Regardless how this turns out, respect to ignar for picking his picks.
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Hot.
Fire.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I wonder how much losing MSI (which C9 would have qualified for thanks to their Spring Split) hurt C9 down the stretch. Getting the opportunity to test yourself against international competition on that stage could have given the org a better idea of where their strengths and weaknesses were. Instead, they went into summer with the same basic understanding of themselves, and when other teams adjusted they never had a chance.
Why do pro players turn into bronze players when they play heceram? Seriously, they speed up, engage, and are all of a sudden 3 screens away from their team because they went too fast. Especially if they have a zilean speeding them up. He always ends up in a 1v5.
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Does match making for unranked ever level out or am I going to forever be playing against people who are 200 to 300 levels higher than me?
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Does match making for unranked ever level out or am I going to forever be playing against people who are 200 to 300 levels higher than me?
levels aren't skill, just time in the game.
Might as well be with how brutally they stomp the teams I'm on.
If you're getting matched with them either they have an even newer (or more likely smurf) partner, or they play at your level in normals. It can also be deceiving if they grind ranked all day then kick back in normals and the disparity in mmr kicks in.
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Pretty smooth sailing up until my gold promos, at which point I immediately start matched with trolls and teammates who are outrageously overmatched by their opponents. Bad luck, I suppose.
to be fair I inted early by not thinking about how Graves was going to gank me when I was pushed up
Still though....
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Somehow made it to my fifth game and I got matched with a guy who went brand adc. Not mage brand bot, brand adc. First item manamune.
We lost!
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Apparently I am a pretty good swain.
He’s a fun guy!
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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Another one where it's like, what else am I supposed to do here really (started 7/0, roamed to all lanes, but maybe that was my mistake cause an 0/7 start could be....stronger.....)
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Really cannot get a single game without a troll, huh
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Another one where it's like, what else am I supposed to do here really (started 7/0, roamed to all lanes, but maybe that was my mistake cause an 0/7 start could be....stronger.....)
the true powerspike... was friendship.... (maybe)
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Think I might try transitioning away from jungle. Originally took it as a way to influence the whole map early and give myself tools to compensate for bad teammates, but it feels lately that the talent level always tells, and I can help a lane out and get them a lead or at least a bridge to a more powerful midgame, but it all comes out in the wash and if the player is bad, there's just no helping them. Maybe if I swap to mid or top, I can just try snowballing myself.
I have been spending a lot of time watching Midbeast’s China super server streams. Just seeing the absolute pure HAM that everyone on that server is almost indistinguishable from the game play I see in bronze and silver.
i really wish when people queued with their diamond+ friends it did more to bring up the mmr of the group. a diamond and a plat with 2 silvers and a gold should never play against 4 silvers and a gold.
this group has a 70% winrate in over a hundred games this season, like it's just a waste of my time to be put against them. like sure, you can play with your friends no matter the mmr difference, but you don't get to play against people multiple leagues lower than you that you can easily control the entire game and decimate multiple lanes. i've lost 7 games in a row and at least 3 of them have had diamonds on the other team, i'm silver 2.
I just realized there's no SKT at world's this year . No faker. And now I'm sad.
And holy hell is e sports big in korea. I was reading an article about them missing world's and it turns out the players and staff were receiving fucking death threats! That's nuts.
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I just realized there's no SKT at world's this year . No faker. And now I'm sad.
And holy hell is e sports big in korea. I was reading an article about them missing world's and it turns out the players and staff were receiving fucking death threats! That's nuts.
Korea is kinda the birthplace of Esports.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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What are good streamers to watch that play ADC?
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I managed to shame a griefing vlad into not griefing
He quietly sold his hurricane (ugh) and bought a rabadons. And then split pushed and sucked, but brought enough to the table that we were able to win
I basically yelled at him that I worked all day and was trying to enjoy myself with my limited free time and he was ruining it! I’m surprised it worked.
Huh, neat, I missed the announcement (or just forgot), but inter-division promotion series are going away in pre-season.
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They really should go back to a pure elo system.
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I go 3/8/6, we win the game
I go 10/4/10 and have the best damage/CC, we lose the game
Clearly, the solution is to play worse
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I go 10/4/10 and have the best damage/CC, we lose the game
Clearly, the solution is to play worse
This is me as ADC
More seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bit of correlation here: if I have a terrible score, I might be the worst player on the team and more likely to get carried because the other people are better.
Me elsewhere:
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Twitch, probably another place or two I forget: LPIvellius
I go 10/4/10 and have the best damage/CC, we lose the game
Clearly, the solution is to play worse
Yeah yesterday I played a game where ok no excuses but I started 0/6/0 (like during lane, just so awful) as Jhin into Twitch/Janna (so they were way better scaling and also weaker early but um well things happened) and then we won! As I was playing I remarked to loser that if there is justice in the world, I should not win this game.
