League of Legends Monday Megathread! Ask questions and share knowledge; newcomer questions encouraged! |
- Monday Megathread! Ask questions and share knowledge; newcomer questions encouraged!
- I'm almost 43, I just hit Gold, and I have no one to tell it to.
- The sad state of the League Partnership Program
- The game starts at 0.0 seconds, not at 1.30 when jungle camps spawn. Its annoying to lose level 1s to afk players.
- Riven, speed painting! I made a big mistake on this painting but I fix it!
- Orianna gets ready for the pool party [OC]
- A player in Dekar's game had a bad game so Dekar asks his chat to add him and harass him
- Upcoming changes for 10.13
- When is riot going to fix jungle camps momentarily not showing when entering fog of war? Cost me a late game baron steal which could've won my team the game. This is a huge issue that I don't see brought up or addressed that often at all.
- LS gets an S after going 1/9 on Volibear top
- Monte summarizes the current state of the LCS.
- TFFlame back at it again
- DoA Tweets He 'Wouldn't Say No To The Opportunity' On Working for the LCS
- so i found a korean shitpost and yeah, enjoy i guess?
- LIDER banned for two matchdays of Primeleague for misbehaving in soloq (German)
- Getting a Champion Shard from a Hextech Chest feels extremely unrewarding.
- So I made Jarvan's... Jar Van.
- LS Outplayed by Korean TP
- Lotte and TikTok join as new sponsors of 2020 LCK Summer split
- Volibear has crossed 50% WR in Top/Jg
- When X(champion) is Y(situation), you Z(response)...
- ES Jungler takes ignite, no remake allowed?
- I made an Akali Fanart!
- I got a soundbug with Mundo and Dead Man's Plate after I killed Kai'Sa. Every Time Dead Man's Plate fully charged it played Kai'Sa's death sound. I tryed to recreat it, but it didn't work. (sorry for the video bugs)
- CloudTemplar's Thoughts on LCK 2020 Summer
- Saying "I play for fun," or "It's just a game" does NOT mean "I don't try, or I don't want to win."
| Monday Megathread! Ask questions and share knowledge; newcomer questions encouraged! Posted: 14 Jun 2020 07:33 PM PDT Welcome to the latest Monday Megathread, where you the community get to ask your questions and share your knowledge. Need help against a certain champion? Unsure how and where to ward? Looking to improve your csing? This is the place to ask. This weekly thread is a place for new players to ask questions and get help/advice from more experienced players. So, don't hold back, get your game related questions ready and post away, and hopefully someone can answer them! If you wish to just view top level comments (ie questions) add ?depth=1 to the end of the page url. Looking to chat with people live? Come check out our discord channel here! We also have the channel #new-player-help if you want to ask questions there. If you are willing to learn, /r/SummonerSchool and its respective discord are always willing to teach. Basic Mechanics explanation in our Wiki New Player Guide by /u/The-All-Tomato Other:
Please sort this post by new, so that you can see the newer, unanswered questions. [link] [comments] | ||
| I'm almost 43, I just hit Gold, and I have no one to tell it to. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:57 AM PDT TL;DR: I'm old but Gold. I've been playing League for over nine years now, and the dream always was to be above average. It's not a big dream, but there you go. When we still had ELO, that meant being above 1200 (I never was). As soon as we had the ranked system, I wanted to be Gold. That's where the shiny borders are. That's where you get skins. That's where you can tell people you're actually kinda decent at this game. The problem always was that I suck. My already non-existent mechanical skills managed to deteriorate even further after I hit 40. I also can't play every day, since my family and my job come first. And there's always too much happening on the screen for me to follow. I regularly confuse my own character with one of my teammates. I'm incapable of outplaying anyone. So what I do is play braindead champions in the toplane, disable chat, ward as much as possible, bash towers whenever I can, and let the young folk carry me. This afternoon it finally happened. I goofed around on Garen a bit while my Draven killed everyone and everything, and at the end of that game I was Gold. I'm absolutely ecstatic, but no one I know plays League. In fact, everyone I know thinks I'm a bit of a twat to still play videogames at my age. But to me this is a big thing. So there you go. And I'm pretty sure if I can do this, any one of you can too! [link] [comments] | ||
| The sad state of the League Partnership Program Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:02 AM PDT
