On October 11 2011 05:27 Slayer91 wrote: I find smashs lack of general game knowledge disappointing when he's raging/streaming in solo queue.
*Smash with no damage items gangplank attacking some amumu 1v2 in mid for no reason* "WHY ARE THEY PINGING ME WHAT CAN THEY POSSIBLY DO TO ME" *Smash dies* "Oh that"
I'll say this Joe Joe Miller Miller is awesome, I've watched some quake and CS tournaments in the past simply because I heard him casting them, while waiting for some SC2 match to get on the way and I couldn't give less about either game really.
Put Joe and Elementz cast at same time and if they sync at all with each other, it should be great.
they just need a person that is a bit more professional about it.
i can only take so many games where the casters are distracted by pretty lights and miss the key actions that are clearly visible on the minimap. Also, knowledge about the game would be quite nice for 1 of the duo because its really horrible when the casters are starting to make up stuff and create their own LoL metagam, aplying their 1k elo experiences to the tournament.
Hmmm, I need to figure out how I can cast some LoL games. I had fun casting some SC2 for a bit, but I really enjoy LoL more. This game seems to provide fewer casting chances, though, so I don't know where I could start. If anyone has experience on how to find LoL games to cast, I would love to set up a YouTube channel for high level games to analyze. Feel free to PM me, whomever, and I'll try and get a project going. Any help would be appreciated
On October 11 2011 05:15 dnastyx wrote: I think you guys are missing the fact that when casting, it's also about how well you work with your partner.
If you're talking about casting in pairs, you rarely run across a more successful combo than Zenon+Joe in LoL.
if you saw the games where zenon casted with elementz, it was much better, and they've probably had no practice before. elementz seems to be a natural at it~
On October 11 2011 05:15 dnastyx wrote: I think you guys are missing the fact that when casting, it's also about how well you work with your partner.
If you're talking about casting in pairs, you rarely run across a more successful combo than Zenon+Joe in LoL.
if you saw the games where zenon casted with elementz, it was much better, and they've probably had no practice before. elementz seems to be a natural at it~
I'd be willing to bet that any pro player could analyze a game while somebody like Zenon did the play by play. The problem is that League is such a new game that we don't have any retired pro gamers like starcraft does. Unless we get more 5hitcombos stepping up to get into commentary or a team implodes and they all quit playing to commentate I doubt we'll have some magical casting duos for a long time.
On October 11 2011 05:15 dnastyx wrote: I think you guys are missing the fact that when casting, it's also about how well you work with your partner.
If you're talking about casting in pairs, you rarely run across a more successful combo than Zenon+Joe in LoL.
if you saw the games where zenon casted with elementz, it was much better, and they've probably had no practice before. elementz seems to be a natural at it~
Yeah, that's a good combo too. Problem is that Elementz doesn't really have a chance to cast because he's playing for CLG.
Elementz is a really good caster actually. He's got the right personality for it - playful, honest and still pretty modest; in short, a charming guy with top tier game knowledge. He should look into casting as side-act to his playing duties as Season 2 gets under way for real.
- AD carries become more and more useless as team skill levels increase, with the exception of Ashe, not sure why she wasn't picked.
- Team comps that rely on aoe ults also become less effective as the level of the teams increases. When teams coordinate well it becomes much easier to disrupt and avoid aoe ults than to chain them together effectively. Champions whose primary damage output relies on pulling off an effective ult on multiple champions thus also become less effective.
- Udyr, as well as any charger/zoner type tanky dps do not fit well with Kog. Kog needs a kiting team that moves with him, instead of a team that moves away from him into the enemy team. I was surprised that Saintvicious thought his comp was fine. Udyr is technically a counter to Nocturne but in 5s, a weaker jungler, like a weaker solo can be made up by teamplay.
- Free dragons are bad
- Kog/Janna lane is pretty bad, need Kog/stun/heal lane. Janna is supposed to peel for Kog Akali was too fed.
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