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CatharsisUT
Profile Joined March 2011
United States487 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-18 04:49:59
February 18 2013 04:49 GMT
#1041
On February 18 2013 13:39 De4ngus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 13:00 smOOthMayDie wrote:
How accurate compared to ELO is the "lolking score: LKS" ?

super inaccurate. its just based on teir/division and has nothing to do with mmr.


Agreed. I was at 1395 before the league change, have won 2 and lost 1, and it thinks shows 1379 for me. So not that accurate.

On the other hand the Elobuff calculation seems to be fairly accurate in my case.
Zess
Profile Joined July 2012
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
February 18 2013 05:01 GMT
#1042
On February 18 2013 13:49 CatharsisUT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 13:39 De4ngus wrote:
On February 18 2013 13:00 smOOthMayDie wrote:
How accurate compared to ELO is the "lolking score: LKS" ?

super inaccurate. its just based on teir/division and has nothing to do with mmr.


Agreed. I was at 1395 before the league change, have won 2 and lost 1, and it thinks shows 1379 for me. So not that accurate.

On the other hand the Elobuff calculation seems to be fairly accurate in my case.

That's unfortunate that they don't have a better estimate

They had enough information to pretty much emulate true MMR. Use the guys with a ton (150+?) of games in preseason 3 as seeds with a marker for stable elo with maybe k=12 and calculate elo based on match histories. Then as you update k factors and elo, you can use the marked players as an extra check. If someone who's elo is supposed to be 1300 but played 10 games in a row with 1500 player who have marked elo as stable, then you know your system was too restrictive on the k factor compared to riot's MMR engine and can update the player in question followed by updating the emulator itself with the new information
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-18 05:38:05
February 18 2013 05:30 GMT
#1043
On February 18 2013 14:01 xes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 13:49 CatharsisUT wrote:
On February 18 2013 13:39 De4ngus wrote:
On February 18 2013 13:00 smOOthMayDie wrote:
How accurate compared to ELO is the "lolking score: LKS" ?

super inaccurate. its just based on teir/division and has nothing to do with mmr.


Agreed. I was at 1395 before the league change, have won 2 and lost 1, and it thinks shows 1379 for me. So not that accurate.

On the other hand the Elobuff calculation seems to be fairly accurate in my case.

That's unfortunate that they don't have a better estimate

They had enough information to pretty much emulate true MMR. Use the guys with a ton (150+?) of games in preseason 3 as seeds with a marker for stable elo with maybe k=12 and calculate elo based on match histories. Then as you update k factors and elo, you can use the marked players as an extra check. If someone who's elo is supposed to be 1300 but played 10 games in a row with 1500 player who have marked elo as stable, then you know your system was too restrictive on the k factor compared to riot's MMR engine and can update the player in question followed by updating the emulator itself with the new information

If they tried to reverse engineer a formula based on previous data, then the simulator may not use the same formula as Riot's. Eventually Riot's ELO and Lolking's score might fall completely out of sync and since matchmaker uses Riot's Elo I guess this is the best they could do.

I think if they're basing your ELO on tiers and divisions then the score will be accurate enough. It'll be close over the long run as no one can stay in one division while their elo drops or rises by 200 points except for the challenger people.

Still, it convolutes the whole system even more than before. Riot probably hired a person to develop a better matchmaking system and this was their solution.
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TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 18 2013 05:34 GMT
#1044
The other issue is that accelerated elo gains are wildly unpredictable. While you might start out somewhat accurate for players who played out all their accelerated elo during preseason, the vast number of players still playing with accelerated elo would soon propagate enough error that your numbers would be meaningless.
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Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-18 05:45:06
February 18 2013 05:44 GMT
#1045
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.
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wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 18 2013 06:10 GMT
#1046
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.
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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
February 18 2013 06:16 GMT
#1047
On February 18 2013 15:10 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.


I just read it. I dont recall Lol ever having a lategame meta. We had a couple of teams play lategame comps, and some teams exploited laneswapping before it was understood properly to get fed AD Carries, but nothing like average games being even 40+ mins.
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smOOthMayDie
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States997 Posts
February 18 2013 06:18 GMT
#1048
How do I build AD Kennen? Standard AD runes/Masteries? What about skills? W-Q-E-R? Q-W-E-R? Q-E-W-R?
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BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
February 18 2013 06:31 GMT
#1049
On February 18 2013 15:16 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 15:10 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.