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| Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:13 AM PDT I understand that some of you have kids, or live in different circumstances and I have full understanding and acceptance of that. Most of you don't choose to be afk and power to you in whatever is keeping you away. But there is a special breed of players that are infuriatingly stupid to the point where you question their lives and how fked in the head they actually are. You queue up for a game. You understand that you are going through a 4-7 min champion select and loading screen. Some of the time, loading screen is 20 seconds or less. You load in and you start to cover jungle entrance points, and you have people afk in fountain up until 1.20 or afk under their lane towers. You get no leash as a jungler, which is fine for me because I practice clears in practice tool. But I cant defend an invade alone. "I was in the bathroom dude, just stfu and play" "I was just smoking outside quick man, relax" and the most frustrating one of them all "is this pro play? no so why would we do that?" Now, I would have more understanding of this was Iron or Bronze and it was 2013 again, but its 2020 and its in fking DIAMOND. Im tired of losing level 1 to Nautilus and Leona invades where my team is afk and there is nothing I can do against it. Even if you report them for being afk level 1 they still play the game and you need 5 min of afk to even be flagged. You are so helpless its insane. Some of you are probably in the comments right now, spewing some BS like "You can always come back from lvl 1 mistake" which is not the point. Why are we in this position to begin with. Add a system that tracks Actions per Minut on the first 2 min of the game. If there is none or very little like 1 click, you should be afk flagged. This cant EVER flag players who shop level 1 and click out on the map. It ONLY affects lvl 1 ACTUAL afks. Simple and easy. [link] [comments] | ||
| Riven, speed painting! I made a big mistake on this painting but I fix it! Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:18 AM PDT
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| Orianna gets ready for the pool party [OC] Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:50 AM PDT
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| A player in Dekar's game had a bad game so Dekar asks his chat to add him and harass him Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:49 PM PDT
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| Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:18 PM PDT Riot Scruffy Tweeted the upcoming changes for patch 10.13 Patch Preview 10.13 We have a few details already in here, but I'll share the rest of the change lists tomorrow. Image version of the changes: https://i.imgur.com/lLx933U.jpg >>> Systems <<<
>>> Nerfs <<<
>>> Buffs <<<
>>> Other <<<[NEW] Champ Select Reporting and Muting
Kog'Maw
Nunu
[NEW] Shield AP ratio: 1.5 [link] [comments] | ||
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| LS gets an S after going 1/9 on Volibear top Posted: 15 Jun 2020 05:42 AM PDT
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| Monte summarizes the current state of the LCS. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:28 PM PDT
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| DoA Tweets He 'Wouldn't Say No To The Opportunity' On Working for the LCS Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:56 PM PDT In response to a tweet earlier today from Montecristo, DoA, who currently lives in LA, responded that:
With how much of the talent has left the LCS recently, it would be a breath of fresh air for DoA to come onto the cast. Papasmithy joined the thread and endorsed this possible move. [link] [comments] | ||
| so i found a korean shitpost and yeah, enjoy i guess? Posted: 15 Jun 2020 09:33 AM PDT
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| LIDER banned for two matchdays of Primeleague for misbehaving in soloq (German) Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:14 AM PDT
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| Getting a Champion Shard from a Hextech Chest feels extremely unrewarding. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:55 AM PDT If you dont have all the champions in the game (or at least all you want), you may find it useful- but if you don´t, it´s nothing but a bit more BE. Not worth playing, watching eSports or even paying RP for. "The game is free so dont complain" If the free rewards are as useless as this, why bother putting them in the game anyway? [link] [comments] | ||
