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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.
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No Dota 2 key requests, sell, trade etc.
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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.

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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	1,052 responses 295,869 views 0 likes	Last Post by MoaM 07-12-2021, 06:21 PM
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 33,231 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 25,828 views 0 likes	Last Post by Jan2011 12-14-2013, 04:48 AM
Making Normal Matchmaking (practice matchmaking) by Nihilism Started by Nihilism, 02-05-2014, 05:11 PM	2 responses 706 views 0 likes	Last Post by explorer199 02-06-2014, 04:56 PM
Foulfell Shards - What On Earth Is Their Purpose? by Scorpius Started by Scorpius, 02-06-2014, 06:52 AM	11 responses 5,230 views 0 likes	Last Post by DatOneBlackGuy 02-06-2014, 04:45 PM
Closed: Amateur tournaments for rare items 1v1/5v5 check out here Europe only by CrackFantasy Started by CrackFantasy, 02-06-2014, 04:31 PM	0 responses 763 views 0 likes	Last Post by CrackFantasy 02-06-2014, 04:31 PM
Closed: New abadon rules, do they really make sense? by cryinbmw Started by cryinbmw, 02-06-2014, 02:08 PM	1 response 702 views 0 likes	Last Post by CrazyStonerGotBanned 02-06-2014, 02:12 PM
Closed: Yo Valve fix my fucking xp gaining by Chuck Norris Started by Chuck Norris, 02-06-2014, 02:04 PM	0 responses 553 views 0 likes	Last Post by Chuck Norris 02-06-2014, 02:04 PM
Closed: Censoring certain topics - are there any official statements? by arkhanari Started by arkhanari, 02-06-2014, 01:49 PM	2 responses 667 views 0 likes	Last Post by Jan2011 02-06-2014, 01:58 PM
Closed: The community is toxic - fix it with region lock by arkhanari Started by arkhanari, 02-06-2014, 01:39 PM	2 responses 830 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 02-06-2014, 01:49 PM
Beastmode without a Beast. by Livithium Started by Livithium, 02-06-2014, 08:00 AM	3 responses 1,146 views 0 likes	Last Post by KillDeer 02-06-2014, 01:15 PM
Does jade expire? by geonuke Started by geonuke, 02-06-2014, 02:57 AM	6 responses 1,222 views 0 likes	Last Post by jonjonjon 02-06-2014, 01:06 PM
Question about 05/02/2013 patch by naavle Started by naavle, 02-05-2014, 12:20 PM	2 responses 720 views 0 likes	Last Post by Sa1nt 02-06-2014, 12:37 PM

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