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Daily Dota

The Daily Dota: 06/04/2013

Or, How The Daily Dota Got Its Groove Back.

Dota 2. Every day.*

Jun. 4 2013

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Dota 2

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brad owns this game

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ITS ALL KESSLER'S FAULT!

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Loving this feature :D

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Didn't end up lookin how I thought it would, but them's the breaks

I should point out that I am currently 3 wins, 0 losses on Daily Dota =D Gee Gee

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It was good to see Brad turn into a beefy, fed, scary Carry at the end of game 2.

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Whelp, after many weeks of watching this I've finally downloaded Dota 2. This is clearly a mistake.

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@brad: Why thank you kindly. It had to be done since it was "official" =P

I just want to mention btw that HOLY CRAP it's hard to talk about anything but the game while playing. No joke, I could barely process what you guys were saying let alone try to add anything to the conversation. That shit is a learned skill and I sir, do not have it. Much respect to ya'll =)

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BLACK HOOOOOOOLE!!

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Does brad know that mek has an active ability?

:P

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@shotwebz said:

brad owns this game

isn't it going to f2p i thought everyone owned it.

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I think the video description speaks for this week's tagline.

The Daily Dota XIII: "How The Daily Dota Got Its Groove Back."

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@crispy: I accept your unsolicited love. Thank you for your donation =)

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@draxyle said:

Whelp, after many weeks of watching this I've finally downloaded Dota 2. This is clearly a mistake.

How many will Brad take down with him and at what cost?

Fellow Duders, the Dotageddon is upon. Brad is but the Conduit.

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#BIGHOLES

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"Where did Pudge go?" Brad: "He's in the jungle" *doesn't keep creeps between him and the jungle* *Oh F**k* ...

Also if 3 guys chase you with no creeps around might b time to use ult :).

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That moment in the first game when Brad died to Pudge solo with his Mek and his Tranquil Boots up, and his wand with 15 charges, made my stomach hurt a little bit.

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For somebody who chooses not to play due to time constraints, this was a great video. Especially the multiple Broodmother kills.

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Brad needs to work on using his items more!!!! He hardly uses bkb or mech :( I like the feature but it can be painful at times :/

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Holy fuck! GET A NEW MICROPHONE IN THERE!!!

Its a joke when people not getting payed to play Dota have better mic quality.

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Poor little spiders...

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So while the "chess" half of the comparison is alright (in the way that most semi-complicated games can be compared to chess), the "hockey" side doesn't really make much sense to me. I feel like the people using that comparison may not know much about hockey?

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Only got to watch the first game last night and I will happily consume the second one tonight. And yeah, we need to cut back on the backseat gaming in the chat. I was all for giving helpful tips in the beginning but it seems more and more like people just wants to flex their dota muscles. Today it's about using abilities, tomorrow it's about missing a last hit, after that about misstiming a rune spawn or not counter ward perfectly. That shit will get old fast... and it did.

Good job Bradley & co.

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Why is Brad's microphone the absolute worst!? Thought he was doing this from the office?

Anyhow, keep it coming! Worth it even if the audio on Brad is atrocious.

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gg brad, gg

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I play Dota... I love Dota... But I understand why alot of people hate it! Couriers are around $12 and it's $2.50 for a digital key that opens a fake chest that probably has shit you already have in it! It's kinda fucking frustraiting!

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BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE!!!!!

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BLLAAAAACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLEEE!!!

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SLAM JAM

You guys should do a special day where you spec a dota game and see #bigplays

E: BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE

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2 great matches, banter was hilarious

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Holy Shit crispy was hilarious in this episode. The distorted Mic, screaming and cockiness is hilarious. I think the chemistry between pascual, Kessler, crispy and brad is so good.

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This was by far the best Daily Dota! I hope this streak continues.

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BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOLLLEEE!!!!!

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Any chance of this getting its own RSS feed?

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This was definitely my favorite episode of this yet, just some really entertaining stuff.

Also, as someone who doesn't play DOTA, what exactly was Crispy doing to that Broodmother in the second match? It was hilarious even without knowing, but I'm curious.

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"Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam.

Party people in the house lets go

It's your boy Crispy a'ight so.

Drop it, rock it, down the room

Shake it, quake it, earth KABOOM!

Echo Slam, Thank you ma'am

Get on the brood and jam."

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@epidehl: the character he is playing is earth shaker. Earth shaker's ultimate ability is echo slam. Echo slam does more damage the more units that are around you. He keeps owning brood mother because one of her abilities is to summon lots of little spiders, so as you can imagine, a brood mother is an earth shaker best friend :)

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Great job, keep it up!!

btw is it too soon for someone to put a best of daily dota on youtube? I think there is already enough material for at least a 5 min complication. Spread the word on the daily dota!

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@zero_ said:

@epidehl: the character he is playing is earth shaker. Earth shaker's ultimate ability is echo slam. Echo slam does more damage the more units that are around you. He keeps owning brood mother because one of her abilities is to summon lots of little spiders, so as you can imagine, a brood mother is an earth shaker best friend :)

Apparently he's now a counter to guys who have lots illusions as well since in the update, illusions are also considered targets of echo slam and when I mean hero that has lots of illusions, I mean Phantom Lancer :)

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If you havin' DOTA problems I feel bad for you, son,

I got 99 problems but a Lich ain't one.

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@fobwashed said:
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Didn't end up lookin how I thought it would, but them's the breaks

I should point out that I am currently 3 wins, 0 losses on Daily Dota =D Gee Gee

@mattbodega

You need to see this sir, I mean you magnificent whale :)

@crispy: I'd like to imagine you instead of saying Black Hole, instead it's BLACK GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!

I also want a video filled with Crispy Black Hole highlights.

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BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE!!!!

I was in tears at that point :D (happy tears)

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Y'know, with Patrick moving to Chicago (sadly) you guys will need another person for quick looks... Kessler just graduated... Just sayin'...

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Great game, great video. Saw half of it live and it was great. Really enjoying this content and has become a regular part of my daily routine.

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Y'know, with Patrick moving to Chicago (sadly) you guys will need another person for quick looks... Kessler just graduated... Just sayin'...

And we're just going to constantly shit on him for playing too much DOTA and not setting up a time to finish the Fear Gauntlet. :p

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Holy fuck! GET A NEW MICROPHONE IN THERE!!!

Its a joke when people not getting payed to play Dota have better mic quality.

Are you talking about Brad's mic or crispy's?

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BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE!!!!

I was in tears at that point :D (happy tears)

This was a great moment in daily dota history. @jeff please make brad do this forever. Make it a "We're gonna sit here til you smoke this whole pack" type situation if he tries to quit.