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!

#76

GbM_Scythe.SG wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:18 CEST:

Nice.

#77

Quelm wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:19 CEST:

Nice nice. Picture of Icefrogs breasts pls.

#78

chorvus wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:22 CEST:

I only came here for the icefrogs

#79

SuperDuperMorten wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:26 CEST:

ask valve/icefrog why theres is no "OWNAGE" sound.

#80

LynBryan wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:42 CEST:

Oh, nice.

#81

vrvink.PH wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:50 CEST:

Marre schrieb:
Ask Tobi if he's met the frog yet

he already did i guess cuz he said he meet all the valve crew that includes ice frog ;D

#82

Wifiwi wrote at 18.04.2012, 16:57 CEST:

What if that dude is Icefrog?

#83

MASTERBATE wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:05 CEST:

tobi maybe you can also get some info about HL3 which would be awesome aswell

#84

DanFX wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:07 CEST:

damn at least i can see whats on Icefrog's desk , :)

#85

CaptainDarianFrey wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:17 CEST:

ICEFROG IS A MYTH!

#86

SeaMountain wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:36 CEST:

your_final_fantasy schrieb:
i can see CHAOS KNIGHT on the wall =D

Yep seems like it :)

#87

Jendrix wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:46 CEST:

KOTL <3

#88

hydramarine wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:50 CEST:

LOOOOOOL at the people thinking the game will be released on 2013 and only three heroes will be added each month.

Valve's development cycle is months ahead of what we actually see. Expect a flurry of heroes to be added on open beta and on release.

Thanks for confirming this Tobi by mentioning the "internal client". It wasn't gone unnoticed by some of us ;)

#89

SugaryRays wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:54 CEST:

i saw chaos knight on the art wall

#90

Datenshi wrote at 18.04.2012, 17:59 CEST:

So which hero is Tobi lending his voice to? ;P

#91

Summ wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:12 CEST:

It's hilarious..
Why doesnt Valve release their concept art with each of the releases?

#92

schneeb wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:25 CEST:

Last patch trouble is BREWING?!

#93

SuperDuperMorten wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:26 CEST:

Datenshi schrieb:
So which hero is Tobi lending his voice to? ;P

Brewmaster

#94

]teH.rAge[ wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:30 CEST:

i am so jealous right now >.<

#95

orangenod18 wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:36 CEST:

shit! Chaos Knight looks so BAWS!

#96

xZed wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:47 CEST:

This is such a tease.
but
I believe that morted is 3rd column forth row.

#97

squinte wrote at 18.04.2012, 18:47 CEST:

zoom in on that bottom left corner. Hmmm..... Enhance..ENhance...ENHANCE....

#98

Lama051 wrote at 18.04.2012, 19:10 CEST:

Second from the top at the left side seems like pit lord to me. Bring us more news Tobi. Also have you met IceFrog and Eul?

#99

redpyro wrote at 18.04.2012, 19:10 CEST:

I want a picture of Icefrog's desk.
You're the best, Tobi =D

Also, first one of the second row looks like Ogre Magi

edited by redpyro at 18.04.2012, 19:14 CEST

#100

Steelvan wrote at 18.04.2012, 19:17 CEST:

Tobi needs a better camera.