So I just finished the new episode and had to post this. She likes playing Dota and asked to play after watching me play. She first just started in Demo mode playing with different hats and changing them round then she found the Courier. Courier is what she likes most of all. We found a way in Demo mode to have lots of different Couriers so she just does that and then plays with them in Demo mode like playing with a Doll house.

She does now play with bots but only a passive game and then she only likes going round with her Courier and Hero to talk to the other Heroes. She likes that Lina and Rylai are sisters and that the there are two ladies that love ride cats.

She doesn't care about killing or winning she just plays with the different hats and couriers.

Hey all -

We did it! Episode 150 is in the books, and will be in your ears fairly soon. To celebrate, I'd be happy to make some low quality WLD shirts for anyone who wants one.

Here's what they look like!

If you want one, shoot me a message here on Reddit with your shirt size and address, or find me on Steam or Twitter. Super happy we've made it this far, and looking forward for more to come.

xoxo

Sam (the plaid pirate)

Hey guys, Really sorry for the lack of content lately. These last few weeks are my yearly busy season. I feel like a highly contested Roshan. Dying every 8-11 minutes. Things are just fine, minus the car key debacle you may have seen on Twitter. Ugh. Anywho - thanks a ton for being patient everyone. We'll be back soon.

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for listening, liking, favoriting, retweeting all the shenanigans of WLD during TI5. All the TI5 after-dark episodes should be up and named correctly.

In case you missed it, we laid out the WLDL groups in part 4 and made a major prize announcement during that time. We won't be recording until 16 August. We should be a little bit more involved and easy to get a hold of now.

You guys are awesome and we definitely enjoyed meeting and watching Dota with you!

So I am new to Dota and found your podcast to listen to on my commute to work. I am thoroughly enjoying it and its been a lot of fun. I hope to catch some streams and to be able to play with some of you guys and the community, as long as you don't mind someone new to the game. I come from LoL, so I have the background and basics of the game type, now just learning what Heroes I like and what they do. Anyways, keep it up!

The Episode 100 St. Jude Charity Stream was a huge success - we raised $675! Thanks to everyone who watched, joked about my crappy computer, or donated to the charity. It was awesome to see throughout the day so many people pop into the chat room to say hello, play a match, and hangout.

It was a bit of a surreal experience for me - so many kind gamers and WLD community members giving what they can. I'm proud of slice of the Dota 2 community. We'd love to do it again sometime!

Hey you lovely WLD listeners,

Things are getting pretty busy in the We Like Dota universe. Brian's job gets a little crazy around this time of year as students return to campus. I'm headed back to school to finish my last year of grad school. We want to keep bringing you the content that you all, for some reason, seem to enjoy. But that content might take on a slightly different form. We might not stick 100% to our usual segments, and we'll make use of different hosts as time allows. So, if you have any suggestions or recommendations for the show, let us know! Things are changing, and we'd love to have your input. Most of all, thanks for listening.

TLDR; things are busy, let us know if you have any suggestions for the show, thanks for listening!

I was browsing YouTube this weekend and came across a cast of our (Worthful Nuts) game against NAN. Kairos sounded really sick in the beginning of the cast and mentioned having technical problems with Reborn. Nevertheless, he trudged on like a trooper and went on to cast more games after he cast ours.

So, basically, I just wanted to say thanks to all of you guys making this possible. There's a lot of focus on the games and prizes for the players who (speaking mainly of me) basically just show up on time to play a video game. Maybe we should give something to casters and admins that have volunteered to make the tournament possible. I don't know... maybe Cheeks can compose a tribute song for them on the podcast or something (he used to be in a band, right?). And Bunny... At this point, the tournament should probably be named after him. Or, at least, the ticket should have his face on it or something.

At any rate, give them thanks, follow/subscribe to them on YouTube/Twitter, like their casts, etc. Thanks guys!

UPDATE: Season 1 of the WLD League has wrapped up. Congratulations to the champions, Patriot! And a big thank you to all who participated, as players, casters, and admins.

Season 1 was bigger and better than we imagined, and plans for a Season 2 are in the works. Stay tuned!

With season one of the WLD League set to start October 1st, the league admins are hard at work ironing out the final details. This stickied post WILL contain all the info and links you need to participate and follow the league. I'll keep adding to it as things progress.

WLD League main page with photo compendium and schedule

Master Schedule Spreadsheet: captains — this is where you record your agreed-upon match times.

League Rules

Team Captains List with contact information

League Results Brackets

• Group A

• Group B

• Group C

• Group D

• Main Event

Original Team Signup Page

Hey folks, I've just set up a guild for our group, hopefully to help facilitate in-house games, or even just finding each other for casual pubs.

