It is EVO 2016 and Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma has just made a deep run into the loser’s bracket culminating in a best-of-five against Adam “Armada” Lindgren in the grand finals. Those not familiar with the fighting game tournament structure, it is usually a double-elimination bracket proceeded by a group stage known as ‘pools.’ This mayContinue reading “The Reset”
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Practical Application of the Growth Mindset in Dota 2
In my last actual article I wrote about the mentality that I believe players need when approaching Dota 2 (or really any ranked ladder). I also discussed having a growth mindset and what that meant. I have the wonderful opportunity to coach new and low MMR players on a discord server called Dota University, andContinue reading “Practical Application of the Growth Mindset in Dota 2”
An Interview with bgod
This interview is the first in a planned monthly series of interviews with players and talent in the tier two North American DOTA scene. For anyone who doesn’t know, who are you? Yeah, I’m bgod. I play position four for Team Plasma. I am a 17 year-old NA player. So you are playing in theContinue reading “An Interview with bgod”
The Solo-queue Mentality:
The best only way to get good. Way back in 2015 when I first calibrated my rank I was certain I was a 2,000 mmr player. You can imagine my shock when after playing ten games, I was met with a three-digit number. I was not a 925 mmr player. I was convinced of thisContinue reading “The Solo-queue Mentality:”
Bottle Crow 