@Kilgore Trout

I know about the videogame, but I just wonder how it's going. I'd like to see her hot little head pop up and give us an update

Last I remember, she tried to get a game from a wishing well and it threw a coding book

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@SCAR MAN!!!: Right now Engie is at work on a video game starring herself. Look in the archives at the "Engie's Game" strips for details.

Btw Jo, can you give us an estimate on when the game will be released? It would be nice to have an idea of when we will see Engie again.

@The J Man: IG won TI2, so it'll be 2 wins for each side. None is really dominating, it's pretty balanced. And it'll always be due to the ridiculous prize pool. People now can get rich playing videogame.

[url=#user_comment_348749]@Crininer[/url]: I could try to get Jo do a second one maybe with Jane as Cammy vs. Morgan as that jungle girl -.-

Well Gentlemen, it seems we are Chinese Dota now.

The asians finally dominated the scene, just like Dota 1, League of Legends, and Starcraft.

Do you think Jo will bring back the female medic, (blonde) engie, sniper or scout characters?

P.S. What is the significance of the -tan honorific. I know -chan is used by young girls to people they like, but what is -tan?

P.P.S. I wonder what Engie is doing now?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1YY54RI5YY

The more DOTA comics I see the more I realize DOTA is just a hardcore version of Rock-Paper-Scissors. It reminds me of WoW PvP where basically you didn't have to be good in a skilled way, just understand the core mechanics and exploit them to death.

That reminds me one match i've had of TF2 with my friends, we were RED, on Dustbowl, BLU won the first map (obviously) and boasted "put these bots on hard, too easy".

On the next map we base-raped them for the whole 10 minutes. Their tears tasted good.

[url=#user_comment_348744]@Insertnamehere[/url]: Ahem... http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1204

[url=#user_comment_348743]@Gyrhunt[/url] I think its got something to do with the fact that plenty of those teams were eliminated already... might have been better had the allstars been done before or after the TI4 was done.

is it just me that would love to see Jane dress up as Cammy from street fighter. oh yeah and... BRING BACK ENGIE PLEASE FOR GOD SAKES I MISS MY FELLOW ENGINIER!!!

[url=#user_comment_348740]@Waka[/url]: Was that all star match ridiculous or what? Not even entertaining after a while once the kill gap was like 40.

Reminds me of Two Stupid Dogs. "Well inn't that cute? BUT IT'S WRONG!"

looking forward to the all start match.

navi is finally out of TI4, Jo.
time to watch the flood of tears from the fanboys :D

I enjoy "playing with my food" when I'm winning.
I let the enemy have some space, let them farm a bit (while I farm even more) and when they try to push a tower or gank, I SLAP THEM BACK IN THE FOUNTAIN WHERE THEY BELONG!

[url=#user_comment_348709]@Slepomoriy[/url]: I think it's Jo's limitation in knowing other culture. Probably he's not well versed in Scottish accent and slangs (For Morgan) or American slangs (For Jane).

Still don't care about dota, but this strip is excellent.

The caption should have said "if you want fun, dota isn't for you"

@Christopher Mathieu: That genre less "barrier" and more "infinite high wall made out of titanium-reinforced diamond which is fire and shooting acid at everything".

I don't understand ANY of that. That game, and all of the others in its genre, are so chock-full of jargon that it's almost a second language.

That, along with people's horrible attitude towards newcomers, is what's considered a 'barrier to entry'. I won't even TRY one as a result.

> 2014
> not avoiding fountain camp by tp'ing out and hiding in the trees

[url=#user_comment_348724]@Geary[/url]: I don't know how many times I've been in a dota2 game where my team morale is deep down and everyone wants to just live, and with a single fight we turn around and win.

[url=#user_comment_348717]@gambler[/url] Thing is, if your team's morale is already so low that a vote surrender would pass, they're probably not going to be putting in the effort for a turnabout. DOTA is just especially bad because its mechanics encourage snowballing.

Yep, Jane's definitely an S.

This is the reason why dota 2 sucks

"Fun" and "Moba" in general exclude each other by default. Hence why I avoid the entire genre like the pest.

[url=#user_comment_348709]@Slepomoriy[/url]: In Dota, we are all russians.

A forfeit/concede system available after the 15 minute mark would help to solve that kind of issue, but it would also ruin many games that could have a comeback.

MOBAs are bad and every developer who jumps on the bandwagon should feel bad. Fck you CD Projeckt. You were the chosen one!

wait why is Jane saying bitch whore in russian when Aleks is the rooskie

Conan reference, nice

dealwithit ! You chance ! NOW !

This comic strip was made just for him, right ?

Btw a good Dota is a good match with lots of fun battles and enemies that it's fun to play against as well as allies that it's fun to play together with. All together: Rare but there.

Reference to the original Conan the Barbarian movie.

I just realized something else: it's very ironic that the DEMO is the one in this strip who is sportsmanlike, isn't it?

And this right here is why Dota players get so pissed sometimes. Because even when it's obvious your team is going to lose it still takes a long time before the match ends, and during that time you can't do anything but seethe helplessly. I always try to finish fast, but not everybody is that nice.

Referencia a 300?