Will destroying items in a Dota 2 game lead to bans?
This can be done with any item other than Gem of True Sight and Divine Rapier. The only other restriction in item-breaking is ownership
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Breaking an item, as opposed to selling it, will not refund the player half of its cost. In effect, it only serves to instantly reduce the overall net worth of the player
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Otherwise, the intended purpose for this mechanic is as a part of inventory management in Dota 2.
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Reddit user MicroGG25 recently disclosed his discovery of a prototype auto-ban system that bans players for intentional griefing by breaking items.
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The thread in question gained much traction on the Dota 2 subreddit, where some users deemed it to be a masterful satire of Valve's penalty system for griefing
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Nevertheless, reports of the alleged auto-ban have since been repeated from reputable sources, including the official Team Spirit Twitter handle
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As per these sources, intentionally breaking items to throw games now automatically leads to a 4-hour ban from matchmaking as well as a low-priority pool penalty of one Single Draft game
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The automatic Overwatch ban system is supposed to detect cases of griefing by sudden drops in net worth
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A number of anecdotal reports have since confirmed this rumor, while numerous others have said that it hasn't held true in their experimentation.
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To get the most out of their inventory space, players use placeholder cheap items to bolster their attributes and other stats while farming for the bigger items.