I’m more familiar w/ Tides of Blood - only did a handful of games of DOTA 1 back in the day. The only things I need learn about DOTA (besides the heroes, which a lot are similar War3 and TOB heroes) are the item system, unlocking recipes and all the little ins and out. Hopefully my micro will come back to me sooner than later.
Thanks for the random advice - it makes a lot of sense. I’ll also check out that YouTube channel.
Yeah, random will help a lot. And purge also has videos where he goes over items and when you should get them.
I’m so close to buying a special courier. I play support a lot and want a different one but havent had such luck 
I have no idea what you’re talking about. They have “special” couriers for purchase? What’s the difference between the default?
That’s another thing - I’m new to the “free-to-play, but full of microtransactions” model.
They just are reskinned couriers with some sort of color or particle effect. There’s no advantage to having a custom courier, it doesn’t fly faster or have more hp or anything like that than the default courier.
yeah i dont know how many games but i’ve played but all have been random pick by me.
Add me if you need more people to play with. Don’t judge me by my fraudulent stats. Sand king is my bnb, i never fuck it up
It’s just a different model for the courier. A tree stump or lizard or whatever.
Just to show off my Epeen a bit more.
Not sure about this game, but in Path of Exile microtransactions are for specifically cosmetic things, nothing that has any gameplay advantages, no pay to win.
Sorry for the double post and noob question, but Dota 2 is 100 bucks right? Or is that just with all the extra shit?
Also, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Steam cards at Gamestop, but I went to the Steam site and apparently you can sign up for free?
I’d love some clarification, please and thank you. 
Edit: Nevermind, I think I get it, you sign up for free, and they have some free games, but you can buy directly, or you can just buy the cards.
Nah, it’s going to be free to play, it’s in a somewhat closed beta right now because they don’t have the server capacity to have it open, you can however ‘buy’ in for 30 that also gives you some cosmetic items too.
So long as you don’t have to do gay account leveling bullshit like LoL does, I think the microtransactions in DotA 2 will be just spiffy. The Tidehunter costumes I saw in use at the second invitational were pretty dope. 
Yeah, you gain ‘battle points’ and have a level, but the only thing that happens is that whenever you level you get an item. You are never at a disadvantage for being a lower level or not having items or anything compared to other players.
And you can buy boosts to your battle points, the coolest part is that if you buy one of those, everyone in your games will get the boost too and it will announce who is giving the boost to everyone in the game. It actually makes the attitudes of people in the game better whenever someone does that.
You also have the chance to win random items after each match. Even if you lose you can win something, makes even losing sometimes okay and not as stressful or upsetting as dota/league can get.
The micro transaction model that valve has for dota 2 is amazing, it doesn’t ever force you to pay for anything, it’s all cosmetic.
Valve is one of the few companies who do “Free to Play” correctly. You’ll get the FULL game for free, and no paying to win. They went this route with TF2, and they are still making a shit-ton of money on an old game while doing it.
^_-;
Can I buy DOTA2 yet?
Any1 have a key?
Thanks for more info, Negaduck. I don’t plan on spending any money on DotA 2, but it’s really good to see that Valve is doing F2P right with microtransactions.
Dotadotadota!!! been playing since dota 6.35, only recently got back into dota 2.
If anyone needs any help/advice or whatever if they want to get into it seriously, i’m down to mentor.
This is a fantastic resource, alt tab dota guides for skill and item builds:
Lol. Visiting some family and just saw that the lorax is furion.
“I speak for the trees”
So… how can I play?
Seriously… LOL is garbage and many people on OG Dota troll or suck.
I’ve been playing since SC. AOE was hilarious. The one where you became a Huge god, lol
I want the Blizzard one too.
Right now there are two ways to play:
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[]Get invited to the beta
[]Buy your way into the beta on Steam for $30 (this is what I did)
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o… Didnt know about the 30 one
Invite me haha.
Well, I’ll report later, my steam isnt working