Not sure why you emphasize so much on MMR. Roughly it can gauge the player's ability but imo i won't put it into consideration at all.

Also, I believe younger players should really focus on other stuff more rather than full time on dota(just my opinion)

For me it is more about the team chemistry, 5 Michael Jordan in one team wont necessary better than one team with average players but better teamwork.

Does sponsorship matter that much? As long as you form a team and get good result at local/online tourney, sponsorship should come automatically right. But in Malaysia, doubt you will find those big sponsor like IG etc.

Maybe I'm wrong since I'm from older generation (didn't update much so dont shoot me if I'm wrong on the sponsorship part)

And the main reason I replied is mostly due to the heavy emphasize on 6k MMR although you did explain on this.

oRoXoRo
Well this is just my opinion. I'm just sharing things from my perspective, I'm not trying to prove that i'm right btw.

From my perspective, individual skill comes first before chemistry and teamwork. Still, both are important. Teams full of superstars without chemistry are equally as bad as teams with good chemistry but only consist of average players. You need to have both to be considered champion material.

A team with 5 Micheal Jordan are not necessarily good not because they lack chemistry or teamwork, but because all 5 of them have the same skill set. Just like in team sports, each role in Dota is unique. All 5 roles requires different skill set. Just look at past world cup winners, Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014. Both teams are stacked with individual talents. A forward player can't play defensive position as good as a natural defender. You don't want Messi to be your goalkeeper. You might as well say a team with 5 arteezy or 5 puppey are not necessarily a champion material.

Teamwork and chemistry can be worked on, but getting full 6k roster in your team is very hard, near impossible if you're nobody like me. Some of the good teamplay you see in pro dota match are indirect result of individual skill. A team that consist of 5 random 6k players will most likely beat a team of 5ks players that scrim together everyday. NCAA team can never beat an NBA all star team, no matter how good their teamwork(i might be wrong though).

In the old days, getting noticed as a player were almost impossible. You need luck, good connection plus a bit of boot-licking to play in decent team. These days any average joe can get noticed, just spam solo mmr. Don't even bother forming or joining team before you're at least in upper 5k mmr bracket. Both Aui_2000 and Merlini said that top players in dota 1, i they were to play solo mmr today, at most they can only get to 4.5k mmr. That shows how much players have improved today. If your a 4.5k player, good news, you're as good as mushi back in 2010.

About sponsors;

Yes most players need it to be able to play full time. Some players can defer their studies for a year or two if they have financial support. How to play dota full time without money?, how can we afford food? Some have to work part time for money. Not everyone have rich parents, even millionaire parents will show their middle finger if their son said they want to play dota full time.

If you want to see how much a team can benefit from having sponsors, just look at k2apes. If you follow local scene closely, you will notice the rise of k2apes as top tier 2 team(go browse e-sukan). Their sponsors provide them food and team house. All 5 of them can play dota full time, how do i even compete with them when 3 of my players are not doing it full time?

ROTK's video brought a tear to my eye

xiao8 really power la ..

All TI winners here analyzing like pros! But still cannot get anywhere near TI qualifiers.. Lel

korean doto best doto...!
march for runningman!!

HO HO HA HA new meta guise

that AA + ES combo whombo - juz wreck them.
his storm is crazy and the support of EG to stack the NC for him when his storm is 3 down.

EG got a damn good coordination overall.
but going 4 times in a row with gayro 

kyxy is leaving fnatic?

KyxY ‏@Lee_Kyxy
Team reshuffle players after Ti5, im used to it and my life must goes on!

I doubt they can win anyway...

Curse of the Aegis.

Last time my team got these XD, I play as spectre, so i use ult, we find solo hero, then blink to them, profit.

from their seating positions i guess chrissy plays mid while mushi is supporting wif net