Comeback to Dota Playing
Photography by: Gabe Newell
I went through some existential crisis. Just as I decided to fix my career and be someone I wanted to be, I knew I had to sacrifice my favorite game. I actually got to let go of DOTA and I didn't play for almost 2 years.
But then my bestfriend Darwin invited me for a game after 2 years of not playing with them, since I was almost finished with my personal projects for my next career I played and I was even more addictive than ever. I even subscribed for a GamerzClass for a few months just to adjust to the meta.
As I was playing, I realized that the game of DOTA has gone more complexed than the last time I played it. Every matches I played there's always a role to be assigned to be players and dedicated my life to the offlane role.
The Offlaner is usually the one setting up fights, tanking for the team, looking for the good entry and protecting the Carry. But I think it's also the least played if Im not mistaken so learned the role.
I enjoyed playing the game until the last week of February of 2022 where I realized that I might have been playing too much and not paying attention to my Relationship, Career and Music. So I decided to stop for the better.
But the time I have stopped playing, it was too late for me to fix things that have been affected and there are things I couldn't get back anymore. I don't treat the game as a curse but sometimes too much of something is bad even for games.
I had a heart to heart talk with my bestfriend Darwin and told him I don't want to play anymore, and I still need to continue to re-establish myself as its not over. I love the game but I may need to let go for awhile.