To be honest, Dota is the way of life. It isn't a game anymore. It is a battle field.
The ones who come out on top, will be the ones who are very likely to be successful in life. ( Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little. )
( I'm talking about pub games )
This is my opinion.
Dota is a place where you test your patience.
Dota is a place where you test your limits.
Dota is a place where you can see the evil lurking in every mankind.( trolls/flamers )
I tried to challenge myself to not get pissed off whenever I play the game, telling myself that it is just a game. You are supposed to enjoy a game, not ended up feeling angry, depressed, despair, sad, fed up, irritated, and all those negative feelings.
First few games went okay, I can see past those flamers/pinoys. But after a few games, I gave up.
Stopped playing for a while now since I'm busy with uni and my internet connection sucks when I'm staying near uni. ( can only play when I'm back at my home with unifi )
I will embrace Dota again when I'm ready. Hope I can stand strong after taken a long break.
On a side note, I do agree with what Mushi said.
My vision of the perfect Dota environment is where 5 players team up, communicate and work together to try and bring down the enemy ancient, where 5 players would give constructive feedback to other team mate's mistakes, where 5 players would aim to improve and be better in this game, where all 10 players will enjoy the game.
This will not happen with all those flaming, blaming, raging, throwing going on.
What we should do? change yourself first before you change others. Start by making a difference in yourself and the way you play. Recognize your mistakes, never ever blame someone, never ever talk to people in a bad tone which might make them think that you are flaming them, never return the flame that the other flamers throw at you.
I think we should stop blaming, especially the pinoys. A part of the reason why SEA scene, in my opinion is so toxic, other than the pinoy lan culture, is the others who blame pinoys. You think your insults will reach them when you blame/flame pinoy? You are wrong. They will just simply putang ina mo / bobo and continue the next game while you on the other hand was left with a bad taste due to the bad game that you just had.
/end rant.
tl;dr Enjoy Dota. It is a great game.
This post has been edited by ck.chunkeat: Oct 17 2014, 10:05 PM