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WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
January 14 2013 07:15 GMT
#8301
Wow, people need to stop dreaming about their favorite NA teams really. There is no way Elementz is better than krepo. Compare what is comparable.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
Goragoth
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
New Zealand1065 Posts
January 14 2013 07:29 GMT
#8302
On January 14 2013 16:00 cLutZ wrote:
are there good itemchangers for S3 yet? It seems like I could make it really easy for myself with all the slots now.

Well I suppose I'm biased but I'd recommend LoLTool. As a bonus, if you have any problems with it or any feature requests you can simply ask me here, since I made it
Creator of LoLTool.
tokicheese
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada739 Posts
January 14 2013 07:52 GMT
#8303
Which champs are you guys playing lately? I'm so lost as to what to play and who to learn right now. I mostly play noc/mumu jungle annie mid graves and taric bot idk im so lost in this meta
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eagle
Profile Joined April 2009
United States693 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 07:59:17
January 14 2013 07:57 GMT
#8304
khazix my favorite
eve until shes nerfed
Lmui
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada6223 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 07:59:02
January 14 2013 07:58 GMT
#8305
On January 14 2013 16:52 tokicheese wrote:
Which champs are you guys playing lately? I'm so lost as to what to play and who to learn right now. I mostly play noc/mumu jungle annie mid graves and taric bot idk im so lost in this meta


noct/mumu are perfectly fine, consider rounding out your roster in the other areas first. TF/Eve/orianna are rather popular mid, ezreal/caitlyn bottom and sona is also very popular despite her inherent squishiness in lane.

Edit:: Khazix bandwagon is fine as well but he's going to get nerfed in the near future, considering how hard-hitting riot has been towards the stronger champions (see: diana, rengar), don't be surprised if his winrate plummets.
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
January 14 2013 08:31 GMT
#8306
So this guy streaming on Twitch EG.Demon, isnt he a Dota2 player?
Terran
clickrush
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Switzerland3257 Posts
January 14 2013 08:32 GMT
#8307
here are my observations: mid assassins like kha and panth are more frequently picked. Safe pushers are still good like ori and aniv, but id say karth to a lesser extent if you want global presence you get panth or tf since their laneing is not as abyssmal as karth's against a lot of opponents. Top is interesting because innate sustain plays a bit less of a role and ganking is harder as well, generally happens later. This means you can play more stuff top atm and it's not that counterpickish. The ganks happen when ppl dominate too hard and overextend and not at random early times to snowball a lane. Bot is also interesting because corki, graves, ez is still good but not what you have to pick everytime. I've seen more caits lately esp with zyra/sona/lulu. Ppl are confident with poking and pushing again. Generally the koreans showed the world that leaving turrets alive was a stupid tactic so everyone pushes their turret asap now.
oGsMC: Zealot defense, Stalker attack, Sentry forcefieldu forcefieldu, Marauder die die
Terranasaur
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2085 Posts
January 14 2013 08:40 GMT
#8308
servers just blow up?
Decisions Determine Destiny - Terranasaur#1719 D3 #557 SC2 3DS FC: 2423-3623-8068
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 08:43:05
January 14 2013 08:42 GMT
#8309
On January 14 2013 17:40 Terranasaur wrote:
servers just blow up?

yes
and i was just talking to a fellow TLer
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
January 14 2013 08:47 GMT
#8310
What are peoples' thoughts on the map imbalance in competitive play? Looking at the stats from the NA LCS qualifiers, the thing that stands out to me is the Blue/Purple imbalance. 65%/35% passes the point of "acceptable" to "troublesome".

What would people think of swapping blue side/purple side 1st pick? I know traditionally, Chinese DotA tournaments tend to give Sentinel Side (bottom side of the map) first pick because the map is generally considered to favor Scourge. LoL matches this by giving Blue team first pick, but since the map imbalance favors Blue in LoL, the most sensible choice seems like it would be to give the draft advantage to the Purple side.
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
January 14 2013 08:53 GMT
#8311
Watching Dyrus' stream, he seems to be a sad panda atm.

Also last game they had a KhaZix on the other team get two quadra's in a row, pretty wild. Seems he is in desperate need of nerfs.
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 09:03:47
January 14 2013 09:01 GMT
#8312
On January 14 2013 17:47 TheYango wrote:
What are peoples' thoughts on the map imbalance in competitive play? Looking at the stats from the NA LCS qualifiers, the thing that stands out to me is the Blue/Purple imbalance. 65%/35% passes the point of "acceptable" to "troublesome".

What would people think of swapping blue side/purple side 1st pick? I know traditionally, Chinese DotA tournaments tend to give Sentinel Side (bottom side of the map) first pick because the map is generally considered to favor Scourge. LoL matches this by giving Blue team first pick, but since the map imbalance favors Blue in LoL, the most sensible choice seems like it would be to give the draft advantage to the Purple side.


I would like it for the side/1st pick to be separate like the choices for a coin flip like soccer. You can either choose a side or first pick.
ModeratorThe good and the wise lead quiet lives. Neo's #1 Frenemy and nightmare.
Amui
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada10567 Posts
January 14 2013 09:04 GMT
#8313
On January 14 2013 17:47 TheYango wrote:
What are peoples' thoughts on the map imbalance in competitive play? Looking at the stats from the NA LCS qualifiers, the thing that stands out to me is the Blue/Purple imbalance. 65%/35% passes the point of "acceptable" to "troublesome".

