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MOBA: Horrible games for horrible people.

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  • AvalonGuardAvalonGuard Registered User regular
    Gem weekend was actually all right. Managed to hold on to a rather even win/loss and managed to get more than 400, so I picked up Hel's Solstice skin. Maybe that'll help me to actually learn how to play her.

    Why do I hate Joust, though? Because it's three players jammed into a tiny lane with no usable jungle and a rather low gold gain. God balance tends to be awful.

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    I really like 3v3 joust, personally

    it's like conquest except without having to memorize a meta

  • sPider817sPider817 Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I really like 3v3 joust, personally

    it's like conquest except without having to memorize a meta
    And if it's a lopsided match with respect to skill/team composition, it tends to be over fairly quickly.

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Huh. Never installed smite on my new computer. Should probably fix that.

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2015
    Yes, my post got rather long. Anyway, earlier today, Hirez posted this:

    It's an article about 'metagame', what it is, etc. But I had to laugh, as from that article:
    Right now the meta is to have the Mid, Hunter, and Support all start at the red attack power buff and then have Mid go to lane.
    So that fucker last night can suck it.

    Dranyth on
  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    The Smite Reddit's April Fools makeover is absolutely perfect.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    Apparently one of the engineers at Smite died.

    Guy hasn't posted on Twitter since February, so I don't think it's a (tasteless) April Fool's joke.

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    Fig-D wrote: »
    The Smite Reddit's April Fools makeover is absolutely perfect.

    That's what that is... I didn't make the connection because it was up many many hours ago. You're right though, that thing's perfect.

  • AnialosAnialos Collies are love, Collies are life! Shadowbrook ColliesRegistered User regular
  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    So I can't remember my smite password and the password change thing doesn't work for me in the smite client or on the website itself.

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Turns out I'm dumb. More at 11.

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Breaking News: The new UI is pretty good.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    Nikolai wrote: »
    Breaking News: The new UI is pretty good.

    ...April Fools?

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    I like it!

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Wurf, man that first match back is rough.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    the URFitational is already incredible and terrible and incredible.

    "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde
    Real strong, facetious.

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  • AnialosAnialos Collies are love, Collies are life! Shadowbrook ColliesRegistered User regular
    so, my MOTD for Smite was all Ares/Chang'e with 90%+ CDR

    lots of craziness

  • AvalonGuardAvalonGuard Registered User regular
    Yeah, the MOTD seems to be random conditions in random modes.

    The best part though is HiRezArchov roaming through games and messing with players.

    http://imgur.com/a/qPctN

    I've also seen Incon's youtube captures of Archov having no cooldown on Athena's taunts and Bastet's cats.

  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2015
    Yep, PonPon has been streaming for the last few hours, messing around in MotDs and such with GM commands. It's pretty funny.

    Dranyth on
  • knight11eknight11e Registered User regular
    my MOTD yesterday was:
    1. 5v5 siege
    2. 80% cooldown
    3. no mana usage
    4. team god choices swapped after locking in

    i got He Bo. it was insanity.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i mean i can understand why you can't go with the actual lore for medusa in your fun friendly game, but describing it the way that video does makes me go "eeeeeeeeeeh"

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  • Zombie HeroZombie Hero Registered User regular
    i mean i can understand why you can't go with the actual lore for medusa in your fun friendly game, but describing it the way that video does makes me go "eeeeeeeeeeh"

    "Medusa, a mortal maiden, could not refuse"

    Yeah, i mean, it's techinically accurate, in the most literal sense. It's just sort of played off like it is figurative.

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  • Zombie HeroZombie Hero Registered User regular
    Like, I understand you can't talk about such a mature topic in the game that is not rated mature, but they way they describe the story changes its meaning. It makes Athena's action seems like a just punishment, when it really is another example of Greek gods dumping on mortals yet again.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    facetious wrote: »
    the URFitational is already incredible and terrible and incredible.

    It really is. I like to think of that beginning part as a extended DOTA burn.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9q3-YFteA

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2015
    Well, London Conspiracy vs Fnatic has started, and being the first SPL game where Bellona is available, she was last picked and is going into the jungle. Should be interesting to see.

    Dranyth on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2015
    I'm surprised they went that route instead of just describing her exploits as gorgon.

    But yeah, sexual assault is in like...all mythology. It's pretty horrible.

    Sterica on
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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    it's just the thing you run into when you want to hold onto the Teen rating

    like how they danced around Osiris' missing part being his dong

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i think it feels a little off due to the modern symbolism medusa's taken on from feminism

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    It's funny because the game now has two monsters that want revenge against Athena, but Athena's in-game presentation really clashes with the horribly petty person she's made out to be in lore.

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Ares seems neat.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    If you've ever said to yourself, "Gee, I really enjoy playing support roles and helping my team, but I've also got an insatiable bloodlust!" then Ares is the god for you.

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    p. much why I play hades so much

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  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    I assume I just build a bunch of Defensive aura items on Ares

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    You really want to max out your cooldown reduction first because the enemy team is eventually going to rush Tier 3 beads.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    my typical build (bearing in mind I'm usually playing Ares in Arena so adjust for other modes accordingly) is:

    Mark of the Vanguard > Shoes of Focus > Breastplate of Valor > Heartward Amulet > Sovereignty > Void Stone > sell MotV > Pythagorum's Piece

    get Blink 1 at the start, upgrade to 2 before you finish Shoes, upgrade to 3 before you finish Breastplate

    and rearrange items or swap in Pestilence for anti-heal as needed

    TheySlashThem on
  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    for clarity's sake:

    I don't get Witchblade because Ares has no real use for the attack speed. If your team has a bruiser they should get it instead

    and I don't get Mystical Mail because the aoe damage can accidentally put you into combat at a bad time and prevent you from blinking

  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    just got an email from robot

    OMD:U is greatly increasing the chest drop rate this weekend

    also I've now got two extra beta codes if anybody wants them

  • NikolaiNikolai SSSSSSSSSSS Registered User regular
    Yeah the witchblade seemed odd to me on the recommended items

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