| So I made Jarvan's... Jar Van. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:37 PM PDT The honk shouts Demacia. He uses his van to take shyvana on dates. And to take his dad fishing too. Jarvan bought his jar van with his penny jar he'd been saving for a while. jarvan is very proud of his jar van. and so am i. [link] [comments] | ||
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| Lotte and TikTok join as new sponsors of 2020 LCK Summer split Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:18 AM PDT Lotte Confectionery and TikTok join as sponsors of LCK Summer. 2020 LCK Summer Split Sponsors
2020 LCK Summer Split is the last split before LCK becomes a franchise league. [link] [comments] | ||
| Volibear has crossed 50% WR in Top/Jg Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:00 AM PDT According to lolalytics,, Volibear's winrates are roughly 51%/53% in top/jungle respectively (Plat+). His winrates in lower elos are slightly higher. I think it's safe to say that he shouldn't be considered trash ATM. The hotfix and the 10.12 buff both had a large role in this increase, probably making up around ~8% combined judging from the lolalytics graphs. I'm curious to see how much more his winrate will increase as players decide on the meta builds/runes; if past reworks are any indication, he won't plateau just yet. I'm not saying "Voli OP" or anything of the sort; I do think he's strong, though, and it's often very hard to shake first impressions when champs are released weak. After Fiddle's release, for example, people were complaining about his weak early game even as he sat around ~53%+ WR. I'm personally glad that the balance team is doing this as opposed to releasing giga-broken champions and then nerfing them for the next 3 months. [link] [comments] | ||
| When X(champion) is Y(situation), you Z(response)... Posted: 14 Jun 2020 06:55 PM PDT When Illaoi uses her ultimate, you run away When Malphite walks up with his ultimate, you don't group When Tryndamere uses his ultimate, you don't attack him When Kha'zix has you isolated, you don't 1 v 1 him When Zoe bubbles your carry, you block the q for them When Taric uses his ultimate, you wait it out When Jax uses his counter-strike, you don't auto attack him When Rengar uses his ultimate, you peel for the carries When Fiora uses her ultimate, you hug the walls When Kassadin hits 16, you lose **WHEN APHELIOS HAS 20 CHAKRAMS, YOU WAIT 5 SECONDS** Please acknowledge a champion's strengths and play around it. [link] [comments] | ||
| ES Jungler takes ignite, no remake allowed? Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:28 AM PDT What are the rules for remake in competitive play, I mean this clearly is a fuck up on their side, are they not allowed to like re-do draft as they apparently clearly did for him to swap to smite? Edit: Just to clarify, we don't know what happened but there was a pause at start casters did say there was indeed a draft remake but what happened we don't know. Edit: Match is - LPL, ES vs BLG, Game: 1 [link] [comments] | ||
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| CloudTemplar's Thoughts on LCK 2020 Summer Posted: 15 Jun 2020 07:16 AM PDT Biggest Changes from Spring to Summer season:
Some Notable changes to Roster:-Viper to HLE and reunite with Lehends -Smeb and Ucal rejoins KT -YamatoCannon joins Sandbox as Head coach -Mickey joins SHO Prince translated from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UCpIdbcNA&t=3103s Team Dynamics: The Last Challenger Team To Be PromotedFor people who watched Challenger this team should be quite familar. This team did really well in the regular season and put out a surprising performance at the summer promotion. They are like the T1 and GenG of the LCK challenger. TLDR: Typical LCK playstyle. High potential Top laner and highly experienced Support. Probably won't do very well.Key Points: Rich: I praised him a lot during the summer promotion. The thing I got from watching him is that there is something special about players who reached the pinnacle of competition. He was called the Faker of HOTS and I saw the potential of that transition in that tournament. To be honest though, he didn't perform well in the regular season. There were many things he lacked and was not very consistent but he showed up when it mattered. Team Color: A lot of people have been asking if they are like APK(who are now called SHO Prince). They are more like the typical LCK team. Their style might be more established the more games they play so we will see. GuGer: GuGer and Secret on SHO are the veterans of veterans. They are similar to Joker and Gorilla where they have a lot of experience and spent a lot of years in league. And kind of like Joker and Gorilla I think the storyline around them would be interesting. I hope they do well.
