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On August 29 2010 12:57 Phrost wrote:
Ofcourse everyone should keep in mind that runes/masteries/etc are all subject to your own playstyle. There are no "BEST" rune pages (althought some choices for individual runes are clear winners over others) everything comes down to how you play the champion with the runes you have.

On August 29 2010 13:26 UniversalSnip wrote:
There's another use of playstyle that is a red flag though. Coming from mtg I've been trained to disdain it. The decision-making process in that game (and in every game) is deterministic - all else being equal, there's one right choice, period.

On August 29 2010 11:38 redtooth wrote:
breaking news:
Reginald joins L0CUST's team.
might get really interesting up top now.

On August 29 2010 13:36 Jaksiel wrote:


Don't agree with this at all. It's a game of imperfect information and decisions frequently come down to judgment calls.

On August 29 2010 13:43 shawster wrote:
i remember the drama that went down a couple months ago with locust and aon where locust said he quit the game because of the douchebags at high elo

On August 29 2010 13:52 redtooth wrote:
regi probably isn't the "douchebag" at high Elo. i personally find Regi, Finkill, Burbs, and the gang to be absolutely hilarious.

On August 29 2010 13:48 UniversalSnip wrote:
It's not always possible to figure out what that choice is in a realistic timeframe, but it's important to acknowledge that there is one, and that you should always be reaching for it. A big part of improving is moving out of your comfort zone and pushing back the boundaries of what is and is not capable of being objectively decided.

On August 29 2010 13:52 redtooth wrote:
regi probably isn't the "douchebag" at high Elo. i personally find Regi, Finkill, Burbs, and the gang to be absolutely hilarious.

On August 29 2010 13:58 Kultcher wrote:
"Hilarious" doesn't necessarily imply "not a douchebag." Some people are funny precisely because they are douches. However those people are often only funny when viewed from afar; when you actually have to deal with their bullshit or are the target of it, it's a lot less funny.

On August 29 2010 14:20 BraveGhost wrote:
There is a ton of reasons why that statement is wrong.. sure there is one best move, but sometimes that best move might be really risky if say they are holding something you don't know about... Magic is a game where you don't always know exactly what your opponent's up to... but you can usually have a pretty good idea if you know what deck he's playing... so you have to consider all the variables before making your move..

So there actually is play styles.. it's a decision making process.. some people might go for the throat, cause they know if they wait and keep leaving counters up, there opponent can draw a critical mass of burn... some might play it safe and leave counters up and attack for 2 each turn..

how do you know the 4 cards in there hand are dead? How do you know they are actually 4 chars?

Also when i played, i either played a pretty safe game with control, or played long attrition wars with my opponents, with something like control or bw tokens(yay my only regionals win).

The longer the game goes on the more mistakes lesser players will make, the more chance you have with winning.


That's what's funny about low elo, cause nobody ends the game when they could, or make the right decisions, they will then eventually over extend themselves, and get aced, or just let you farm up, and most of the time in that case, you have better late game chars and just roll over someone.

On August 29 2010 14:43 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:

For example do you hold that counterspell in your hand for the burn spell aimed at your head when he has nothing on his board and no cards in hand?

When decisions come down to things like "will he/I topdeck" there's not one "right" decision because neither of you knows exactly wtf is going to happen. It's the same way with LoL, you can't possibly keep track of all of these things that should influence your decision and sometimes you just straight up will never know. For example, SHOULD Ashe shoot that ECA cross-map to try and get a double kill or should she save it for the Garen that MIGHT tower dive her in the next minute?

[edit] And that's where things like "playstyle" make the difference. [/edit]

On August 29 2010 14:43 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:

For example do you hold that counterspell in your hand for the burn spell aimed at your head when he has nothing on his board and no cards in hand?

When decisions come down to things like "will he/I topdeck" there's not one "right" decision because neither of you knows exactly wtf is going to happen.

On August 29 2010 14:50 Southlight wrote:
There're too many variables in this game to make the "right" choice because it's very debatable if there is one. Whereas in M:tG you had the composition of deck (usually fairly recognizable), the hands of both players, the playing field (mana, creatures in play, etc.), graveyard, and to an extent removed cards (and in tourney rounds the sideboard), all of which may seem numerous in total but is actually fairly predictable (aside from the random factor of draw).

Gold count, item count, hard counters, soft counters, positioning, individual player skill for the respective heroes, creep position (ie. if a creep wave is pushing towards a tower hard), amount of actual map knowledge (via wards/clair/etc.). If you were to give me a big map of any moment in a game you wouldn't get "one" correct answer because so many things build into other things.