Anno

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Oct 25, 2017
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Of all heroes I wonder why you pick DK. He's cooler conceptually than mechanically I guess.

Maybe it'll launch alongside a new player-focused update and they want to show off a straight forward hero.
lol yeah right
 

Kalor

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Oct 25, 2017
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Dota has some crazy lore and this will probably deliver on none of it. This already looks like some other project that they just slapped some Dota on.
 

Saturday

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Oct 27, 2017
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lol dang I've always been a DOTA man over league, played DK a fair amount, and I even got a nendo of him bc/ why tf not and I recognize that dota is at very least looks crazy crazy generic and this ain't no exception
 

Tiesieman

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Of all heroes I wonder why you pick DK. He's cooler conceptually than mechanically I guess.

Maybe it'll launch alongside a new player-focused update and they want to show off a straight forward hero.
lol yeah right

Even worse, in the game DK is voiced by Tony Todd (the Candyman himself). The voice in this lil teaser is nothing like his

Oh well
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Looks like every other video game cartoon that Netflix has produced. Hopefully it's better than the Dragon's Dogma one at least.
 

marcus

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Oct 27, 2017
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well that looked terrible. dota has so many good heroes and they chose the most generic knight in the game? give me some templar assassin lore
 

Finaj

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Oct 25, 2017
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Well that looks a tad generic. But I'm always interested in more gaming adaptations.
 

AuthenticM

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Oct 25, 2017
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If DOTA can get an anime adaptation, I'm going to start pitching to Netflix some other ideas.
 

Big-E

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Oct 25, 2017
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I have only recently given up DotA but lore was never something that drew people into the games. Artifact and Underlords tried to expand somewhat the lore and that didn't work too well given the lack of success for both those games.
 

Tagyhag

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Oct 27, 2017
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Well this was unexpected. Not only from choosing DOTA over other IP's (makes sense from popularity though) but also choosing Dragon Knight over all other heroes.

Also, how the hell you gonna do this and NOT bring back the amazing voice of Tony Todd?
 

Big-E

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Oct 25, 2017
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I also don't know how they didn't go with the safest play of them all and do a CM and Lina story. Worried about Disney coming in?
 

Damn Silly

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Oct 25, 2017
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Dota the game?


yeah anime fans and gaming fans engage the most on social media. Also the Witcher was the equivalent of a $1billion+ earner for Netflix
I'll take it so long as I get a Life Is Strange series with Chris Evans as pornstache David!

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collige

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Oct 31, 2017
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Of all the incredible cast in Dota, they managed to pick the absolutely most boring one imaginable and didn't get the voice right either. I'm not that mad cause I don't seriously care about the lore but come on! Imagine how cool it'd be if they did a slice of life anime with Slark, Naga, and Slardar or something.

watching all of it even if its terrible
This. I had fun watching and clowning on every second of that trashy Death Note movie and I expect nothing less from this.
 

Shadoken

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Oct 25, 2017
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Lmao they changed his skin color from the in game model. As if this didn't look generic af already.

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Just Great

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Oct 25, 2017
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1) DK should be black
2) Team Fortress 2 animation would go so much harder. Those comics and animated shorts were some of Valve's best work, period.
 

ZugZug123

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Oct 27, 2017
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Couple of years ago, there was apparently going to be a TF2 tv series in Adult Swim, but got cancelled because working with Valve was very difficult.
I wonder if they can move the show to Netflix.
Aw, what a pity. I'm going to guess the difficult part was Valve responding to inquiries in Valve time ^.^

On topic, this preview is generic af and makes me not want to watch it. I don't even think it will reach so bad is good status. It will just be forgettable bad.
 

SteveWinwood

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Oct 25, 2017
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Echoing the mild confusion about DK being the star. Dota lore is surprisingly and deceptively deep... And good... And then you pick the most boring guy in the whole thing.
 

Delusibeta

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Oct 26, 2017
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I can't believe Valve managed to ship an anime* before Riot could ship theirs.


For reference, Studio Mir is probably best known for the Voltron Netflix series, although that also assisted with the animation of Korra, Black Dynamite and The Boondocks.

*yes, I know the animation studio is Korean, but neither is Riot.