Last team to be promoted(LCK): Now that LCK are implementing franchising Team Dynamic will be remembered as the last team to be promoted. And Griffin will be the last team to be relegated. Sandbox: Tradtional LCK team
"Typical LCK Team": Recently being called a typical LCK team are usually seen as a bad thing. The image of LCK team are the slow, controlling, and unexciting playstyle. When Sandbox is doing well they are doing what LCK teams are good at. Playing around dragon, the laners were solid, and focusing on the Macro rather than the micro. It was pretty good when Sandbox was doing well but now they are not doing so well so now the "Typical LCK team" becomes a bad name. First Western Head Coach in LCK: For people who watched Challenger Korea would know there was once a western coach called LS. He brought many western players like Malice and although he caused some troubles it was an interesting and fun example. So it is not like there isn't a western coach ever in Korea but it is first in LCK. YamatoCannon: This decision are a bit mixed. I personally welcome YamatoCannon and hope to see him do well in Korea. I hope to say Hi to him"Hello YamatoCannon. BattleCruiser. I play Terran" YamatoCannon is a good coach. Is he a super coach like Coach Kim? No, but he is a solid good coach. It might a bit too much to call him a super coach but I am not saying he is going to crash and burn. He is just a solid coach. Result and Image Problem: Two big reason why Sandbox recruited YamatoCannon is first of all their result wasn't very good. By introducing a western coach they bring their pick/ban and strategy with it which could help Sandbox. Another reason is that I think Sandbox want to build a fun and exciting team image. Image Problem: About the image problem I am affiliated with Sandbox on YoutubeStreaming with AfreeCa, and Riot with casting but to be honest their team image is very bland(no color). Their marketing/PR wasn't done very well. I mean to be fair team image? Team color? If you win you get fans regardless of your marketing however it is hard to win. I mean only one team wins. So to be realistic a lot of teams are trying things to attract fans aside from their result. Sandbox was a bit lacking in this department and hopefully, with the addition of YamatoCannon this would be solved. Brother Culture: It is kind of funny that YamatoCannon are younger than Gorilla and Joker. There are good and bad in Korea culture but it would be interesting to see how they can overcome the "Brother" culture and build synergy. The "Brother" culture isn't all bad. It is good when you are young. When I first started working I didn't have to worry about buying food because of my "old brother"(not blood related) would buy the meal for me. However, I think I don't think it is good to always takes and not give. The younger one should buy 3 meal out of 10 meals. Imagine if someone always takes and not give nobody like that. Ten Men Team: During the Spring season Sandbox was a bit random in their roster. They tried pretty much all combination of their ten men roster. I personally think it is ok to have member fight their spot. I think it is okay to have a six-man "Joker pick". I think it is okay to practice with a ten men roster. However, I don't a true ten men roster works. Tell me any ten men team that succeeded. It might seem good to have a big roster but realistically it only dilutes the practice time. Six-men are okay maybe even seven but it is better to lock in a roster and practice around it. You can't get a good practice with ten men roster(ten men roster not two 5 men roster) Prediction: Just looking at the lineup I don't think they are a playoff team. I mean we will see how much they improve with the new changes but... Hanwha Life Esports: The Most Anticipated Team
The Most Anticipated Team: Not just those who are involved in the scene but I think in general a lot of people are excited about this team. The biggest reason for the excitement is probably the addition of Super Star Player DuDudududunga. When I saw his name I knew he is going to be a super star. Mr.Viper: All jokes aside the biggest reason is probably Mr. Viper. There is something a lot of caster/analysts have been saying is that team have to as many S tier player as possible. How you define a S tier player vary from person to person but all agree the importance of having a S tier player. It is kind of like a mobile Gacha game. S tier are the reason you reset again and again to get that one S card. And just like a Gacha