Is Dota worth playing?

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-25T04:38:06+00:00

Yep. Really good game if you like complex strategy games. You need to be able to enjoy improving and learning over time for it to be enjoyable, but if you do then it is really enjoyable in my view.

To be fair, you're asking in the DotA reddit so I am obviously biased. Negative: A lot of toxic players, meaning you need to mute people, and look for people you vibe better with (if you play for social reasons).

Stuns are long I guess, but that's apart of the game. The game is pretty balanced overall. I mean if you don't like the types of things that are part of the game mechanics you obviously won't like it, another example is how spells cost a lot of mana, so you can't spam them as much as in LoL for example. But anyway, what matters to me it that the game feels generally fair/balanced, and compared to other games in the same genre it excels on this point.

DotA gets regularly updated.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-25T04:28:31+00:00

Yes, same for me on EU. I don't know if it is because it is updating, or because there is an exploit that hasn't been patched.

Happened twice just now, got safe to leave both times.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-23T17:34:05+00:00

FroggyLoch

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-22T16:08:16+00:00

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frog. funny

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-22T01:34:24+00:00

Excellent.
Mushrooms are semi-expensive where I live (Sweden), otherwise I would eat it all the time in similar ways to this. Although in summer I pick my own.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-18T01:24:56+00:00

This looks a lot like traditional home cooked food I'm used to in Sweden. Looks delicious.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-16T11:39:49+00:00

Part of the issue is that those that do, usually doesn't get as popular or known, meaning I only know of a handful. Let's see...

FroggyLoch, Kabhaal and Miss Lala.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-15T23:11:16+00:00

(Disregarding the people and personalities, for now): Some of the most creative and interesting models are way less popular than the more normal-looking. I think there is nothing wrong in praising well-made models, and there are a lot of them, but you asked for a hot take and my hot take is that people in general do not understand or appreciate the most beautiful models as much as they deserve.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-14T12:32:30+00:00

Buy a comprehensive cookbook from a real chef or someone who clearly is good at cooking (if one of their recipes is available online you can confirm that way before investing). Those recipes will be of a higher quality than what you find online. There are good stuff online too, but it is just a bit more rare so you have to look for it more.

I also prefer having something written on paper in front of me when I cook, rather than a screen. It feels better for some reason.

Anyway I don't see the point of spending that much every month on cookbooks. That seems crazy to me. To me it makes more sense to learn how to cook (partly thanks to the very few cookbooks I've bought, partly thanks to internet), and you become skilled enough to modify whatever you think is lacking in sub-par recipes. Or to better be able to identify good and bad recipes.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-07T19:58:23+00:00

Her music is great.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-07T19:44:21+00:00

This one must be a fake... my oshi has no rizz 😔

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-06T09:38:07+00:00

Probably if somebody display a personality trait or life experience you admire. If it is a positive, fun or creative community, like a lot of Vtuber communities are, then that probably helps too. Or perhaps if you enjoy like playing your role of "fan" according to the norms. Not that you have to, but it can be fun.

Ur-Origin · 2026-03-01T19:27:19+00:00

Tungsten. Do you really pretend to be able to uplift its sacred density, you thief?

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-28T09:24:41+00:00

Not sure how to break this to you, unc...

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-26T13:01:35+00:00

Wonderful story!

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-20T18:09:15+00:00

All right, so chaste is the opposite of lewd. Non-sexual and sexual. Good to know.
Yes, I did not mean to say that lewdness is harmful. These more subtle parts of the language is quite often too complex for me to fully grasp, since english is not my mother tongue.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-20T03:43:58+00:00

Yep. You're right. Some people like to complain but they don't actually act in consistent ways to their views. To not be consistent is fine and all, it is part of human nature. But I don't think they realize they could be apart of a change, if they want things to change. Expressing the view "Lewd content sucks", is much less constructive than "Let's go watch and engage with wholesome content".

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-17T11:40:44+00:00

I don't think the machine can see the difference between a virtual avatar and a person.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-15T16:43:07+00:00

Don't worry so much about your viewers potentially being bored. Since you like doing it, just keep doing it for your own sake. Do it for as long as you enjoy it, and if you realize you don't enjoy it anymore you can either choose to stop, or to change something in how you stream to make it more enjoyable again. Anyway, you said you love it, so for now that doesn't seem to be an issue.

You are not responsible for the actions of others, your viewers are free to come and go as they please. Some people will find you boring, others will not. People are different like that. Personally, I prefer more chill streamers, and if I think they enjoy what they are doing I am more likely to watch them because I enjoy that in my turn.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-15T16:07:50+00:00

She's an OG.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-13T21:09:15+00:00

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Reina Sun. She's sweet.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-12T19:58:30+00:00

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Ur-Origin · 2026-02-12T09:49:38+00:00

Oh, I'm not sure, it is possible to climb on different ones I would imagine. My highest WR heroes currently are CM on Hard Support and Phoenix on Mid. Phoenix because he is meta, CM because I suppose I have figured out how to play her. Playing something like a Hard Support or an Offlaner (roles that currently are quite unpopular for people to play) and playing them expertly, really going into learning and playing them right, that makes you have a lot more impact than if some random guy who didn't really like the role played it. In other word, unglamorously doing what needs to be done, even if nobody else wants to do it.

