Dota 2 - A Game of Chess 

awesome video !

This is probably the best Dota SFM I've EVER seen!

Well done, pal! This video is amazing. I've never seen anything like it in Dota 2. Fantastic quality of work.

Really good video. What I thought you can add, when bat and enigma blink they just disapear. It seems as if they have such an ability, but it's actually an item ability. So you can make like they stab in the air with a dagger just before they disappear.

Epic video!

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thank you for pub scrubs 7 but we need number 8 now

THIS comment lacks of editing

hello there ara

BKB doesn't prevent spell steal... i.e it doesn't stop Rubick from stealing it and using it on Enigma (even if the Enigma has a BKB on). He'd need to have a Linken's Sphere as well to block the spell steal :)

Xerlane BKB does prevent spell steal lol

Zack Mccomb doesn't. lowmmr scrub )

Zack Mccomb It doesn't. Do you even play dota?

lmao this guy got told

or use bkb

Lukáš Horňák spell steal go through bkb

Lukáš Horňák except for the fact that spell steal goes through magic immunity at least check facts before posting...

Alexander Ayvazyan except there's no need for you to repeat what someone has already pointed out

Lukáš Horňák *linkens

I like it, lots of action

Are you competing in it Sohinki?

yo global silence froma another game ^^

i like this guy

Hello Sohinki! Y U NO post Dota videos no more? :)

omfg its fucking animation

mustafa ocak Correct.

Cyrax And no boots?

gothicfan52 who needs boots when you have swagg?

THey had 3 supports, we can assume one of them was a core. Bat assumed it was kotl

Excuse me sir.but I think you might not have seen dire nights created by swordz

GeneralCane lol bro

+GeneralCane Made me laugh pretty hard

Not really. I used to play DotA 2 and significantly prefer LoL these days. Especially since Valve is becoming a Riot wanna-be with the meta changes lately.

9 years later it's still my Rubick

Quang Nguyễn Nhật And its Made In China

@@fengchow4297 ironic

It isn't "you guys". It's just 1 man, 1 SFM, and 1 community channel that has to milk off of content like this.

It says who made it in the description

not until you see "Flip the Script - The International 4"

***** you would never watched this if DC didnt show it, they have to ask the owner to show that clip, or the owner sends it to DC that way he can get some subs, i hate people that doesnt know what theyre talking about but still just complains

Please learn to check the description of videos. People who ask questions like "What's the song name?" etc. without checking the description are extremely stupid.

Armored dude riding a burning armored hell horse no wonder you got goosebump

I could say the same thing about QoP of pain. ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º) +1 Because boobs

***** Queen of Pain of Pain.

Harley Lorenzo he stares at her boobis for too long please forgive him

Harley Lorenzo Joke m8t ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º) Like you know, RIP in peace.

you need to learn the difference between teammates and friends.

dogs never stop barking...

They have 16 pieces each 5 players and 11 towers each.

You forgot creeps though. There actually exactly the same game.

ANOTHER BITE BY EMIR BYTES THIS ONE IS 3/10 THANK TOU EMIR!

xkblxcripple rekted ***** gg unistall

And the ancient is the king, so that makes 17, the creeps are the peons that by fully arriving at the enemy base can enhance themselves by destroying the barracks, is Emir's fail in the end.

Actually there are plenty of good Russian chess players

Russia are the clear world champions in chess. It has been this way since WWII, when Stalin wanted to improve the intelligence of his people by making chess a law to be played. It still is very common in Russian schools to play chess.

TimpsterTheDude Russian Grandmasters never buy wards.

true, doesn't matter if you russian or pinoy, the one that matter is attitude and skill

IDI NAHUI SUKA :D

Fuck you

Aaron Strife Point proven.

lel k

or maybe just dama

LoL i like an arcade game...

Neil Calabroso Or just the chessboard.

No, league of legends is pegi 3 and DoTA is pegi 16

***** Dota is Pegi 12

да уж )

АХУЕННАЯ ВИДИЯ

прям мои мысли читаешь

была драма пока кунка не заболтал ножками в бх

Translation to English: THIS IS THE MOST FUCKING EPIC VIDEO, DOTA IS FUCKING BEST GAME, THANK YOU DOTA CINEMA!

You forgot russians

Luis Necro Chess has many Russians. South Americans is what chess is missing.

