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Baron FU
Apr 3, 2009

mfcrocker posted:

Is there a thread anywhere for actually getting into competitive dotes a la the TF2 one? Probably some way off playing with anyone but mates as I'm hilariously scrub-tier but I never see anyone on SA talking about playing outside of normal matchmaking.

If you have to ask other people about playing professionaly in Dota 2 you aren't good enough. The standard Dota 2 thread is fine for everything else.

If you are serious about getting a team I think now is the time to impress lower tier teams and go for a 6k MMR in solo queue. This might be a way in for very skilled players without a solid team.

I also don't think it's reasonable to compare TF2 and Dota 2 as competitive games. TF2 has a fraction of everything Dota 2 has, that includes lan events, sponsorship money, teams, tournaments, viewers as well as overall playercount.

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Baron FU
Apr 3, 2009

mfcrocker posted:

Yet somehow very little in the way of lower level stuff, whereas there's loads of amateur leagues for TF2 :smith:

Anyway, thanks for the responses - didn't realise it was quite so pro-focused. That JoinDOTA league looks ideal though.

The ranked matchmaking system "is" the lower level competitive play in dota 2. You even start to meet pro-players when you get to a certain rating!

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