Sure, some of you might be curious about the #roadto2k and rightly so, but after seeing what happened to our good friend Xyrus, I've decided to put ranked play on hold for the time being, in order to avoid the burnout or worse, lose the ability to have fun playing this game. (But if you MUST know where I'm at, you'll be pleased to know that I'm sitting pretty at 1.5K, the halfway point so to speak)
It's actually convenient that I bring up the whole 2k Quest and the brutal MMR burnout because it does segue more or less into the aforementioned twist I've implemented this past week. What could this twist possibly be? I've done nothing press the Random Button for each match I played this week!
Before I get too into depth, let me just say that I was inspired by Safecyn (A self-proclaimed "Random Button" spammer) to try this week long experiment, so if anyone was harmed by my Random actions, you know who to blame.
Now, if you want evidence for the past week, you're in luck, because here it is:
Monday (7 Abandons, 2
Spectre Appearances, 1 Win, 1 Loss):http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2272912240 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2272954270
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273174210 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273207263 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273225810 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273266374 (Someone abandoned,
Spectre's 1st Appearance)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273280733 (Someone abandoned,
Spectre's 2nd Appearance)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273318263 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2273329011 (Personal Record Broken: Most Assists in a Game)
Tuesday (1 Abandon, 2
Spectre Appearances, 1 Win, 3 Losses):http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2274707879 (
Spectre's 3rd Appearance)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2274804076
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2275058010 (Someone abandoned)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2275120490
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2275171136 (
Spectre's 4th Appearance)Wednesday (0 Abandons, 0
Spectre Appearances, 2 Wins, 1 Loss):http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2276884420
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2277281436
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2277327231 (Personal Record Broken: Most Denies in a Game)
Thursday (1 Abandon, 2
Spectre Appearances, 3 Wins, 1 Loss):http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2277508754 (First Time Ever Playing
Phoenix)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2277570749 (
Spectre's 5th Appearance, 1st win against her)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2278790884
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2279146360
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2279560239 (
Spectre's 6th Appearance)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2279714924 (Someone Abandoned)
Friday (0 Abandons, 1
Spectre Appearance, 3 Wins, 3 Losses):http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2280913489 (
Spectre's 7th Appearance)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2281046137 (Double Mega Creeps Game)
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2281217873
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2281597937 (First Time Ever Playing
Enchantress)http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2281822666
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2281866635
So, I got my fair share of Dota games in and the
Spectre spammage notwithstanding, it was actually refreshing and made for an enjoying experience for the most part. Yes, I still had to deal with afk jungling 
Lifestealers and yes I blocked every jungle camp with wards to boost their gameplay but that's stuff I've dealt with for some time now and the random heroes kept me preoccupied for the most part. I think might just add random random button spamming into my usual rotation of 
Lich, and 
Shadow Fiend spamming in the future and once I got some more heroes I'm comfortable with, I may yet be inclined to jump back into the trenches in pursuit of the ever elusive 2K MMR.But if you haven't already tried, I suggest you try going a whole week of doing nothing but pressing the random button, that, and hope
Spectre doesn't ruin your fun. If nothing else, it may narrow down the list of heroes you haven't played yet!NEXT TIME ON FEDORABLE BLOG:
Fedorable's eSports... Debut?
AND... Blind Date featuring... Dotafire-Tan?
Tune in to see what happens!
The 1K bracket is worse than I ever imagined. Godspeed on crawling out, Fed.