Getting started

[Drackard]

I don't even know where to begin. I got an invite to this a while back, but after a single bot game, I gave up. I play LoL on a daily basis and absolutely love it, so figured this wouldn't be too hard to get to grips with, though it seems I was wrong!

I was all over the place, I had no idea who I was playing or what to buy. Kept seeing a flying donkey about the place as well. I've tried finding/watching a few tutorial videos, but none have been too helpful. Can anyone recommend a site/guide which would be of use?

 

[Eejit]

http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-suck

Decent guide there.
Also if you're a redditor there's a bunch of stickies and topics about it on the dota2 subreddit.

 

[Vegeta897]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/qckss/new_players_reddits_compiled_guide_to_dota2/

 

[Edeslash]

It's 2012, why would be you playing a MOBA? wow

 

[Drackard]

Cheers guys, definitely helpful! Bit of stupidity on my behalf when I didn't think to check the Dota2 subreddit, especially when I spend most of my shifts on reddit.

It's 2012, why would be you playing a MOBA? wow

Because they're fun?

 

[Edeslash]

I spend most of my shifts on reddit.

Oh OK I get it now.

 

[Drackard]

Oh OK I get it now.

Thank you for your insightful contribution to my original question.

 

[kineaesth]

It's 2012, why would be you playing a MOBA? wow

I hate the schtick of "If you don't like something, don't comment" - I think it's very important to let people who like something and people who don't like something have a discussion, if that's what they want to do. That said, it would be really appreciated if you didn't post the same snide little comment in every thread about this topic, especially in a thread that's obviously just someone looking for help.

 

[Stigmata]

It's 2012, why would be you playing a MOBA? wow

Because we've lost control of our lives.

 

[Edeslash]

I hate the schtick of "If you don't like something, don't comment" - I think it's very important to let people who like something and people who don't like something have a discussion, if that's what they want to do. That said, it would be really appreciated if you didn't post the same snide little comment in every thread about this topic, especially in a thread that's obviously just someone looking for help.

I just like seeing how people can get really upset about someone disagreeing with them in completely subjective matters. But okay, fine. I guess you can discuss that video game if you really want to...

 

[Eejit]

No, we're fine with people disagreeing. Just posting inane negative sentence fragments is simply bad trolling however.

 

[Stigmata]

I just like seeing how people can get really upset about someone disagreeing with them in completely subjective matters. But okay, fine. I guess you can discuss that video game if you really want to...

... Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you talking about watching us thumbs-down a post that is nothing more than "lol, people who play Dota" in the subforum for Dota?

 

[Vegeta897]

 

[ríomhaire]

remenber to allways insult anyone for whatever minimun reason,send the courier in the middle of losing battles,playing as rikki 1000 time of 1001

and most important: dying= feeding,allways,dont matter what,dont matter if the person who died was alone against all 5 enemyes,dont matter if that person killed them all and died by some poisong spell or something, dying=feeding

now you will fit perfectly in the comunity of dota2

Also make sure to leave games half way through to take out the rubbish.