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Why do Dota players yell at each other for playing badly?

Screams of pain

My supporter post this week comes to you thanks to AI wizard (and occasional RPS contributor) Mike Cook, who tweeted the following: “The most bizarre consequence of GDPR so far: you can now look up all the times you've been reported in DOTA 2 and the reasons given for the reports.”

It’s true.

I’ve been reported a LOT.

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Matt Cox: Once the leader of Rock Paper Shotgun's Youth Contingent, Matt is an expert in multiplayer games, deckbuilders and battle royales. He occasionally pops back into the Treehouse to write some news for us from time to time, but he mostly spends his days teaching small children how to speak different languages in warmer climates.
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