game you need a lot money to get a S tier player. S Tier?: The way I define a S tier player is if you ask ten analyst and eight or nine of them said S then that player is S player. If only three said S then I don't think that is a S player. What I am trying to say is that you may have some doubt in Viper but he is a S player. Almost everyone actually not almost, everyone I know said Viper is a S tier player. And Lehends is also a S tier player. So now HLE's bot become a SS bot lane. Simplicity of Power: To put everything in really simple terms the more S player team have the stronger the team is. Why does everyone think DRX is good? Because they have Chovy and Deft. To oversimplify, oh DRX have super star mid and adc? They must do good then. Please don't take this too far. A lot of people are going to ask me "Is this player S tier? Why are you ignoring this player? I think this player is overrated/underrated". I am not a mobile game developer I don't have time to rate them all. Griffin's Release of Dragon Balls: I mentioned before but because of Griffin's relegation their "dragon balls" are released. The biggest one is Viper and Tarzan. Viper is a solid S tier and Tarzan is at A~S tier. This is the only one I will rate so please don't ask me to do more. Where is Tarzan?: I don't know. He is currently under Evelynn's passive so no one knows where he is going. We might get a surprise announcement soon but I don't know anything about it. Weak Top side: I have been talking only about the positive of HLE but their top side looks a bit weak. Usually subs don't have a chance to play but in this case I think we might see some sub play top side. Continuing the LCK Playstyle?: When HLE first appeared they were a expolsive team however they later transitioned into a more traditional LCK team. But the result wasn't after the transition so I wonder if they would continue that playstyle or innovate. Viper was good with nonmarksman so I wonder if they will do something special. SoelHaeOne Prince(Orginally APK Prince): The Most LPL-like LCK Team
Mickey: The biggest change if probably the addition of Mickey. I remember the old time when I duo Qued with Mickey. It is a bit amusing that Mickey are the one replacing Cover because when Cover was in Challenger Korea I said that he was a bit similar to Mickey. Mickey is a dice roll(coin flippy) player either going 1 or 6 but it wasn't actually used as an insult but a compliment to Mickey when he first started. I remember when he solo killed the opponent with Zed and although it wasn't as impactful as Faker solo killing ambition it shows that there is another mechanical god on the rift. Then he flops a few games which are when we realize he is a coin flip player. For people wondering what he is doing between these time he was at LEC and did pretty well. If you look at LEC highlights Mickey were in many of them. But his result wasn't very good. APK always had a mid problem so Mickey might be able help that.
Hybrid: There are two kinds of S tier player. One is a player that are S tier the first time they went on stage. This is probably the best kind of the two. But there is also a S tier player that start off slow. This where the influence of coach shows. When Hybrid was in Challenger I thought he lacked many things as a adc but last season he really showed up. I don't think Hybrid is a S tier yet I think there is still a lot of things he have to prove. Afeeca Freecs: Kiin and friendsBeating a Dead Horse Again and Again: Everytime I talk about Afreeca I feel like I am beating the same horse I just beat a few months ago. I think for Afreeca to do well Kiin should not be in the discussion anymore. Everytime it is "Kiin won lane but they still lost" or "Kiin have to carry the team with this lead". Afreeca really need to be able to play around other lane aside from Kiin. Too many cooks in the Kitchen: They are similar to Sandbox in this aspect is that there are too many players in the roster. They should just make up their mind and work around the roster. I don't think I want to say who stay but for sure Kiin. Kiin is S tier btw. Some might disagree with this but I don't think my opinion are very out there many people think the same too. Fly: Fly is a quite unique player as that he get both compliments and criticism. Some people would say that he never won lane in his entire career and wasn't able to carry his team. I think that is a bit overexaggerated. Looking at his career he did shine a few times and is a overall a good player. He is part