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I havn't seen any threads from the beta testers on this site about their experience. If you're in the beta and would write a quick description of your experience for the less fortunate of us, it would be greatly appreciated.

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first off id like to say im new to dota, but not moba. there are two main issues first is the game itself and then there is the community around it. its very hard to get into any moba without some kind of good char primer, i will discuss this point later on.

besides the various differences in gameplay, the graphics are amazing, especially the level of polish everything seems to have. the best thing i like about this game though is all the social support stuff they built into it. voice, spectator, chat channels. all this stuff is really handy to have and is a step in the right direction.

as for the gameplay well it depends on your preference some mobas are more forgiving then others. and if your looking for depth and balance dota 2 doesn't disappoint. i cant speak for every char as i havent tried many of them. but i can speak for the general approach and i prefer dota to the alternatives, your choices or mistakes are far more important to your success then other moba where they give you plenty of crutches to lean on item/skill wise.

my biggest concern is guides. there arent enough updated guides as of yet, and i was told someone who was rewriting and crediting the old dota 1 guides for dota 2was attacked for doing so by the community.

why would you do this! these guides are invaluable to new players. i dont know what these items are all called i have to go to the old dota 1 site look at the picture match it to the item data base and then match that item to the new dota 2 item data base just so i know what to buy! can you understand how frustrating this is! what if the item name changed???

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It's been really enjoyable. For me I stopped playing early this year after playing on and off for seven years. So for me the nostalgia has added to the enjoyment.

The game is very true to its original and for the most part any Dota player can jump in and feel really comfortable. Yes some items have changed and there is a new means of purchasing items but you get the hang of it quick.

Graphically it is amazing, I love the art style and watching the translations of the original WC3 models to see the true depiction of how the models were meant to be perceived.

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I have had some previous experience with DotA (albeit from years and years ago) and have been playing League of Legends quite heavily. The transition from LoL to DotA is a bit of a leap however an enjoyable one!

The thing I think people who play LoL will enjoy the most is the fact you need to actually play carefully and less casually. Instead of the "Just don't give them first blood and it'll be fine if I die" mentality. It's like "HOLY **** IF I DIE AT ALL I'M SCREWED" this not only forces you to learn to play better, it's also fun being more on edge as you play!

The graphics are nice in comparison to other A-RTS' out there and I find the replay features to be quite well done even though they are still in development.

Overall I'm loving it and play nothing but DotA 2 now ^_^

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In terms of Aesthetics, I ****ing came. Literally, I had an erection quickly followed by an ****** because of how amazing this game looks. When trees respawn, they literally erupt from the ground with the dirt falling from it's branches as it rises up in, all of which occurring in about a second. Every hero has their own graphics that are highly detail and the voice overs are unique, they have a very rewarding, unique set of voices set for special events: Such as when Windrunner kills Drow Ranger, she says, "What's wrong Traxex?" Just, the amount of detail was so overwhelming my first game and I'm still finding more even though I have close to 80 games played already.

In terms of Gameplay, it is the exact same, but with a new engine. That is all DOTA needed to be a whole new game, was just that. The reason the game has survived for so long after all these years, was because it doesn't need to be reworked. It's like having something really good, but changing it just because someone wants variety. Go play another game and you have your variety, come back when you're bored of that, then repeat.

I mean honestly, the amount of gamers with ADHD is ruining video games. They all complain about how games have no replay value or get boring, simply because they don't have the attention span of anything more than a squirrel.

Also, I would like to say that there is no better company than Valve. I mean, every Thursday there is a new update and they fix a greater majority of bugs from their last patch. Anything game breaking that is discovered is guaranteed to be fixed the following day, Friday. So far the only bug that is persistent is that there is a random account of delay, random games where you just cannot seem to connect and some video cards crash when alt+tabbing in Fullscreen mode. Valve has stated that these will all be fixed in a future client, which will most likely be the open beta client if they have one.

To this day, I have not been disappointed and I won't count bugs against them. I give the game a perfect 10 if they continue with the path they are on.

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Couldn't have said it better Love, and you're right the amount of detail put into the voice work alone is amazing. Little bits like that make the game soooooo much better!

