General Discussion/Off-topic - Page 168

On January 04 2011 12:30 oberon wrote:
Just had a hilarious game. Go Kennen, Vlad demands top lane. I could mid, but that's two APs solo, so I give it to Ashe (go team!). I notice we have two teles, so I open boots/ward/pot. I go to ward blue, they're 5-guarding. I back, as I took some hits.

Ashe calls me a feeder. Note: I did not die.

I wait for minions, go back, find nunu soloing blue. I drop the ward, ping it, and say "tele", then beat on nunu. Their bottom lane wanders over and kills me.

So not only did they not say "don't go ward, I won't tele", they just...didn't teleport.

Ashe calls me a feeder.

I go back to lane. I'm underlevel, obviously. I'm laning with cho, who's pushing. Their jungle shows up for a gank with the lane super-pushed. Our jungle does not show up, no one teleports to the lane. I lead them in a random direction so Cho can escape, which he does.

Ashe calls me a feeder.

Teamfights start. Twice, people complain I should've ulted to stun and save their asses despite the fact that they died to Galio ult I was also trapped in. Once, I pull a brilliant ult with 5 people chasing Ashe to stun them, then get away.

Ashe dies anyway. She neglects to call me a feeder this time.

Next teamfight, I trap their ez (carry) in an ult, stun him, and take off half his health. He drops all his CDs on me, with the ignite killing me, and tries to run. My teammates kill him.

Ashe calls me a feeder.

I buy a vision ward for baron, which we got the first time it was up. I ask if anyone knows when it'll be up again (too early to ward, I thought).

Ashe calls me a feeder. No, really, she says "when you stop feeding". So helpful.

Anyway, I end up scaling up decently lategame, getting a bunch of good stuns and even some kills. It's not a great game, but whatever, we won. Of course, and you know it's coming...

Ashe calls me a feeder.

Postscript: Ashe claims to be 1600, but "because of terrible teammates" has dropped to 1430. She is one of two people on my team to make this claim. This is the closest I have ever come to intentionally feeding.

On January 04 2011 16:27 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:
There's a lot more to jungling than blue though. Wraiths make excellent use of the Phoenix AoE as well as the other camps. Completing the first camp 2 seconds faster to be slower for the rest of your route hardly seems worth it, but it's certainly something to look into.

On January 04 2011 19:01 kochujang wrote:
Any real noobs posting here? I started playing 2 months ago and reached lvl 20 last week (yeah, I'm not exactly massing games). At the beginning I played Akali and Amumu a lot (first 2 champions I tried). After being grabbed-raped by Blitz in a couple of games, I wanted to do the same with other noobs :D. I didn't get so good with grabbing, but better than worthless (arguable).
I fell in love with Anivia (another hero starting with A!) and started to use her as my main mage. I would really love to be good with Karthus though, since I have the feeling he is underrated and I love underrated heroes, but I am not sure if I'm good enough for him yet.

After not dying that often with Akali, I started to consider picking heroes to better match my team. No mage/AoE present? Pick Anivia. Beefy heroes and DPS, but no chasers? Akali. No tanks? I mistook Blitz and Amumu for tanking, failed that role a bit with Cho'Gath (even though I like him) before settling with Rammus. Still need some practice with powerball, but I have managed to save our carry from time to time. Still not so good with initiating, but that is comes with more practice/better game sense.

So, I have shunned the typical DPS/carry champions because I usually find those roles/champions boring like Yi, Ashe and Sivir, and I also believe I suck as a carry. Unfortunately the last couple of games people are not picking those roles as often as before, and now I am feeling forced to pick them myself. I considered Tristana or Twisted Fate, but now the new hero Caitlyn is out, which looks like a real fun champion. What should this noob try first? Having fun is more important than playing the top-top tier champion, but I would also like to avoid low-tier champions if possible.

On January 04 2011 19:01 kochujang wrote:
Any real noobs posting here? I started playing 2 months ago and reached lvl 20 last week (yeah, I'm not exactly massing games). At the beginning I played Akali and Amumu a lot (first 2 champions I tried). After being grabbed-raped by Blitz in a couple of games, I wanted to do the same with other noobs :D. I didn't get so good with grabbing, but better than worthless (arguable).
I fell in love with Anivia (another hero starting with A!) and started to use her as my main mage. I would really love to be good with Karthus though, since I have the feeling he is underrated and I love underrated heroes, but I am not sure if I'm good enough for him yet.

After not dying that often with Akali, I started to consider picking heroes to better match my team. No mage/AoE present? Pick Anivia. Beefy heroes and DPS, but no chasers? Akali. No tanks? I mistook Blitz and Amumu for tanking, failed that role a bit with Cho'Gath (even though I like him) before settling with Rammus. Still need some practice with powerball, but I have managed to save our carry from time to time. Still not so good with initiating, but that is comes with more practice/better game sense.

So, I have shunned the typical DPS/carry champions because I usually find those roles/champions boring like Yi, Ashe and Sivir, and I also believe I suck as a carry. Unfortunately the last couple of games people are not picking those roles as often as before, and now I am feeling forced to pick them myself. I considered Tristana or Twisted Fate, but now the new hero Caitlyn is out, which looks like a real fun champion. What should this noob try first? Having fun is more important than playing the top-top tier champion, but I would also like to avoid low-tier champions if possible.