SumaiL on mid-lane practice sessions with Arteezy: “He’d lose the first half-wave—and immediately type ‘GG’”

SumaiL: He was so nice. It was incredible. In public chats, he acted so friendly, as if the very concept of “toxicity” didn’t even exist back then. I don’t know… He’d start with a message like, “Hi, good day, everyone.” He’d do his thing during the match, and at the end he’d say something like, “Have a blessed day.” I don’t know what happened. I think he just played too much, or something. I don’t know what changed afterward. But I remember only ever seeing him play Templar Assassin—exclusively that hero. By the way, his TA was good.

Insania: I can’t play with my friends, and it drives me crazy. Why is there an MMR restriction that prevents you from just having fun with the people you care about? People tell me to just buy an account, and I realize I probably should… But seriously, Valve is literally pushing you toward that. I really don’t see any other solution—there’s just nothing you can do. You can’t recalibrate your account—the drop isn’t steep enough. You can mess up a thousand games, but then you’ll just end up with a low priority. And if you’re looking for unranked matches, you just can’t find any because the spread is too wide.

SumaiL: We played a lot with Arteezy. The problem with him was that he’d lose the first half-wave—and immediately type “GG.” If I denied one or two creeps at the start, he’d just stop playing. We had to restart over and over again, so we’d end up with 15 matches in half an hour. That’s how these 1v1s always went—everything ends very quickly. The more you practice in this format, the more your skill level declines.