What would people think of swapping blue side/purple side 1st pick? I know traditionally, Chinese DotA tournaments tend to give Sentinel Side (bottom side of the map) first pick because the map is generally considered to favor Scourge. LoL matches this by giving Blue team first pick, but since the map imbalance favors Blue in LoL, the most sensible choice seems like it would be to give the draft advantage to the Purple side.


Not a bad idea TBH. Right now, the only things you HAVE to lastpick in competitive play are either things that give away what you're doing(such as the nocturne+amumu in OGN), or extremely weak laners that need to be picked into good matchups. Bot lane for the most part in competitive play has been figured out. If your lane phase is too much weaker you swap it to a 2v1 for the duration of early game. Junglers are fairly matchup independant due to better collapse and warding provided that your laners are not too weak. So that leaves mid and top, both of which have safe picks that won't die too hard in any matchup.
Porouscloud - NA LoL
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 09:05:21
January 14 2013 09:04 GMT
#8314
On January 14 2013 18:01 JBright wrote:
I would like it for the side/1st pick to be separate like the choices for a coin flip like soccer. You can either choose a side or first pick.

That's probably a more stable overall solution (robust to eventual changes in how drafting works/map reworks), but also seems like it would require more immediate change to affect the client interface (there'd need to be a way to "coin-flip" in game for administering online tournaments, particularly in something like Go4LoL where not every stage of the tournament is directly oversought by an admin).
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SnK-Arcbound
Profile Joined March 2005
United States4423 Posts
January 14 2013 09:05 GMT
#8315
On January 14 2013 16:00 cLutZ wrote:
are there good itemchangers for S3 yet? It seems like I could make it really easy for myself with all the slots now.

I'm using enigma item changer.
JALbert
Profile Joined March 2011
United States484 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 09:15:18
January 14 2013 09:12 GMT
#8316
On January 14 2013 17:47 TheYango wrote:
What are peoples' thoughts on the map imbalance in competitive play? Looking at the stats from the NA LCS qualifiers, the thing that stands out to me is the Blue/Purple imbalance. 65%/35% passes the point of "acceptable" to "troublesome".

What would people think of swapping blue side/purple side 1st pick? I know traditionally, Chinese DotA tournaments tend to give Sentinel Side (bottom side of the map) first pick because the map is generally considered to favor Scourge. LoL matches this by giving Blue team first pick, but since the map imbalance favors Blue in LoL, the most sensible choice seems like it would be to give the draft advantage to the Purple side.


I think that the number is incredibly suspect when teams are seeded and the higher seeded team get blue twice.

EDIT: More on topic, one thing I noticed in the qualifier was first pick acting as a 4th ban. In Motion Gaming vs. One Trick Ponies, MG banned LeBlanc/Kat/Eve and first picked Lee Sin, the favorite jungle of 1TP's jungler and a good counter to their overall strategy. They pulled the series level in that game. Game 3, they stayed with the same bans and let 1TP have Lee jungle and got obliterated by it. So yeah, I think had MG had the pick advantage twice they would have had a much better shot.

It's just an anecdote, and it doesn't really comprise much I'd be comfortable discussing systematically, though.
Stealing Nashor Podcast - http://stealingnashor.libsyn.com | Stupid build enthusiast
JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
January 14 2013 09:18 GMT
#8317
On January 14 2013 18:04 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2013 18:01 JBright wrote:
I would like it for the side/1st pick to be separate like the choices for a coin flip like soccer. You can either choose a side or first pick.

That's probably a more stable overall solution (robust to eventual changes in how drafting works/map reworks), but also seems like it would require more immediate change to affect the client interface (there'd need to be a way to "coin-flip" in game for administering online tournaments, particularly in something like Go4LoL where not every stage of the tournament is directly oversought by an admin).


I think ranked 5s already randomizes side/1st pick so the only issue would be for custom games. Maybe add in an extra option under tournament draft to set side blue/purple 1st pick?
ModeratorThe good and the wise lead quiet lives. Neo's #1 Frenemy and nightmare.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 09:22:40
January 14 2013 09:21 GMT
#8318
On January 14 2013 18:12 JALbert wrote:
I think that the number is incredibly suspect when teams are seeded and the higher seeded team get blue twice.

It's not the only statistic supporting it though.

Consider the 11 Bo2s that went 1-1 in OGN groupstage. 8 of them blue team won both games, and in only 3 of them did purple team win both games.
Moderator
Chexx
Profile Joined May 2011
Korea (South)11232 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-14 09:23:45
January 14 2013 09:23 GMT
#8319
On January 14 2013 17:47 TheYango wrote:
What are peoples' thoughts on the map imbalance in competitive play? Looking at the stats from the NA LCS qualifiers, the thing that stands out to me is the Blue/Purple imbalance. 65%/35% passes the point of "acceptable" to "troublesome".

What would people think of swapping blue side/purple side 1st pick? I know traditionally, Chinese DotA tournaments tend to give Sentinel Side (bottom side of the map) first pick because the map is generally considered to favor Scourge. LoL matches this by giving Blue team first pick, but since the map imbalance favors Blue in LoL, the most sensible choice seems like it would be to give the draft advantage to the Purple side.


I have a feeling that this stats are similiar to the ogn stats but I did not count it.

edit: did not see your last posts.

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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35173 Posts
January 14 2013 09:23 GMT
#8320
On January 14 2013 18:05 SnK-Arcbound wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2013 16:00 cLutZ wrote:
are there good itemchangers for S3 yet? It seems like I could make it really easy for myself with all the slots now.

I'm using enigma item changer.

Ditto. I spent a good 5 hours doing way too much customization one day.
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