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  • Terrorblade using Reflection and establishing his own sense of humor:
    "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting your- Stop hitting yourself!"
  • One of Ogre Magi's losing quotes:
    Right Head: We won!
    Left Head: No, we're on the other side.
    Right Head: Oh.
  • Most of the heroes have quotes about each other, and there are a few gems.
    Doom: Storm Spirit, shut up.note 
    Lina: You were adopted! (Towards Crystal Maiden)
    Crystal Maiden: Lina, you hellfire hellbitch!
    Chaos Knight: Your flying horse is... quite impressive. (Towards Batrider)
    Magnus: I have tartar sauce for people like you. (Towards Slark)
    Lifestealer: Mmm, Viper… tastes like chicken.
    Sven: (killing Enchantress) Go sproink yourself!
    Pangolier: (killing Oracle) So you can see the future, and you still picked the losing side?
  • Just what happens to Legion Commander in the past that she'd take other races bravely, but hating bears the most that she'd put extra emphasis on that?
    Legion Commander: Never trust a... BEAR!! (towards Ursa or Lone Druid)
    • And if the species gets too confusing, even Legion Commander is stumped.
    Legion Commander: Never trust a... *sigh* What are you, anyway?
  • Getting Zeus killed will occasionally have him say: "Go easy on me, worms... I'm your god too!" Zeus. God of Worms.
  • Wraith King activating Reincarnation when there's no nearby allies. At this point, one of the responses is him dropping all the regalia and sounds like a desperate goon being left behind.
  • Certain cosmetic items have amusing descriptions.
    Little Blink Dagger (Axe): Don't worry, precious Axe. Blink Dagger does not come to chop.
    Eyeball Fetish (a ward): I like to watch.
    Mighty Boar: This boar has a crazed look in his eye. Is it distrust? Madness? Or does he just want to eat your tangos?note 
    Claddish Voyager's First Chance (Kunkka): For when a sword won't do.
    Claddish Voyager's Second Chance (Kunkka): For when a sword and a pistol still won't do.
  • Troll Warlord responses. Holy crap.
    (Activating Invisibility) Anonymity, the friend to every troll.
    (Respawning) Fighting a troll only makes him grow stronger.
    (Killing Pugna, Viper, Witch Doctor, Tiny, or Lich) Enjoy your ban.
  • Tobi Wan at his most entertaining.note 
  • Treant Protector's model, at the side:
    Riki was 'ere
  • The true name of the Invoker, a mage who has lived centuries and has mastered the use of powerful invocations: Carl.
  • Anytime Unwanted Assistance happens. Especially with any heroes that have re-positioning skills like Pudge.
    • One such hero, Puck, can get itself killed twice in quick succession by using Illusory Orb at wrong moment.
      • So can Weaver and Ember Spirit. Especially Weaver.
  • The game's official patch notes can be a source of this, usually based on how they would describe ridiculous changes with formal seriousness. Here's some highlights from the changelogs:
    Bots that have been hit by multiple stacks of Sticky Napalm will now contemplate their misfortune further back in the lane.
    Made Crystal Maiden bot even more timid.
    Fixed Kunkka being a dirty cheater when using Torrent (the Kunkka bot could still aim and hit you with a torrent even when he couldn't see you due to invisibility).
    Bots will no longer stare at a dropped gem, futilely trying to destroy it.
    • On 6.82 changelogs, Dark Seer's Vacuum cooldown rescaled from 28 seconds to 28.0 seconds. Funny enough? Not yet! Drag your cursor on the "28.0 seconds" and you can see a Vacuum animation...
    • Quoth the December 17th, 2014 changelogs: "Fixed Diabolic Edict having too few explosions." Quoth the December 19th, 2014 changelogs: "Fixed Diabolic Edict having too few explosions (again)."
    • 6.86 changelogs to Iron Branch: "Use this item to plant a Happy Little Tree." Best. Patch. Ever.
      • Then in The International 2017, getting the Compendium will shape the Ironwood Branch trees into the term "GG" (as in "good game", used both offensively and sarcastically). But mostly to annoy everyone in the match.
      • And then 7.23 rolled around and introduced the Ironwood Tree, allowing you to plant an infinite supply of GG trees as long as you're lucky enough to get the item off a neutral creep.
    • Someone made a fake 6.87 changelog by feeding several previous changelogs into a Markov chain text generator, the output of which was complete nonsense (and a comedic goldmine). One particular gem, however, made it into the actual 6.87 changelog: "Increased Illusory Orb speed by 1".
    • 7.06's changelog has "Now requires a Mango instead of a 150 recipe" listed as the change for Soul Ring. One can just get a mental image of the Soul Ring outright devouring the mango.
    • 7.07's changelog contains some funny entries, but the winner is Techies' WTF level 25 talents: +251 damage OR +25 Mines movement speed.
