Slacks, the Brewmaster's lore says this " He wanders the land, striving toward enlightenment through drink, searching for the answer to the ancient spiritual schism. Hoping to think the single thought that will unite the spirit and physical planes again.". I think that the great confluence will be this, the unification of spirit and physical planes.
"An anchor point that happens in every single timeline, universe, and dimension; connecting them all, to a specific moment" *Arteezy with a 3rd place badge* THE SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE HAHAHAHAHAHA
@@epicmautauche2233 homeboii arteezy seems to have a curse where he falls short of a championship. He admitted it himself referring to it as "my curse".
Slacks you should know: In the real-life Journey to the West, the Monkey King was trapped under the 500 year mountain by the Buddha. The Monkey King was challenged by the Buddha to escape from the palm of his hand. With one somersault, the Monkey King flies to the end of the world. There he sees five pillars and decides to write a phrase on one to prove he was there. When he comes back, the Buddha reveals that the five pillars at the end of the world were merely the fingers of his hand, as proven by showing the Monkey King's writing on his finger. Before the Monkey King could escape, the Buddha flips his palm over and changes the five pillars/fingers into the mountain. The story suggests that the reason Monkey King couldn't escape the Buddha's palm is because the Buddha is one with the universe because of his enlightened status- in Dota 2 perhaps Void Spirit's nature as being one with the void of the universe also came with similar perks.
The Shopkeepers are actually a neutral party tasked by the gods with safeguarding powerful weapons and relics so that they cannot be abused, or at least not for very long. Roshan made the mistake of killing a Shopkeeper for the Aegis and was cursed for it, and two thieves that stole from a Shopkeeper were turned into creeps.
The confluence is the draw. Void waits for the one time where there will be a draw and when Arc Warden traps the Ancients is when the 3rd Ancient comes and thats the final fight and is also when all timelines merge which makes all the rivers merge. This explains why Void is missing from all the previous fights and also how his foresight works, he observes everything that happens in Artifact and only joins the one fight which he knows there will be a draw which will always happen on every single different world where the battle of the Ancients is taking place. Underlords happens during the merging of all the worlds and timelines which is why all the different heroes can fight themselves and most likely when the strongest version of all the heroes achieve victory, Void will lead them into battle against the 3rd Ancient.
It makes sense that Void Spirit was there first, as someone else commented before there is something there is void. Void Spirit actually has a monologue about this in game, divided in a few voice lines that you can hear by left-clicking him repeteadly : "Before there was the spirit, there was the void. Before there was anything, there was the void." "Long after -- though only a moment in the scope of the whole -- there came...a being of great power. " "Still without comprehensible form or voice of my own, I felt this titan's hammer fall and the four children scatter." (He had no body yet but Void Spirit already existed when Elder Titan did his thing and the fundamentals were created) (...) "In that cascade of moments, I knew I must learn to compose a form capable of interacting with the material plane." (Then he creates his physical form)
16:49 Slacks: Contamination? Virus? *Remembers Void Spirit's appearance in heavily Chinese influence Me: Dont you dare Slacks say Cov.. Slacks: Rock virus? Me: ...
Brew master seems like he would be interesting considering his relationship with the spirit brothers and how his ultimate doesn't have him turn into a void panda
One day, we are casually playing dota 2 and then you finally destroyed one of the ancients but the game continues and suddenly the destroyed ancient restores itself and changed its color to green then you and the opposing team becomes one team and need to destroy the remaining ancient. You and your team are suddenly controlled by the 3rd Ancient because the third ancient wants to destroy both dire and ancient so that it can rule the Dota 2 earth itself. Then Void spirit and his allies are the ones who defends the remaining ancient to battle the great confluence which was you the player all along.
The lore woven by small details scattered across Dota 2 plus the effort in finding and deciphering these details paints a masterpiece every time. Thanks for the great content.
I personally think Valve is hinting at a new IP, a Siltbreaker-esque action RPG that will be released and the story taking place is you selecting a hero a fighting off the "traveller" that ES and OD talk about.
@@spyrall2210 VR wouldn't really suit an RPG where you're likely to spend hours at a time playing. People would get sick of wearing it all the time. It's better for action-adventure games with short playtime. They will definitely be expanding on their VR department after the success of Alyx though.
i'd love to see an episode about shadow shaman! he has some intresting voice lines like: "i'm not yet worthy to go beyond the hills" and i've always wondered what he meant by that.
