Matt Demers on What happens when you dive into a complex card game without being a previous player? I write about my first impressions while playing Valve’s Artifact.
Read More Matt Demers on Why Valve’s new card game ‘Artifact’ may have disappointed with its first impression, and why it may struggle onboarding players.
Read More Matt Demers on After some hard truths in the Training Room, I wrote something about how I have difficulty staying in the moment during competitive games.
Read More Matt Demers on Someone on my stream asked me to update people on my Dota 2 journey; here’s that post, which has some uncertainty to it.
Read More Matt Demers on I decided to formalize the list of support characters I’m going to be focusing on in Dota 2; I give reasonings and weaknesses for each!
Read More Matt Demers on It’s really easy to panic when faced with game-deciding decisions, but it can also be nerve-wracking to break the habit of doing what’s comfortable.
Read More Matt Demers on Things seem to be stagnating a bit lately, so why not set some goals? I’m going to be starting to take a little more active role in improving.
Read More Matt Demers on Everyone has characters they don’t want to face in fighting games; I decided to think about what makes certain opponents scary, and how my playstyle doesn’t fix the problem.
Read More Matt Demers on After some reflection, I’d like to start taking two competitive games (Street Fighter V and Dota 2) more seriously. Being able to understand how and why you want to improve is usually a great way to begin.
Read More Matt Demers on So, I want you to picture something for a second.
Imagine you’ve been a fan of League of Legends for the past two years. You’re used to a specific stream experience: webcam, mic, music and whatever else. You start dabbling a little more in Dota 2 and you decide that maybe it’s time to see what some of these pros are doing; you go to the Twitch.tv directory for the game and click into the most popular at the stream at the time.
You meet Artour, and your descent begins. Read More
