Are you a DOTA 2 player?

DOTA 2 is incredibly popular on steam. It pushes 300k simultaneous gamers just about every day. Yet, comparitively, I see very little discussion here about it. So I ask a question with this poll to get an idea about whether GS PC gamers play DOTA 2.

I'm geniunely interested to know what demographics play DOTA 2, so if anybody has any stats on that I would love to hear it.

I played a lot of League of Legends until recently when I got incredibly bored/sick of the game, and that led me to try DOTA 2, and it really is an engrossing and enjoyable game.

However, I am not yet involved to the point where I play regularly, I play very rarely only when some friends are online.  I do not play solo as I do not care to take time and learn the game to the point where I am a competent player.  Usually when I play I do very poorly, but it is a pre-made team of me and four friends so as not to aggravate more serious players.

I'd like to dive deeper into it this summer when I have a lot more time (school keeps me very busy) as I had a lot of fun with it.  Some heroes are just way too much fun.

tried both DOTA and LoL, both made me feel like I needed a cold shower.

Yeah, I really like Dota 2, I think ive racked up over 300 hours on it by now. I think it can definitely be intimidating for new players, but it is a great game once you get the hang of it

Ive been a tester on it since the first wave of invites 1+ year ago. Still play it 20+ hours a week

I'll probably try it out more when I actually get a better computer to game on than my crappy laptop right now. I can "run" it, but it looks so ugly I don't feel like playing it. 

That being said, I don't often have this problem but I find Dota 2 to be quite intimidating - there just seems to be soooo much depth and complexity to it that I don't know if I have the time or the patience to actually play it. When you read people talk about the game and see things like "I've played 1200 hours and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface", it makes me wonder if I should even try playing it. Now I'm not saying that depth in a game is a bad thing, heck I even prefer it over many of the mindless shooters these days, but Dota just seems on the completely opposite end where it's so complex that unless you dedicate a very significant amount of time to it, you probably won't be very good. At least that's my impression of it. 

I tend to play 2-3 matches a week. Still learning the game, champs and the flow of it all. Also, learning to throw in denying along with farming is tricky but it's slowly but surely happening.

I play a lot of League though, I was all but certain I'd never play it again after a break that lasted almost half a year but I started playing again about a month ago and the season 3 changes were amazing. It'll be a while before I tire of either.

Yes. It is one of the two or three games I play on my PC. As of right now I have put in a total of 180 hours since I got it in October of last year and 120 of those were from the last 7 weeks. I love it. :D

Tried both DOTA 2 and LoL. I quit them both after a couple of matches. I guess MOBA games aren't my style.

Never played any Moba games before but I was aware of their existence since it beginning in Warcraft 3. I gave Dota 2 a chance a couple months ago because I was bored and I enjoyed it a lot. I racked up only 66 hours but I still consider myself a noob. 

Never played any Moba games before but I was aware of their existence since it beginning in Warcraft 3. I gave Dota 2 a chance a couple months ago because I was bored and I enjoyed it a lot. I racked up only 66 hours but I still consider myself a noob. 

klusps

There are people out there who have hundreds of hours who still are noobish. I remember I used to think I was hotsh!t carrying my noob friends in pub games and then I watched some competitive play. Made me realize just how awful I really was :p

I've heard the community is terrible, even worse than L4D community or CoD

I've heard the community is terrible, even worse than L4D community or CoD

lostrib

I play wayyy more than 10 hours a week.  The people I play with are in their 20s

I've heard the community is terrible, even worse than L4D community or CoD

lostrib

i've had it installed for months, yet have never played it. :Syellosnolvr

Same here

DOTA 2 is incredibly popular on steam. It pushes 300k simultaneous gamers just about every day. Yet, comparitively, I see very little discussion here about it. So I ask a question with this poll to get an idea about whether GS PC gamers play DOTA 2.

I'm geniunely interested to know what demographics play DOTA 2, so if anybody has any stats on that I would love to hear it.

nutcrackr

Played alot of Dota(WC3) before for alot of years and stopped because we moved, Dota back on our home is really huge. Then I recently discovered Valve's decision that they'll show the game on gamescom, watched all the games and after that I immidiately did eveything to get my hands on a beta key even though it cost really much back then. Usually play 5 matches everyday and I still can't get enough playing.

tried both DOTA and LoL, both made me feel like I needed a cold shower.

wis3boi

Hmm, almost 50% haven't played it and most of those don't want to play it. nutcrackr

I think you'll find that most 'DOTA players' play that game exclusively, so there's really no reason for them to post on Gamespot, which covers gaming news in general.  There are sites dedicated solely to DOTA news.  I don't know if you can take much out of this poll, besides that..

