items in Dota

Back to days of my doing my phd, I was addicted to games: Diablo II, world of warcraft, warcraft 3 and Dota, in that order. Addictiveness is not necessary destructive, as long as you can get out. However, even though I only play like 1 hour per week now, I won't say I will get out. Games give me a lot of inspiration. They are arts, they are stories that tell you that people have created so beautiful world so that you should go out and enjoy it, and they are aims that I keep in mind for achieving the same quality when I do my study or work. Yes, I play for inspiration, not for fun. I wrote many small pieces of stories in chinese when I play world of warcraft from 2005 to 2006. They are too "chaos" and emotional, instead of telling plots, today I went through all of them.

There is an item called "Perseverance" in Dota, which replenishes your life and magic points over time. I wonder what it means the other day, and found:

Noun 1. perseverance - persistent determination
- the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
2. perseverance - the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

so it could be good and it CAN be bad. over-perseverance can be a bad thing. I will check Bible when I get home, to see what it says about this quality.