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I was the Viper this game! Super cool experience to see how despite the massive disadvantage BSJ had, he was so capable of getting his farm and having his impact throughout the entire game, definitely eye opening and super helpful to hear his thoughts on how to play against such a brutal hard counter.

take a shot everytime BSJ says viper

This is by far one of my favorite videos you have ever made. Not only is it educational on what to do and how to think in tough match ups but it showed how humble you really are. In a world where very few people take ownership for the mistakes they make especially in the realm of Dota where it is exacerbated, it is so refreshing to see someone take ownership of their own contributions to the loss. It is clear that you are a cut above the players you have on your team and no doubt frustrating, but in the end your own self accountability and humbleness shine through which I think is more of a contributing factor to having high mmr as a opposed to anyone one skill set. Anyway I'll be watching more of your videos solely because of how graceful you were about this one well done.

"Every move I make.." - and my brain was already on The Police. And you actually bring the reference. Commended

Hope everyone in my bracket watches this video, this is how I lose like 40% of my games, people just fight them and when I try to explain this concept, they say "oh so we just gonna let them take our towers?", and I get reported. Even if they get the idea, they do it at snail speed, they have no sense of urgency as explained here

What a nerd you are BSJ, knows a lot about every detail. Great video, thanks. Edit: this hard counter situation is SO obvious in high MMR, like... viper x huskar mid, sups and offlane see it as a big red light on the screen. Everbody is planning something. Low MMR players don't even notice, and once his mid feeds, starts flaming and anoying everybody. Edit2: you make low mmr players happy in this type of video. Because is so frustrating to play with guys that just randomly walk togheter and never think about anything that is not visible on the map. And even a great dota player feeds in this ultra hard situation. I feel less bad

I was the Jakrio in this game! Thanks BSJ for the chance, I even built aghs to add to the counters to huskar, although in the end I basically never used it on you.

I really needed this video Thanks BSJ. This is exactly how it feels when I'm playing and my team doesn't want to push lanes but fight when we lost the lanes or losing the game. And I ended up getting frustrated and tilted and making bad decisions. I'm starting to train myself to not get tilted in tight games and don't get baited into bad fights by my team and try to win games.

I was the razor this game, and I love this video. You can notice at 16:30 I die to ancients, and at 32:20 I cast a spell and walk towards the enemy in a situation where I should be running away. There's tons of other mistakes that aren't shown, like the laning being shit, and I don't like my pick at all. Despite that, BSJ still mostly looks at his own actions, and tries to see what he could have done better himself to increase the chances of winning this game. And I fully believe that is the way to succeed in Dota, and in life. I was called to this game about 10 minutes before it started, and I had not played for almost two months prior. I surely could have played better, and maybe one less mistake from me could have made a difference in who won this game. But that's not really what matters, unless you're me. On the other hand, just as BSJ concentrates on his own play, and takes ownership of his mistakes, I should concentrate on my play and my mistakes. This game it was easy, because from the very start I was uncomfortable with not having played, unhappy with my pick, and knowing I'm in a smurf game. Sometimes though, when I feel good about my own game, It will be frustrating to see other people making a lot of mistakes. That frustration is something I believe everyone watching this video has felt, and it is valid. However, we all know that acting upon that frustration in toxic ways is not going to help anyone. You're not going to improve, and whatever you say is going to be tainted by the frustration and become toxic. As I've heard in this very channel, you can't coach other players during a match. If you're feeling frustration, muting everyone and just concentrating on a small element of your game is a good way to open a way to better gameplay. For example, picking a strong enemy hero, and dodging them at all costs, putting pressure wherever on the map they aren't, like BSJ did in this video. Keep up with the great content about self-improvement!

I've been watching you for a while now, and I gotta tell you Brian it's awesome how you've grown into a great communicator, from the smooth intro to the sponsors throughout the whole well communicated process of the game and also some easter eggs and great humor and references... Just loved it man! Keep it up!

Oohh a 40-min video. Just what I need while I do my laundry.

Nice one. I can add that with such frustrating or just intense games it's usually the hardest to stop yourself from making mistakes after you do a winning move.

Very educational and enjoyed the lesson especially on tilting. Thank you!

