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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Dota 2 adds 'Least Played' mode.

    Now that Dota 2 is up to a whopping 96 characters, it's a fair bet that a good proportion of them are something of a mystery to most of its 3 million players. To help introduce you to a few more, without the fear of being stomped by people playing their best heroes, Valve added a new mode in yesterday's weekly patch that forces everyone to choose one of their least-played Doters.
    Jan 18, 2013 6:00am PST
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Dota 2 adds 'Least Played' mode.

    Now that Dota 2 is up to a whopping 96 characters, it's a fair bet that a good proportion of them are something of a mystery to most of its 3 million players. To help introduce you to a few more, without the fear of being stomped by people playing their best heroes, Valve added a new mode in yesterday's weekly patch that forces everyone to choose one of their least-played Doters. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Tried it last night... It's not very restrictive! It disables the 20 most used hero, so most of the pool ... : barichnikovThis person is cool!
      • agreed. : bongturbo
      • I also agree with this. Only being able to choose from 20 would make this mode much better. : notdeadyeti
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        I have like 10 heroes played tops :( : NighteyesThis person is cool!
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          Always doing all pick? : bundyThis person is cool!
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            he has the ability to random Chen more often than you'd expect. : SupineThis person is cool!
            • chen is really nice. even for noobs. pick tanky creeps and even just attack-move the towers at the right ... : barichnikovThis person is cool!
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        I think that would be needlessly cruel, the main purpose is just to prevent people from playing anything ... : ZekThis person is cool!
        • it's not cruel if you're not forced to play the "LEAST PLAYED" mode. :D : barichnikovThis person is cool!
      • You still need to have a good pool of heroes with varying roles to choose from. : mrseldowski
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      Single draft mode seems to be a better solution since it forces you to choose between 3 characters. Sinc... : melkoreThis person is cool!
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        I've mostly played Single Draft this past week, but it seems even fewer people play support in SD than in... : Alice O'Connor
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          I've been going straight for characters I am afraid of or haven't played before, to the determent of my t... : SockMonkehThis person is cool!
          • There is actually a suggest hero function. : bundyThis person is cool!
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        Single draft has another problem: It's really hard to get the communication going in any team to see what... : barichnikovThis person is cool!
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          or on the hero pick you see all the heros your team mates have to pick from with there name beside them : okellycThis person is cool!
          • yeah I really miss this from HON. : bongturbo
      • Single Draft is definitely the way for me because I can never decide. It might have something to do with... : MachoMyers
      • I would recommend trying random draft instead of single draft to try out new characters. The staged draft... : CrimsonThis person is cool!
    • Going to roll with SD and LP as my selected modes now. : Psigun
    • Are they gonna stop at 140 chars? LOL : thargerThis person is cool!
    • I just hit random : RikiTiki2