@Frid: The fuss isn't about losing. Personally, I have NO problem losing to a better player, assuming they are not using hacks.
Its people who are arrogant and rude over a GAME, people who are Condescending to NEW players.
Win or Lose I Do Not Care. It's rude people I dont like.

I have an idea.
How about everyone just shuts their mouths, stop typing for 5 seconds, and choose a different topic, like balance. Adepts op.

Nvm, I've just had a boring time which I decided it would be less boring to read a 17 page essay about drama.
Damn I'm bored....

On the other hand, e-sports is finnaly catching up with sports eh? Controversy, discussions and dramas. Now we just need a corruption case.

Can't you just play normals and get good before going into ranked games? What is all the fuss about?

That it?

So, let's see if I got the TL;DR right
>Valve's Shanghai tournament is usually a mess
>The ppl supposed to organize repeatedly screw up
>They gave another chance
>They called an host that Valve didn't liked already
>A misunderstanding about suits made them go 'screw it all' and fired evry1

Also, funny you claimed I said boring. I never once used that word. XD

So when the competitive assholes ruin even the casual play for newcomers you know there is an issue. Now I'd love to hear how wrong I apparently am.

People are rarely good at things the first time they play them. Not everyone devotes their lives to video games. Some people just play a few hours on the weekends because they'd rather spend most of their time outside getting exercise or having face to face interactions.

know where to go? Everyone starts somewhere. And the fact that these toxic vile people can't see this makes me sad.

I was play CS:GO the other day, in CASUAL PLAY, and people were whining about noobs and shit and i'm just thinking, this is the first time I played in over a year and the previous time I played for 15 minutes. We're not even in competition and people are whining and crying cause the new guy doesn't

@Waka: Look there's nothing wrong with competition in itself. And it's funny you're calling me a child. See it's this immature toxic and vile behavior I can't stand. You don't need to shit talk to be competitive. You don't and if you think you do then. I feel bad for you.

the people who hate dota 2 "cause competitive" are just children who cant handle the fact that they are being mocked because they actually do suck.

@Nos Rin: because there are people who, I dunno, like to compete? to compare their skills with others and see how good they are?
are you going to say basketball, baseball, soccer, etc. are boring because people compete in it?

I avoid competitive games like the plague. They are the cancer of gaming. When people get competitive they turn into ****ing ***hats. It's sickening. The entire point of a game is to have fun. When you take it to seriously it ruins the fun and then what is the point?

@Aaron Chan: Just about. Although in James' defense, he HAD host previous tournaments for Valve and Valve never batted an eye about it until now. Doesn't excuse his unprofessional casting, just that Valve should have seen it sooner.

@Thelonius Dunk:
Nah, the guy blocked procedural soldiers and he made a large list of user submitted ones. Otherwise that would be even weirder.

@Otter: I'm pretty sure soldier's names and bios are pieced together procedurally, so I'd say it's a coincidence.

A really cool coincidence, though.

Just a typical day in DOTAland.

This is why DOTA2 sucks. No, not even trolling, this is why. Even the people fucking running it are toxic.

@Jo Pereira:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5XR-Us3G4 at 49:25. The person who submitted the character replied back to me in the comment that it's a coincidence and he didn't knew about you before. Still, it's a bit weird/funny.

@Otter: I need to see this!

Well, this is what happens when you turn video games into a fucking sporting event. Gossip ahoy!

Seems like Gaben was being an ass.

Off-topic a bit, but I wanted to ask Jo: I was watching ChristopherOdd's XCOM 2 Let's play, and he just recently hired "José "The Painter" Pereira", who is a former artist turned X-COM soldier. And yes, he is Brazilian nationality. I can't decide if this is a coincidence or not.

Well, i'm not into dota, and i dont know much about that Jones fellow (although i saw a video of his, and didn't like it much), but, considering what i've read (through the link provided by Jo), it DID seemed a tad unprofessional of Valve and Gabe himself to call him an ass on public like that.

Time to kick back, watch LCS, and look smug.

"The armies are already picking their sides and I know better than be collateral in the upcoming shitstorm."

Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play.

Valve is shocked and fired James. Valve CEO then makes drama statement on reddit instead of resolving everything under the cover. Is that the gist of it? If so, then it's very unprofessional for everyone involved.

So let me get this straight. Valve hired James to cast at a major tournament. Valve has no idea about how a professional tournament should be cast. James also has no idea about how a professional tournament should be cast. James cast like he does normally on stream, with swearing and all.