Just got in the beta (well, more like a week ago, but who's counting) and I'm guessing some of you have. I also have no experience whatsoever with these kinds of games and I suck in all video games. Is anyone else playing the beta for fun? I'd like to be beaten by you.

So much beta keys out there and I don't have one ...ashame :D

I have it but don't know a $hit about the game.

You can play the game with bots and learn. :)

Tiny is my favourite hero. Flexible and still packing some insane DPS, he can pretty much take on any hero 1 on 1 thanks to low CD abilities.

Brewmaster is another hero I really like to use. I'm still trying to get the hang of him, but his ulti is whoa. The bots are still shit. I hope they improve on the bots that are on your team. That, or let smaller teams receive more money per player - hopefully this will be the case in the final version. The bots don't do anything except feed the enemy.

I need to start playing on pubs soon, but I'm hesitant. I play games to unwind, and I've been hearing so much about pub horror stories. I once played DOTA1 on a pub server, and boy. I sure wished someone had invented a device to let me punch another person on the Internet.

I've been trying to get this game for awhile now. How do I get it?

i have it but i'm not really feeling it. I'm trying to buy a copy for my LoL obsessed friend (birthday) with tf2 items and it's damn expensive for a beta with a single map that is going to be free to play

I played my fair share of League of Legends. Still trying to get into the Dota 2 beta :/

K. It's asking if I've played it. I never have. Would this hinder me from being a candidate you think?

Gah, it won't let me submit if I leave fields blank. Considering I've never played it.

"N/A" did the trick.

My guess is they're looking for variety, so first you'd have to guess what kinds of answers are in the minority among the people interested in the beta.

Soooo ... do we have any pros here?

Have played like 10 matches, and am still VERY VERY bad at it. Having a lot of fun though. I had heard that the online community was filled with assholes and that if one behaved less than spergonautically perfectly, one would get flamed to hell and back. So far everyone I've played with has been quite chill and just trying to have fun. And that is without the "assholes will have to pay" thing Valve will implement.

That was on my second key, as well haha. My first key I exchanged for Skyrim on christmas night, so all in alL I am very happy with Dota2.

Also, it seems more instantly accessible than League of Legends

Yup! That's why i quit DOTA back in the day. I remember. The same awful community again, one asshole constantly babbling again and again and again, i decided not to play again, i quickly hit ALT + F4 and never come back again.

I'm really liking Tiny. The dude's fucking powerful regardless of what role he takes on. As a ganker, with the Hyperstone he can pretty much beat any hero of the same level at full health. As an Initiator, the nuke > blink > stun combo works very nicely. As a Carry, once he gets Aghanim + Hyperstone x2, he can push an empty lane and destroy 2-3 towers in 2 minutes.

Sick bastard.