Looking for someone to train

You are right. The cool thing (or not cool for some people) is that dota has a massive learing curve, and that after years you still learn and get better at the game.

Ive been playing dota 2 for about a year now and you really have to commit if you want to get semi-good at it.
I see myself as having above avarage skill with the amount of games ive played, and after just more then 400 games i would still rank myself somewhere between 3 and 3.5 out of 10 compared to pros. And im proud of it :P

O yea, i wrote this guide to beginners in a post a few days ago.

If you want to play the game for a prolonged period of time and get semi-decent/good in your matchmaking pool i would follow these steps:


Step 1: Read welcome to dota 2 you suck. http://www.purgegamers.com/welcome-to-dota-you-suck
Everyone who gets into the game should read this.

Step 2: Play every single hero, or atleast the ones you think are interesting. If you dont play all get to know then by watching all 107 of dotacinema's hero spotlight video's that explain hero skills but not the hero themselves in about 2 minutes.
Learn the standard hero roles and pick according to that.

Step 3: Play a lot of dota. Get good at some heroes and try to play any role to some extent.

Step 4: Read a lot of guides and people's responses to them. Try to think for yourself why a certain build is better in a specific situation. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DONT (BLINDLY) FOLLOW THE STANDARD RECCOMENDED ITEMS IN THE GAME!!!!!11!!!!!111!
Learn basic hero synergy and why certain heroes are better in certain situations.

Step 5: Watch the competitive scene. This will help you massively in understanding the game. From items to skill builds to why a certain hero is so good in a certain situation.
I have been watching it since before the international 2013 in August and i still learn things and get better at the game from watching it.



You can stop at any step but that will mean that your progression will stall and you will hardly get better. Atleast relative to your matchmaking pool.
See for yourself how much you want to commit to dota.

Sure you can have a good time playing it casually, a lot of it comes down to plain intelligence, since most people dont even have the ability to think logicly and blindly follow bad guides.

If by a lost cause you mean that you will never play as a professional or way above 4000 mmr, then yes.
But if you mean can i be of service to my team and have fun? Sure! Just the fact that you made it to posting on dotafire means that you are part of a really small smart group of dota players :P

Edit: o yea, you can find most of the professional scene on the joindota or beyondthesummit youtube, or though the VOD sections on gosugamers.net and dotacinema.com