of GenG roster that went to Worlds. The thing about Fly is that he is consistent, doesn't have carry potential, and are reliant on the meta. If the meta suit his playstyle then he does really well but if it doesn't he struggle a bit. As for his carry potential, carry potential is typically defined in being able to dominate a lane during laning phase. He isn't a strong laner and his strength comes outside of the laning phase. He is more of a team fight player, team player, unorthdox player, and a supportive player. Everyone Have to level Up: As I mentioned before everyone has to level up and not just rely on Kiin. I thought All in would be good supplment to Fly but they actually play quite similar. In fact a lot of the subs play very similarily. Mystic and SS aren't that different in their playstyle, I think Jelly is a bit better than Ben but not by much, and Dread and Spirit are different but not different enough. Peak Afreeca*: Do you guys remember the series against T1? I still remember it till this day. It was probably the most LPL like series I have ever seen. Unfortunately, that was the only time we saw Afreeca on their fullest potential. LCK MIDMid Competition: Faker, BDD, Chovy, Showmaker, Kuro. The mid player in LCK are very strong right now and the competition is huge. Right now you can divide the players into two groups. Faker, Kuro and BDD, Chovy, Showmaker. Faker and Kuro are the consistent, experience play maker mid. They are perfect for big stage being able to lane while making plays. BDD, Chovy, and Showmaker on the other hand(to put it simply) are lane kingdom. Lane Kingdom: The biggest feature of those mid laners is that all five of those mid are at 95, 97, 98 however if they face a 80 opponent then they destroy the game off that one lane. If you are below 80 and you are against these three players you can basically lose the game by yourself. Fly somtime dips below 80 so when he face them he can't breath(do anything) the whole game. But to be honest this isn't just Fly a lot of mid also collapse when they play against these three players. Faker: The most powerful part of Faker is his ability to make play on the stage. He is like the SSR character. His playmaking skill, being able to show up in important matches, and being able to make plays that define the whole game. If the lane kingdom players are able to do those things on top of being good in lane... It sound easy but in practice it is actually really difficult. KT: Return of the Kings(?)Smeb and Ucal: Smen was at the wilderness(Unknown; Not retired but not playing) and Ucal was from the even harsher environment(Griffin). I wasn't sure where Smeb is going but they both came back to KT. I think they came just at the right time. Aiming: If APK has hybrid then KT has Aiming. I think Aiming did really well last season. He had a really nice synergy with Kuro with Kuro providing safety for Aiming to grow and letting Aiming carry afterward.
Top Side: I think the biggest weakness of KT is that their top side doesn't have the carry potential. Their top and mid are not the carry threat. I said the beginning of the year KT will make playoff but they probably won't win. CloudTemplar's Prediction: I think right now my image is a bit distorted. A lot of my prediction was right and if you look at my career prediction they are pretty good. Then summer promotion happened[He predicted GRF and Sandbox]. A lot of people asked me if I made predictions without watching the Challenger games. I was the one casting them and not just one of them but all of them... Ucal: Like I said I think they came just in the right time. Ucal and Kuro complement each other very well. Ucal is a bit inconsistent and are dependent on the meta while Kuro is very consistent but lacks the carry potential. Smeb:SoHwan to put it simply need more time to grow. So Smeb is great here to help the rookie grow while being a carry threat. Of course, I don't know what level Smeb is at right now so it is a bit unknown. Legacy of the Void: In the history of League of Legend there isn't a single player that always stayed on top of the position aside from Faker. Especially Top, there is a lot of competition of being the best top laner. Marin, Smeb, Khan, Cuvee, TheShy, and Duke are probably the top contester of the position. The reason why it is hard to pick the definite best is that they all lack something.
Right now the competition in the top lane(LCK) are a bit lacking. There is a void on top in LCK and hopefully Smeb's return could fill that void.
