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  • ZoelefZoelef Registered User regular
    Glal wrote:
    What is a "tryhard" again?

    It's a person who insists on trying to win in unranked games instead of messing around and doing silly things like all AD teams.

    Basically "It's not fair you guys beat us, we weren't trying to win so hard."

    Also being 100% serious about the above all the time and treating it like it's more important than breathing clean air or drinking pure water.

  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    So what do Nunu and Cass have to do with tryhards? Does their attitude somehow make them more vulnerable than regular players?

  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Zoelef wrote:
    Glal wrote:
    What is a "tryhard" again?

    It's a person who insists on trying to win in unranked games instead of messing around and doing silly things like all AD teams.

    Basically "It's not fair you guys beat us, we weren't trying to win so hard."

    Also being 100% serious about the above all the time and treating it like it's more important than breathing clean air or drinking pure water.

    It really depends on who's calling you a tryhard. If it's the other team, it's closer to what I said, if it's on your team, it's closer to Zoelef's interpretation... Right?

  • DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    Stupid Teemo spotlight.

    Making me wanna play Teemo.

    Stupid.

  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited October 2011
    There's nothing wrong with wanting to play Teemo. Unless I'm on the team and want to play him, in which case fistycuffs.

    Glal on
  • LefLef Registered User regular
    You would hate me then. During Teemo free week I ban him in every normal draft mode, because fuck mushrooms.

  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    Draft mode? Why would I want to play that. 8-)

  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    Tryhards in my play group are generally referred to as those who either tier whore, come into a blind pick game with a clearly thought-out team and are using voice chat.

    In and of themselves none of those are terrible things, but it doesn't make for a whole lot of fun when you're playing against it.

  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    "Clearly Thought Out Team" and "So who wants to tank, um, we got a jungler? Oh, who's going solo top?" are two different things, right?

    You need to think up syngergistic combos to be a tryhard, like Cait+Taric for Stun+Piltover Special+Trap+All the AA in the world, right? Or a bunch of AoE ults. (Sona, Galio, Kennen, Fortune, Jarvan could be hilarious.)

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Kelor wrote:
    Tryhards in my play group are generally referred to as those who either tier whore, come into a blind pick game with a clearly thought-out team and are using voice chat.

    In and of themselves none of those are terrible things, but it doesn't make for a whole lot of fun when you're playing against it.

    I don't know, most of my games are premades with PA people, and we generally try to have a balanced team going and we voice chat... I mean, I generally go against teams that also communicate well and have balanced teams. it's certainly more fun that way, in my opinion. I mean, I'd rather go against "tryhards" than against people who fight each other at every step and give up at 20.

  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    this is how it works

    if you pick a champion your team actually benefits from having you're trying too hard

    you didn't buy a gunblade?

    tryhard (plus no gunblade gg)

    you play a tank with 21 points defensive?

    tryhard gtfo

    you play a caster 9/0/21 rather than 21/x/x?

    wat u even doin bro

    (unless it's ryze)

    you jungle amumu?

    JUST LEAVE RIGHT NOW GET THAT SHIT IN LANE

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    If you play this game using mouse and keyboard you're tryharding.

    NES controller or GTFO.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    does vayne spell vamp off of silver bolts

  • VaregaVarega Registered User regular
    does vayne spell vamp off of silver bolts

    no.

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  • MukkMukk Registered User regular
    I tried Skarner, jungling. I felt pretty useless without my ult.

    I think I'll stick with Trundle.

  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    but
    jungle cass

  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    Glal wrote:
    So what do Nunu and Cass have to do with tryhards? Does their attitude somehow make them more vulnerable than regular players?

    People don't expect the damage output they have when they try to engage them.

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  • nealcmnealcm Alvarian AlvarianRegistered User regular
    are you sure she doesn't spellvamp off silver bolts? doesn't Olaf spellvamp off reckless swing? true damage works for spellvamp I thought

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    Leona's cool and all but why be any other tank when you can be singed?

    I'm thinking of getting the terrible duo of Lee Singed too. Or Brand, I got 6550 IP who do I get guys?

  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    SkutSkut wrote:
    Or Brand, I got 6550 IP who do I get guys?
    Get Brand. Then get Cryocore Brand. Then...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRH-Ywpz1_I

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    Arikado wrote:
    Glal wrote:
    So what do Nunu and Cass have to do with tryhards? Does their attitude somehow make them more vulnerable than regular players?
    People don't expect the damage output they have when they try to engage them.
    Only someone who's never played against Cass would be surprised by her damage output. Ow my ass.

  • LefLef Registered User regular
    So this is something I wanted to briefly discuss while its in my head,

    Does it feel to anyone else that there is actually 2 types of caster?

