[HoN/DotA] Let's Play~!! - Page 1259

On April 22 2011 03:11 Durak wrote:

There's a free spot if the timing works out. I have lots of friends who play and we just form teams of whoever is around. I'll add you and I'll give you a shout when I'm forming a group.


I don't really agree. I think "being serious" is often confused with "being a tool." Everyone is serious in that they want to win but most people you think of as serious are really just tools. Basically it comes down to personalities.



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I always play seriously. I don't go and play low ranked games just to play wacky builds and still stomp people because I'm frustrated at my MMR. What I'm trying to say there is that my friends are bad to mediocre and if you want to play with us, you can't expect to win every game. We always have fun and I'm always teaching them but that doesn't mean I'm doing stupid builds every game. That's not to say I don't try out suboptimal items if we're going to win anyway but I don't throw games.


I know what you're saying because I've played lots of games with people rated all over the spectrum. However, low MMR does mean they suck even though that "suck" is all relative.

There are some 1300 MMR people who have a great concept of the item/skill builds/playstyle of their hero -- better than some 1700. The reason why they suck is because they have terrible mechanics and, also often, game-sense. They haven't played enough games to be able to feel when to go in, when to use their skills, how to use their skills, and basically how to react to the current situation. For example, I've been playing with a friend for about a month and he's learnt some good strategy and concepts. The problem is, he hasn't played enough games to become intuitively good so in a team-fight/abrupt situation, he doesn't have time to think and he reacts poorly.