Damwon:Worlds: Does people remember when Damwon went to Worlds? There was little talk about Nugri and it mostly about Canyon and Showmaker. Just like Afreeca you know Damwon did good when Nugri isn't mentioned. Nugri was Nugri but Canyon and Showmaker were the ones that sent the team to Words. Bot and CanyonThis season Nugri and Showmaker was good and Showmaker was good but Canyon and bot didn't perform that well. The support's prescene was near inexistent. They made some plays but they weren't very impactful and the support are a bit worrisome. I think it is good to have Nuclear and Ghost compete for the spot letting them grow but their support are worrisome. As for Canyon I think last season was a slump for him. I am not sure how long this slump would last.
Nugri and Showmaker: I think these two players are at A+~S. I think they are going toward S tier and I don't think it is weird to put them on S tier. I forgot to mention this but Aiming is also at S tier Is There too Many S Tier?I think every strong teams have at least 3,4 S players and sometimes even 5. So it shouldn't surprised that there are a lot of S tier players. This is also why it is hard to win at Worlds because pretty much everyone is S tier at Worlds. DRX:
Top/Jungle/Support: There isn't much DRX wanted to do aside from letting their top/jungle/support level up. Right now in terms of growth I think support grew the most followed by Top and then Jungle. I still think Keria needs to get better and all three of these player has to be at least A tier for them to move up. To be honest though they did great as their first spilt. Third place isn't that good as their first spilt playing together. If there isn't much to say about DRX isn't that the same for T1 and GenG?: Yes. Goodbye Top 3 in LCKLCK's G2: The reason it is hard to talk about DRX and GenG because it ends with "But can they win T1?" Everything starts and ends with T1 so there isn't much to talk about. Remember a while ago I disagree that G2 is the only good team in LEC because then it can be applied to LCK. T1 in LCK, C9 in LCS, G2 in LEC right now there is a big difference between first place and second place in each of the regions. It doesn't mean the whole region is bad but that the 1st place teams are really strong. Right now the only major region that has a tight competition is LPL where the top 3 can beat each other.
Strength of T1: T1 is just really good. It is not like before when SKT will always win but now T1 still has a very strong possibility of winning. Right now the top3 teams in LCK have almost guaranteed to go to the international stage so their goal is to grow as much as possible before they go oversea. Of course, the domestic league is still important but I think their focus is more on fixing their weak points than winning necessarily.
GenG:Mid/Jungle Power: Remember what I said about Chovy, BDD, and Showmaker and how they can destroy the game if their laners are below 80? This is doubly true in GenG because Clid and BDD often duo together. So they are 190 and if their opponent is below 170 they can destroy the game. If their mid/jungle are at 170 or below? They basically already lost. The Problem of GenG: The problem of GenG is that they struggle against team that as strong or stronger than them. Especially in LPL where their jungle/mid starts at 195. Let's say they were able hang on their other lanes just collapse without their help. Bot/Top: The legendary Ruler I know is more explosive and aggressive so hopefully he would go back to form. As for Rascal I think right now the top lane pool of LCK are the weakest. They really need to level up... T1:Clozer: I am a bit excited to see Clozer since I saw him in highlights a lot. But I am not sure if he would play much games on stage. I mean there is probably a reason they put him on sub so they are probably planning to do something with it. T1 on the International Stage: I think T1 realized this too but although they won LCK pretty convincingly the international stage are a completely different story. Because other international teams are so good I think they realized that it is going to be a difficult journey. Prediction:Top 3: I think top3 will stay the same. Middle 4:Damwon, KT, Afreeca, HLE Bot 3: Sandbox, SHO Prince, Dynamics I think they are self explantory but I think I have to explain Afreeca and HLE. To be honest I am a bit biased toward Afreeca I still can't forget the peak league of legend they showed against T1 so I have high hope for them. As for HLE because they now have a SS tier bot with the addition of Mr. Viper I think they will do good. I don't think there is a big difference between Middle 4 and Bot 3. LCK News:Surprise incoming: I can't reveal too much but don't be surprised if something shocking is revealed soon. Last Challenger Korea: This will be the last Challenger Korea and I know a lot of people pay more attention to LCK but please come watch Challenger as they try their best in the final Challenger Korea Season. I have been casting Challenger for a very long timeAlthough people still ask me if I watch Challenger and I wish fans will support the challengers team one last time. I will be casting LCK for 4 days and Challenger for 2 days every week like usual Q&A:
A: I don't think anyone knows right now they are still in the process.
