The worst thing about censorship is...WEL PLAYED

I like it

Eh. We totally needed this because we clearly couldn't manually mute annoying players without this crappy handhelding. Because you know, treating your community as consisting of capable people is hard.

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le funy joek

I actually suspect that Zero is one of the guys who flame all game and blames his allies, then QQ in the forums about how he has the right to say those.

bunch of idiots who dont do research.

[url=#user_comment_299192]@Zero[/url] reported for losing? lol, its totally the opposite that happens, the winner who trashtalks "EZ" "noobs" is the one who'll get reported. besides, if the enemy is losing, why bother reporting them? and if its an ally, as re said it only works if its legit, multiple ones dont work shit.

[url=#user_comment_299192]@Zero[/url] http://blog.dota2.com/2013/05/communication-reports/ nope. if you got muted, its because of what you did. 4 people mass reporting doesnt mean anything if you didnt curse already before.

Not sure. Has anyone noticed that Windrunner isn't looking at Drow's face or sign at all?

The com-ban system has decreased flaming by 35%, and 60% of the players who receive bans go on to change their behavior. The abuse that people have been raging about (being mass reported by stacks, being reported while you're still banned) is 100% false. Those reports aren't even factored into bans.

@diversify people: That's because nobody plays Smite. It's hard to get verbal abuse from an empty room.

I have literally never received unwarranted abuse in Hi-Rez's MOBA Smite. Try it out, much nicer community.

inb4 someone complains there's too many words in the comic

Which will start the devilish cycle of 'I play DOTA so I understand!' 'This is a shitty comic because I don't play DOTA!' 'There's too many words!'

@Continuity?! :D: HAHA! Pretty clever conection, or opportune mistake.

I encourage everyone to read the new Dota 2 blog post. It deals exactly with this topic.

In a nutshell, no you can't be reported while already muted.

[url=#user_comment_299192]@Zero[/url]: Correction, it's why MOBAs without friends to play with is bad.

Worst part is that you can get reported for chat abuse even if you are muted, like wtf?

[url=#user_comment_299192]@Zero[/url]: Amen to this.

[url=#user_comment_299192]@Zero[/url]: you mean that's why moba is bad.

Well Played

As a reformed MOBA player it really is funny looking at this from the outside. These game really do attract the scum of the earth. You get reported for losing. How the hell does that make sense, it's a competitive game SOMEONE IS GONNA LOSE.

This is why Dota is bad.

Anybody else notice Drow's cape is most likely missing cus Nyx has it?

well warded

[url=#user_comment_299139]@dealwithit[/url]: wat

@My two pence: it didn't perfectly work even when it was introduced. Community is still retarded, so its judgement is retarded. Tribunal just cut off the worst of the worst but it helps a lot.

[url=#user_comment_299006]@_Sappy_[/url]: they do. they even permabanned pros for flaming.

[url=#user_comment_299103]@ssss[/url]: -*insert lane here* or feed

Uma coisa é certa: Passei a jogar com menos gente gritando no ouvido! :)

maybe we should add some more options to the chatwheel so that muted players arent getting misunderstandings.
-solo *insert lane your hero is at*
-going to jungle
-come/follow
-roshan

@$0xF4: <--- all read this comment

Requesting a large bucket of lube for all the butthurt LoL fanboys pls

@My two pence: Valve has already announced testing of a "tribunal" system for CS:GO. If it works I guess they'll extend it to Dota 2

But you aren't supposed to report someone just because they're bad -_-

Dear diary,
Today was a good day.

Because you can't report everyone who is actually bad. You get two a week.

Make them count.

(Cont.) Of course the effects have leveled up now when the system is old, and not used so eagerly anymore, but letting the community do the "elimination" of the reports and leaving the actual punishing to the staff has reduced the stress on Riot's end and resulted for streamlined justice.

The LoL tribunal worked miracles when it was fully introduced, as far as I noticed. Suddenly there were way less flamers and team-grievers and ragequitters than before. I don't play LoL anymore, but my friends who kept playing have told that it still works to some extent. (cont.)

you forgot to add that there was a bug where the supposed '5 reports per week' limit wasnt there, so you could report everyone and mute one whole channel.
I still believe muted players only play with other muted players. that way they may become more chilled and calm down.

even if you were muted already, extending the duration, 'because your an a**hole for not communicating' lol.

btw, never got muted. but some guys I know did, and it was pretty justified on them(they flame occasionally).

that's the reason why reports have been reduced to just 2 per week, in order to lessen the abuse. people will still find ways to abuse something one way or another.
you guys should have seen the mute system before this one. you couldnt even use the chatwheel then, and people can still report you

If only some other games had features like that. I'd love to be able to go five matches in World of Tanks without having my sexuality being called into question or hearing the phrase "fail team".

