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| Louie said: I never experienced this myself with a single game. I don't game that much, if I put 50 hours into a game it's a lot. I do sometimes have spells where I'll play more than I should (in terms of time consumption) but that never lasts long and it's always manageable. I did, however, use to play games together with a group of friends and at some point the whole group (except myself) started playing Dota 2 excessively. They always wanted me to join, but the game just seemed like a huge time sink. They all racked up like 10,000+ hours of game time and apparently you're still considered a Dota 2 noob at that point. A friend of mine still plays the game and I think he's at 20,000+ hours now, which is absolutely insane for someone who isn't into the game (I think my most played game of all time is Advance Wars Dual Strike on the DS with 250 hours, which I played on and off for years). He tends to have spells where he just plays Dota 2 excessively for hours and hours and then he has to force himself to stop playing for a few weeks or months. He literally won't leave his house during his Dota addiction spells. It makes me worried at times. |
10,000 hours in a moba is an insane amount of time, let alone 20,000. An average match in Dota 2 is longer than league maybe around 1 hour, so he played like 20,000 matches? Win rate be like 10,000 wins and losses if matchmaking works well. Just to be clear 20,000 hours is more than 2 years and 3 months of playing an intense game. Dota 2 has only existed since 2013, so out of 11 years he has played dota 2 for 2 years, sleep maybe 2 or 3 years? Job? I think only pro level players would be above 20,000 hours, so I hope your buddy is at least trying to go pro, and it is at least his job.
Actually found 7 accounts with more than 2 years played, is he one of them?
https://www.dotabuff.com/players/duration
Top 100 have around +10,000 hours maybe up to top 500.
Last edited by Farsala - on 05 January 2024