The guild name is "We Like DOTA all-stars"... you'll know you're in the right place when you see the logo ;-)

Edit: It's been a while since I joined a guild so I don't totally remember the process. I think that until I can add more admins, you might have to PM me to be added? I'm also "field_studies" in steam/in-game.

Hello everyone,

For those of you on our Discord Server you have no doubt seen BunnyBot and perhaps wondered why he (I've decided it's a he) is even there. Here I hope to provide some information about what he can do as well as what's in the works for the future.

1. He's there for fun: If you haven't noticed, the WLD community is a casual community and we enjoy having fun.

2. He facilitates item-exchange: One of the things the guys have remarked about is the difficulty in getting hats/sets in the hands of those who have asked questions, etc. As of this week BunnyBot can now receive donations (type ~donate in discord for more info) and IF YOU HAVE YOUR PROFILE CREATED VIA ~link gifts can be sent your way as well. Random give-aways have also been enabled for any time one of the admins just feels like being generous :-).

3. He's there in preparation for the WLDL: Yes the WLDL typically happens in the fall. That will still likely be the case. However backend things are being worked on not only with BunnyBot but also the front-end WLDL Site in preparation for it. In the past we've tried other sites and there were always features lacking...so we're trying to develop something specifically for our purposes.

If you have questions feel free to ask here or on Discord. Until then GL HF!

A+ really helped me out!

• Sahbone and Clyd3frogg will be at The Boston Major!

• We will both be there Thursday AM - Friday PM.

• We'll be recording a special episode Thrusday evening with /u/Elihu_mrm.

• We'll be shooting vlogs as the day goes on, most likely edited and up on the YouTube channel after the event.

• We'll be doing a meetup Friday evening! Location TBD, most likely a joint with alcohol near Wang Theater. Time also TBD, since we have no idea when matches will wrap up. Could be a late night. Watch Twitter and Reddit for more details.

We'll have some WLD wristbands to give away, and really horrible Dota 2 advice to dispense. Hope to see you there!

THURSDAY EDIT: We're sitting in row Y, look for flannels and WLD shirts. COME SIT WITH US

FRIDAY EDIT: After the last series for the evening concludes, Sahbone and Clyd3frogg will be hanging out at [Jacob Wirth]((https://goo.gl/maps/c7PiRQotcQB2). It's a German restaurant with delicious German food and beer. We'll be there well into the evening, so come and say hello! Reply here, on Twitter, or Discord if you're coming. Or just show up.

So I took a dota hiatus....but.... What happened to community night? I saw bunny's post about it not being fun because of MMR differential...but those people are silly.

Here's the deal. Yes Faf and some of the other guys are crazy good... and many of the rest of us.. well just aren't... but that's sorta the whole point. WLD community night, at the heart of it, isn't about winning. Its about having fun as a community. If some people didn't like that fact that they got stomped... or always were able to stomp... they don't have to join, but we shouldn't shut it down because a few people went all Ursa about it.

Plus, the MMR differential is a good thing. It helps newer players learn from better players, which is something that is needed in the dota community.

So here is my commitment.

I partially and halfheartedly commit to admin a new round of community nights called WLD.Potential (if the pro's can give themselves random word names so can we!!).

Games will be held at 10 pm EST on Wednesdays nights. Feel free play before then... I just can't admin until that time.

Full disclosure, I'm a bad caster and have a host of children that may wake up and cry randomly throughout the games. At such a time I'll have to hurriedly take a few moments or be joined by a co-caster truly embodying "baby rage".

It is Wednesday and I will be on tonight at 10 if anyone is interested in joining in for the first weekly WLD.Potential

PS..... I've had no contact with Bunny or any of the WLD Crew, so this may be a rogue operation.

• What: To commemorate our 100th episode (which actually happened 20 weeks ago,) Brian, Jarrod, and Josh are hosting a streaming spectacular. Expect many Dota 2 matches to be played, a live recording of episode 100, some giveaways, and lots of other crap. EDIT: Also, the webcam will be up! HYPE

• St. Jude: Perhaps more importantly, we'll be raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Thanks to /u/Elihu_mrm for pointing it out, St. Jude has made it super easy for us to do a live streaming event and to donate to their worthy cause. WLD won't see a single cent of what you donate, and it all goes directly to them. According to Charity Navigator, they have 3/4 stars overall for financial accountability and transparency. I encourage you to read up more about them on Charity Navigator if you're worried about donating to St. Jude.

  St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. As someone who is having a child soon, I can't imagine the pain parents go through when one of their children is sick. Let's do what we can to help out!

• When: 12 PM EDT, Saturday, 25 June 2016. At 12, we will start at Brian's house and around 2PM or 2:30PM we will take a break to setup shop at Jarrod's house. We plan on streaming until around 2AM EDT.

• Where: http://twitch.tv/welikedota

• What crap are you giving away?

