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goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44280 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-14 18:11:57
April 14 2015 17:34 GMT
#121
Heen do you play on PW(chinese) servers?

btw i tried the bloodstone suggestion and it was pretty good .. i really didn't have sustain problems i almost never went home all game but i have yet where i didn't snowball
this is a quote
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2929 Posts
April 14 2015 21:35 GMT
#122
Hey Heen you were always one of my fav players when I was in Korea, I hope you find success with your new lineup and I'll come back and visit Korea one day
Cinematographer / Steadicam Operator. Former Starcraft commentator/player
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 15 2015 00:32 GMT
#123
On April 14 2015 13:25 Ack1027 wrote:
I'll be in korea next month!

For how long? We're going to Malaysia for MPGL in early May I think.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 15 2015 00:47 GMT
#124
On April 14 2015 17:03 Waxangel wrote:
What environmental factors do you think allowed KHAOS to be such a success in its time over similar games/clones (notably AllStars)?

Similarly, what factors allowed LoL to come out of nowhere (somewhat) as a word-of-mouth game in Korea in an environment where similar, competing games existed?

Well, first of all DotA not legible for most Korean users was a big problem. If you need a friend to learn how to play the game, people just give up. An argument made back in the day was that DotA was less newb friendly with mechanics like denying being in the game whereas Chaos had invulenerable/insta teleporting couriers but I don't really believe that. Koreans pride themselves on discipline and achieving new limits of skill cap, I doubt that DotA being too hard of a game was the reason.

I don't know when LoL became a huge success. It seemed to explode in popularity somewhere during 2011. I remember playing a few games of it during 2009-2010 because of some friends who vouched for it but it was still an uknown game in Korea. Koreans had to play in US servers. The game itself was awful back then. There were like ~30 champions. Maybe it's because LoL shared more similarities with Chaos than DotA. I'm too inexperience with Chaos to jump to conclusions though.

Art also has something to do with it? For example, I don't think HoN could ever have made it big in Korea because of the art. League has its unique fairy tale flavor and appealed to the inner pedo of Koreans.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 15 2015 00:56 GMT
#125
On April 14 2015 21:51 Howie_Dewitt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2015 06:18 Heen wrote:
On April 14 2015 05:20 Howie_Dewitt wrote:
How do you judge creep equilibrium for a smoke gank on mid, and how can the mid on your team help with it?

It depends a lot on which heroes are matched up at mid. The earlier the game is, the wave will bounce back and forth less.
Ideally, you want the creep wave to be on your mid's ramp/tower range or inside your opponent mid's tower range.

Let's say it's a QoP (your team) vs Sniper matchup. The wave is on Sniper's side of the ramp. There's no incentive for sniper to push the wave back. It's exactly where he wants it. And this is early game where QoP is either level 2 or 3. She doesn't want to use scream anyway. You probably don't want to gank unless you have a special set of heroes like Rubick that can lift the sniper out into a more exposed area.

If it's a Lina (your team) vs Storm matchup and the wave is on the same position, you can have the Lina dragon slave the Storm through the creepwave so that it pushes. This will eventually shove the wave into Storm's tower range. You and your buddy (if you have one) can dive into range since your creeps will tank the tower and combo the Storm and finish him with auto attacks.

Ogre magi is really good for early dives because he can tank tower hits pretty well and his ignite is imba @ lvl 1.

At later levels, when the mid is higher level, it becomes easier for the mid laner to help reposition the creep waves. Their wave clearing abilities are maxed. They can nuke the wave and usually the opponent mid will probably nuke the wave back since he doesn't want to last hit under the tower. Take SF vs Storm as an example. SF has no setup skill so creep equilibrium is important for the gank to work out. And again, the wave is on Storm's side of the ramp. You can ask the SF to nuke the wave and go back and body block the next wave. Storm should most likely use a remnant or two to farm his creeps under his tower. There are 0 creeps between the two T1 towers at mid now. The next wave is coming but SF was already blocking so the equilibrium should be above average in your favor. The lane has been reset so Storm is probably going to be on the edge of his ramp waiting to cs. This is your time go hex him. Usually when this happens it's night time so it should be pretty hard for him to react.

Judging the creep equilibrium ahead of time is hard to do to be honest. You just have to know which creep equilibrium has the highest chance of failing or has a high turnaround potential and avoid it.

Ty
A follow up question: what support duos are very strong with gank potential all around the map, like SWM/SK?

Ogre Sky: tanky frontline support backed by pure offensive support
Shadow Demon Lina: damage
AA Rubick: cold feet + lift is nice but more importantly Rubick does 0 damage but AA provides all the damage early game.
Earthshaker Lion: crown control + single target control. They can both bypass BKBs because of their insta-stun nature and have good off-map presence.

