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red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
February 12 2013 16:32 GMT
#3421
On February 13 2013 01:09 AsnSensation wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 00:43 Ketara wrote:
On February 13 2013 00:38 TheYango wrote:
On February 13 2013 00:31 Crownlol wrote:
DotA players hate on LoL players

The DotA community would care a lot less about LoL if Pendragon hadn't made a PR disaster out of his exit from DotA.

It's a bit misguided to point the finger at LoL in general and not Pendragon in particular, but I'd say his rather unceremonious departure warrants some scrutiny.


Who is Pendragon?


I think the best way people like to describe the "pentadragon" situation is to imagine Nazgul one day suddenly shutting down Teamliquid losing all the threads, replay, analysis, writeups etc. Pendragon co. ran a site called dota allstars which was basically the teamliquid of Dota and one day shut it down xD and put up a LoL ad.


And in TL's place, Nazgul just put a giant clickable EG logo. Then, over the course of the near future kept taking pot shots in the media about other TL staff for working with other organizations(like IGN or something) to grow the site even further and introduce it to a far broader audience then was ever possible previously.

He is a not liked person.
How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?
JonGalt
Profile Joined February 2013
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 17:12:18
February 12 2013 16:46 GMT
#3422
Whoops! Nothing to see here. Move along folks.
LiquidLegends StaffWho is Jon Galt?
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
February 12 2013 16:46 GMT
#3423
i don't think pendragon works for RIOT anymore
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 18:20:06
February 12 2013 16:59 GMT
#3424
Quoted post was removed
Look at this guy, constantly diluting himself! (╮°-°)╮┳━┳ ( ╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
February 12 2013 17:10 GMT
#3425
Saw a Reddit thread asking for an official replay system from Riot, expected comments from Shake, was not disappointed.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
red_
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8474 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 17:13:27
February 12 2013 17:11 GMT
#3426
On February 13 2013 01:46 gtrsrs wrote:
i don't think pendragon works for RIOT anymore


Sadly it doesn't really matter anymore. He played a not so small role in getting the hate-League ball rolling, and at this point people just go with it because it has become a back and forth feud. It is absolutely about competition between the games, and Pendragon threw gas on the fire early on.

Edit: I don't think anyone is saying he is solely responsible or anything either though. Games in the same genre will always have some back and forth among their fans(see: CS vs Quake when they were both prime competition games, or PC FPS vs Console FPS in general, etc).
How did the experience of working at Mr Burns' Nuclear Plant influence Homer's composition of the Iliad and Odyssey?
BlueSpace
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany2182 Posts
February 12 2013 17:12 GMT
#3427
On February 13 2013 01:46 gtrsrs wrote:
i don't think pendragon works for RIOT anymore

Are you sure? I thought it was this guy: https://jp.twitter.com/RiotPendragon
Probe1: "Because people are opinionated and love to share their thoughts. Then they read someone else agree with them and get their opinion confused with fact."
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 12 2013 17:28 GMT
#3428
On February 13 2013 02:12 BlueSpace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 01:46 gtrsrs wrote:
i don't think pendragon works for RIOT anymore

Are you sure? I thought it was this guy: https://jp.twitter.com/RiotPendragon

Yup, that's him.
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AsnSensation
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany24009 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 17:30:29
February 12 2013 17:29 GMT
#3429
I think it was Guinsoo who tweeted sth that implied that he's not working for riot anymore or at least not directly involved in LoL and people speculated that he switched to the developer team for the new riot games.

holy shit Pendragon has alot of Twitter followers, more than double the followers Oddone has.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
February 12 2013 17:31 GMT
#3430
On February 13 2013 02:29 AsnSensation wrote:
I think it was Guinsoo who tweeted sth that implied that he's not working for riot anymore or at least not directly involved in LoL and people speculated that he switched to the developer team for the new riot games.

holy shit Pendragon has alot of Twitter followers, more than double the followers Oddone has.

Yeah, it was defiantly Guinsoo. It was after he raged on Twitter about soloq and made an apology.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 12 2013 17:32 GMT
#3431
On February 13 2013 00:57 overt wrote:
A community manager type person for League. He ran a big DotA website, when he got hired by Riot he put a giant ad for League of Legends on the site and then deleted everything. People were rightfully angered by it since it meant tons of guides and everything on the forums was gone for good. It's pretty stupid though to assume that people from DotA hate League purely because of one Rioters actions three years ago. I dunno if anyone could be that petty.

I'm pretty sure most of the DotA community that dislikes League dislikes it for the same reason that the SC2 community dislikes it. It's competition. And since League has been #1 in eSports viewership for over a year the League community has no real reason to hate on either game since there isn't really any competition.

