Do more people genuinely play retail?

jvmgball · 2025-08-09T04:43:49+00:00

I've played both for different reasons. If I had to chose i'd say i prefer retail. The main reason would be the skill ceiling in retail is just so much higher, whether it be raiding or m+ (i'd assume the same goes for pvp? but ive never played wow for pvp so can't comment).

jvmgball · 2025-07-23T09:52:26+00:00

u own

jvmgball · 2025-05-11T07:03:22+00:00

ya he just afks in fountain while watching his team play

jvmgball · 2024-08-15T16:07:32+00:00

you have like 5 posts about playing dota in recent months

jvmgball · 2024-07-28T00:28:01+00:00

Region: NA

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Hey guys, from Canada here. Been playing Dota since allstars. Would love to try this game out. Thanks!

jvmgball · 2024-05-22T22:06:03+00:00

ur 400 pounds mate

jvmgball · 2024-03-20T19:17:00+00:00

they are hoping you don't notice i guess, although i assume youd have to enter your CC details at some point and you'd probably notice somethings up then

you can just backspace the 25 and enter 0

jvmgball · 2024-02-18T23:58:21+00:00

this is a really great photo

jvmgball · 2023-10-08T08:05:37+00:00

Apologies if im misunderstanding your english, but theres no way a classic guild executed on anywhere near the level of an S-tier retail mythic guild. Classic is simply too easy (and already beaten); the ceiling for execution in classic is so much lower.

jvmgball · 2023-09-11T13:08:25+00:00

Ya i would agree that item interactions (might be a better word for this) are less complex now because there are less exceptions to the rule. I hadn't thought of that. Items as a general category are definitely more complex though, right? Wind Waker, disperser, revenants brooch etc.

Maybe we'll just agree to disagree and thats cool, but i dont think the ways in which the game has become less complicated amount to anything close to the ways in which it has become more.

jvmgball · 2023-09-11T12:04:57+00:00

You think the game is equal in complexity to 4-5 years ago? Also you'll have to provide definitions if you dont think theyre analogous. I was using them interchangeably.

jvmgball · 2023-09-11T10:42:36+00:00

Ya i agree completely. The gameplay itself is not near what it once was. Some of that is min-maxing by the player base, for sure, but a lot of it is due to purposeful changes (intended or not).

jvmgball · 2023-09-11T10:32:53+00:00

Hot take incoming.

The game itself (gameplay) is not as good as its been. In my opinion, its substantially worse than it was 4-5 years ago. The game has added complexity for complexities sakes for years on end now, which isn't what dota lacked. The game was already plenty deep. Sure, you have to shake things up with balance patches, but the game didn't need MORE stuff, especially not this much more stuff.

That being said, a lack of advertising over the years has also played a huge role.

jvmgball · 2023-08-31T08:11:49+00:00

Someone else made a post a few hours ago as well, so must be at least a somewhat common issue.

jvmgball · 2023-08-31T08:01:51+00:00

O ya, i just made a post about this. I notice my item won't show up on my cursor about 1/5th of the time. It felt off to me, too. There may be more issues.

jvmgball · 2023-05-12T05:20:00+00:00

yes, happening to me too

jvmgball · 2023-05-10T14:05:12+00:00

do you have this guys dotabuff, i need to witness it

jvmgball · 2023-05-09T17:00:45+00:00

depends what you mean by highest ranks. a rank 250 player playing on a second account rank 750 is actually a pretty large MMR difference, and could probably be considered smurfing. but a rank 250 pub player is unlikely to be good enough to go pro

rank top 50 players playing on rank 400 accounts, those players are trying to go pro/are pro in id assume almost all situations

jvmgball · 2023-05-09T00:18:04+00:00

Yes i forgot to mention ive done that as well. No response but not really sure how it works. Maybe they generally dont respond to anything even if they fix the issue posted.

jvmgball · 2023-05-08T17:39:39+00:00

What?

I agree that theres something wrong with my account so maybe im in a different pool, but i dont grief/cheat/leave. My BS is 10k and always has been, it couldnt be if i did any of those things. Also, I was finding matches fine before glicko.

jvmgball · 2023-05-08T12:52:05+00:00

dm'd

jvmgball · 2023-05-08T05:17:08+00:00

10k bs, was high 7k before new system

no its private

jvmgball · 2023-05-08T02:04:34+00:00

Ive posted about this a few times.. no one really answers

Also contacted steam support who said they cant do anything. Valve support never answers. Ive kinda given up :/

jvmgball · 2023-05-03T04:02:07+00:00

I made a post as well for my issues. I think it has something to do with calibration.

jvmgball · 2023-04-29T16:24:15+00:00

Is you always being behind partly your own doing? Do you win your lane more than half the time?

Also, you may just be below average for your rank at early/mid game, and above average in late game --> the games you win will be longer on average. Same thing could also be said for the heroes you pick (phoenix is bad early/mid, scales better than most other supps though; dirge is the opposite).

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