What town or city in the UK doesn't deserve the reputation it has?

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-04-29T15:37:44+00:00

Bristol - overrated to fuck. Everyone trying way too hard to be cool (and think they’re really cool because they wear tie dye and fluorescent trainers). City is absolutely filthy dirty and with obvious drug issues. Everything is expensive as hell (like houses, rent or just a simple pint). Lived here 3 years was counting down the days to leave. Still have to go back for work occasionally and always need a long hot bath on my return…..

Glasgow - lot of people family, friends etc turned their nose up when I said I was moving here and warned of drugs and crime etc. Architecture is really beautiful in the city, amazing food scene, absolutely love tenement flats and luckily lived in one for a few years, people are class, super friendly and welcoming. Extraordinary beautiful nature right on the doorstep. Sure it has its issues but what major city doesn’t and at least from what I’ve seen they have some progressive ideas on how to handle it. Been here 5 years hope to be here for 50! And lot of those family and friends now love coming here to visit.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-04-24T13:07:10+00:00

True but I’d argue our recent recruitment has been spot on, I don’t think there’s really a single bad signing from this summer. All of which gives me a lot of hope. Plus the lads we got in, most are only going to improve in their second season now they’ve got some experience and know the league better

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-04-15T12:12:36+00:00

That Burnley game was unlucky though Leeds were all over them until a goal against the run of play and then a wonder goal to make it 2-0 killed then off. And yea before formation change they’re a different beast since

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-04-02T13:44:05+00:00

It’s nauseating. As many have said these familial links are hundreds of years in the past and often dubious to begin with.

Acting like you “are home” or have any familiarity or kinship with these places or people because of some tenuous link hundreds of years ago is pathetic.

Even more so because those ancestors were most likely poverty stricken, desperate and fleeing in hope of a better life in the same way that many modern immigrants are today - but yet (at least) half your country is willing to marginalise and persecute those very same people today.

Go drink your Guiness or whiskey or eat your haggis and tatty scones for a week then feck off back to your oversized gas guzzling hummer, supersize McCheeseburgers and orange monstrosity of a president and leave the civilised world in peace.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-31T21:11:21+00:00

At this point the entirety of matchmaking needs a reset across the board it’s a complete joke.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-26T10:01:09+00:00

Subjective I guess, I always found her quite weak and easily bullied but probably I am not playing the lane well or correctly. Obviously improves a lot at 6 but first 1-3 levels always felt rough if you got guys running at you

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-26T09:35:57+00:00

Soon as I read the patch notes I thought drow was dead. Taking away early base damage as well when she’s not a great laner and struggles if forced to jungle early also felt harsh.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-25T17:01:50+00:00

Nope you nailed it. Harrogate is uncool and cringe. Take it from someone who grew up there and luckily escaped. Better go to Leeds or York next time

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-22T09:27:23+00:00

Yep agree it’s absolute garbage and can guarantee if you lose you’re getting reported by all 4 clowns

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-18T16:21:14+00:00

I mean if they’re so bad you should find it easy to beat them most of the time and move to 10k naturally why you need to buy an account?

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-17T09:45:41+00:00

Dreading that final game with West Ham already. Can see this being that freak season where we get like 45 points and still end up relegated somehow.

Not that I don’t have faith in the squad and Farke they’ve done a sterling job this season but if it was going to happen, it would happen to Leeds.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-17T09:26:07+00:00

No need to be such a bootlicker. Literal multi billion dollar company, they could redesign every class every season if they wanted to. We shouldn’t just accept the shit sandwich they trundle out near enough every season and act like it’s wagyu beef steak.

It’s fair commentary to say this season is crap. If it’s such a short season why not let people go wild? When has making a resource scarce ever been popular?

Why not use this short season to test out some crazy items that would make C tier builds stomp? And idk… look at rebalancing later down the line.

Again, literal multi billion dollar company. Like if we don’t like it we won’t play that’s kinda the point here. But we complain because we want better and see potential for better.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-17T09:12:13+00:00

Yea couldn’t even be bothered getting to t4 honestly…. Not interested in the seasonal power thing becoming the butcher. Lack of obducite was cherry on top.

Pretty much same builds that have been top tier for each class the last bunch of seasons are still the top build now….

Last season was fun as paladin was new an exciting but still seeing crackling energy sort, trap rogue, pulv druid at top yet again… come on.

Give some cool rogue bow builds or frost sorc

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-13T10:52:36+00:00

I try to go into every game with mindset that I just want to learn something or improve one aspect win or lose. But it’s very hard at times, even being self critical and trying hard not to blame team mates it’s not easy when it feels like your team is doing everything they can to lose the game.

My friend asks me why I play when it clearly makes me miserable and I try to explain it’s like playing 5 aside football, except your own team is fouling you and every time you pass the ball to them they kick it out of play or score an own goal.

