What does "Rat Kid" mean?

[Hex: Event is Misery]

Something I've wondered for awhile now and never really bothered to ask:
Peruvians, Pinoys and Russians alike have a particular term to call their allies. Whenever they dislike someone's gameplay (or just the person in general) they'll very often call the player a "Rat Kid".

From my understanding "Ratting" is when you play a very backdoor push heavy stile. However, these players call others "Rat Kid" no matter what they do.

Does anyone know what that actually means?

[Lunacinda]

Usually the term "rat" or "ratting" in dota refers to a playstyle of pushing lanes instead of doing team fights and killing heroes.

Furion is often referred to as a Rat hero, because he excells at just teleporting from lane to lane, pushing back creeps and chipping down towers, while not really doing a lot of actual fighting.

Ratting basically is just a hit-and-run gameplay style where you focus on killing the enemy /towers/base more than fighting heroes.

[Robits]

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[Path Of Pain]

Originally posted by Vampcinda:

Usually the term "rat" or "ratting" in dota refers to a playstyle of pushing lanes instead of doing team fights and killing heroes.

Furion is often referred to as a Rat hero, because he excells at just teleporting from lane to lane, pushing back creeps and chipping down towers, while not really doing a lot of actual fighting.

Ratting basically is just a hit-and-run gameplay style where you focus on killing the enemy /towers/base more than fighting heroes.

Can't be further from the truth.

Peruvians use this term to insult someone. As simple as that. It is like saying: "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥". No difference.

[Doctor Dodo Bird]

Rat in dota refers to pushing lanes. You are slowly "eating away" from a base, like a rat eats cheese. That is the official way it has been explained to me.

[Takeshi Gitano]

Originally posted by Doctor Dodo Bird:

Rat in dota refers to pushing lanes. You are slowly "eating away" from a base, like a rat eats cheese. That is the official way it has been explained to me.

Hahahahahahaa... no ..... but nice story for michael bay xD

Rat kids means... logic , "niño rata" this term is often used to refer to people who watch mostly youtube vids, their hero's are simply youtube famous people (with that value , what u expect, minecraft , ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dubstep, and a ego bigger than world trade center (wut ? xD))
Later that word go mainstream and simply each kid blaming eachothers use that word

[Doctor Dodo Bird]

No. Vampcinda is right. Ratting refers to backdooring, pushing lanes. Rat heros include furion, broodmother, tinker, riki, and weaver. If you don't know that ratting means pushing lanes, you don't know your doto as well as you think. Rat Doto means you are eating away at there base piece by piece like a mouse eats cheese. Nothing more, nothing less.

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[Takeshi Gitano]

Originally posted by Doctor Dodo Bird:

No. Vampcinda is right. Ratting refers to backdooring, pushing lanes. Rat heros include furion, broodmother, tinker, riki, and weaver. If you don't know that ratting means pushing lanes, you don't know your doto as well as you think. Rat Doto means you are eating away at there base piece by piece like a mouse eats cheese. Nothing more, nothing less.

Rat doto means that . rat kids means what i say xD
But as i say , 9/11 for bay story :D

[Woody]

There seems to be some confusion, Rat kid =/= person who plays rat dota. Don't really know what Rat kid means but it isn't someone who rats (at least I think it isn't).

[Takeshi Gitano]

Btw , if u gonna start saying we gonna need to learn doto a bit more , I recommend to make a fast search on youtube with that word : "NIÑO RATA" copy paste that N with hair .

[Doctor Dodo Bird]

true, makes sense Queso

[Hex: Event is Misery]

Originally posted by Vampcinda:

Usually the term "rat" or "ratting" in dota refers to a playstyle of pushing lanes instead of doing team fights and killing heroes.

Furion is often referred to as a Rat hero, because he excells at just teleporting from lane to lane, pushing back creeps and chipping down towers, while not really doing a lot of actual fighting.

Ratting basically is just a hit-and-run gameplay style where you focus on killing the enemy /towers/base more than fighting heroes.

I know that. Lycan is my second most played.
It seems that people are called "Rat Kid" no matter how they play, though. That's where my confusion lies.

[Hex: Event is Misery]

Originally posted by Queso Tranchete:

Rat kids means... logic , "niño rata" this term is often used to refer to people who watch mostly youtube vids, their hero's are simply youtube famous people (with that value , what u expect, minecraft , ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dubstep, and a ego bigger than world trade center (wut ? xD))
Later that word go mainstream and simply each kid blaming eachothers use that word

This seems logical.

Originally posted by i am pro:

rat kid means rat the kid its hiding in the bases and its so scared and needs to be resuced you know what is?

This seems more logical.

[Cpt. "Rick" Murdock]

When used by spanish it means a young pre-adolescent with a squeaky voice that thinks he's tough by insulting everyone and abusing the mic in a hostile way usually playing games that are not recomended for their age