MrPixelKinglol We love you too :3

MrPixelKinglol CYKA

Marcsimusus I'm sure the love is mutual. I'm curious though, what do Russians expect when playing with Americans? We expect Russians to play far too aggressively. Are Americans known for being too passive?

cyka

Hola

thats what F2P gives ya. scrubs

en1mal As russians would say,rr

hu3

No likes for you!

sorry, i meant to say GreyFaec

lider In fairness, only in prize pool. I'm going to be lynched for mentioning the LCS but the IT4 is being held in a 15,000 seater stadium, while the LCS sold out Wembley in london, in only a few minutes, which is 90,000 seats. I know they didn't have 90,000 there, because of the stage and stuff but it was way more than 15,000. And that's not even the finals, just part of the regional season for europe. Edit - I got my venue confused. It was Wembley Arena, not stadium, which has a 12,500 capacity. Although LoL still beats Dota in this regard, due to selling out the 18,000 seat Staples Centre last year. We'll have to see if the LoL world finals get more views than the IT4 finals, but as it stands, in regards to things other than prize pool, LoL actually trumps Dota as an e-sport. Whether it's a better game or not is a different subject which needs to be discussed elsewhere.

archlorddestin the TI3 was bigger even in views the problem is that not too much people can travel to Seattle, also for an esport to have that big of a prize makes it more rentable for the teams, and they come to the game making it grow... well thats my point of view, also LOL has more audience because its aiming for younger audiences and started waaay before any other moba as a game being a revolution earlier in esports, its like trying to compare WOW with any other MMORPG its the most known cause it was the first to make it right

archlorddestin the TI3 was bigger even in views the problem is that not too much people can travel to Seattle, also for an esport to have that big of a prize makes it more rentable for the teams, and they come to the game making it grow... well thats my point of view, also LOL has more audience because its aiming for younger audiences and started waaay before any other moba as a game being a revolution earlier in esports, its like trying to compare WOW with any other MMORPG its the most known cause it was the first to make it right

archlorddestin It's not a secret that LoL is more popular than Dota. It is completely fine the way it is now but it would become ridicolous if Valve tried to fill a 40k people stadium which obviously would not work. Dota 2 profits from the fact that all tournaments are still very personal. In most cases fans will be able to spend time with their favorite players which is not possible on LoL.

There basically is in team games.

except they never will because a surrender option is fucking stupid.

there is. arent u watching. lobby matches can call "gg". mm's cant. (due to drop abuse)

There is surrender in team and lobby matched, but the amaunt of people that will want surrender is too small, and i'm also not part of it, I say one thing, NEVER GIFF UP THILL FERRY HEND CYKA!

Tigran Avetisyan now i would agree in some cases sure, but i dont know, there is always a chance to come back, i just won a fountain rush game as NP because it ended at 12 mins but i managed to make it last 50

I once sat on the toilet to poo. What came out was nothing more then an abomination that would have rendered man kind into extinction. I had no choice but to put my creation down as any wise man would do. May it forever flourish in the pipes of heaven.

pls giff me ur dotabuff id

Hoopla Llama Rip in peas buttmonster.

Mankey Bidoof dotabuff.com/players/105109229

Mr. Barsh is at least a support player.

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***** XD Idk what I was doing.

he dodged it

Now that Alliance is gone, no one is there to rat him :/

That is the beauty of DotA 2. No one knows what the new meta is going to be until it hits you in the face with it because it is ever changing and ever evolving. So buffing a hero simply because he is sometimes portrayed as the mascot of this years incarnation is a stupid notion.

He is strong enough. When played with Io he is still decent.

***** Trends.

agreed, i believe the last change to naga was a nerf and holy crap she's probably one of the most relevant heroes for Ti4. Then again she keeps making a comeback every Ti. Ti2 Chinese teams use the Naga Darkseer combo, Ti3 Alliance use her as a support to lock down BKB carries (among other things), Ti4 farming naga split push illusion army siege. That's a pretty darn versatile.

Yeah, it's a really nice detail.

