This does not match my experience. By far, the best time I had in online multiplayer was playing Dota (the WC3 map, not the standalone atrocity that exists now

This does not match my experience. By far, the best time I had in online multiplayer was playing Dota (the WC3 map, not the standalone atrocity that exists nowadays). No ranked whatever. Every game was a blank slate. Nobody really cared, everyone was having fun. People tried weird builds, odd team composition, etc. You sometimes played with nice people and added them to friends. With ranked matchmaking everybody is pissy if you are not playing optimally, everyone moans and hisses when they lose, etc.