"to go beyond the hills" means to die, shadow shaman saying that he is "unworthy" means that he wants to do atleast one major feat. or some sort of mission before he dies.
The whole thing with Void "knowing" everyone isn't to be taken the same as the other heroes knowing each other, since he basically knows every hero Throughout the resets, Void started manipulating the various characters' lives in order to serve his own purposes, with the reset we're in being the one where he managed to finally manipulate EVERYONE so that the cards were right for the great confluence
You know, the collapsing timelines theory would explain why there are copies of the heroes fighting each other in underlords. And who knows, maybe the upgrade mechanic in underlords for the heroes is their timelines melding into one causing a stronger version of that hero to come.
Alright, theory building on this Void spirit tells the Ancients, and Arc, "Hey, chill, if you do this, the universe is gonna be stuck in a loop forever, we got this". If the third ancient theory is correct, at this point, the third (the Nether, Abyss, whatever it's called) comes from beneath the earth and unleashes forth a "demonic" plague. This ends up being the confluence - the joining of the powers of the Dire and Radiant created the Nether, which then came out of the ground (an Upheaval), which then causes a great conflict between the forces of the Nether and the rest of existence (or at least the inhabitants of Roo) Now, where this breaks is the fact that Earthshaker's arcana speaks of an "outer threat", which doesn't sound like what you'd call a demonic invasion coming from within the planet. OD and Void Spirit also talk about something coming, however they aren't as specific as ES in saying that it's from "the outside", merely that something is coming (OD's lore states that there is both a within and without threat, VS merely talks about a conflict) Whatever it is will most likely be revealed at TI10 (if it happens at all with the pandemic going on). I think it's likely that if the above is true, it might be a full-on strategy game? Characters aligned with the Radiant vs characters aligned with the Dire vs characters aligned with the Nether? Maybe. It would be kind of funny if Dota was the thing that revived RTS', even partially, when it kind of took part in making them less popular by introducing a simplified version and creating an entire genre. Another possibility is ANOTHER giant overhaul for dota, even larger than the talent and jungle item overhauls. But we most likely won't know till TI10 or 11.
@SpinazFou I could see an MMO Honestly, MMOs have been kind of lacking for the past 15 years - they're either a 10 year old poorly optimized korean mmo, or "WoW... again", so I'd be glad for a new good one
"It would be kind of funny if Dota was the thing that revived RTS" knowing Gaben, a man that can make history in gaming industry, this might be a thing. or maybe new game genre or a new game that will surely have a big impact in gaming (again)
Can i take a guess on that? How about the Great Confluence is a sort of an race to a safeplace? Maybe after all the possible Time rewinds are used, the world as we seen it in every battle will collaps and theirs only one way out. Both Sides, Radiant and Dire, with their Heros chosen, wanted to get into that safezone that opens up. In knowing, that there is not enough space for everyone, Void Spirit left the void, choose a side and his Comrades in arms, to get into the Portal. But there is something they all didnt know. The Portal leads them into the shattered World, were they have to fight again. Together, against the dark force that was hidden behind that portal. Earthshaker could be the key, with the ability to open (or close) the portal. A new different Battle begins, with new Foe´s and Hero´s. Dota 3 :-) (Im sry for bad english btw, maybe some of u thoughd the same?) greeeeeeeeeetz!
i must say im pleasantly surprised at the soundtracks used in this one...some of my favourites like the how to train your dragon theme and the attack on titan op
Love the game of thrones background music it fits so perfectly with the video. Thanks Slacks for this great video, been waiting for a long time. Please do a seperate Necrophos lore next time.
Awesome video! To me, it really seems like a new game is coming. For the next video, why not talking about a hero you didn't talk about (or not a lot) before? Tusk, undying, bounty hunter, underlord, wraith king, etc. I actually don't remember everything you talked about before
The great confluence might be a moment where all dota 2 world possibilities (matches or branches of itself) not actually merge, but might be accessible to each other, allowing its inhabitants to move across these realities. This explains the chaos, and maybe misery, Void Spirit mentioned, and also why Underlords have the same heroes fighting each other for 'mere coin'.