      • On another note, Techies' damage talent was originally only +250 Damage, but because Tidehunter received the talent for his level 25 in the same patch, Techies was bumped to be +251 instead.
    • Version 7.35 claimed to have fixed a "longstanding and game-breaking bug" where melee heroes' innate damage block had a 49% proc chance instead of the intended 50%.
  • Lifestealer can use his ultimate Infest on his own illusion.
  • Rubick spellsteals WALRUS Punch, pretty normal. Rubick uses WALRUS Punch by firing a projectile that's essentially himself to uppercut the enemy? Hilarious. Sadly, this was patched out by making Walrus Punch an autocast attack modifier, meaning Rubick can no longer steal it.
    • When Tusk uses Walrus Punch normally, the text "WALRUS PUNCH" appears in red letters above the unfortunate target. What happens when Rubick uses it? "STOLEN PUNCH" (or, if you hit Tusk himself, "SUCKER PUNCH").
    • Most Rubick's Spellsteal animations are pretty funny. For example, stolen Sniper's Assassination made him shoot a bullet with his staff, stolen Batrider's Firefly made him ride his staff a la a witch's broom, stolen Laguna Blade/Finger of Death made him shoot a huge ass lightning with his finger...
  • This loses something in writing, but Bane has arguably the best response to buying Blink Dagger in the game.
    "Blink Dagger-AAAAAAAUUUGGGHHAAAAAHH"
  • One of the changes to Bloodseeker's Thirst ability in the 6.79 patch was allowing him to go over the speed cap when active. This had predictable results.
  • Wraith King's new lines. Some of them are outright references to CASPLOCK LEORIC. Best one has got to be when he buys the Armlet of Mordiggian: "I NOW HAVE ALL THE SEXY."
    • Getting a Refresher Orb and a Divine Rapier on Wraith King is, if nothing else, worth it just for this line:
    "Oh, Rapier. NOW YOUR KING IS BALLING OUT OF CONTROL!"
  • Windranger's lines for dying, killing someone, and others are chuckle worthy:
    Upon dying: Why do you hate gingers so?
    Killing someone: Pain, meet Ugly. Ugly, Pain.
    Casting Shackleshot: I now pronounce you man and tree/creep.
  • Sven Lampshading the fact that he's using Daedalus, a crossbow, to increase his damage.
    Sven "Daedalus! This is going to be absurd."
  • Phoenix's spell descriptions are normal, the sub-spells though? They sound like as if Phoenix itself is saying them.
    Stop Iccarus Dive "SCREE!"
    Launch Fire Spirits "PKAWW! BOOM!"
    Toggle Movement "SQUAWK!"
    Stop Sun Ray "CHIRP!"
  • Some heroes have voice responses for when you buy items or use runes they don't need:
    Anti-Mage: Blink Dagger? Really?
    Faceless Void: Blink Dagger, what need have I for this?note 
    Viper: Orb of Venom. I need this why?
    Nyx Assassin: Blade Mail?
    Nyx Assassin when using an Invisibility rune: They have runes for this?
    Dark Seer when using Haste rune: What surge is this?
    Riki when using an Invisibility rune: This is redundant.note 
    Queen of Pain: Blink dagger? That was quite unnecessary.
    Troll Warlord: Mask of Madness!? SERIOUSLY?!?
    Phantom Lancer when using an Illusion rune: Now this is just silly.
    Phantom Lancer when using an Illusion rune (again): Because at this point, why not?
    Invoker when using an invisibility rune: I have orbs for this.
    Wraith King picking up the Aegis of Immortality: As if I needed any more of this. But I'll take it.
    Lifestealer: ((Vladimir's Offering) You had to buy lifesteal?
    Slardar: (Skull Basher) This would seem redundant.
    Monkey King: Hurricane Pike. Where am I going with this?
    Bloodseeker (buying Bloodstone): I'm only buying this because it has "blood" in it.
    Pangolier: Hurricane Pike, for... some reason...
    Muerta (buying Butterfly): I just liked how it looks.
  • Warlock when his Golem gets hit by Diffusal Blade:
  • Monkey King buying his own weapon (Monkey King Bar) sometimes makes him complain:
    Monkey King: I have to pay for this!?
  • Dota 2 has a customizable chat wheel that you can use to send commonly used messages into chat on the fly (">We need wards.", ">Missing middle!" etc.). You can pick and add phrases to the wheel from a large, preset pool. One such phrase is "> I immediately regret my decision".
    • In general, while chat phrases may be annoying at times, at others they can end up lightening the sour mood of your teammates, and enhance funny moments.
    • Valve add Dota 2 community's meme phrases to chat wheel. For example:
    "Nothing of value was lost that day."
    "New meta."
    • Valve later expanded upon these with voice lines from casters for the annual International Battle Pass along with character-exclusive voice lines for Dota Plus.
