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[League of Legends] Here comes the Smolder

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Regardless how this turns out, respect to ignar for picking his picks.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Hot.

    Fire.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Booooooooooooo.

  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    I just hope Riot makes Spring Split matter again. :(

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Scripted

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User regular
    wooooooooo yes I love this result :)
    doublelift and bjerg are my faves :)

  • NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    Ivellius wrote: »
    I just hope Riot makes Spring Split matter again. :(

    Speaking of this (and C9)
    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.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/15EVQpMZhpM

    Talks about upcoming item changes, hell is freezing over and the shop UI is getting overhauled, and more.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    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.

  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    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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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Stragint wrote: »
    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.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Stragint wrote: »
    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.

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  • Moridin889Moridin889 Registered User regular
    Stragint wrote: »
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Stragint wrote: »
    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.

  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    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.

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    Sometimes it's actually impossible to carry

    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....

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    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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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Apparently I am a pretty good swain.

    He’s a fun guy!

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    Sometimes it's actually impossible to carry

    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....

    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

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    Sometimes it's actually impossible to carry

    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....

    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.....)

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    Really cannot get a single game without a troll, huh

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    credeiki wrote: »
    Sometimes it's actually impossible to carry

    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....

    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)

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    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.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Been watching eu masters and have seen a lot of skarner. Wonder if he'll have a presence at world's.

  • PenumbraPenumbra Registered User regular
    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.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    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.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    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.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    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.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    What are good streamers to watch that play ADC?

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  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    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.

  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    I got 3 honor for it despite not being the most impactful person on the team otherwise

  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Huh, neat, I missed the announcement (or just forgot), but inter-division promotion series are going away in pre-season.

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    They really should go back to a pure elo system.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    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

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  • IvelliusIvellius Registered User regular
    I got 3 honor for it despite not being the most impactful person on the team otherwise

    Sounds like you deserved it!
    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

    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.

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  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    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

    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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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    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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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    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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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    The game really does struggle on the matchmaking front

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    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.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Welcome to bot lane. Agency is not present there.

    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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