Toby's first day at Valve

posted by Jaywalker, 1 year ago

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Toby 'TobiWanKenobi' Dawson will be working closely with the guys we love so dearly over at Valve for the rest of this week. He has just finished his first day at the magical land, and here a picture that he would like to share with you which gives a teaser of what is still left in store for Dota 2.

Valve developer Finol showing a Dota 2 concept art wall

The picture reveals significant information about what Valve has in its works now; showing a full wall of Dota 2 hero concept art.. one of which Toby confirms will be out today. The best part though is that this is just one of three concept art walls!

After his surreal day at Valve, Toby has given the following statement about his stay so far:

Hey all, I arrived safely in Seattle and was able to rest up last night. I am writing this as I am about to go to sleep after my first day at the Valve office, and really just wanted to share a little bit of my experience with you. Obviously I cannot say much and cannot show much but I was able to take some pictures at non-revealing angles, but it is better than nothing.

I met the whole crew at Valve and spent a lot of time with the development team of Dota 2 (played some games on the internal client as well). It is amazing to see the creation process of all the different stages of the development of the game, and not only the talent of the staff but the vibe and energy they have and how the put that into their work. These people love Dota 2, they love their job, and I am sure we all feel that passion with each patch released.

I will give you more updates soon, and hopefully some more pics from different areas of Valve, and will see if I can get the holy grail shot, the picture of Icefrog's desk (no promises).

Toby will give another update regarding his adventure at Valve in a few days so be sure to stay tuned to joinDOTA!

#26

13abyCesc-_- wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:37 CEST:

Don't forget to cry about the ip joins in person.

#27

duckster wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:38 CEST:

enhance!

#28

lasul wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:38 CEST:

The most epic thing would be a video interview with icefrog!

#29

GoSuMali wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:39 CEST:

Ask them when they plan to release the game... Valve delaying the game is a huge advantage for RIOT...

#30

demolisherzeus wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:40 CEST:

Damnnnn.. too good :D

#31

Nolf_ wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:41 CEST:

We need CSI on this picture!!!!!!

#32

Trock wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:41 CEST:

gg keep us updated tobi :)

#33

TheShuHh wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:41 CEST:

that is one big ass corridor, hopefully tobi'll be able to talk more about it when he gets back on dem streams :D

#34

WaeSoANGELIC wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:42 CEST:

OMGGGG!! EPIC!!
(Go ninja a pic of IceFrog xD)

#35

PokkaLycheeTea wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:45 CEST:

keep it up Tobi!! keep those updates going!

#36

cRUNcherNO1 wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:45 CEST:

Toby schrieb:
I met the whole crew at Valve

Toby schrieb:
WHOLE CREW

so icefrog finally revealed to tobi :D

News schrieb:
and Toby confirms that one of the heroes on this wall will be out today

yay, brewmaster out today?!!!

#37

aflatoon wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:49 CEST:

is that ICEFROG in the picture, hiding in plain sight...i mean think about it, he has just revealed himself and nobody is just thinking about it, yet ignoring the person in the photo!!!!

#38

EHOME wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:56 CEST:

epic

#39

Kerolus wrote at 18.04.2012, 13:57 CEST:

icefrog is not real guys, calm down!

#40

YamexQ wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:05 CEST:

next update will contain mortred lanaya jyrocopter brewmaster and chaos night

#41

Souless wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:05 CEST:

awesome shitttttttttt

#42

Meepomancer wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:07 CEST:

Eggs!

#43

Spekwjirm wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:09 CEST:

no, the holy grail shot would be a picture of Icefrog himself!!

#44

makpantek wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:09 CEST:

Have you handshake with the "god" itself?

#45

Marre wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:11 CEST:

Ask Tobi if he's met the frog yet

#46

tdm wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:17 CEST:

makpantek schrieb:
Have you handshake with the "god" itself?

this

#47

Me4onyX wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:18 CEST:

as expected, Valve = awesome ;p

#48

RikiMarp wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:20 CEST:

on the left 3. pic from the top abadon or kotl?

#49

josipinho93 wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:21 CEST:

this is why joindota is the best dota site !!! gotta love you

#50

joyjoy wrote at 18.04.2012, 14:22 CEST:

hope there will be some documentary or Making of dota2, after release, with all areas of dota departments and creations processes, and all concept art will be shared on valve/dota2 pages or in some collector edition
btw nice "vacation" there and share as much stuff as possible ;)