Rant

I love dota, but the griefing is insufferable and even worse when comms score is low. Not being able to communicate with my team in a team game is a shitty feeling especially when they are doing dumb stuff and there is no one calling plays / trying to correct course.

For reference I’m 3.2k mmr. Ended up going below 6k comm score a month or two ago. Had to grind it back. Was super cordial, etc.

Finally I get back above 6k and can chat with my team again — lovely. But this doesn’t mean the griefing stops. How is it that I have Luna pos 3s in my game? Tons of NP pos 5s, etc and just full blown retardation and griefing. Or players that quit and “afk farm” because of the smallest things. I say one thing and get pushed below 6k again. Not sure I have the desire to grind it back tbh.

Even at 3.2k, I think a somewhat respectable mmr, getting anyone to do objectives is like pulling teeth. Sure some games you get an awesome team. But most times it requires endless pinging and waiting to get people to torm / rosh / push.

Idk man. I know I’m in my bracket for a reason. But the lack of team play and the pure griefing via role abuse or tilt is just exhausting. I think behavior score needs to be a much bigger consideration. And stop muting players cause of small comms issues. I have never been overly toxic. Never racist. Yet getting banned on comms? It sucks. You can mute if you don’t want to hear someone. Yet there is no way to stop someone from griefing

TLDR — behavior score needs a revamp much more so than comms score does. Though both would be nice