League of Legends - Trumped up Rock, Paper, Scissors
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Chaotic Obsidian
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- Joined: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:37 pm
If we want to get any better, we have to TRY to get better. In practice as it is right now, we only play ranked games. We don't try new strats, we don't go into games with an objectives in mind. We have to change that. For us to get better, we must PRACTICE better. That means we try new things in practice, not just play ranked games against Gold and Silver ELO players. We should all step back for a second and evaluate what we want out of this team. If we want Bronze, silver, gold, plat, diamond, challenger, and then start PRACTICING to BE that level. We have to not only want it, we have to try for it.
My availability:
VERY limited for a while.
Sun - Available
Mon - Available
Tue-Sun - Not available
Mon - Thu - Not available
Fri - Not available
Sat-Fri - Available
So, ya, for like a week and a half, I'm not available. If anything in the schedule changes, I'll be available. But I don't anticipate that.
Feel free to recruit another player, play with Theo, Venerable, etc. But you will probably all miss me too much. It will be too much of a painful reminder of my absence to play without me. Which is fine too.
VERY limited for a while.
Sun - Available
Mon - Available
Tue-Sun - Not available
Mon - Thu - Not available
Fri - Not available
Sat-Fri - Available
So, ya, for like a week and a half, I'm not available. If anything in the schedule changes, I'll be available. But I don't anticipate that.
Feel free to recruit another player, play with Theo, Venerable, etc. But you will probably all miss me too much. It will be too much of a painful reminder of my absence to play without me. Which is fine too.
If we want to get any better, we have to TRY to get better. In practice as it is right now, we only play ranked games. We don't try new strats, we don't go into games with an objectives in mind. We have to change that. For us to get better, we must PRACTICE better. That means we try new things in practice, not just play ranked games against Gold and Silver ELO players. We should all step back for a second and evaluate what we want out of this team. If we want Bronze, silver, gold, plat, diamond, challenger, and then start PRACTICING to BE that level. We have to not only want it, we have to try for it.
I agree with that, however I would argue that we also NEED to win the promotion series we've been fighting for. We have a system in place, and provided we don't get setup against gold and silver players, we will win the games with our current roles/setups/strategy.
So let's practice, but let's not ignore where we are in the standings. I think we need to work on the promotion now before we lose Cake for a while, and then work on new strategies.
It takes work to have fun, goddamnit.
Right? Sadly, the game is fun as hell, but it IS a competition. Same thing as playing any sport.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
See, the difference is:
I'm off because I'm AT work. You people are off because you have to work some time in the future or because you worked some time in the past.
Gordon: "I had to leave the house today and I'm all tuckered out. I'm going to bed early."
Gordon: "I have to get up in the morning, like everyone else that's playing, because of work. I have to get my rest so I'm not tuckered out for work."
Leisher: "I have to talk to people tomorrow. I'll need to get to bed early cause my vagina is making me."
Me: "I've been up for 27 hours straight and have another 17 hours of work for tomorrow. I only have time for a few games."
Me: "I started working at 3am this morning and worked until 3pm. I have to go back to work tonight at 3am. But, I took a 2 hour nap and made sure I was awake by 9:30 so I could play."
So, ya. People that don't play because of work disgust me. Because it's different than people who are AT work.
I'm off because I'm AT work. You people are off because you have to work some time in the future or because you worked some time in the past.
Gordon: "I had to leave the house today and I'm all tuckered out. I'm going to bed early."
Gordon: "I have to get up in the morning, like everyone else that's playing, because of work. I have to get my rest so I'm not tuckered out for work."
Leisher: "I have to talk to people tomorrow. I'll need to get to bed early cause my vagina is making me."
Me: "I've been up for 27 hours straight and have another 17 hours of work for tomorrow. I only have time for a few games."
Me: "I started working at 3am this morning and worked until 3pm. I have to go back to work tonight at 3am. But, I took a 2 hour nap and made sure I was awake by 9:30 so I could play."
So, ya. People that don't play because of work disgust me. Because it's different than people who are AT work.
Since Team Speak showed up now I never know where to look for people to see if they are online. Some people get in Steam, and some people just get in game but don't bother with steam, and then people have to go into different platforms and message people a fuck you all I hate you.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I get into game and Steam. I don't jump into Team Voice just yet.
BTW, status isn't the best indicator if someone is there or not. Steam and LoL will put you into Away status if you don't move your mouse after x amount of minutes.
When I log in nightly, if nobody is on, I'll sit back, watch TV, and play games on a tablet or my phone.
Can't hurt to message me and see if I'm there.
BTW, status isn't the best indicator if someone is there or not. Steam and LoL will put you into Away status if you don't move your mouse after x amount of minutes.
When I log in nightly, if nobody is on, I'll sit back, watch TV, and play games on a tablet or my phone.
Can't hurt to message me and see if I'm there.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
After trouncing the other team when we jumped into a game as a duo, Leisher and I decided that we really shine when the enemy team is not organized and not very good.
It is the skilled teams that are our Achilles' heel.
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It is the skilled teams that are our Achilles' heel.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Leisher and I decided that we really shine when the enemy team is not organized and not very good.
If only LoL had the equivalent of a crazy old John Madden commentator to spout such lines.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."