#dota2 — Public Fediverse posts
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Já saiu o primeiro vídeo do nosso projeto de #dota2
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Franchement, y a pas beaucoup de jeu qui permettent de faire ça ( bon ça fait 2 éternité que j'ai pas joué parceque je suis nul )
https://www.twitch.tv/youyou/clip/TenderSplendidCougarCurseLit--6RqNY4ACVXj-SqQ
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WATERLOO GAMING LOUNGE BRINGS HIGH-POWERED PLAY TO UPTOWN
On the second floor of 1 King St. N., lit by multicoloured RGB strips, over a dozen high-end gaming PCs whir to life, each loaded with over 70 games. The Waterloo Gaming Lounge has become a hub for community and competition since it opened in October 2025. Fitting right into the middle of uptown Waterloo’s nightlife, the space provides a unique experience for folks looking for something to do during a night out or space for teams to practice their skills together.
Tony Shiff, owner of the space, is a veteran of the video game development industry but does not consider himself a core PC gamer. His inspiration to open the Waterloo Gaming Lounge instead comes from observing current social gaming habits in his own home.
“My son is [a gamer], and the idea started because I saw him in the basement a lot of the time gaming with a whole group of friends. And I was like, why don’t you ever get together? He said, ‘I have my PC and they have their PC, where are we going to meet each other?’” Shiff said.
Modern PC gaming at a high level requires expensive and bulky hardware. If someone is even able to afford a powerful rig, disassembling their whole setup and transporting it to a friend’s home is far from convenient. The Waterloo Gaming Lounge instead charges an hourly rate to access their top-of-the-line machines and an inviting, if sometimes chaotic, gaming environment.
“PC gaming is often a solitary experience, and I wanted to do something that made it more social,” Shiff said.
Some of the most popular games the Waterloo Gaming Lounge offers are Valorant, a first-person hero shooter; League of Legends, a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game; and Counterstrike 2, a traditional first-person shooter. While these titles take up a lot of the playtime for gamers, Shiff was particularly encouraged by the impact offering less popular games has had on customers.
“There is a whole community of people who play Counterstrike 1.6, a 25-year-old game. They were going to Hamilton before we opened because that was the closest place,” Shiff said.
The Counterstrike 1.6 community at the Waterloo Gaming Lounge highlights the unique experience the space provides. One team of five gamers sets up in one room, another in the room next door.
No headsets, just two teams calling out strategies and laughing together. They turn to pat each other on the back after a big win and run into the next room to playfully tease their opponents after a defeat.
“They’re weekly regulars. It’s like a modern bowling league,” Shiff said.
Directly across from the Counterstrike 1.6 crew sits another group of players grinding through ranked matches of League of Legends, a game that rewards consistent communication between players. Although League of Legends does not require the latest high-end graphic cards or other equipment to run, groups make the effort to get together to play the game in person.
For Ian Zhang, a University of Waterloo student ranked platinum in League of Legends, Shiff’s goal of building a social gaming space resonates.
“It’s more fun to play with other people physically together. As a kid, you’re on the couch playing with your friends on a console, and as you get older, it’s hard to do that. So, it’s just a nice place to get together with friends,” Zhang said.
Waterloo Gaming Lounge is also hosting a series of tournaments for their most popular games. Previous tournaments have been held in Valorant, League of Legends and Counterstrike 2. All have been free to play and come with a gift card prize for the winners. While these events were well attended, Shiff was particularly happy to see the success of bringing together smaller gaming communities.
“One of the most interesting tournaments for me was DOTA 2, which is not a big community in Canada…as it is in Europe and Asia,” Shiff said.
Making gaming accessible and communal for everyone has become a guiding principle of the Waterloo Gaming Lounge. Players can log in to their own accounts for each game to rank up and maintain use of items or characters they may have. The lounge also provides a limited number of house accounts for new players to use, depending on the game. Gamers of all skill levels and group sizes are welcome.
#counterstrike #counterstrike2 #dota #dota2 #Games #Gaming #ianZhang #jacksonWells #leagueOfLegends #modernPc #nightlife #PC #rgb #rgbStrips #tonyShiff #uptown #valorani #videoGameDevelopment #waterloo #waterlooGamingLounge -
What a beatdown this liquid-flcn series is
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@derekprior this is a very interesting take, and I can somewhat relate to it. Just one more ranked game of #DotA2 for me 😅
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Looks lke it's something with Vulkan that's broken. Counter Strike is behaving in the same manner as DOTA2.