The way you explaining thing straight forward is super easy to grasp, thanks for the things i learned just from couple of your videos. Before i was getting frustrated when i die a coule of times and coud not think of solution but after this video the map movement became my friend. Just yesterday i was centaur and was vs necro pos 1 he got to 6-8 lvl and i could not lane anymore, but he also rushed BoT so i just told my team if necro is there dont fight.Pushed lanes ASAP and took some good fights the game was ez after a couple of won team fights. Before this new skills and mindset i was thinking im offlane so i should not farm and make space for the team, but now in just 4-5 days im sometimes top net worth and i'm not scared to leave my team alone for my benefit. So thanks BSJ! Btw im spamming cent like crazy and last 20 matches are 17 wins.

Very awesome to hear your thoughts. It's amazing how much I relate to how you felt during this game, where sometimes your team seems to be passively playing the game when you really need them to be pushing the boundaries across the map and make the necessary plays with you. I get this feeling a lot playing pos1 in the Divine bracket, and there are times where just like you in this game I will singlehandedly throw because of tilt despite having the ability to win the game with more patience. The summary of this video to me is that some games your team will make mistakes and winning comes down to how well you compensate for the mistakes that they make and/or being patient with them and focusing on playing well yourself despite what is happening. I guess you can't win all games, and sometimes the reality is that your team doesn't deserve to win considering how everyone is playing.

Don't focus so much on getting the win, the video + your message is really crystal clear, and I'm a 4k mmr. Just hoping it helps you put out more content (because you don't need the win to make a point) and be less frustrated with the team (which may make this more fun for you as well :) - Nevertheless keep this up, I can't wait to see your next vids, they are always super educational.

I can never convince my 2k teammates to avoid taking disadvantaged fights, especially when it's painfully obvious that that's the enemy team's only option. This isn't a simple knowledge issue - it's a lack of critical thinking issue. Most players cannot process information live during game and adapt to it real time.

That sponsor transition in the beginning was epic

You learn more from losses than wins. The last play is 100% accurate. You can even notice the PA not following and still be like "Im going in anyway"

Was really one of the best videos i have seen for learning the game (if it was normal 3-5k mmr your team will lost the game min 30) thnx for the amazing content!!

Man, your frustration in this game is how I feel nearly every game 😂😂 Just looking at the map like…why…why did you just do that? 😂😂😂

The 27 minutes and 39 seconds is all the herald rank needs to hear

Insanely helpful video! Idea for next video: list first pickable mids. Idea is to get out of the lane even or slightly worse and catch up by rotating and killing sidelanes. Someone like Zeus, who can snipe cs from fog, get 6 and simply gank... Would be insanely useful for any midlaner that needs to blind pick...

Can say that I have done so many of these things in game and never noticed. Now remembring those games and this video just added to my Xp.

Thank you BSJ for doing this. You're a gem in the Dota community

Yea, thats the best dota format out there. Keep making them. Love the stomps, and the struggles!

I love your educational smurf series, it gives me new perspective and pulls me out of autopilot mode in a dota game

Hi BSJ, I'd love to see more videos of you playing pubs. I like the educational content but I want to see more content of you just playing normal games too!

Damn that ad was great, honestly very good delivery on the description of hello fresh.

Great analysis. Looking forward to the next smurf educational video

This is one of the most informative smurf video I've ever watched. Thanks!

if that lion had his blink dagger on top lane after first roshan, BSJ won’t even get killed there.

This experience shows how emotional intelligence and 0 expectations mentality can also define games. Thank you for making yourself th subject of this huge social experiment. This is e sport psychology material 100% worth of seeing for learning such important concepts in online team games. Thank you so much for these educational smurf videos! Greetings!

I quit playing 2 years ago but I still enjoy these educational smurfs

man! genuine content and advice, please upload more

the 'every breath you take reference', nice one bsj

The transition to the ad is godlike :D

Thanks for the info!

I like how you would absolutely 100% get reported and flamed in a real ranked game at this mmr having your items spam pinged for hurricane pike and bots and not teamfighting constantly and instead split pushing.

thanks to your guides, i managed to climb from 2k to 3k with a 70% winrate

What was the reference when you said "every step you take is to dodge him"?

This is my most common mistake, and the reason i am stuck low in my comeback at this game while i even reached top 500 (2014) at some point, i just assume that my team will do what i want and what "they are supposed to do " , i drow the line like you did, and i make the call, only to see that my team obviously does not obey me like slaves, and they have their own gameplay mindset and ideas, always ends up like this and lost so many games because of that.

Hey BSJ great video. I saw another video that says if I want to get out of the trenches 2k-3k MMR I should mute all communications. So I find that difficult to do these types of strategies. I cannot even hear/read my teammates when they type or anything. I was told, anyone at low MMR has no good advice, if you want to stay at my mmr listen to their calls. So maybe your teammates didnt even hear you?