  • Any time Techies is present in a game. It's rather funny to see some heroes stepping into the mines at the start of the game. Even funnier if you placed the said mines in a very obvious place. Although, it may not be that funny if you were the butt of the joke.
    • Goblin Techies, being the soft and slow hero that he is, will be picked on pretty bad, at least when it's the first time fighting against them. Then the opponents realize that he is an Action Bomb. Much rage (and humor) will ensue when the attacker(s) gets killed in the explosion, especially when Techies' health is very low.
  • In the New Bloom 2015 comic that features the Winter Wyvern's debut, apparently Crystal Maiden has a 'To Do List', which is filled with various 'helping people in Icewrack' tasks, followed by 'Fight the Battle of the Ancients' and ended with... 'Send a death threat to Lina.'
    • There's also the cheerful way she says "Let's go look at some dead animals!" It's oddly reminiscent of the Team Fortress 2 video "Expiration Date", where Medic says "Tumors!" in an incredibly upbeat voice (unsurprisingly, Jay Pinkerton, one of the Team Fortress comic writers, worked on this one as well).
    • According to Heather "Makani" Campbell, the comic's artist, the original storyboard for the comic had the wizard literally telling Rylai to fuck off.
  • The entirety of this blog post which talks about Faceless Void's remodel.
    • And the Faceless Rex courier, inspired from that blog post... which became a VERY RARE courier that boost TI 2015 Compendium sales. Well played, Valve.
  • The Flavor Text for Platemail:
    Thick metal plates that protect the entire upper body. Avoid dropping on feet.
  • Anytime you whiffed a game-breaking ultimate either by not catching everyone or fail to accomplish anything, the hero will often lampshade this fact and either get embarrassed or frustrated that they couldn't even score a kill. Such as:
    Alchemist (Unstable Concoction explodes on the hero): Didn't you hear me telling you to throw it?
    Axe (Culling Blade doesn't kill enemy hero): Axe misjudged?
    Earthshaker (Hitting no heroes with Echo Slam): Echo Slam…?
    Faceless Void (Catching nobody in the Chronosphere): An eternity of embarrassment!
    Juggernaut (Failing to kill anyone with Omnislash): Argh, I had such plans...
    Kunkka (Not hitting anyone with Ghost Ship): Now that was a fail-boat!
    Legion Commander (Duel does not end in death): We weren't finished!
    Lich (Chain Frost doesn't kill anyone): Not my best work.
    Oracle (Dying after False Promise Ends): That went well! For our enemies.
    Sniper (Assasinate doesn't kill anyone): Oh, I thought I had that for sure!
  • Although the comic featuring Enigma's new Immortal item is otherwise cover-to-cover Nightmare Fuel, at one point Enigma muses about whether the alchemist that summoned him desires power and women... which gives him a mental image of the guy in a crown, sitting in a throne, surrounded by scantily clad women. It really must be seen.
  • The Last Castle comic is just filled with funny moments, thanks to being written by the same writers of the Team Fortress 2 comics. Most of it stems from Axe's interactions with his bard, but a lot of the things Axe says in general are pretty funny too.
    • The accompanying blog post is sure to get a good chuckle or two as well.
    "He’s big. He’s red. He’s got an Axe. Also his name’s Axe. His hobbies? Most of them involve axes and the act of axing things with an axe. Plus he’s now in his very own sixty-page comic. Is an axe involved somehow? Will Axe use it? Is Luke Skywalker a villain now? Is that why he’s not in the trailers? Get the answers to all but those last two questions in The Last Castle Axe Comic."
  • When Omniknight uses Purification, he might say "Patch up!" But with how he said it, it's just as easy to mishear him as saying or ordering some "Ketchup!" As exemplified here.
  • While the game doesn't have as many funny Stop Poking Me! quotes as the game it came from, some heroes still have their moments:
    Sven: "It's Rogue Knight, not Rouge Knight, dammit!"
    Venomancer: "Yes, ah ha ha ha ha ha... *cough*"
    Juggernaut: "Screw it, I'm going to five blades!"
    Mirana: "Here, kitty-kitty-kitty..."
    Beastmaster: "It's not the size of the beast in the fight, but... Well, actually, size kind of helps."
    Sniper: "Killing is the last resort, true. But the other resorts don't even have a pool."
    • Also for Techies, which refer to their humorous backstory and how they can't remember that one of their allies is right behind them.
    Squee: Spoon was in the workshop when it exploded, right?
    Spleen: I think so...
    Spoon: (Right in the barrel) No. I wasn't.
    Spleen: You know, sometimes I can still hear his voice...
  • Bristleback's announcer pack has a few choice lines, especially when you're picking certain heroes:
    (picking Invoker) "Invoker? Are you sure about that?"
    (picking Sniper) "Who brings a gun to a sword fight? I mean, that-that's a bit like cheating. I approve!"
