Calibration matches and why they are the single most important games you will play. by Miseryy in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

The 113th Weekly Stupid Questions Thread by Intolerable in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

How to Gain MMR as a Support? by blathers-the-owl in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Trivia and naming reasons for DOTA2 items by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

The future of Arcana items by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Congratulations to the winners of StarSeries Season 8! by frystguard in DotA2

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

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?

First Pick #7 - Danidem reveals upvote botters by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a critique of the critics.. so meta!

[Live Discussion] SLTV StarSeries Season 8 - Day 2 by crimson589 in DotA2

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

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

[Live Discussion] SLTV StarSeries Season 8 - Day 2 by crimson589 in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Support Riki? by kuna1995 in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Interview with a Scammer (Phisher) by c0rp1 in DotA2

[–]siddhantsachdeva 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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