Started playing a little bit of DotA before patch 6.48 but became really active as soon as it was released and continued for about 2-2.5 years. I shortly stopped playing after Windrunner was released (or was it before Slark...). Here and there I would go back to play to see the new heroes but never got interested again since I was so frustrated, poor games and personal problems. A few of my other friends got me into WoW so I didn't pay much attention to DotA afterwards.

My interest in DotA was revitalized as soon as I heard about Dota 2 and got the BETA key. I started playing when there was about 150 players (most likely less) but playerbase quickly rose and had a ton of fun. The reconnect feature reduced my frustration by a landslide and the pause button blew my mind away. I was like "did Valve read my mind?!", I was so happy that Valve kept the game true to its predecessor and actually listened to feedback. It ultimately changed career goal from working for Blizzard to Valve.

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