I've had a rocky start with Dota 2. I was so intrigued by the first few Dota 2 gameplay videos I saw that I bought a key – the one that comes with a couple of costumes and a warthog courier. But I was so demoralised by the first few games I played – I was utterly destroyed by the bots – that I left the game alone. In my Steam library it stayed, gathering virtual dust, until a few weeks ago when I read a couple of starter guides and decided to give Dota 2 another shot, and now it really has its hooks into me.