#dota2lounge

Placed a bet on D2L and you wanna know how the game is going? Can't watch live streaming games due to choppy internets? Video streaming blocked at work? I present you with an alternative.

TrackDotA.com provides you with semi-real-time updates on competitive games, giving you stats, hero positions and items, tower and Roshan status, and much more. If you can't watch the game live but really must follow it, this is the site for you.

ESL One New York EU Qualifiers Team Secret vs Na'Vi (Game 2)

I feel really bad for Na'Vi this game. Granted I was on Secret's side, but I'm still a Na'Vi fan (though not as fanboyish as I was before TI4), but this really is disheartening. It was an unfair match due to some retards that DDoS'ed the Na'Vi team. Halfway through the match, Vanskor could not reconnect and the match had to be continued. This was not his fault, or any fault of the Na'Vi team. And he has been playing online competitive DotA for years. This was a deliberate online targetted attack, not something that resulted from his own carelessness.

Lately, there are a number of games that are being interrupted by DoS or DDoS attacks. If all it does is prolong the game with a pause, then you're fine, and considerably lucky, for only a slight inconvenience. But what happened to Vanskor, being unable to reconnect, is just damn unfair.

And it's not just Na'Vi that's getting affected. Many other official games are being affected. Even an untimely pause can change the course of an entire fight because that pause could be what makes you notice certain details that can let you respond appropriately. I cite the Na'Vi game because Na'Vi DotA is a team that I really like and look upto, but other teams now play with the risk of unfairly losing because of this.

It is nothing but a blow to our own heads, if we sabotage official games like these. In furthering these DoS and DDoS attacks, we make the environment of professional players a fearful one. We remove their security with external factors- factors that they shouldn't have to worry about in the first place. Imagine doing your job at work, worrying that at any point during your shift, someone might break down the door to your home and bring harm to your family, or destroy all the things you've worked hard to save up for and purchase. Imagine leaving your car locked in a parking lot, as you worry if it'll still be there when you get back. Surely, it isn't that drastic, but to a professional player, playing a tournament for big bucks, that's what it feels like. And if we cannot maintain a fair competitive/professional scene, then we disrespect the competition and skill levels that keep us coming back to the games we love.

Too bad Twitch doesn't work here at work. So I can only wait for JoinDotA studios to upload it to Youtube.

AFAIK, the new Na'Vi squad is as follows:

Xboct

Dendi

Funn1k

Vanskor (previously from Empire)

FNG* (previously from Power Rangers)

Also, Virtus Pro has gone through some changes. They've picked up some players formerly from Rox.Kis and thus...

Bzz

G

Sedoy

NS

Jotm*

*Team Captains

NS hasn't been playing recently, not sure if he's staying, but for the recent tournaments, Yol has been playing in his stead.

Meanwhile, to keep myself busy, I've been on D2L, trading away my duplicates and other items I won't be using for better stuff. I'm excited for the stuff I might get.

Can't wait to watch the new teams slug them out. But evenmoreso am I excited for the rumored "secret team".

Fly (previously from Fnatic)

S4 (previously from Alliance)

Notail (previously from Fnatic)

Puppey (previously from Na'Vi)

KuroKy (previously from Na'Vi)

Trade your Steam Trading Cards, Emoticons and Backgrounds one on one with other people! Complete all your badges and raise your Steam level through the roof. Create custom profiles with all your cards to link on other websites and trade even faster!

Back in the day, when NBA cards were the IN thing, I wasn't into them. I was never really into collectibles, I thought that they were for corporations to make gullible people into customers by buying and buying more until you complete their current set of toys.

I bought the TI4 DotA2 Compendium about a few months back and currently sport a level 46 (or 47, I dunno) compendium. Spent $9.99 (around PhP 440) to buy it, and then boosted myself 24 levels (2400 points) with another $9.99. The rest of the levels I attained by completing compendium tasks and just using the points received from drops. But this is not about that. This is about the 2014 player cards.

Recently, I get tons of these. I get a player card pack and each pack gives me like 10 cards. I have lots of duplicates. And best of all, these cards are free, so collecting them is fun now. I've recently dumped my Na'Vi (EU), DK, iG and Team Empire cards since I've completed all 5. Now I'm going for some other teams, as well as getting 10 of each for each player of the teams I like. Some teams I don't care about (MVP Phoenix, Arrow Gaming, etc.). And so, on GameFaqs, I started a thread so we can trade with each other on LotA. I figure, I'll prioritize them above others (except IRL friends, though I only know of 1 other person who bought a compendium).

Then I used Dota2lounge.com. Yeah, it made for some easy trades, but most of the people there are crazy, asking for 2:1's. Even saw some guy who was offering 3 immortals, and asking for 6 (forgot to get a screenshot, sorry). Luckily, someone on GameFaqs told me about steamep, and now, trading for player cards is a breeze.

Very self-explanatory. All the player cards are there, you can put a "have" tag for cards that you have and are willing to trade away, and a "want" tag for those you want to have. For cards you don't care about, or cards that you don't want to trade away, don't put a tag. Once you've done that seemingly tedious task, you go to settings on the right, and enter your Steam Trade URL, and put a check on the box for "Only show matches with a Steam Trade Offer URL." Now here's where the magic comes... click on "Matches".

Viola! You'll see a list of people who have the cards you want, as well as the cards that they want that you are willing to trade away. With that magic check box from earlier, you can immediately start trading away, even on a computer without Steam installed! Just take note of Steam Guard and standard safety measures. I'm actually trading stuff from work!