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No discussion, sharing or referencing illegal software such as hacks, keygen, cracks and pirated software.
No offensive contents, including but not limited to, racism, gore or pornography.
No excessive spam/meme, i.e. copious one liners in a short period of time, typing with all caps or posting meme responses (text/image).
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No link spamming or signature advertisements for content not specific to Dota 2.
No Dota 2 key requests, sell, trade etc.
You may not create multiple accounts for any purpose, including ban evasion, unless expressly permitted by a moderator.

Please search before posting. One thread per issue. Do not create another thread if there is an existing one already.
Before posting anything, make sure you check out all sticky threads (e.g., this). Do not create new threads about closed ones.
It is extremely important that you post in correct forum section.

Balance discussion only in Misc.
All art related (such as hero model) feedbacks go to Art Feedback Forum.
All matchmaking feedback should go here: Matchmaking Feedback
All report/low priority issues should go here: Commend/Report/Ban Feedback
No specific workshop item feedback. These should go to workshop page of that item.
When posting in non-bugs section (such as this), use [Bugs], [Discussion] or [Suggestion] prefix in your thread name.

Before posting any bug, test it in latest DotA map or Latest DotA Test Map and make sure it is actually a bug.
You can also find references in PlayDota Guides and PlayDota Mechanics.
Follow Bug Reporting Guide when reporting bugs.

In case you object some action by a moderator, please contact him directly through PM and explain your concerns politely. If you are still unable to resolve the issue, contact an administrator. Do not drag these issues in public.

All rules are meant to augment common sense, please use them when not conflicted with aforementioned policies.

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Sticky: Matchmaking Abuse Report Thread by Kryil- Started by Kryil-, 04-07-2014, 03:33 PM	1,047 responses 295,368 views 0 likes	Last Post by Wimhaen 04-05-2021, 04:33 AM
Closed, Sticky: When reporting problems, please always share Match ID or Steam community profile by fletcher Started by fletcher, 05-14-2014, 12:06 PM	17 responses 33,138 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 06-08-2014, 12:15 AM
Closed, Sticky: Rules of the Dota 2 Community section - READ BEFORE POSTING by Jan2011 Started by Jan2011, 12-14-2013, 04:48 AM	0 responses 25,785 views 0 likes	Last Post by Jan2011 12-14-2013, 04:48 AM
Why not just have unranked and ranked like every other game? by sea Started by sea, 07-30-2013, 07:23 AM	34 responses 5,236 views 0 likes	Last Post by katsaroulhs 07-30-2013, 12:39 PM
Valve Dota 2 Match Making System Complete Trash by Into Started by Into, 07-30-2013, 09:45 AM	17 responses 3,458 views 0 likes	Last Post by mibuwolf 07-30-2013, 12:27 PM
Velve hire community manager by Clivard Started by Clivard, 07-30-2013, 06:08 AM	42 responses 5,625 views 0 likes	Last Post by mibuwolf 07-30-2013, 11:49 AM
Suggestions for Dota (Pauses, Giveup option, MM, Reports, Communities) by conz Started by conz, 07-30-2013, 11:25 AM	2 responses 1,117 views 0 likes	Last Post by mibuwolf 07-30-2013, 11:41 AM
Broken MM Doto Best Doto by FatalTouch Started by FatalTouch, 07-30-2013, 08:36 AM	8 responses 1,888 views 0 likes	Last Post by Dreams-Visions 07-30-2013, 11:28 AM
DOTA 2 EPIC FAIL! by Old School Started by Old School, 07-29-2013, 07:31 AM	11 responses 3,598 views 0 likes	Last Post by Nobuga 07-30-2013, 10:30 AM
Find a new game, Dota 2 is being geared towards casual gameplay by megakuki Started by megakuki, 07-30-2013, 08:40 AM	2 responses 1,128 views 0 likes	Last Post by realister 07-30-2013, 08:59 AM
Who would win this match? by F2P Started by F2P, 07-28-2013, 11:58 PM	39 responses 6,807 views 0 likes	Last Post by HaiHai 07-30-2013, 08:32 AM
Closed: Riki 1h on dota vs morphling 2000h on dota, gg volvo by Kim Started by Kim, 07-30-2013, 03:37 AM	75 responses 8,685 views 0 likes	Last Post by Noo 07-30-2013, 08:14 AM
The evidence to prove mm is poor by hk11 Started by hk11, 07-30-2013, 01:25 AM	13 responses 2,329 views 0 likes	Last Post by JuanCCC 07-30-2013, 07:22 AM

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