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HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 04:17:40
January 31 2011 03:38 GMT
#5541
wow noob. konami code. left right left right down down up up 3 4

Queue's down though, lol GG.
edit: It's back, get on in3pt.
www.youtube.com/user/ShakeDrizzle | League and SSBM content creator | Armada's Youtube Editor
G0dly
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States450 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 04:12:19
January 31 2011 03:46 GMT
#5542
On January 31 2011 10:05 Chrispy wrote:
HotshotGG sound board.

http://www.soundboard.com/sb/ihawk007.aspx


BEST. THING. EVER.


my favorite is the nom nom

NOM NOM NOM ARHSADSDFKLASD YOU HAVE SLAIN-
The Emperor - The Genius - The Cheater - The Maestro
myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
January 31 2011 04:28 GMT
#5543
Lord Bravery is British though
it's my first day
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
January 31 2011 04:28 GMT
#5544
On January 31 2011 09:28 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2011 08:26 Slayer91 wrote:
Why even have doran's items in the game btw? Seems like 95% of ppl go for them and then all the other possible openings tend to be ignored. They're so efficient that by the item the slot is needed for something else it has already easily paid off.

Personally I think having starter items is totally acceptable--DotA has them in the form of gg branches and magic stick/wand. The thing about Doran's items is that it takes you significantly longer until you need the slot for something else.


doran's items are more like wraith bands or something than gg branches, they're legit goal points for buffing your character
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4341 Posts
January 31 2011 06:37 GMT
#5545
I just discovered the fun that is Vlad with the CDR boots. =)
So wait? I'm bad? =(
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
January 31 2011 06:49 GMT
#5546
Is there a high elo player willing to play a couple of games with me on his smuf account? I need some tutelage on how to get better. I'm seriously frustrated at this point, no matter what I do I always lose. I just need someone to show me how to carry.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
January 31 2011 09:25 GMT
#5547
On that note, have you guys heard about a few of the high Elo players offering lessons for various amounts ($20-$50 and hour, depending on who). Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on this, would anyone consider taking up these offers and if so, for what reason? (Not saying they are a bad idea or anything, but just curious on people's opinions).
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
January 31 2011 09:50 GMT
#5548
if you have to PAY someone
to teach how to be better at a FREE video game
you are doing it wrong

imo

like if i was at a friend's house and he was like "hey man let's drink some beer and teach me how to not suck at LoL" i'd be all for it
but i wouldn't be like "NAHH MAN I WANT 50 BUCKS AN HOUR" cause that's just dumb
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
January 31 2011 10:05 GMT
#5549
So Dyrus/me/three irl friends went to a tournament in Hawaii this weekend

SAY WHAT'S UP TO THE HAWAII STATE CHAMPS LOLOL
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
BlueBird.
Profile Joined August 2008
United States3889 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 10:09:17
January 31 2011 10:06 GMT
#5550
On January 31 2011 18:25 Dgiese wrote:
On that note, have you guys heard about a few of the high Elo players offering lessons for various amounts ($20-$50 and hour, depending on who). Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on this, would anyone consider taking up these offers and if so, for what reason? (Not saying they are a bad idea or anything, but just curious on people's opinions).


Can you really justify paying money to get better at a video game, just for the sake of getting better at it? There aren't really any consistent cash tournaments in League Of Legends. There are also no replay/observer systems, and games last pretty long. That means your only getting a game + some pointers per hour of teaching, and without replay/observer, your gonna have to stream some games so your coach can observe you. Your doing all of this just to get better, you have no real way to make money back from it(at least for now, since their aren't tons of cash tournaments or anything)

I'm sure there are a few that could use this and benefit from it, but overall i think that there simply isnt' a reason to do it, I'm sure you could do much more good by finding some guys that don't bicker and argue, form a team, and work at getting better together, for free. That's probably the best way too improve imo.


I can justify lessons somewhat in Starcraft II, I still think way too many people get them, although for some with the money I guess it's just easier than trying to find the same information for free on the internet, I guess that's the same case here.




Edit: Zerg_Russian - So.. is that a Riot run tournament? Or just a local lan center thing, either way pretty awesome
Currently Playing: Android Netrunner, Gwent, Gloomhaven, Board Games
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
January 31 2011 11:38 GMT
#5551
why pay money for shit lessons when you can get free lessons at the School of Hard Trolls
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
nyxnyxnyx
Profile Joined April 2010
Indonesia2978 Posts
January 31 2011 11:40 GMT
#5552
I'm ok with the idea of lessons. But in essence those people are paying for the 'brand' of the high Elo dudes. I'm sure they could get the same lesson content for free if they bothered to look/search.
cool beans
Odds
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada1188 Posts
January 31 2011 11:48 GMT
#5553
I've given lessons for Supreme Commander at $15 an hour. I certainly didn't deserve it, but the dude insisted.
Odds.633, AM. Plat level currently. Would love more practice partners, add me, let's play!
EnrageD
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada230 Posts
January 31 2011 12:25 GMT
#5554
On January 31 2011 20:48 Odds wrote:
I've given lessons for Supreme Commander at $15 an hour. I certainly didn't deserve it, but the dude insisted.