Gandalf ain't got time for this protection of the ancient international bullshit of whatever. He has to save the Middle Earth

Holy Caster: ''yes, but the game itself requires brains and you need to know what items to build against certain heroes'' .... Just like Chess? Not saying it's not a great esport, it is the best out there, but comparing it to Chess is kind of over the top.

yeah it is but there another ways that they both have 1.tactical plans 2.doing counter moves for the enemy 3. u have to thing befoe every move and that like dota but not for noobs... they are just yolo and feed...

yeah but in chess you do it turn by turn thinking of the next move precisely and accurately or else it would be sloppy if anything that's league of legends... dota is a team sport where you go by instinct most of the time like a proper team sport same to basketball.

mawhulk LEAGUE OF LEGENDS??? WHAAAAT????

U cant compare that to each other. The only thing to choos in chess is wether to play black or white

P1MPO Haha thanks, and I actually did do one for this year's TI5 Film Contest ;)

Lozeng3r you sir, are amazing :)

he's a bishop, not a pawn. doom is dire's bishop

he is not a peon ._. bishop he is

work work

foxclown Something needs doing?!

still, won the game.. BLACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE

In proffesional DotA 2, if you type "gg" in all chat, the game will end 10 seconds after and your opponents will be victorious.

In chess you can also call GG... Actually... Is the game that first used it! :0

Kix 7x They should do that in regular dota2 also

Professional Dota teams can GG out.

picklewickleindustry i thought about that, they actually shouldn't because too many people r like, "this guy isnt laning where he is supposed to, gg" and then the game would end in 10 seconds lol

Actually its resembles a lot like it, as an analyst/ commentator said in the free to play documentary by valve "if i had to explain dota 2 to someone i would say to them that it's a combination of football and chess". The strategy and thinking demanded by this game in a competitive scenery (and not only there) is nerve shattering for some (Lamn from dk recently went to the hospital cause of some bad migraines he is having throughout the international ), and then you have the execution which has to be perfect...not to mention the fact that the whole team needs to act as a single unit in certain teamfights. You can be a professional chess player at the age of 90, but in dota after 25 years...you start to become slow, your eyesight weakens, your reactions take more time, thats why you barely see any pro gamers past the age of 25, there are a few and those looking to retire any day now.

2 sides using unique pieces with different strengths and abilities tactically pushing towards one another and strategically outplaying the other person. Sounds like the one who hasn't played chess around here is you.

I play a lot of Dota and a lot of Chess. It isn't the perfect metaphor, but I think it fits nicely.

Djordje Zivkovic LoL like checkers. 2 ez

Alon3Mentos Like you quoted: "it's a combination of football and chess", so its fair that u can be master in chess in 90 years old. But have you ever seen professional football player at the age of 90?

2020

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As the Trine announcer says: "It's like chess with only more queens"

yeah, like chess board with graphics and pieces simbolizing some characters from dota. OHHH SHIZZZ.... GOTTA CALL MAH DESIGNERS QUICKLY

Not sure if you're into TF2 but there is TF2 chess...with the pieces as hats! And Valve is selling it for 100 bucks!

***** Look up Dota 2 Heroclix set: Dire

if anyone actually bothered to make this they would make a fortune, and then go bankrupt from copyright issues.

I waited for wraith king to appear like hell....

TwinGhosts BULLSHIT he does not even exist you have only sk and sk sand king and skeleton king fuck all else....

SAND KING COMETH

No, it's 'SAND KING CUMMETH'

u forgot LICH BOSS. LICH IS THE KING

It's a joke.

Bad joke

You must be fun at parties.

Welcome to internet my sweet summer child.

Hela Echeverria some people, like me, like bad jokes

GG report Lina

He blinked just before it hit him. :P

Spell steal = promotion-ish like spell

Have you played chess before? Have you ever heard of Bishop?

He is a Bishop *facepalm*

Obviously you are too young to browse on the internet.

Shut up and buy me some wards ; )

Doom ignore all heroes and walk in because he had swag like no one else. Until the dreadful patch.

pieces? YOU TALK ABOUT PIECES? Look at the whole damn board. Not even that is the same for both sides.

do you even know what chess is?

jyisc2 Yes, a completely symmetrical game that is balanced because both sides have exactly the same capabilities. ***** Doesn't matter. Both sides will still have different pieces with different abilities.

archlorddestin Just like chess, dota isn't perfectly balanced.

SirNilzey Chess is balanced

Sand king and skele...wraith king.

The kings are the ancients, if you candestroy them you lose

ancients

the throne of lich king & the tree world's pure soul

anis snova oh dota 1 that was nice with the EU-server