    I think there there are 2 types of casters in LoL, the AP carry and the Mage.
    Mages have longer cooldowns, but they're spells are far more powerful in their own merits, and they tend to scale with level more than gold. Most AP assassins fall into this catagory because their playstyle is explosive by necessity. This catagory includes Brand, Annie, Kassadin.

    AP carries have shorter cooldowns and are less explosive than Mages, but have a much higher sustained damage. They scale with gold very well because their damage output is far less limited by cooldowns and generally resource. This catagory includes Cassiopiea, Ryze, and Kennen.

  • unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    brand and kassadin don't have long cooldowns at all!
    especially kassadin!

  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    Kassadin's cone slow spell sounds like the guy from Disturbed starting off 'Down with the Sickness'.

    At least it does to me.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    I am OK sending Ryze, Cass, Kennen etc. bottom while I take mid as Ezreal.

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  • aunsophaunsoph Registered User regular
    Man... some of these Tribunal cases...

    Really hope the Tribunal page works on mobile, because I'd love to get some free IP in portable hilarity form during the day.

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Looks like the runeborn Xerath glows green and Battlecast glows red.

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Kay wrote:
    Kassadin's cone slow spell sounds like the guy from Disturbed starting off 'Down with the Sickness'.

    At least it does to me.

    what has been heard cannot be unheard

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  • texasheattexasheat Registered User regular
    Wait what are tribunal cases?

  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Tribunal is an anonymous counsel of your peers arranged to review all the reports filed against you and pass judgement on your crimes against the community.

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  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    Oh yeah, the Tribunal. I should check that out.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    texasheat wrote:
    Wait what are tribunal cases?

    They're the folk who sort through reports and vote on whether they require punishment. You have to be level 30 before you can work cases.

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    In practice, it's a bunch of people clicking Punish on every case.

    I've noticed that any case I clicked Pardon on - even if there was good reason - I did not receive IP from.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    I am OK sending Ryze, Cass, Kennen etc. bottom while I take mid as Ezreal.


    ryze is actually fine bot in most cases

    and shit like cassiopeia taric is quite gay for the other team, because they get stunned then just skeeted on

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Bethryn wrote:
    In practice, it's a bunch of people clicking Punish on every case.

    I've noticed that any case I clicked Pardon on - even if there was good reason - I did not receive IP from.

    Without informing you of which cases you got correctly, it is entirely possible you got IP for those cases and one of the cases you punished got pardoned.

    So far I've done about 50 cases, and the few that I pardoned have also been pardoned by the rest of the council as I've gotten IP for every case I've done so far.

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  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    I am OK sending Ryze, Cass, Kennen etc. bottom while I take mid as Ezreal.


    ryze is actually fine bot in most cases

    and shit like cassiopeia taric is quite gay for the other team, because they get stunned then just skeeted on

    :^:

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  • Dark_SideDark_Side Registered User regular
    Mukk wrote:
    I tried Skarner, jungling. I felt pretty useless without my ult.

    I think I'll stick with Trundle.

    I know they designed him to be a jungler, but his kit is pretty shitty compared to the other junglers. And he's a lesser version Riven in like every way. Instead I've had a lot of luck as sustain bruiser in the lane. He can farm pretty easy, do decent early damage, and heal up with the marks on his E. His ult seems like it could do a little more damage though, I usually only end up using it to snag high damage enemies early in a team fight.

  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    Talith wrote:
    Without informing you of which cases you got correctly, it is entirely possible you got IP for those cases and one of the cases you punished got pardoned.

    So far I've done about 50 cases, and the few that I pardoned have also been pardoned by the rest of the council as I've gotten IP for every case I've done so far.
    I'd be very surprised if the ones I'd punished had been pardoned by anyone.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • TalithTalith 変態という名の紳士 Miami, FLRegistered User regular
    Bethryn wrote:
    Talith wrote:
    Without informing you of which cases you got correctly, it is entirely possible you got IP for those cases and one of the cases you punished got pardoned.

    So far I've done about 50 cases, and the few that I pardoned have also been pardoned by the rest of the council as I've gotten IP for every case I've done so far.
    I'd be very surprised if the ones I'd punished had been pardoned by anyone.
    That's most likely the case of course, but I'm not discounting the possibility based on people are weird.

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    Zoelef wrote:
    Glal wrote:
    What is a "tryhard" again?

    It's a person who insists on trying to win in unranked games instead of messing around and doing silly things like all AD teams.

    Basically "It's not fair you guys beat us, we weren't trying to win so hard."

    Also being 100% serious about the above all the time and treating it like it's more important than breathing clean air or drinking pure water.
    no, thats a stop having fun guy. Tryhard is just an insult to someone who is better than the insulter.

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