Dota 2 players are stuck in an endless void of bashing Valve for every patch

It’s been a tough year for Dota 2 fans, who were forced to curb their enthusiasm as most of the major content releases they were waiting for were delayed or scrapped altogether, causing the player base to split into two camps.

The whole saga started when Valve released the battle pass replacement that turned out to be an empty Compendium. Without skins or active gameplay events to draw players to Dota 2, TI 2023’s prize pool failed to break any records and shrunk to early 2010 levels.