Literally why even play a MOBA in 2024?

Serious review:

Do not get into Dota as a new player. Dota is not meant for people to get into. Dota is meant for people who've been playing since 2015 to continue playing the game that ruined their lives. Valve has made it very clear they have neither interest nor the capability to de-enshittify the game. Lower levels are overrun with smurfs, bots are rampant, account buying and selling, etc. The community accepts all of this, along with blatant exploits, and only whines when it's a ranked game that threatens their MMR.

It cannot be stated enough: Probably 95% of "new accounts" playing Dota are smurfs. This is a miserable, toxic, what-is-wrong-with-you-people experience for new players. If you have friends to queue with, it's like recreationally eating lightbulbs. If you go into it alone, it's like recreationally dropping bricks on your ballsack.

League sucks and is STILL somehow less destructive to your mental health, because Riot doesn't let smurfs run the damn insane asylum.

Literally why even play a MOBA in 2024? Serious review: Do not get into Dota as a new player. Dota is not meant for people to get into. Dota is meant for people who've been playing since 2015 to continue playing the game that ruined their lives. Valve has made it very clear they have neither interest nor the capability to de-enshittify the game. Lower levels are overrun with smurfs, bots are rampant, account buying and selling, etc. The community accepts all of this, along with blatant exploits, and only whines when it's a ranked game that threatens their MMR. It cannot be stated enough: Probably 95% of "new accounts" playing Dota are smurfs. This is a miserable, toxic, what-is-wrong-with-you-people experience for new players. If you have friends to queue with, it's like recreationally eating lightbulbs. If you go into it alone, it's like recreationally dropping bricks on your ballsack. League sucks and is STILL somehow less destructive to your mental health, because Riot doesn't let smurfs run the damn insane asylum.