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DOTA Allies in a Class of Their Own
Trash talking DOTA Allies come in many forms. The most classic are the noobs, who come in and talk, well, nonsense.
Noob Example 1
Noobs who proclaim to the world that they have lost the last game because their team refused to buy wards, and hence got pawned by some hero with an invisiblity skill, e.g. Stealth Assassin, and thus cause the game to be lost. Sees that same hero in the game they are currently in, scream that we had all better get wards, proceed to get a 0-4 kill-death ratio with a hero that has an escape mechanism (e.g. Bone Fletcher), then quit the game.
Noob Example 2
Noobs who proclaim to the opposing team that they are going to own them, proceed to die to the opponent's hands many times, call them 'lucky', and proclaim that they are going to start feeding because they have a noob team. They usually then tell the opps they will be able to own them with some other hero, usually Bone Fletcher (why I still have no idea), invite you to come to their game to get trashed, blame the loss of the game on their teammates, and quit the game.
Yes, there is the easy way to ignore these allies, by using /squelch. But pubs are sometimes already so boring, and some of these trash talkers can actually be rather entertaining. Like one of the noob example 2s who kept going 'I'm going to trash you fuckers'. So now we all know the reason for his behaviour is coz he is sex deprived, and needs to take it out on people who can get what he cannot have.
The other type of trash talking ally is usually those who think they know what they are doing, and when they lose, proceed to blame you and the rest of their team for their loss. It doesn't matter if you haven't been feeding, are a late game hero, or actually even have some kills. It just takes you to do something they don't approve of (e.g. agrue with another ally about non-DOTA related matters) in the game for them to blame you for their loss. These type of allies tend to critise your play style, e.g the items you bought, did not buy, and the skills you took. It does not matter that they may have bizarre builds themselves, like Lina having a Blink Dagger as one of the first items (My friend suggested it was so the finishing move could be a really stylo one where Lina blinks in and Lagunas the opponent; I thought it COULD be to help aim the area stun properly by blinking in and stunning the area around herself - either way, bizarre as it may be, I don't critise you on your build because unique builds are the one that make the game more interesting).
These allies will ask you why your Sven doesn't have any lifesteal or a BKB (doesn't matter that you left Sven to solo the middle lane with lion as 1/2 of the opponents for 3+ levels, or that your hero is only level 14 and doing quite well even with the early game capping). They may also scold you for not turning on Metamorphosis with Terrorblade to fend off the incoming creeps, when you had already done that a few minutes ago and the spell is on cool down. I just don't play with them anymore. Amazingly, these usually turn out to be friends of my friends. I have no idea why. Do guys younger than me, especially those in NS, really have immaturity problems?
But of course, in the long course of playing DOTA, you will meet allies who are really in a class of their own. I just met one today. My friend on the same team (yup, the same one who suggested the use of the Blink Dagger for Lina) nicely helped my team find out how strange some people can get, by accidentally sharing control of his hero with that ally. As expected, that ally took 2 of his items, and had to be bugged to return them. He immediately returned the 1st item, but obstinately refused to return the 2nd item. He kept insisting he didn't take it. The whole team kept telling him he had it, but he kept protesting. Finally, approximately 20 minutes later, after being constantly bugged and followed around by my friend, he suddenly says 'it wd'. Another friend playing on the same team controlling the Witchdoctor friend messages us and said 'he give to me for fish!'. So we are all thinking crap this noob, can't even return the item to the right person.
But then that guy suddenly scolds my friend (and us all I guess) for his 'wrong accusation', and says that the Witchdoctor took the item in the first place. 'Next time see properly then say.' I almost died of laughter.
As expected, he leaves shortly after, having suicided again for the millionth time. But not before making friends with the guy who shared the same lane with him in early game. Some allies are really. In a class of their own.
Noob Example 1
Noobs who proclaim to the world that they have lost the last game because their team refused to buy wards, and hence got pawned by some hero with an invisiblity skill, e.g. Stealth Assassin, and thus cause the game to be lost. Sees that same hero in the game they are currently in, scream that we had all better get wards, proceed to get a 0-4 kill-death ratio with a hero that has an escape mechanism (e.g. Bone Fletcher), then quit the game.
Noob Example 2
Noobs who proclaim to the opposing team that they are going to own them, proceed to die to the opponent's hands many times, call them 'lucky', and proclaim that they are going to start feeding because they have a noob team. They usually then tell the opps they will be able to own them with some other hero, usually Bone Fletcher (why I still have no idea), invite you to come to their game to get trashed, blame the loss of the game on their teammates, and quit the game.
Yes, there is the easy way to ignore these allies, by using /squelch. But pubs are sometimes already so boring, and some of these trash talkers can actually be rather entertaining. Like one of the noob example 2s who kept going 'I'm going to trash you fuckers'. So now we all know the reason for his behaviour is coz he is sex deprived, and needs to take it out on people who can get what he cannot have.
The other type of trash talking ally is usually those who think they know what they are doing, and when they lose, proceed to blame you and the rest of their team for their loss. It doesn't matter if you haven't been feeding, are a late game hero, or actually even have some kills. It just takes you to do something they don't approve of (e.g. agrue with another ally about non-DOTA related matters) in the game for them to blame you for their loss. These type of allies tend to critise your play style, e.g the items you bought, did not buy, and the skills you took. It does not matter that they may have bizarre builds themselves, like Lina having a Blink Dagger as one of the first items (My friend suggested it was so the finishing move could be a really stylo one where Lina blinks in and Lagunas the opponent; I thought it COULD be to help aim the area stun properly by blinking in and stunning the area around herself - either way, bizarre as it may be, I don't critise you on your build because unique builds are the one that make the game more interesting).
These allies will ask you why your Sven doesn't have any lifesteal or a BKB (doesn't matter that you left Sven to solo the middle lane with lion as 1/2 of the opponents for 3+ levels, or that your hero is only level 14 and doing quite well even with the early game capping). They may also scold you for not turning on Metamorphosis with Terrorblade to fend off the incoming creeps, when you had already done that a few minutes ago and the spell is on cool down. I just don't play with them anymore. Amazingly, these usually turn out to be friends of my friends. I have no idea why. Do guys younger than me, especially those in NS, really have immaturity problems?
But of course, in the long course of playing DOTA, you will meet allies who are really in a class of their own. I just met one today. My friend on the same team (yup, the same one who suggested the use of the Blink Dagger for Lina) nicely helped my team find out how strange some people can get, by accidentally sharing control of his hero with that ally. As expected, that ally took 2 of his items, and had to be bugged to return them. He immediately returned the 1st item, but obstinately refused to return the 2nd item. He kept insisting he didn't take it. The whole team kept telling him he had it, but he kept protesting. Finally, approximately 20 minutes later, after being constantly bugged and followed around by my friend, he suddenly says 'it wd'. Another friend playing on the same team controlling the Witchdoctor friend messages us and said 'he give to me for fish!'. So we are all thinking crap this noob, can't even return the item to the right person.
But then that guy suddenly scolds my friend (and us all I guess) for his 'wrong accusation', and says that the Witchdoctor took the item in the first place. 'Next time see properly then say.' I almost died of laughter.
As expected, he leaves shortly after, having suicided again for the millionth time. But not before making friends with the guy who shared the same lane with him in early game. Some allies are really. In a class of their own.
posted by Shelly at 12:06 AM
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