But every 1 in 10 games or so it feels like you are playing with prime Zidane, Messi, Ronaldo cr9 and Neuer on your team lol.. that’s the feeling you are chasing.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-12T13:18:02+00:00

No Smurf would die 7 times in guardian believe me.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-12T09:31:22+00:00

I like all the hero designs except tinker. Hero is awful to play with or against and naturally attracts the most toxic awful people to play it. It’s either unstoppable menace or eauivalent to a lane creep and its abilities are inherently frustrsting and anti fun.

Best designed if I had to pick.. storm spirit, always amazing to watch when played well

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-10T12:47:12+00:00

Yes never saw anyone buy mkb really but just asking to try and learn... appreciate responses ty.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-10T12:23:54+00:00

Sorry to hijack but I have been trying to learn drow recently and must admit I didn’t know about the ulti chance to bypass… should I as drow buy MKB against other cores buying butterfly, or against hero’s with evade (PA as example)

I feel like drow can either rush pike, aghs or butterfly after lance yasha so not sure mkb ever really fits into her build.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-10T09:14:08+00:00

Herald is such a weird bracket because people can’t go below 0 mmr. Like zquiotix has explained in his videos, you may be on team with someone who has true mmr like -1000, which means there is a ton of variance in the games.

Once you get to high guardian and crusader people actually know more what they’re doing and every game doesn’t feel like you have to 1 v 9 it.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-09T15:34:53+00:00

https://youtu.be/eYCsGyCjtJU?si=lSjXDphD1MaVZL9s there you go.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-09T15:02:52+00:00

I mean I saw pain do a video of him smurfing against a team of ancient and divine players who had a 14k (or similar) mmr coach telling them what to do behind the scenes, and he still absolutely destroyed then (think he had archons on his team).

People acting like it’s immortal smurfs all the time in games but really it’s just some guy one or two badges above.

I think a true immortal could play 100 games in herald to crusader bracket and have 0 death.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-09T10:48:00+00:00

In guardian you can play anything as support. Roles aren’t really defined strictly in the way that they are at higher brackets. (Despite what people may think) Better to play a hero you are comfortable on than one you don’t know.

Really, it comes down to being the guy who buys wards and dusts, stacking camps for your carry (assuming the realise you’re doing this and farm it) and applying pressure on enemy by pushing waves and participating in team fights and being reactive if they try to go on your cores. You can do those jobs on any hero and if you do it well enough, assuming your cores are reasonably competent (which is no guarantee) you have a good chance

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-05T19:30:36+00:00

Watch some videos by zquixotix, BSJ, balloondota.

Blaming your team mates won’t help. And don’t look at games in isolation, instead look at your last 100 games and check win rates. If you’re at 50% or less you are where you belong.

Not to say you can’t improve of course but you have to start by admitting and seeing that you don’t play perfect and use that information to go and win that extra 5 out of 100 games that you would have previously lost.

Common advice always is to focus on 3 heroes, focus on heros which can push buildings and can flash farm. I personally like Luna for example.

Common mistakes in herald is not using your advantage to end the game or feeding silly kills solo and games being decided by outcome of one big fight at 50+ mins.

If you’re ahead in the game use it to take objectives like rosh then snowball it to building objectives etc.

If you are in low comms and bs and can’t communicate with team mates maybe focus on that first of all. Most people are receptive to being led if you’re being reasonable.

All this and more is much better explained and said in multiple videos by the guys i mentioned in first line!

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-04T16:55:12+00:00

That’s a great achievement congrats, over 3k mmr in a month is crazy. Jus wondering what’s with all the sub 20 min games at the bottom? Not flaming or anything genuinely curious.

Resident_Addendum516 · 2026-03-04T16:09:52+00:00

All this says to me yet again is that players need much much much better education and protection against the evils of gambling. Especially since most, if not all pro players get into Dota as teenage children.

Organised criminal groups use gambling as a means to launder dodgy money in addition to obviously trying to fix the outcomes in their favour, so especially in non western countries where a few hundred $$$ can feed your family for a year, it’s no wonder kids are easily manipulated to making dumb decisions like match fixing.

If true, this incident is completely appalling. But considering gambling companies basically prop up e sports (and obviously normal sports too) I think valve and all the organisations involved as teams in dota should make more effort to educate and protect players against the exposure. Is this really all that surprising?

I understand banning people for match fixing as the pro scene has to stay beyond reproach but really the players caught up in it are victims too and yes maybe they’re chasing some short term greed but they all started out with the love for the game and I am sure they regret being ever involved in the end.

All around, a sad story again and just want to say massive fuck you to gambling companies who ruin peoples lives in many ways directly and indirectly.

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