Welcome back to to TotW (Tweets of the Week #3)! Our category for today? Topical. If it's not one thing going crazy in the world this year, it's another. There's rarely a poor time to discuss issues that matter; however, there's never a time where humor can't lighten the mood. Let's take a look, shall we? - - - Topical This is like that meme where you look up how long Echidnas live and realize Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog is going to die or is already dead. Except worst because it's not fictional.  Let's just say time allocation isn't the strong suit here.

RT if you've played Dota for more hours than police go through actual training pic.twitter.com/FUzaWQx5Xu

— midormeepo (@midormeepo) June 5, 2020

A god damned mountain range But where's the lie? I empathize with the poor guy's blood pressure, but hey - it's part of the recipe for an exciting experience.

Just played the most insane game, the win% graph looks like a god damn mountainrange pic.twitter.com/UHN9oC7t6w

— WagaGaming (@WagaGaming) June 4, 2020

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie It's certainly nice to hear of some uplifting, good-natured altruism spread in the Dota community during these tumultuous times. Let's keep up the good work.

shortly after LA major was cancelled, knowing i would either be alone in a team house with a soon-expiring lease or in nyc epicenter without family (who were still visiting relatives in shanghai just before the outbreak in China), svg and his family kindly offered to take me in

— Jack Chen (@KBBQDotA) June 4, 2020

Still the best damned F2P model on the market Companies that feel you must bleed your playerbase dry or enforce Skinner's Box mechanics, look no further. Cosmetics and other items that do not alter gameplay have skyrocketed Dota 2's already ridiculous TI prizes to unprecedented levels.  

It is very interesting to give perspective of how much things cost in a micro transaction game like @DOTA2.

Every year The International prize pool rises higher than the year before, driven heavily by the desire to unlock that unique thing in the battle pass. pic.twitter.com/N9zisowvW4 — Toby Dawson (@TobiWanDOTA) June 4, 2020

Heh. You know, if we brought 50 years in the past, they'd be disappointed that we still don't have flying vehicles everywhere.  But look on the bright side, there's some shiny things we can get instead in our vidya games—AND they go to a good cause!

society if we all spent battle pass money elsewhere pic.twitter.com/5UI7pOMsWa

— midormeepo (@midormeepo) June 4, 2020

Of all people... Even a jester has his serious side. N0tail may predominately come across as a troll-y figure, but this goes to show when there's a cause worth fighting for, it's time to get down to business.

I don't condone violence, but I can see the anger and dissatisfaction in the American people. Leaders need to be held accountable for their actions, and lack of action.#blm #changethisshit #thisisamerica pic.twitter.com/YYrQfzqwsA

— Johan Sundstein (@OG_BDN0tail) June 3, 2020

Mellowing out I always find it best to try not to end on a heavy note.  So...we hope you're not in this position. And if so, consider grinding less and studying what's going wrong in your play more! Or chalk it up to talent or luck, your choice. :P

Sometimes we were just not destined for greatness in #Dota2 ?⠀ pic.twitter.com/VVYxdyDMP6

— ESL Asia (@ESL_Asia) June 3, 2020

We have faith that humanity can collectively get its shit together so that there's strictly entertaining and light-hearted humor in this series on the horizon.  Or we're fools.  In any case, let's find out next week!

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