In the MOBA DOTA 2 (Steam) there was a bizarre situation last week: A player paused a match for 3 hours because he was hungry. The other 9 players had to remain idle in the match, as they were not nice enough to lift the pause. Players are now demanding that Valve revise the newly designed pause function.
This was the situation:
As reported by the site 3D Juegos , a bizarre situation occurred in a match in DOTA 2:
- After about 10 minutes in the match, the player SergaSpos went afk on the character “Ember Spirit”. He was probably hungry and wanted to eat something.
- Through a special feature that he had unlocked by good behavior, he was able to pause the game. A system that regulates this function was only introduced on August 30 (via hawk.live)
- The man stayed away and only returned after 3 hours. Until then, the other 9 players could not continue the match and could not leave without penalty.
Player abuses new pause function
What is the reason? This pause function has not been available to every player in DOTA 2 since August 30, but only to players who have an impeccable reputation and have a “Behavior Score” over 5,000. If a player falls below this value, they lose the ability to pause a game and lift the pause.
The player of Ember Spirit was the only one of the 10 players in this match who had achieved such a high behavior score.
Only he could use the pause function – all others were excluded from it. And anyone who leaves the match too early would continue to drop in their behavior score.
What did the player say after his return? On Dotesports, the translated chat of the action is available. The player even seems to celebrate the action:
How is this being discussed? People are having fun on YouTube and Twitter about the situation:
- It is hilarious that the team actually waited so long for him.
- One says: ‘He deserves it, he’s a good boy.’
Apparently, there is simply a gap in the system that Valve has not considered. Players are demanding Valve to revise the function again.
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