League of Legends (LoL) General Chat Thread

Orizio

G.J. wrote: »

I'm not too sure about that, Elise vs. Pantheon matchup should be easy enough as Elise, start Cloth 5 and just harass him out of lane.

I'd say it's more of a skill matchup than anything, either side can win the lane based on how they play it.

Agreed, its a 50-50 lane imo.

IRL_Sinister

But trolling is the best part of the internet

And I won't bother posting screens anymore

Ravenworld

There is tomorrow a LAN party that some of us will attend and it would be awesome to meet with any of you that wanna come there.

Here are the details: http://gascon2013.eventbrite.ie/

Sycopat

IRL_Sinister wrote: »

But trolling is the best part of the internet

This isn't aimed at you, it's a pet hate of mine that no one appreciates what trolling is anymore, but being a douchenozzle on the internet is not trolling. Trolling is tricking people. A good troll appears honest, even reasonable, and to the observer (and occasionally the victim) amusing.

Being mean to people for fun is 'griefing'.

Even wikipedia knows the difference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

Ravenworld wrote: »

There is tomorrow a LAN party that some of us will attend and it would be awesome to meet with any of you that wanna come there.

Here are the details: http://gascon2013.eventbrite.ie/

Unfortunately, I shall be spending tomorrow down the country, getting drunk

tuxy

EU all star team

Top Lane: Fnatic sOAZ
Jungle: Gambit Diamond
Mid Lane: Gambit Alex Ich
AD Carry: EG Yellowpete
Support: Gambit EDward

So was it only a rumour that Diamond said it was a waste of his time and he was not interested?

IRL_Sinister

Sycopat wrote: »

This isn't aimed at you, it's a pet hate of mine that no one appreciates what trolling is anymore, but being a douchenozzle on the internet is not trolling. Trolling is tricking people. A good troll appears honest, even reasonable, and to the observer (and occasionally the victim) amusing.

Being mean to people for fun is 'griefing'.

Even wikipedia knows the difference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

And I wasn't referring to any chat. :X

PS: I would also use Wikipedia as a legitimate source of information ._.

Kold

tuxy wrote: »

EU all star team

Top Lane: Fnatic sOAZ
Jungle: Gambit Diamond
Mid Lane: Gambit Alex Ich
AD Carry: EG Yellowpete
Support: Gambit EDward

So was it only a rumour that Diamond said it was a waste of his time and he was not interested?

He definitely said it. Either his mind was changed or he was pressured.

Zapp Brannigan

Honestly it just seems the higher level you get the more this game annoys you. People barely communicate and just lock in whatever they want, then they won't surrender when our terrible comp just can't cope and one lane has fed.

KonFusion

Hey folks.

<n00b>

I've played quite a shameful amount of Dota2, but haven't played any LoL.

Considering it for a change of scenery.

Would the transition be difficult for me or is it very similar?

If it is similar, is it too similar, in that I won't find it very different, or would it make for some refreshing new gameplay?

</n00b>

Thanks!

Zapp Brannigan

The worst part about it is I know I'm probably contributing to it! Even though I try not sometimes it's hard to sometimes not blame your team mates for ruining the game.

tuxy

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

The worst part about it is I know I'm probably contributing to it! Even though I try not sometimes it's hard to sometimes not blame your team mates for ruining the game.

It's true this kind of mindset seems contagious! It's easier to see other peoples mistakes. I have to actively remind myself to chill out. Getting stuck in a game for 45 mins or so with a feeder is frustrating but it's even worse if you get angry.

ionapaul

Just played a game there and one of my team mates was playing Sion - what a beast! Got so so many champ kills, we're all inexperienced maybe but Sion seems really OP based on that one game.

EmeraldDragon

ionapaul wrote: »

Just played a game there and one of my team mates was playing Sion - what a beast! Got so so many champ kills, we're all inexperienced maybe but Sion seems really OP based on that one game.

That will be one of the very few games you will ever have with sion where he seems op.

YouSavedMyLife

Whats the story with ranked league points? I win 3 games in a row and get about 39 points, then lose my next one and get reverted back to zero. I know there is like ELO brackets for each league and like a hidden ELO for myself but i dont get it. I just want it to staph!

I have been told that my gains in ranked will even out eventually. Is it a case of just sucking it up and playing until it all evens out?

EmeraldDragon

As it stands you probably lose on average more than you win or you are simply in a division that you reached in a very short period of time so the system thinks you are playing above your level and is attempting to have you drop down to a more stable level. The only way to fix this is to keep playing and after about a week or so it should have evened out. All depends on how many games you play though.

IRL_Sinister

KonFusion wrote: »

Hey folks.

<n00b>

I've played quite a shameful amount of Dota2, but haven't played any LoL.

Considering it for a change of scenery.

Would the transition be difficult for me or is it very similar?

If it is similar, is it too similar, in that I won't find it very different, or would it make for some refreshing new gameplay?

</n00b>

Thanks!

You can last hit. You'll dominate most players for the first 15 levels.

I have been told that my gains in ranked will even out eventually. Is it a case of just sucking it up and playing until it all evens out?

Yes.

Sycopat

IRL_Sinister wrote: »

And I wasn't referring to any chat. :X

PS: I would also use Wikipedia as a legitimate source of information ._.

KonFusion wrote: »

Hey folks.

<n00b>

I've played quite a shameful amount of Dota2, but haven't played any LoL.

Considering it for a change of scenery.

Would the transition be difficult for me or is it very similar?

If it is similar, is it too similar, in that I won't find it very different, or would it make for some refreshing new gameplay?

</n00b>

Thanks!

