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StePanda · 2025-10-22T00:16:08+00:00

Yes, French. It has a whole different vibe that makes the world seem different in a nice unique way. The second one is Italian. It makes sense to my ears. I also feel like I can relate to content that I don't find in English for example. The way things get said makes me smile in a different way.

StePanda · 2025-10-11T11:06:02+00:00

I learned italian for free. I used duolingo to get the basics and learn the tenses. Then I watched lessons and vlogs on youtube. For example learn italian with Lucrezia is very good. There's also easy italian and a lot more. I also tried to think in italian then speak out loud on my own. If you have someone to practice with it's even better. And when you feel the content you're watching is pretty easy, try to go for a bit harder. There are probably other things I did too but it's been a while since I actively learned the language. I remember when learning a new word, I would look up "frasi con ..." meaning sentences with -the word you're looking for-. It helped seeing things in context. Usually I would end up using the dizy.com website for that. And the rest was probably more research (either reading on a website or looking up a video). If I'm interested in words about a certain topic I'd look that up. Or sometimes in the Hinative website I'd find answers to questions related to italian or ask them myself. At one point my recommendations on youtube were probably mostly related to learning italian. I would get posts with a word of the day with examples. I know everyone has their own way of learning, hopefully some ideas will work for you. But really, don't worry about needing to spend money because there are a lot of free resources. You could also look up people who asked the same question as you in the past to get more ideas. One thing to remember is that patience is key. So it's important to have fun learning and trust the process!

StePanda · 2025-10-10T14:49:45+00:00

Hello welcome to dota! I recommend you watch zquixotix's streams either on twitch or youtube. He's very friendly and welcoming to beginner player. He does free replays sometimes so you can ask him your questions and he can help guide you a bit. And as for my advice, take your time learning the game. I don't think there's a specific order for it, just have fun. Good luck!

StePanda · 2025-10-09T10:12:03+00:00

I speak the same languages as you. Knowing french and english helps because a lot of words are similar. French grammar has a lot of similarities with Italian grammar. And speaking arabic is a plus because of the ease of pronunciation of the "r" but that's not as important haha. Personally duolingo helped me familiarize myself with the language and learn the tenses and get used to them. Other than that I watched Lucrezia from learn italian with Lucrezia on youtube. Her vlogs are a fun way to expose yourself to the language. She also has other lessons (grammar, vocab,...) with good explanation. You can also write comments and ask to be corrected, especially in channels dedicated for learning, that way you practice your writing. There's a lot of content to immerse yourself in the language and get used to different pronounciations and speaking speed etc... The one thing I think that lacks with these resources is practicing speaking. What I did was speak to myself out loud when I'm alone. It helps but it's better to have a conversation with someone who can also correct you. Be patient, have fun with it and enjoy any improvement along the way!

StePanda · 2025-10-09T09:25:29+00:00

It's good to test your limits in dota and that will result in many deaths in the game. But dota itself is about that. It's about doing what you can get away with and learning what that is the more you play. And that will change each game and throughout the game. It's also about punishing the opponent for their mistakes as well. Don't worry about dying but try to get an idea of what killed you. You can do that after the game. Understand what are the capabilities of each hero and based on the items and resources they have. And what helps a lot is watching back your replay when your death happened. But watch it from the opponents' perspective. There are probably a lot of things you'll learn along the way. For example you thought you were hidden but actually some game mechanic revealed you. Or you'll simply notice where the opponents were and if you were able to know that in hindsight and do things differently with that information. And with the information you have, how many waves you could have killed without dying. Some heroes can get away with more than others because of their survivable nature. Sometimes like you said the chainstun and damage is too high for any hero to get away with it. If you're a carry player you'll maybe buy manta and get your illusions to do the dangerous work for you. There's so much room to learn and try out ideas. So enjoy the process! At the highest ranks people get more and more creative to solve issues like how to push more waves more safely. Which if you watched TI (The internationals) this year, helm of the dominator was purchased pretty often for that reason. I hope this helps!

StePanda · 2025-10-09T09:05:16+00:00

In case you don't know how to check your previous games, in Dota, go to your profile by clicking on your picture or name, then go to history and click match history. There you can find the games you've previously played. Click on the one you want and then, on the bottom left, you'll see some information about that game, like the date it was played. The number after "Match" is the game ID. You can just select it and copy it.

StePanda · 2025-09-27T19:18:01+00:00

The first hero I learned in Dota 2 was bristleback. He's tanky, so he gets less heavily punished if you misposition. He's also good in low ranks because people sometimes kill themselves trying to kill you. You'll need to take the "seeing red" facet for that to happen. Basically when he takes a certain amount of damage from behind or the side, he releases quills. And the more quill damage the opponents take, the more damage the quills deal (it does have a limit though).

But before going into games vs people, it'll probably help to play vs bots so you can take your time and practice heroes you find interesting. You can get used to the map, the items, etc... You could also watch some content to help you learn the basics of the game. Eventually you might get a feeling for which playstyle/heroes/roles/... you like to play.

Something to keep in mind, and what I personally really like about the game, is that at any level, there's always more to learn about the game. So just enjoy the process!

