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nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-01 21:16:03
July 01 2014 21:15 GMT
#2061
How is it any different than soloq then?Isn't it the same thing if people tryhard?Or is it just smurfing but on the same account?

I can see why ranked 5s is better but saying normal is better practice than ranked is simply wrong.

Main reason people play more soloq than ranked 5s is time restraints.
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-01 21:33:53
July 01 2014 21:27 GMT
#2062
I just want to be able to play with whatever friends of mine are on without being restricted to needing exactly 5 if we made a ranked team, which is ignoring the fact that the skill variance within my group of friends would make ranked 5s somewhat disastrous. Also duo q restrictions wouldn't allow me to play ranked with my bronze friends now anyway so there is that.

idk I guess I could play ranked in the rare situation where I do play alone but my normal mmr is really accurate for me when I do play solo so I really don't see any need to do that outside of doing my 10 placements every year to get the gold ranked rewards.

and yes if you are wondering I tryhard every game because winning to me, is fun.

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SKARNERFIXFixed a bug where Skarner could occasionally throw out basic attacks while impaling a target


isn't this how it always worked??
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PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
July 01 2014 21:37 GMT
#2063
On July 02 2014 06:15 nafta wrote:
How is it any different than soloq then?Isn't it the same thing if people tryhard?Or is it just smurfing but on the same account?

I can see why ranked 5s is better but saying normal is better practice than ranked is simply wrong.

Main reason people play more soloq than ranked 5s is time restraints.

i'm saying normals are just as good as ranked to me. because i don't get a useful advantage from playing ranked toward improving, so playing normals get me a faster matchmaking service, and thus less time invested to improve at the same rate.
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
July 01 2014 21:38 GMT
#2064
Some people, like myself, find normals a completely fucking useless exercise. Its the exact same thing as ranked but you have nothing to show for it.
Useless wet fish.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
July 01 2014 21:39 GMT
#2065
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