Pick up a invis rune on Riki "Invisibility?? Well this is redundant.." or when you get a genocide on your own he is like "You all just got owned"

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Found what I was looking for, here are the subtitles for Night Stalker. There is literally a voice for each of these:

Quoted:

"lang"
{
"Language" "English"
"Tokens"
{
"night_stalker_nstalk_spawn_01" "night_stalker: Night Stalker."
"night_stalker_nstalk_spawn_02" "night_stalker: Night time is my time."
"night_stalker_nstalk_spawn_03" "night_stalker: I'm the beast of bedtime tales."
"night_stalker_nstalk_spawn_04" "night_stalker: From blackest night, I come."
"night_stalker_nstalk_spawn_05" "night_stalker: Creature of the dark."
"night_stalker_nstalk_battlebegins_01" "night_stalker: It's feeding time."
"night_stalker_nstalk_battlebegins_02" "night_stalker: And the hunt begins."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_01" "night_stalker: Yes."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_02" "night_stalker: Uugh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_03" "night_stalker: Agh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_04" "night_stalker: Darkly now."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_05" "night_stalker: Stalking."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_06" "night_stalker: I stalk my next meal."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_07" "night_stalker: Day walker, night stalker."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_08" "night_stalker: I remember the first day."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_09" "night_stalker: On the hunt."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_10" "night_stalker: To battle."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_11" "night_stalker: Comes the nocturn one."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_12" "night_stalker: Night's procession."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_13" "night_stalker: The beast stalks."
"night_stalker_nstalk_move_14" "night_stalker: Dark wings."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_01" "night_stalker: Attack!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_02" "night_stalker: I come to feed."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_03" "night_stalker: I'll feast tonight."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_04" "night_stalker: Day walkers die."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_05" "night_stalker: Devil by day, demon by night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_06" "night_stalker: Suffer."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_07" "night_stalker: Hunger."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_08" "night_stalker: None can stand against me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_09" "night_stalker: Feel my talons."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_10" "night_stalker: Walking nightmare."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_11" "night_stalker: Darkness hungers."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_12" "night_stalker: Night terror."
"night_stalker_nstalk_attack_13" "night_stalker: In the forest of the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_cast_01" "night_stalker: There's no escape."
"night_stalker_nstalk_cast_02" "night_stalker: Death stalks you."
"night_stalker_nstalk_cast_03" "night_stalker: Sure as night follows day."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_void_01" "night_stalker: Gughh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_void_02" "night_stalker: Heahh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_void_03" "night_stalker: Heaahr."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_void_04" "night_stalker: Heaheh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_cripfear_01" "night_stalker: Night silence."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_cripfear_02" "night_stalker: Benighted."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_cripfear_03" "night_stalker: Fear quiets magic."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_01" "night_stalker: Ah, sweet twilight."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_02" "night_stalker: Bring on the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_03" "night_stalker: I burn the midnight oil."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_04" "night_stalker: Roll back the light."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_05" "night_stalker: Wings out."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_06" "night_stalker: The wolf calls to me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_07" "night_stalker: Time for some Me time."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_08" "night_stalker: Not so fast."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_09" "night_stalker: I wasn't done with darkness."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_10" "night_stalker: Take back the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_dark_11" "night_stalker: I hunt by wolflight."
"night_stalker_nstalk_dayrise_01" "night_stalker: Not this again."
"night_stalker_nstalk_dayrise_02" "night_stalker: Cursed dawn."
"night_stalker_nstalk_dayrise_03" "night_stalker: Argh, sunshine!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_dayrise_04" "night_stalker: I die a little every morning."
"night_stalker_nstalk_dayrise_05" "night_stalker: If I ever get my claws on that bird."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_failure_01" "night_stalker: Ow."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_failure_02" "night_stalker: Ererw."
"night_stalker_nstalk_ability_failure_03" "night_stalker: Meeeewh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_01" "night_stalker: My wingspan is lengthening."
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_02" "night_stalker: My talons are even sharper!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_03" "night_stalker: Ever stronger."
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_04" "night_stalker: My darkness deepens."
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_05" "night_stalker: My power is growing."
