Play DotA Gaming Group (IH for pd.com forumers)

[s.ops_Freak]

JOIN PDGG

• Tired of those ignorant, players in those public games not listening to one word of advice from you, to improve their game whilst ruining yours?
  
• Wanna move on to something much greater?
  
• Something not too professional/serious/tryhard but more of a community based effort, an environment where you can sit back, relax, enjoy, interact and play with your favorite forumers, assuming they’re willing to take advice/constructive criticism/orders if needed?
  
• Wanna show PlayDotA’s finest what you’re actually made of instead of being portrayed as a hypocrite, as the saying goes, "Action speaks Louder than Words do?
  
• Well this is your chance because for the 3rd time, we’re reforming the PlayDotA forumers Gaming Group, which will more than likely be the most epic one yet!

What the Hell is PDGG?

Only the most AWESOME group ever!

PDGG is the only group where actual PlayDotA forumers that you see every single day here on these forums play epic games on RGC whilst having the most fun in their lives.

As a matter of fact, it may be the only group that you’d experience so much all chatting, joking around, false raging all over the place, innovative builds, LulzWTFROFL builds, innovative picks, amusing picks, legal trolling and a whole lot more!

You must have been wondering what the hell is RGC as I mentioned it earlier before as most people usually play on GGC and Battle-Net. Well unlike GGC, RGC provides only the best host bots, completely eliminating any issues with hosting advantages, lag as well as providing us with a very useful reconnect tool. That being said, games are guaranteed to be of some good quality

Now that I mentioned RGC provides host bots, you may be wondering what mode we’ll play. Another cool feature RGC provides is the ability to vote for your own mode, therefore the mode that most players voted for shall be granted. We usually lean more towards the –CM and –RD modes although –AP is also quite popular as sometimes players just want to sit back, relax and lpay their favorite hero.
Note that admins are able to host custom games on the bots as well, therefore if the situation calls for fun modes such as –EM, -SC, -WTF, -SH, OM, etc, it will all be made possible.

Notice that I said PDGG was a GROUP, i.e, not a league so if you were searching for a league filled with all decent players then I’m sorry to burst your bubble but we will allow any forumer into the group (including newbies), with a required post count of course (will get to that later), given that they are willing to improve their game by actually listening to good advice given by fellow group members.

Note that this group does not ban troll builds nore picks (in –CM mode) which gives you all the room you need to experiment as you usually would in a public game. However the group will not accept anyone abusing this freedom and any outrageous/unacceptable decisions in respect to this privilege given to you will have their respective consequences.

Usually I would be able to provide you with information on the general skill level of the group but as we’re recreating it, I don’t really know what to expect. All I can say is that we will avoid brain dead players at all costs as they only bring stress, misery and tension in the group.
We are however searching for decently skilled players, players that the lesser skilled players can look up to and try to follow in their footsteps, as well as players who are actively giving constructive criticism, helping you to improve in all aspects of your game.


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Videos of PDGG Gameplay

OK I’m interested on joining HOW DO I?

Requirements

• 200 posts or more,contributed to the PlayDotA community (Videos/Graphic Arts/Comics, etc) or have been a member of PD.com for atleast 2 years
• A Ranked Gaming Client account
• Ability to show maturity/respect/honesty when the situation calls for it

When/If you have all these requirements then simply PM (Private Message) one of the following Staff Members (listed after VR format) a complete Vouch Request in the format shown as follows:

Personal information (name, age, location, etc), also tell us a bit about yourself.

Your RGC nickname.

Your DotA history (e.g. when did you start, what leagues have you played, clans, tournaments, etc).

Are you currently member of a clan? If you do, provide us with some information (e.g. achievements, some links to you clan's homepage/profile, etc).

Provide us with atleast 2 replays which show your skill. Also write some brief information about the replays (e.g. where have they been played, what was the skill level of the opponents, who did you play with, etc).

Why do you want to join PDGG?

Do you know anyone in PDGG who could support your request? If yes, name them.

Have you read the rules and do you agree to them?

Is there something else you want to add?

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Now you may be wondering how to create an RGC account without the RGC client, simply click here to download it which you can register an account for free afterwards.

Once you get a reply from one of the Staff members stating that you’re vouched, simply start the client and type /j pdgg and you'll be redirected to the PDGG!

