Puppey on former teammates: “People like LighTofHeaveN were also very good at coming up with strategies.”

No, I didn’t have anyone. I didn’t have an [idol]. No, of course, there were some players who played with me. To me, they were icons, so to speak. There was this French guy named SoyCD—he really understood how to play Dota. People like LighTofHeaveN were also really good at creating plays. That’s close to it, I’d say.

When I played Dota, there weren’t really any set positions. There was just the guy who farmed the most, but his hero could be random: he could do it on Pudge, or he could do it on Crystal Maiden. I played every position, and around the time Dota 2 was starting, I began to realize that it’s easier to be the captain if you’re in position 5. That’s why I play position 5.

Usually, the thing is that supports farm less; they can’t carry the game, and they don’t have as many highlights. But I think things have changed a bit now—supports get a lot of respect these days.

If they know there’s a ward somewhere, just let it be there. Because sometimes people might go there to try to kill that ward—and end up dying. Just ignore it. [Talk your team out of] fighting over it or anything like that.

It’s a typical support thing: “There’s a ward there, we have to go kill it!” If there’s a ward there—let it be. Sometimes it even happens that you place a Sentry Ward, see a ward—just back off. You just saw it, and for you, it’s dangerous [Dangerous. — Ed.]. If you feel like it’s dangerous, just walk away. But only high-skill players know how to do that. I think low-skill players need to understand this now, too—that you can’t do that.