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I used to enjoy the changing meta, new heroes, balance patches back when I played dota a lot. Now that I haven't played in years I don't enjoy watching any mo
by Trundle 8y ago
I used to enjoy the changing meta, new heroes, balance patches back when I played dota a lot.
Now that I haven't played in years I don't enjoy watching any more because it's too far removed from the game it was when I played. I can't tune in to an important final and follow along at anything other than the most superficial of levels.
If the meta was static then id be a casual follower, as it is I'm not any sort of follower.
Professional sports seem to have very large casual fan bases. If you kept changing the rules then maybe they'd be fine with that, or maybe they'd be like me and stop watching.
- kris-s 8y agoYeah there is a balance to be struck, you don't want baseball evolving into hockey over the course of a decade. I'm not suggesting we go the Calvinball route.
- bigger_cheese 8y agoI'm with you on this. I feel exactly the same way. I played Dota casually for years (i.e once every couple of months I jump into a pub game with my friends and have some fun) but I used to enjoy watching high level tournaments. In my opinion they ruined the game by iterating through changes way to quickly. It feels like to me every successive patch in last 2 or 3 years there has been huge sweeping changes. The Dota I see now is not the game I fell in love with all those years ago. Almost everything has changed. Sometimes you need to realize when you have a good thing and leave it alone...
- plantain 8y agoOn the other hand, if you are a casual but regular follower the constant changes can make it more exciting - every other month it felt like "Holy shit! They changed X! This changes everything!", and my day would be full of in depth discussions on the implications with my friends.