Yep. Played Dota since the War3 mod times (tried Demigod, LoL, HoN too), and I've only just started actually getting the least bit good at the thing. It's a fascinating game, probably the closest I've seen a game be like an actual team based sport.skrat_01

I agree with that. I started playing dota 2 a few months back, haven't played any other MOBAs, but it really does feel competitive like a real sport. i have even started watching some pro games and have found myself enjoying it, and being impressed by the level of skill involved to be at top level, much in the way that I'd enjoy watching sport. previously though I had never considered watching e-sports. I tried watching a starcraft 2 tournament and found it boring as hell. Dota 2 requires such a high level of team cohesion and split-second decision making that it can be genunely exciting to watch. The only issue is that, due to there being ten separate players, it can be hard to follow, even with the commentators talking at 100mph!

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]Hmm, almost 50% haven't played it and most of those don't want to play it. True_Sounds

I think you'll find that most 'DOTA players' play that game exclusively, so there's really no reason for them to post on Gamespot, which covers gaming news in general.  There are sites dedicated solely to DOTA news.  I don't know if you can take much out of this poll, besides that..

I played dota on and off for 10 years or smth. I've got 5000 games EASY, more like 10k+

and it sucks srsly, you are stuck with the same people for 30-40-50 minutes and if you leave you are screwed. too many premades running around.

this game is for people who are willing to take the punishment

and I'm a pretty good player, but at one point I got tired of games depending on me. I just wanted to be 1/5 of a team, not 4/5.

most games are completely unbalanced skill wise and the sad part is you can see it in the first 5 minutes if you win or lose, balanced games are very rare, but maybe that's what makes them more enjoyable

Got 700 hours played now (about 700 games), and playing it everyday. I have lots of friends to play with though, only playing with randoms would probably make this time spent a lot less. Especially since EU got this russian problem where a very large portion of the players you end up with if playing with randoms are russians who refuse to communicate in English.

lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

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lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

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Nothing changed since DotA 1. DotA is still the go-to game for me when there's nothing else to do. Or when there is. 20+ hours per week, and I'm not even at home most of the time these days, would be much higher if I could.

Tried it, had no idea what i was doing. I hate games that treat me like i'm stupid, but a basic tutorial is usually nice.

Been playing roughly 500 hours or so since late 2011, I love that sodding game! Valve can make nothing but epic stuff!

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lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

nutcrackr

I see no such thing

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lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

_SKatEDiRt_

I see no such thing

Steam market place with tons of copies for $0.02 http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/Dota%202 (might need to login for it to be in your currency)

Community bot that gives copies away for free http://steamcommunity.com/id/dota2bot

Subreddit dedicated to giving away dota 2 keys http://www.reddit.com/r/sharedota2/

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[QUOTE="nutcrackr"] see steam market, currently 570 thousand copies going for 2 cents each. ferret-gamer

I see no such thing

Steam market place with tons of copies for $0.02 http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/Dota%202 (might need to login for it to be in your currency)

Community bot that gives copies away for free http://steamcommunity.com/id/dota2bot

Subreddit dedicated to giving away dota 2 keys http://www.reddit.com/r/sharedota2/

i have to purchase $5 steam wallet money to buy a 2c game.. what a joke

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I see no such thing

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Steam market place with tons of copies for $0.02 http://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/Dota%202 (might need to login for it to be in your currency)

Community bot that gives copies away for free http://steamcommunity.com/id/dota2bot

Subreddit dedicated to giving away dota 2 keys http://www.reddit.com/r/sharedota2/

i have to purchase $5 steam wallet money to buy a 2c game.. what a joke

There's a bot that gives the invites out for free.  They prob won't allow you to deposit 2cents because of transaction costs.  Your trolling is the only joke here.

I've heard the community is terrible, even worse than L4D community or CoD

lostrib

Is there any competitive gaming community that is good? By good I mean not full of trash-talking d-bags.

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I've heard the community is terrible, even worse than L4D community or CoD

Cwagmire21

Is there any competitive gaming community that is good? By good I mean not full of trash-talking d-bags.

Not sure if this qualifies as competitive around here but the speedrunning communities like SDA and SRL couldn't be more friendly.  Although it's a different kind of competition.

There are people out there who have hundreds of hours who still are noobish. I remember I used to think I was hotsh!t carrying my noob friends in pub games and then I watched some competitive play. Made me realize just how awful I really was :p

whiskeystrike

I love Dota 2, and I do watch quite a few competitive matches regularly, but I feel like "competitive" Dota 2 players...suck lol. Not saying that I am good, I am an incredibly mediocre player. However, when I watch a professional Starcraft 2 match those guys are the bee's knees. I see these pro players for Dota 2 make the dumbest mistakes and compared to a game such as Starcraft 2 they need a 3rd of the skill required.

lol if it was free id play it but why pay when you have LOL

_SKatEDiRt_

I have I think half a dozen Dota 2 keys. If anyone in this thread wants one just PM me.