Generally, captains in Dota teams don't give specific instructions on what to do when not making specific plays. Carry players will default to returning to farm

Generally, captains in Dota teams don't give specific instructions on what to do when not making specific plays. Carry players will default to returning to farming as efficiently as possible given the current state of the map. Support players will default to placing wards for map vision, stacking camps for the carry to farm, and searching for potential kills. But there definitely is a need for a shot-caller, and OpenAI has no idea how to play that role. OpenAI 5 had a number of glaring flaws in what it learned. It seemed to have never come to the conclusion that certain characters would have better outcomes if they focused on certain activities. Every character farmed, any character would grab the Aegis (reward item) after killing Roshan (usually this is reserved for a character likely to be in the middle of the fray, dealing a lot of damage). Another problem was that, until the last few weeks before its matches against pro players, they had allowed both teams to have 5 couriers. This allowed OpenAI 5 to keep up relentless pressure by constantly bringing themselves consumable health regeneration items. This was so unlike a regular game of Dota that the community (including their opponents) complained because normally the courier's time is a valuable resource, and the courier can normally be killed if it is used too close to enemies. With an endless supply of healing items with no risk involved, it didn't even resemble a game of Dota. They did away with this for TI, and it revealed a serious weakness in their relentless-aggression strategy. I get the impression most of OpenAI's games vs itself ended very quickly, with one team making a mistake during the relentless-aggression early game pushes. As a result, it seemed to have no idea what to do differently as the game went on.