Are you playing a minimal hero pool/role or just randoming/playing whatever?
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Are you playing a minimal hero pool/role or just randoming/playing whatever?
The former really. I don't touch carries in most games because I'm so poor at them. But even when playing support exclusively, my apparent skill fluctuates wildly. And it doesn't depend on the MMR bracket I stack in either. It fluctuates massively at my own MMR bracket too.
Gentle Rodriguez
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Maybe check the replays of the games that went exceptionally well or poorly and see what went differently in them, maybe you'll find a recurring theme.
I am VERY curious as to how you are measuring your apparent skill on a game by game basis. I think it can only be accurately measured over many many games.
Based on my own assessment? I said that it feels completely out of my control. I have no sense that I'm getting better, except in lane I think I'm very marginally better because there are general rules to follow. As soon as I don't have those rules to follow and I have to fall back on my own skill and judgement I'm as bad as I've ever been.
I think, and this is just a guess, that your own assessment is probably not accurate enough to measure very small differences game to game.
You should use your MMR as a guess as to if you are improving, and if you want to improve your mmr, I suggest you learn to play all the roles. Just spam pick troll or jugg every game if you don't usually play carries. You will probably lose MMR at first, but in the long run it will help.
Sigismundo
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EE Mad As Fuck, Intentionally Feeds On Stream
Well my MMR and win rate are also going down. I said my success from game to game feels random and it does.
Monochromaticx
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SHOCKING!
Are you looking at your mmr game to game or month to month? It's going to fluctuate, and everyone has winning / losing streaks.
Also, playing support at lower mmr has a smaller impact, actually making your win rate more random imo.
waxinlyrical
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I think you've hit the crux of the argument here: you need a concrete goal you can be making improvements at. I play carry pretty often and for me that goal is gpm. Each individual game performance is highly random, but putting in the last hitting practice, jungle farming rotations, better calls for what team fights to join etc means my gpm should be trending upwards over time. For supports there isn't an equivalent easy number, but you can make goals like "I will secure every rune for my mid" or "I will go to support my carry within 2 seconds of him being engaged on" Once you have quantifiable goals it's easier to keep track of whether you're getting better or not.
Shorty11857
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Can't imagine ever not taking time off. I get 23 days a year and I use them and more. Usually take 5 days extra unpaid at Christmas and taking an extra two and a half weeks out of my overtime in the summer so I can take 5 weeks off in July
I lolled. "Pajkatt spinning around like a goddamn heliocopter!"
Haunted
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Crystal Maiden is fine, you suck.
lol
SilentRacoon
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I wish this were the case.
I got owned once by one going for desolator as first item....
SteveWinwood
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should i tear my eyes out now
everything i see returns to you somehow
everything i see returns to you somehow
SteveWinwood
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i read shadow of the wind once
shira
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MLG S1: Columbus April 10-12 Qualified: EG, NiP, Not Today, Rave, BBC, Empire
Starladder 12 & Dreamhack Bucharest April 24-26 Qualified: iG, VG, Tinker
May 1 TI INVITES
Red Bull Battle Grounds in SF May 10
Summit 3 May 13-17 Qualified: VG, Rave
i-League 3 May 19-24
TI5 Qualifiers (Last week of May)
MLG S2: Austin June 4-7
Dreamhack Jonkoping June 13-16
ESL-ONE Frankfurt June 20-21 Qualified: EG, VG, Secret
TI5 July 28- August 8
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NormalFish
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I'm not sure why but PPD has grown on me. Think the lack of BM all chat in matches helps. His stream is by far my favourite pro player stream.
**I can't stop laughing at this match
**I can't stop laughing at this match
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MLG S1: Columbus April 10-12 Qualified: EG, NiP, Not Today, Rave, BBC, Empire
Starladder 12 & Dreamhack Bucharest April 24-26 Qualified: iG, VG, Tinker
May 1 TI INVITES
Red Bull Battle Grounds in SF May 10
Summit 3 May 13-17 Qualified: VG, Rave
i-League 3 May 19-24
TI5 Qualifiers (Last week of May)
MLG S2: Austin June 4-7
Dreamhack Jonkoping June 13-16
ESL-ONE Frankfurt June 20-21 Qualified: EG, VG, Secret
TI5 July 28- August 8
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The Witcher 3
Same. Barring the the ranked solo bit. Sadly, my reward was a pair of Anti-Mage pants :/
The rust is real though. I apologize pre-preemptively, team!
If he only play regular season from now it'll stay at 100% ;-)
Sigismundo
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Do any of you guys have the VOD for the HoN Tour finals in the basketball hotel suite? I need a laugh.
the fact i couldnt sign up for ihl in time bc i was banned 💀
the fact i actually checked dotabuff hero trends for the first time and sniper is most chosen and second highest winrate 💀
the fact tobear is my new best friend on dota after atlantis has shamefully ditched me 💀
all these changes happen so quickly, let me c if i can procure a ti5 ticket to see if sniper can be demolished 💀
the fact i actually checked dotabuff hero trends for the first time and sniper is most chosen and second highest winrate 💀
the fact tobear is my new best friend on dota after atlantis has shamefully ditched me 💀
all these changes happen so quickly, let me c if i can procure a ti5 ticket to see if sniper can be demolished 💀
While the subreddit this was posted on is pretty circle jerkish, if the numbers are accurate it looks like Dota 2 may actually have more games played per day then LoL outside of China:
http://www.reddit.com/r/dotamasterr...luding_china_region_dota_has_150_more_ranked/
http://www.reddit.com/r/dotamasterr...luding_china_region_dota_has_150_more_ranked/
Techies was more concerned with perfecting his mine placement in lanes than attacking towers
Sniper and Void were just a mess in general, it should've been an easy win but man pushing high ground on the last set of rax was ridiculous
Forgot to mention that NS was one of my coworkers... He definitely contributed to prolonging the game the most :/
Sniper and Void were just a mess in general, it should've been an easy win but man pushing high ground on the last set of rax was ridiculous
Forgot to mention that NS was one of my coworkers... He definitely contributed to prolonging the game the most :/
SecretMoblin
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Wok
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What I like with Dotabuff is that you can continue the rants in the comments of the game ( http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1382194334 ). I am not toxic in-game, but I cannot help to answer toxic players in comments.
Lina was muted from the start, I don't remember when I previously played with that player, but he was already toxic at that time.
I hope I get a reply to my long rant now.
Lina was muted from the start, I don't remember when I previously played with that player, but he was already toxic at that time.
I hope I get a reply to my long rant now.
Wok
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I like documenting my games with a few comments. It is like a player's diary. It is usually only a few sentences, but here I got interested and checked the stats.
Imp the Dimp
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I wouldn't play support at that bracket at all. I remember Merlini saying on his stream that playing support below 4.5k can make climbing MMR an insane drag. Spam Troll and Sniper until a) they are nerfed and b) you learn how to farm and how to carry. Sniper in particular is mechanically insanely easy. Troll is a little more tricky.
Cyborgmatt
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I was about to say a big tournament that you were missing but then I realised it hasn't been announced yet.
Your May should look this:
WePlay Dota2 League Season 3 May 1, 2015 May 3, 2015 (lol)
Red Bull Battlegrounds Playoffs May 6, 2015 May 8, 2015
Red Bull Battlegrounds May 10, 2015 May 10, 2015
D2CL Season 5 May 8, 2015 May 10, 2015
The Summit 3 May 13, 2015 May 17, 2015
i-League Season 3 May 19, 2015 May 24, 2015
Don't let the salt get to you
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