[url=#user_comment_299039]@Aehm[/url]: Never go full retard. Albeit I am LoL player only, saying that Dota2 is a copy, makes you look extremely dumb and ignorant. Read some stuff about these games before you decide to write shit.

Just one of the other reasons DOTA 2 is behind LOL in all aspects. Firs they copy things, much later, and when they copy, they copy badly.
Nice comic though.

The report systen just did what I do all the time: Muting the shit out of everybody cause they don´t shut the fuck up!

Love the mute punishment, reduced trashtalk a lot in the matches I play.

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Need a DooM comic here.
Need a comic with me here.

Or will eat you Jo. :D

this comis is bad: whoever calls Dota 2 a video game doesn't have a say :D

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yay, more comics of the worst video game ever...

@MOBA Player: no, you can't be friend for two opposite sides. Or you're a friend for one of it, or an enemy for both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW1ReKVxvcM

I love playing league of legends and I love playing Dota 2. Cant I enjoy both?

Chatwheel spammers are the worst.
I can mute them, but even if I report them what will happen? They will just get muted for longer(?) and spam the wheel some more. This comic certainly hits the nail on the head of the issue.

I played old DotA for years, nothing but flaming in the chat so I am not surprised they would eventually do something about it.

Funny how its less flaming in LoL even though they never mute or barely even punish people for flaming.

reports aren't checked. It's an automated system

Screw dota.

@Dr.Ecks
Actually there is another precedent for it
http://loveisover.me/foolfuuka/boards/v/image/1367/75/1367756999775.jpg
>Valve in charge of matchmaking and report system

(another Pudge, haha)

http://i.imgur.com/gAhc2ox.jpg

Before it gets out of hand in the comments

[url=#user_comment_298939]@AckAckAck[/url] "some" as in 90% of said seniors. Its true. Lets not get into backstabbing, even when they're not doing so they're busy strangling each other in their own game.

Wish riot would do the same thing. Could be amusing seeing flamer going "N00bs, report report" muted into "flamer signals to be careful".

@Reported for well play

i call BS, you don't get low priority just because you got reported... the reports get checked

I have to admit, even for non-dota players the strip is quite funny! Well done Jo!

Also I'm glad you took off her hood, makes her looks better and really more like your style!

[url=#user_comment_298945]@Shibubu[/url] http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6308/cad20130213c7828.png

@of course
Wait, you got reported for carrying as an omni? If I was in that game, I'd have given you props, not reports^^
Still, I like the mute system as a whole. It has incredibly lessened the rage overall.

DOTA2? Only with friends vs bots - MOBAs have the worst community EVER, even momraping CoD kids are better

Need MOAR reports per week!

@Reported for well play
The report/commend system is NOT skill related.
Doens't matter if you are good or bad. You will stil get reported if you treat people like crap, your adversaries included.

And a Pudge with 40 kills looks like really overstending the game for me.

Besides, in a game where the average player has a dozen spare copies, what's to stop them from just creating an alt? That's what I did to weather my week long mute (for outcarrying a drow as omni)

The main problem with muting is that it's an AWFUL way to punish people. Give people less items, or make it so it takes more people to get someone punished. The mute system already exists, so forcing people to use it is pointless.

...though

Now that I can only use 2 reports for a whole week, I tend to use them only on total scum.
Also got muted for flaming for the first time ever id Dota2! And I was flaming, so I ain't even mad.
Sucks to not being able to tell our PL that that he sucks cause at 50 he still has two slots empty

@Reported for well play: That's what I'm worried about. Several online video games are now implementing community judgment done by senior players. But the problem is not all senior players are nice. Some of them act like a dick.

DOTA and LOL communities are like the old Byzantium kingdom (before its collapse). If they don't try to kill their enemies they will backstab each others even when their great citadel fortress was surrounded by enemy troops.

Me? I just sit here enjoying my popcorn.

Get back to where you once belonged.

Sad part of that system is when u get muted random on CM. Have fun trying to communicate picks with him.

Well, I have realy good example of it in my expirience. One guy played pudge and won one sided game with ~40 kills. Mad people just reported him and he got 3 days of low priority. DOTA2 FTW, fairest community ever!

[url=#user_comment_298917]@ysath[/url]: Reported.

If mutes were actually distributed from a responsible person, sure. The way it is though, a team of 4 players can report you for no reason whatsoever and you still get muted. It's retarded as hell

See, now this is an example of how you can use DOTA2 source material to create a comic that is both funny and doesn't rely on inside knowledge of the game to enjoy.

More like this, and there wouldn't be nearly as much DOTA2 bitching.

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[url=#user_comment_298904]@ThreeDonkeys[/url]: Removed for flaming

[url=#user_comment_298904]@ThreeDonkeys[/url]: I wanted to draw her hair. She has some cosmetic items which remove the hood anyway.

well played

What happened to her hoodie.