@demonbear: The learning curve in a game like this is vary steep. So its no surprise that its kind of off putting for new players. I think you should give it a shot when its finally out, because I think with all the new features they put in for launch it'll be a much more newb friendly game. Or, you can find a group of friends and play with them!
I'm not sure just how many invites I have, but I'll hand them out on a first come, first serve bases. Shoot me a PM with your Email Address and I'll make sure to try and send you an invite! If you don't get a PM back from me, then you'll likely not be getting an invite.
" Then its unacceptable. A game shouldn't be for elitists jerks, it should be for them, for you, for me. Everyone. The fact that i've never played dota before should not exclude me from a game by the devs and even less by the people playing in in the NOOBS section. I said it and i'll say it again. Avoid this community if you can and put your money where you can find a nicer bunch of people. "
Your going to have a hard time getting past the "Elitest Jerks" Mentality in a game with SO MANY hard core players already. This game, before it was even annouced, had over 1 million players world wide because of DotA. HoN is an almost perfict recreation of all the things that made DotA so popular, so its stealing a lot of its players from that community. What also helps feed this mentality is that most of the current Heros in the game, are Heros from the DotA map, and they play just like you would expect. So a seasoned Pro in Dota can pick up HoN and play it like hes been playing it for years.
IMO this will thin out over time, as the more experianced players of DotA rank up and start to play in higher Tiers. It'll also help when they put true Match Making and such in the game. Theres also plans to put Bot Matchs in, so you can play some games off line vs. AI controlled Heros. Also, unlike a lot of team based games, all it takes is one really bad player to swing a game from Even to Steam Roll. Which isn't fun for anyone on any side. But right now there not trying to hook new players, there trying to balance heros and bug fix, which more experianced Dota players can do much better then your new player.
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