"night_stalker_nstalk_level_06" "night_stalker: He he he hah he heh hah!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_01" "night_stalker: We were different as day and night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_02" "night_stalker: You are the dead of night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_03" "night_stalker: Your flesh sustains me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_04" "night_stalker: By morning, you'll be naught but bones."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_05" "night_stalker: There won't be enough of you left to bury."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_06" "night_stalker: Don't worry, not one piece of gristle shall I waste."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_07" "night_stalker: Night comes for you."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_08" "night_stalker: Nighty night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_09" "night_stalker: You've reached the end of your days."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_10" "night_stalker: You expected daylight to protect you?"
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_11" "night_stalker: You've seen your last sunrise."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_12" "night_stalker: The sun sets on your life."
"night_stalker_nstalk_kill_13" "night_stalker: Listen for the wings of the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_01" "night_stalker: I stalk, you crawl."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_02" "night_stalker: I'll pick my teeth with your bones."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_03" "night_stalker: Lycan, I am the true beast of the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_04" "night_stalker: Lycan, always at my heels."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_05" "night_stalker: Mirana, I am most favored of the moon."
"night_stalker_nstalk_killspecial_06" "night_stalker: Luna, the moon favors me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_01" "night_stalker: Night devours."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_02" "night_stalker: Like a thief in the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_03" "night_stalker: I'll put your coins to use."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_04" "night_stalker: Flesh sustains, gold remains."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_05" "night_stalker: Your war ends."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_06" "night_stalker: That's all."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_07" "night_stalker: Your sun sets."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lasthit_08" "night_stalker: Into the dark."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_01" "night_stalker: No!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_02" "night_stalker: Dark is the grave."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_03" "night_stalker: My life sets."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_04" "night_stalker: Eternal darkness."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_05" "night_stalker: I stalk no more."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_06" "night_stalker: Feeding time is over."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_07" "night_stalker: Let the sun bleach my bones."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_08" "night_stalker: I fall like night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_09" "night_stalker: Darkness enfolds me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_10" "night_stalker: Final night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_death_11" "night_stalker: A leap in the dark."
"night_stalker_nstalk_fastres_01" "night_stalker: Ah ha ha ha ha! I'll be right back!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_01" "night_stalker: Night comes round again."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_02" "night_stalker: The day needs the night."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_03" "night_stalker: I live to stalk again."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_04" "night_stalker: I stalk to feed my hunger."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_05" "night_stalker: Your nightmare continues."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_06" "night_stalker: Day or night, I will have my revenge."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_07" "night_stalker: Tonight my enemies will pay."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_08" "night_stalker: The darkness hungers for flesh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_09" "night_stalker: Night waits in the wings."
"night_stalker_nstalk_respawn_10" "night_stalker: I feed the darkness and the darkness feeds me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_rare_01" "night_stalker: I feed the darkness and the darkness feeds me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_rare_02" "night_stalker: The darkness in my heart sustains me through daylight."
"night_stalker_nstalk_purch_01" "night_stalker: Just what I needed!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_purch_02" "night_stalker: At last."
"night_stalker_nstalk_purch_03" "night_stalker: Now they will suffer."
"night_stalker_nstalk_blink_01" "night_stalker: Blink dagger."
"night_stalker_nstalk_blink_02" "night_stalker: Quick as a blink."
"night_stalker_nstalk_scepter_01" "night_stalker: Ah, scepter."
"night_stalker_nstalk_scepter_02" "night_stalker: Scepter."
"night_stalker_nstalk_cranbash_01" "night_stalker: Bash their brain."
"night_stalker_nstalk_sange_01" "night_stalker: Ah, sange."
"night_stalker_nstalk_yasha_01" "night_stalker: Yasha."
"night_stalker_nstalk_sangenyasha_01" "night_stalker: Sweet sange and yasha."
"night_stalker_nstalk_sangenyasha_02" "night_stalker: Sweet sange and yasha, my favorite sisters."
"night_stalker_nstalk_bottle_01" "night_stalker: Saved for later."
"night_stalker_nstalk_bottle_02" "night_stalker: For when the time is right."
"night_stalker_nstalk_bottle_03" "night_stalker: Dark as bottled ink."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_01" "night_stalker: Denied."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_02" "night_stalker: Deny!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_03" "night_stalker: Uh-huh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_04" "night_stalker: No."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_05" "night_stalker: Nix on that."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_06" "night_stalker: Not for you."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_07" "night_stalker: You get nothing."
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_08" "night_stalker: Fool!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_deny_09" "night_stalker: Hereh heh heh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_lose_01" "night_stalker: No!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_lose_02" "night_stalker: Defeated!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_lose_03" "night_stalker: Will this sun never set?"