Biggest difference between speed and you its that u can load up replay on a lose and he is uploading stomps on witch opponents surrenders early and just moving there heroes !!! RESPECT BSJ

Is linkens too expensive to get on Huskar, or why was that non an option?

great video.. learn a lot from this.. thanks

The issue is my midlaners might do the same, but they don't defend against the catapult but hide in jungle until tower is down...

thank you BSJ!

now that bsj has lost the uprising of the low ranks will begin

I wanna see BSJ and Speed go against each other lol

My issue is that most people I meet in my games have no idea that split push and avoding fights is an option.

damn , bsj ive always thought that you should know how to win games others in ur bracket cant win in order to get to next bracket and u just did it man even like i would say u throwing last moment was more educational than u would do it perfect. tnx🤗

Every game u play...I'll be watching you ! ^--^

00:34 what a hook

That Segway was like *chefs kiss* Perfect 😂

Thanks for all of your video about laning and stuff. I'm Ancient now because of that. Can you please give me another advices this patch and also in ancient elo

This is the best video i watched from you

I was a Ancient 4/5 player back in 2020, highest MMR I had was about 4900 which is not a lot but I quit Dota due to work and playing warzone, now ive started playing again and im in the Archon bracket, my mechanical skill, knowledge is not up to the mark as it once was before but during games I realize red flags and the old game wisdom kicking in and I try to communicate it with team and they end up doing the exact opposite and I get frustrated and lose. God damn you are so right...

That sponsor segway was clean

Great video!

what whould u do if Viper gose for TP boot as well? its kind of impossiable to avoid him,with TP boot2 even makeing him react wont mean much cus the CD is too low...

That sponsor line was fresh

Great video BSJ but that transition into the ad read was fresher then mason’s dota2 account.

thanks Brian this was very useful

Great video, really opened my mind about different ways you can play with different heroes, i'm from lol, but i'm almost 3k mmr in 1 month, hope to get this 3k soon

this lack of urgency from teammates is so relatable

So, only viper? No AA?

We all hate playing against Viper, so thanks BSJ for the tips against that evil creature.

I'm late to the party but I'm curious for this game specifically would linkens on huskar been the play there is only 1 other spell that could break the likens abadon q

Is it faster to hit walk and hit than just hit something place?

It is strange that radiant allow huskar farm jungle so freely. Maybe its because he goes there so early that they wont react, but i think that atleast in lower ratings it would be warded quite rapidly.

all this heartache could be solved with a manta dodge

Great vid Mr beast

Very helpful Thank you

Sorry Hello Fresh. My brain is too dried out from sundried fish and canned goods. That's just how i live. It might be the very reason why im so stupid at dota

insightfull

bro sounds like an AI when running ads xD

Can bkb + linken deal with viper ult?

If i dodge the fights like this in my crusader bracket, i get flamed and reported like a mf

GOAT thumbnail

Something I'm really curious about in this game is that you can't dodge Viper forever. The only possible win condition here is that you aggressively ward and pick off Viper's team and then push down their base off that (assuming no buybacks). That's the only chance you have at winning. If you don't do that, then eventually you will end up in a fight either inside your own base or inside their's. And while you've done your best to dodge Viper and his team, it is (largely) inevitable that it will come to an end. There's no way, I think, you win a base race. Not against a team with Abba on it.

Thank you for the education sir. Hope you keep uploading stuff lile this.

This tilted you? You would go insane on my 1800 MMR.

maybe linken´s or eul would be effective against viper´s ult... thougths? maybe even eon´s disk

Surrounded by blades Thumbnail was better than standing between division badges Thumbnail.

didn't see AA on enemy.. lol

when he said he can't buy any items to counter viper break, i'm here thinking can't he just buy linkens or something? but then it might just be a waste of gold since bh and abaddon can cancel it.

when can huskar take solo rosh?

@bsj You can global aggro by clicking on portrait at top instead of moving camera

One thing I'm curious about is what would happen if viper built boots of travel.

You can just spam top hero bar of the enemies to get easy aggro

Hello Fresh Meat

I dont know whethef he played huskar vs viper mid match ups a lot, but til level 6 huskar is stronger than viper both at sustaining and harrasing.

I played this matchup right after the patch dropped it was brutal, just have to gank other heroes until you get bkb.

That Templar assassin vs viper or huskar mid matchup...

feeding is not always bad --- hahahaha- got my like

Does Manta not dispel his ult?

ur an amazing teacher

BSJ! BSJ! BSJ! ALEEE, ALEE, ALEE, ALE!