I know it’s 2 days late and does not really affect the content of the article, but my OCD makes me feel the need to point out that necro warriors are not AI controlled. They’re summoned by the player when they use their Necronomicon, but the player retains full control over it the entire time it’s active. Granted, the…

That whole clip was a roller coaster of emotions.

Don’t worry, they’ll announce it after TI7's all-companion-wisp all-star game.

No problem, as I said before, its hard to see because that’s not what the observer cared about. He wanted to see the fight, which means sometimes these funny little mechanics are hard to see.

I think you misunderstand how the spell works. You can read the full explanation of the mechanics on http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Disruptor.

Hey Eric, just a quick suggestion for the next time you do a clip like this. Maybe next time create a gif of just the minimap so people can see just how far Dendi traveled and how quick it all happened. Alternatively, if you really wanted to go all out, you could get the MatchID for this match, download the replay,…

Technically, the glimpse projectile travels at a speed of 600, or reaches the mark of where Dendi was 4 seconds in 1.8 seconds, whichever is faster. Since this is a cross map glimpse, Dendi had 1.8 seconds to respond. However, the actual window of when he had to launch the timberchain so that it was in midair when he…

That’s exactly what happened. The problem is that the observer (more or less the cameraman for the live stream) was more focused on watching the entire teamfight than watching Dendi zip across the map. If you watch the replay of Russian stream (linked below), you can see it a little bit better as their observer zoomed…

As someone who’s followed Fly and N0tail since before Dota 2 existed, transitioned to Dota to continue following their career, suffered through all the 2nd place finished and missed opportunities of their Fnatic (and Cloud9) days, and felt vindicated in Frankfurt, Manila, and Boston, I was not ready for that roller…

As a more serious answer to your question, there are a few reasons. First off, I’ll assume you’re talking about a random person and not a professional or potentially profession player, so I’ll ignore the already mentioned difference in prize money.

It’s definitely quite common. TW:W in particular has most of the interesting, challenging parts of the game during the first half of world domination. Usually by the late game, you’re already much stronger than anything the AI can throw at you and so it’s more like just going through the motions to get to the…

I don’t know why you feel the need to be so hostile, why you think I’ve never raced anything, why you summarily dismiss dexterity as an important aspect of physicality, or why you keep harping on video games never being sports when I specifically stated that I never was arguing that they were. I just hoped to have a…

I don’t understand why you say football having a big book of obscure rules that the vast majority of people don’t know makes it more of a sport, but your point about having time to explain special circumstances is valid in most circumstances.

Actually, I did not argue that typing was a sport. In fact, I specifically said that that I was not arguing for or against videos games being considered a sport. I simply disagreed with the claim you made in your first post that said, and I quote “Video games will never be sports because a key ingredient of a sport is…

While I agree that several, if not most, video games with an active competitive scene are difficult to follow by the vast majority of people, I would argue that with the right commentary and production team, they could be just as digestible as any other sport that people are unfamiliar with. Most people I know can…

Not even touching whether or not I agree that physicality is the key ingredient of defining what a sport is nor whether or not esports belong in the Olympic games, I definitely disagree with your statement that video games do not require physicality. Now, I will grant you that in video games, physicality takes a back…

Watch the trailer to the end. They’ll be the fourth race, it’s just not “confirmed” yet. Gotta leave something out to get that hype train rolling.

See my reply above: http://kotaku.com/1794003409

Neither CA nor Games Workshop wanted to lose out on having their franchise fully featured in the title of the game. Name recognition goes a long way. CA wanted to make sure it said Total War in the title so that consumers knew it was part of their game series. So while I agree that Total Warhammer is a better title, I…

Counterpoint: All of the stuff included in No Man’s Sky trailers that wasn’t in the game.