I prefer support duos that share different strengths/weaknesses so that they compliment each other. Stun+Damage is better than Stun+Stun or Damage+Damage.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 15 2015 00:59 GMT
#126
On April 15 2015 02:34 goody153 wrote:
Heen do you play on PW(chinese) servers?

btw i tried the bloodstone suggestion and it was pretty good .. i really didn't have sustain problems i almost never went home all game but i have yet where i didn't snowball

Sometimes. I rarely play ranked MM so... rarely for me. But a lot of my teammates play on Chinese servers by default. The games are higher quality on China than any other server for sure.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 15 2015 01:01 GMT
#127
On April 15 2015 06:35 Whiplash wrote:
Hey Heen you were always one of my fav players when I was in Korea, I hope you find success with your new lineup and I'll come back and visit Korea one day

<3

DotA seems so hard sometimes. Playing as a team... it's so cliche but people don't understand the effort it takes to truly get to that stage.
('''(G_G/'''')
Tricks
Profile Joined August 2010
United States252 Posts
April 15 2015 05:56 GMT
#128
Yo Heen
Can I get your in game autograph?

^_^
Favorite Players: Zai, Arteezy and LaNm
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
April 15 2015 08:54 GMT
#129
Why the name heen?

What is your opinion of QO and MentalProtector in terms of their style? QO seem to play a lot of carry mid like rtz.

Assuming no ego or personal issues, who is in your dream all star Korean line up?

What is march's best role?
macmann
Profile Joined May 2011
87 Posts
April 15 2015 09:05 GMT
#130
Was it season 3 that you guys (MVP.Phoenix) went undefeated in KDL?
What were some of the things that separated you guys from the likes of Zephyr, Rave, and Pokerface?
What did you guys have that your competition lacked? Because you guys did seem to be on a level of your own during that time.
PagePincher
Profile Joined January 2015
205 Posts
April 15 2015 09:42 GMT
#131
On April 15 2015 09:47 Heen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2015 17:03 Waxangel wrote:
What environmental factors do you think allowed KHAOS to be such a success in its time over similar games/clones (notably AllStars)?

Similarly, what factors allowed LoL to come out of nowhere (somewhat) as a word-of-mouth game in Korea in an environment where similar, competing games existed?

Well, first of all DotA not legible for most Korean users was a big problem. If you need a friend to learn how to play the game, people just give up. An argument made back in the day was that DotA was less newb friendly with mechanics like denying being in the game whereas Chaos had invulenerable/insta teleporting couriers but I don't really believe that. Koreans pride themselves on discipline and achieving new limits of skill cap, I doubt that DotA being too hard of a game was the reason.

I don't know when LoL became a huge success. It seemed to explode in popularity somewhere during 2011. I remember playing a few games of it during 2009-2010 because of some friends who vouched for it but it was still an uknown game in Korea. Koreans had to play in US servers. The game itself was awful back then. There were like ~30 champions. Maybe it's because LoL shared more similarities with Chaos than DotA. I'm too inexperience with Chaos to jump to conclusions though.

Art also has something to do with it? For example, I don't think HoN could ever have made it big in Korea because of the art. League has its unique fairy tale flavor and appealed to the inner pedo of Koreans.


Damn, it could have been dota2 that exploded but the closed beta test really hurt them i guess. LoL has grown too big now to get topple over. I am still hoping for dota2 to get more popular in korea but i won't be anytime soon. I heard Japanese has a thing for LoL too. Well i guess dota2 won't get popular because of their intimidating arts.
Kraznaya
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3711 Posts
April 15 2015 10:00 GMT
#132
Are you planning on going to TI if your team doesnt qualify?
do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?
VelJa
Profile Joined October 2011
France1109 Posts
April 16 2015 09:52 GMT
#133
Why 'Heen' ?
ANGRY_KOREA_MAN. -- Giff WC4 plz
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 16 2015 10:13 GMT
#134
On April 15 2015 14:56 Tricks wrote:
Yo Heen
Can I get your in game autograph?

^_^

I'd have to find them first :p We got like a thousand cards each and we were supposed to give them out TI but we ended coming back home with 500+ left
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 16 2015 10:31 GMT
#135
On April 15 2015 17:54 DucK- wrote:
Why the name heen?

What is your opinion of QO and MentalProtector in terms of their style? QO seem to play a lot of carry mid like rtz.

Assuming no ego or personal issues, who is in your dream all star Korean line up?

What is march's best role?

I have pale skin so when I was a kid, my nickname was Heendoong (흰둥). It's a common name for white colored dogs. I used the same alias for gaming when I was a kid but later on people started abbreviating for me.

