Topic: Dota 2 (Read 46036 times)

Watno · « **Reply #100 on:** April 08, 2013, 11:12:10 am »

And what makes this Korean page a reliable source?
My computer indeed can't translate it, what do they even claim to measure?

mcmcsalot · « **Reply #101 on:** April 08, 2013, 02:06:02 pm »

It's a third party company that tracks game and player data for a game to help with marketing and monetary panning. So it probably doesn't have reliable data on private dota servers.

Ozle · « **Reply #102 on:** April 08, 2013, 02:50:43 pm »

Also, it only seems to be monitoring Korea if you go to the full ranks page

http://www.gametrics.com/rank/Rank02.aspx

Area: Nationwide

Also, unsure what this conversation was about,can we not just all meet in a parking lot and everyone dresses as favourite character and LARP out which one is better?

*EDIT*
Hmm, LARP It Out. That has got a good ring to it, i shall use that as a suggestion to end all geek arguments in future.

Watno · « **Reply #103 on:** April 08, 2013, 03:01:15 pm »

I do believe that LoL is probably way more popular than Dota in the world except China. However, Dota is way more popular in China. The question is wether Dota in China is enough to make up for Lol in the rest of the world.

@Ozle: Go 1v1 SF only mid.

Ozle · « **Reply #104 on:** April 08, 2013, 03:03:13 pm »

Quote from: Watno on April 08, 2013, 03:01:15 pm

@Ozle: Go 1v1 SF only mid.

I don't know what this means but im hoping it means I get to dress up as Princess Peach again right?

Drab Emordnilap · « **Reply #105 on:** April 08, 2013, 05:06:23 pm »

I think it's like FONIFD.

Watno · « **Reply #106 on:** April 10, 2013, 11:29:56 am »

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-10-dota-2-passes-league-of-legends-as-most-played-pc-game
Further stats. The report it's based on apparently costs $6000 though. If there are actually companies paying that, that makes it look somewhat trustworthy in my eyes.

theory · « **Reply #107 on:** April 10, 2013, 11:35:30 am »

Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 11:29:56 am

The report it's bassed on apparently costs $2000 though. If there are actually companies paying that, that makes it look somewhat trustworthy in my eyes.

As someone who works in an industry with plenty of expensive reports ... lol

Watno · « **Reply #108 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:06:41 pm »

So you're buing reports for thousands of dollars without knowing wether they are actually valid?

Ozle · « **Reply #109 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:20:50 pm »

Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 12:06:41 pm

So you're buing reports for thousands of dollars without knowing wether they are actually valid?

Lawyers probably buy reports for thousands of dollars knowing full well they are not valid! Sneaky people these laywers!

mcmcsalot · « **Reply #110 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:51:58 pm »

The thing that bugs me with most of these figures is Starcraft is nowhere to be found, and I know that was the most played game before league.

I would believe that worldwide the largest pc games have gone in an order like this:

World of Warcraft(first majorly played online pc game)
Starcraft(overtook world of Warcraft due to competitive popularity in Asia)
League of legends(eruption of NA and EU competitive scenes made it the most played game)
Dota2(release took many of the Starcraft players as it is closer in feel then lol and became huge in Asia)

I think that is accurate with game releases as well which would make sense.
I am excited to see what riot is going to do to get back in the top. I doubt they will make a new game, and think they are going to attempt to grow the competitive scene even more. Though without opening up the competitive play to minor leagues I doubt it will increase their player base in the long run.

Watno · « **Reply #111 on:** April 10, 2013, 01:07:26 pm »

I think Riot will answer with making a new statistic, like they're probably all doing^^

mcmcsalot · « **Reply #112 on:** April 10, 2013, 01:11:40 pm »

Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 01:07:26 pm

I think Riot will answer with making a new statistic, like they're probably all doing^^

Haha yea I remember they released a year end chart saying league was played more hours than the top 100 most played games on steam. Then in little fine print, the steam games were tracked for on single day, and the league games were and average of an entire month of summer play time. So it's clearly skewed

theory · « **Reply #113 on:** April 10, 2013, 01:22:27 pm »

Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 12:06:41 pm

So you're buing reports for thousands of dollars without knowing wether they are actually valid?

No -- I am constantly barraged by emails advertising extremely expensive reports that aren't worth the electricity they're sent on.

theory · « **Reply #114 on:** April 10, 2013, 02:14:28 pm »

Quote from: mcmcsalot on April 10, 2013, 01:11:40 pm

Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 01:07:26 pm
I think Riot will answer with making a new statistic, like they're probably all doing^^

Haha yea I remember they released a year end chart saying league was played more hours than the top 100 most played games on steam. Then in little fine print, the steam games were tracked for on single day, and the league games were and average of an entire month of summer play time. So it's clearly skewed

This one? http://blogs-images.forbes.com/jasonevangelho/files/2012/10/League-of-Legends-infographic.jpg

They're comparing single day to average per day, which is acceptable if the single day isn't an outlier, but it's deeply misleading to compare an October day to an average July day!

mcmcsalot · « **Reply #115 on:** April 10, 2013, 02:18:48 pm »

Quote from: theory on April 10, 2013, 02:14:28 pm

Quote from: mcmcsalot on April 10, 2013, 01:11:40 pm
Quote from: Watno on April 10, 2013, 01:07:26 pm
I think Riot will answer with making a new statistic, like they're probably all doing^^

Haha yea I remember they released a year end chart saying league was played more hours than the top 100 most played games on steam. Then in little fine print, the steam games were tracked for on single day, and the league games were and average of an entire month of summer play time. So it's clearly skewed

This one? http://blogs-images.forbes.com/jasonevangelho/files/2012/10/League-of-Legends-infographic.jpg

They're comparing single day to average per day, which is acceptable if the single day isn't an outlier, but it's deeply misleading to compare an October day to an average July day!

exactly, I mean its clearly skewed and I find it funny that they wouldn't just choose to make the statistic more realistic and fair.

Watno · « **Reply #116 on:** May 12, 2013, 06:43:20 pm »

You can actually play OMG mode in Dota 2 via this site: http://d2ware.net/lobbies

Watno · « **Reply #117 on:** July 10, 2013, 08:40:00 am »

Dota 2 has now been officially released: http://www.dota2.com/thebetaisover (not that it was a problem getting a beta invite before, but getting in is more straightforward now)
Also, there is a comprehensive tutorial now, so getting into it should be easier than ever.

Grujah · « **Reply #118 on:** July 10, 2013, 10:55:04 am »

Do I need to reapply if I had beta access?

Watno · « **Reply #119 on:** July 10, 2013, 12:28:24 pm »

No, all beta accounts still exist and continue to be useable.

Watno · « **Reply #120 on:** August 02, 2013, 03:30:39 pm »

The International 3, the most awesome tournament ever is about to start.
I'm so hyped.

theory · « **Reply #121 on:** August 06, 2013, 02:25:14 pm »

It looks amazing!

Watno · « **Reply #122 on:** August 06, 2013, 04:58:45 pm »

The really amazing part hasn't even started yet.

HiveMindEmulator · « **Reply #123 on:** August 06, 2013, 05:03:05 pm »

If only there were some good way to do slow-mo or instant replay... Otherwise dota is really hard to watch.

Watno · « **Reply #124 on:** August 06, 2013, 05:09:57 pm »

If you're watching the replay in the ingame client, you can do all that quite easily.
Live it's harder, but one of the streams actually did it during the qualifiers by recording their own stream and replaying the relevant parts. It's quite a lot of work, but they might do it again for the main event.

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