    (picking anyone but Bristleback) "Oh, mate, you've just made a grave error. A grave error not picking me! Yeah mate, you're having a laugh. A giraffe. A bubble bath. A wizard's... staff!"
  • Earthshaker's reworked Aghanim's Scepter upgrade allows him to jump to a targeted spot with Enchant Totem. And it's gut-bustingly hilarious to watch for the sheer WTF factor. The jump also makes for a reasonably effective escape mechanism, meaning that you can have this bulky bull-man with a giant totem on his shoulders hopping away to safety, which is just as absurd as it sounds.
    • Not to be outdone, Sven's new Scepter upgrade in 7.23 has him channel Superman and throw himself at the enemy fist-first when casting Storm Hammer. Sure, Scepter isn't the first thing you'd think of grabbing when playing a carry, but it's worth picking up just for the animation alone.
    • Enchantress's reworked Scepter upgrade in 7.23 gives her the ability to jump backwards and evade attacks. Said ability is lovingly named Sproink.
  • 6.87's update splash artwork depicts Batrider watching Rubick fly past him on his staff using Firefly (three guesses what happened beforehand) with a hilariously bemused expression. Especially since Rubick's cape appears to be on fire.
  • When the 2016 Compendium was announced, it was shown that it would give those who buy it a Trust of the Benefactor treasure chest, which has a chance of dropping some of the rarest items in Dota 2, including a mystery prize which was the source of much speculation among players. Come the release of the chest, and what does the secret item turn out to be? A sparkly golden version of BZZ's infamous "Nether Lord's Regalia" set for Pugna. Wow.
  • The introduction of Aghanim's Shard in 7.28 gave Dark Seer the unlockable ability Normal Punch. Said ability periodically causes his next attack to punch an illusion right out of the target, complete with an overblown animation accompanied by a manga-esque Japanese Written Sound Effect.
  • 7.32 reworked Centaur Warrunner's Aghanim's Scepter upgrade to now grant him the new ability Hitch a Ride, which has him pulling an allied hero around on a cart. The contrast of this big, burly, Proud Warrior Race Guy horse-man doing something you'd see from a regular horse makes it particularly amusing.
  • After a rework in 7.33, Medusa is now the only hero in the game that starts with 0 strength and 0 strength growth meaning without any sort of stat items she's always at 120 hit points. If there's an Axe in her game that gets any sort of early level advantage against her, expect to see the Axe always beeline for the Medusa and instantly kill her from full HP with Culling Blade because she'll always be in the kill threshold until she gets items.
  • In the same patch, Ogre Magi was reworked to always have 0 Intelligence (instead having his mana determined by Strength) and was changed to have Strength as his primary attribute, because to quote the patch notes, he's too dumb to be an Intelligence hero. It's also worth noting that Ogre Magi is considered smart for an ogre due to having double the brainpower... and yet, he's still too dumb to even be compared to other heroes.
  • 7.33 reworked Meepo's upgrade from Aghanim's Scepter. Instead of an extra clone, it gives him the new ability Megameepo, which combines Meepo and his nearby clones into a single hero with increased stats by having the clones stack themselves on the main Meepo's shoulders. It looks every bit as ridiculous as it sounds.
  • Reflecting Tiny's Toss with a Lotus Orb. The tossed unit sails through the air, lands on the target, and then bounces off and flies back to Tiny.
  • Primal Beast's ultimate ability Pulverize has him simply picking up an enemy and smashing them into the ground repeatedly, leaving a crater. Also very cathartic when you land it on that one enemy hero that's been a thorn in your team's side.
  • For Frostivus 2023, Valve gave out a free gift to every player. If you've been nice, you get some free cosmetics. And if you're naughty (as in, a smurf, account buyer, or booster)... you get a Toxic Lump of Coal. And for severe offenders, a Highly Toxic Lump of Coal, which perma-bans your account in the most insulting way possible while everyone else cheers on. The Highly Toxic Lump of Coal also comes bundled with various taunts that, given the situation, seem to be taunting the banned player.

Announcers

  • The Juggernaut announcer pack has more than a few good lines:
    "Dire's innocent courier has been butchered. Some animals were harmed in the making of this battle."
    "Oh, your ancient isn't happy with you right now."
    "See what's happening to your ancient? That means you're a loser."
    "Dire's bottom tower is under attack. Run, little bottom tower, run!"
    "Your top tower has fallen. And it can't get up."
    "You know that middle tower that used to be alive and defending itself? Well, that has changed."
    "Dire's top tower was a liability. It had to be silenced."
  • Axe's announcer pack isn't half bad ether.
    "Axe was not involved."
    "Do not blame axe."
    "As Radiant's middle tower falls, Axe's middle finger rises!"
    "If you want peace, you must prepare for war. If you want war, you must also prepare for war. The lesson is: always prepare for war!"