A: I don't know. I would say I don't know even if I know but I really don't know.
A: I am frustrated with it too but I am not a Rioter so I can't really give you an answer even if I want to. I get angry hearing people not being punished too but I don't have any power in that.
A: I don't know that either
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| Saying "I play for fun," or "It's just a game" does NOT mean "I don't try, or I don't want to win." Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:15 AM PDT More Appropriate Title: Just because a player plays the game for fun, doesn't mean they don't try. Original title comes off as typing in chat "I play for fun, leave me alone." Please read Edit 4 as a lot of people are commenting the same thing that isn't the point of my post. It's the biggest misconception. I was able to climb to Plat I and I have, since day 1, only been playing "for fun" since i've started. People constantly think that because I find this game fun and that I play to enjoy the game, that suddenly it means I feed and don't try to win? Winning is fun, but losing shouldn't make the whole game unfun. Yeah, i've had times where i've gotten shit on and it wasn't really fun, but I don't get mad over it. I'm not going to let this game consume me and my emotions when the reason I play the game is to disconnect from the real world. I don't want to come home from work after a 10 hours shift and play a game to get pissed off if it isn't a win. Fuck that. I want to play a game and relax and not have to worry about everything else going on. I have bills, work, school, politics, pets, kids, debt etc all of this shit going on that I can get mad or stressed about, I'm not going to get on a game I enjoy and suddenly get mad at that too.
So what do I do if I lose? I say "Well, that sucks," think about the mistakes I made and how I could have done better... and then I move on/click play again. Did my teammate int? Yeah, but after so many games I've seen players int all the time, what's new? It's annoying and an inconvenience, but it's not going to affect me and my day, and has absolutely 0 impact on my life. Do I try my best? Of course I do. "If you're not getting mad/upset after a loss than you don't care." Damn right I don't. I only care about how well i'm doing and how i'm performing. I can't trust teammates half the time anyways, why would I let what they do affect me. I'm trying to get good, and only I am the common denominator in all my games, so I should be caring about me.
This isn't to say that YOU can't get mad or upset at a loss, you do you, but you can definitely be serious and play for fun, it's not black and white. Stop trying to tell players they can't play for fun and get good, you can, it's about your mindset and putting your problems and emotions in the right place.
But I will clarify, i'm not going to int and say "I don't play to win, I play for fun" to dismiss my own mistakes, that's a different kind of "play for fun" player. But it's absolutely toxic that players aren't allowed to play for fun and be trying? Like is this game not fun and engaging? Edit: I'm going to add that you can have fun and be competitive, idk what kind of shit logic some of you have, but ask any professional athlete if they have fun playing? Most will answer yes, just because I can handle losing in a positive manner doesn't mean I try to lose or can't be competitive. Not to say I LIKE losing, what I'm saying I can still have fun if lose because I LOVE THIS GAME and the gameplay/mechanics, not just getting the W. Edit 2: I guess I should clarify, I do not use "I play for fun" as a response to someone calling me out. I think my title should say something like "Just because someone plays for fun, doesn't mean they don't try." Edit 3: I appreciate everyone's comments, I'm enjoying the discussion even though not everyone's viewpoints align. Edit 4: Either people aren't reading everything, or they're purposely ignoring what I'm trying to say. I did not mean to come off as defending people typing in chat "I play for fun chill" after feeding. I'm actually not really talking about typing it all. I'm more so saying that people who play for fun are capable of playing ranked and trying hard. Please don't comment about "Why do you need to say it?" Because I'm referring more to the concept/idea or casual conversation, not so much in game. But as for "it's just a game," can be said in game when trying to cheer someone up and it shouldn't be frowned upon because I have played countless games where me telling that to someone has made them cheer up. [link] [comments] |
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