ImmortalFaith, coach to Team Tickles, today raised concerns about altered Dota 2 GameFiles. Is it even legal or allowed?
Micromanaging your units in Dota 2 is an art. It is one of the most difficult skills you can master in Dota 2. But, it seems EU players has an unfair advantage for some time now, it seems.
Micro-ing, as we call it, is easier it seems by altering game files. Tundra Esports Offlaner, 33, has done so in the recent qualifier matches.
ImmortalFaith is a longtime Dota 2 player, now turned coach. He noticed mechanics, which raises eyebrows among the gaming community.
So, what happened?
Disclaimer: This post only mentions the events that happened. The article is not targeted at any individual or organisation in particular.
The events at DPC Winter Tour 2022 EU Qualifiers. What is ImmortalFaith worried about?
I heard people need to remove some config file from their dota2 in order to do this. We’ve encountered this multiple times lately. @DOTA2 @DreamHackDota Is this ok to do in DPC? I personally don’t see any difference from doing this to using a script. pic.twitter.com/Rdwa6KcU5K
— ImmortalFaith (@ImmortalFaithd) January 3, 2022
ImmortalFaith has stated that this is not a personal attack on Shapiro. It is a valid question to Valve regarding the current scenario.
Neta “33” Shapira was seen microing spiderlings in a weird way. He was sending BroodMother spiderlings one after the other by just right-clicking. This is hardly done by most players.
The mechanic can only be accessed after altering a certain portion of gamefiles of Dota 2. To be honest, this is unheard of in professional tournaments.
There is just one question to be answered. What is the legality of the aforementioned methodology? Is the method an acceptable modus operandi in the professional circuit?
Earlier today, ImmortalFaith posted a tweet to aware the gaming community of events. It shows the concerned parts of the problem in a video clip.
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What is the actual problem that concerns ImmortalFaith on Dota 2 Gamefile alteration?
For obvious reasons this should not be allowed. You should not be able to do action that normally takes several seconds in a matter of 1-2 seconds just by removing/doing something with dota files. This is similiar to armlet toggle macro that was a thing a while ago.
— Ade (@Ade_Doto) January 3, 2022
The first question is an ethical one, we suppose. Is it fair to use a method that is suspicious?
Is it not more or less looked upon as cheating? Even though no rules exist, can the gamefile alteration be considered legal?
Maybe, the answer is no. But, Valve will have the final say in this.
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The next question is about fairness. Valve has tried to fix it since The International of 2011. The “Fountain Hook” is one of them.
Not with brood, the way her units work is different, tab you go for all spiders tab again you dont go for a second spider you go for all weebs on map
— Leave Me Alone (@PedroFilipeTB) January 4, 2022
But, it is a game mechanic that existed. And, this is brute force alteration of Dota 2 Gamefiles, ImmortalFaith mentioning it or not.
Valve sure will respond to it. But, we do not expect any penalties for this. Hopefully, it all turns out well for all parties involved.
There’s a big difference between changing an autoexec that just executes console commands that are allowed and a game file that defines how units, spells and abilities behave on the client-side, even tho it’s very limited what you can do with those files.
— Petr Hájek (@Hajadlo) January 3, 2022
Though, the real question is, “How many of the gamers in the professionals alter Dota 2 Gamefiles?” ImmortalFaith maybe looks to tap into that question.
We expect a definitive announcement from Valve shortly. Until then.
