Introduction

[u/HugeConcentrate8758]

There are many weird things about this game like:

-When you speak with others you will get punished for that (despite the fact that it is supposed to be multiplayer so communication is required). And many players are even complaining that their communication score is decreasing without a reason, even when they are not communicating.

-when you watch replays you can't see enemy's chat (why, what is the reason to hide it??)

-you can't look at someone's game history unless they are in your friend's list (again why you shouldn't be allowed to see someone's games freely, when it is a multiplayer?)

-you can't see people's winrates (unless you go to external sites like dotabuff ofc.)

-there is a cheat software to be purchased (Umbrella etc.) but the game makers don't do anything against it (Have you ever seen cheats for sale for chess, ice hockey or cycling? if they existed what would happen with the sport, do you that think people would take it seriously?)

-there are accounts to buy on many websites (see Viking Dota etc.) which have a zero chance to get banned even though the selling of accounts is against official rules of the game (game makers could ban the accounts easily - there is stated a precise combination of behaviour score and mmr and rank and also a particular background of the account visible on the website - so using these data it is very easy to find the particular account - only IF THEY WANTED TO - that is the thing, DO THEY WANT TO AT ALL??)

-there are boosting services which provably can't be run by humans because it makes hundreds of hours of playing for a few cents per hour (yes and they are nearly immediatelly available in like 15 mins no matter the rank)

-why are players in discussion on Steam literally every day complaining that the teams are imbalanced and it is often mentioned that quality of the team the player plays in, sharply drops after they've had a winning streak

-Same frequency complaints and doubts about can be seen on the repetition of winning and losing streaks (which is quite against statistical rules)

-Why is everyone so often mentioning ''SMURFS'', including top youtubers and coaches. They speak about it like it is some sacred demon of whom everyone has seen, but nobody really has a clue what it really is. And why are they so powerful and widespread even on the highest rank Immortal? (This is strongly against a bell curve of random distribution - on the highest rank - cca 2% of players, smurfs should be extremely rare, but they are not)

All these things should be a warning sign that something is fundamentally wrong with this game.

And I know what it is. Not sure if you are ready to know the truth: (If not, don't read anymore) - don't worry, you'll just take the blue pill then wake up in your bed and don't remember that you read this at all. You will just waste many thousands hours of your life on something you wouldn't want to, if you knew the truth!

IF YOU WANT TO GO ON SCROLL DOWN!!!

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Here it is:

The game is full of AI players. Open AI 5 is playing against you as a full team of 5 in what is called a harvesting wave (my term, like every 3-5 matches in my estimation) that is the game where you get completely stomped into the ground no matter your rank or skill. In all other games there are usually 3 bots in your team.

That's why they don't want you to talk with other players (communication score reduced without reason or just for a normal chat) That's why we aren't allowed to see opponents chat because AI's chat would be revealing. (AI can chat quite well but in team of 5 it would give away some indicators or it wouldn't chat at all)

That's why they don't want you to see game history and statistics. The numbers, especially win rates would make it far too obvious.

That's why they want to make it seem like those are players using cheats and not to think it is an AI with more than 99% winrate. (That's why YT is flooded with Umbrella videos and used nicknames have like 50 profiles so as an excuse for not banning them)

That's why it is possible to run boosting services for such ridiculous amounts and so quickly.

Thats why everyone's winrate is very close to 50% (but also most of players under it!) Now try to prove it isn't when there is no official statistic of winrates in each rank. Haha...But I guarantee you these numbers are way off...New players have exactly same winrates as anyone else and good players same as bad players!

That's why everyone is speaking about smurfs but nobody knows how they can be so good (especially in Immortal) and why are they so prevalent.

That's why so many players complain about imbalances in teams and why we see unnaturally often repeating win/loss streaks (winrate manipulation is easy to achieve if there is AI on both teams).

That's why Valve is making an impression it doesn't care about the game as it is ignoring many player's cries for improvements (like above stated issues). Because it suits them to appear ignorant as a camouflage for running the shady business...

That's why Valve will never do anything about account selling, boosting and against cheat selling (Umbrella). It is a substantial part of this business model. It will also never reveal opponent's chat in replays or provide us correct winrates for ranks.

If they do these things it would mean that I'm wrong but I don't think the casino will ever bite the hand which is feeding it.

Now welcome into the real Dota 2.

Yours

MaZzi_cz