I just read it. I dont recall Lol ever having a lategame meta. We had a couple of teams play lategame comps, and some teams exploited laneswapping before it was understood properly to get fed AD Carries, but nothing like average games being even 40+ mins.


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zodde
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1908 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-18 06:33:31
February 18 2013 06:32 GMT
#1050
On February 18 2013 15:16 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 15:10 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.


I just read it. I dont recall Lol ever having a lategame meta. We had a couple of teams play lategame comps, and some teams exploited laneswapping before it was understood properly to get fed AD Carries, but nothing like average games being even 40+ mins.


Wasn't CLG.eu's playstyle something that could be compared to a lategame meta? They picked a team that wouldn't ever lose a late game 5v5 team fight if played correctly. They lost early, but just turtled and when it came to team fights, they still won.

I don't think you can compare the game lengths directly between DotA and LoL, it's better to compare relative game lengths. CLG.eu could have games where they were in the lead the whole game, but it still took 40+ minutes to close it out, where the more aggresive teams would end the games in 20-25 minutes.

While they are both mobas, DotA and LoL are still vastly different games, but I still see some similarity to the history of DotA and what we're seen in LoL the past years.


On what wei2coolman wrote, I think that Riot should make fewer changes to the game, just to give the pro scene a chance to develop their own styles. A more static game, in term of game changes/patches, would be good for the e-sport side of LoL. But I guess Riot cares too much about their casual playerbase?
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
February 18 2013 06:35 GMT
#1051
So...if these BotRK changes go through, who else is looking to give Shyvana some loving again? =D
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
February 18 2013 06:48 GMT
#1052
i used to think stuff like, need good personalities and communication for 5s teams to win, now i know better players = always win.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
February 18 2013 07:03 GMT
#1053
Protect the Kog is the very definition of a late game comp lol.
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wei2coolman
Profile Joined November 2010
United States60033 Posts
February 18 2013 07:20 GMT
#1054
On February 18 2013 15:32 zodde wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 15:16 cLutZ wrote:
On February 18 2013 15:10 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.


I just read it. I dont recall Lol ever having a lategame meta. We had a couple of teams play lategame comps, and some teams exploited laneswapping before it was understood properly to get fed AD Carries, but nothing like average games being even 40+ mins.


Wasn't CLG.eu's playstyle something that could be compared to a lategame meta? They picked a team that wouldn't ever lose a late game 5v5 team fight if played correctly. They lost early, but just turtled and when it came to team fights, they still won.

I don't think you can compare the game lengths directly between DotA and LoL, it's better to compare relative game lengths. CLG.eu could have games where they were in the lead the whole game, but it still took 40+ minutes to close it out, where the more aggresive teams would end the games in 20-25 minutes.

While they are both mobas, DotA and LoL are still vastly different games, but I still see some similarity to the history of DotA and what we're seen in LoL the past years.


On what wei2coolman wrote, I think that Riot should make fewer changes to the game, just to give the pro scene a chance to develop their own styles. A more static game, in term of game changes/patches, would be good for the e-sport side of LoL. But I guess Riot cares too much about their casual playerbase?

I disagree about CLG.eu's playstyle being considered lategame meta. Though they always stalled to lategame, they didn't have good lategame strategy. Essentially, they're only lategame power was their teamfighting ability, no actual lategame powertiming/objective control.
liftlift > tsm
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
February 18 2013 07:21 GMT
#1055
On February 18 2013 15:32 zodde wrote:
On what wei2coolman wrote, I think that Riot should make fewer changes to the game, just to give the pro scene a chance to develop their own styles. A more static game, in term of game changes/patches, would be good for the e-sport side of LoL. But I guess Riot cares too much about their casual playerbase?

Does anyone really believe "the casual playerbase" will quit over a longer patch cycle? It seems like a really weak argument to me.