While I expect Weaver to get updated lore soon, I still wonder what on earth is his role in all of this. What if this coming confluence is actually the "things that gnaw and lay their eggs in frayed regions" mentioned in his lore that have finally found a way in?
That song at nine minutes was driving me crazy. So familiar but I could not put my finger on it. Then it hit me! How to train your dragon!!! One of my favorite movies. A piano version. Beautiful theme song.
Its gonna be disappointing if it's just a "mini-game" This Great Confluence has been in the lore for many years and the stories and events leading to this "arc" is too big to just be a minigame. It would be better if they finally made a DotA2 campaign or another game set in the DotA Universe
Honestly all this build up in the lore would go unnoticed if you didn’t make these videos. Thank you for making these! Also can you make Witch Doctor episode next. I would love to hear all about the man who is walking and looks weird
I once heard that Omni and Abaddon have the same theory just like PA and Spectre. You can tell by the smilliar of their abilities. 1 heal, 2 debuff, 3 slow, 4 saving ppl. Can you please deep dive in this theory? Sorry for my bad English
bruh, third ancient coming, and Dota goes from "defense of the ancients" to "destruction of THE ancient". bet. or maybe they just release another new game or incorporate the new big bad thing into one of the side games somehow, idk, some shit. Maybe something weird like an MMO or RPG game
Buttcannon here: The "confluence" is a new Valve IP 'Dota 3'. An ARPG based on Dota (which might be presumably a result of how successful the community's reception is to the Siltbreaker game mode). Heroes of both Dire and Radiant will have to join forces to defeat the "3rd Ancient" before the "upheaval" destroys the world which we know of.
If all of the alternate universes are colliding then logically every hero will be there due to yknow, all the games containing different heroes, which supports the idea of a big war? The entire roster vs scary green marble ancient?
I would like a loregasm on Events that were playable in dota like siltbreaker which contained tonnes of lore but also darkmoon or forsthaven or of course GIB DIRETIDE!!!11111
maybe it would be fun to make a mini game about the contamination after a game? like it's been a while since they last game us a mini game too afterall
The alternative to the branching timeline idea is that the guilds of Artifact have discovered the right timeline that ends in a tie, and in that timeline LC did fight sorla Khan, Underlords did take place, etc etc.
Im pretty sure that Slacks is sponsored by a cowboy hat company
She even made a cowgirl ride him!
The masterminds of Artifact finally found Slacks' weakness? 😂😂
Would but every cowboy hat in the nearest mall if i could
Ooooooooh, hidden advertising. Easter egg haha
How about we talk about them cowboy hats ...?
I’VE PLAYED DOTA TWO FOR THOUSANDS OF HOURS BUT I ALWAYS WANTED SOMETHING MORE, A REASON TO FIGHT, A DEEPER MEANING TO MY BATTLES
pls daddy slacks make me loregasm
BUT TO KNOW THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF DOTA TWO, I MUST GO ON AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. AN ADVENTURE, INTO THE LORE!
Or, you could play it while wearing a cowboy hat.
Mmr is the deeper meaning
Congratulations for ur 322 likes
The Great Confluence, The Upheaval, and The Great Battle after the ancient falls leads to Dota 3.
Where Every single hero has their respective arcana (green colour)
More like Dota:secretshop
Dota more than 2 but less than 4
Dota merging with Lol or Dota the mobile game
Also with all this later talk with void spirit i think Dota 2 smash hero dlc
out of all the MOBA games, DOTA definitely has the best lore and how it ties to the gameplay
Great upheaval is actually just Warlock casting his third spell for the first time in all the dota history
All this builds up to the greatest buff in Dota history
that made me laugh so hard i woke my mom up
You can never leeeeeeave
Warlock: *casts Upheaval
Void spirit: *gets slowed and takes no damage
Void spirit: I prepared an eternity for this?
consequently, the great confluence is just warlock grabbing agh's and summoning his double golems _before_ casting his e for the first time
Slacks, the Brewmaster's lore says this " He wanders the land, striving toward enlightenment through drink, searching for the answer to the ancient spiritual schism. Hoping to think the single thought that will unite the spirit and physical planes again.". I think that the great confluence will be this, the unification of spirit and physical planes.
wow thank you for the shoutout, and amazing video as always!!! would love to see a video on luna or mirana!
