#16
Gauntlet, your theory is a joke. Literally. The closest thing to a "cult" in DotA is probably some ill-minded fraternity of which players reside in. Chat monitors are a violation of privacy as well, and no one would get anything out of DotA unless there were subliminal messages, and if I really wanted to push it, would be the effects the Unreal Tournament sound effects have on players.New concept: DotA invites the ill-minded. I saw one game of DotA titled something to the effect of, "Help me expand my banlist!" What kind of person wants to actually find "incompetent" people? I'm not quite sure of how the banlist functions, but someone would have to elaborate on that for me. Nonetheless, if DotA players act like a clique and continuously ban people who may have borked their first try, or were fooling around (the latter might deserve the penalty), ultimately the map gets too big when it's flooded with a petty list of removals. For what? Leaving? You can't control what other people do. On the other hand, you can control which people you're around. Sadly enough, a lot of people behind a screenname become too lazy to even make good aquaintances, and go swearing or deeming people noobs.