I did end 3/6/8, so credit to me for eventually figuring out how to stop dying I suppose and not being one of those players who goes 0/20. We did have a smurf jungle who made a giant difference, and then our top also won quite hard and roamed much more effectively than their top (their top camille could not kill me in her ult; it was sad for her).
But yeah, can I affect a single game of league of legends with my play, carry or feed--apparently not.
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The worst part is that every game I have played in ranked this week has been like that.
Play like shit? Somehow we win! Dominate all parts of the game I am responsible for? We lose!
And unfortunately? I have had way more games that I played well than ones I haven’t lately. I didn’t even know it was possible for the Blitz App to award a first place instead of MVP, but I guess it does since the MVP has to be on the winning team!
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My win rate for the past 30 games or so has been 37%
I have affected the outcome of maybe 10% of these games.
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The game really does struggle on the matchmaking front
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I think I may have figured out the problem.
I am too good on Swain and also not good enough.
I am not good enough on Swain to carry a team. I can carry a lane, but more often than not I end up getting fed and the ADC does not.
On Janna I am just 100% supporting my dipshit ADC and as such don't have to hard carry. I can just hard facilitate.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I play mid now, it’s much more fun getting 28 kills on Annie and controlling the match than farming for 25 minutes on an adc to have a support 1v1 me anyway.
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Speaking of this (and C9)
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Talks about upcoming item changes, hell is freezing over and the shop UI is getting overhauled, and more.
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What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
levels aren't skill, just time in the game.
Might as well be with how brutally they stomp the teams I'm on.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
If you're getting matched with them either they have an even newer (or more likely smurf) partner, or they play at your level in normals. It can also be deceiving if they grind ranked all day then kick back in normals and the disparity in mmr kicks in.
https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/3571844672/203490857?tab=overview
to be fair I inted early by not thinking about how Graves was going to gank me when I was pushed up
Still though....
We lost!
He’s a fun guy!
inting is never something to be ashamed of
either u win or u die
if u lose a game and u didnt have at least 10 deaths u gave up
arguable if Lux gets an 0/10 powerspike or if it's reserved for more classic inting champions like Yasuo and Draven
https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/3572672160/203490857?tab=stats
Another one where it's like, what else am I supposed to do here really (started 7/0, roamed to all lanes, but maybe that was my mistake cause an 0/7 start could be....stronger.....)
the true powerspike... was friendship.... (maybe)
this group has a 70% winrate in over a hundred games this season, like it's just a waste of my time to be put against them. like sure, you can play with your friends no matter the mmr difference, but you don't get to play against people multiple leagues lower than you that you can easily control the entire game and decimate multiple lanes. i've lost 7 games in a row and at least 3 of them have had diamonds on the other team, i'm silver 2.
And holy hell is e sports big in korea. I was reading an article about them missing world's and it turns out the players and staff were receiving fucking death threats! That's nuts.
Korea is kinda the birthplace of Esports.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
He quietly sold his hurricane (ugh) and bought a rabadons. And then split pushed and sucked, but brought enough to the table that we were able to win
I basically yelled at him that I worked all day and was trying to enjoy myself with my limited free time and he was ruining it! I’m surprised it worked.
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
I go 10/4/10 and have the best damage/CC, we lose the game
Clearly, the solution is to play worse
Sounds like you deserved it!
This is me as ADC
More seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a bit of correlation here: if I have a terrible score, I might be the worst player on the team and more likely to get carried because the other people are better.
Steam, various fora: Ivellius
League of Legends: Doctor Ivellius
Twitch, probably another place or two I forget: LPIvellius
Yeah yesterday I played a game where ok no excuses but I started 0/6/0 (like during lane, just so awful) as Jhin into Twitch/Janna (so they were way better scaling and also weaker early but um well things happened) and then we won! As I was playing I remarked to loser that if there is justice in the world, I should not win this game.
I did end 3/6/8, so credit to me for eventually figuring out how to stop dying I suppose and not being one of those players who goes 0/20. We did have a smurf jungle who made a giant difference, and then our top also won quite hard and roamed much more effectively than their top (their top camille could not kill me in her ult; it was sad for her).
But yeah, can I affect a single game of league of legends with my play, carry or feed--apparently not.
Play like shit? Somehow we win! Dominate all parts of the game I am responsible for? We lose!
And unfortunately? I have had way more games that I played well than ones I haven’t lately. I didn’t even know it was possible for the Blitz App to award a first place instead of MVP, but I guess it does since the MVP has to be on the winning team!
I have affected the outcome of maybe 10% of these games.
I am too good on Swain and also not good enough.
I am not good enough on Swain to carry a team. I can carry a lane, but more often than not I end up getting fed and the ADC does not.
On Janna I am just 100% supporting my dipshit ADC and as such don't have to hard carry. I can just hard facilitate.
I play mid now, it’s much more fun getting 28 kills on Annie and controlling the match than farming for 25 minutes on an adc to have a support 1v1 me anyway.