I usually watch through youtube live and like to be behind by an hour or so. This way I can fastforward through dead periods in the game, and if I miss something I can usually rewind back a minute or so. Feels so much more time efficient than Twitch. But at least LCS delays aren't as big as this.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

March 05 2016 13:20 GMT

#644

Yeah haven't gone back to Twitch ever since youtube live popped up.

Numy

South Africa35471 Posts

March 05 2016 13:22 GMT

#645

LCS is less about the delays and more about how boring most of it is. Only really pay attention to the fun games as well as when bad games go into full fiesta

SoSexy

Italy3725 Posts

March 05 2016 13:23 GMT

#646

UZI HYPE

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

March 05 2016 13:25 GMT

#647

lol, spirit gets fucked by qg.

lpl pause?

Hider

Denmark9419 Posts

March 05 2016 13:27 GMT

#648

On March 05 2016 22:22 Numy wrote:
LCS is less about the delays and more about how boring most of it is. Only really pay attention to the fun games as well as when bad games go into full fiesta

Yeh, I actually rewatched some of the SK and FNC games from spring 2015, and god those games were usually very entertaining. It's a problem with the current state of competitive LOL where (a) engage isn't very strong (as in DOTA for instance) and (b) there is no real objective to fight over.

Dan HH

Romania9149 Posts

March 05 2016 13:27 GMT

#649

Time for sad piano again

SoSexy

Italy3725 Posts

March 05 2016 13:30 GMT

#650

Uzi ks o.o

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

March 05 2016 13:32 GMT

#651

Why would you ever buy 2nd doran when cull exists...

Ansibled

United Kingdom9872 Posts

March 05 2016 13:34 GMT

#652

On March 05 2016 22:08 Hider wrote:
WTF are these delays lol. Yesterday I watched the game on VODS and was happy with long delays because it made it easier for me to catch up. How can anyone watch this live?

Well I just split focus between SC2 and LoL streams.

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

March 05 2016 13:36 GMT

#653

Wtf is febiven doing....

Dan HH

Romania9149 Posts

March 05 2016 13:38 GMT

#654

Why is Fnatic panicking, they weren't even behind

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

March 05 2016 13:39 GMT

#655

On March 05 2016 20:33 Letmelose wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 05 2016 17:26 cLutZ wrote:
#1 Corki should be the #1 priority here. Clearly this pick is ridiculous. He can facetank the majority of other mids, and is the best poke mid.

On March 04 2016 22:21 Gahlo wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:19 Disengaged wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:14 MuddyJam wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:10 Disengaged wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:08 MuddyJam wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:05 nafta wrote:

On March 04 2016 22:04 Disengaged wrote:
Seriously though, why the hell pick up Yellowstar if your not going to utilize his shotcalling ability? The democratic shotcalling can work, yes, but it hasn't been working out for TSM for a long time so its time for them to change the shotcalling. Everytime I hear TSM comms, all I hear is yelling/talking over eachother, and Yellowstar is drowned out due to the noise and cant really be heard.

Have yet to see democratic shotcalling really work tbh.

depends how you define it.
Everyone in a play should give information and look for and spot options.

Hard to criticise shot calling methods when you don't hear the mics

We've heard how TSM does their shotcalling through numerous "Mic checks" though. They shout over one another while Yellowstar can barely be heard through it all

shot calling is not managing a tf. Macro play has nothing to do with how a team fight is played out. You could have beautiful calling during a tf and still be a clown fiesta and vise versa. The mic checks you see in riots stuff makes for a nice 5 minute video but doesn't really give much insight. A better example would be the mic check on SKT a while back where they are planning mores for the next minute talking about rengar ulti and what is there plan.

Well, I mean, compare the TSM mic checks during team fights and C9 teaming fighting. Hai is the person giving the orders. Saying who to kill, when to back off, when to switch targets, while everyone else is giving small information like whether someone used a summoner, or if an ability is on CD. That kind of information lets Hai decide the best course of action while fights are breaking out.

To be fair, Hai is one of the best shot callers in the world.

"One of the Best"

Lulz. Best ever. He is the Faker of shotcalling, look at the team he somehow got to worlds last year. Look at his ridiculous weird zed sneaky sneaky play in S4.

TSM v. Origen = The worst draft phase, by both teams, since season 1.

From the brief exposure to the team communications from various shows, I think prime Mata is head and shoulders ahead of Hai in terms of the methodical and meticulous detail his shot calling brings to the game. Hai is more of a complete package as in he seems to bring forth a very positive atmosphere to his team, and is very charismatic, but his shot calling involves more guess work and risk taking that simply does not match Mata's methodical approach to the game.

yea mata is the best

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

March 05 2016 13:40 GMT

#656

Yet another shit spirit game. He gets time to do 3 camps while swift kills a tower and he still doesn't even have a level lead.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

March 05 2016 13:41 GMT

#657

Spirit has a level lead. Well he just lost it, probably half a level lead.

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

March 05 2016 13:42 GMT

#658

Being ahead by 1/5th or so of a level doesn't matter. He should have been more than a full level ahead. Gragas clears faster than ekko too. He didn't gank either.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

March 05 2016 13:43 GMT

#659

Easy to blame spirit when every lane apart from Gamsu is losing.

nafta

Bulgaria18893 Posts

March 05 2016 13:46 GMT

#660

How are they losing? Bot gets dived 4v2 and mid was ahead in cs and took tower.

Then klaj died in river while spirit was doing enemy wraiths.