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General DiscussionIs Dota dead?

Is Dota dead? in General Discussion
Nile

    I played a game with my friend's newly opened smurf, http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2719478944 we were against 5 low lvl smurfs, none of them were new players, they just wanted to calibrate a higher mmr. And I made all of them rage quit as expected, this is truly pathetic.

    Seoulmate

      smurfs play with other smurfs

      Nile

        How does Dota detect it?

        Svenie Wonder

          Not sure what this has to do with dota being dead.

          Apart from that, I find it astonishing that some people care about a number enough to play games of unbalanced dota.
          Smurfs in general are pathetic man.

          Seoulmate

            Smurfs in general aren't pathetic. If so, you'd basically be calling out every pro player. Smurfs aren't only used to try and calibrate at a higher mmr.

            AAA

              not as pathetic as playing struggling in 2k ranked tho

              Zodyax

                The game analyzes your KDA, total hero damage, total tower damage, etc. It starts doing this since your first match and will consistently update it. It will always pair you with players with similar stats, no matter account level.

                Filthy

                  Ya it's funny cuz when you look at a team that just got stomped on in 4K and look at their profiles the team that got stomped usually has two smurfs on it . You can usually carry one smurf pretty easy but 2-3 becomes pretty tough since almost half your team doesnt belong at that mmr .

                  Svenie Wonder

                    Sorry but smurfs are indeed pathetic. If pro's (or anyone else) get part of their stats from playing against noobs then their stats aint the truth and mean nothing. Hell how could anyone be proud of stats that are achieved by playing unfair unbalanced games?

                    There are 0 good reasons for smurfing outside of trolling.

                    Zodyax

                      Jackie-Chan-Poster
                      Sorry but smurfs are indeed pathetic. If pro's (or anyone else) get part of their stats from playing against noobs then their stats aint the truth and mean nothing. Hell how could anyone be proud of stats that are achieved by playing unfair unbalanced games?
                      There are 0 good reasons for smurfing outside of trolling.

                      The reason Pro's play with smurfs is to preven scouting. Pro's are always checking each other out, too see what the "competition" is up to. Having a smurf let's them play all they want without fear of being scouted.

                      There smurf account still play's at the same level of their main account .

                      Svenie Wonder

                        Sorcery
                        The reason Pro's play with smurfs is to preven scouting. Pro's are always checking each other out, too see what the "competition" is up to. Having a smurf let's them play all they want without fear of being scouted.

                        There smurf account still play's at the same level of their main account .

                        Well thats not really smurfing is it? Theor goal isnt easy wins for stat gain. I would not say what they do falls under the definition.
                        http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17209/where-does-the-term-smurfing-come-from

                        Zodyax

                          Yeah, you are right. Technically it is not smurfing.

                          🍩🍪Cookie🍪🍩

                            during first 10 games on a new smurf, 1 game can be up to +- 2k mmr depending on how hard you stomp/ or get stomped

                            that's how it detects

                            TripleSteal-

                              who the fuck even responds to comments in such a weird way?
                              if u want to make the previous post a part of yours, at least use the bbcode QUOTE command.

                              Zodyax

                                How do you do that?

                                remember to drink water

                                  Dota auto detects smurfs based on your IP.

                                  Yake

                                    Steam publishes the amount of players it has each month etc. DOTA definitely isn't dead or dying.