Hey I get you.
Yesterday I did some 1v1s with some guys from x6. I won a couple, but lost most. Was great practice though.
So good luck to you, I hope you have a blast. Come scrim my crew for practice. :)
Personally, I hate the current metagame with the new terrain. With pulling, its very hard to control lanes well, so teams run 2-3 hard carries and its just a farm game. Ganking just disrupts farm slightly. I always played DotA aggressively and with lineups focused on map control, so I'm a bit of a fish out of water at times.