why doesn't /v/ ever talk about this game or host some lobbies? i started recently and its been really fun
>>727784269Cause it's mostly an American user base and NA Dota has been dead since ppd-era EG died.
What happened to Dota anyway? It was huge like 5 years ago. What did Valve do?
/v/ is for leaguechads only, dotards OUT!
>>727784269>dota>funPick one and only one.Everyone who has played this game regularly agrees on one thing: Dota is not about fun, it's about winning.
>>727784269im new to the game at 96 hour. Will see what wonders ranked mode holds. it's better than lol so far but player base really bringing it down
>>727784373weird heavy handed updates that don't really change the game at all but feel exhausting to follow.If you play Dota it feels the same as 10 years ago - if you read about Dota or watch Dota online you'd think this game has become unrecognizable.
too old to deal with 4 other retards
>>727784547>If you play Dota it feels the same as 10 years agoI dont think I've ever read a more incorrect post
Playing dota with a buddy. It's pretty fun coordinating with him. Although it's a mix bag with random players.
>>727784269i like playing dotai dont like talking about dotafeels like the vast majority feels the same
>>727784373I played religiously in my teens but the game seems unrecognizeable nowEvery Hero got reworked into functionally the same playstyle, the map seems so bloated with random shit and mini objectives to force teamfights over and overThe whole game is being designed to pander to twitch viewers first and players second
>>727786446>Every Hero got reworked into functionally the same playstyle, the map seems so bloated with random shit and mini objectives to force teamfights over and overThat's because people despised deathballs and ratting.The removal of a dedicated jungler role is one of the best decisions made in the overhaul patches.
>>727784269/v/ is too bad at video games to enjoy dota
>>727786728You're right I don't have the energy anymore to put actual time and effort into improving at a video game anymore like its a 2nd job
>>727784547>If you play Dota it feels the same as 10 years agoI fucking wish
>>727784373Hired the entire ex-riot balance team.
>>727786641>The removal of a dedicated jungler role is one of the best decisions made in the overhaul patches.wdym even when I played like a decade ago if you tried to play jungler in pubs you'd get yelled at for fucking your team overI don't recall dota ever having dedicated junglers
>>727785927I get what u mean. It extends to the videos available too. There's not really any unique/creative content creators for this game. All the videos on youtube are just guides, tierlists, replays of pro games, etc. The most creative stuff are the vids where someone watches low-tier retard replays and makes fun of them. There's nobody making any edited personality-focused videos where they come up with a storyline and roleplay a bit, or anything remotely in the same vein. And if there are content creators like that, I'm not seeing them upload any recent videos. All the popular dota videos I find are at least a year old.
>>727787067It's a bot post.
>>727784269It has voice chat which automatically makes it superior to league. But I cannot be bothered to jump into a MOBA 20 years too late
>>727785927>i dont like talking about dotaNow that I'm in my 30s, I'd rather talk about Dota than play it. The problem is nobody even follows the scene. Did anyone watch Blast Slam?
The only thing that quells my anger over valve ruining Dota is watching deadcock player count spiral the drain.
>>727787067>you now remember afk ancient farming necrophos
>>727787067>wdym even when I played like a decade ago if you tried to play jungler in pubs you'd get yelled at for fucking your team overAs if that stopped people.I can't count the number of Iron Talon team muters I came across back in the day.
>>727787067Every now and then I see a Kunkka 4 that goes to jungle instantly
>>727784373the techies rework was the death of the canary. He wasnt hard to counter at all if someone bought a sentry or used an illusion to bait mines but after trying to nerf him they just removed and replaced him now he is useless past level 20.
>>727788295Nu-dota devs just fucking hate the concept of roaming/assassinsI don't know why
>>727788667Cause the game is called "Defense of the Ancients", not "Fantasy Gank Simulator 2013".
>>727788773but all techies did was defend the fuck out of his ancient
>>727784269/v/ hates anything that requires skill despite hating on casuals 24/7.
>>727789189>requires skillIDK anon I think the moment I finally checked out of dota was watching those 8K MMR smurfs in trench ranks videos and even they sometimes just got fucked by teammatesif this can happen to people 1000x better than me why would I bother?