    "Wicked sick!"
    "AXE is going to be sick!"
    "Radiant's structures are fortified with twelve important vitamins and minerals."
    "If war is not fair, why call it warfare?"
    "Your bottom barracks refuse to defend themselves."
    "Axe dreams about Roshan sometimes. Axe wakes sweating in the dark, clutching for his axe, a scream rising in his throat and... Never mind."
    "Axe does not pick sides. (Quietly) But Axe is on your side."
    "Axe does not pick sides. But your enemy sucks!"
    (After Axe gets a Mega Kill) "Axe knew Axe could do it!"
  • The Stanley Parable announcer. There are probably too many to list, but one standout is him calling almost every purchased item the "poor man's Divine Rapier". Have a listen.
    • DIGITAL SPORTS!
    • "Welcome, to the dense and impenetrable web of systemic bullshit we collectively refer to as Dota."
    • "I think what we need right now is a bit of music to bring back the mood." (Damdadaadam daadamdaa, damdadaadam daadam daadam...)
  • From the Bastion announcer pack:
    (Killing an enemy at the fountain) Now that was cold.
  • The GLaDOS announcer pack. Given that it's GLaDOS, you probably already know what to expect.
    "Welcome to Dota. It's like chess with one piece and a forest."
    "Roshan - best-selling novelist, avid fly fisherman, proud father of three - has just been murdered by the Dire. I hope they're proud of themselves."
    (on team wipe) "Everybody seems to be missing. I didn't do it."
    (on respawn) "I thought you were dead. I'll let everyone who was worried about you kno-okay I'm done."
    "Here, let me engrave a trophy for you: Nobody. Cares."
  • Naturally, the Rick and Morty announcer pack could only be this. Lines include:
    • Morty revealing his fear of sand
    • Morty completely losing his shit every time someone goes on a Rampage
    • Rick's plan when you lose: Go over to a universe where they didn't get their asses handed to them
    • Snarking on how a job position just opened up when someone's courier dies
    • Bullying you if you pick Invoker.
    Rick: "Why does anybody pick this guy?! He's impossible to play!"
  • The 2018 International Battle Pass grants us the Gabe Newell Mega-Kills Announcer. Valve's founder and Fountain of Memes, narrating your slaughter of the enemy team, bringing several memes about him to Ascended Meme status in the process (he seems to have trouble understanding what a Triple Kill is).
    (getting a Triple kill) Less than four kills, more than two kills.
    (Getting another Triple Kill) I'm-not-answering-your-emails numbers of kills.

    Community Content 
  • Fountain Hookingnote  is awesome, flashy and all. And sometimes it backfires...note 
  • In this video, Puck spends about one minute attempting to both bait and dodge Invoker's Sunstrike while trying to get back to the base. He fails miserably just as he is about to get to the fountain.
  • This video involves about why someone plays Sven and every of his awesome display of Triple/Ultra-Killing gets a replay accompanied with epic chorus. But then, for his last 'awesome' moment, after committing his Triple Kill, Sven got killed by a Tower, and the music abruptly screeched to stop at the Epic Fail.
  • This video shows what happens when someone who plays supports attempts to play a hard carry, such as Anti Mage. It ends with the Mage using Manta Style note  and going to attack Sven, who then kills Anti Mage and his illusions in just two hits, which causes the Mage's team to lose the game.
  • Sometimes, both teams get wiped. None left standing.
  • In this video, the Techies player fail at basic map awareness.
  • This entry of The International 2015 Short Film Contest starts with an amazing cinematic of Enigma capable of tearing galaxy asunder then became this when he enters a game and find himself in a team full of incompetent players, he rage quits.
    Enigma: I may be a god, but screw this!
    • The winning entries, including the entry above, have some funny moments. Like this and this.
  • Dota 2 Fails of the Weeks. Especially:
    • Whenever you see a Nature's Prophet wearing the mushroom set, you can easily expect NP to start panicking.
    • Episode 58 features a Magnus Skewering the enemy team's Earthshaker right into the middle of his own team, which gets everyone annihilated by Echo Slam. Sunsfan and Reaves's commentary make it even better.
      Sunsfan: He doesn't have a Blink yet, he doesn't know what to do... But if the other team initiates for you- BOOOOOOOOMMM! OOOOOOHHHH!
      Reaves: It's kind of beautiful, all of them are like "Magnus no!"
    • Episode 94 features a Magnus who wastes a Reverse Polarity AND a Refresher Orb in an attempt to kill Zeus but didn't succeed, which resulted in a very angry Magnus.
    • The ending of Episode 100. Saying anything else would ruin it.
    • Episode 113 featured a Doom failing his ultimate. But the funny thing is he immediate devours it to hide his shame and didn't even try to hide it, saying "No one saw it!"
