Well, actually I try hard NOT to think about how I could be using my time better, because then I'll feel bad if I play DotA.
Yeah, for sure, once I get 4K i'm fucking done, just like when I got global elite on CS, I literally quit that shit game, same thing will be for this game, I just want to quit and be able to say I at least got 4000K MMR, and be done with it. Then it's time for lots of free time, and Street Fighter V, a game where it's 1 on 1, so no depending on ugh.... teammates, and a game where if i don't want to play anymore, I can just leave the lobby after 3 rounds, not spend fucking 30 minutes losing a game that I know there's no chance of come backs, sounds like heaven. Good luck on your life bro-skeez.
If your only goal is to get 4k, quit Dota now, don't bother. Even 2k MMR players can get to 4k by smurfing, or even by a bit of luck.
No fucking point.
I crossed some lines in life. Dota2 is a thing keeping me from crossing lines, which actually matter.
well world of warcraft came out in november 2004, when I was in the middle of my junior year of college. At the time I had a 3.9 gpa (all A's and one C in a fucking retarded theoretical math class with a stupid foreign teacher) dropped to a 3.72 by graduation (couple more c's cus I didn't give a fuck anymore), and I dropped a bunch of shitty classes I hated and didn't feel like studying for so I had to take one summer semester with 3 or 4 classes. It ended up costing me $5,000+ in tuition too because I was on a full ride scholarship but it expired after 8 semesters so my 9th wasn't covered. That same summer I invested a couple grand in mastercard right after the ipo. That stock tripled in about a year or so, cashed out. Ford was trading around a dollar then, right in the middle of the great recession, of course I didn't buy any but I HIGHLY CONSIDERED IT. Today ford is around $14 a share.
So what is the point of all this? Gaming clearly cost me $210,000.
Stay away from them video games kidz.
How do you guys keep up playing dota likr 12 hrs a day and become out of control?
I dont get it, one/three game a day is enough an tbh once you play like 3 years of dota you will feel this game is boring :/
^ this
Time management is key. Treat DotA like any luxury activity; watching movie, reading, hang out, etc. Don't let it take your study, work, or any productive time. DotA is just a game anyway. Great game, but still a game nevertheless. Except you want to go full pro, it's not worth it to play DotA and ruin your life
Your post is very good. I'm sure 70% of all high mmr players has their lives ruined at this point. Which can change in short months with correct dedication.
Hope you've enjoyed ur time, dont forget doing what feels right is best if you're confident in urself :)
Gl further in life. I'd also gladly take that account.
dude, dota will life forever. ur not a dota player if u want to quit. really, quit before u got nothing is useless, for 4k is easy, when u played dota 1 and moved to dota 2, u will get the point how to play dota 2, even i opened my TBD solo 4.2k. for u suggest, is good for u and other people who need it, but i think all u guys need is planning ur schedule, and u will be fine. thats it
for me, i think i will stop playing MMR till i reach at least 6k
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HAIL HITLER!
WITH LOVE YOUR LOVELY HATER THAT WILL ONE DAY KILL YOU.
OP. you are young and have plenty to realize. Too much of anything is a bad thing. I started playing Dota roughly the same time as you, and you have well over 3x the amount of games played that I have. I play pretty much every night, so that just paints a picture of how much you must have played. Life is all about balance. Work for your money, go to the gym to stay fit, study, have fun and drink beer over the weekend, go out with your friends, play Dota, watch a movie, read a book, get outside etc. Dont just spend more than half your day every day playing a video game. If you can do that then you have found a sustainable way to live a normal adult life, whilst still enjoying hobbies like video games.
YEA YOU WILL NEVER GET TO 4K MMR OR 5K MMR BECAUSE I WILL FIND YOU AND GUT YOU LIKE A DOG. I WILL KILL YOU AND EAT YOU. I LIKE TO EAT HUMANS. I HOPE THAT YOU ARE YOUNG ONE SO WE CAN HAVE FUN BEFORE YOUR DEATH. I WILL RAPE YOU !!
HAIL HITLER!
This is very true. Once you let dota affect your well being negatively, it starts going down the drain. I crossed the line more than once and it has severely affected my studies. This led me to take a few weeks/months off this game to be able to prove to myself that I am not being controlled by this and to ensure I don't cross that line ever again.
