Whenever I feel like I lurk teamliquid too much, I come here and am relaxed by the 1266 pages of posts and nearly 1.5 million views. Mmmm.

Though I hate being out of date with the dota replacements

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

April 29 2011 16:31 GMT

#25307

Solo pubbing at these times on US servers leads to like exclusively BR and asian teams. Generally the team with the most people speaking the same language wins. So solo mm is a very fun gambling process.
And 10 minute queues. So awesome.

Also AP is a nightmare. No matter the MMR level it's basically a fight to see who randoms fewer heroes.

Crimson

United States311 Posts

April 29 2011 19:52 GMT

#25308

The new tp change should be interesting.

Goshawk.

United Kingdom5338 Posts

April 29 2011 19:59 GMT

#25309

TP change sounds really weird. O_o

zhurai

United States5660 Posts

April 29 2011 20:32 GMT

#25310

I really dislike the tp change, though I guess that'll *HELP* prevent retards from tping to the front tower and dying immediately from chain stuns..............or maybe not. oO;;;

RQShatter

United States459 Posts

April 29 2011 20:37 GMT

#25311

On April 30 2011 05:32 zhurai wrote:
I really dislike the tp change, though I guess that'll *HELP* prevent retards from tping to the front tower and dying immediately from chain stuns..............or maybe not. oO;;;

Its decent. Promotes more aggression and early push strats

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22213 Posts

April 29 2011 21:05 GMT

#25312

Another step in how S2 are moving away from the turtle until your carry gets farmed gameplay. Now you can't just turtle by mass tp'ing to countergank.

D8ms

Canada88 Posts

April 29 2011 21:29 GMT

#25313

So anyone seen the new yogscast? I LoL'd pretty hard.

On topic though, yes they're still doing things to shift the metagame into push oriented... I hate pushing gameplay =[

rabidch

United States20289 Posts

April 29 2011 21:32 GMT

#25314

TERRORBLADE IS NOW TERRORBLADE

paper

13196 Posts

April 29 2011 21:45 GMT

#25315

Fun fact: Replace your use of 'metagame' with 'game' and you won't be wrong anymore.

D8ms

Canada88 Posts

April 29 2011 22:10 GMT

#25316

Funner Fact: Using the word "metagame" is viable in the current competitive metagame.

Risen

United States7927 Posts

April 29 2011 22:29 GMT

#25317

Can't believe this idiotic TP change. Was hard enough getting bads to carry TPs before. Now it's going to be impossible

Superbia

Netherlands8889 Posts

April 29 2011 23:03 GMT

#25318

On April 30 2011 06:29 D8ms wrote:
So anyone seen the new yogscast? I LoL'd pretty hard.

On topic though, yes they're still doing things to shift the metagame into push oriented... I hate pushing gameplay =[

Just watched, that was hilarious. Watching the mad comments stream in during the video was enough entertainment in itself.

paper

13196 Posts

April 30 2011 02:00 GMT

#25319

On April 30 2011 07:10 D8ms wrote:
Funner Fact: Using the word "metagame" is viable in the current competitive metagame.

Metagame implies there are no optimal strategies (as the game has evolved to a very high level and you need external, metagame inputs to win) and that "sub-optimal" strategies (under other circumstances) become highly effective in countering strategies previously regarded as reigning supreme.

You said it yourself: if there's a shift toward "push-oriented" (meaning that these kinds of strats are optimal) there is no metagame anymore.

Silly D8ms, just use the words 'game' or 'gameplay' instead