Kibeth41 said:
None of you really give a shit. You're just crying outrage because it's some kind of hobby for you people. You'll all forget about it pretty quickly..
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EquestrianGeneral said:
The article title is very misleading; you do not need a phone number to play the game at all, you need a phone number to play the Ranked Matchmaking, which is a small subset of the available options. This kind of misleading title is really quite unprofessional and strikes me as either clickbait or not fully understanding what the update did. Either way, I kinda expect better.
I take it you're not familiar with Steven
Bogus Bogos?
Yeah, this sort of thing is par for the fucking course with him. Anything to stir up a shitstorm of a 'nontroversy'.
Seriously, Steven, is it worth it? I assume you're paid by views but is the money good enough to counterbalance the damage you're doing to what remains of your reputation? Come on, brother. You can be better than that.
Adam Jensen said:
They could have just made the game not free to play anymore. There's plenty of players already, in fact it's got one of the largest player bases on Steam currently. So just put a price tag on it.
Holy christ, do you have any idea of the hissy fit the internet would throw if they did that?
Especially with the item market present in the game?
Look at how up in arms people are in this thread over the simple act of requiring a phone number for
ranked play[footnote]Not play in general,
RANKED. That means only a small subset of Dota 2's player base is required to give a phone number to play a small subset of Dota 2's vast array of play options. And even then, it's a subset in desperate need of a system to cut down on smurf accounts. Something that requiring a phone number immediately remedies.[/footnote]. Hell, remember the tantrum people threw when TF2 went free to play? Imagine the tantrum people would throw over Dota 2 suddenly going premium...