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Like I said to you a couple of days ago, if you ever have the time and urge, just poke me and I'll be happy to practice with you/explain shit.
 
If you'd rather do research on your, a friend of mine, "Finch", from Flipsid3 Tactics (Pro Dota Organization) has done an extensive, 10-episode guide on the very basics of Dota, aimed specifically for new players.
 
it covers:
 
General Movement, Hotkeys, Courier
Attributes and Abilities
Hero Roles
The Jungle
General Support work (Stacking and Pulling) (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
The different shops
Warding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Dewarding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Last Hitting, Denying and tower mechanics
Micro and control groups
 
It might be a bit intimidating, when each episode is between 10-20 minutes long, but Dota is just a game that requires a ton of knowledge and dedication if you want reach a decent skill tier. No one is expecting you to become a pro of course, but Dota is definitely up there on the "Games with a fucking high skill ceiling" list (Along with Dwarf Fortress and EVE Online).
 
This link should start you off at the episode and have the rest in a playlist, if I did it right.
 

 
EDIT:
Oh and my own personal recommendation is to limit your hero pool to begin with. Maybe focus completely on one hero for a while, until you understand the map and the basics of the game. Then you can start worrying about the skillset of other heroes.
 
I had ~5 games of League of Legends, 1 game of HoN and maybe 3 games in the original DotA of experience when I started. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing. I said to harbl (the guy who talked me into playing) "I want to play a supportive healer role" because I figured it would be less pressure. I ended up picking Omniknight and I ran that hero for probably 10 bot games and 20 actual matchmaking games before I tried something different and it really helped me to not get overwhelmed. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sSlJKmpBs

Raijin is pretty much 10/10 husbando tier now. He was great before, he's perfect now.

Friends, I present to you
 
http://www.dota2.com/threespirits
 
That new Storm Spirit pose just screams "I've come to fuck bitches".

Friends, I present to you
 
http://www.dota2.com/threespirits
 
That new Storm Spirit pose just screams "I've come to fuck bitches".

Mami's got some nice mammies... I don't care if she is 15...
 
And as long as you haven't started watching Black Rock Shooter, we're good.

Like I said to you a couple of days ago, if you ever have the time and urge, just poke me and I'll be happy to practice with you/explain shit.
 
If you'd rather do research on your, a friend of mine, "Finch", from Flipsid3 Tactics (Pro Dota Organization) has done an extensive, 10-episode guide on the very basics of Dota, aimed specifically for new players.
 
it covers:
 
General Movement, Hotkeys, Courier
Attributes and Abilities
Hero Roles
The Jungle
General Support work (Stacking and Pulling) (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
The different shops
Warding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Dewarding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Last Hitting, Denying and tower mechanics
Micro and control groups
 
It might be a bit intimidating, when each episode is between 10-20 minutes long, but Dota is just a game that requires a ton of knowledge and dedication if you want reach a decent skill tier. No one is expecting you to become a pro of course, but Dota is definitely up there on the "Games with a fucking high skill ceiling" list (Along with Dwarf Fortress and EVE Online).
 
This link should start you off at the episode and have the rest in a playlist, if I did it right.
 

 
EDIT:
Oh and my own personal recommendation is to limit your hero pool to begin with. Maybe focus completely on one hero for a while, until you understand the map and the basics of the game. Then you can start worrying about the skillset of other heroes.
 
I had ~5 games of League of Legends, 1 game of HoN and maybe 3 games in the original DotA of experience when I started. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing. I said to harbl (the guy who talked me into playing) "I want to play a supportive healer role" because I figured it would be less pressure. I ended up picking Omniknight and I ran that hero for probably 10 bot games and 20 actual matchmaking games before I tried something different and it really helped me to not get overwhelmed. 

Like I said to you a couple of days ago, if you ever have the time and urge, just poke me and I'll be happy to practice with you/explain shit.
 
If you'd rather do research on your, a friend of mine, "Finch", from Flipsid3 Tactics (Pro Dota Organization) has done an extensive, 10-episode guide on the very basics of Dota, aimed specifically for new players.
 
it covers:
 
General Movement, Hotkeys, Courier
Attributes and Abilities
Hero Roles
The Jungle
General Support work (Stacking and Pulling) (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
The different shops
Warding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Dewarding 101 (THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO GIT GUD)
Last Hitting, Denying and tower mechanics
Micro and control groups
 
It might be a bit intimidating, when each episode is between 10-20 minutes long, but Dota is just a game that requires a ton of knowledge and dedication if you want reach a decent skill tier. No one is expecting you to become a pro of course, but Dota is definitely up there on the "Games with a fucking high skill ceiling" list (Along with Dwarf Fortress and EVE Online).
 
This link should start you off at the episode and have the rest in a playlist, if I did it right.
 

 
EDIT:
Oh and my own personal recommendation is to limit your hero pool to begin with. Maybe focus completely on one hero for a while, until you understand the map and the basics of the game. Then you can start worrying about the skillset of other heroes.
 
I had ~5 games of League of Legends, 1 game of HoN and maybe 3 games in the original DotA of experience when I started. I had no idea what the fuck I was doing. I said to harbl (the guy who talked me into playing) "I want to play a supportive healer role" because I figured it would be less pressure. I ended up picking Omniknight and I ran that hero for probably 10 bot games and 20 actual matchmaking games before I tried something different and it really helped me to not get overwhelmed. 

It has been pointed out to me today, just how big the whole "advertising via anime" is for Microsoft in Asia. They have a ton of characters, several of them with active twitter accounts, promotional videos (Well, they're obviously Microsoft product promotionals, but they feature their "assigned" character(s)). Not to mention that they have made short films of already established anime characters using Microsoft products (There is one for Ghost in the Shell, for example).
 



 
https://twitter.com/windows7_nanami/
https://twitter.com/Claudia_Azure/status/366382608831115264/photo/1
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/10/25/windows-8-hits-akihabara
 
I don't quite know what to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeMPbUYJCA0

Bump.
 

I am enjoying Katanagatari a lot. A lot, a lot. I love the simplistic art, I enjoy the short but intense fight scenes and the dialogue is great. To be expected though, considering it is written by the same guy who did Bake/Nise/Nekomonogatari, even though those three are set in a different universe from Katanagatari and are completely unrelated.
 
I'd recommend this to you all, if you haven't already seen it.
 
... All of that being said, I have yet to finish it, so it might go to shit in the end. Who knows.
 



 
EDIT:
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHj11IWgKbg
 

Corv bait
 

monkey > bee > snail > phoenix > bat > cat > snake (though i havent seen medusa yet) > crab
 

Just embrace the katawas, do not try to resist.

Try dispelling those preconceived notions before you begin playing it. I'm not saying you'll like it, but if you go into it "expecting to hate every minute of it", chances are you will no matter what.
 



 
Have fun.

WELL THAT'S ALL FOR ME TODAY GUYS, HAHA, GOTTA GO, I'LL POST MY CODE ON M-MONDAY

Do it buddy.

You'll be fine.