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No flaming or derogatory remarks, directly or through insinuation.
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).
No trolling, including but not limited to, flame incitation, user provocation or false information distribution.
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, 04:33 PM	1,060 responses 296,354 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kie 11-29-2021, 08:36 AM
Closed, Sticky: When reporting problems, please always share Match ID or Steam community profile by fletcher Started by fletcher, 05-14-2014, 01:06 PM	17 responses 33,291 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 06-08-2014, 01:15 AM
Closed, Sticky: Rules of the Dota 2 Community section - READ BEFORE POSTING by Jan2011 Started by Jan2011, 12-14-2013, 05:48 AM	0 responses 25,868 views 0 likes	Last Post by Jan2011 12-14-2013, 05:48 AM
Closed: repeat intentional feed and streaming it on twitch by water Started by water, 01-29-2014, 01:04 AM	12 responses 2,393 views 0 likes	Last Post by hordepriest99 01-29-2014, 07:52 AM
Smurf detection. by kendallman Started by kendallman, 01-28-2014, 10:21 AM	20 responses 4,161 views 0 likes	Last Post by ShadowReturns 01-29-2014, 06:34 AM
Post-Game Poll Number Predictions? by spudlyff8fan Started by spudlyff8fan, 01-24-2014, 01:37 PM	14 responses 2,147 views 0 likes	Last Post by lhb 01-29-2014, 06:06 AM
Drop Rate Decreased ? aka Valve doesnt want my money anymore :( by Raisti Started by Raisti, 01-27-2014, 10:32 PM	23 responses 2,879 views 0 likes	Last Post by anytime 01-29-2014, 05:39 AM
Early abandon during pick phase doesn't get punished by Archmagus Started by Archmagus, 01-27-2014, 11:37 PM	10 responses 2,165 views 0 likes	Last Post by ijji 01-29-2014, 05:21 AM
Recruitment request spamming by illserveu Started by illserveu, 12-19-2013, 09:14 AM	13 responses 3,442 views 0 likes	Last Post by redperry 01-29-2014, 03:38 AM
Closed: Is buying your mid bottle a valid strategy? by LedZepp1109 Started by LedZepp1109, 01-28-2014, 08:39 PM	37 responses 46 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 01-29-2014, 03:02 AM
Closed: Fix your matchmaking before I leave and probably many others by lilepach Started by lilepach, 01-28-2014, 08:09 PM	13 responses 1,927 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 01-29-2014, 02:58 AM
Closed: Game community...Blame Valve by Djzotics Started by Djzotics, 01-28-2014, 07:07 PM	4 responses 1,204 views 0 likes	Last Post by Kryil- 01-29-2014, 02:54 AM
Closed: Foreign players in other servers by The_puma Started by The_puma, 01-28-2014, 09:01 PM	8 responses 1,203 views 0 likes	Last Post by vladn 01-29-2014, 01:48 AM

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