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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
and Chinese gamers are NOT poor actually. they go to work then play games, game is probably their only way to spend money since ppl in china have 0 activity. few years ago a friend of mine just spent like 1000$ on a game which is hosted by a Illegal private server , ya private server. what an idiot. | ||
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pfff
Belgium1352 Posts
On March 05 2012 02:50 Alaric wrote: What do you mean by "Tancent bought Riot"? Didn't they just get a license or something like that to manage LoL in China, rather? hehe, will leave lurker status just cause i have access to some info from mergermarket (huge m&a database, hope it copy pastes well): Deal ID288319 Announcement date 04/02/2011 Completion date 08/03/2011 Deal Value EUR 294 m Deal nature Recommended Deal types Acquisition, Cross border, Exit, Private Tencent Holdings Ltd, the listed China based provider of internet, mobile value-added services and online advertising services, has acquired a majority stake in Riot Games Inc., the US based company that develops and publishes online video games, from Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital, LLC, the US based private equity and venture capital firms, for a total consideration of USD 400m. Under the terms of agreement, Riot Games management team will receive some portion of the consideration, but will also retain an equity stake in the company. Post acquisition, Riot Games will operate as an independent company and its existing management team will continue to lead all aspects of the company. This acquisition will provide Riot Games designers, developers and community staff with additional resources to focus on innovating around ‘League of Legends’ and launching new projects that push the boundaries in the gaming space. Prior to this transaction, Tencent Holdings along with Benchmark Capital and Firstmark Capital has invested in Riot Games. The transaction which is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in 30 days. Source Link: Riot Games Inc., Deal Announcement (04-Feb-2011) they were advised by Qatalyst btw, which is a top-notch (the best tbh) m&a technology boutique run by Frank Quattrone (the internet boom m&a king), so they truly are on the radar of the top investment banks and boutiques, i.e. not only successfull from our gaming point of view but also very promising from a financial pov. Also, Tencent has no incentive at all for "milking" this franchise, they have such a huge and deep capital base that building recurring cashflows is a much safer way to get a good roi instead of "milking", you should realise that gaming has really become a business, and exploiting is simply not a strong strategy in a mature industry | ||
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tissue
Malaysia441 Posts
On March 05 2012 00:54 Caphe wrote: Not entirely related to this patch but now I can buy rune pages on CN server. Fuck yeah, but at a hefty price. 20$ for two, yeah two rune pages. I think the Taiwan server gave away a free rune page as compensation for anyone who was affected by server troubles about a week ago. If you were maxed out you got 6300 IP instead. Oh right, by the way, is it true there's an individual rating every player gets that quantifies his average playing performance in games? What stats are taken into account other than KDA? | ||
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Jaso
United States2147 Posts
On March 05 2012 03:04 Caphe wrote: That $500 is ofc a month. Also, SC2 is now selling for $15 in CN as well. So it's not very expensive at all, then. I find it hard to believe that college graduates only make $500 CNY =~= $80 USD a month.. I haven't been to China in a couple years nor do I have any clue what the economy is like there but from what my parents tell me (who are Chinese) it's getting a lot better over there... lot of jobs for younger people. Maybe manual labor like Foxconn workers will only make that much, but I doubt college grads. @above your rating (ELO) is solely dependent on the amount of games you win/lose; it is slightly affected by your opponents' ratings, but does not factor in KDA or any in-game stats whatsoever. edit: regarding the info pfff posted, I'm assuming this means Tencent has no bearing on the decisions Riot makes (for the mosat part). I remember reading it somewhere; basically Riot has full control still over how the game grows. Tencent is just providing resources for international expansion. | ||
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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
On March 05 2012 03:25 Jaso wrote: So it's not very expensive at all, then. I find it hard to believe that college graduates only make $500 CNY =~= $80 USD a month.. I haven't been to China in a couple years nor do I have any clue what the economy is like there but from what my parents tell me (who are Chinese) it's getting a lot better over there... lot of jobs for younger people. Maybe manual labor like Foxconn workers will only make that much, but I doubt college grads. @above your rating (ELO) is solely dependent on the amount of games you win/lose; it is slightly affected by your opponents' ratings, but does not factor in KDA or any in-game stats whatsoever. edit: regarding the info pfff posted, I'm assuming this means Tencent has no bearing on the decisions Riot makes (for the mosat part). I remember reading it somewhere; basically Riot has full control still over how the game grows. Tencent is just providing resources for international expansion. what the fuck, i guess thats 500$ dollars, not 500¥ RMB. college graduates makes at least 500 dollars, u cant even find a house to rent with $80usd a month lol | ||
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Mondeezy
United States1938 Posts
On March 04 2012 21:24 Craton wrote: Only two choices with the morons who demand a certain role: acquiesce or ignore them. I do a mix of both. If they troll, cue up their ban and move on to the next game. You'll get the Elo back eventually. Cool, ty and thanks to everyone else who responded. Guess I'll just have to dealwitit.jpg | ||
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
On March 05 2012 03:23 tissue wrote: I think the Taiwan server gave away a free rune page as compensation for anyone who was affected by server troubles about a week ago. If you were maxed out you got 6300 IP instead. Oh right, by the way, is it true there's an individual rating every player gets that quantifies his average playing performance in games? What stats are taken into account other than KDA? When LoL was first release in China, you can buy rune page for 6300IP as well but after a few months they took that out. And yeah, there is this little "add on" to LoL client that help you evaluate your team in term of "Power score", but its not accurate most of the time. @Jaso: Its USD500 not CNY. | ||
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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dooraven
Australia2820 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 05 2012 05:27 billy5000 wrote: guys, who do you think is generally the best top laner @ late game in terms of their usefulness in team fights? GP. Has huge aoe slow that's a global cast. A huge aoe steroid. Does tons of damage. Very durable as well. | ||
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
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Frolossus
United States4779 Posts
On March 05 2012 05:27 billy5000 wrote: guys, who do you think is generally the best top laner @ late game in terms of their usefulness in team fights? gangplank or irelia cause they both scale hard | ||
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
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eagle
United States693 Posts
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
On March 05 2012 05:34 Frolossus wrote: gangplank or irelia cause they both scale hard GP, Trynd, Nasus, Rumble, Irelia, Wukong, Riven | ||
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petered
United States1817 Posts
On March 05 2012 05:34 Frolossus wrote: gangplank or irelia cause they both scale hard Depends on the other team imo. If they have a fed long range ap/ad carry with extreme damage and little defense, a farmed poppy is better than any other top laner since you are basically guaranteed to kill them and turn it into a 5v4. Against a team with auto attackers dealing most of the damage i like nasus because wither is one of the most OP spells in the game imo. Trynd, irelia, gp, riven, rumble, shen, and jarvan are all very strong in just about any situation late game imo unless they got denied early. | ||
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gtrsrs
United States9109 Posts
Then nasus and trynd, team-comp allowing Then riven and kennen overall Then irelia and gp overall | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23404 Posts
Never seen riven do super well compared to irelia either cause of armour building. | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23404 Posts
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