If you genuinely want to improve at Dota, like with anything else, you really have to commit the time to it. I don't believe I have ever heard of a player who is on the top of the leaderboards by just picking up the game for 1,000 hours. Dota is a game that you need to practice a LOT if you want to get incredibly good. Watch your own replays, watch streams, think about why a certain play was good or bad, and understand as many situations as possible. Each player takes part in team combat which take place in defensive tower lined alley ways between bases. The aim of each team is to destroy their opposing team's fortified stronghold called 'Ancient Fortress'. But again I believe getting to 7k+ is mainly about just being able to solo carry or lead your team thoroughly, so it just comes down to watching your own replays of losses and understanding why you lost a game. Dota 2 is based on session-based online multiplayer action. Self-improvement! In the 5-6k range, just being positive goes a long way, such as encouraging your team after someone messed up and just genuinely trying to not tilt. What advice do you have for players in the 5-6k range who are looking to continue the climb to your level? A good Io player will never fail to impress me. That hero just completely changes the style of the game and how the enemy has to play. That is such a tough question, but if I absolutely had to choose one I would say Io. Overall I think we could have caused more upsets, but we just weren't prepared enough. This was also my first time captaining/drafting for a team, so I had plenty of nerves going into it as well. We got as many games and practice in as we could in that time period, but the lack of practice definitely showed in our performance. Two of our players were busy casting/admining different tournaments until just a week before the qualifiers started. Usually TI qualifiers are a lot more strenuous for me than they were this year. You recently played in the TI7 qualifiers! Tell us what that was like. Getting to practice with the same group of people consistently is another way to hasten your growth period a bit. If you have a popular Warcraft III map you can talk to us to get it ranked. Below are a few of the more popular maps, which are also ranked on our ladder. I think people sometimes forget that the game is about having fun, not just winning (I'm guilty of that too at times). If some of your friends play, that can just add to the excitement when your stack of friends beats another stack of friends. What games can you play You can play any Warcraft III map on our client. Overall, I enjoy games when everyone is trying their best. There are quite a few well known griefers (who intentionally throw games), so it's just a toss-up on if you get them on your team or not. Games in my bracket are very wishy-washy. What's it like playing in such a high skill bracket?

I've always enjoyed core roles the most, mainly mid and offlane, but I honestly just love playing the game. Since then I have around 25,000 playing both Dota 1 and Dota 2 combined. I absolutely fell in love with it from the start and the rest is history. My brother and I brought our computers to a friend's house for an all-night LAN party, and that's where I first discovered the game. I started playing DotA when I was about 10 years old.

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