New KDR System Implemented in Dota 2 May Result in Increase of Dagon Purchases

First of all, this will never happen ever. Feel free to quote this and put it into your signature for the future:

Dear Pu12e: I, AngeloBangelo, will buy you $100 worth of steam items if a KDR system is implemented into DotA 2.

Now let's say it does happen (Which it never will. Sorry bro), it would only change the meta in the lowest of tiers. It will never change high tier gameplay unless the item itself is changed. Heroes of Newerth can be used as an example here. If you didn't play HoN, I'll try to explain this in a simple way:

You had a score that represented who you paired against when queuing that was 100% visible. When someone looked at your profile, it listed how many kills you've had, along with deaths, assists, wards placed, average game length, number of each streak (Killing spree, etc) how many double/triple/ultra/rampages you've had, etc etc... Everything.

You started at 1500 and went up or down in score based on wins or losses, and the points gained or lost depended on the score of your opponents (Crushing bad players rewarded little/no points). In HoN, my MMR hovered between 1850-1900. My friend ShieLD hovered between 1950-2000. The highest I had ever seen on a professional player was 2100. My KDR was about 0.6, with double that in assists. So my average score per game was like 3-7-14 or so. Yet I was in an MMR range that few acquired. Less than 1% of players ever reached 1900 or higher.

Dagons built by myself: 0
Dagons built by friends: 0
Dagons built by pros: 0 (Unless trolling)

The point is: Even if DotA profiles became as detailed as they are in HoN, good players will never use dagon to stat pad (Make their KDR look better). The only people that will care are players new to the game, or low tier veterans. I probably have some of the worst KDR on these forums, but I'm confident (And hopefully this doesn't sound arrogant) that I'm one of the strongest players here as well.

If you can't get over your ego/e-peen to play solely to win as a team (opposed to trying to win as an individual) you'll never ascend to top tier.

#realtalk

Still, Spectre and Furion are better for getting high KDR than a Dagon.

Did ytou really have 1900-2100 MMR? Can you prove it? What is this Stat Pad in which you speak of?

Trust me when I say that Dagon items will be purchased more in low and high tier games once the KDR system is out.

I played Tournaments in HoN and won Cash Prizes. Can you beat that?

I am all over HoN http://clans.heroesofnewerth.com/clan/TaX


In HoN I was a legand see below:


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Stat padding is doing things like: Buying a Dagon and kill stealing constantly. This makes your stats look better on paper when people view your profile. You'll have a better KDR when viewed.

I've played in tournaments and won cash prizes as well. Canada cup alone was $500 to a team that I'm not even on. It was myself, ShieLD, and 3 strangers.

Proof that I was 1900-1950 MMR? Well, in your "bragging" thread, you barely achieved 1800, and I'd say to anyone that specs one of our games versus one another, they will most likely say I outplay you (This is obviously 100% subjective, they may say the opposite. However, I'm confident they won't). This would place me above 1800, at least.

You weren't a legend in HoN. You made threads, then link back to them. I could make a thread called "ANGELOBANGELO'S WORLD FAMOUS RUBICK STEALS" and just brag all day. It doesn't make me famous.

If you'd like to rematch, feel free to message me and set something up. Get the best players in TaX Collectors, and I'll bring my strongest players. We can organize a day/time for a scrim. I'll even make a thread advertising it in the IH forum, and we'll get as many specs as the game can hold. Some members can cast it too! I know ShoNishino just made that "casting" thread. This would be a great opportunity. That's the only way I could somewhat prove my MMR to you.

Back to the subject of the thread, a KDR system would never change high tier play. No one cares about KDR. Professional players picking up Specter is one of the strongest examples of players not caring about KDR. One of the best things to do late game as Specter is to fight and purposefully get focused to die. Then your team initiates after death, you buy back, haunt in, and win the team fight. You don't see professional players saying "U GO TANK FIRST AND TAKE STUN SPELLS SO I DPS. I CANT DIE I AM CARRY". They play to win, even if it means dying.

Edit

Hey, just a heads up man: I clicked that link of your clan. The average rating is 1523, and the Kill/Death/Assist ratio is 1.02/1.00/1.49. So... You may wanna get on that. BARELY one kill for every death? Their KDR doesn't seem to be very good, and that's all that matters according to you, if I remember correctly. :D