What a coincidence I realised when I was in the train today. The train is just like a dota2 game. One side door is radiant and other is dire.

Getting from one door to other is the essence of a local train and so is survival in between.

The game, no wait, journey starts with getting in from either side of the train compartment. And from then you start using your abilities. I forgot to add, its the -wtf mode going on with everyone. The major difference between the two is, instead of 5v5 balanced, it can be anything, even 40v50 full unbalanced. People come in groups, with the most strong one the carry, and his friends are his supports. There are many solo players too who can very well play the game.

The abilities can be anything, abuse, poke, slam, hit, tickle, stink, protect, duck, lean, push, pull, slap, not-give-a-damn, etc. Everyone gets randomly between 4 and 7 of the abilities except the one who gets not-give-a-damn, who just gets one passive.

The carries work is to get his team to the right side he wants to get down, and its not an easy task. He has to face many heroes and creeps on his way out who cast all the above abilities in -wtf mode.

The more you play, the more abilities you can micro well and the more efficiently you can play the game.

When the proper station comes, people only push and get out which is like getting the opponent ancient. And once you win, you heave a sigh of relief and then you get experience points which you can surely apply in the next journey.

Like DOTA, you can’t get enough of it and you go back for more and play like a pro. Normal matchmaking is like 1st class, and high-very high is like 2nd class travel. Life’s fun playing high/very-high but normal matchmaking is like super easy and you can stomp others.

So, before you call ggwp in a Mumbai local, remember that the next game might not be gg, though 99% times everyone wins and the 1% loss(getting down at last stop) is just pathetic. 😛