Please note that PDGG reserves the right to ban, worst case scenario, unvouch, any infamous player on the spot, i.e. known for intensive flaming/outrageous trolling/game ruining/leaving/maphacking/multi-accounting/etc

It’s also important for you to note that PDGG also has a PlayDotA.com forum group, this is where the idle time of bored PlayDotA Gamers can find important notices regarding PDGG as well as create amusing/interesting topics to chat about with one another. That being said, feel free to join, [url= http://www.playdota.com/forums/group.php?groupid=648DotA Forums - PlayDotA Gaming Group[/url]

Replays

If you’ve concluded that you wanna join the group, I have decided to put together a couple of epic replays all about PDIH (former PDGG group which recently died out) and all the fun we had. These replays as well as 90% of all PDIH replays brought life, excitement, juking, LuLZ, amusement, teamwork, gayness and a whole lot more.
Some of it included the most epic comebacks of all time and some of them just proved that idiotic item builds can prevail once played by the right players. You won’t waste one second of your life upon watching these replays and you can expect to be the future of these replays after you’ve joined and started playing games. Our only hope is that we can relive days such as these and even better which might be seemingly impossible but we won’t sell ourselves short just yet. Have fun

http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354035
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357876
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=479454
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454628
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449984
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465961
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478505
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=355257
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=453668
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=447751
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=355853
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358780
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=453038
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356493 http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=477969 http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=453177
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354515
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showt...highlight=PDIH
http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480410

NOTE

: There's also a PDGG group for DotA 2 players which can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PDIH

The PDIH Codex

The basic set of guidelines for the community, it is mainly reference material but I recommend that new users read it through at least once.

Table of Contents

• Code of Behaviour
• Penalization
• Admins
• Recommended Reading

Community, the Essence


Code of Behaviour

As PDGG was initially created to provide forumers with a chill environment with as little stress as possible, we’ve tried our best not to implement very strict and “in your ass” rules. That being said, we don’t really expect to see much players banned/unvouched.

Signing for Games

The only thing we have to say about this is very simple;

Do not sign for games you do not intend to play in.

Lobbyism


These commands are the ones you need to know.

• !ready
• !votekick [playerslot]
• !wim
• !start

Pausing Games

If you are to pause a game, you should note that there is a countdown rule for pausing, which requires you to do a simple “3”, “2”, “1” pre-pause. This ensures that players in very critical moments of the game has a heads up instead of a sudden pause which could severely hurt their game.

If someone is away during the picking phase or has not arrived 30 seconds prior to creep spawns then you should pause the game at this point, then highlight the person in question in the client chat and wait for a while. Most likely they haven’t heard that the game started, in worst case scenarios the game will simply be remade.

Forfeiting and Remaking

People are free to forfeit at any given moment though there are limitations regarding when it is possible to forfeit due to how the bot is programmed. It's similar to to the !ready command as you may use it at your own discretion, and you may do so for any reason you might have. Even if you do forfeit you are supposed to give the game as much effort as any other game so long as the game is still running. When appropriate and a majority of your team wants to forfeit it is encouraged to do so.

As the first player drops from a game it becomes possible to use the !votermk command, you are free to use this as you deem fit, but keep in mind that if the vote does not pass any leaves post-voting will be treated with in accordance to the common rules for leaving.

Noobs

Inevitably we must arrive at this point.

During my time in this community there have been quite a lot people who have been slightly below the average skill level and these people have usually been flamed in all manner of ways. This is something I don't practice, and I do not think you should either.

These persons will not be kicked out for the sole reason of being bad and thus I instead encourage you to give them constructive criticism so they may work on their flaws, and grow as players.

If you however encounter some form of cancerous player who is both bad and lacks manners then do contact one of us admins, provide reference material, and we will make sure to remove this person. We have no intent to allow players who do not wish to grow with the community to stay.

Flaming

Being able to let out some emotions during a game is completely reasonable, but we do not wish to see the games as a stage for your personal vendettas and drama shows.

"Do not say anything you are not prepared to take the consequences for."

Penalization
Version 2.0

Though we'd like a leisure environment there are some concrete rules we need to impose on the users as to ascertain that a certain standard is met.

Offenses and Punishment

These are the offenses as well as their corresponding ban values;

• Severe flaming - Up to 5 days
• Spamming - Up to 1 day
• Leaving - Up to 10 days
• Ruining the game on purpose
  1. Intentional suiciding - 10 days
  2. Intentional feeding - 10 days
  3. Destroying the item(s) of an ally - 10 days
  4. Purposefully harming your allies - 10 days
  5. Going AFK for more than three minutes without a reason we judge as valid - Up to 5 days
  6. Abusing bugs - 10 days
• Multiaccounting - Unvouch on the newest account(s) and a 14 day ban on the remaining account
• Multiaccounting to evade a ban - Unvouch on both accounts
• Using hacks - Unvouch

The designated staff members will decide when a certain person is unwanted in the group, which will result in an unvouching of the user's account. This will take place after a set number of bans has been reached. The amount of bans required to get unvouched depends on the reasons a person was banned for.

We no longer tolerate excessive flaming or racism in the channel, lobby or ingame.

It is also important to note that the ban values will vary depending on each individual case, therefore these ban times are not set in stone but merely a visual indication of the severity of the ban for each action we judge harmful to the community.

''PDGG is a privilege, not a right.''

Leaving

Self-explanatory in its essence.

