Can there PLEASE be a "3 strikes you're out" rule?!!!?!?

Three times being reported for feeding or intentional ability etc. NOT internet problems. Not to mention the game mods will have to oversee real reports to judge if the ban is necessary. Not just 3 random reports. Right now reporting someone does NOTHING. Low Priority as a punishment is a joke.


^ +rep for you. You seem like you have some common sense and know that it's not smart to just jump into the game right away. I commend you my friend.

This a well constructed thought, I enjoyed reading it. :) Just please bear in mind that outside factors do play a role as well. While in a perfect environment your stats may be correct, a realistic environment presents factors such as dc-ers, lag, trolls, etc., which can skew your numbers quite a bit.

I'm just putting that out there for other new players who are doing well but are experiencing losing streak.

Actually, there's a Matchmaking rating you don't see, that looks not just at your wins/losses but at your kills, deaths, last hits, denies, and a bunch of complicated stats that determine your skill level as a player. I hate to say it but, at early levels, there's plenty of people who you don't want on your team. But as you get into higher levels, people generally become better players and teammates. Really, low-level pubs are horrible. Just try to get better, eventually you move up through the matchmaking brackets.

It all really comes down to your skill level. So just focus on getting better, take the bad with the good, and as you grow as a player, the ratio of good games to bad games will get better. Everyone has to go through it.

Cheers

The only reason that I am able to play Dota 2 is because steam does not have a permaban system.

I know it sucks when I am stuck in LP or I am unable to chat or communicate with players while I am under this communication ban, but at least I can still play dota. . .

(Thank God they allow you to ping three times per pinging cycle when you are banned) Those pings save lives. Also having the communication ban allows you to use the ingame quick chat to say things such as "Stun Now"; "Well Played"; "We Need Wards"

Also remember that denying a teammate to prevent the other team from killing that teama=mate may result in a ban.

Feeders will be Banned and Banners will be posted.

#ThisisReal
#KillSecured
#Where is the dagon lvl 6-9?

I have no problems playing with self confessed noobs. I have an issue playing with people who
A)don't understand how to use the chat function
B)Are obviously new and won't listen to you.

I've taught a few people how to play and honestly, even with tutorials, it's not an easy game to pickup. But when people dont' want to learn, that pisses me off.
Also, Valve need to fix the mm system so I'm not teamed up with randoms with 12 hours of game time on their account. But Perma banning people for sucking at the game is bad. Abuse is one thing but being bad shouldn't be a crime.

It's a casual game for some, so the argument that someone who plays badly should be struck out is annoying. It is, however, quite the drag, to be paired with inexperienced players, but I find that more often it's only unenjoyable with people who complain and use abusive language... Those really are games in which I truly desire to have it be over with, yet don't want to leave and "reduce my queue priority."

This is my first post, but I'm not that new to Dota. I played dota 1 on WC3, although it actually was not my favorite game at the time. It Was Indeed perhaps the most well constructed custom-levels, with quite an interesting balance and a gameplay that set it apart from the rifraf games, if you'll recall, which were not so bad but simply more for laughs and so on. (These included things such as Playground Wars, tower defense ad-infinitum-et-nauseum, and some I never understood, like "Real Life" or somesuch. I don't recall, but it was like role playing. I digress,

This is not coming from the point of view of a casual gamer, but I do have a better time when I realize that sometimes, it's not my team that sucks, the other team is simply playing better. When you gank well, or you use your combos, or get the right rune, etcetera, the game can be won or lost as though it were a noob game, even though the players are not.

Strategy and being a leader, or helping, are great, and yet it has to be said that it goes in one ear and out the other. The answer IS in fact to party with other players you think to be skillful or moderately competent as you put it, if you don't like having those weaknesses of a teammate who doesn't know how cooldowns work, or why IO dies when they use the shiny ability for too long, or who just plays and goes "gee, i guess I'll never be that good at this game anyway, so I'll just goof off." There are as many people who play badly as who play well, as many who laugh in regards to playing seriously as develop a strong affinity for the right and wrong kinds of moves.

It doesn't really feel like the game has 110 champions. I suppose that's because that many would seem like a crazy number of different champs to get to know and play. I've played about 200 games, and only used Sniper twice. Yet I love sniper, I can understand how he's very effective and downright difficult to fight against. There's just always more than one way to play, and in fact there's so much diversity, that's the reason it's not really about being rid of people who aren't good, rather it's about "carrying" the team's morale and directing some of the shots instead of complaining, not that I'm saying you do.

One last note about strategy: it's also different against people than the A.I. I've always felt bot-battles (going back again to games in WC3) are won with a different strategy-set completely, from human-battles. The benefit is to learn essential game mechanics and everything that actually matters. But communication, realizing "the danger" as has been mentioned, and many other nuances are nonexistent in solitary mode. So really, it's just as challenging to learn while swimming up stream and being called a noob as it is to be frustrated with bad pub games.

The computer cheats, it doesn't fumble over hotkeys or mis-click. Additionally it makes mindless mistakes like walking into battle with barely any HP. The topic though is about public games. Well, it's the only arena where you Can actually direct the attention and show people how it's supposed to be done. Against the bots, it's not really learning.

Do you know why most individuals get banned in MMORPG? It's more or less hacking or insulting an admin, but insulting another player is normal. Think of DotA2 as that, you're not going to get banned. The individual that trolls will be sent to LPQ if there are enough reports, though keep in mind this system is not perfect.

Also take in to consideration your hidden rating. From what i'm hearing is that you claim to be a decent/good individual player but you are stuck in the lower tier bracket of the game. I understand it's frustrating to lose, i too use to get extremely mad until i just accepted the fact that there are players who are utter trash and there is nothing you can do about it besides provide positive feedback or ignore them.

One solid advice that i may give you, Join a community, stack with friends or stack with a community that has a constant 5 man running. You're more than welcome to add me, i am constantly playing with a 5 stack, thought you may not get into the 5 stack since i am always in a 5 stack but there are occasions where i am short a player.

Send me a private message and ill reply with my steam id in the next 48 hrs as i have to study for school, i can provide a service of carrying you out of your current bracket and setting you in with individuals who are willing to play practically anything. ( May take about 50 games or so, this service is ofcourse free lol. All i request is just no bashing and keep a cool temper)

What there really should be is a ban on people if they go under a certain kda ratio. I had a really close game last night(with 4 carries on each team, the best players were the noncarries) and we lost it because we had an antimage that went 1 and 25 and 2. Its outrageous. No one should be able to just walk away from that saying they were trying.

Think logically of what you just said there, imagine how the society will feel as a whole and how it will damage the reputation of the game even more in its current state. Imagine the amount of money the would lose....

I guess but they need to at least have separate lobbies that you are automatically put in if you are that bad. He shouldn't be playing with the 200 hour people but the 20 hour people.