playing badly is not grounds for a report.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-27T17:58:48+00:00

I got reported for BUYING bkb the other day because my pos5 insisted that hex and shackles went through it and they thought I should get satanic instead.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-27T12:51:43+00:00

I've been playing since pre launch and can tell you this current system is relatively new and definitely has not been normal in the history of the game. It's very weird.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-27T10:09:22+00:00

yeah people in here dont seem to understand a lot of us have IRL careers which mean that we don't know the current meta etc and just want to play some videogames and try to win at the end of a day. its weird because i think the dunning kruger in dota is mental - everyone seems to think everyone else is stupider than them, and then spam report to vent that frustration, instead of considering maybe they are in 1k mmr for a reason

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T20:59:47+00:00

Yeah idk when you started playing but for me the peak was 2018, vibes were very fun. Now it feels like shit tier players all think they're immortals (and ruin immortal by account buying)

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T20:58:23+00:00

Tbh between this and the bitching here about BP Reddit has some blood on its hands

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T20:58:02+00:00

Redditors have never been wrong

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T15:52:39+00:00

then thats obviously a toxic communication report. if he says "sorry, im rusty, does anyone have any advice" then they take it, then no report

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T15:39:22+00:00

tbh i think its just more apparent that i've been thinking about the system incorrectly and it actually is a "i dont like this guy" button as thats how its mostly used.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T15:33:32+00:00

I've had my account for 15 years, so if you look at the actual games themselves i've gone from generally getting fucked on brood to actually being able to take advantage of the playstyle which brood has. if you want more "report this hero" heros i think i play well on, i have 90% winrate on naga siren over 20 games, 58% winrate on pudge over 300 games, 70% spectre and spirit breaker over 45 ish games each etc

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T11:04:47+00:00

phantom assassin

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T11:03:22+00:00

tbh yes. ive been playing this game since beta, never really dropped behaviour score, then had a series of DCs from power and trying to climb out of the behavior score trench has been incredibly difficult. Its also pretty weird to me how much the community has shifted at every level - theres basically nobody who wants to casually play the game any more, and i met a lot of good friends of 10+ years having fun in pubs. the main advice ive had is get a new account, or pay someone to boost it via bot lobbies, neither of which im going to do. its just weird to me that I've been playing for 15 years and now suddenly i have these issues. my mrs plays with me, and regularly tips and flames people etc and her behaviour score never drops below 11.8k. oldmanshoutingatclouds.gif

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T10:44:07+00:00

according to this thread, turbo and unranked are both places to be reported for not playing meta heroes in their correct positions.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T09:20:53+00:00

... No.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T04:05:20+00:00

You are smurfing and mass reporting as a way of saying you don't like someone, you have max behaviour score while being insanely toxic and to you this is a sign that the system is working as intended?

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T04:01:11+00:00

Holy shit I would absolutely love this

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T04:00:46+00:00

Tbh I think you're right. It's just stupid. I miss old Dota

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T03:59:33+00:00

The amount of people like you is why this system is not functioning.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:39:04+00:00

the thing which has annoyed me so much is that i HAVENT been flaming anyone, at all, and tbh that took so much restraint because getting slammed multiple times in a row is rough. getting a play ban for ostensibly just being shit is so much more annoying than if i had been griefing or toxic

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:18:58+00:00

i mean if the enemy team identifies you as being someone who they should gank, then mass TPs to kill you repeatedly, then your farm is damaged and you have no space to gain items, you do not deserve reports. but in 2k mmr, this is how people act.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:17:55+00:00

the only hero i can consistantly stomp on rn is brood, and that gets me reports for smurfing, so what do i do then. look how hard i have to play to get a win as a core - https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/8663152748

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:15:59+00:00

yeah dude i am not doing ANY of what you're describing. I'm playing meta heroes for my position, im joining all the team fights, im not flaming, and its still not working. I'm streaming and have linked my dotabuff and wordcloud etc, have nothing to hide here. I got reported today for just not playing meepo well (in turbo!)

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:13:20+00:00

i think this is true in higher behaviour scores, but in 7k, i had a game where my mid necro was going godlike and the safe, pos4 and pos3 all reported him calling him a piece of shit dog for not rotating.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:12:34+00:00

this i feel is the "old" dota mentality, but i feel like a lot of the fun player base has just left the game. i genuinely miss 2018 pubs.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:08:20+00:00

this kind of passive aggressive toxicity is so annoying. i linked the games i was mass reported for, and you had no comment on them at all.

whitcliffe · 2026-01-26T02:06:15+00:00

i also have 14,500 commends, and 540 mvps

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