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To Rage Quit Or Not To Rage Quit, That Is The Question
Last night, after a gruelling episode of Game of Thrones, a good number of people swore they would never watch the show again. Take a look at the retweets on the TheRedWedding Twitter account, which chronicles the extreme reaction to the Rains of Castamere episode, to see what I mean. (Don’t visit the link if you’re trying to avoid spoilers!) You might say they “rage quit” Game of Thrones.
DOTA 2 Tournament Hit By Online Attacks
Several rounds of a DOTA 2 tournament have had to be postponed after somebody launched persistent DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, which in some cases knocked out players and in other cases entire teams. The Chinese league, G-1, says that several matches involving European players were affected, and that further qualifiers have been postponed until a workaround can be implemented.
DOTA 2 Steams Ahead Of Skyrim
Before today, the game with most concurrent users ever on Steam was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I remember the hype on Kotaku Australia surrounding the release of that game, so I genuinely thought that record would have held until Half Life 3! But no, the massively growing popularity of DOTA 2 has taken a life of its own. Now it appears as thought the DOTA 2 beta has become the game with most concurrent users on Steam ever.
DOTA 2′s Art Is Like An Ice Cream Sundae For Your Eyeballs
I’m finding it increasingly difficult to get excited about DOTA 2, since my dalliances with League of Legends ended in me promptly uninstalling League of Legends, but I still check the game’s blog every single day. Why? Because there’s always the chance Valve will release more character art of the game’s heroes, which are some of the best of their kind in the business.
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