Improving yourself in dota
Should help understand dota principles for new players, but as well improve skills of players whom playing dota for some time already :) . Point of this Mind mapping is understand Dota concepts and Dota in general at all.
1. Heroes
1.1. Improving with those you already know
1.2. Learning new ones
1.2.1. Understanding the Hero, Key features of hero, Role
2. Effectiveness
2.1. K/D Ration
2.1.1. What I´m doing right
2.1.2. What I´m doing wrong
2.2. GPM/EXP Ration
3. Innovation
3.1. New Items/Spells builds
3.2. New things
3.2.1. Failure
3.2.1.1. Understanding of the Failure
3.2.2. Success
3.3. New items to use
3.3.1. Success
3.3.2. Failure
3.3.2.1. Understanding of the Failure
3.4. Gameplay scheme
4. Strategies
4.1. How to use them
4.2. When to use them
4.3. New one
4.4. Old one
5. Game time
5.1. Early game
5.1.1. 0-15 minutes
5.2. Mid game
5.2.1. 15-30 minutes
5.3. Late game
5.3.1. 30+ minutes
6. When not to play!
6.1. Choleric temperament
6.1.1. Significaly reduce your concentration
6.1.1.1. CONCENTRATION = KEY ELEMENT
6.2. Bad mood
6.3. Drunk
6.4. Tired
6.5. Not enough time to finish the match!
6.5.1. You will just piss off the people and ruin the game, which may result into ban !
7. Matchmaking priority
7.1. Low priority
7.1.1. Banned players (exclude chat ban)
7.1.1.1. YOU DON'T WANT TO END HERE
7.2. High priority
8. Training
8.1. Training schedule
8.1.1. Practice games
8.1.1.1. Lobby games
8.1.1.2. Regular participation in local tournaments
8.1.1.3. Games against AI
8.1.1.3.1. Learning new Strategies, Heroes, Item builds
8.1.1.3.2. Practicing Last Hits (LH)
8.1.1.3.3. Practicing denies
8.1.1.4. Public games
8.1.1.5. Ranked games
8.1.1.5.1. 1000 hours spent at public games
8.2. Reading
8.2.1. Manuals
8.2.2. Guides
8.2.2.1. Made by players
9. Watching videos
9.1. Professional players
9.1.1. Ranked games
9.1.2. Tournaments
9.1.3. Casual games
9.2. Casual players
9.2.1. Casual games
9.2.2. Replays
9.2.3. Ranked games
10. New in dota
10.1. What role should I choose?
10.1.1. Strength
10.1.1.1. Tank
10.1.1.1.1. Durable, Initiator,(Jungler)
10.1.2. Intelligence
10.1.2.1. Support
10.1.2.1.1. Squishy, Disabler, Nuker
10.1.3. Agility
10.1.3.1. Carry
10.1.3.1.1. Farmer, Heavy DMG dealer, Key element of success, (Jungler)
10.1.3.1.2. Hard to master
10.2. Are you familiar you with A-RTS games?
10.2.1. YES
10.2.1.1. Carry, Tank, Support
10.2.2. NO
10.2.2.1. Support
11. Picking a hero
11.1. Take a look what heroes your team picked or gonna pick
11.2. Avoid picking more than 2 Carries
11.3. Support is valuable pick
12. How to behave
12.1. Always try to be nice
12.1.1. Can influence person/team to be better.
12.2. Try to not flame
12.2.1. Flaming mostly results into MUTE/CHAT BAN
12.2.2. Flaming never helps to improve morale of the team
12.3. Avoid using mature language
12.3.1. As well as FLAMING never helps to improve morale of team, just decreasing it even more.
12.3.2. Can result into MUTE/CHAT BAN
12.4. Try to avoid intentionaly ruining the game
12.4.1. Mostly results into BAN
12.4.1.1. BAN=LOW PRIORITY MATCHMAKING POOL