toblix Posted November 6, 2012 That's only a valid answer to three of my questions. That's 3/7, or about the same amount as the increase of the standalone net profit of Pantaloon Retail for the third financial quarter of last year[1]. [1] http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2011/05/19/pantaloon-retail-net-profit-rose-q3-fy11.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n490 Posted November 6, 2012 If you don't have a general idea of what the game is, I always say to have someone break it down to you and then play a few game with 4 friends. If you do know what this is about, just find 4 thumbers and play a few games with them anyway. First time I played, my regular tf2 group just said "Follow us, we'll all go down the middle lane." Once we lost horribly, they told me that now that I knew how to not play Dota, I was ripe to learn how to play Dota. Fun was had either way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 6, 2012 Maybe I'll just join random games and piss a bunch of people off. Can I play under a false and untraceable alias? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
youmeyou Posted November 6, 2012 I played my first game last night in a random coop match vs bots and did predictably terribly. Also do games tend to go on past 40 minutes? The pacing of it felt pretty laborious after a while, it's no Awesomenauts game that lasts maybe 15 minutes max. Lots of waiting around and not diving directly toward the enemy crystal. Also did I mention I was terrible? The shop utterly confuses me. Are the items you buy passive buffs? Or can you activate them from your stash? I don't know about this game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted November 6, 2012 I played my first game last night in a random coop match vs bots and did predictably terribly. Also do games tend to go on past 40 minutes? The pacing of it felt pretty laborious after a while, it's no Awesomenauts game that lasts maybe 15 minutes max. Lots of waiting around and not diving directly toward the enemy crystal. Also did I mention I was terrible? The shop utterly confuses me. Are the items you buy passive buffs? Or can you activate them from your stash? I don't know about this game. Generally it's 30-60min a game. Unless one side gets seriously stomped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLastBaron Posted November 6, 2012 The shop utterly confuses me. Are the items you buy passive buffs? Or can you activate them from your stash? Depends, some items you use, some just give you stats or auras or the like. You can't use items form your stash though, that's just for holding items. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted November 8, 2012 Yea I remember how confusing the store was as a new player. they definitely need to make a video or something for the learn section showing how it's all laid out and how the tiered item buying system works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fripplebubby Posted November 9, 2012 I'm also a ridiculous beginner, but in regards to items the Dota 2 wiki has a suggested buy order for all the Lords and little explanations for each item. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 9, 2012 One thing: do players ususlly use their human voices when playing this game, or do they chat by typing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 9, 2012 It varies. Usually if I'm civil and chipper people start using their mics if they have them, or typing back. On other occasions I get yelled at in monosyllabic not-quite-English. It's a crapshoot, but it's worth it for that one game where everyone is nice and relaxed, just chatting away win or lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted November 9, 2012 I still find the in-game voice chat a bit hit and miss simply from a technical standpoint (and the way the volume controls work in the game leaves a lot to be desired as well), but when playing with other Thumbs or people I know we always use Mumble or Skype. The play experience improves greatly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sully907 Posted November 9, 2012 I use the voice chat when it's not going to disturb my wife, it does make it more fun and easy to play strategically. I heard in the next patch they are working on a codec that's going to make the voice chat a bit better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
njoos Posted November 10, 2012 http://www.dota2alttab.com/ is alright for newbies. I usually link this http://www.purgegame...o-dota-you-suck to new players. And I did it again!! The built in voice chat is pretty poop I must agree. The voice volume is the same as game sound volume? Why. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted November 10, 2012 Yea I really enjoy that people mysteriously can't hear me on the in-game voice, but any extrenal voip program works totally fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted November 10, 2012 Yea I really enjoy that people mysteriously can't hear me on the in-game voice, but any extrenal voip program works totally fine. It makes me rage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the.edge Posted November 10, 2012 I was hoping for an ingame chat channel in the OP. Is there one? I'm so bored playing solo pubs, regardless of how awful I am most nights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dethgar Posted November 10, 2012 IGC Channel is idlethumbs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the.edge Posted November 10, 2012 I must be blind, I looked for that in the list. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 13, 2012 GAME REPORT: I fired up DOTA, and, unable to find any tutorial or single player thing I jumped into a match. I selected Juggernaut, and the following occured over the next half hour: I was surprised by the French announcer voice. Is there a reason for such a weird voice other than that it's sort of cool? The M-M-M-MONSTER KILL thing was cool at first, but then I found it a bit annoying. I guess there's less of that in pro elite master gold league series games. I had some initial problems with figuring out the store and inventory. For the longest time I had a bunch of stuff in my stash, and tried to use it from there. After figuring out how to actually transfer them to my inventory I found it cumbersome having to click on each thing, then myself. Just before the end I discovered the keypad double-tap, which seemed like a shortcut to use a thing on myself. I leveled up a bunch of times, and towards the end I killed a million people. The JUGGERNAUT attack was cool and felt powerful. Everyone else seemed to have little groups of monsters with them, or they were following little groups of monsters. What are those? I opened by explaining my inexperienced status on the chat, but nobody replied. Also, nobody said anything. We won, and it ended like this: I'm not sure how to read this, but I guess I levelled up pretty all right compared to the others. I had the most "last hits" (which is probably bad) and pretty low gold and xp per minute. All in all, a positive surprise considering all the horror stories I've heard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted November 14, 2012 last hits are good! do that! The announcer right now is Death Prophet's voice because of halloween. Less dying though! Also they did implement a mic change and people can hear me in game, it's wonderful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 14, 2012 Wait, didn't I play the proper game? Was this some Halloween bullshit? How much of my experience was actually DOTA 2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 14, 2012 No the Krobelus announcer is just a temporary replacement for the regular one. You played a real game, and you played Juggernaut for your first real game. You can experience nothing more actually DotA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted November 14, 2012 Your sarcasm/honesty is lost on me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 14, 2012 It's all uphill/downhill from here, depending on your point of view. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites