Hey guys, I've changed my key bindings recently. It takes some getting used to and to erase all muscle memory and I admit it is not easy. But i can see the positive effect, at least for myself.

I'm currently using qwer as skill quick cast, ALT + qwer as normal cast, spacebar + qwer as self cast. Same goes to items, normal press is quick cast, space + item key is self cast.

Previously my mouse 4 and mouse 5 are chat wheel and control all unit, now i've switched them to my item and I'm liking the results so far. Instead of 1 panic button, i now have 2. ( previously used spacebar as panic heal button. )

Anyone using quick cast here?

hey guys, anyone experiencing slow ranked match up ?

nikaizad

My piece of advise, not just to you but to everyone else too. Enjoy the game for what it is, a game. I believe that most good players didn't start playing the game because they want to be the best. They play the game because its their passion. They enjoy it but don't expect any reward from it.

2 years ago during the international, they interviewed SyndereN during the break between games. He said one of the most inspirational things I've ever heard. I can't remember the exact words, but he said something like this:

"I'm xx years old from Denmark. I study English in university, i study it because i love it. I only do things that i love, because i believe if you do something that you really love you will get really good at it. When you're good at something, the world will open up to you."

I started playing dota since 2007, back then i was only 11 years old. I don't remember aiming to be top players until i was 16. During g-arena days my mentality was, "Biar kalah asalkan godlike.". Just like COD players, get as much kills every game. My favorite heroes back then were gondar, balanar, bloddseeker. Those days were the best days for me as a dota players, made a lot of friends too.

Throughout my days playing dota, i never read any guides or watch it on youtube unless my friend linked it to me. Why waste time read guides when all i want to do is play the game. Thinking back i'm glad i didn't rely too much on guides, because guides will tell you how to think. To be a good dota player you need to think for yourself and develop your own style.

The danger of focusing too much on getting good and winning instead of enjoying the game is that in the long run you will get tunnel vision. Most players that have that mentality will break at one point. Let me share a quote that my brother showed me:

“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.” 
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Probably not enough RAM