    • Episode 126 includes Techies' Statis Ward stunning Huskar, Abaddon, and Witch Doctor and then Magnus uses Reverse Polarity... and misses. Then gets hooked by Pudge. Another is Clockwerk getting an illusion rune and stepping on Techies' mines and dying immediately after, then both Lina and Lion uses their ultimates on them, even though Clockwerk is already dead. And then in another clip, Techies use his remote mines to kill the Radiant team while they are at Roshan and Phantom Assassin, either out of panic or idiocy, denies the Aegis, then dies to the last remote bomb, giving Techies a rampage, and finally a Rubick charging and dying during the charge and not stopping until he reaches his target, which is so absurd.
    • In Episode 127, the Aggressive Carry of the Week and the Cowardly Carry of the Week, including a close-up.
    • Episode 139 has a Spirit Breaker chasing a Bloodseeker, right into his base without even trying to stop the charge. While within the base, Bloodseeker briefly stops to use Rupture on Spirit Breaker... only for the latter to activate Blademail mid-charge. They both die.
    • Episode 147 has a Legion Commander casting Duel on a Puck illusion created by Morphling and promptly getting annihilated. Puck and Legion Commander are on the same team.
    • Episode 156 features Enigma, Legion Commander, Lion, and Phoenix all using their ultimates on one person (Slark)... Only for Phoenix's Supernova to aggravate a nearby satyr camp, at which point the Satyr Tormenter steals the kill with Shockwave.
    • Episode 211's main feature is an Invoker who gets tagged by Silencer's Arcane Curse and manages to keep it on himself for nearly seven and a half minutes. For reference, Arcane Curse's base duration is 6 seconds, increasing by 5 for each spell the victim casts, and the buff indicator was barely counting down at all by the time he finally keeled over. This is despite getting a Black King Bar around 2 minutes into the Curse and apparently forgetting about it.
    • Starting with Episode 226, some of the replays at the end of the clips are instead SFM animation provided by Neil, which are hilarious because of how bizarre they are.
    • The commentary is occasionally funnier than the clips themselves:
    "Void to the rescue!" (Faceless Void drops Chronosphere on Alchemist) "Sorry Alchemist, fuck you!"
    (on a Riki that gets 4 Backstabs and a bash on Faceless Void, who Backtracks all of them) "That Riki must have punched Jesus and Gandhi in the face in a past life..."
    (imitating a Crystal Maiden singlehandedly destroying an enemy team with Freezing Field) "I'M PRINCESS OF ICE MURDER! BLUE WAVES OF DEATH! SCEPTER OF ANGER! AND CRUSHED ICE! COOLANT... EVERYWHERE!"
  • Stupid voice series in general.

    Competitive Scene 
  • In the 2013 wild card game (the winner of which would go on to play in TI 3) between Rattlesnake and Quantic, there was a moment where Sven (played by Quantic's Sockshka) ambushed Chaos Knight, Gyrocopter and Beastmaster and attempted to stun them all with storm hammer so that his teammates could catch up to them and possibly kill them with few losses. In a very unfortunate case of a misclick, Sochshka cast storm hammer not on Chaos Knight, not on Gyrocopter, not even on Beastmaster, but on... Beastmaster's Boar, stunning absolutely nobody but the boar. This ended up getting Quantic team wiped with the exception of one. This moment can be seen in its full glory in this video.
  • Another example sort of from TI3: On the first day of the competition, an "All-Star Match" was held between two teams voted on by the players. Given that there was nothing at stake, the players took it upon themselves to goof off in the most spectacular way they could. Highlights include the members of Alliance (Loda and Akke) and Na'Vi (Dendi and Puppey) trash-talking their teammates, who were on the opposite team for this match, a completely ridiculous draft, which was made by having the team's "Captains" picking the other team's picks using heroes that are almost never used in professional games, such as Sniper, Omniknight, Skeleton King and Axe (the Dire side actually had an all-melee team), and Dendi celebrating killing Puppey (his captain) by getting out of the booth and dancing in front of Puppey. You can watch it here, starting at 11.02.30.
  • From TI5 we have the "All-Star Match" with Team N0tail and Team Chuan playing a game of Dota 2, with the twist that it's a 10 vs 10 match played on a special client. However, there's only five professional players on each team, so where do they get the 10 missing players? Simple enough, they recruit them from the audience, with the captains selecting random players they see (For example, danish player N0tail picked a guy because he had a danish flag. Another guy was picked because he had a sign with the infamous Kappa emoticon) including a guy in a Pudge costume. The random players are briefly interviewed one by one (one of which has the name 420 booty wizard) and ending with the player in the Pudge costume. His true identity? DENDI. Once that was all over, the 20 players picked their heroes and played the most chaotic match to ever be shown in competitive gaming.
