Farming and levels

Farming food has been very helpful to the advancement of the human race, however recently through food networks many places no longer require their own farming for food. The food networks as Kuttainen puts it "leaves many people stuffed and many starved" which is true for Dota also. the only difference accept Dota the characters choose to except this and help our team rather than take the farm they require. Many characters choose to play the less stuffed hero's so that they may do a better job at supporting the team rather than farming. This is relative to life except typically those supporting those at the top don't have a choice in the matter. There is a choice in Dota though, pick the supporting heroes and help your big eaters get food, or everyone suffers.

When farming in Dota you farm creeps and gain gold from that through the lanes, the best way is to farm all lanes to be efficient, however sometimes it is better to let the farm just go if it'll cost to far to move it or move to it. Also it is possible to deny farm to like when India just left food to rot as stated by Patel. When denying farm you spend time not getting the farm yourself but nor does the other team get to farm and get strong, making your network better. And when the network is strong the weaker leaks also gain strength from the farm. When the big heroes have eaten the other heroes have chance to catch up on their own farm while the bigger heroes start going for the larger targets. As such the food network grows stronger as the weaker leaks get bigger. Dota is far different from life as it takes a communist approach to food, but its still an interesting comparison.

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Kuttainen, V. (2015) Our space: Networks, narratives, and the making of place, lecture 8: Food networks [Powerpoint Slides] Retrieved on September 18, 2015 from http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au

Patel, R. (2007) Stuffed and starved. Retrieved on September 18, 2015 from http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au