General Discussionwhy do u play dota ?

well if you've seen my wall of text recently it's because tis unhealthy habit more than anything else.
I still have fun, but it's nothing I wouldn't be having playing any other video game.

I'm trying to take some time off for now, let's see how long that lasts..

Because that way i can be angry and focus that anger into something and my mind is always thinking about bad teammates instead of of thinking about how sad and shitty my life is. Also, it makes me forget i have to take the meds so i dont feel like a bag of drugs all day long.

I find it fun. I wouldn't waste my time with it otherwise.

i do have fun too when playing with my friends (we usualy just stomp the shit out of enemy team) and lol (litteraly) how terrible they are at that game

but when it comes to solo que (the actuall thing that matters) because lets get real mmr = everything

in order to enjoy something u have it to work properly

so if anyone plays mid i expect him to have decent impact to the game at all stages (thats what mid do)

if anyone plays carry i expect him to get relatively decent farm and carry us in mid late game scenarios
if anyone plays offlane i expect him not to die and get some experience and try to deny enemy carry farm if possible
if someone plays support i expect to have a courier wards maybe a smoke gank sometimes and some other basic things

but lately people just don't deliver i keep meeting people who cant play mid or offlane or carry or even better all of those things in 1 single game i usualy pretty optimistic about my chances winning the game after all im 11 year old veteran dota player that spent tens of thousands hours playing this bullcrap i know the game in and out perfectly

even so i still get matched with amateurs and even better sent to low priority or muted sometimes for their mistakes

maybe its no the game but its me ? maybe i expect to much

It's a little bit of both actually. You expect too much from people who are obviously not on your level and also it's in part the game which is unable to match you with people of similar skill.

I know little to no shit about the game (which is reflected in my permanent 3.9k MMR), but I beleive I have more fun than close to everybody who doubles my MMR. I don't get skill discrepancies in my games, so everyone is just as retarded as the rest, but that doesn't really matter because most of the time I'm playing with some friends with whom we just fuck around and do 5 man randoms.

Ignorance is bliss.

Simply don't have any expectations of your team. Just assume your teammates will fail and try to maximize your own impact on the game instead. Some games that should have been won easily might become difficult because of teammates losing lanes they should win but just focus on your own play because that's all you can control. In 6.83 you can quite often make a come back if you minimize your deaths and just split push/farm the opposing jungle.

So I have a reason to beat my wife and kids.

cuz im removing dota and my internet/computer in 4 days so i throw the most i can meanwhile :D

except if ur a nice player with nice attitude which is extremely rare!

cuz video games were eating my days hours ( dota)

because i have nothing else to do (besides studying maths)
i dont go out cause i hate people. i hate everyone and everything

I mean the higher rating you get the lower you should expect from your teammates, on NA servers at least.

Because the real world doesn't feel so real.

Because I'm trying to learn russian. So far i know cyka.

lol tiger i feel u

i play because i find it fun, even when i'm not actually enjoying it there and then. i'm currently on a losing trend which i'm really frustrated about (mainly because i seem to be doing alright myself), yet i'll still keep playing because i want to reverse that and get back up to where i was

and of course, when you're winning, it feels great

ROFL

"i dont go out cause i hate people. i hate everyone and everything"

+1

i play cuz bitches love dota players

because i like spending my time not enjoying myself.

i've wanted to quit like 10x this week but i coudln't bring myself to

it's like a hamster wheel - u lose some mmr, u gain some back, and then u think "omg i just want to win more" but valve likes putting utter trash on ur team

on top of that you have hidden pool so u get utter retards/game ruiners so it's simply rigged

cherry on top is the report/lpq system which is fantastic (thankfully i'm not in it but i've heard some awful shit)

whens dota 3 coming out

@vaikiss if you're not having fun try switching to single player games and call it a day =)

You should try to play in a team

PC games are kind of a habit

at home with nothing to do?
tired --> watch movie/series
not tired --> play some doto

I'm too lazy to try other games, I don't think I've played anything other than WC3-DotA, WoW (vanilla -> wotlk) & Dota 2 in the past 8-9 years.

yeah i play for mmr, and i have fun when i win, and i have a ton of fun winning uneven games(against imba lineup, megas, dendi, etc)
also i like to be good at things i do, and thats making me play for mmr.
my friends like to go out, get wasted, "party", i like it too, but like once every 2 weeks or once a month, not every other day.

gg

To spend the free time you have. Also you can't improve without playing (although I can't really improve that much anymore).

@Raspharus™ i do play single players mosty all AAA mainstream games and hyped shit and anything i deem worthy my time

@Stetor i did played in tons of various teams but there is no team that would play fulltime all time and european teams falls apart on biweekly basis no matter how good they are

We play it because we all like to destroy ourselves and are obsessed with it and need psychiatrist or some other kind of help to get us back into real life.

to stomp people

EXACTLY THE SAME FOR ME I GET TO 5700 THEN SHIT TEAM FOR THE NEXT 40 GAMES WHY AM I STILL PLAYING

Imagining those awesome plays and team synergy in my mind makes me want to keep playing Dota.

I PLAY DOTA TO BE ONE OF THE GREATES PLAYER WITH MEEPO :) Ty

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1202066887
example of winning 1x5