League of Legends (Old)

[KaleiÐoscøpe]

GJ Oman!

Now you're in the division that sucks just as much as Bronze... Silver V

[Oman]

KSCOPE don't shit on my dreams.

From what I've heard S5 is usually worse because it's people that got through their selection games okay and then fail but can never get demoted to bronze.

[animorpherv1]

They

can

get demoted if they're that shitty now, but it's pretty hard. Also, gj oman!

[zoraster]

gp/10 is the casual way of referencing "gold generation via passive" items rather than just actual gold per 10 seconds.

I demand precision!

[mykonian]

From what I've heard S5 is usually worse because it's people that got through their selection games okay and then fail but can never get demoted to bronze.

it's also people who feel like they've managed something, that they are superior to bronze etc. Similar things happen with gold 5's a bit more, I think.

[zoraster]

at silver V you're still put with a lot of Bronze people

I don't think ELO hell is a real thing, but I will say that playing on my Silver V account is far more frustrating than playing on my Silver II one. That doesn't seem like it should make that much of a difference, but while the skill level is pretty much the same, I've found less behavior that is on its face unfun. Not that it doesn't happen, but on my S5 account I've had stretches of 4 or 5 games where one side or the other would have an afk or a jungle teemo or whatever.

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Called it.

[Voidedmafia]

Never tasted a penta.

Closest i came was 2 quadras, one on sivir, and one on gangplank i believe.

Got my first penta as Fiora on an ARAM.

Damn, good job, Oman!

[Siveure DtTrikyp]

I got my first penta as vi.

I have NO idea what happened in that fight.

Also, elo hell can't be a thing because elo boosting is a thing.

[Oman]

Void, bra, congrats on the penta. Still don't have one myself.

It totally depends what you mean by ELO hell? If you're saying where it's IMPOSSIBLE to get out, then obviously, yeah. If you're talking a higher level of afks, trolls, people intentionally making your day bad? Definitely exists. If you're talking about people just playing poorly (like people saying "OMG we're all AD, ELO HELL!") then no, that's just people who aren't good at the game being not good at the game.

[mykonian]

an all ad team isn't bad per se, you are just on a clock of sorts to abuse your advantage.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Warwick with the new jungle itemisation feels... dirty. Admittedly you pay the price by not being that great a ganker on your own until 6, but jeez.

[Siveure DtTrikyp]

Wait.

WW's getting nerfed, the smite he gets is getting nerfed AND the enchantment is being nerfed.

[hiplop]

rip ww

[Oman]

Good. We can have six bans again.

[zoraster]

Void, bra, congrats on the penta. Still don't have one myself.

It totally depends what you mean by ELO hell? If you're saying where it's IMPOSSIBLE to get out, then obviously, yeah. If you're talking a higher level of afks, trolls, people intentionally making your day bad? Definitely exists. If you're talking about people just playing poorly (like people saying "OMG we're all AD, ELO HELL!") then no, that's just people who aren't good at the game being not good at the game.

i think it's usually used as shorthand for a place where it's difficult to escape from because despite the skill level of an individual, others are so bad/trolly/etc that they prevent the person with enough skill to get out. I think simple math is enough to largely defeat this (if you're good, your team only has 4 potential trolls whereas the other team has 5 possible trolls so over time it should even out).

[Iecerint]

Wait.

WW's getting nerfed, the smite he gets is getting nerfed AND the enchantment is being nerfed.

I think he took Skirmisher's for the on-hit effect with his ult.

[Oman]

Void, bra, congrats on the penta. Still don't have one myself.

It totally depends what you mean by ELO hell? If you're saying where it's IMPOSSIBLE to get out, then obviously, yeah. If you're talking a higher level of afks, trolls, people intentionally making your day bad? Definitely exists. If you're talking about people just playing poorly (like people saying "OMG we're all AD, ELO HELL!") then no, that's just people who aren't good at the game being not good at the game.

i think it's usually used as shorthand for a place where it's difficult to escape from because despite the skill level of an individual, others are so bad/trolly/etc that they prevent the person with enough skill to get out. I think simple math is enough to largely defeat this (if you're good, your team only has 4 potential trolls whereas the other team has 5 possible trolls so over time it should even out).

Except that some games mean different amounts (promos), and that it's based on it evening out over math. How many games do you play in a season? 200? maybe 300? I don't know if that's enough for the "4 potential troll vs 5 potential trolls to even out". What if you consider that your team has only 4 chances to have a potential challenger smurf and the other team has 5 chances?

[animorpherv1]

Name all League Champs by their W ability in 15 minutes!

I got 96 of 123.

[JasonWazza]

i got 74/123 and totally spent way too much time trying to put a name to the face for some of the champions, that i actually missed trying the last 15 or so.

[DeathNote]

Yeah I don't type.

[xRECKONERx]

Yeah I don't type.

i sense a lie

[quadz08]

100/123 wheee

[Oman]

81/123.

Amazing how many champs I play that I couldn't name. Leona is one of my most played and I totally didn't get hers at all.

There was a lot of sitting there screaming to myself "YOU KNOW, SWORD GUY!"

[Patrick]

103. Struggled more with newer ones.