U guys r awsome, keep it up
I miss your content! Should we be expecting anything soon?
am please
speaking of mirana. i wish she had more imortal items. cape or headgear
I always wait for your new vid
The great confluence is all the timelines converging into one where all the heroes wear a COWBOY HAT
"An anchor point that happens in every single timeline, universe, and dimension; connecting them all, to a specific moment"
*Arteezy with a 3rd place badge*
THE SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE HAHAHAHAHAHA
It is the sacred number! He is the chosen one!
You meant by chosen third? 😏
@@shanelin392 Very underrated comment. HAHAHA
Someone explain this to me. I don't really watch DOTA esports events that much
@@epicmautauche2233 homeboii arteezy seems to have a curse where he falls short of a championship. He admitted it himself referring to it as "my curse".
Slacks you should know: In the real-life Journey to the West, the Monkey King was trapped under the 500 year mountain by the Buddha. The Monkey King was challenged by the Buddha to escape from the palm of his hand. With one somersault, the Monkey King flies to the end of the world. There he sees five pillars and decides to write a phrase on one to prove he was there. When he comes back, the Buddha reveals that the five pillars at the end of the world were merely the fingers of his hand, as proven by showing the Monkey King's writing on his finger. Before the Monkey King could escape, the Buddha flips his palm over and changes the five pillars/fingers into the mountain.
The story suggests that the reason Monkey King couldn't escape the Buddha's palm is because the Buddha is one with the universe because of his enlightened status- in Dota 2 perhaps Void Spirit's nature as being one with the void of the universe also came with similar perks.
I know what is about to come, We gonna get out of beta
Leshrac gonna lose his fucking mind
@@ufuk5872 wym
*Bitchingintensifies
@@kindle1951 How is thist bitching tho its a meme, bruh actually take meme serious bruh.
@@ufuk5872 no, i was meme-ing too bro. "Beta game no bitchin", so what happen after we got out of beta? We can bitch around!
Plot twist: The confluence is the release of dota rpg/mmorpg.
if it is the case, i hope it would be more successful than the artifact😅
Isn't that basically warcraft?
@@lilyjune69 Somehow lol. But if such will be given body, it'll be better or worse. Who knows? lol
might have a gameplay like RF Online when the 3rd ancient exposed
no it's the cowboy hat
Everyone's waiting for the BattlePass release, I'm just here chillin' and waiting for the next LOREGASM
A true man of culture.
Even Void and Oracle cant foresee or foretold why Techies is picked on Ranked
Can we learn who tf the Shopkeeper is and why hes in the middle of the battle of the Ancients??
I know for fact he has a middle eastern backgrounds.
The Shopkeepers are actually a neutral party tasked by the gods with safeguarding powerful weapons and relics so that they cannot be abused, or at least not for very long. Roshan made the mistake of killing a Shopkeeper for the Aegis and was cursed for it, and two thieves that stole from a Shopkeeper were turned into creeps.
@@Brutalyte616 Which group of gods tho.
@@ufuk5872 maybe the ancients themselves
watch the previous videos. he explained it
You spent 27 minutes and 52 seconds trying to say: We get dota greater than 2, but smaller than 4.
Making sure to put all the context in there
And also "you killed mord than two...but...less than four..." hahaha that announcer gaben
I mean, it's logical that Void Spirit is older than Io, since before there is something, there is only void. That's what I think at least lol
Dang good point
But what about the other spirit brothers? Were they born only after the fundamentals?
@@chetanaik probably. Even in their appearance the oldest and wisest seems to be the Void Spirit, but maybe that's way too much of a head cannon lol
@@chetanaik i think the spirit brothers exist PHYSICALLY after the fundamentals, before they were mere spirits with no form
@@mmcgear4376 yeah since they needed vessels to actually interact with everything else
My popcorn is ready for that 3 hour long timeline video slacks
What if the confluence is the time when everyone blaming everyone after the game in the lobby chat.
Just sayin'
The real Loregasm is always in the comment
Or where everyone wears a cowboy hat.