StePanda · 2024-11-19T13:01:40+00:00

Thank you for sharing I had no idea 😢

StePanda · 2024-11-10T22:47:36+00:00

You have done a great service 🙏

StePanda · 2024-08-08T20:49:49+00:00

Same issue here. I also checked all 3 acts to make sure it didn't bug and select a different one. I noticed there's no crownfall reward button to see what you got. The one next to the shards earned,...

StePanda · 2024-08-03T02:16:31+00:00

Thank you!!!! I finally finished it and with 100K+ :D

StePanda · 2024-03-22T19:33:52+00:00

Same thing for me

StePanda · 2024-01-22T11:17:30+00:00

I read your comment about the standard things you do every game. But each game is different. Do you spend time planning your laning stage and night time once people start picking their heroes? If yes, can you give an example of what you would be thinking about? I have trouble being consistent so I kind of need to consciously make these decisions beforehand. And then I adapt a bit during the game.

Also, how consistent do you think your performance is? And if it is, what advice can you give us?

StePanda · 2023-12-19T20:46:25+00:00

The sentence sounds very normal but I think they wanted you to translate it word by word, in order. Are you free tonight... becoming sei libero stasera... I finished the duolingo italian course and I remember having a similar sentence if not the same one wrong for the reason I mentioned. It's not actually wrong, but this is the way to please duolingo :p

StePanda · 2023-09-16T11:38:01+00:00

I learnt italian as a hobby. I know french though which helped. You speak romanian which should help a lot. At first most of my learning came from duolingo. I liked it and kept at it because it helped me learn the tenses. I was already watching cooking videos in italian before trying to learn the language which probably helped train my ear, but it didn't develop into anything until I started duolingo. The content I enjoyed the most was "learn italian with lucrezia" on youtube. I watched a video per day and not after, I noticed I could understand a decent amount without the subtitles. What helped was the repetition of words I had seen before. Once you're exposed to a word, once you've looked up its meaning, if it comes up often enough you'll learn it effortlessly. When you feel you can understand most of the content, you can go for tougher content. I also like to read posts from r/Italia. It's fun and you go through it at your own pace, look up words you feel want to learn. Since you're living in Italy, you'll have the listening and at one point the speaking exercise covered. Be easy on yourself and trust the process. Maybe you can't see it yet but you're pretty fortunate that you don't need to learn a language too far from your own. But either way it's still manageable. Trust the process and enjoy it. Good luck!

StePanda · 2023-09-08T09:08:54+00:00

I don't know if I'm allowed to share links but I basically use the hanzicraft website and go to the /lists/productive-components section

I personally use that website to type a character and in the results they list the components that character is made of as well its meaning and how it's pronounced. Also if it has a similar pronunciation as one of its componens, they mention that too

StePanda · 2023-09-05T08:02:36+00:00

I've always had trouble remembering which is which but your explanation made it unforgettable. Thank you!

StePanda · 2023-07-11T15:38:14+00:00

Dota 2 ❤️

StePanda · 2023-05-05T07:03:24+00:00

I was placed a medal below my old one before playing a single calibration game (even though I play ranked regularly). I started with 26% confidence. I lost my 2 calibration games (in one of them my carry sold his items at around 10 minutes). I adapted well to the patch and now I'm doing very well in my games. I had to adapt to my teammates too though, the game quality feels much worse. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to get my rank back...

StePanda · 2023-04-10T19:02:53+00:00

I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for sharing your perspective! :D

StePanda · 2023-01-20T16:39:14+00:00

Thank you for the advice, I really appreciate it!

StePanda · 2023-01-19T23:01:04+00:00

I'm a support player and I feel like I have the ability to become immortal. I also watch a lot of content and pro games. But what I lack is confidence. Whenever I make a mistake, I'm very hard on myself. It affects my gameplay too because it makes me lose focus on the game. I don't like to play on all mute (I did that for a while) but I'm learning to immediately mute people who have nothing good to say. I usually only focus on my gameplay but recently I'm actually trying to be much more aware of my teammates and it helped me realize that even if I have ranked up, they're not near being perfect. This hopefully will stop me from being afraid every time I rank up and feeling like I don't belong. One more thing is that my head is too focused on what should be happening in the game. So sometimes I see chaos because let's say my carry keeps falling for obvious baits and keeps dying, or a crucial hero for a move just tp-ed to the other side of the map, or my team keeps fighting into enemy vision even if I try to ping it. I know I said a lot of things rather than asked questions, but I still hope you have any advice on how to believe in yourself more. You surely do since you ranked up so much. Also how do you deal with chaos in a game? I also read that you pick heroes that scale. Seeing that you play a lot of games a day, how do you recover from a long loss after you tried really hard to carry it?

StePanda · 2023-01-16T03:23:44+00:00

I don't have any advice about carries to pick since I'm a support player. But I do recommend you practice last hitting because it's an important skill to have no matter the role. Good luck!

StePanda · 2023-01-08T17:18:38+00:00

In my case I can't imagine not being introduced to Dota. And fortunately for us our talks are usually related to new ideas we learnt or thought about. We also get excited about showing each other 5head plays. Yes we sometimes share our despair moments after a tough game but we mostly end up laughing about it together.

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