"My personal experience 2 ~ 3 months of Dota-free life... is that I see world in a different perspective, I'm starting to regain my studying habbits, and now, my life feels complete..." this is so very true
Gl with all your life goals
People like the OP as truly pathetic, they make excuses for their poor live choices. They will always latch onto some external factor in their life (dota) causing all their problems. Lets be very clear Dota didnt cause you to fuck up your life you would have created some other form of time killer then blamed it for everything wrong going on. Get a job take night classes then go to college stop making excuses for shit
Dota 1 "destroyed" my studies when I started first. But to be honest: It could have been anything. I also worked more than 20 hours a week, ditched lectures because I had to commute more than two hours to get to the university because I wanted to stay with my parents and have my girlfriend close by. It is not just dota. It is the fact that I did not have any aim in life. I did not know what I want. I never had to work hard for my marks in school. It just came to me. I never had to bust my ass off. I always took the easy way.
Playing too much video games is just a symptom of my escapism. It is about me not striving to get a job and earn money because that does not appear desirable to me. But I gradually changed over the years. I am now ready to finish my studies. I am ready to play a little less to achieve something real for once. I was not before. But it is not dota that made me not do shit. It was my psyche. Me not being ready to be an adult. Me not believing in my self at all. My parents dictating my life goals because I had none.
Still the only thing that makes me more happy than listening to music an playing dota is hanging out with my best friends who I only get to see every few months because I had to move for my studies and I have not really met anyone who I want to befriend so far. I know I got issues. But I do not blame dota for it. I will manage. I will finish my studies. Way too late, not in time or anything. But I now got the confidence I never had. I have no idea what I would have done to myself if there wasn't dota. Maybe I would have started to drink. Maybe I would have gotten the sickest grades. I have no idea. I just know that it is how it is and it does not help to flaggelate one self for past mistakes. I know I hardly can do it myself. But you need to learn from your past, not let it control you.
20 hours plus studying full time. It did not go well. There is only so much you can work when your studies are planned at 40 hours a week. So I had to cut somewhere. And since I was young and dumb I valued the money too much.
Now I work 4 hours a week in the university library, maybe 8 next semester, if I can make room. But working more than 4-8 hours delays you too much unless you want to completely cut leisure time. I also need 9-10 hours of sleep per day or I will get rekt after a few days. My days are just not as long as the average persons day. This is a problem and there is no way to change it.
I play 5+ hours a day (not just dota; tf2, cs:go, cod, payday etc) and 10+ hours on weekends. That means I spend 45 hours a week gaming. In holidays its more like 80.
I used to be a straight-A student. 100% of every test, and I was reasonably popular at school. I began playing computer games aged 12. From then, I have not gone a week without playing, and they are the hardest weeks, I'll spend any time I can watching youtube videos on my favourite game. I stay up into the early hours of the morning doing shit all.
Now, I realise I've essentially fucked my life. I never study for exams and spend all my free time gaming. Its the first thing I do in the morning and last thing I do before I sleep. On the weekends, I sometimes forget to eat, or eat almost nothing. I stopped doing sport and lost touch with friends as I never go out. I can still scrape through exams from past knowledge and guesswork but I have no chance of getting into a decent university now.
I can't stop gaming. I've tried but I always fail. It has taken over my life. I can't sort out the shit I've got myself into, but take this as a word of caution. Please, try not to fuck up your life.
You guys are addicts then in general. My post was facitious. I was kidding. Yeah it actually happened but the truth is I was burnt out on school and took some classes easy. If you really have a video game or internet addiction get help don't blame dota blame yourself and get help cus u are probably depressed. But don't post this stupid shit in here hoping to justify your behavior it's not normal most people can play and be just fine.
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For more than a year, this game and forum meant more to me, than others might presume.
After being forced to leave a country which I called "home", really frustrated me (due to visa issues) and this lead to the detriment of my life...
Being kicked out on the verge of graduating High school really stripped me of my educational goal; to pursue my dream in college.
From February 20~30 ish of 2014, I started Dota 2 which I could say I had a blast of a time as an individual... but as of now, all I feel is grief... what other things I could have done, to further improve my life? rather than procrastinating and only living a life of full-filling immediate satisfaction.
My main goal of this short article is for everyone to think again,,, of how Dota 2 can affect your life negatively if one cannot control the temptation. I'm not saying we all should quit Dota, what I really mean is that there are certain lines that we should never cross... which I did for more than a year.
I appreciate everyone in the Dotabuff forum who provided me with countless laughs, smiles when I needed them the most during the hardest time of my life... I actually quit Dota and I can give you my account if anyone wishes to use them... (although I never liked Ranked; 3k pubber). My personal experience 2 ~ 3 months of Dota-free life... is that I see world in a different perspective, I'm starting to regain my studying habbits, and now, my life feels complete...
Thanks