If you want to be even angrier, from everything i've heard when they learned the boy had DS, they wanted to abort him (but just him) but the mother wouldn't because she's (i think) buddist. So right from the get-go they wanted nothing to do with the boy. Then he was born - because they couldn't stop it - and just took…

I'm not saying it prevents denials, i'm saying its part of the game that YOU have to do that, as soon as you start automating core aspects of the game (and there aren't many to begin with) why even bother playing?

Sure but the whole denial aspect is an important part. You can't just choose to take out parts of the game because you don't like them. You don't like last hits/denials us using the last-hit dynamic for farming.. but that doesn't mean you can just take it out of the game, especially since it would arguably be much…

That doesn't really make sense though. Its an important part of the game, and you admit it needs to be kept for the same of denies and lane sharking and so on, but the skill to perform is is pointless? It might not be the most fun part of the game, but as you said its important. Its also an important part of lane…

I dunno, i don't even care what it is, its just if someone pauses and doesn't give a reason, i assume its some stupid reason and give them about a minute. If they give an excuse i might have more patience, otherwise why should i just sit around with my thumb up my butt because someone just decides to leave for five…

You would THINK so.. but you know people don't think like that..

You'd get a bunch of disconnects on your record for doing that though, AND you'd probably end up in Low Priority.

You can totally lose a tower in half a minute. While i agree that pausing to get a drink is a bit silly, i can handle a thirty second pause.

Really? I find it absolutely infuriating when people pause and don't explain it. If you need to pause, just tell everyone what if is for. If someone pauses and then types 'phone' thats all i need, you now have five minutes (five minutes is my limit for minor pauses).

Absolutely. Especially in pub games, if you pause because of a disconnect or some minor thing, and explain why, and someone on the other team is a dick and unpauses. Half the time someone on THAT team will repause because THEY KNOW their teammate is a dick.

The problem with people telling other people 'how to play' is that there are lots of styles and opinions and telling someone 'how to play' usually involves telling them they are doing it wrong and they should do it your way. HALF the time people who do that don't even know what they are doing.

Start Game -> Rush lane you want (despite team composition) -> Die -> -ping (doesn't work anymore though) and say "lag" at least three times. -> Die again -> GG -> Sit in fountain until game ends.

It entirely depends on the reason. Dog barking, door knocking, phone ringing, gotta pee.. 3-5 minutes max. But on the same note, if "real life" is so important, then you won't mind the fact that when you paused the game for ten minutes to go and make spaghetti i unpaused it and demolished you.

I'll give someone a minute, any more and something better be on fire. If you went to make a sandwich, in the middle of a competitive game, that you can't play properly while eating anyway..

It'll happen, you'll be in a matchmaking queue, it'll be sitting there for five minutes, you'll sit there, staring at the screen, sweating, the need to pee becoming more and more immediate. In you're mind you're weighing things up, frantically trying to decide if its safe to go. The longer you wait the more likely…

I THINK you run out of the ability to pause. if you pause the game, and someone unpauses, you can't immediately pause it again, someone else does. So if everyone fights over it pausing and unpausing, eventually no one will be able to pause it.

You can turn off auto-attack, this will mean you will last hit something you're attacking but you won't automatically continue attacking targets around you and you won't automatically start attacking after using an ability.

Pausing quickly to grab a drink or answer the door might be okay, but if you say 'one second, getting food' and pause the game.. People are just going to unpause, and i'm kind of with them. If you're playing a game, it only takes an hour at MOST, you can just wait, please?

Dota 2 is poison to teamwork. It tricks you into thinking its about teamwork, but even while you're working with your team against the other team, you're ALSO working against your own team, because people 'compete' for kills and gold and XP and position. Pub games of Dota 2 are a massive free for all as everyone tries…

I have 530ish hours in Dota 2. But you gotta remember its been out for at least a couple of years now, it feels like a lot more than that, but playing since it came out thats only one game a day. Its EASY to play 2-3 games in a row. It really adds up quickly. Its also a game you can play repeatedly forever, there is…