  • A competitive match between SFZ and Cloud9 lasted over three hoursnote , making it the longest competitive match in the game's history. Gets especially funny really late when graphical glitches start coming out and the commentators start getting hilariously bored. ODpixel in particular puts on dramatic music whenever it looks like there might be a fight that tips the balance, only to cut it off when it doesn't. This happens no fewer than five times during the match.
  • The LB Final of the Chinese Summit 6 qualifiers pits LGD against LGD.FY. It's cool and all, but the game was created with cheats enabled, making the game goes bananas. Literally. Explanation 
    • Highlight is the players' in-game chat, accusing each other of eating dropped bananas and dying because they slipped on banana peels.
    LGDY.Super: "You ate a banana."
    LGDY.Yao: "Don't eat bananasssss."
    LGD.Maybe: "He slipped on the banana."
    LGDY.Yao: "I slipped too, they're all over the floor."
    LGDY.Yao: "Referee. This Morphling slipped on the banana and died."
    LGDY.Xiao8: "Forget about the ones already eaten, just don't eat anymore! Start!"
    LGD.Maybe: "Did you eat one secretly?"
    LGDY.Xiao8: "Come on we're professionals! (jokingly)"
    LGD.Maybe: "I won't eat anymore okay?"
    LGDY.Super: "Wow, I'm such a hero, I'm king of the bananas."
  • Pro player Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao, regardless of outcome on his ridiculous plays, will either make you look on in awe or hold your sides as you laugh at his fails. One of his biggest and most hilarious 322-worthy plays was back in the Shanghai Major 2016, when Team Secret faced off against Evil Geniuses in Game 2. On his iconic Ember Spirit, he remnants away up to the cliff as all of EG chase him, unbeknownst of said position. Instead of teleporting back to base, or even waiting for the remnant cooldown to end, he blinks back down and Sleight of Fist-Chains two of EG, without any backup, and realizes he's all alone. He gets killed almost immediately for his mistake.
    ODPixel: They think he's gone! Oh and—EnVy, EnVy! What?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
  • The International 2017 opening ceremony. Here we have Kacy and Slacks went into the world of Dota 2 by malfunctioning VR gears. Kacy became Omniknight and Slacks became Crystal Maiden. After debating with the shopkeeper, they bought a courier to bring them back into the real world. Fade to black, Kacy and Slacks appear in front of the audience... bringing a real donkey outfitted as a courier. Also, there is a random Gaben cameo...
  • Moonduck's production quality over Midas Mode, to say the least is filled with all sorts of meme-fueled galore.
  • During The International 8, Virtus Pro explain why their mascot is a bear: it's their coach, Boris. He's always watching. But not everyone finds him disturbing: Noone throws Boris out of his chair while cussing him out, and RAMZES666 appreciates his help in spamming the chat sound wheel after making a big play.
  • In Valve's True Sight documentary on OG vs. Virtus.pro at the Kiev Major Grand Finals, at the start of the video, OG's Gustav "s4" Magnusson mentions that he's wired/mic'd up. Those were his only words for the entire video (as it turned out that his mic had audio issues), except for this exchange:
    Anathan "ana" Pham: Gustav? Hi.
    s4: Hi.
  • Really, all ten players in True Sight: The International 2018 Grand Finals are a joy to watch with their interactions:
    • Just before the start of the draft for Game 1, PSG.LGD's coach QQQ instructs his team to mute OG in chat, knowing their infamy in spamming that year's International Battle Pass voice wheel to tilt their opponents. Somnus says he'll mute them once they're in game, which leads to this great point by Xu "Fy" Linsen:
    QQQ: Then you just wait for the throne to explode.
    • This one too:
    Somnus: Holy crap, Ceb's holding a bunch of papers.
    Somnus: I'm getting into my death gaze mode.
    QQQ: You didn't do it last game?
    • Chalice also gets some humor in:
    Yang "Chalice" Shenyi: This ass is looking at his little notes again.
    JerAx: Ana, you want to relocate back to the base? *smiles and chuckles* Memes?
    ana: Fuck off. *chuckles*
    • The Brick Joke to end all brick jokes in Dota 2 history in Game 4:
    Chalice, upon seeing the Axe pick: What's this hero?!
    Somnus: Let me think... Axe.
    In the climactic moments of Game 4:
    Axe blinks in with a three-man Berserker's Call
    ODPixel: CEEEEEEEEEEBBBBB!!
    • Ana's PL in Game 4 had been absolutely superb all throughout. What is his secret? For context 
    ana: I mean, I don't know what the fuck's going on, I can't even see my own hero.
  • The International 2019, Dust of Appearance: Vici Gaming. Three words: The "Dead Yang" strat. To explain, Yang of VG had been "dead" since Game 5 of the Grand Finals of Dreamleague Season 11. The team decided not to tell their coach Bai "rOtk" Fan about it (hell, they'd even rather play with a dead Yang than have him come out of retirement!). note  It culminates in the whole team throwing Yang off the second floor balcony of their training house to the first floor when instructed by rOtk to meet with him downstairs.
