[Patch 1.0.0.139: Spectator Mode] General Discussion - Pag…

On May 12 2012 02:47 overt wrote:


Get Fakesteve and Chill to commentate it. I'd watch it.

On May 12 2012 03:00 TheYango wrote:

Of course it's not 100% indicative of a real game. Nobody is stupid enough to think that.

Have you played any competitive sport? Drilling WORKS. EVERY sport has practice regimens centered around simple drills that train specific aspects of play. Isolating practice points around specific aspects of the game lets you focus on problems related to that aspect of the game, and do so in a time-efficient manner because drills let you practice those techniques 10 times more quickly than playing complete games. You don't work on your 3-pointers in Basketball just by playing pickup games and hoping to see scenarios that are relevant. You drill your 3-pointer over and over until you've mastered the drill, THEN you adapt it to a real game. Shooting 3-pointers with nobody blocking you is obviously not 100% indicative of a real game, but it's important to hone down the simple scenario first, and adapt it to a real game.

On May 12 2012 03:22 TheYango wrote:
It's one of those things where I think, unfortunately, streaming for money and really improving at the game are somewhat at odds.

No doubt if Hotshot and Dyrus spent a couple hours drilling 1v1s against each other they would get a lot of useful practice. But at the same time, I'm sure they'd lose a lot of stream views because watching the first 5 minutes of the same 1v1 matchup 10-15 times is fairly boring.

On May 12 2012 03:00 TheYango wrote:

Of course it's not 100% indicative of a real game. Nobody is stupid enough to think that.

Have you played any competitive sport? Drilling WORKS. EVERY sport has practice regimens centered around simple drills that train specific aspects of play. Isolating practice points around specific aspects of the game lets you focus on problems related to that aspect of the game, and do so in a time-efficient manner because drills let you practice those techniques 10 times more quickly than playing complete games. You don't work on your 3-pointers in Basketball just by playing pickup games and hoping to see scenarios that are relevant. You drill your 3-pointer over and over until you've mastered the drill, THEN you adapt it to a real game. Shooting 3-pointers with nobody blocking you is obviously not 100% indicative of a real game, but it's important to hone down the simple scenario first, and adapt it to a real game.

On May 12 2012 02:42 Two_DoWn wrote:

I should run a weekly show where we take all these arguments into 1v1 showmatches with livebetting.

On May 12 2012 03:27 0123456789 wrote:
Your analogy is so flawed it's not even funny. Shooting 3 pointers is like working on your mechanics. Playing 1v1 is like 1 on 1 in basketball.

On May 12 2012 03:30 HazMat wrote:

This is actually a great idea, save for the betting. Watching the 1v1 tourney from a while back was a lot of fun. I'll play in the first round!
edit: Could put up a $5 rp prize every week if people chip in or something.

On May 12 2012 03:25 sob3k wrote:
What do you guys think the most retarded mirror matchups are, some of them can get pretty lulzy

i've played Akali vs Akali which is pretty hilarious with both of you sitting in stealth bubble waiting for someone to chicken out, and then zipping all over the lane bouncing off creeps once you start buying pink wards.

Veigar vs Veigar is retarded as people have commented, whoever lands stun instagibs the other one, you both end up with veils and sashes and end up instagibbing each other due to ult projectile speed.

Fizz vs Fizz is real tricky with picking your one moment to trollpole, as you can use it to dodge each others ults and everything else.

Garen vs Garen is flat out fucking retarded, silencing each other and spinning on top of each other praying they die first.

I havent played too many others

LB vs LB sounds like a real test of mechanics

On May 12 2012 03:21 beefhamburger wrote:
TSM vs. M5 on whatever tourney this is

http://clgaming.net/live/6637-kaostv

On May 12 2012 03:45 HazMat wrote:
Did gosupepper ragequit this TSM game? I wasn't watching but if so then M5 REALLY need to get their shit together.

On May 12 2012 03:45 HazMat wrote:
Did gosupepper ragequit this TSM game? I wasn't watching but if so then M5 REALLY need to get their shit together.