do people still play that game?

i tried laddering on company of heroes the other day, 1 hour queue in matchmaking, popped then connection problems.
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
January 31 2011 14:02 GMT
#5555
On January 31 2011 20:38 Caller wrote:
why pay money for shit lessons when you can get free lessons at the School of Hard Trolls

5HIT lessons > SHarT

lololol
I'm on GOLD CHAIN
Scorcher2k
Profile Joined November 2009
United States802 Posts
January 31 2011 14:26 GMT
#5556
If you have money to burn then I guess paying for a LoL lesson is better than spending it on smack. No replays or observer mode though makes it hard to justify...

You should stream and/or help out people more then 5hit
Darkchylde
Profile Joined January 2010
United States473 Posts
January 31 2011 14:56 GMT
#5557
On January 31 2011 19:05 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote:
So Dyrus/me/three irl friends went to a tournament in Hawaii this weekend

SAY WHAT'S UP TO THE HAWAII STATE CHAMPS LOLOL

And you beat how many 5-man teams to earn this title?
Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
January 31 2011 15:53 GMT
#5558
On January 31 2011 15:49 Two_DoWn wrote:
Is there a high elo player willing to play a couple of games with me on his smuf account? I need some tutelage on how to get better. I'm seriously frustrated at this point, no matter what I do I always lose. I just need someone to show me how to carry.


i have a hard time carrying as well. but ive found alot of success in playing supports.
sometimes its hard to carry if you dont get a good start and your teammates dont know how to protect you.
as a support you can save your stupid teammates and try to help your best player do better.

try morg. she plays support well and she can also be fed in lane to become a monster ap carry.

or just duo que with a ranged carry and be janna. ez mode.
Scorcher2k
Profile Joined November 2009
United States802 Posts
January 31 2011 16:36 GMT
#5559
I think I'm going to pass time at work today by reading through 5hit threads on LoL boards. Fairly entertaining so far.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-31 16:56:35
January 31 2011 16:47 GMT
#5560
On January 31 2011 15:49 Two_DoWn wrote:
Is there a high elo player willing to play a couple of games with me on his smuf account? I need some tutelage on how to get better. I'm seriously frustrated at this point, no matter what I do I always lose. I just need someone to show me how to carry.


Step 1: Eliminate your own mistakes. If you're screwing up all of the time by doing stupid things and putting yourself in stupid situations that get you killed or result in you missing opportunities to win, you're not going to carry.

Step 2: Pick a champ that is capable of carrying. I'll just be blunt: all things being equal, some champs can't carry consistently. However, there is a lot of variety that you can choose from: ranged DPS, melee DPS, tanks, and casters. The most important criterion is that the champ is either a jungler or a capable of handling a solo lane. If you're always in the duo-lane on bottom, it's less likely that you're going to be carrying games.

Step 3: Practice, practice, practice. If you're jungling, know your jungling route cold. Know when and where to gank. If you're solo-laning, you'll need to practice even more. Start by learning how to last hit like a pro while avoiding enemy harass and jungle ganks. As you get better, start finding ways to harass the enemy player while maintaing a CS lead over him. Learn which champs that you can abuse and which champs that you need to play safe against. The only way that you're going to carry is if you get a level and/or item advantage over the enemy team's players. Farming during the first 15 minutes is critical in this regard.

Step 4: Learn map awareness. This is really hard. The first and most important lesson to learn is know when you're in a dangerous position and likely to get ganked. In other words, don't push a lane too far. The second lesson, which is almost as important, is do not miss teamfights. Pay attention to the minimap. If it looks like a teamfight is about to happen at a tower, at the dragon, or at baron, make sure that you're ass is over there in time to help. If you had a solo lane, you're probably one of the strongest (if not the strongest) champs on your team. What's the point of you having the solo lane to get this advantage if you're not going to use it? Third, learn how to establish map control and set up ganks. Place wards in key spots and in the enemy jungle so that you know where they are. Try to catch enemy champs out of position and kill them. Abuse the advantage that you hopefully created during the laning phase so that you can snowball into something even stronger. Know when to push a lane, when to take dragon, and when to baron.

There's a lot to take in here, but this should at least give you some idea of what you need to be doing to get better. I got lucky and got carried (except when I played Rammus) up to the 1500s. When Rammus became a regular ban, I was stuck playing lesser (non-OP) champs without really knowing some of the fundamentals of the game. I dropped 200 points. I spent some time refining my game, and now I've carried myself back up to the 1500s (mostly playing Irelia this time).
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