Just sayin'
The stones on OD were actually a salt building up after the great post game chat.
thats what i think too, but mine was like raging to yourself after the game
it makes sense, as the two team chats meet and become the single all chat
The confluence is the draw. Void waits for the one time where there will be a draw and when Arc Warden traps the Ancients is when the 3rd Ancient comes and thats the final fight and is also when all timelines merge which makes all the rivers merge. This explains why Void is missing from all the previous fights and also how his foresight works, he observes everything that happens in Artifact and only joins the one fight which he knows there will be a draw which will always happen on every single different world where the battle of the Ancients is taking place. Underlords happens during the merging of all the worlds and timelines which is why all the different heroes can fight themselves and most likely when the strongest version of all the heroes achieve victory, Void will lead them into battle against the 3rd Ancient.
I can't shake the idea that the TI10 grand finals will be the 'canon' last game before the great confluence gets revealed/announced.
Oooooosh Snap!
A wild covid19 appears!
yeah and the finals will decide which ancient stood
Dota "more than 2 but less than 4"?
@@theheadguy1212 got'em
It makes sense that Void Spirit was there first, as someone else commented before there is something there is void.
Void Spirit actually has a monologue about this in game, divided in a few voice lines that you can hear by left-clicking him repeteadly :
"Before there was the spirit, there was the void. Before there was anything, there was the void."
"Long after -- though only a moment in the scope of the whole -- there came...a being of great power.
"
"Still without comprehensible form or voice of my own, I felt this titan's hammer fall and the four children scatter." (He had no body yet but Void Spirit already existed when Elder Titan did his thing and the fundamentals were created)
(...)
"In that cascade of moments, I knew I must learn to compose a form capable of interacting with the material plane." (Then he creates his physical form)
16:49
Slacks: Contamination? Virus?
*Remembers Void Spirit's appearance in heavily Chinese influence
Me: Dont you dare Slacks say Cov..
Slacks: Rock virus?
Me: ...
24:56 Thanks Slacks. This song is now stuck in my head again.
"Toss a coin to your Witcher,
O, valley of plenty
O, valley of plenty
Oh o ooooo" 🎵
same lmfaooooo
Brew master seems like he would be interesting considering his relationship with the spirit brothers and how his ultimate doesn't have him turn into a void panda
New aghs?
@@CMiluski Like this idea
Brew master buffed: now he spawn a fourth spirit
Say what
he is spirit basterd
Okay, I'm going to go crazy here and say it's Aghanim being unintentionally resurrected. That's why there are so many new aghanim patches.
Talking bout Aghanaim, maybe he is a new hero. Check out the new Trailer
Welp seems liek he didnt die he was just stuck in gabens belly
Arc Warden wearing a cowboy hat is the ultimate battle.
That or after a decade we get dota 3.
Gaben doesn't know the number 3
@@metchieamit8087 It's the number in betwen 2 and 4, The Great Confluence
You may be right
yes
3? What is this strange symbol?
Imagine if its a new mode where each hero is played by a player in a single game/server against a big ol boss
Highlight of my day, I'm in a Slacks Loregasm video.
Lowlight of my day, It's so blurry that only I will notice it.
13:20
I see it don’t worry
What do you see, friend?
Higaara End his/her username above one of the characters
Saying "Green Death" while playing "Light of the Seven" from Game of Thrones in the background. I see what you did there😏
The background music is going from, How to Train Your Dragon, GOT and Attack on Titan is amazing
Don’t forget Toss a Coin to your Witcher!
The opening parts also has Europa Universalis 4's OST, which is nice
Light of the seven from game of thrones is goooood.
and then TOSS A COIN TO YOUR WITCHER OH VALLEY OF PLENTY! OH VALLEY OF PLENTY
Yes it was great
One day, we are casually playing dota 2 and then you finally destroyed one of the ancients but the game continues and suddenly the destroyed ancient restores itself and changed its color to green then you and the opposing team becomes one team and need to destroy the remaining ancient. You and your team are suddenly controlled by the 3rd Ancient because the third ancient wants to destroy both dire and ancient so that it can rule the Dota 2 earth itself. Then Void spirit and his allies are the ones who defends the remaining ancient to battle the great confluence which was you the player all along.
Angelo Credo dang
What if valve pulls a rainbow 6 on us and makes dota 3 an exclusive PvE game,
yeah i had the idea of when before the DOTA 2 IP shuts down, you have the possibility of getting a tie, and then fighting the final battle
dota 3 leaked
I thought this was a really elaborate skyrim intro joke LMFAO.
i clicked faster than i click my bkb when i see es
Im the madlad who broke your 69 likes
bikibi sadkek
@@LOLHAXGUN FELLOW BULLDOG PEPEGAS ARISE FatCD
@@tonymcmonster1798 gachiBASS RAISE YOUR DONGERS gachiBASS
What kind of n00b clicking bkb instead of using the hotkey
The lore woven by small details scattered across Dota 2 plus the effort in finding and deciphering these details paints a masterpiece every time.
