Im at guardian 5 and will be Crusader in a few games. It was a hard and long run, especially climbing out of herald where everyone griefes the game. Hell, i was down to 10 mmr at one point! I´ve started to play Dota in 2014 but had several breaks of several years in between. Coming back and calibrating i got into the herald hell.
Two games left to crusader and then i either quit or reduce my Dota time to one game per day. My goal was crusader and i think there is no reason to grind the ladder anymore. I mean i could invest another year and reach legend, then maybe a few hundreds game later reach ancient. And then?
The incredible ammount of Smurfs, game ruiners and unbalanced matches which throw you back and back again is the biggest waste of time ever, this is what i feel. Not to forget the anger and depression you feel after losing a 40 mins unbalanced game or getting griefed or stomped by a smurf. Sometimes several games in a row.
Anyway, would like to read about your personal goals. Dota can be big fun, but somehow i feel its not rewarding and a huge waste of time. Recently i got a huge loss streak of 9 consecutive games, just to win 70% of the next 20 games and grind all my mmr back.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/s6164m/whats_your_personal_goal_in_dota/
