I have way more respect for the working man that has a full time job, plays when he can and after a year or so, finally gets to a point where he can compete in PvP and travel through the game without getting 2 shotted.
There's nothing glamorous about what Athene does. The fact that I even know his "name" disappoints me greatly.
Tell me, does his "smug face" look anything like this......
...douche bag
You take him way too seriously, that's your first mistake.
Do characters on TV make you angry and disappoint you as well?
Either way, it's not really about him, so you and others like you are just taking this in the wrong direction and should go be constructive in a thread you actually enjoy.
I'm not impressed by this kill in the slightest. I am impressed by this guys ability to convince hundreds of proles to give him millions upon millions of gold.
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"I believe in the sand beneath my toes. The beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling. I believe in the faith that grows, And the four right chords can make me cry. When I'm with you I feel like I could die, and that would be alright"
He calls himself the "Best Demonhunter in the world" If he would infact be the best, he wouldn't have to get fed from children for seconds of efame, he would've done in the real way, the way that most others does it,
It's his rhetoric, man. He doesn't actually believe he is the "best" demon hunter in the world, if such a thing existed. He also claimed he was the best Paladin. World first, fastest kills, etc don't mean shit. Here, let me explain . . .
This is the best way I can illustrate Athene's skill in video games; have you heard his name among the Starcraft circuit? No. Why? Because that game actually takes considerable skill. He stays away from the game because he wouldn't be considered among the elite (or anywhere near for that matter). Furthermore, how many glad titles does Athene have on his Paladin? 0. Why? Because you cannot purchase your way to gladiator titles (for the most part). It takes time, training, and most of all, skill.
I think what Athene does is funny, and he is entertaining. But if you're getting upset because of petty/meaningless "achievements" like this, you're letting him win =P.
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"I believe in the sand beneath my toes. The beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling. I believe in the faith that grows, And the four right chords can make me cry. When I'm with you I feel like I could die, and that would be alright"
I dont understand why people "like" him they way they do. I saw the people feeding him gold in the livestream only to have their name shouted out. Thats the "Paris hilton" behaviour, although he's not Paris, and he's neither a celebritiy. They have 1 second e-fame for the price of 100K and someone even donated as much as 4 million. Just to have their name said by this guy. He calls himself the "Best Demonhunter in the world" If he would infact be the best, he wouldn't have to get fed from children for seconds of efame, he would've done in the real way, the way that most others does it, but he has sponsorships with Razer so instead, he choose to abuse it and give people some free keyboards and whatnot. Those things are like candy for the children.
What he does for charity is good though. But he's not going to be the best, until proven that he can do it the proper way.
The Razer prizes are only for people who donate $10 or more at once to the charity itself. Not for in-game gold.
I have way more respect for the working man that has a full time job, plays when he can and after a year or so, finally gets to a point where he can compete in PvP and travel through the game without getting 2 shotted.
There's nothing glamorous about what Athene does. The fact that I even know his "name" disappoints me greatly.
Tell me, does his "smug face" look anything like this......
...douche bag
You take him way too seriously, that's your first mistake.
Do characters on TV make you angry and disappoint you as well?
Either way, it's not really about him, so you and others like you are just taking this in the wrong direction and should go be constructive in a thread you actually enjoy.
ohhhh...I'm just teasin the poor fella. If he puts himself out there with such a chip on his shoulder, he should expect some ridicule. I actually thought what he did was impressive....maybe a 'lil more class would've allowed him to come across better.
Let's just all relax. He wanted to ridicule someone for killin the Butcher in 9 seconds "You make gamers look bad"...then why is it out of bounds to punk him back?
A little birdy told me that people farm the gear for him, if this is right then doesn't that just make him a button pusher?
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Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
What makes you think I'm mad? I'm too high to be angry. I'm quite mellow, fellow.
Just sayin.....acting like a douche bag on purpose ....doesn't make you less of a douche bag.
Actually it does when you're simultaneously raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for children.
And he'll probably steal the money...with his eyes closed. Go worship your troll god.
*Donations go directly to Save the Children’s partnership with DC Entertainment’s We can be Heroes
campaign via Paypal, Operation ShareCraft is a zero profit project and does not manage or benefit financially from the funds raised.
Don't know why people still refuse to realize that Athene is a character, not a real person. The guy is acting and I'm pretty sure that he's the most successful troll in the history of the internet.
Have to say I was surprised that 9 seconds was the world record too since on my tank barb with WotB + Quake it took about 15 seconds so people built for dps should be doing it much faster than 9 seconds. Was quite tempted to buy a bunch of DPS gear for my barb when I saw the record but I'm not really willing to waste money on something which I don't think is important
good for him. he plans on helping other fans do runs, and he then said that once the live AH goes live he will b selling them for money and donating it all right back into his fund.
personally, i think the fans helped him way to much, but its all for charity so i really cant complain
Yeah, I play DH and I think I can shed some light on this.
We all know he has exceptional gear, but this is not enough to kill the butcher in 3 seconds.
Here comes the passive DH skill Sharpshooter. Without this skill it is impossible to achieve such high DPS.
Sharpshooter gives you 3% crit chance every second until you crit. After you crit the bonus is reset, but note this - the bonus is reset 1 second AFTER you crit.
So what really happens is this - you wait a couple of seconds till you get 100% crit chance, then you queue some slow moving Nether Tentacles (runed Elemental arrow) at the Butcher. All of the projectiles you shoot for about 2-3 seconds crit the Butcher twice or more (depends on the unit size of the enemy, and the distance between you and the enemy), so he takes some insane damage.
