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How to make the community a better place.
By Deleuze Whore
I've played enough dota now to say with relative certainty that the community is fairly bad. I think most people would be able to say that with relative certainty the community is fairly bad, but I think it can change. I think that most people who are toxic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ are truly capable of not being toxic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and really the only reason they are doing it is because they think it is what's best.
Yea, I know. They are entirely wrong, but think of toxic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as kittens.
Kittens don't know what they are doing is wrong, they don't KNOW they are spawns of Satan.
When a kitten pees on your floor, they don't think it's wrong.
So think of toxic players as kittens.
Dumb, unintelligent and generally unaware that they are dumb and unintelligent.
   
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Step one: Remember you aren't the best. (unless you are.)
Now, this one is mainly for new players but it applies to all of them.
One reason people are worthless, toxic human trash is because they think they are better than everybody else. My friends and I like to call these people Invokers.
Most people in early stages of the game play Invoker. But the issue with this is that Invoker is hard, and whether they think they are good or not... They are not.
You have to remember you're not better than everybody else, and accept that when you find somebody who does know what they are talking about, you will listen to their advice.
The worst kind of toxic player is the one who doesn't listen to anybody else.


So all of them.
Step two: Don't give up.
A big mistake lots of toxic players make is calling gg. And I don't mean after the ancient falls, I mean like, 10 minutes into the game when the game is 1-2 just because their lane is going poorly This is bad, negativity can seriously impact the game because all it really does is lowers everybody's moral. In a team game where you rely on your teamates being positive, that is bad.
Always remember that you can ALWAYS comeback, even from the worst of gold detriments and if you are incapable of thinking that positively, than think positive negativity.
They can always throw harder than we can
If you just think like this you will be well on your way to not being a kitten
I mean a toxic player...
Because at least kittens are adorable.
You are too.
You're adorable.
Step three: If you talk ♥♥♥♥, get out.
No seriously, the people that talk mad ♥♥♥♥ are some of the worst people in the game, nobody wants to have a game where they get insulted the whole way through, nobody.
If you are one of the people who does this, I urge you to stop.
Contrary to popular belief, telling people to
"eat ♥♥♥♥ you cockscking little ♥♥♥♥♥♥ i will ♥♥♥♥ ur mom every day until she ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dis you godam worthless ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ piece of ♥♥♥♥ ill shove my ♥♥♥♥ in he ♥♥♥♥♥."* does NOT make them play better.
*crowd stares in surprise*
No but in all seriousness, if you do that I urge you to either stop doing that, or to stop playing all together. That is not anything that will help anybody get better, all it does is make people hate you and nobody wants that. Well, maybe you do.
That's some kinky ♥♥♥♥ though.
Especially for a kitten like yourself.
;3


*I was actually told that once, no joke.
Step four: If you feed like ♥♥♥♥, get out.
Now, this is not directed to people who feed unintentionally, because I feel sorry for you. You must put up with so many ♥♥♥♥♥ in your games, you're probably gay by now. (if you weren't already, which isn't a problem... Or you might be a girl so I guess that would just be heter- okay this joke is old now) NEWS FLASH: THERE IS NO REPORT FOR DOING BAD. If somebody feeds, they are not doing anything that is classified as a reportable offence, the button is for INTENTIONALLY feeding, not doing so unintentionally. This means for all you new to English speakers out there, you can only click that button if the feeder is doing it on purpose. And if people intentionally feed, they deserve a lifetime ban. That is nothing that should be taken lightly, in all honesty people that intentionally feed are the scum of the earth, forget the Invokers and the toxic players, you can just mute those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The intentional feeder is a common species, which roams the 2k and below plains, searching for wild games to ruin with it's toxic acid.
Legitimately these are the worst kind of people, and if you do that... Please don't do that.
Step five: Don't get mad at your supports unless they aren't doing their job.
It takes guts to pick support, lots of them. You will win your team the game, and then get none of the credit. You will spend all game buying items that people yell at you to get, and then never get any gratification. It's a lonely life, and the people that choose it are gods among men, this step is simple. Just let your support do his/her/other job, and deal with your own problems.
Also make sure to give them credit.
Please.
Step six: If you are gonna afk, abandon.
Please do everybody a favor and just abandon for real, you can do your team ONE favor.
"But, why are you encouraging their abandoning, Ancala?" I hear you asking.
The answer is I'm not, but I've learned that the people who abandon, will abandon no matter what, so the best thing you can do, the nicest thing is to actually do it rather than afk in base.
You see, if somebody full on abandons, their team will be able to sell their ♥♥♥♥ and get the moneys, but if they only afk, the team will only get part of that money.
Step seven: Refer to steps 1 through 6
This is something I legitemately ask you to do, just try to follow this guide. Don't become an elitest, don't be a jerk, don't feed on purpose and all that.
If everybody who reads this tries to improve, maybe the community just might improve too.
gl and hf.
Here is a picture of four kittens, one of them abandoned ;)
99 Comments
Boomyz 24 Dec, 2015 @ 12:58pm 
update to 6.86 noob omg gg
halonight123 18 Dec, 2015 @ 9:57pm 
k
Evil Warlock 6 Nov, 2015 @ 1:31pm 
poor kitty, has to play abandoned match.
Qairon 6 Nov, 2015 @ 8:35am 
Hi, I forgot to mention that in step seven I had a suggestion; in your last jest with the kittens, change it from a picture of four kittens to five, that way it makes sense that one of them abandoned lol.
Zac 26 Oct, 2015 @ 11:14pm 
rusin like a russian
Evil Warlock 25 Oct, 2015 @ 10:01am 
nah man, its all bout dat venomancer
Deleuze Whore  [author] 25 Oct, 2015 @ 8:29am 
Thank you UHO.





By the way, check out how to crush everyone with build for Spectre ;)

UHO 24 Oct, 2015 @ 9:05pm 
I am russian, and I dont like our trash-talking kids, but ones who hate russian 'by default' are no better. Cause hatred just makes the things worse. Nice guide here, much better than usual 'how to crush everyone with my build on the hero'.
Boomyz 24 Oct, 2015 @ 10:43am 
Man, whats with y'all hatin on Russian people? Without russian people, we wouldn't have russian things, like russian accents or russian hats or russian russians.
Think of what the Russians have done for YOU.
VOTE RUSSIAN FOR PRES.
Evil Warlock 24 Oct, 2015 @ 9:38am 
but how else will we learn native russian? (other then CS:GO ).