The Dota 2 community raised $25,000 to make a new tutorial mode

A group of Dota 2 players, spearheaded by Dota personality SirActionSlacks, successfully raised USD 25,000 to make a proper tutorial for the famous MOBA.

Dota 2 reigns as the king of modern-day MOBAs since it launched on the Steam platform. Its annual tournament, The International, consistently breaks prize pool records every year. This is why it's extremely surprising that such an iconic esports title makes do with a thoroughly underwhelming and disappointing tutorial mode. Valve consistently breaks barriers and reaches milestones with Dota 2 but it will have trouble recruiting new players with its abysmal tutorial. Fortunately, a group of well-meaning Dota 2 players set out to make a proper tutorial once and for all.

A PROPER DOTA 2 TUTORIAL MODE

The very nature of modern-day MOBAs almost requires each title to bring about multiple renovations in gameplay through its lifespan. Likewise, Dota evolved and changed multiple times across the years but that has only rendered its tutorials outdated and completely unnecessary. Several Dota 2 players have no other choice but to learn from streamers and esports games. It's not a very attractive prospect for a massive game that still looks to attract new players.

Dota 2 community member, on-air personality, and host Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner could no longer stand by and abide by such an archaic tutorial system. He first rallied the community together to hopefully get a working tutorial system before the Dota 2 anime spin-off premieres on Netflix. The fan response has been nothing short of inspiring. On the other hand, it's extremely expected for a game with such a massive player base.

Players around the world helped raise around $25,000 towards paying modders for the tutorial project. SirActionSlacks signed on to the initiative as a project manager and the tutorial's narrator for free. Additionally, the project finally showed signs of life two-weeks within development through an update video.

Above all, the plan hinges on Valve allowing new players access to the planned game mode. Currently, new players can't access custom games before finishing a prerequisite number of normal matches. However, the Dota 2 community's singular focus towards such a glaring issue inspires hope and confidence for the esports title's future.