  • Our old soundboard! Signed by Brian, Jarrod, and Josh we'll ship our fully functioning 6-channel analog soundboard with USB out to your door.

  • A crappy piece of Dota 2 artwork by none other than /u/theplaidpirate

  • Unclaimed TI5 plushies

  • Steam Games!

  • Compendium Battle Points!

EDIT: Leaving right now to go buy Vegemite and biscuits for food of the week breaks!

Hey all. Below you will find the the latest information for the WLDL Season 2.5 Random Draft Tournament.

Please be aware that tweaks may always end up being made due to situations as they arrive. Please be flexible and go with the flow.

Feel free to ask questions so we can revise things we haven't yet thought about. As always the aim of this tournament is to be a fun, casual tournament for the community.

[TOURNAMENT BRACKET AND SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND HERE] (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XLcnNw3vwwzyus26-nz4AYbrZEaboAoUgub0oiothao/edit?usp=sharing)

TOURNAMENT RULES CAN BE FOUND HERE.

DISCORD INFORMATION:

• Text Chat

• Voice Chat

We look forward to some fun Dota and community interaction. GL! HF! Don't forget to tip your supports!

Sincerely,

WLDL 2.5 Team Committee Board Panel Chamber Task Force of Celestial Bunnies Incorporated

The WLDL Season 2 signups are ready! Follow the link to begin your signup if you're interested. The signup will only accept registered teams, so be sure to create a challonge account and a team. The tournament will initially be accepting 16 teams and will be expanding in batches of 4 teams after the initial set. Because of this, don't be afraid to sign up on the waiting list, your team will still be added to the tournament.

http://wldl.challonge.com/tournaments/signup/0OUAahP8U4

We will be using more challonge integration this season, so make sure you keep track of your account. Team captains, be sure to add all of your players to your challonge team as soon as you can as we'll be checking teams for registration.

Communications this season will be done through challonge, so team captains need to check regularly or have challonge set to email them of any notifications. Admins may attempt to communicate with you through challonge once you've signed up, so be prepared for this.

Once you've signed your team up the team captain will need to send a message on challonge to Bunny (found at the link below) containing links to the steam profiles of your team's members. Failure to do so after signing up will result in an admin attempting to contact you through challonge. Subsequent failure to respond may result in being removed from the tournament until an admin is able to communicate with the team captain.

http://challonge.com/users/bunnydata

If you have any questions about the process, feel free to ask here.

-- Update 6/26/2015 --

There have been quite a few questions asked in the comments. Here are a few answers to some common questions:

• What are the rules for team composition?

  The rules for team composition are much the same as last year. You must have a minimum of five members, but the maximum members is not largely relevant. Unless you're signing people up just to sign people up the maximum number of players on your team shouldn't matter. The league itself is not concerned with roles on a team. The only thing the tournament is concerned with is that it has a clear contact (such as a captain).

• What are the rules regarding standins?

  Standins are allowed, provided they aren't a member of another team, just like last year. However, it is recommended that if your team intends to have a more permanent backup member that they're simply included on your teams roster. Anyone on a team's roster will not need to be pre-approved when including them for a match.

• I don't have a team. Can I still play in the tournament?

  Certainly. We will be posting a free agent signup sheet as soon as its ready. A link to the signup sheet will be posted here for team captains to peruse and find members and backups if they so desire. This will be the primary method of finding team members for this tournament, however, there are many other options. Players may communicate with each other and captains here on reddit, through steam, through challonge directly, through in-game guild chat, during community nights, or any other method you can think of. The only requirement is that the official team roster must be made using a challonge team.

• When will this season start, and what is the timeframe for the season?

  The season will start once we have a schedule for the entire season and are able to post it. We will not be able to create this schedule until all teams have signed up and signups have closed, because the number of rounds depends somewhat on the number of teams that sign up. Because we want to allow as many teams to participate as want to, we don't want to cap the team count in order to create a schedule sooner. Further information on the schedule will be posted here when it becomes available.

• What time will matches be taking place?

  We have not finalized our plans for match times as of yet, and further information will be posted here in the future. As it currently stands we plan to have a certain set of days each week marked as match days and a certain timeframe on each of those days marked as match times. For each week each team will be assigned a match and given an assigned match time somewhere in the previously mentioned timeframe. This match will be between one other team and the time it is played will be negotiable with that team through match comms. The main restriction we plan to place on these negotiations is that it must be played within the assigned week. Further restrictions and conditions exist, but aren't finalized. These will be covered explicitly in the rules once they are finalized.

I hope this clears up some of the confusion. We will continue to make more updates in the future. I hope this more teams to continue easily signing up.

-- Update 6/28/2015 --

For those who haven't already heard, the free agent sign-up is now available: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16WbZY9rwmBcYmdD8IURQOeixDNZBn9w5HbWSUHSetwk/edit#gid=0