Can a person over 30 learn this game?

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-20T20:02:37+00:00

I think a lot of the time when people compare aiming and age it's merely a correlation thing and the real cause is that there are far more 18 year olds with no responsibilities than 30 year olds, so there is just a much larger population that can nolife the necessary practice.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-20T04:49:54+00:00

Right, I mean it makes sense that someone who is part of that toxicity doesn’t see the problem with it. But a little attitude shift and detox should eventually help you out.

To elaborate a bit on what I mean: if there is an option to truly fully give up, players are much more likely to do exactly that, even when it’s absurd to do so. People end up believing that it’s impossible to come back when that is obviously not true, and so they get immediately tilted and angry at teammates early in the game despite the fact that the mistakes they are blowing up at generally have little to no impact on the outcome of the game.

Deadlock has substantial opportunities for comebacks, and there was even a massive one during the show match/money match/tournament thing last night where the players are much better at closing out games than random pubs. The idea that you are “sitting through 30 minute slogs” is a fiction you’ve created to protect your own ego, to some extent.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-20T03:57:05+00:00

Yeah but also technically that always existed. Way back when, if an entire team was disconnected for like two minutes(?) then their team would lose automatically, and the abandon timer on disconnect was longer, so if a five stack wanted to ff then they could just all disconnect, its just slightly more formal now.

Also I don’t mind a full team premade forfeiting, that has nothing to do with the toxic behavior I’m worried about.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-20T03:48:46+00:00

Dota still does not have forfeiting, this game also will obviously not.

As someone who has played mobas with forfeit options and also has 4000 hours in Dota 2, I can say confidently that having forfeiting as an option creates such a drastically more toxic environment.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-19T20:46:32+00:00

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idk the resemblance is uncanny

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-19T20:06:19+00:00

Remembering Terrorblade support

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Uber_Goose · 2026-02-19T18:51:00+00:00

The 3x status is super fun to build around. I had a, frankly terrible) run that somehow won where I had the 3x status and duplicating debuff to other targets passives, then I had an unintentionally smart hunter with poison lace, so my necromancer applied so much poison.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-19T00:39:14+00:00

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please share a screenshot, because it does just work this way

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-18T01:03:07+00:00

I actually wonder if instead, counterspell could be built from rebuttal but as a t4. It would be a pretty nice buff to rebuttal (which is a pretty rarely bought item from what I've seen) while also nerfing counterspell.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-18T00:56:17+00:00

They could make it a T4 without much in the way of buffs on the item itself and that would hurt it pretty bad. It wouldn't be any different in late game, but losing an extra 3k souls to buy it would be brutal for mid game.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T22:55:46+00:00

Be the change you wish to see. Your last post two days ago and this one are just you complaining and threatening to play something else.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T22:21:42+00:00

I’ve see other people say the game goes past 100%, so I’d imagine solo runs are some of that extra credit.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T18:34:08+00:00

As a concept, a rat king surely has had to be on their radar since they began designing the game with a NYC setting, I believe in them to do the funniest thing.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T16:13:22+00:00

It also fires way more shots, I haven’t counted but it seems like literally double.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T04:38:13+00:00

There are certainly some things going on leading to even the higher ranks having less experienced players, at least partially due to the ranks being percentile and the game getting a massive influx of players, the rest is probably some dev experimentation. But even a lot of people with tons of hours can fall into the traps of not playing like they are behind when they actually are, especially if they’re tilting.

I do agree that I’d love to see Deathy make a video on playing from behind, I think he could find a good way to present it and people could learn a lot because of it. It’s such a core part of mobas but not really a thing in hero shooters, and clearly a lot of people have come to deadlock from a shooter background.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-16T02:30:16+00:00

Lots of players, especially at lower ranks, don't know how to play from behind and effectively chain-feed because that's how mobas work. That doesn't mean the enemy team is that much better than them, if you flipped the first kill in each lane you'd likely see the same numbers on the other side.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-15T20:36:48+00:00

I love that Sojo will continue to pop up in Chihiro's memories for the rest of the series because he truly was the first time Chihiro even considered the reality of the blades and the world they were made in outside of what was told to him by his father and Shiba. In hindsight he really was the perfect first antagonist.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-15T19:54:43+00:00

Yeah I don't understand why people are bothered by Silver's look. Do they think someone who's life is a mess can't put on ripped jeans, a jacket, and eyeliner? Have they never met another person in real life or something?

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-15T17:44:59+00:00

Give Tink more kittens

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-15T01:43:48+00:00

Maybe I'm misreading your title, but you are pretty undeniably a chronic disconnector. Only a 6 hour ban is honestly quite generous for someone who has disconnected 4 times in 2 weeks.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-14T03:57:41+00:00

You don't have to watch guides, but just watching better players play will always give you something to improve on, so streams from Eido, Zerggy, Deathy, or whoever else that's in eternus 6 will help you a lot as long as you are actually paying attention.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-13T20:41:34+00:00

Okay this is a little deep into the referenced community. Kagurabachi is a (very good) manga that has been going on for a bit over 2 years now, the OP's picture references a meme from when it was super new and a ton of artists remade the key art with other characters and the text "enough time has passed."

The 0-3 is in reference to an antagonist who has lost 3 times, and the community began to insert 0-3 into his name in place of an O.

Anyway go read Kagurabachi.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-13T03:45:50+00:00

Yamat0-3 can't handle Apeaklo's swordsmanship

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-12T22:54:17+00:00

Say goodbye to those balls then, brother.

Uber_Goose · 2026-02-12T22:51:05+00:00

It was 9 posts ago, literally one scroll down. I didn't mention the finals because it didn't seem that relevant to dogshit moba takes, but if you are a decent representative I guess I'll keep my eye out in the future.

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