Dota 2 is one of the most popular games on Steam. However, with a software, players can now gain an unfair advantage. The community is excitedly discussing this.
Dota 2 is one of the most popular games you can watch on Twitch. In games like LoL or Dota 2, it matters which heroes you pick at the start of the match. Some players have particularly popular heroes that they are very good at using.
But this is currently their downfall, as opponents can take advantage of this with a software.
Software shows opponents’ most popular heroes
What kind of software is it? Dotabuff is a statistics source for players of Dota 2, which allows them to keep track of their performance and the current meta. While it is generally possible to opt out of the system, it seems that the software does not care about that. Because Dotabuff is said to continue collecting data anyway?
What exactly is the problem? The data from the software can be used to manipulate the game. With scouting apps, you can find out before a match which opponents you are playing against and see which heroes are picked most often. Some players exploit this to ban their opponents’ most popular heroes, so they cannot be played.
Some players try to prevent this by attempting to hide their matchmaking history. However, according to dotesports, this has not been working for a long time.
Community suspects bug behind problems, developers deny it
The Dota 2 community has speculated that the data leak could be related to an API bug that Valve has not yet fixed, but Valve’s community manager, Matthew Bailey, recently stated that it is not a bug:
Nevertheless, players are dissatisfied and express on reddit that this is not okay. Because why offer a protection for private data if it actually does nothing? One user explains:
If a privacy protection setting can simply be ignored, then it is actually not a privacy protection setting at all. It seems to still lie with Valve and not just Dotabuff, even though Matt seems to claim that.
Some players, however, are not deterred by such methods from winning. A German professional recently achieved a historic victory. On MeinMMO, we explain to you in which tournament he was able to win and what makes his victory so unique:
German professional achieves historic victory in Dota 2, has cheeky tip for fans, receives applause
