Tag: Dota 2

  • Valve’s Artifact, and what it needs to get right

    Valve’s Artifact, and what it needs to get right

    Yesterday when I was watching The International’s broadcast, something perked my ears up. Valve announced that they were revealing a new game, right then and there.

  • To 3220 and back – an update to my Dota 2 journey

    To 3220 and back – an update to my Dota 2 journey

    Despite not making it “a project” for the last little while, I’ve still been playing Ranked Dota 2. My mindset is starting to shift in that I haven’t been entirely tilted by my performance or MMR (matchmaking rank) number, because by playing with my friends I’ve been able to see a marked improvement in how…

  • Making a list: Dota 2 Support heroes

    Making a list: Dota 2 Support heroes

    The last little bit of my Dota career has been frustrating; I seem to be hovering around the same MMR without any improvement, and no real consistent growth that moves me forward. I’ve come to the conclusion that this is my own fault, as I haven’t been setting concrete goals. Before, with BetterDota (my previous…

  • My next steps to dealing with the panic of choice in Dota

    My next steps to dealing with the panic of choice in Dota

    Panic is a common problem in multiplayer games — you’re faced with an innumerable amount of choices with limited information and only have a small window of time to maximize results with an. Multiplying that by dozens of opportunities a game, this can get pretty stressful, pretty quick. I’ve written about it before. Last night…

  • Weekly stream review: realigning with goals

    Weekly stream review: realigning with goals

    This week I had the idea of planning out and sticking to a content schedule; mostly, I wanted to start becoming more organized with my time, and also wanted to lessen the mental load. Projects can seem pretty big until you take the time to get what exact steps you need to do them out…

  • Mentality during the hill climb

    Mentality during the hill climb

    The last two weeks have been kind of a roller coaster from positive to negative. I’ve been grinding out games of both Dota and Street Fighter on stream, and with varying degrees of success. Last night I started off the stream in a bad place, as I was playing Dota and quickly fed two kills…

  • Dealing with moments of panic in gaming: the first wall

    Dealing with moments of panic in gaming: the first wall

    I think the thing that frustrates me most about learning video games are the panic moments where you know what you should have done, but lack the mental clarity to put them into practice. In a high-pressure situation, I sometimes can’t connect the dots to what I’m seeing and what I need to do to successfully…

  • Dodging the matchup: playing against characters I hate

    Dodging the matchup: playing against characters I hate

    I’ve come to realize I have a little bit of a phobia when it comes to facing certain characters. This usually comes from when they’ve beat me pretty hard in the past, and that kind of carries over to future matches where I think the same thing is going to happen. There’s some commonalities between…

  • Starting the journey: being new at Street Fighter and Dota 2

    Starting the journey: being new at Street Fighter and Dota 2

    The last couple days have been an exercise in patience. I’ve decided that I’m going to put more of my effort into improving in two competitive multiplayer games: I’m going to both try to get better at Dota 2 and Street Fighter V.

  • Artour, a stream, and a journey into madness

    Artour, a stream, and a journey into madness

    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…