hi guyz , I used to play dota last time, (had been playing for years)
but I had been not following up the news for dota 2 for quite some time.

is there anywhere for me to start dota 2 ?
I have a steam account...
thanks,,,

1 day 10 rounds , after half year become pro dy ..

just download and start,there will be a very long tutorial to let u get used to the interface...
but overall if u have the knowledge from d1,i think you'll be able to catch up real fast.

the thing is, you need to get the game installed 1st. which you have to queue to register.

er... queue where and register where ?
I miss rikimaru ....

the thing is. you have find a friends to play. Maybe using bots to practice. everyday. 1 hour spend out to play with bots. sure you become a pro one day.

You install the game, go through two tutorials to understand the interface and get used to some graphics. Then, watch a dota overview created by valve where the Sniper will eventually 2~3 shot everyone on the enemy team(must have like 3 divine rapiers or something) then start playing a few bot games to get used to how the heroes look like.

This post has been edited by Tamatamana: Sep 24 2013, 04:04 PM

where to install the game ?

Tutorial - > bot -> real matchmaking easy peasy ~

At first, play with bot, master basic skills, last hit, gank etc.

Then only jump to public game, and be prepared to get flame.

download steam then find dota2 there then download then play

search the Steam store for doto 2

for ppl who are used with d1,dun think will be too noob in d2 la..lol..beginners will match with lower level players.
but if pro players play dupe then ....haha

please practice in training or bots for at least a few days worth of playing first. else you will be harassed so much online by the other players and wasting their time as the matchmaking system they have is a little whack not all will be on your noob level.

hmm...much depend upon the hero

Actually bot very easy to predict, just split push

play with AI now...

I was playing with some of my quite beginner friends in dota 2, since they had experience in dota 1 we fought hard bots.

Is it just me or did the hard bots became much easier than I remembered?

They were never hard

The difference between each difficulty is their response time, with unfair takes 0 second to respond.

I don't know, I remember laning mid against a drow/viper is pretty rough. They had great last hitting timing and the moment you get into their attack range they'd insta orb attack you without drawing aggro from creeps of course though, only if you were playing a melee/low range hero it'd be rough.

But are you sure they haven't became stupider? I saw one of my friends practiced against hard bots, he was basically playing an RPG like the Skeleton King from Purge Casts a Pub Ep 17(ironically he was on the Radiant and top lane as well), and he still won. He never left the lane except to go back and heal and he didn't spend gold until he saved up to 6k.