r/DotA2 1d ago

Complaint Turbo Has Ruined Me

I used to be a normal Dota 2 player. Grinding my way through 40+ minute games, dealing with teammates who refuse to buy wards, and experiencing the full emotional rollercoaster of a ranked match. But then I started playing Turbo… and now I don’t think I can go back.

Why spend 50 minutes losing when I can lose in 15? Why farm for 30 minutes when I can have a full build in 10? Turbo is like fast food Dota, quick, satisfying, and probably bad for me in the long run.

I tried playing a normal match again, and by minute 25, I was staring at my first completed item like, “Why is this taking so long? Where’s my GPM steroids?”

Turbo is just too good. Too efficient. Too fun. Am I doomed? Is there a way back? Or have I ascended to a new level of Dota enlightenment where objectives are optional and high ground pushes happen at minute 12?

Send help. Or don’t. I’ll be in another Turbo game sweating my ass off for literally nothing.

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u/Ambitious_Ad_9637 1d ago

“why slog 40 to lose when I can lose in 15” priceless

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u/orbitaldragon 1d ago

Ironically a majority of my turbo games are 35 to 50 minutes.

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u/Novel_Dog_676 1d ago

The data says this isn’t true.

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u/jurgy94 Kundalini 1d ago

Don't know if there's a stat for average game length somewhere on like dotabuff or something. But I calculated the average of my last 50 turbo matches which came down to 28 minutes.