Hell, you could make the argument that a longer patch cycle would even drive up RP sales as players might be more willing to invest in champs/skins for a popular champ without fear of that champ being nerfed.
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zodde
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1908 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-18 07:26:34
February 18 2013 07:25 GMT
#1056
On February 18 2013 16:20 wei2coolman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 15:32 zodde wrote:
On February 18 2013 15:16 cLutZ wrote:
On February 18 2013 15:10 wei2coolman wrote:
On February 18 2013 14:44 Nos- wrote:
Not sure if you guys read the brief history through chinese dota article up but, the metas that chinese dota went through feel very much mirrored by what league went through or is going through right now.

Difference is, meta changes in LoL are influenced by player base reacting to Riot's changes to LoL, as opposed to Dota, which is playerbase figuring shit out for themselves.


I just read it. I dont recall Lol ever having a lategame meta. We had a couple of teams play lategame comps, and some teams exploited laneswapping before it was understood properly to get fed AD Carries, but nothing like average games being even 40+ mins.


Wasn't CLG.eu's playstyle something that could be compared to a lategame meta? They picked a team that wouldn't ever lose a late game 5v5 team fight if played correctly. They lost early, but just turtled and when it came to team fights, they still won.

I don't think you can compare the game lengths directly between DotA and LoL, it's better to compare relative game lengths. CLG.eu could have games where they were in the lead the whole game, but it still took 40+ minutes to close it out, where the more aggresive teams would end the games in 20-25 minutes.

While they are both mobas, DotA and LoL are still vastly different games, but I still see some similarity to the history of DotA and what we're seen in LoL the past years.


On what wei2coolman wrote, I think that Riot should make fewer changes to the game, just to give the pro scene a chance to develop their own styles. A more static game, in term of game changes/patches, would be good for the e-sport side of LoL. But I guess Riot cares too much about their casual playerbase?

I disagree about CLG.eu's playstyle being considered lategame meta. Though they always stalled to lategame, they didn't have good lategame strategy. Essentially, they're only lategame power was their teamfighting ability, no actual lategame powertiming/objective control.


Yeah I guess you're right. My understanding of DotA, and what lategame meta even mean in DotA is very limited.

On February 18 2013 16:21 TheYango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2013 15:32 zodde wrote:
On what wei2coolman wrote, I think that Riot should make fewer changes to the game, just to give the pro scene a chance to develop their own styles. A more static game, in term of game changes/patches, would be good for the e-sport side of LoL. But I guess Riot cares too much about their casual playerbase?

Does anyone really believe "the casual playerbase" will quit over a longer patch cycle? It seems like a really weak argument to me.

Hell, you could make the argument that a longer patch cycle would even drive up RP sales as players might be more willing to invest in champs/skins for a popular champ without fear of that champ being nerfed.


People (casuals) whine so much on the forums about "OP champs", that would certainly increase if a really "OP" champion wasn't patched in several months.
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
February 18 2013 07:29 GMT
#1057
Why are there so many goofballs out there not banning Nidalee 100% of the time?

Seriously.
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HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
February 18 2013 07:34 GMT
#1058
On February 18 2013 16:29 Chrispy wrote:
Why are there so many goofballs out there not banning Nidalee 100% of the time?

Seriously.

Plz use the appropriate thread for ur rage ty.
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cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
February 18 2013 07:35 GMT
#1059
Regarding EU and Protect the Kog:

Those are lategame Strategies employed by A team/in an instance.

What was described, at least as far as I could tell was a meta that would look like this in LOL:

Nunu=Must ban status. Vayne and Kog Maw are highly contested. Midlane Consists on Anivia vs. Karthus vs. Cassio vs. Caitlyn/Corki. Toplane is a Jax/Irelia festival with characters like Kayle Sometimes making an appearance. Then you attempt to max out your items and ward everywhere before doing much at all.


EHome simply controlled the map and maxed out three heroes before even attempting to go onto LGD's high ground.


Its like S2 CLG EU playing itself,
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Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
February 18 2013 07:40 GMT
#1060
I mean the dota article outlines a few of the most important metas that chinese dota went through: 3 carry comp, 4-prot-1 comp, heavy push comp. I really can't say much about whether or not league went through the 3 carry comp, but we did definite did have a 4-prot-1 (ie protect the kog) for a good while, before the koreans brought in their hyper aggressive push comp (lulu/graves or 2v1 for tower advantage that we see now). That's more of what i was referring to.
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