Thanks for the great content.
I personally think Valve is hinting at a new IP, a Siltbreaker-esque action RPG that will be released and the story taking place is you selecting a hero a fighting off the "traveller" that ES and OD talk about.
Yes I had this same idea watching the video
Wonder if they're gonna do it with VR?
@@spyrall2210 VR wouldn't really suit an RPG where you're likely to spend hours at a time playing. People would get sick of wearing it all the time. It's better for action-adventure games with short playtime.
They will definitely be expanding on their VR department after the success of Alyx though.
That sounds phenomenal. I really hope theres something like that in the works.
A new dota game after failing with Underlords and Artificat?
You've refreshed UA-cam for thousands of hours
but you've always wanted something more
a new video
OF LORE!
Make a video about the VERY start of Dota when Gyrocopter created elder titan
Whut whut?gyro created whut?
Lmao
actually it would be great a gampley with slacks talking as gyro , just for nostalgia.
We need a series of Books linking all the dots of the lores from Valve. PLEASE!
i'd love to see an episode about shadow shaman! he has some intresting voice lines like: "i'm not yet worthy to go beyond the hills" and i've always wondered what he meant by that.
nakatayanakah
He can't do hiking, look at his feet, nah kidding, idk.
"to go beyond the hills" means to die, shadow shaman saying that he is "unworthy" means that he wants to do atleast one major feat. or some sort of mission before he dies.
@@skaterjoe1669 dang it. I just read this in my head with his voice
Its where the orgy of his people happens. His peepee still small so he's still not ready
The whole thing with Void "knowing" everyone isn't to be taken the same as the other heroes knowing each other, since he basically knows every hero
Throughout the resets, Void started manipulating the various characters' lives in order to serve his own purposes, with the reset we're in being the one where he managed to finally manipulate EVERYONE so that the cards were right for the great confluence
Dear sir, please do a deep dive into techies lore. For the memes sir.
Man, i love these lore videos. Great work!
You know, the collapsing timelines theory would explain why there are copies of the heroes fighting each other in underlords. And who knows, maybe the upgrade mechanic in underlords for the heroes is their timelines melding into one causing a stronger version of that hero to come.
Great theory
I really wish for a Dota lore to come out as a movie series or anime. It will be so amazing
Alright, theory building on this
Void spirit tells the Ancients, and Arc, "Hey, chill, if you do this, the universe is gonna be stuck in a loop forever, we got this". If the third ancient theory is correct, at this point, the third (the Nether, Abyss, whatever it's called) comes from beneath the earth and unleashes forth a "demonic" plague.
This ends up being the confluence - the joining of the powers of the Dire and Radiant created the Nether, which then came out of the ground (an Upheaval), which then causes a great conflict between the forces of the Nether and the rest of existence (or at least the inhabitants of Roo)
Now, where this breaks is the fact that Earthshaker's arcana speaks of an "outer threat", which doesn't sound like what you'd call a demonic invasion coming from within the planet. OD and Void Spirit also talk about something coming, however they aren't as specific as ES in saying that it's from "the outside", merely that something is coming (OD's lore states that there is both a within and without threat, VS merely talks about a conflict)
Whatever it is will most likely be revealed at TI10 (if it happens at all with the pandemic going on). I think it's likely that if the above is true, it might be a full-on strategy game? Characters aligned with the Radiant vs characters aligned with the Dire vs characters aligned with the Nether? Maybe. It would be kind of funny if Dota was the thing that revived RTS', even partially, when it kind of took part in making them less popular by introducing a simplified version and creating an entire genre.
Another possibility is ANOTHER giant overhaul for dota, even larger than the talent and jungle item overhauls.
But we most likely won't know till TI10 or 11.