My experience of Dota2(Which isn't much relatively): It's probably easier to go from Dota to LoL than vise versa, LoL feels more forgiving in the early levels and has less focus on counter-picking, and a certain amount of skill is transferable between games.

I think they're both worth playing, which is better depending more on personal taste. (forex I like that LoL's aesthethic is less serious than that of Dota. Other people will feel differently. I also feel it's easier to just 'pick up and play'.)

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Whats the story with ranked league points? I win 3 games in a row and get about 39 points, then lose my next one and get reverted back to zero. I know there is like ELO brackets for each league and like a hidden ELO for myself but i dont get it. I just want it to staph!

I have been told that my gains in ranked will even out eventually. Is it a case of just sucking it up and playing until it all evens out?

It'll even out eventually, elo is a function of games played so more games played = smoother scaling = smoother league point win/loss. So you'll eventually rise or drop to where it thinks you're supposed to be.

Exception is if you're stuck in division 5 of a tier, as you can't drop a tier except by not playing afaik. (Although I think they should change that tbh.)

Anybody get to that con at the weekend?

G.J.

tuxy wrote: »

It's true this kind of mindset seems contagious! It's easier to see other peoples mistakes. I have to actively remind myself to chill out. Getting stuck in a game for 45 mins or so with a feeder is frustrating but it's even worse if you get angry.

I've gotten used to the mindset that there's no point in criticising anyone but yourself in League of Legends. Being able to see your own mistakes and improve is the only way to get better at the game.

Even if you won your lane, got fed and still lost, there's still always points that you can improve on. Maybe you should have roamed more, maybe you should have tried to get kills onto your losing lane, maybe you should have put more pressure on your lane to force people to come to you. We rarely play perfectly, and we can always play better.

Don't just play to win, play to get better.

Sycopat

G.J. wrote: »

I've gotten used to the mindset that there's no point in criticising anyone but yourself in League of Legends. Being able to see your own mistakes and improve is the only way to get better at the game.

Even if you won your lane, got fed and still lost, there's still always points that you can improve on. Maybe you should have roamed more, maybe you should have tried to get kills onto your losing lane, maybe you should have put more pressure on your lane to force people to come to you. We rarely play perfectly, and we can always play better.

Don't just play to win, play to get better.

Good post,

and although I know LoL requires less mechanical skill than starcraft some of the videos in this post I found at the penny arcade report really show just how much better it is possible to be at pressing buttons.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/esports-and-speed-why-apm-is-important-in-starcraft-and-how-sc2-allowed-pla

I thought it was cool, would love to see the hands of pro lol players. Would love to hear their playcalling too provided it didn't sound like those guys from the COD tournaments.

G.J.

Great video about Doublelift's path to becoming a pro player, for those who might be interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQQhrssnBY

n1ck

G.J. wrote: »

Great video about Doublelift's path to becoming a pro player, for those who might be interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQQhrssnBY

Wow, i've never seen that before and I've literally never seen a side of Doublelift that isn't cocky but that was pretty emotional and I'd say incredibly tough on him.

Kold

Travis was pretty awesome for what he did.

Sycopat

Kold wrote: »

Travis was pretty awesome for what he did.

He posted his own side of things here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0mjLxCSoU

found it on reddit earlier. Not as good as the doublelift video but I thought it was interesting. /shrug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0mjLxCSoU

Laviski

disabled dude gets penta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1h-9hlmhY

TheDoc

By the by, if anyone wasn't aware, Irelands first LoL tournament is underway. You can catch the streams here http://www.twitch.tv/arcadecon2013 and the brackets are up at http://challonge.com/arcadecconlolchamphionship2013

It's good the guys put the effort into organising this. There is a Riot panel at the actual Arcadeon event itself. The plan was to have the actual finals played live, but they are running the whole thing online now, just playing VODs at the event.

I've been watching replays of the games, scoping out the opposition and all that stuff. It's always good to see this things start, and hopefully lessons can be learned and a few things refined for future iterations or even people running their own event. Standard so far is probably around Bronze - Silver from what I've seen with what looks like alot of people just putting together teams for this event. But the Best of 3 format is good in that it makes for a decent series of games.

Fingers crossed we can do some damage and go far in it

IRL_Sinister

Just gonna leave a note here saying that since I got my new job I have 0 time for LoL. Was fun levelling to 30 and all but I simply have too much work to do nowadays. As a result if people want an account to mess around on or some low level guys want to play on it to try out higher levels just reply below or PM me. The account is level 30 and has never played a Ranked game. My win % are stupidly high (streaks around 7-10 before losing) and I've unlocked a variety of different champs.

Examples of some of my favorite champs:

Jungle Hecarim, Nasus, Jax

ADC Tristana, Ashe, Caitlyn

Support Lulu, Sona, Taric

Top Diana, Jax, Nasus, Malphite, SINGED!!

Mid Diana & Twisted Fate

I've unlocked plenty others but they are my favorites so you get plenty of choice to choose from. I have no skins unlocked. People can do whatever they want with the account but if I get warning e-mails I will disable the account as I still don't want my online nickname tarnished will still want to mess around on the account. Feel free to take up the offer or ignore it.

ionapaul

First time I've ever played Miss Fortune:



Think she's my new favourite champ... Ignore the fact it was a 5v4!

K.O.Kiki

Just found out that this is on Mac now, and it even runs decently on my ancient battleship.

Any tips on how to get decent?

tuxy

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Just found out that this is on Mac now, and it even runs decently on my ancient battleship.

Any tips on how to get decent?

Same as anything else, practice. I think most people feel a bit lost at first the game looks so basic but has so much depth.

Zapp Brannigan

Mac client isn't perfect but I've been playing on it for a month now with no bothers!

Watch vids, thats how i learned the most. It's good to see how the game should be played.