I'm actually surprised people just go play that kind of map without any preparation. I played at least 50 -dm games and countless -ap against bots before even trying online (at least I didn't feed my first online game ).
Agree with you, i didn't played -dm game but we had a lan between me and my bro we played lots of 1v1 games with random heroes that helped a lot to learn, also i played for months before i start in online. I remember every hero i had were having vlads
Also every int hero i had was having scepter
Also, new AI maps > some pub games
Yup.
s&y orb
Not so old, 1 year maybe. In that times i was always angry coz i think sange doesn't deserve to be orb and icefrog get it at last