    • Also, people couldn't tell whether rOtk was a good actor in this skit or was just simply being himself.
  • In the TI9 Upper Bracket Finals between PSG.LGD and OG, OG came out to the stage...with Notail carrying a stack of papers, a clear and hilarious Call-Back to last year's True Sight episode. Naturally, the community turned this into a meme.
  • When asked about how unprepared their opponents were in facing the carry Io strat, OG's coach said that they themselves never prepared for using it either! They never scrimmed with it in their boot camp, and all of a sudden in their group stage match against NiP, ana just suggested Io out of the blue, as he had been playing (and wrecking) pubs with it. The team gave it a shot, and the rest is history. Also counts as a CMOA.
  • Once again, True Sight returned for The International 2019 Grand Finals, and brought more laughs from the ten players.
    • As both teams prepared for the start of the Grand Finals in their respective booths, Ceb realized that his game did not load up his chat wheel. So he restarts it. The kicker was that this happened just before the game started.
    Ceb: I'm not playing finals without my chat wheel, man.
    • Maroun "Gh" Merhej wonders what hero he's going to play in Game 1. Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barqawi promptly shuts him down when he gives his suggestion.
    Gh: Do you wanna see my Sniper?
    • As ODPixel praises Aliwi "w33ha" Omar's Meepo after successfully finding a hiding ana's Spectre and killing hin with his team, we get this gem from ana:
    ODPixel: This is why this man's Meepo is—
    ana (by way of the chat wheel) and ODPixel: Absolutely Perfect/...Terrifying.
    • After OG lost Game 1 due to holding onto ana's buyback for too long, Ceb reassures the team and gets them back into it with this hilarious gem:
    Ceb: We have five games, we're allowed to throw one. It's part of the fun. Don't let it get to you.
    • Between games 2 and 3:
    • Before the draft for Game 3, JerAx said there's a new password. Notail thought there was a new patch. Ceb just runs with it.
    Ceb, amused: There's a patch!
    Notail: I was like wait, what?
    Ceb: Oh new patch, guys, new patch! They nerfed Ember!
    Everyone on OG laughs, even ana
    • During Game 3, Ceb is confident that they broke Liquid. We then get this gem.
    Ceb: Guys, we broke their confidence. They don't do Tide and TA anymore.
    Liquid instantly picks Tide and later picks TA
    Cue all of OG chuckling with Notail teasing Ceb
    • The aforementioned event above becomes a Running Gag to Ceb in Game 4
    Jerax: *Looks at the draft* I mean what fights into this
    ana: Gyro, Ember
    Topson: TA
    Notail: *chuckles*
    • In Game 4, in OG's huge turnaround against Liquid, JerAx's Tiny tosses Miracle-'s Bristleback into the ancient stacks. Notail takes note of this.
    Notail: *chuckles* Jesse you fucking—
    • When the members Liquid returned to their team room in the arena to rest, KuroKy ponders his next course of action. Miracle- and W33ha keep it simple. Gh also agrees shortly after, at which point everyone is back in good spirits thanks to that. Another funny thing about this exchange is that Gh of all people is the first to agree to it.
    KuroKy: What do we do now?
    Miracle-: I don't know, let's eat?
    W33ha, seconds later: Afterparty, anyone?
    Gh: Yeah boy, let's get fucked up!
    • Ceb and Notail's parting words, reflecting the fact that OG, who were kind of the wild cards once again at the start of TI, literally memed their way to a back-to-back TI title.
    Ceb: We couldn't make it to a fucking Major!note  We couldn't make it to a fucking Major!
    Notail: Did you know that the fluke is the most common fish in the sea?
    Cue everyone in the van laughing
  • Dota 2 is infamous for its comebacks, snatching victory away from the jaws of defeat. Sometimes, the losing team finds and wins that one critical team fight, letting them push the ancient unopposed. Other times however, the winning team just throws the game away. Case in point for the latter, Team Talon vs Liquid sees Talon pushing into Liquid's base full force. Talon manages to easily kill Nisha (Pangolier), Boxi (Rubick) and miCKe (Faceless Void). In a bit of early celebration, 23savage (Morphling) Presses glyph when there was no reason to, and takes off his headset and starts flailing around in celebration. However, seeing an opportunity, zai (Broodmother) teleports into Talon's base. 23savage quickly tries to correct his mistake by teleporting to intercept zai, but Boxi throws out an avalanche to prevent him from teleporting back. 23savage then desperately tries to hit the throne, but a Fate's Edict from Insania, Telekinesis from Boxi and liquid's own glyph buys just enough time for zai to rat out the win. If 23savage hadn't used glyph and just focused the ancient, Talon would have won the game then and there.

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