Satisfactory on Vulkan is also juddering just as badly, but running it on DX12-mode with Proton is silky-smooth.
So bizarre.
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Any #dota2 turbo enjoyers here that would be willing to play some time? I'm queueing EU west, so if you feel this is for you, drop me a DM with your steam handle.
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Okay, I'm getting the gist. It's #Dota2 / #LeagueOfLegends with 1 tower, and #ApexLegends.
It's my idea, or it feels like too much? I mean, it looks different but gameplay feels like your average #HeroShooter.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #WildlightEntertainment #MOBA #FPS #Action #Multiplayer
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DOTA2's stuttering issue from the past month seems to have reduced. It's playable now, just barely, ignoring the occasional stutter. Phew.
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Dataspel kan också fungera som sociala medier. Det gäller framförallt onlinespel. Onlinespel har i de flesta fall funktioner som behövs för diskussioner och social interaktion online. Förutom interaktionen i själva spelet finns också chattfunktioner, personliga meddelanden, diskussionsforum med mera. När sociala medier diskuteras inkluderas i allmänhet aldrig spelen.
https://blog.zaramis.se/2025/12/28/dataspel-kan-ocksa-fungera-som-sociala-medier/ -
🚨 REVELACIÓN DOTA 2: CIS BATTLE 🚨 El algoritmo QSA-v5.0 detecta una grieta crítica en Spirit Academy 🐲. Most Wanted 🔫¿Latencia oculta o colapso táctico de los veteranos? Descubre el veredicto completo aquí: nythbox.wordpress.com 📉🎮 #Dota2 #CISBattle #SpiritAcademy #MostWanted #EsportsTips
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🔥 ¿Se cae un gigante? 🎮El algoritmo QSA-v5.0 detecta vulnerabilidades tácticas que nadie está viendo. ¡No te pierdas el veredicto del Cisne Negro! 🦢Informe completo aquí: nythbox.wordpress.com 🚀 #Dota2 #EPL #Predicciones #Esports #ZeroTenacity #TeamLynx #BettingTips #DataScience
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Разработка Moba клон Dota 2 [FUN MODE]
С наступающим! В юности, когда я увлекался компьютерными играми, играл в Moba Dota ещё на движке Warcraft III. В редакторе карт с помощью макросов и кода хотел сделать своих героев с уникальными умениями. Было интересно разрабатывать и смотреть как мои фантазии воплощаются в жизнь. Но всё же редактор карт накладывал свои ограничения и не так свободно можно было сгенерировать 3d персонажей и внедрить их в проект. С появлением Dota 2, герои стали более детализированными, умения героев более эффектными, а карта интереснее. Меня это вдохновило на создания своих игр, я пробывал создавать в Unity, Unreal. Но знаний и времени изучить эти движки не было. А знаний по 3D моделингу вообще не было, поэтому игровые проекты я забросил, так как необходимо было разрабатывать более "приземленные" коммерческие проекты: веб сервисы, мобильны приложения и так далее, С появлением игрового движка Godot, разработка игр получила вторую жизнь. Игры можно делать сразу на все популярные платформы: PC, Mac, IOS, Android, web. Управление объектами сцены можно полностью через код, что очень подкупало, так как редактировать сцены в 3d редакторе не всегда удобно, тыкая по UI, а можно быстро написать код сцены и объектов ней.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/980298/
#dota2 #gamedev #3dмоделирование #3dграфика #godot #искусственный_интеллект #ai #геймдев
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All of these bugfix patches in #Dota2 give me the impression that the codebase is a convoluted mess or their testing is insufficient. This is already pretty obvious with the many exceptions to rules and persistent unfixed bugs that exist in the game. That stuff needs to be overhauled so that changes can be applied safely. Maybe they are refactoring it already, but I'm not sure about that since they keep patching stuff.
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🎮 ¿Trampa en la EPL? ERevela la vulnerabilidad oculta de Nemiga Gaming ante la insurgencia de Most Wanted. 📉 ¿Estás listo para la revelación?