There's also pretty convincing evidence that Riot's gotten several hero designs from the hero design forum that was on Dota-Allstars (don't have the links on hand right now, but I was able to find two hero concepts that pretty clearly became Brand and Nocturne). Obviously within their right to do so as Pendragon was the site owner, but still leaves a bad taste in peoples' mouths.
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gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
February 12 2013 17:37 GMT
#3432
yeah i'm dumb, it was guinsoo who no longer works at riot
the names are so similar
surely you can see my confusion
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
Shiv.
Profile Joined January 2011
3534 Posts
February 12 2013 17:53 GMT
#3433
Fucking RL, haven't been able to post in forever. Everything's ruined.
Anyway, why can't I access liquidparty.net anymore? It was my front page, makes me kinda sad.
currently rooting for myself.
WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 18:07:34
February 12 2013 18:00 GMT
#3434
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.

Also Guinsoo is still working for Riot, just not for league of legend apparently.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
Keniji
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Netherlands2569 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 18:08:57
February 12 2013 18:08 GMT
#3435
On February 13 2013 03:00 WhiteDog wrote:
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.

Also Guinsoo is still working for Riot, just not for league of legend apparently.


be at 0 league points
win - get 15 lp
lose - again at 0
lose again nothing changes
win - get 26 lp
???
profit
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22435 Posts
February 12 2013 18:08 GMT
#3436
On February 13 2013 03:00 WhiteDog wrote:
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.


This has been posted many times. The requirements to promote out of silver/gold 1 into a higher tier are very severe. But considering you cant get demoted once your there i have to admit i can understand it.
Riot said they would lighten it. not sure if thats already implemented or not.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
TooL
Profile Joined April 2004
Canada275 Posts
February 12 2013 18:09 GMT
#3437
On February 13 2013 03:00 WhiteDog wrote:
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.

Also Guinsoo is still working for Riot, just not for league of legend apparently.


I've won 7 in a row in the 90's... I'm at 98.

elo equalize please.. : D
WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-12 18:12:50
February 12 2013 18:11 GMT
#3438
On February 13 2013 03:08 Gorsameth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 03:00 WhiteDog wrote:
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.


This has been posted many times. The requirements to promote out of silver/gold 1 into a higher tier are very severe. But considering you cant get demoted once your there i have to admit i can understand it.
Riot said they would lighten it. not sure if thats already implemented or not.

Yep, I know that. That it has been adressed already does not makes it less funny.

On February 13 2013 03:09 TooL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 03:00 WhiteDog wrote:
Lol, I'm in Silver I, around 50 League point, I win one, win 25 LG. I'm around 75, I win one, go to 85, win 10 pts. Win one game again, win 7 league points, I'm at 92, then win another, and win 4 league points, I'm now sitting at 96. Damn hard to get back to gold. The curve of League Point win is completly fucked up.

Also Guinsoo is still working for Riot, just not for league of legend apparently.


I've won 7 in a row in the 90's... I'm at 98.

elo equalize please.. : D

lol.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
YouGotNothin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States907 Posts
February 12 2013 18:15 GMT
#3439
On February 13 2013 02:32 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 00:57 overt wrote:
A community manager type person for League. He ran a big DotA website, when he got hired by Riot he put a giant ad for League of Legends on the site and then deleted everything. People were rightfully angered by it since it meant tons of guides and everything on the forums was gone for good. It's pretty stupid though to assume that people from DotA hate League purely because of one Rioters actions three years ago. I dunno if anyone could be that petty.

I'm pretty sure most of the DotA community that dislikes League dislikes it for the same reason that the SC2 community dislikes it. It's competition. And since League has been #1 in eSports viewership for over a year the League community has no real reason to hate on either game since there isn't really any competition.

There's also pretty convincing evidence that Riot's gotten several hero designs from the hero design forum that was on Dota-Allstars (don't have the links on hand right now, but I was able to find two hero concepts that pretty clearly became Brand and Nocturne). Obviously within their right to do so as Pendragon was the site owner, but still leaves a bad taste in peoples' mouths.


I always thought Nocturne was kind of a rip-off of Spectre in DotA, pretty similar functions.
I got nothin'...
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14147 Posts
February 12 2013 18:23 GMT
#3440
On February 13 2013 03:15 YouGotNothin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2013 02:32 TheYango wrote:
On February 13 2013 00:57 overt wrote:
A community manager type person for League. He ran a big DotA website, when he got hired by Riot he put a giant ad for League of Legends on the site and then deleted everything. People were rightfully angered by it since it meant tons of guides and everything on the forums was gone for good. It's pretty stupid though to assume that people from DotA hate League purely because of one Rioters actions three years ago. I dunno if anyone could be that petty.

I'm pretty sure most of the DotA community that dislikes League dislikes it for the same reason that the SC2 community dislikes it. It's competition. And since League has been #1 in eSports viewership for over a year the League community has no real reason to hate on either game since there isn't really any competition.

There's also pretty convincing evidence that Riot's gotten several hero designs from the hero design forum that was on Dota-Allstars (don't have the links on hand right now, but I was able to find two hero concepts that pretty clearly became Brand and Nocturne). Obviously within their right to do so as Pendragon was the site owner, but still leaves a bad taste in peoples' mouths.


I always thought Nocturne was kind of a rip-off of Spectre in DotA, pretty similar functions.

Yeah I've never gotten that either.

I've also heard that timbersaw in dota got released after rumble but that rumble was stolen from the idea of tibersaw.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
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