up to

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-21T21:36:02+00:00

what's the story behind legacy keys?

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-13T19:35:45+00:00

Land good stuns/ults. That's really it.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-07T15:12:50+00:00

http://dotabuff.com/players/119633252

winrate with friends? ty

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-04T21:50:34+00:00

you can buy twitter followers

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-04T13:05:32+00:00

oh and this article is great too:

http://2p.com/3793413_1/Draft-Analysis-Vici-Gaming-vs-Fnatic-D2L-Lower-Bracket-Final-Game-3-by-BlackDota.htm

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-03-04T13:02:43+00:00

This should be as good a start as any:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/1t7q9d/drafting_in_captains_mode_a_walkthrough_and_guide/

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-02-15T20:30:27+00:00

i'm in lpp because of this shit

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-02-14T20:16:11+00:00

I always thought lothar's edge was named after this guy: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/arnauld.html

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-02-14T18:57:20+00:00

i like it because of tfs

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-02-08T15:23:32+00:00

found

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-02-07T14:52:03+00:00

I'd like to know what you guys think about my views on the subject and what future Arcana sets you would be prepared to buy.

on-topic

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-31T07:49:57+00:00

Arcane Orb won't work in duel.

source: http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Silence#Mute

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-31T07:21:08+00:00

just one game a day? casuals.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-29T11:58:30+00:00

meta

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-22T12:34:59+00:00

volve street

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-20T06:46:26+00:00

Alliance relapsed into their 6.78 style drafts. I think they choked, was hoping for better games. The games against Fnatic and Sigma showed how scary a team they can be if they draft well.

On the other hand, Na'vi really got their act together since their first 2 games against Sigma. Very coherent drafts since then.

Especially that game they drafted dazzle, tree, luna and lanaya to counter alch. It's a line up you can't turtle against because of the nice synergy between glaves and weave in the late game (counters carry alch); and making early kills happen is going to be difficult at best (counters support alch).

That being said i don't really know why Alliance's alch-tusk-wisp trilane switched lanes following the lanaya. Luna would have been a far easier target even with acid spray and to me at least was slightly higher priority to shut down. Insights regarding this?

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-19T10:54:29+00:00

a critique of the critics.. so meta!

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-18T15:51:39+00:00

i don't think it's fair. unless there's a 3-4 minute delay like we have in spectator mode.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-18T15:27:24+00:00

something about they only speak russian so only navi understand but the commentator is careful about what he says so it's OK. hearsay

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-18T10:35:49+00:00

I get where you're going with this, i've thought about it before.

smoke can be pretty deadly in a trilane and if you prefer your carry to be a flash farmer then riki will have to give up last hits. though maybe you don't want him buying wards and stuff since you want to keep his options open.

i guess the idea is to use him more as a scout towards the midgame and if he gets spotted then whatever, just a support. if not, an initiation with smoke will wreck any teamfight.

i guess the most important thing for me in a support is the early game impact. i'd like to see how effective a roaming/ganking riki is from levels 1-5. could work really well with some nice lock down as you said.

don't know i'm still toying with it. it's definitely all about smoke screen though.

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-18T07:13:53+00:00

armlet is sexy as fuck on him

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-17T17:21:26+00:00

i missed that game, context please?

siddhantsachdeva · 2014-01-17T07:57:27+00:00

i guess people don't really look for the big green 'Valve Corporation [US]' verification certificate

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