I'm not sure if it's QO's conscious choice to play carry oriented mids or if it was the patch. Probably a bit of both.

QO is super aggressive. He believes in the psychological factor of actively making your opponents feel pressured. He doesn't believe in consequences because what might be or might not be is hypothetical during the game. You go the fuck in and find out according to him, lol. He'll never flame a teammate for being too aggressive. Only for being a pussy.

MP is more calculating. He'll take risks but not nearly as much as QO. He's said himself that his role until joining our team was to be the reactionary DPS. So he's going to wait and see while his team does the dirty work and strikes at the perfect moment. QO was the opposite. He goes in and creates chaos and confusion then the rest of the team joins in and helps clean up.

Ego and personal issues aside, my dream all star Korean lineup would consist most of former MVP Phoenix players. Something like,

1 - QO
2 - MP
3 - Forev
4 and 5 - March and myself

but people are people and we wouldn't have split up if it could've been worked out.

March's best role is probably carry but he has his own ideas about how the role needs to be played. I don't really know. He's all over the place. He's played every single role in the past year.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 16 2015 10:46 GMT
#136
On April 15 2015 18:05 macmann wrote:
Was it season 3 that you guys (MVP.Phoenix) went undefeated in KDL?
What were some of the things that separated you guys from the likes of Zephyr, Rave, and Pokerface?
What did you guys have that your competition lacked? Because you guys did seem to be on a level of your own during that time.

Yes, season 3, which was right after TI4.
I feel like at the time we simply summarized the TI4 meta the best among the KDL teams. Most teams knew what the meta heroes were but didn't abuse them fully.

We recognized that gold swings (or comebacks) rarely happen in that patch, picked strong enough lanes that usually included a hero that hits a peak around the 10 min mark (blink brew, mek razor, blink batrider etc.) and constant 5 man off of that. A lot of our games ended pre 20 minutes because our opponents didn't have the tools to deal with our death ball. It was too early, too fast for split push to be an answer. We got minimal farm to execute the style that we wanted and took initiative earlier than our opponents anticipated.

Going 12-0 was unexpected though. Even when we had a 6-0 start, we figured we're going to get studied and lose soon.

Also there was the fact that we just came back from TI4. We didn't make it through the Wildcards but every LAN experience is precious in boosting a team's confidence.
('''(G_G/'''')
Heen
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
Korea (South)2178 Posts
April 16 2015 10:48 GMT
#137
On April 15 2015 19:00 Kraznaya wrote:
Are you planning on going to TI if your team doesnt qualify?

I doubt it unless I'm needed/invited for some other purpose than playing.
('''(G_G/'''')
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
April 16 2015 12:22 GMT
#138
what about as an analyst for the korean commentary
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
Laserist
Profile Joined September 2011
Turkey4269 Posts
April 16 2015 12:25 GMT
#139
I just drop by to say how an awesome man you are. Thank you.
“Are you with the Cartel? Because you’re definitely an Angel.”
DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
April 16 2015 17:40 GMT
#140
On April 16 2015 19:31 Heen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2015 17:54 DucK- wrote:
Why the name heen?

What is your opinion of QO and MentalProtector in terms of their style? QO seem to play a lot of carry mid like rtz.

Assuming no ego or personal issues, who is in your dream all star Korean line up?

What is march's best role?

I have pale skin so when I was a kid, my nickname was Heendoong (흰둥). It's a common name for white colored dogs. I used the same alias for gaming when I was a kid but later on people started abbreviating for me.

I'm not sure if it's QO's conscious choice to play carry oriented mids or if it was the patch. Probably a bit of both.

QO is super aggressive. He believes in the psychological factor of actively making your opponents feel pressured. He doesn't believe in consequences because what might be or might not be is hypothetical during the game. You go the fuck in and find out according to him, lol. He'll never flame a teammate for being too aggressive. Only for being a pussy.

MP is more calculating. He'll take risks but not nearly as much as QO. He's said himself that his role until joining our team was to be the reactionary DPS. So he's going to wait and see while his team does the dirty work and strikes at the perfect moment. QO was the opposite. He goes in and creates chaos and confusion then the rest of the team joins in and helps clean up.

Ego and personal issues aside, my dream all star Korean lineup would consist most of former MVP Phoenix players. Something like,

1 - QO
2 - MP
3 - Forev
4 and 5 - March and myself

but people are people and we wouldn't have split up if it could've been worked out.

March's best role is probably carry but he has his own ideas about how the role needs to be played. I don't really know. He's all over the place. He's played every single role in the past year.


Dang QO sounds like a player I really like to have in my team :D
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