On February 27 2012 07:44 Dgiese wrote:
Takashi hitting literally 110% of his bindings, it's not fair to play against him with 20 ping, let alone 200.

Yeah, he's been playing really well so far!

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 22:50 GMT

#362

9-1 in kills to V8
6k gold lead 15 mins in. Just goes up to 8k as I type this.

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 22:55 GMT

#363

10k gold, 1 inhib down for AAA at 20 mins. AAA waiting to see how baron fight goes before moving on to game 2.

Drawn out skirmish in mid with AAA going in one by one. They surrender and move on to game two.

$5 says there's gonna be a morgana ban from AAA this time.

3 Lions

United States3705 Posts

February 26 2012 22:58 GMT

#364

meh, games not even worth watching. you can tell ping is affecting the play of the EU players, and it's probably gotten to them psychologically too
aAa knows they've qualified already, I don't think they're even trying at this point

nojitosunrise

United States6188 Posts

February 26 2012 23:00 GMT

#365

On February 27 2012 07:58 3 Lions wrote:
meh, games not even worth watching. you can tell ping is affecting the play of the EU players, and it's probably gotten to them psychologically too
aAa knows they've qualified already, I don't think they're even trying at this point

first = paid trip to vegas

That is AMAZING for EU teams

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

February 26 2012 23:08 GMT

#366

On February 27 2012 08:00 nojitosunrise wrote:

Show nested quote +

first = paid trip to vegas

That is AMAZING for EU teams

Well when there is no serious competition games are still pointless to watch.

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 23:08 GMT

#367

As has already been mentioned: if AAA win, they get an all expenses paid trip to vegas. V8 live in the US, muffinqt already lives in vegas, so if anyone "isn't really trying" it would be them. All expenses paid trip for AAA to vegas sounds like it would be worth 10k-15k alone, there is no way in hell they aren't playing with their full effort.

Does ping make a difference? yes, but a lot of the errors have been errors in decision making, as opposed to ping related errors (like fail smites, etc).

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

February 26 2012 23:13 GMT

#368

Lol at fail smite as example, as if that was the real problem.

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 23:15 GMT

#369

Game 2: Bans
AAA: Morg, Cass, Mao
V8: Kennen, Karth, Ram

Picks:
AAA: Udyr, Graves, Taric, Malz, WW
V8: Shyv, Janna, Sivir, Ryze, Vlad

Malz + WW is a great choice for AAA, should offer them a great chance to circumvent some ping problems.
Shen unbanned, and unpicked... was sure V8 would pick him up last pick, but instead they like the double AP.
Vlad going to be against lanewick most likely... will be interesting to see, I hope Eski has been practicing his vlad.

@ Redox:
Fail smite is an example of ping related difficulties, as it's hard to smite at the right time. My claim is that ping wasn't the major issue last game, fail smites NOT being an issue, supports my argument. I totally agree ping makes a difference, but a lot of the early kills weren't ping related in the slightest.

nojitosunrise

United States6188 Posts

February 26 2012 23:17 GMT

#370

surge promote sivir...

edit: I was being trolled

Redox

Germany24794 Posts

February 26 2012 23:19 GMT

#371

On February 27 2012 08:15 Dgiese wrote:
My claim is that ping wasn't the major issue last game, fail smites NOT being an issue, supports my argument.

Oh god lol.
From here on it became clear that any further discussion is pointless. :D

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 23:24 GMT

#372

There's no need to be rude. If you want to point out examples from the game where ping was an issue, then by all means do so. Being condescending doesn't win you any arguments.

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 23:30 GMT

#373

Dragon steal by AAA.

sWitcH.659

Canada96 Posts

February 26 2012 23:34 GMT

#374

On February 27 2012 08:30 Dgiese wrote:
Dragon steal by AAA.

WHAT'S UP PING?

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 26 2012 23:46 GMT

#375

V8 10k down, 1 inhib. 24 mins in. Pretty much a complete reversal of game 1. Clearly it's all ping... /sarcasm

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 27 2012 00:03 GMT

#376

Game 3: For an all expenses paid trip to vegas

Bans:
V8: Kennen, Karthus, WW
AAA: Mao, Morg, Cass

Picks:
V8: Udyr. Janna, Kog. Ahri, Malph
AAA: Graves, Rammus, Taric, Riven, Fizz

Interesting lineups. I have never seen Ahri vs Fizz, should be really interesting. Riven Udyr should be a bit of a farmfest, and Graves Taric with the pre 6 advantage against kog janna.

Loading screen reveals ~175 ping for AAA and ~90 for V8.

Navi

5286 Posts

February 27 2012 00:18 GMT

#377

linak playing pretty poorly it seems

Dgiese

United States2687 Posts

February 27 2012 00:24 GMT

#378

Dat kog flash, flashes after dying and misses out on a triple / quadra

De4ngus

United States6533 Posts

February 27 2012 00:26 GMT

#379

the throw is strong

Slayer91

Ireland23335 Posts

February 27 2012 00:35 GMT

#380

Really like v8's teamcomp. Guess it goes without saying though haha. I think Ahri is just totally broken and malphite is really underrated. Kog is sleeper OP even though he was banned for ages. Udyr top always underrated. Better teamfight comp than aAa.

Rammus - weaker in teamfights
Fizz - weaker in teamfights
Taric - weaker in teamfights
-Graves - weaker in teamfights

Kinda early game/roaming comp.