I used to play magic with a guy who had tourettes. He'd have to speak to the head judge before each tournament and explain what's going on. He stopped playing because of how much of a hassle it became. I've noticed for awhile that some people on tl ( not naming names that's rude as fuck) stutter pretty frequently in their speech.

jcarlsoniv

United States27922 Posts

March 25 2015 17:33 GMT

#92504

On March 26 2015 02:28 Ketara wrote:
Yes I have a stutter lol.

It's not very bad.

Syllables get draaaaaaaaaaaawn out (for those that haven't really noticed), I assume while you're seeking to find whatever word you want to use next or just getting your brain to catch up. The lead dev on my team has the same stutter. It's really not that big of a deal, and people making fun of someone for a stutter is pitiful.

Ketara

United States15065 Posts

March 25 2015 17:40 GMT

#92505

The only time my stutter ever really affects my life is when I'm meeting girls or in a job interview or something, because it's like, just enough that they don't realize it's a stutter and just take it for a lack of confidence.

It always seems to bother the people around me more than it bothers me.

WaveofShadow

Canada31495 Posts

March 25 2015 17:54 GMT

#92506

On March 26 2015 02:28 Ketara wrote:
Yes I have a stutter lol.

It's not very bad.

I didn't notice it before he mentioned it to me.
You'll notice it now.
It's not bad at all though, just makes him pause a little sometimes before saying things.

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

March 25 2015 17:59 GMT

#92507

Let's all out that scumbag ketara!

I got sylvanas to hero level 7 last nightm she's probabably op. Having access to both blood for blood and envenom reduces anyone's HP pool to roughly 40% every minute.

phyvo

United States5635 Posts

March 25 2015 18:03 GMT

#92508

My math professor in college was an old guy who had crazy stuttering problems in his life but felt it was his mission to teach math students anyway. His stutter became much better although when I was his student it was still obvious. I had no complaints with him, only with the curriculum which had us using our calculators and Matlab when I wanted to continue learning calculus the computerless way that my dad had begun teaching it to me. I think after I was done though they added that kind of history/calculus focused class.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

March 25 2015 18:08 GMT

#92509

What's blood for blood?
Her Q looked weak but I guess it depends on the damage scaling and the cooldown on each charge, which the French patch notes left out (glanced at work from a link, so didn't bother looking for the original ones). If it scales well and has decent traits and range she can spam it to harass, or add decent dps to buildings?
I assume her ult doesn't work on the big-ass golems, only knights at most. The arrow looks underwhelming, AoE silence, even 2.5s, is weaker than some other tools.

Q + passive + decent positioning prob means she can merc fairly early though, and she has good harass with her spreading blight from the looks of it.
Sonya and Elune still look meh, sadly.

I noticed Ketara tended to draw out syllabes but didn't know that went under the definition of "stutter".
My own voice disturbs me when thinking, so if I talk without knowing exactly what to say or for more than a couple phrases I have to pause to gather my thoughts then start back up. Makes for a bunch of pauses and blanks. Someone told me she liked it because it showed that at least I think a bit before I talk. :|

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

March 25 2015 18:20 GMT

#92510

I noticed it because I duo with Ketara so much and he sometimes gets really bad at telling me how mad he is at someone.

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

March 25 2015 18:21 GMT

#92511

She pushes hard because all her abilities lock down tower (litterally stuns them) withering fire is by far the best spell in her kit.

Blood for blood is botrk active. Add in the passive that when something dies with black arrow on them they explode means fighting in minion waves will kill someone so long as you hit one person with dagger.

Unfortunately the convert passive doesn't get busted until 20 when it can steal and convert neutral mercs. Taking a neutral one gives you 3 ogres which is hilarious.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

March 25 2015 18:31 GMT

#92512

Oh, right. Looked the numbers on a wiki, she can really spam her Q, and she can take towers by herself between waves just positioning close to one tower (Q can select them as a target right?) and shooting the other.
Possession seems weak on paper, but I imagine on small/medium maps she can use it to convert catapults on 2+ lanes every time they spawn.

Lost Soul - Envenom (Overflowing Quiver if she didn't have it to push even faster I assume) - Follow Through (Mercenary Lord if aiming for late game or something) - Possession - Spell Shield (because squishy) - [wow, level 16's busted with good talents, Blood better at killing, Will and Windrunner at escaping, Cold Embrace at killing but also pushing harder] - Dark Lady's Call (Blink otherwise)?

Slayer91

Ireland23342 Posts

March 25 2015 18:41 GMT

#92513

you'd think it would say a lot more about men than it would about women that camgirls are popular lol

ComaDose

Canada10357 Posts

March 25 2015 18:47 GMT

#92514

On March 26 2015 03:41 Slayer91 wrote:
you'd think it would say a lot more about men than it would about women that camgirls are popular lol

I think it really obviously does! considering the statistics linked here recently about the percentage of population on twitch that was male. Men complaining about "camgirls" are complaining about the tastes of other men but projecting it on the women that the other men prefer to watch.

Doctorbeat

Netherlands13241 Posts

March 25 2015 18:48 GMT

#92515

Just started watching Arrested Development.

I wanna disappoint Portia de Rossi so hard right now.

Cixah

United States11285 Posts

March 25 2015 18:50 GMT

#92516

My build is almost always increased range on q, envenom, black arrow slow (passive slows heroes), passive explodes on death, silencing shot, blood for blood, blink

Slayer91

Ireland23342 Posts

March 25 2015 18:58 GMT

#92517

On March 26 2015 03:47 ComaDose wrote:

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well its complaining because of jealousy basically; these girls aren't skilled/entertaining enough to be a popular streamer but this person is more popular than you will ever be because of what they were born with

advantages you get for something you are born with
hard to be a white dude in this day and age i suppose

Sunaj

Canada2041 Posts

March 25 2015 19:00 GMT

#92518

On March 26 2015 01:19 Alaric wrote:
Hey guys.

Goddamnit Alaric

On March 26 2015 02:40 Ketara wrote:
The only time my stutter ever really affects my life is when I'm meeting girls or in a job interview or something, because it's like, just enough that they don't realize it's a stutter and just take it for a lack of confidence.

It always seems to bother the people around me more than it bothers me.

Mine used to be really bad, like really bad, and then I worked in a call centre for 3 years. It's still kinda bad now, like if I'm actually trying to tell a joke I'll maybe get it out like 50% of the time *which mostly why I just spout inane childish one-liners lol*

Although funny enough I do ok in interviews and other serious things. Also don't stutter while singing, but I'm literally tone deaf so mixed blessings >.>

Seuss

United States10536 Posts

March 25 2015 19:04 GMT

#92519

There's a bit of entitlement involved. A lot of people think they're god's gift to Twitch and if it wasn't for INSERT COMPLAINT they'd be the next big thing.

Now for some people who've put a ton of effort into streaming it's not an entirely silly feeling. It really sucks to give something everything you've got and fail while someone else makes it look effortless. But the vast majority of people who are super mad about this sort of thing are the streaming equivalent of bronze and don't realize it.