>>727789406>why should I bother playing a game where it's possible to loseAre you even listening to yourself? There's a reason account sellers are a thing, you can climb using literally any role.
>>727789548>>why should I bother playing a game where it's possible to loseBut it's not about being "possible" to lose it's that you're guaranteed to lose if the matchmaking fucks you.
>>727789732The amount of games that are genuine instant losses are rare. If forced 50/50 was that bad, then there wouldn't be people who rise from the trenches over and over and over again to sell 6k accounts.
>>727788773Is it? Because despite wearing the name, every time I open this supposed "Dota", on every hero select screen, I see kez the league fanfic OC.Fuck off back to riot will you?
>>727789889>If forced 50/50 was that bad, then there wouldn't be people who rise from the trenches over and over and over again to sell 6k accounts.But... couldn't they stomp people in a party to rise in rank? I don't think the MMR gain is any less because you party up.
>>727789964>couldn't they stomp people in a party to rise in rank?That'd make it harder because Dota matches you with parties if you play in parties and past 2k or so people barely ever play in parties so you'd have way longer queue times. I also doubt account sellers are very social.
Every single Dota dev at valve right now needs to be reassigned to dicksucking duties on Haven's new yacht, and leave Dota alone. That's clearly what they want anyways, none of them like Dota even in a superficial sense, and they all signed up specifically to slurp on that Newell dong.
>>727790095>past 2k or so people barely ever play in partiesHow'd you fit your vocal cord into your rectum yo talk all that shit out of your ass? Did the doctor in charge of your transition pull a prank? Did you get a refund?
>>727789889But I'm not a 6K account seller. If they're gonna lose 10% of their games to shitters then that number will be far higher for me. I have no interest in playing something where I'm in control of so little of the outcome. I only play this game now when I can get a 5 man party together and we can dick around.
>>727784269>why doesn't /v/ ever talk about this gamesame reason /v/ doesnt talk about a lot of popular games we actually play. >game has been out decades>nothing new has happened in years>nothing to talk aboutMMOs are still massively popular, just no-one talks about them because people are still doing the same raids and camping the same boss spawns as they were in 2005.
>>727790452>I have no interest in playing something where I'm in control of so little of the outcome.How much control did you have over your life? Did you like the way it turned out?
>>727790448An a holiday cheer to you as well, my angry friend. >>727790452>I have no interest in playing something where I'm in control of so little of the outcome.You do, though. You just need to be good enough. If that's not for you, I get it, but in that case it's really not the game's fault.
>>727790553Anon do you honestly believe the dota 2 ranked ladder is as important as your life? This is a video game
>>727790647>do you honestly believe the dota 2 ranked ladder is as important as your life?I don't think you understood the point I was making at all. Someone said they don't want to play Dota because they don't control the win or lose, and I said life is exactly the same. You dodged my questions for some reason. Likely two digit IQ with ADHD. Filter thread, double check 90% of the board was auto filtered. Filter the new threads the shitskins made because I filtered everything. Okay, that's fine.
>>727790638>Actual shill still insisting engagement oriented matchmaking isn't real in 2025They say corporate welfare isn't real but I just can't find another word to describe your entire existence
>>727790965Idk how you can be this insanely angry about something so minor.
>>727784373>It was huge like 5 years ago. What did Valve do?The International the last couple of years had basically no event or battlepass tied to it so no-one cared. the prize pool was 1/20th of the normal size as well.
>>727787067>you'd get yelled at for fucking your team overyou just turn on Anonymous mode and enjoy playing your single player game like everyone else does lol
>>727791021>It's not real>It's real but it's not importantIt's not important because you don't care about Dota 2, you're merely a welfare recipient sitting on your ass collecting a paycheque, that's fine, now get your hands out of every Dota patch, move in to Gabe's new yacht, you can sit on Gabe's lap instead
>>727784269I didnt like the direction they took the game. 2011 dota 2 was a quirky game full of broken and obscure shit you had to uncover and master. Learning the game felt like an journey. Slowly but surely they started streamligning the game to make esports shit more engaging and thats what I think killed it. Like other anons said, techies best represent the spirit of old dota. If he has no place in it - its no longer the same game
because there's nobody left playing but russian ghouls and peruvian monkeys playing ranked all day trying to be compfags