@SpinazFou I could see an MMO
Honestly, MMOs have been kind of lacking for the past 15 years - they're either a 10 year old poorly optimized korean mmo, or "WoW... again", so I'd be glad for a new good one
"It would be kind of funny if Dota was the thing that revived RTS" knowing Gaben, a man that can make history in gaming industry, this might be a thing. or maybe new game genre or a new game that will surely have a big impact in gaming (again)
Can i take a guess on that? How about the Great Confluence is a sort of an race to a safeplace? Maybe after all the possible Time rewinds are used, the world as we seen it in every battle will collaps and theirs only one way out. Both Sides, Radiant and Dire, with their Heros chosen, wanted to get into that safezone that opens up. In knowing, that there is not enough space for everyone, Void Spirit left the void, choose a side and his Comrades in arms, to get into the Portal. But there is something they all didnt know. The Portal leads them into the shattered World, were they have to fight again. Together, against the dark force that was hidden behind that portal. Earthshaker could be the key, with the ability to open (or close) the portal. A new different Battle begins, with new Foe´s and Hero´s. Dota 3 :-) (Im sry for bad english btw, maybe some of u thoughd the same?) greeeeeeeeeetz!
Immagine if valve released an MMORPG game like WOW with the this lore
That would be amazing! Time for a quality new mmorpg.
Wait wait wait, what if this is really the plan of valve?
A MMORPG inside the Dota 2?
Valve doesn't count to 3.... So this is impossible
imagine if the final Boss of that game is GabeN, what ever timeline you take you will lose... your wallet EleGiggle
They need to create a game that is purely canon
7:29 Meanwhile in a timeline where Io wears a cowboy hat...
I would have missed it. Thank you sir.
No worries. *tips cowboy hat*
More on TA please!!
Would love a video on Invoker, Warlock and the Ultimyr Academy / University. That place is just so interesting even if it's just DOTA Hogwarts
Violet? Knows Everything?
Another Time Lord?
The Man Behind The Time
i must say im pleasantly surprised at the soundtracks used in this one...some of my favourites like the how to train your dragon theme and the attack on titan op
So glad to see these videos again, I've been in a dota 2 slump not in the mood to play and these videos are making me miss it.
Red Dota Redemption baby, here we go!
I personally love how poetic Undyings lore sounds and would love to hear about it from you but it may not be enough to fill an entire episode
Love how attack on titan is playing in the background
and toss a coin to your witcher instrumental
can't wait for aghanim lore. I didn't expect him to look like that lmao
ITS 4:00AM HERE AND IM ABOUT TO SLEEP SLACKS GOD DAMN IT....
I watch it anyway.
Holy fuck exact same here wtf, 4 : 02 and I wanted to sleep so bad
“So how is storm spirit trapped inside of a fat guy?” Ah, truly Dota’s greatest mystery.
Love the game of thrones background music it fits so perfectly with the video. Thanks Slacks for this great video, been waiting for a long time. Please do a seperate Necrophos lore next time.
"What if ursa wore a cowboy hat?" That's a question I would like to be answered
The soundtrack of this episode was on point
Great video! Good thing you made one.
Void Spirit: "A great war is coming!"
Corona Virus appear
Me: "BY ROSHAN BEAR!!!"
oscar gonzalez Bear, Beer or Beard?
You've outdone yourself with this one, Slacks! Keep up the good work! :D
Awesome video! To me, it really seems like a new game is coming.
For the next video, why not talking about a hero you didn't talk about (or not a lot) before? Tusk, undying, bounty hunter, underlord, wraith king, etc. I actually don't remember everything you talked about before
I came here after Spiderman into the spider verse. So basically slack discovered the theory of canon event
The Great Confluence is the moment Gabens belly hits critical mass
Gabens one last donut bite
The great confluence might be a moment where all dota 2 world possibilities (matches or branches of itself) not actually merge, but might be accessible to each other, allowing its inhabitants to move across these realities.
This explains the chaos, and maybe misery, Void Spirit mentioned, and also why Underlords have the same heroes fighting each other for 'mere coin'.
I want to know how tinker knows lamarr, that one headcrab from half life
Same Voice Actor xD
Same Company lol
this lore is amazing -as always! i would love to see a lore on drows' story though!
While I expect Weaver to get updated lore soon, I still wonder what on earth is his role in all of this. What if this coming confluence is actually the "things that gnaw and lay their eggs in frayed regions" mentioned in his lore that have finally found a way in?
