Always remember this, skill is relative. For each person that you think are holding you down, there is another person who thinks the same about you.

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

-Marcus Aurelius

There is no right or wrong in dota. Without humility and tolerance you won't go anywhere, not even guides and extensive coaching will help you. Everyone think they're special, they believe if they give 100% they can achieve anything. Truth is, we are not that special. There are people who are smarter than us, some people put more effort into this game than us.

When you understand this simple concept, everything changes. You will learn to respect your opponent as intelligent person, capable of outsmarting you. You'll begin to realize that they have the same aspiration as you, they worked as hard as you, maybe even more. You will also learn to respect your teammates as a human being with emotions, intelligence and shortcomings, capable of making mistakes and also learning from it.

No matter where you're at in dota, you'll never be 100% satisfied. You have to learn to tolerate and deal with limitations around you. I think most forumers here are getting tired because i never actually gave tips about the game, but kept repeating the same advice over and over again. This is the reality that i learned from my experience, not just an empty idealism.

Back in june, i started coaching a 4.2k player. 4 months later he reached 5.2k mmr. Guess what is his current mmr right now? 58xx. He told me his mmr was 3.4k at the beginning of this year. 3.4k to 5.8k in less than a year. The moment i started coaching i knew he can go far. He has something that 99.9% of dota players don't have. Humility and respect.

There's nothing you can do about it, just play better.

If you don't mind being criticized, post 1 replay of a game that you felt unfair because victory were taken away from you by your teammates.

Here's my rant.....

“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”
― Voltaire

My pub teammates owe me nothing, likewise i owe them nothing. They have no right to tell me how to play my game. Listening to random teammates is the worst thing you can do if you want to improve. 99.9% of them are wrong, their advice doesn't make any sense. They overestimate their understanding of the game. They don't respect their opponent intelligence. They think they're the only one who's capable of making logical decision.

When i watch tournament broadcast, those commentators annoy me. Why?, because they don't have a f***ing clue about the game. Most of the time, their game analysis are plain wrong. Random advice from pub teammates? Please..... don't...... even......

This post has been edited by Kaizer96: Dec 13 2014, 07:50 PM

Of course i try to communicate and relay information to my teammates during the game. I won't force it if they don't want to listen, because i expect the same treatment from them. Sometimes what might seems common sense to you seems absurd to others. That what i meant when i said we need to tolerate each other.

I remember one game where i play mid, this one support can't stop b****ing about me. It happened when he rotated to mid, he then pinged me to kill opponent mid. I ignored him, and because of that he flamed and mocked me throughout the game. Well i can understand him, because at first glance it might seem like a free kill. He was probably so frustrated, he can't understand why this mid player ignored such an obvious free kill.

It was a free kill btw, anyone in his position would get frustrated too. But here's my reasoning for ignoring him; i see both support missing from our opponent safelane. I decided to respect our opponent and not gamble on the kill. We could have gone and killed that mid and escaped without a scratch, but that's not my style. Never ever disrespect your opponent. In that situation right or wrong is just a matter of perspective. People tend to judge who's right or wrong based on result. Our difference in mmr? almost 1000.

Think again, would people listen and watch that video if its not Aui_2000, but some random dota player on the internet? Probably not. I've seen Meracle, Yamateh and Jed getting flamed by their entire teammates in pub. Did you know that Jed a 7k player gets verbally abused by his pub teammates on frequent basis? Why? because everybody think they're entitled to express their opinion, and anyone who disagrees will be branded as someone who can't be criticized. When 4 players who're clearly on the wrong side disagree with you, not even your 10k mmr will save you from the flame/abuse.

+25 mmr.

Theoretically if you can produce the same result every day, you'll gain 750 mmr in one month.

This game was played on my 2nd account(i play random on this account). I was puck in this game. This is how you win in Dota.

PS: Me trashtalking opponent included.

http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1093678860

I do not agree when people said playing support is harder in lower bracket. The thing is, skill is relative. So no matter where you're in the mmr bracket, you'll always find your teammates to be incompetent. If you're a 4k player, those 5000-5500 carry might look competent to you. But from my perspective, most of them are just plain bad.

Your teammates are not the problem, its you. There are people who had thousands of hours logged into dota but still stuck in lower bracket. Its not like they lack talent or effort, they just don't have certain qualities required to be a winner. Positive attitude and strong mentality. My mid player is a 16 years old 6k player, my offlane was 6k last patch. When i talked to them, i can clearly see the difference in attitude.

I understand how you feel, but that situation you described happened to everyone no matter what level they are in the mmr bracket. You're not the only one who felt cheated by your teammates.

My game yesterday.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/1112544789
10-3-31 playing abaddon. These 2 carry threw left and right.

My dotabuff, @ 5.5k mmr.
http://www.dotabuff.com/players/124199835
I only play first pick -> random on this account. If i randomed support, well support is support. If i randomed carry, then i'm playing carry as first pick, these tryhards on solo mmr will always counter pick me. I can easily give excuse that i'm stuck here because i play random, gaining mmr is impossible. Truth is, the only reason i'm stuck here is because i'm lacking, i'm not good enough. It has nothing to do with me playing random.

v1n0d

I haven't got the time to watch your replay yet. I'll do it later. Yesterday was busy preparing for this weekend online tourney, scrim and stuff. Today got tourney, tonight maybe scrim again if i'm playing. Tommorow, online tourney again.

Even 6k is not impossible for you. Sometimes when you reach certain level, you will stay stagnant for a while. When that time comes, persevere. I've been there before, i know how it feels, that feeling of hopelessness. Just because you don't improve, that doesn't mean you have reached your limit, you just need to hang in there for a while.

Just look at the mastery graph below.