DOTA Challenge

I really hate to admit this but this is happening on my life right now during the start of a new year. And that is every time I met friends or acquaintances of mine, they would usually say "Dota Fons!" I even jokingly said to one of my friend that my name is not Dota Fons. Well, I really can't blame them for that for during the past year or so, I would usually challenge someone to play dota against me or with me. And, with constant doing this, my friends and acquaintances became hooked with this thing and starts calling me, Dota Fons.

Right now, there is an improvement to that name. I became an informal organizer of Dota challenge. I challenge a group of friends, a departmental dota challenge and even a year-level dota challenge. All I do is ask for a contact number of a specific guy who represents a group and contact him whenever there is a challenge. This is usually what's happening right now in my school. I got lots of friends and acquaintances because of this.

This coming Saturday, there will be a year level dota challenge. It would be third year accountancy majors versus second year accountancy majors. It would be a 5 players versus 5 players per team. Right now, everyone who will be part of the challenge is really preparing for the event. They keep on playing dota after their classes. They starts strategizing their tactics. Practicing on how to use a specific hero. Knowing on what items to buy for a specific hero. In short, the two teams are really excited at the same time nervous on the Saturday challenge.

I really don't know what is really happening with the second years specifically but all I know is that they are also preparing for it. On the other hand, the third years are really preparing for the event. They are like addicted to it. It is almost every day that they play dota. They are in a desperate mood. But, on my part, I am so worried to them. I am even concerned but I just don't want them to realize it. I don't even want to be a "Pontius Pilate" that washes his hands to put away guilt on his side. I would take responsibility whenever they are not performing well in their classes. That is why, at much as possible I keep myself updated with what is happening in their class outstanding. I want to know whether they are still performing well despite that they are playing dota. I want to instill in their minds that it is good to play and we should play hard but we should also study harder. Fun is good but education is better. Whenever I see that there is a decline in their performance, I would stop giving them challenges.

Even though I just influenced them to play dota and I didn't tell them to keep on playing, it would be cowardly enough not to take responsibility if ever they go astray. I promised myself that I would take full responsibility in their classes. I would not let them play more than study whenever their performance is declining.