The important thing is, this DPS is not real effective DPS. DH's showing 100k and above are showing you the number with Sharpshooter on, which means 100% crit.
Lets say I deal ~50k DPS and I have gear with 150% critical damage bonus without sharpshooter.
With sharpshooter on my DPS will show 150k DPS. However this is not my real DPS, cause every time I crit, my crit chance bonus from sharpshooter will be gone.
Thank you for being one of the only people in the thread to talk about the actual issue and not get into an "Athene sucks/no you suck" flamewar.
So yeah there's two issues here, one being that DPS is an average over a time window so in very short windows containing a burst of damage you can get insane DPS numbers that don't reflect what you could sustain over a long fight. Not an actual problem, just a perception issue with people looking at DPS without considering what the denominator was.
The other is that Sharpshooter is applying to all these attacks because they fall into the 1-second window, which is how he manages to kill the Butcher so fast. Undoubtedly that will be nerfed. Probably so that the first tick of any damage you do resets the SS buff, or SS doesn't apply to certain attacks or something similar. Cute trick though
Sharpshooter is a perfectly decent passive skill in its own right, it's not like it would weigh you down so much you couldn't get your NV buff with it on.
In fact if you think about it it's an excellent skill when you're kiting a lot.
And he'll probably steal the money...with his eyes closed. Go worship your troll god.
The donations are collected by a privately owned and funded Canadian company, Even if he wanted to take the money he couldn't. Keep it coming.
Every dollar of his YouTube earnings goes straight to him.
Keep it coming.
His charitable works are good. But that money isn't coming out of his pocket. People are donating it, and DC Entertainment matches the donation amounts.
Athene is simply doing a poor knockoff of the Pure Pwnage series. He's a character, and all you sycophants are just lining his pockets with YouTube money every time you repost one of his videos.
Wtb nerf to DH ... they got 3-4x time dmg than any other classes... this is just outrages. My wizz with full dps spec had only 50k with 2h 1.2k dmg despite a DH with same weapon and he has 150k...
int stacks resi, which makes you less squish. DH has dex, which increases dodge chance but one good slap and DH is toast. ALL DH are this way. there is no un-squishy DH.
"He's playing a character"....what, that's an acceptable reason to act like a jerk and squint his gay eyes like a smug little prick? That's great that the little pussy earns money for charity but....how about people just donate to charity and NOT support a whiny little fagot?
You take him way too seriously, that's your first mistake.
Do characters on TV make you angry and disappoint you as well?
Either way, it's not really about him, so you and others like you are just taking this in the wrong direction and should go be constructive in a thread you actually enjoy.
The donations are collected by a privately owned and funded Canadian company, Even if he wanted to take the money he couldn't. Keep it coming.
It's his rhetoric, man. He doesn't actually believe he is the "best" demon hunter in the world, if such a thing existed. He also claimed he was the best Paladin. World first, fastest kills, etc don't mean shit. Here, let me explain . . .
This is the best way I can illustrate Athene's skill in video games; have you heard his name among the Starcraft circuit? No. Why? Because that game actually takes considerable skill. He stays away from the game because he wouldn't be considered among the elite (or anywhere near for that matter). Furthermore, how many glad titles does Athene have on his Paladin? 0. Why? Because you cannot purchase your way to gladiator titles (for the most part). It takes time, training, and most of all, skill.
I think what Athene does is funny, and he is entertaining. But if you're getting upset because of petty/meaningless "achievements" like this, you're letting him win =P.
The Razer prizes are only for people who donate $10 or more at once to the charity itself. Not for in-game gold.
ohhhh...I'm just teasin the poor fella. If he puts himself out there with such a chip on his shoulder, he should expect some ridicule. I actually thought what he did was impressive....maybe a 'lil more class would've allowed him to come across better.
Let's just all relax. He wanted to ridicule someone for killin the Butcher in 9 seconds "You make gamers look bad"...then why is it out of bounds to punk him back?
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"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
I give zero fucks
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personally, i think the fans helped him way to much, but its all for charity so i really cant complain
Thank you for being one of the only people in the thread to talk about the actual issue and not get into an "Athene sucks/no you suck" flamewar.
So yeah there's two issues here, one being that DPS is an average over a time window so in very short windows containing a burst of damage you can get insane DPS numbers that don't reflect what you could sustain over a long fight. Not an actual problem, just a perception issue with people looking at DPS without considering what the denominator was.
The other is that Sharpshooter is applying to all these attacks because they fall into the 1-second window, which is how he manages to kill the Butcher so fast. Undoubtedly that will be nerfed. Probably so that the first tick of any damage you do resets the SS buff, or SS doesn't apply to certain attacks or something similar. Cute trick though
In fact if you think about it it's an excellent skill when you're kiting a lot.
Every dollar of his YouTube earnings goes straight to him.
Keep it coming.
His charitable works are good. But that money isn't coming out of his pocket. People are donating it, and DC Entertainment matches the donation amounts.
Athene is simply doing a poor knockoff of the Pure Pwnage series. He's a character, and all you sycophants are just lining his pockets with YouTube money every time you repost one of his videos.
Kinda makes you the douche here.
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int stacks resi, which makes you less squish. DH has dex, which increases dodge chance but one good slap and DH is toast. ALL DH are this way. there is no un-squishy DH.
I don't fuckin' get it.
"He's playing a character"....what, that's an acceptable reason to act like a jerk and squint his gay eyes like a smug little prick? That's great that the little pussy earns money for charity but....how about people just donate to charity and NOT support a whiny little fagot?
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