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Gunslinger's Branch of Superiority June Challenge

Posted on Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:18 am

This one is dedicated to my number one fan!!!



You want to get something cool and special? Comment on the item and give a creative answer to the complex paradox at the end. Because the truth may never be known.

It cannot be answered by Ghost however.
He is just too clever.


Gunslinger's Branch of Superiority

Juggernaut walks through the forest; he sees a Witch Doctor who appears to be really fat...like my rollies. Wtf!
Rage quits.

It's the Slinger's branch....

Ancient branch held by the mouth of the mighty one,
capable of giving seemingly unreasonable overpower,
recently found near a dead tree,
inside a graveyard of course.

Quoth the DS Blog:



Which is exactly what this sneaky branch does. Here is how it works.

You buy a regular branch. Then you would take it to the same shop where you would make a bracer. There you can upgrade your branch so that it gives you FAKE stats.

Here's an example to illustrate the point.

Tauren Chieftain buys a branch. He has a +1 stat sign next to his attributes now as well as increased mana, hp, armor, etc... He then can go upgrade it into the Slinger's Branch. The branch will now base BASE stat's by one as well. And it can be upgraded indefinably.

So he buys one branch, his strength will be 27+1. Now he updates his branch twice. The new stats will read 29+1. His HP will be increased as well. This is what the enemy will see. When they click on the branch, they will see Ironwood Branch. So there is no way to know if the player has Slinger's or not.

Allies will see the regular stats, as the Slinger's branch is just an illusion. Tauren Chief will still have 27+1 regardless of the enemy seeing 29+1.

So you may be wondering, how will this work when the enemy is attacked?

Here is the explanation.

The stat's that Slinger's Branch provides, we will call them F. So say that F is a random number W. T the intake of damage and the shown effect F will be equal until HP K is equal to the ammount provided by 2G. Then the damage taken T will be doubled 2F to make up for the fake stats.

Or a simpler explanation:
The values are fictional, but it illustrates the concept.

You have 1000 max HP.
You buy a branch and your new HP is 1010.
You upgrade it into Slinger's 5 times.
Your new HP to the enemies reads as 1060.
You get attacked massively you lose 500 HP.
Your current HP would now be 560 HP, or so it would read to the enemy (in reality is less(510(which you would see))).
You take more damage and your new hp is 100, or twice as much the fake stats you have give.
So in reality you have 50 HP but enemies see it as 100.
If you take damage after this point, it will inflict seemingly double the real amount. Say get attacked and you lose 20 hp, it would read as if you lost 40 to the enemies. So it evens out.

Or even simpler explanation.

It is all normal until your current hp reaches twice the amount the fake stats give. Then you will take what appears to be as double damage for the hp to even out.

It works the same way with intelligence mana.
For agility, it is just an illusion, you wouldn't attack faster.

Additionaly. It's 50g for the first upgrade, +15 g for every upgrade that is to follow.

Thoughts: It is an item to mess with perception. It is more of the mind game great minds talk about. e.g. Tit-for-Tat.

The counter is simply to know all the stats and HP of all DotA. Whoever has the time for this however...needs a life.
Mostly intended for pub games. A late early/early mid game item of course.

Now here is the paradox:

Assuming both statements are fact.





He is my friendly Blue"MAN" but he is not a he...
What is the meaning of this????
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Posted on Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:30 am

Do you have OCD?
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Posted on Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:45 am

what have I said about this?

should i mention that bluewoman is stupid.

and blueman is more of a klaykorner reference then anything else.
to think that this idea (despite having impossible coding) was actually quite good.
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