EPTIt is tempting, though I'm not sure about finding 10 places that take AmEx.
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
It is tempting, though I'm not sure about finding 10 places that take AmEx. | ||
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SimulatedAnneal
765 Posts
On August 14 2013 03:59 obesechicken13 wrote: It's not real life money. It's a nice deal, but selling people out to credit cards companies is hurting either Riot, the credit card company, or the customer. I don't think Riot will end up with less money. Riot gets paid by Amex. The people who get the debit cards will spend more than if they used cash and will eventually open up a line of credit with Amex leading to debts and interest on things. And the consumer likely wouldn't have spent the money for 22k RP so it's not all worth face value. RP is still intangible internet points like flyer miles. They're pre-paid cards, there's no debt or interest(although there might be fees). They're trying to increase volume and make money off fees paid by merchants. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/05visa.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
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Ryuu314
United States12679 Posts
Honestly, this can only be a good thing for League. AMex is pretty mainstream as far as things goes and having AMex sponsor/support League will only help the game. | ||
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thenexusp
United States3721 Posts
On August 14 2013 03:43 BlasiuS wrote: eh, sort of. Randuin's is more of a tank item, and also some bruisers scale better defensively with armor compared to health, so they may not necessarily want to buy giant's belt items when they want a decent armor item. It'd also be useful to return phage as a useful laning item for bruisers. Thornmail is fine as a niche item, wriggle's is fine as a niche jungler item (edit: although I think the numbers need to be tweaked, currently it's just better to leave it at madred's). Atma's though is way too situational, and I'm all for re-making that to be a better ad+armor bruiser item. What advantage would an AD+Armor item have over, say, just getting a bloodthirster plus a randuins? There isn't a rule in lol that says "every item in your inventory shalt have offensive stats" | ||
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Simberto
Germany11717 Posts
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
On August 14 2013 03:43 BlasiuS wrote: eh, sort of. Randuin's is more of a tank item, and also some bruisers scale better defensively with armor compared to health, so they may not necessarily want to buy giant's belt items when they want a decent armor item. It'd also be useful to return phage as a useful laning item for bruisers. Thornmail is fine as a niche item, wriggle's is fine as a niche jungler item (edit: although I think the numbers need to be tweaked, currently it's just better to leave it at madred's). Atma's though is way too situational, and I'm all for re-making that to be a better ad+armor bruiser item. If they don't want to build health they can always just sit on Chain Vest/Warden's Mail and move on. They're not going to get significantly more armor than that from a hybrid AD/Armor item anyway. | ||
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thenexusp
United States3721 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On August 14 2013 04:18 Ryuu314 wrote: From my understanding, the Amex cards are pre-paid debit cards, so there's no debt. You can direct deposit into the card, similar to Google Wallet or Paypal, to get more rewards. There doesn't seem to be any credit involved. Honestly, this can only be a good thing for League. AMex is pretty mainstream as far as things goes and having AMex sponsor/support League will only help the game. I didn't say anything to the contrary. The cards don't translate directly to debt. And of course League is in place to benefit. The article about Visa forcing signatures on debit transactions even though they are less secure over pin transactions was kind of alarming. Though I'm not sure how pin numbers are safer than signatures. Also, I'm fairly certain there are automatic signature scanning machines these days. You can drop off cheques and have them automatically deposited if the text is legible and the amount under $300. Finally the article provided above didn't mention AMex at all. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35165 Posts
http://www.reignofgaming.net/news/25394-unofficial-pbe-patch-notes-for-8-13-2013-twitch Broken Wings Riven's Broken Wings hitbox has been retuned to more closely match the particles Third hit now knocks up targets affected rather than knocking them back Only the third hit can now leap over walls and the skill has been recoded to clean up this mechanic significantly WHAT WHAT WHAT! | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
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onlywonderboy
United States23745 Posts
On August 14 2013 05:11 Gahlo wrote: Forecast Janna's lines are amazing! http://www.reignofgaming.net/news/25394-unofficial-pbe-patch-notes-for-8-13-2013-twitch Also Phage is back to health and AD lol. | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On August 14 2013 04:18 Ryuu314 wrote: Honestly, this can only be a good thing for League. AMex is pretty mainstream as far as things goes and having AMex sponsor/support League will only help the game. As a general rule Amex cards offer better rewards than Visa precisely because Amex is not as mainstream. They charge higher merchant fees (and most of their credit cards also carry annual fees), so they are accepted at fewer places. On August 14 2013 05:11 Seuss wrote: If I can do a one time deposit from my bank account I'll happily pick up a card, get the 12-13k RP, and then never use it again. My concern at the moment is that the legal mumbo jumbo isn't clear as to what constitutes a direct deposit. Direct Deposit is pretty unambiguous. It means getting your employer to deposit your paycheck (or a portion of it) directly to the card. It doesn't really lend itself to any other interpretation. Amex offers a huge reward for setting that up because most people hate dealing with direct deposit. Amex is betting that some non-negligible portion of those who set up DD are going to forget or neglect to cancel it immediately thereafter. | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
On August 14 2013 05:11 Seuss wrote: If I can do a one time deposit from my bank account I'll happily pick up a card, get the 12-13k RP, and then never use it again. My concern at the moment is that the legal mumbo jumbo isn't clear as to what constitutes a direct deposit. Any definition I've seen of direct deposit seems to require your employer to deposit the funds. I like the Janna's Zephyr on her legendary, but I don't like her face, her theme, and now her voice. Hmmmm.... | ||
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
Event ticket prices are very reasonable, airfare and hotel on the other hand...  | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
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onlywonderboy
United States23745 Posts
On August 14 2013 05:17 caelym wrote: Worlds info: http://na.lolesports.com/season3/split2/articles/world-championship-tickets-available-aug-15#schedule Even ticket prices are very reasonable, airfare and hotel on the other hand... Yay, groups stages are in the studio, no outside venue! | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
On August 14 2013 05:16 GrandInquisitor wrote: As a general rule Amex cards offer better rewards than Visa precisely because Amex is not as mainstream. They charge higher merchant fees (and most of their credit cards also carry annual fees), so they are accepted at fewer places. Direct Deposit is pretty unambiguous. It means getting your employer to deposit your paycheck (or a portion of it) directly to the card. It doesn't really lend itself to any other interpretation. Amex offers a huge reward for setting that up because most people hate dealing with direct deposit. Amex is betting that some non-negligible portion of those who set up DD are going to forget or neglect to cancel it immediately thereafter. It seems pretty ambiguous to me. This is what you get when you try to find a definition: Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_deposit Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/direct deposit Free: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/direct deposit None of them say anything about paychecks, employers, and the like. Now, if part of the strategy is to entrap cardholders like you say, then these cards are pretty evil and I will express my opinion on the matter to various Riot employees I know. But until the question of "What counts as Direct Deposit?" is answered definitively I'm reserving my judgement. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On August 14 2013 05:11 Gahlo wrote: Forecast Janna's lines are amazing! http://www.reignofgaming.net/news/25394-unofficial-pbe-patch-notes-for-8-13-2013-twitch Broken Wings Riven's Broken Wings hitbox has been retuned to more closely match the particles Third hit now knocks up targets affected rather than knocking them back Only the third hit can now leap over walls and the skill has been recoded to clean up this mechanic significantly WHAT WHAT WHAT! Wait, what? she used to be able to go through walls on her broken wings? | ||
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