Veredicto completo en nythbox.wordpress.com 🚀
#Dota2 #EPL #MostWanted #NemigaGaming #EsportsPredictions #GamingData #QuantumAnalysis -
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hmmmphh...
Something in DOTA2 broke after the update - everytime I move my view around in game, the frame rate drops from 140 to 30-40fps.
:<
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The weekend chores are done. Took an hour's nap too.
Time to do what I've been waiting to do - ruin my mood by losing in #DOTA2. I haven't played the new patch! Time to make a cup of tea and settle in!
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Mixed feelings about this new patch. I absolutely cannot fathom why valve prioritises farming creeps again. Lots of changes encourage farming instead of fighting, which is contrary to the last two or even three big patches.
Lots of heroes nerfed that did not need it, lots of misguided nerfs (NP hello?).
Not sure why valve wants to prolong games, the average is pretty fine so far.
Also don't know why sups are getting the shaft again.
The frog is cool, I think he is mega strong if you are good at positioning even though games are insufferable rn because the idiots play him as core. -
CW: My Steam Replay 2025
...wow, that's a lot of space station 14...
#SteamReplay #SpaceStation14 #ARCRaiders #Dota2 #Warframe #Deadlock
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Busy week and #DOTA 7.40 is out. Ugh!
I wonder if I can indulge myself with a game before sleepytime.
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#Dota2 Assist gold goes down slightly on average. Interesting development.
Image: Plot of Assist gold (y) to victim networth (x) by calculation method. Lines represent number of heroes sharing the gold. The higher the gold, the less heroes present (modeled as 1 to 5 heroes). -
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I miss Techies in Dota 2
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PARIVISION Wins DreamLeague Season 26 Dota 2 Championship Led by Astini
#Astini #Dota2 #esports #gaming #Majorchampionships
https://blazetrends.com/parivision-wins-dreamleague-season-26-dota-2-championship-led-by-astini/?fsp_sid=42876 -
Both of the games I play regularly: #dota2 and #battlegrounds just got huge patches after days. Excited!
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Congratulations to #TeamLiquid for being the #dota2 TI champions of 2024. Really nice games put out there! 💪💪💪
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NISHA PUCK IS BACK!
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Samsung is holding a new Dota 2 tournament where pro and aspiring gamers compete against each other #dota2 #gaming #gamingmonitor #samsung #samsungelectronics #samsunggamingmonitor #tech
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A #TowerDefense game in first person mode where you build towers along a maze and jump from tower to tower to defend an ancient.
Carrying components from hero line wars where creeps can be exterminated not only by towers but also heroes.
You would also be able to manually towers with the aiming. You would also repair and upgrade them.
Multiplayer would be so fucking entertaining.
#dota2 #warcraft3 #hlw #RoC -
A #TowerDefense game in first person mode where you build towers along a maze and jump from tower to tower to defend an ancient.
Carrying components from hero line wars where creeps can be exterminated not only by towers but also heroes.
You would also be able to manually towers with the aiming. You would also repair and upgrade them.
Multiplayer would be so fucking entertaining.
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What sick shit is the #esportsworldcup? I already love it. The tournament and trophy system really seem sophisticated. The casting format I believe got a lot more professional as it has been.I still hope they'll still keep goofing around and not become too rigid. Plus I hope they keep the visible personel except #Slacks of course. #dota2
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I am finally posting! I don't even know how long it has been (I could just seen the last post but I don't feel like it) but here is a lil Puck that I started a long time ago as well. Hope ya like it! :bunhdhappy:
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I’m not super confident with my #Dota2 predictions for the playoffs.
Going into #ti12 I was sure #GaminGladiators and #TeamLiquid would be top 3 but everything has been shaken up so far. #nouns is for sure an upset; #Talon with the comeback after the mess of day 1. For now my finals predictions are #TeamSpirt vs #LGD. Let’s see how it goes!
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📬 Valve ließ Hacker monatelang Dota 2-Spieler mit Malware infizieren
#Gaming #Malware #Avast #Dota2 #Dota2Mods #Exploit #GoogleV8 #JavascriptEngine #MOBA #Modding #Steam #Valve https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/gaming/valve-liess-hacker-monatelang-dota-2-spieler-mit-malware-infizieren-265147.html
