I miss the long DotA load time

Blame the russian guy
"Guinsoo ended the version 5 series with the creation of DotA Allstars 5.84, which added new heroes and a few bug fixes. Still, several errors and imbalances were overlooked in 5.84, such as the 100+ HP regeneration rate bug of Dragon Knight's skill Dragon Blood, causing Guinsoo to release a corrected version immediately, known as 5.84b. A developer named True.Rus (from Russia) developed an unofficial fork named 5.84c. Every version of Allstars released prior to 5.84c had focused on new functionality or heroes. The version created (or rather modified) by True.Rus did not feature any new functionality. Instead:

    * It refactored the map tokens to allow for faster loading times (reports from frequent Battle.net players indicate a reduction of almost 1-2 minutes)"

Wasn't there a thread about this a while ago?

anyway, i do miss the long load times, i used to go to the bathroom or grab a drink during it.

i never did anything during the load but sit, so i dont really mind

I miss the load time as well I liked getting drinks and food

i want a name spoof

I can host now!
only 3 years too late, shit

These forums are long dead

Banlist is made for TDA games, where if you're banlisted, then it updates the TDA shitlist to every TDA safelisted host. Now if people are using it in public games, then there's different hosts for every different shitlist, and you can usually play a game even if you're banned from 50 hosts, since there's 100's more with a different list.

Best format.. maybe. I think the reason people don't play it is because (a)they don't know most of the heros to play hero after hero, especially when they die often or (b)not a standard game that's recognized by leagues etc. so people tend to play modes they're accustomed to.

I guess people like to play a full game regardless of feeders because one man down is really detrimental. But I've come across many situations where feeders or even laggers are way more annoying than leavers.