Someone claiming to be an employee of Valve, though posting anonymously, has claimed that Defense of the Ancients developer Abdul Ismail - brought on-board to work on DotA 2 – is “poisonous to the company”.
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Valve has spoken out forcefully against smurfing in Dota 2 after banning more than 90,000 accounts - and targeting their owners.
Pardon my ignorance for never having played this, but why even have the ability to create multiple guest accounts? It seems if there is only one account per player then it would eliminate this smurfing issue.
Probably to get new players hooked on the addictive gameplay loop, more people playing = statistically more people buying battle passes.
Why would seasoned players want to play with lower skill players anyway? Just to owned them? They’re n00bs, what’s the fun in that?
It’s like on COD where they do bad on purpose for a few rounds, to then be place with with bad players to then dominate.
This is human nature. I know people who do this in Dota2, CoD and other multiplayer games. They enjoy the dopamine rush that winning generates.
Following the Dota 2 update that increased the size of the map by 40%, I asked League of Legends EP Jeremy Lee if we can expect similar things for LoL.
Hope this isn't true cause I'm looking forward to DotA2. With Valve working on it, I'm sure it'll turn out amazing.
cut his ass loose. . .
These things are always iffy, you can understand why the person would remain anonymous in this situation yet their very anonymity makes people doubt it. Hmm!
Unadulterated smear, it's just disgusting.
Same with the EA Mythic thing yesterday, people like this don't deserve the time of day, either be public about it or keep your opinions to yourself
The blogpost itself is unethical behavior on the part of the employee.
A company's employees simply should not air out their dirty laundry in public. Either keep your feelings to yourself or address your complaints in a more respectful manner to a supervisor.