Although some of you may say that simply there isn't an ex-dota player (and maybe they are right), it's a fact that it's been a while since the last time I played. There's just too much going on in college, so I don't have a few hours to spend in onwning noobs. However, no metter what my new priorities are, I can't help but smile while recalling precious memories of hundreds of hours spent with my friends, playing this remarkable game. The upset groans of the team that just got owned; the happy yells of the people who are winning an impossible game; the angry shouts of some blamers, passionately explaining the noobs what did they do wrong and most of all the huge amount of laughter which inevitably followed every ridicilous situation. Whoever said that good memories are worth more than gold, he was right.
So how did I end up giving up such a favorite game? One reason, as I said above, is just the lack of time. Some of you may be satisfied with an hour or two playing, but if I decide to play I usually end up spending 4+ hours in Garena. The main reason for that is that I almost never leave the server after a loss (imagine how worse the situation is in a bad gaming day, when I get my ass kicked almost every game). Thus, playing DotA means less time studying and less time with real life friends, which will damage my GPA and social life. (Good enough reasons for me huh?) Guess what? THEY ARE NOT! The main reason I don't play is that I currently don't have a mouse for my laptop and so it's just impossible to play and be anything more than the most pathetic player online.
Anyway, why did I title this post "Back to the good old DotA" if I don't intend to play it anyomore? You guessd right. I will play! As soon as I can, I'll go to the nearest tech center and I'll buy the best gaming mouse with all those extra buttons and fancy lights! Now I hear half of you saying "Hell yeah!" and the other half "This boy's gonna fail in life...". To the first half I'm gonna say "Keep it up boys! Soon I'll be back and the we're gonna kick some ass!", for the rest of you I can say this: "My comeback is not for the own sake of wasting my time online. Actually my time in the servers of Garena will not be just a fun time, but it will also be a time for making observations and gathering information. This information will be the material that's going to feed this blog, which is a part of my English 105 class. My goal is to examine the online DotA world and share my observations with you."
P.S. Last time I bought a mouse, I couldn't plug it in because it had different plug. :/ Hope I won't do anything similar again.
I don't understand a word of this because I don't know this game! It sounds like fun though; post a link to it or a video clip of how it works?
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't really refer to the mechanics of the game here, so I'm not quite sure what's the problem with the understanding. :/
ReplyDeleteAnyway,
this is a link to Wikipedia that gives the general idea of the game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients#Gameplay
Also, if you want to see a video, based on the game you can check that link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxGlZ_vpkS0&feature=related
(for me it took ridiculously long time to load)