“Reddit Finds Korok Guilty” and Other Dota 2 Headlines

 
Here are the headlines from the week of June 23rd, 2015.
 
 
 
Dota 2 Subreddit Finds Korok Guilty

After fifteen minutes of heated deliberation, the jury of r/Dota2 has found Steven “Korok” Ashworth guilty on all counts of “whatever it was that he committed.”

The quick internet verdict saves the state of Virginia thousands of taxpayer dollars as it will not need to present evidence, call witnesses, or ensure Ashworth receives due process in any way.

“I think he did it,” said one Redditor who carefully read the title of the NAdota thread and may have watched NAR play in TI5 qualifiers.

At the time of this writing the incident has generated thousands of Reddit comments and several Twitch copypastas that will almost surely be used against Ashworth during sentencing.

All Star Game Vote Results in Repeat of Vici vs Newbee TI4 Finals

After several weeks of frenzied voting, the Dota 2 player base has determined that The International 5’s All Star game will boast an identical lineup to last year’s finals. While some find the result disappointing, the overwhelming majority welcomes the opportunity to see the ultimate “what-if” scenario, allowing fans to see the finals-that-never-were play out on patch 6.84.

“My feeding will now result in a larger bounty for my teammates,” said Bai ‘rOtk’ Fan, who immediately selected Venomancer.

Community Wonders When It’s OK to Resume Complaining About Immortal 3 Item Sets

Members of the Dota 2 community have begun to question whether or not it is too soon to resume their complaints about the absence of the third set of immortal items from The International 5’s compendium. Many had expected Valve’s release of the Dota 2 Reborn client and the Source 2 version of Dota 2 to ensure good will for several more weeks, but the result seems to have averaged just under one day of clemency per gigabyte of Dota 2 update.

Team Secret’s Techies Pick Part of Master Plan

Just weeks after it was revealed that they would not be participating in scrims with other teams, Team Secret has successfully increased the pick-rate of Techies by 300% at the highest levels of ranked matchmaking. Reports indicate that this specific pick was part of a master plan to ruin practice for all other teams.

The strategy of picking annoying heroes to make ranked play unbearable occurred most notably during Patch 6.83.

Unfortunately, Secret’s pick has unintended consequences, as ESL One Frankfurt was the first tournament that was watched by newly indoctrinated former League of Legends players. A study has shown that 95% of former LoL players have decided to “main” Goblin Techies.