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CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
June 30 2015 21:13 GMT
#49121
my office doesn't have enough forks available so i've had to resort to using coffee stir sticks as chopsticks
FML
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Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
June 30 2015 21:43 GMT
#49122
On July 01 2015 06:13 CorsairHero wrote:
my office doesn't have enough forks available so i've had to resort to using coffee stir sticks as chopsticks
FML

This is impressive honestly.
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Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom3341 Posts
June 30 2015 21:48 GMT
#49123
On July 01 2015 06:01 ahswtini wrote:
inb4 LD loses half of its dota players cuz they scalded their hands

If you scalded both your hands you couldn't single-handedly ruin LD anymore, at least.
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MaCRo.gg
Profile Joined June 2015
Korea (South)860 Posts
June 30 2015 22:22 GMT
#49124
Does the hidden pool/shadow ban exist?
My friend insists that he is stuck in the shadow pool and that his mmr won't go up because of it.
He has double the games played I do and invested a lot more into hero items, but I double him in mmr.
He is at 1.5k but hes a pretty smart guy that plays everyday.
Thetwinmasters
Profile Joined January 2015
3578 Posts
June 30 2015 22:25 GMT
#49125
On July 01 2015 07:22 MaCRo.gg wrote:
Does the hidden pool/shadow ban exist?
My friend insists that he is stuck in the shadow pool and that his mmr won't go up because of it.
He has double the games played I do and invested a lot more into hero items, but I double him in mmr.
He is at 1.5k but hes a pretty smart guy that plays everyday.

shadow pool is for people who sandbox to match the person against himself so he can feed on 1 of his accounts
Crusnik
Profile Joined December 2010
United States5378 Posts
June 30 2015 22:26 GMT
#49126
He could just be terrible. Good people =/= good at gaming, most of the people who are good at games are fucking toxic as shit.
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 22:26:55
June 30 2015 22:26 GMT
#49127
that doesnt sound like a thing
sounds more like something that bad players would tell themselves
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andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
June 30 2015 22:33 GMT
#49128
pretty sure amount of investment in doto hats has nothing to do with mmr lmao

what passive said
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MaCRo.gg
Profile Joined June 2015
Korea (South)860 Posts
June 30 2015 22:34 GMT
#49129
He doesn't seem to be that toxic, but he might be when he plays solo.
He says he was really good at WoW and he plays ALOT of rmm.

It is pretty disappointing, I thought I made a friend irl that I could play together with.
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 30 2015 22:35 GMT
#49130
There's actually a hidden pool for toxic players tho LoL
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22213 Posts
June 30 2015 22:35 GMT
#49131
shadowpool for ppl who constantly queue dodge or multibox probably exists, if a valve dev is to be believed. any other pool is likely a myth
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 22:45:31
June 30 2015 22:45 GMT
#49132
hey console people, where should I buy a console? I wanna buy a PS4 for the best deal I can get. Nothing like craigslist, I don't wanna die for the deal. I haven't bought a console since PS2 so I dunno what's what ya know? pls help.

anyone who helps will get shoutout when I win MKX at EVO this year, promise.
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SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 22:57:57
June 30 2015 22:53 GMT
#49133
happy birthday harodihg

also the hidden pool of extra toxic players probably is real yea

i feel like i've been in it for some periods... just high frequency of throwers and total ragers who decide to ruin the game from early on. it's also felt like there were games of hiddenpool vs non hidden pool where the enemy team cared enough to pick semi coherently and coordinate while my team would pick whatever and do whatever. i mean i've felt like i've been on both sides of that coin, but it sometimes happens in blocks... like strings of games where one team seems full of fuckers. i've read posts by people on various forums/reddit describing the same thing so idk i suspect its real; i'm not sure if the popular explanation of the "rate this player" thing being the main determinant is true though... might involve reports for communication abuse or like actual flags that using certain abusive phrases might mark your account for idk

/tinfoilhat
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tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7086 Posts
June 30 2015 23:00 GMT
#49134
At least in my experience when you abandon (even if you don't get put into LPQ) you still tend to get matched with more leavers; I got an abandon a few weeks ago because the servers shat themselves and for about a week afterwards it felt like every other game of mine had a leaver
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
June 30 2015 23:01 GMT
#49135
ive never been muted or LPQ, AMA.
http://i.imgur.com/fAUOr2c.png | Fighting games are great
tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7086 Posts
June 30 2015 23:02 GMT
#49136
do you ever actually play dota
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
MaCRo.gg
Profile Joined June 2015
Korea (South)860 Posts
June 30 2015 23:02 GMT
#49137
Is there a way for him to get out of it?
I noticed that partying with him gets me in a toxic group much more frequently.
He also insists on carrying every game I play with him...
crms
Profile Joined February 2010
United States11933 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 23:03:37
June 30 2015 23:03 GMT
#49138
On July 01 2015 08:02 tehh4ck3r wrote:
do you ever actually play dota

not as much anymore tbh only like 2-3 games a week but I still have like ~2-3k games across my accounts
http://i.imgur.com/fAUOr2c.png | Fighting games are great
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 23:05:32
June 30 2015 23:03 GMT
#49139
On July 01 2015 08:02 tehh4ck3r wrote:
do you ever actually play dota

he legitimately doesnt anymore

abandoned us for some random fighting game

i jsut counted my total games

around 1500, suprising, thats a more than i thought
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tehh4ck3r
Profile Joined August 2013
Magrathea7086 Posts
June 30 2015 23:06 GMT
#49140
I have a little over 1400 total games

no smurfs for me
AdministratorIn those days, spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
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