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On August 28 2010 06:06 Haemonculus wrote:
The word metagaming has a different meaning in different gaming circles. In warhammer or MTG or even GSB the word is used to refer to the current trend of game players, be it army lists, fleet comp, or deck type.

On August 28 2010 06:14 Southlight wrote:


Second this, I grew up around "metagame" referring to the current trend because of M:tG.

And redtooth that's not really true, Corki has always been one of the strongest carries because of his farm speed and because gatling + true damage was ridiculous. It just took either a strong player (MakNooN was making it work, and I'd seen several Koreans pull it off) or a terrible opponent to make it work consistently because on paper he has no laning power whatsoever, and he's a farm-heavy carry.

On August 28 2010 06:14 Southlight wrote:


Second this, I grew up around "metagame" referring to the current trend because of M:tG.

And redtooth that's not really true, Corki has always been one of the strongest carries because of his farm speed and because gatling + true damage was ridiculous. It just took either a strong player (MakNooN was making it work, and I'd seen several Koreans pull it off) or a terrible opponent to make it work consistently because on paper he has no laning power whatsoever, and he's a farm-heavy carry.

On August 28 2010 06:17 PanN wrote:


Well, however you use it doesn't matter because you're still using it wrong, same with redtooth, thats not how you use the word metagame..

On August 28 2010 06:24 Southlight wrote:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagaming#Adaptation_to_a_specific_gaming_environment

Also complaining about the incorrect usage of words in the English language and when you're an American is hilarious. FFS google is a word, now. Guys, we have such an inflexible language. Newsflash: we don't. And enough people use "metagame" the way it's used by SC people (and in this case LoL people) that you can stick your silly attempt at being a vocabulary nazi up wherever it came from.

Haz: I get stuck with 14XX all the time in solo ranked matches. No one knows why but it introduces an extreme measure of randomness.

On August 28 2010 04:24 BajaBlood wrote:


I'm in the 20s now level-wise so I'm able to start with blue now no problems (I use phoenix though to do it faster, but turtle worked for me as well), but I used to try to jungle with various heroes before I had good rune/mastery loadouts.

My suggestions would be to either: A.) Start with a fort pot plus 5xhealth pot and see if that works - the fortitude potion is stronger than cloth armor but won't contribute to your item build. However the extra dmg (= faster jungling) and the ability to start at blue will make it worth the money.
or B.) Have someone stay near blue (they should be to stop the enemy team from warding anyway) and cast a spell on it after it spawns (a mundo cleaver works wonders)

I wouldn't do an alternate route unless you can't find any way to beat golem at level 1; the blue rune is critical to fast jungling and fast jungling opens up a lot more ganking opportunities (on that note I'd recommend switching to smite/ghost if you can find a way to beat golem without rally)

On August 28 2010 06:17 PanN wrote:


Well, however you use it doesn't matter because you're still using it wrong, same with redtooth, thats not how you use the word metagame.

And I've only seen one decent corki, and I was on a team with a feeder so.

On August 28 2010 06:47 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:

So can you enlighten us on the "correct" way to use the word metagame because I was under the impression that it was the trends of the players that you're going to be up against as well.

On August 28 2010 06:48 HazMat wrote:
Just got matched with Xpecial, is he some high elo player? I've heard his name before..

On August 28 2010 06:46 Phrost wrote:
I prefer to use the word "metagame" to refer to the common trends of the time, more or less.


Also why hasn't Kayle fell down the nerf tree yet? It seems like when Ezreal fell he hit every branch along the way.

On August 28 2010 06:49 PanN wrote:


Someone else stated the correct way, and so did I a few posts up, there's a link to a giant thread on the explanation of it.

I apologize if I came off as a dick, with redtooth and south being so quick to jump on peoples league of legends mistakes, I didn't think telling them that they used the word metagame wrong would offend so much.