Sumail's behavior.

Watch Dendi's video on how to take midlane. Practice hard. Don't blame your teammates. Focus on ways you can improve yourself and enjoy the game even when you're going to lose it. There are an endless number of things to practice, even if the game is hopeless. Then there is roughly a 1/100 chance you can learn to play at the level artour does. If you are one of those people, there is a small chance you'll be able to devote enough time to the game. Expect 12-16 hour days for a long time. Then at that point, once you have the skill, you need to get noticed. Try to get vouched in an inhouse league. Ideally let your skill do your talking for you. The first time you get matched up against a pro player, keep your calm and look for any small mistakes that you can exploit. Focus mostly on not making mistakes of your own. It's more important to avoid making mistakes than to capitalize on every opportunity, because mistakes are so costly when you're playing against pros. If you win, expect them to get angry or to make excuses. Don't gloat, even if it's tempting. Just play it cool and you'll keep getting invited to play such games. At that point, with a lot of luck, you'll be in a similar position to where artour was just before he got noticed and picked up by EG. Expect to end up on a tier 2 team. This is not a bad thing. Try to learn as much as possible and to stand out however you can. Remember that the team you're on might limit you. For example look at Loda or Dendi after TI4. They were not able to make much happen due to their team, even though they were personally very skilled. But don't be bothered by this. Just keep waiting for your own opportunity. If you develop enough skill and are noticed, you have a small chance at greatness. Remember, there are ten million monthly dota players, but only about a hundred pros people care a lot about. That means you must beat 1 in 100,000 odds. At 4k mmr, you're already in the top 5% or so. But that just means you've beaten 1 in 20 odds. Good luck.

It is now.

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