The Smartest Way To Gain MMR And Unlock Your Hidden Potential. Learn How to Rank Up Without Relying On Your Teammates or Spending Countless Hours In Game

I was born in a small town in Greece in the early 90s. It wasn’t the greatest area but I remember the very first day that an internet café opened and every kid in the neighborhood jumped in, to unlock this new world. A month later, I remember when my best friend asked me…

“Wanna play Dota”?
“What’s that?” I responded.

It didn’t take me long enough to get hooked into the game. Years later, sitting and typing all this, this very “simple” game is part of who I am, and it’s part of my personality, it’s my hobby. Being from a kid to a high school student, jumping into University, and now working full time, this very thing has accompanied me all the way. There was only one simple problem…I was not good.

For years, I was pretty mediocre. When the MMR system first got introduced I was calibrated at the Ancient level. I would hover around the 4k bracket since I recall myself. I was actually stuck there. Literally stuck. Occasionally, I would hit 5k and then…BOOM.

Lose Streak.

I was playing at the Ancient bracket for years with zero improvements. I would play the game, without a game plan, walking around the map clueless about what I was supposed to do. I would blame smurfs and boosters for beating my ass on the Midlane. I would blame my position 1 dying when I was to pull as support. And every single night, I would play a few more extra games, to compensate for my daily lost MMR.

At some point, I was watching my Dota buff profile when I realized that only in Dota 2 I had over 4000 thousand games. Having less time at that point my only thought was “4000 games and I am still here?” This has nothing to do with me going pro, or having great expectations. I was following the meta, I was watching content and pro games all the time. Why am I still here? This only meant two things and only ONE of those two things was going to be correct:

1) The Ancient Bracket was my peak. I would never get any higher. If I were, it would be exclusively due to lack and I would drop down immediately. It was a matter of games. This is the highest I would ever be able to get, and I should accept that.

2) I was doing something wrong. It could be in my middle game, in my hero selection, my game approach, my thought process, my laning stage, or all of the above. But overall I was the problem.

I chose to make one last try grinding, but this time I would be responsible for everything. The hardest thing is that I felt I had to figure out everything on my own. I didn’t know my problem. People were telling me to have more CS and “farm” more. This is not the big picture of the game.

How to see the game globally, understand the fundamentals.

How to think properly and always make the correct decision.

I watched my MMR skyrocketing to 6k and eventually to 7k, once I was justifying everything that I was doing. A fellow suggested starting helping others achieve better results. This is where the idea of @RC Coaching started growing its roots.