That song at nine minutes was driving me crazy. So familiar but I could not put my finger on it. Then it hit me! How to train your dragon!!! One of my favorite movies. A piano version. Beautiful theme song.
What if Void Spirit is telling us the next upcoming "mini-game" in both valve and icefrog is currently working on
that would be nice
Its gonna be disappointing if it's just a "mini-game"
This Great Confluence has been in the lore for many years and the stories and events leading to this "arc" is too big to just be a minigame.
It would be better if they finally made a DotA2 campaign or another game set in the DotA Universe
@@Azure-rc8cp or........an anime :)
Honestly all this build up in the lore would go unnoticed if you didn’t make these videos. Thank you for making these! Also can you make Witch Doctor episode next. I would love to hear all about the man who is walking and looks weird
I once heard that Omni and Abaddon have the same theory just like PA and Spectre. You can tell by the smilliar of their abilities. 1 heal, 2 debuff, 3 slow, 4 saving ppl. Can you please deep dive in this theory? Sorry for my bad English
Man, please never stop doing lorgasm videos
Video reveals Void Spirit is the real father to Jakiro.
What now Dragon Knight nerds.
When?
@@Starryeyeddreamer2001 A prediction i made
Jakiro is the child of winter wyvern (mother) and somehow Phoenix was involved (father)
@@darkvistar4213 Nope, Jakiro calls her 'Cousin' when she kills them.
@@BlueWoWTaylan Sweet home alabama
loved the fact that you used the 'light of the seven' soundtrack
That man has yee'd his last haw. Thanks, this was the saying I never knew I needed
The sneaky how to train your dragon theme song snuck in there
Ooo and the light of the seven as well. Such good piano pieces
bruh, third ancient coming, and Dota goes from "defense of the ancients" to "destruction of THE ancient". bet.
or maybe they just release another new game or incorporate the new big bad thing into one of the side games somehow, idk, some shit.
Maybe something weird like an MMO or RPG game
9:00 that's a piano cover of 'Test Drive' from How to Train Your Dragon! Great score.
loregasm on purge please. Who or rather, what is he?
I second this lol xD
Didn't he already do that.... Around the arcana release
@@jonafangk1288 link pls
@@richrobb348 ua-cam.com/video/WZZY0KtMeDs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Umo7k0uQlys/v-deo.html
@@jonafangk1288 uhm . PURGE not pudge
Finally lore video is here..
Been waiting for so long..
Buttcannon here: The "confluence" is a new Valve IP 'Dota 3'. An ARPG based on Dota (which might be presumably a result of how successful the community's reception is to the Siltbreaker game mode). Heroes of both Dire and Radiant will have to join forces to defeat the "3rd Ancient" before the "upheaval" destroys the world which we know of.
YES YES YES make it happen VALVE
Bruh this shit brought tears to my eyes. I hadn't realized how much history there was to this world I've spent so many countless hours in. Thank you!
"how will i keep the contamination at bay"
Void spirit is the reason no one in the dota universe have corona
Void predicted the corona
this is it!! the beginning!!!! patch 7.33
Everyone knows the confluence will be played out in artifact 2,it just makes too much sense
good point, since artifact 2 will have single player campaigns
the light of the seven song at the backround is so on point.
Maybe valve is trying to merge dota2 and half life universe, sir.
Remember violet plateau?
great video as always. Can you do the fundamentals nexttt?
Steam employees can someone get on making an RPG using this series as it's core story motivation? Thank you
If all of the alternate universes are colliding then logically every hero will be there due to yknow, all the games containing different heroes, which supports the idea of a big war? The entire roster vs scary green marble ancient?
I would like a loregasm on Events that were playable in dota like siltbreaker which contained tonnes of lore but also darkmoon or forsthaven or of course GIB DIRETIDE!!!11111
He's had a silt breaker video
@@nathanielwampler2119 Yes, because it contained tonnes of lore, but I would also like a video on all the smaller events ^^'
maybe it would be fun to make a mini game about the contamination after a game? like it's been a while since they last game us a mini game too afterall
What if the great confluence is the merging of Dota2 and League of Legends since the creators of Dota 1 split ways.
The alternative to the branching timeline idea is that the guilds of Artifact have discovered the right timeline that ends in a tie, and in that timeline LC did fight sorla Khan, Underlords did take place, etc etc.