Deadwood and Keeper of the Forest to duke it out–I’ve got morning wood
S2 has announced one of their next new heroes will be Deadwood, concept art seen above. Clearly the intention is there for a dark and sinister counterpart to Keeper that will fight for the Hellbourne. What made him so evil and bent on destruction? Maybe he got tired of Pyromancer starting so many wildfires, or those damn teenagers wouldn’t stop carving hearts with their names into him after their hot forest make-out sessions.
I feel like we’re getting somewhere, but I’d rather aimlessly speculate about his possible arsenal… is that a tree bazooka coming out of his right arm? Please S2, let this be the case, for I’ve spent many a night dreaming of one day using my very own tree arm bazooka to demolish noobs with. Rumors are running hot on the HoN Forums about Deadwood possibly being a ranged Strength hero, like the one-and-only Huskar in Dota. A tree bazooka could be the key to this theory, but then again maybe he just throws apples like those Wizard of Oz trees, or huge rocks like those badass Ents in Lord of the Rings (below).
If you ask me, clearly that left arm is made for punching shit; so no friends, Deadwood is just another Strength melee hero made for brawling. This reminds me of my high school mascot, which oddly enough, was a burly-ass tree… amazing how there are SO MANY instances of walking, talking trees in our culture. ALSO UCSD HAS A TALKING TREE ON THEIR CAMPUS.
Anyway, I also think S2 might toss Keeper’s old, now-removed ability, Nature’s Vengeance, into Deadwood’s arsenal, because ripping up trees to smash things with seems just the kind of ruthless, dag-nasty thing an evil pile of wood would be doing if you ask me. They also hinted at something like this in the latest patch: “Keeper of the Forest changed significantly (in preparation for the arrival of Deadwood)… Removed Nature’s Vengeance and replaced it with Nature’s Protection”.
Dota and Hon putting clothes on your back?
JACT.com gives you credit towards their online shop if you run their Eamonn software in the background while you play certain games such as Dota or Hon. I signed up about two years ago with the full intent of forgetting about their service for a long time, then coming back and getting something sweet if they were still around. When I finally checked their shop last week (which used to have all kinds of useful stuff from new electronics to furniture), unfortunately it seems they now only have a very small selection of stuff left such as raffles for games (where you are unlikely to win the prize) and game cards (X number of free hours for EVE Online, etc.) remaining. Apparently their business model tanked and they had to scrap almost everything useful from the mall to make things work. So I cashed in all my points for the most useful thing I could find, six JACT t-shirts (LOL). While they are almost unwearably dorky, it’s silly to complain when I’m still getting something for nothing!
So I highly recommend this for any chronic gamer. Get on it before JACT’s sponsors abandon ship! Btw, the going rate for a shirt is one every 10 days, 8 hours, and 21 minutes of gaming, so you better be in it for the long term.
Milkfat's record-setting 65-5 Bloodseeker; slax's fail in the final moments
Once upon a time, Milkfat set three DXD records (Fastest Max Level, Most Kills, and Longest Killing Spree) all in one epic game that is worthy of recap. How did this happen?
- fr3shmeat (Necrolyte) failed miserably by not harassing Milkfat early on. Milkfat cs’d like a champ, and with a few ganks from Cakes, he gained a massive advantage in the lane.
- Check out how terrible HelloKitty’s items are at 54 minutes when Milkfat got his first death. This Zeus is free food for Milkfat whenever he wants it. Also, did you know the guy to girl ratio in DXD is 155:1?
- Milkfat wasn’t about to push and end his glorious spree, and slax was too proud to surrender, so the game raged on for much longer than it should have.
- slax is a fucking beast, and after numerous suicide missions and buy-backs he forged an absurd comeback in which the Scourge actually got Mega creeps and nearly won.
- slax failed in the final moments by not going home to defend, and got throned by Milkfat while he tried to do the same thing on the other side of the map. If the Scourge had managed to win this, it would have been one of the greatest comebacks ever.
HelloKitty has defense in mind, but slax goes for the Sentinel Tree instead.
fr3shmeat tries to stand between Milkfat, XssXTricky and his Throne; gets ripped up
Top 10 things you can do to be a badass in DXD
- Spam “All players here are DSS Secure” when they really aren’t: 10 points
- Pause the game and talk some shit after owning someone: 30 points
- First Blood someone and then leave the game because you already proved you are a god and the rest is irrelevant: 90 points
- Talk shit to a mod until he timebans you for a few hours when you were going to sleep anyways: 50 points
- Wear a turtleneck: 45 points
- Get on KaGGo’s team and try to carry him: 5 points
- Teleport to a lane where your teammate is already free-farming and start taking his creeps–it’s a good use of 135 gold: 15 points
- Get caught when they are pushing mid and lose the game for your team because you decided to stand outside the base by yourself: 25 points
- Piss off Zzeroo; it’s not hard: 20 points
- After you fail, say you’re playing for fun… because losing’s fun: 1 point