"night_stalker_nstalk_lose_04" "night_stalker: The daywalkers defeat me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_win_01" "night_stalker: Yes!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_win_02" "night_stalker: Victory!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_win_03" "night_stalker: Night reigns forever!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_win_04" "night_stalker: Infinite night!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_immort_01" "night_stalker: Immortality!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_immort_02" "night_stalker: Nocturnality."
"night_stalker_nstalk_haste_01" "night_stalker: Haste!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_haste_02" "night_stalker: Swiftly I stalk."
"night_stalker_nstalk_doubdam_01" "night_stalker: Double damage!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_doubdam_02" "night_stalker: Nightling strikes twice."
"night_stalker_nstalk_doubdam_03" "night_stalker: Double darkness."
"night_stalker_nstalk_regen_01" "night_stalker: Regeneration!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_regen_02" "night_stalker: Darkness refills me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_illus_01" "night_stalker: Illusion!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_illus_02" "night_stalker: Who stalks there?"
"night_stalker_nstalk_illus_03" "night_stalker: Now I stalk in formation."
"night_stalker_nstalk_invis_01" "night_stalker: Invisibility!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_invis_02" "night_stalker: You'll need night vision to see me."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_01" "night_stalker: Not yet."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_02" "night_stalker: I'm not ready."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_03" "night_stalker: It's not time yet."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_04" "night_stalker: Not yet."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_05" "night_stalker: I'm not ready."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_06" "night_stalker: It's not time yet."
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_07" "night_stalker: Not yet!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_08" "night_stalker: I'm not ready!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_notyet_09" "night_stalker: It's not time yet."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_01" "night_stalker: Out of mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_02" "night_stalker: No mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_03" "night_stalker: Not enough mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_04" "night_stalker: Out of mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_05" "night_stalker: No mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_06" "night_stalker: Not enough mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_07" "night_stalker: Out of mana!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_08" "night_stalker: No mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_nomana_09" "night_stalker: Not enough mana."
"night_stalker_nstalk_thanks_01" "night_stalker: Thanks."
"night_stalker_nstalk_thanks_02" "night_stalker: Oh, thank you."
"night_stalker_nstalk_firstblood_01" "night_stalker: First blood."
"night_stalker_nstalk_firstblood_02" "night_stalker: First blood, first feast."
"night_stalker_nstalk_underattack_01" "night_stalker: I'm under attack!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_inthebag_01" "night_stalker: It’s in the bag!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_****wiz_01" "night_stalker: ****ty wizard!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_crumwiz_01" "night_stalker: Crummy wizard!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_01" "night_stalker: Uh. "
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_02" "night_stalker: Huweh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_03" "night_stalker: Oowh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_04" "night_stalker: Ereh!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_05" "night_stalker: Eweh!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_06" "night_stalker: Ugh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_07" "night_stalker: Egh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_08" "night_stalker: Eghh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_09" "night_stalker: Aghhh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_pain_10" "night_stalker: Ehw."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_01" "night_stalker: Mehh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_02" "night_stalker: Beyeh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_03" "night_stalker: Beyaw."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_04" "night_stalker: Eyehew."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_05" "night_stalker: Ereeahr."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_06" "night_stalker: Grrerr."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_07" "night_stalker: Heow."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_08" "night_stalker: Heheh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_anger_09" "night_stalker: Hehuh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_happy_01" "night_stalker: Hehhh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_happy_02" "night_stalker: Hehhhh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_happy_03" "night_stalker: Ehewh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_happy_04" "night_stalker: Hehehe."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_01" "night_stalker: He hew eh heh heh hew heh ha."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_02" "night_stalker: He heh hew heh heh heh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_03" "night_stalker: He hew heh heh eh hew hew."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_04" "night_stalker: He hah hah heh hew heh heh!"
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_05" "night_stalker: Heh howeh heh heh howeh heh he."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_06" "night_stalker: Heh heh heh hah heh hehhhh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_07" "night_stalker: Uh- herrehehehhhehherehwh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_08" "night_stalker: Heh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_09" "night_stalker: Heheh hah heh."
"night_stalker_nstalk_laugh_10" "night_stalker: Heh heh he heh hewheh."
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