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Post Post #163 (isolation #0) » Wed May 25, 2016 5:06 pm

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Wards, more like boreds.

why not just kill the mid and jungler when the gank comes?
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Post Post #548 (isolation #1) » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:36 am

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I have the urge to start leagueing again :(
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Post Post #2028 (isolation #2) » Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:14 pm

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I don't play anymore but put me down as masters for S4.
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Post Post #2156 (isolation #3) » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:49 pm

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Post Post #2287 (isolation #4) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:34 pm

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People play extremely selfishly until you get to really high elo.

One of the hallmarks of an extremely good (masters+) player is that they make plays that kill them but win teamfights.

Those kinds of calculated plays where people don't even try to get out because it's more important to buy their team the extra time.
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Post Post #2372 (isolation #5) » Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:13 am

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I played a few games this season on an alt!

I'm plat 1 so far.
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Post Post #2425 (isolation #6) » Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:35 pm

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Totally unable to sleep. Anyone want to play a game or two?
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Post Post #2433 (isolation #7) » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:10 pm

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PM me your username if you want to play one
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Post Post #2917 (isolation #8) » Fri May 19, 2017 5:48 am

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League died because the people who made it what it is quit.
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Post Post #2918 (isolation #9) » Fri May 19, 2017 5:56 am

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It strayed too far from what it used to be imo.
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Post Post #2921 (isolation #10) » Fri May 19, 2017 6:02 am

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It's not dead but it's definitely not at it's peak anymore. Peak was definitely like late S1 or S3.
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Post Post #2924 (isolation #11) » Fri May 19, 2017 6:09 am

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I don't play anymore so I am going off of what seems to be the general consensus from my friends that still do.

It's not dead but it's certainly declined both in playerbase and quality of experience from the times that I am talking about. I tried to get back into it multiple times and it just doesn't feel the same anymore for me for several reasons, some of which are due to personal changes but a lot of it is due to changes in the game.

The emphasis on helping junglers gank more without getting behind is awful and the current 'free ward' situation is awful. I used to go back and buy four wards for both sides of the lane for 6 minutes because I would get camped so much and now I can only ward one side some of the time.
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Post Post #2925 (isolation #12) » Fri May 19, 2017 6:13 am

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To me what made League different than Dota was that league was heavily focused on individual skills and players and enabling one person to make the kind of difference they never could in Dota and over time it's felt like they've moved away from that model, unless you play a gank jungler like Rammus and nonstop gank lanes.

If I'm roflstomping a lane I should be able to have deterrence against jungler camp besides relying on my own jungler or getting so far ahead that I can 1v2, because all that happens when you can 1v2 in the current game is the support and top lane start coming mid.

So yeah gameplay wise the ward change was catastrophically bad for the high-elo game at large in order to bandaid fix a competitive issue (supports only buying wards all game in competitive games) and slightly improve things in low elo. Continually making the game more and more jungler dependent makes the game feel very frustrating unless I want to spam Rammus/Amumu games which feel dissatisfying even when you single handedly break the game open. And it feels like there's this attitude in league players nowadays where you treat your teammates like they're your enemies and not the enemy team.
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Post Post #2928 (isolation #13) » Fri May 19, 2017 6:34 am

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Oh I actually completely forgot probably the biggest thing for me was that they made Annie ult no longer instant. Obviously YMMV on that.

*shrug*

I mean my explanation probably seems narrowly focused around my own game and kinda selfish but the sentiment is pretty universal. Of the people that I used to play with only like 2 of them still play and Jesse doesn't even ranked anymore.
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Post Post #2930 (isolation #14) » Fri May 19, 2017 6:50 am

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In post 2929, Ser Arthur Dayne wrote:I stopped playing some months ago and it was basically because Karthus was shit and they were ignoring old champions in favor of new and flashy and hyper-mobile champions with invulnerabilities.

The other reason was the toxicity when I could be doing a million other things that I enjoy that doesn't involve ragers and toxic people.

That doesn't mean the game is really dying just because I no longer enjoy it. It's true that it has changed a lot from what it used to be (for better or worse), but there are probably a bunch of new people that pick it up and enjoy it for what it is now.
And that's fair. I understand that a lot of people still love the game regardless of whether they played when I did.

It just isn't the game that I picked up at the start of high school and invested so much of my life into. And it's not gonna be that again so.
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Post Post #3051 (isolation #15) » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:21 pm

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dwlee would you stop being a toxic fuck jesus
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Post Post #3161 (isolation #16) » Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:30 pm

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I think you're undervaluing individual talent with a champion and overvaluing average ability with a champion
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Post Post #3559 (isolation #17) » Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:17 pm

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In post 3551, RayFrost wrote:I have found players to be equally toxic regardless of where I am at.

The insults just change a little.

In bronze, people said to just play ai.

In silver, people said you belonged in bronze.

In gold, people said you were a silver scrub.

In plat, people said you were boosted.
people don't start being nicer until you get high enough that you play with the same people repeatedly and you can't afford to make enemies
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Post Post #4136 (isolation #18) » Sun May 12, 2019 12:08 pm

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Play who you want to play
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Post Post #4138 (isolation #19) » Sun May 12, 2019 12:11 pm

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I had a 90% winrate with jungle fiddlesticks and mid 60s with most other champions last season over like 100 games. If you want to be able to carry you need to jungle if that's not your top priority it doesn't really matter who you play as long as you play them well
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Post Post #4139 (isolation #20) » Sun May 12, 2019 12:13 pm

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If ur averaging a 50%ish winrate your issue is not ur champion of choice

If you're not climbing as fast as you want when you're better than everyone you should start jungling
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Post Post #4142 (isolation #21) » Sun May 12, 2019 1:09 pm

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As of this January games felt unlosable as jg

Idk if there has been major nerfs since then
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