DOTA 2 beta quick thoughts and horrible ideas (part 1)

Since my invite dropped in a few weeks ago I have clocked 43 hours in it and so far I am not dissapointed, in fact im impressed. There are however some minor (personal) issues i have with it. Since HoN is the only other MOBA I have played it will the the only MOBA which i will reference below.


First off, there is no conceding option. There is no way to end a game other than destroying one teams ancient or leaving. So far in my 43 hours I have played maybe four games with all ten players still active when the game ended. Until yesterday (I believe) there was no penalty for leaving games, now however you will be placed in low priority when in queue for matchmaking games.

This is a step in the right direction but it is still not enough in my opinion, there are a lot of games that are incredibly lopsided and are basically over at 30 minutes but drag on for 20 more because nobody in the losing team wants a leave-penalty and the winning team wont push for some reason or another.

Although HoN also has its flaws I always liked the option to concede games that are obviously over and I strongly believe it should be added to DOTA 2. But have the time required to be played before the option is available should be extended to maybe 20 or even 25 minutes to better fit DOTA 2s gameplay. Of course the concedesystem has its flaws aswell but honestly to me its worth it over the time wasted.

Expect more posts about the beta

The Thing (that should not be)

                                              Obvious post-theme

I feel like I should say something about The Thing remakaprequel and the constant re-usage of concepts in Hollywood. I can understand how hard it it to write something new, i've tried it myself- just look at the activity in this blog. Imagine if every word you typed was critized and picked apart by millions of people, thats a shitload of pressure.

But is the answer to fall back on older, proven ideas? Financially, yes. Creativily? fuck no.
Because even if you make an OK movie based on someone elses movie that is still just a carboncopy of something we have already seen before. This is why mainstream music and movies are all the same, its proven concepts proving their worth over and over again.

Change comes from the people that dare think outside the box and dip their tippytoes in uncertain waters. Of course everything i've written so far is blatantly obvious but i was just digressing from my original point.

Ask yourself, why was this movie made? The prequel that is. Did it need to be done? Did John Carpenter want it to be made? Did it even need to be fucking suggested?


No. People thought it was easy money to replace a few words in the original script, put in a talentless female lead, replace the animatronics with cheap cgi and then throw the dismembered remains of a masterpiece at a new generation. You even see the fucking face of a castmember get disfigured in the trailer revealing that he is the Thing, removing all doubt and suspense (which has been found to be good things to have in a horror movie).  


 

DOTA 2 Beta key raffle! (Over)

A few days ago i was invited to the DOTA 2 beta, i have already given away one of my bonuskeys but i still have one left.

Now you have the chance to win it. all you need to do is to leave a comment with your steamID in it, i will use random.org to pick one of the comments to gift the key to.

The raffle ends Tuesday night, good luck!