For some reason, my last response seems to have disappeared.

Say you run a zero minute gank. Is atower going to fall in the next minute? No. Probably not in the next five, even, unless you want to aggressively push a lane and lose out on a lot of early game creep farm via micro. Even a zero minute Rosh, or a rotating three man gank that catches two players twice over is not…

So you're saying you've never heard of sarcasm before? Interesting.

Hero and Courier are F1 and F2 by default. If you honestly think balancing aggression/zoning, last hits, denies, rotations, ganks, ancient stacking, teamfight focusing, split-laning, item progression, Courier, rune and Roshan timing, etc. doesn't fit into the micro of the game, I think we are playing different games.

The biggest DOTA2 tourney, The International 4, starts in a few weeks. Even if you don't want to play the game, you should at least watch a match or two to see how you feel about it.

As someone who plays DOTA2 somewhat frequently, there are a few short things I would suggest people acknowledge in order to like this game:

Are you dense, or are you responding to the wrong person?

Yes, because Soccer has never been a sport in the US, ever, and no one here follows it whatsoever. That's like telling Europe to "get fucking hooked" on lacrosse or cricket.

The US alone makes up ~5% of the world's population, and they aren't the only country that plays American Football or Baseball. At least get your numbers right.

Sure, except if carried over, QOP and Meepo would win every match hands down.

The new transformation has super bendy, super lanky limbs that are kind of freaking me out. Seriously, did none of their animators take the time to realize that your arms and legs shouldn't double in length and turn to rubber?

How did they get the rights to the Armored Armadillo song?

Peyton Manning has one SB win with one team in 15 years. While I agree that he is a great player that can make any team competent, if he were the 'sole difference,' those stats would be a lot higher.

He has two wins in the last 2 months alone. What the hell are you even talking about?

You're not starting from a position of doubt. In fact, I literally stated that you start by listening to what they have to say and taking the majority of it at face value, looking for the objective parts of it. Saying "I have black stool" or "I have been throwing up frequently" are things that doctors will…

Pretty much all of my friends who are practicing have stated that you can't really rely on the patient's story after a certain point. You use what they give you to guide you towards the proper tests and whatnot, which is exactly what the doctors did in this scenario, but you don't let your patients tell you what is…

Anecdotes are not data. Please stop making assumptions, especially ones that lead to claims of sexism, especially in response to two (so far) physicians explaining why this was neither negligent nor driven by the patient being a woman.

Probably not, since there isn't any batting going on right now, but who knows?

Ah, that's a shame. Hopefully Germany goes easy on us, then, or at least lets us put up a bunch of points in our loss.

Since the US beat Ghana, I think they win the tiebreaker if GD is the same. That being said, Germany and the US need to have a gentleman's agreement to get a draw.