Dota Personality

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  • Your mom is knocking on your door trying to get your attention. She clearly doesn’t understand Dota. What do you do?

  • Pause the game and talk with your team about how to win the current play

  • Keep playing through the distraction

  • Pause and find out what she needs

  • I don't live with my parents so this would never happen to me

  • I am perfectly capable of tactically pausing without a distraction, thank you very much

  • Your teammate disconnects. What do you do?

  • Pause and wait for them to return

  • Play on without them

  • Start flaming before they have returned

  • Pause for awhile and then play without them

  • Lie and say you know them. Convince everyone to wait as long as possible

  • When I’m not sure what hero I want to play I...

  • Random

  • Wait to see what my team picks and then compliment them

  • Focus on the opposing team’s heroes and counterpick

  • Pick a hero I haven’t played before or in a long time

  • What separates Dota 2 from every other game?

  • Denies

  • Overpowered hero abilities that beautifully translate into the most balanced deaths ever seen in a video game

  • Complexity that mere mortals will never understand. See exhibit A: Trees

  • Items that actually do things

  • Icefrog’s throne of money from hat sales

  • In my experience I know we will win a match when..

  • I get my goddamn tangos

  • We get both bounty runes at 00:00

  • At least 3 teammates predict a win

  • I have leveled the year beast enough

  • Do you talk on voice chat?

  • Often

  • Sometimes

  • Never

  • Only when we are winning

  • Only when we are losing and my team needs direction

  • How accurate would you say your MMR is?

  • Too high

  • Just right

  • A little bit too low

  • Way too low

  • What is your age?

  • Between legal internet browsing age in my country and 18

  • 18-22

  • 22-27

  • 27-35

  • 35-45

  • 45-60

  • 65+

  • Given an ideal team to fill all other roles, what do you prefer to play?

  • 1 (Carry)

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5 (Support)

  • No preference

  • In a Dota game what is most likely to make you rage?

  • Wards and not having any

  • Stealth detection related failures

  • Teammates without any communication

  • My perceived superiority over whoever is in the enemy’s mid lane

  • Getting shut down in a team fight

  • When/if your Dota 2 professional career doesn’t pan out, what will be the cause?

  • I’m the smartest person I know, but I don’t actually apply myself

  • I only play one hero over and over

  • I get a girlfriend/boyfriend

  • My elaborate hat collection causes the enemy team to always focus on me due all of the particle effects

  • Matchmaking is broken and I only get horrible teammates

  • On the all pick screen your teammate hovers over Techies. Do you...

  • Politely suggest a different pick to fit the lineup

  • Ask for reassurance if he's good with Techies and allow the pick

  • All chat: “GG we lost” and walk into the enemy tower at the start

  • Disconnect

  • It doesn’t matter. Everyone should play the hero that they want to play and have fun with the game.

  • If Dota 2 ceases to exist in 2 years time it will be because of…

  • A massive nuclear world war resulting in the end of life as we know it; probably related to tense Dota games where every player selected every language and thought it would be fine

  • /r/Dota2’s daily dose of negativity

  • 2013 being the last Diretide ever held

  • A strike from workshop contributors that dries the flow of hats into the economy

  • An oversaturation of esports leagues that results in everyone getting a trophy because we’re all winners damnit