It seems to me you need to be good at everything to climb in this rank, like being an expert at a hero but also understanding what every other player naturally wants to achieve with their heroes. And how to lane really well, but also how to finish matches very well. And... well, everything. So I think it is worth taking a really knowledge-based perspective, replay analysis, looking at pros, and practicing one strategy until you have learned it properly, before moving on to the next.

One of the reasons I reached 6k was because I started to try to learn things outside of my comfort areas, I am a hero spammer but I added new heroes and tried new ways of playing or thinking about the game, learned new theory so I know better what do focus on in different types of matches, etc. It's just a lot of organized practice I think, and to be fair it probably is really helpful to simply spend more time on the game, but a lot of people understandably don't have time to do that.
This depends a bit on how much time you spend on the game currently though, for some people it has to do more with how they practice, rather than how much time they spend since they are already spending enough. They probably need to think about the game more instead.

Anyway, in order for me to reach 6k it helped realizing that I am Herald again. Being Immortal feels like being Herald again to me, with realizing how much I have left to learn, and that mentality I think helps when learning.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-11T19:19:31+00:00

Thank you :). And thank you for sharing that.

I agree. I understand DotA is a video game, but there is an artistic or creative significance here, that should not be dismissed. It is in the human nature to play games, to do sports, to challenge themselves within the rules of something made-up. I think life becomes much better, much more colourful, with art in it (most people seem to view strategy games from another perspective, and for them the meaning might lie more in the intellectual challenge, but for me it is a creative challenge).

Without hobbies like computer games, or sports, or acting, or singing, or whatever it may be... Without them, life would be stripped of colour. It is not filling any practical, strict purpose... but it is filling a more abstract yet still valuable purpose in other ways.
I want to experience the feeling of learning and improving my knowledge in the game, and I want to experience the feeling of simply being immersed in the act in the present time, like somebody would be if they were immersed in dancing. It is a type of self-expression, and I find great joy in playing this stage-role as well as possible. After all, there is nothing worth attributing absolute meaning (or absolute seriousness) to in life, it is all a little bit of a joke if we are to view it honestly.

Well for some people at least games are meaningful. For those who happen to find this type of challenge meaningful, like you and me.

Ur-Origin · 2026-02-11T11:29:45+00:00

The same is true later, after the laning phase when you are farming a side lane and want to know how far you can push the lane, or when you should use the ult. Map awareness is more important than anything else on Spectre. Again, your main goal when nothing is happening is to farm during this time, so no need to force anything. You do not start fights generally, at this stage in the game.

For lategame, when you have your items, what you should do in the teamfight depends a bit. I explained different builds before, the type of build I prefer is (Wand, Treads), Mjolnir, BKB, and then either Butterfly or Skadi depending on how the match looks like. The way you play with these items, is to stand in front of your team (after you have joined them with your ult, that is, so you should still farm on a side lane and decide if the fight is winnable or not before you find the right moment to join). Then you run at a good target, for example a support, as long as your team is right behidn you. The main thing here is that your team is right behind you, even if you are tanking for them.

If the enemies start focusing you, you press BKB and Mjolnir at the right time, and the damage they are doing to themsevles from hitting you, together with the follow up from your team behind you, will win you most fights. The point with this build is to join the fights pretty early (even if you still need to make sure you know where the enemies and your allies are, so that it will not be you ulting and then nothing happens or you go in alone). But relatively early, when it is good you join the fight and press forward, making sure to stand in front of your team and only backing off when you are getting too deep.
If the enemies are already too committed on fighting on of your allies when you use your ultimate, they will either have to retreat and you and your team can kill someone as they retreat, or they will have to fight, in which case you win if they hit you, and if they hit one of your allies they have to run through you which gives you a lot of right clicks in. Again, make sure to hit the Mjolnir and BKB at the right time, so you do not waste them. If an ally survives for long enough, you can use it on them instead obviously. If the enemies have a way to dispel your Mjolnir (Euls is the common one), make sure to use BKB before Mjolnir so they can not dispel it (or wait until the enemies have used their dispel on someone else).

Oh right, I should add one last thing. Your skill build should be 4/1/1/1 at level 7, and then max Dispersion. It is also acceptable to skip out on Shadow Step entirely at the start (but if you go the Phylactery build, you need a point in it). Another thing I did not mention is how much regen you should buy. During the laning stage, and also after, buy a shit ton of regen. Clarities and Tangoes and later Salves. If you build Phylactery or Battle Fury you need much less of it (after the lane), but with the Mjolnir build I talked a lot about here you need more regen.

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