If you feel a desire to leave then speak to the players in the game and ask for their consent, if they do give it you will be allowed to leave without receiving a ban.

Admins

I say admins, but this is meant to encompass all those with any rights granted above member level.

We exist to make sure that nothing goes out of hand, we do not act in situations where our intervention is not definitely needed. The community should handle itself, even without us around, and hopefully (though not likely) we will never need to act.

The responsibilities for those with rights involves;

• Vouching new users
• Balancing games
• Opening observer slots
• Punishing users who break the rules

Should you encounter any problems down the chain of authority then send a message to one of the serving administrators, and at this point I mean administrators.

Recommended Reading

If you happen to find that you're below the skill level of most of the players and want to get better these are some guides on subjects which may be of interest to you;

Generic Guides

Subject		Guide
Laning		Forming and Becoming a Pack 1
Laning		Genosis Guide to Lane Control
Warding		[Warding]The Eye of The Wolf
Warding		Heldarion's Total Warding
Warding		Wardposition Guide

Hero Guides

Hero		Guide
Crystal Maiden		3d's guide to the Crystal Maiden
Crystal Maiden		In-depth guide to Crystal Maiden
Lich		Without a Trace of Warmth
Lion		The way to Competitive Fingering
Vengeful Spirit		STR1D3R's Venge
Windrunner		Run to Victory
Witch Doctor		I Hear the Summons...
Witch Doctor		To a succesfull voodoo master.

In addition it is recommended to get a grip on the most basic mechanics, starting here would be a good choice. In addition the Advanced Mechanics Guides section provides a lot of worthwhile information.

[Xezko]

People out there still play dota 1? O.o

[amoura]

we have Players of PlayDota

[Nokua]

Apparently amourais a newfag. PDGG has been here since the forum started. Only for elites though.

[Domenico]

Great! PDGG/PDIH must go on! Good luck!

Also, no DotA2 group/channel? I mean, people still play that...

[AriStar]

cool...

[Yoyo Cream]

So much good memories on pdgg, playing with super sheep and dark medina

[AriStar]

but i think DLG>RGC...?

[God of Death]

That reboot.

[Domenico]

Originally Posted by AriStar

but i think DLG>RGC...?

Who cares when that's IH?

[AriStar]

Originally Posted by Domenico

Who cares when that's IH?

i think their servers have less delay, and since in both it is hosted on a server it does matter.

[s.ops_Freak]

Originally Posted by Domenico

Who cares when that's IH?

Domenico, can you be a dear and sticky this so there won't be much spam here? It's also for the survival of what's near extinction! We kinda need it more than ever at the moment as well. If you do agree, just PM me and I'll give you the BBCode.

[doomsheep]

oh we're rebooting this again

[s.ops_Freak]

Originally Posted by AriStar

i think their servers have less delay, and since in both it is hosted on a server it does matter.

DLG sucks because RGC provides more flexibility than DLG.

Originally Posted by doomsheep

oh we're rebooting this again

No, what DragonFist did was faggotry, we still had about 40 members up running in the room, he basically deleted em all and left us to die in the dust. This time newfags will newfag until newfags get to oldfag.

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Edit: Added Vids :P

[s.ops_Freak]

Originally Posted by Domenico

Great! PDGG/PDIH must go on! Good luck!

Also, no DotA2 group/channel? I mean, people still play that...

There is a DotA2 PDGG, it's just more dead than RGC's PDGG since no one really takes favor of DotA 2 than DotA 1 as D1 has that magical feeling while Steam Engine just makes it so uncomfortable to do everything, especially LH. Basically every oldfag complained about D2 getting in the way of everything and they want it back so I guess D2 PDGG's gonna remain a failure.

[SuperSheep]

Cool, where's this taking place at? (platform wise)

EDIT: ooh nvm, didn't read whole OP

EDIT: lots of old fags play dota2 and love it, I don't see the issue

[s.ops_Freak]

Originally Posted by SuperSheep

Cool, where's this taking place at? (platform wise)

EDIT: ooh nvm, didn't read whole OP

EDIT: lots of old fags play dota2 and love it, I don't see the issue

Not the awesome ones:

Dfist
Caki
atsoca
Raz

:/

[Domenico]

Originally Posted by s.ops_Freak

Not the awesome ones:

Dfist
Caki
atsoca
Raz

:/

What do you mean? I see Raz online and playing DotA2 almost every friggin' day. I don't have other people you mentioned on friendlist though...

[SuperSheep]

DF plays sometimes, surely he can compromise.

EDIT: haven't seen him recently, but the selling point is that he has the game.

And how does 4 people make a majority?

Not trying to be defiant, I just feel dota2 might not be such a bad idea.

EDIT: also I can't confirm this but Infini "implied" that atsina would return at some point and play dota2

[s.ops_Freak]

DF that traitor, what a liar :\