League of Legends LII: Sin of the Blind Monk

[Godskook]

Mumblers make up 25.61 % of Vlads Infiltrators by my count.

5/30 Silver Is
5/23 IIs
14/39 IIIs
5/27 IVs
13/45 Vs (Djinns here though, and I expect alot of mumbers in Silver are just too lazy to climb/can't escape bads).

My count is:
I - 9
II - 10
III - 16
IV - 9
V - 19

Plus an additional 10 of us who're graduates of the league.

[Olinser]

Mumblers make up 25.61 % of Vlads Infiltrators by my count.

5/30 Silver Is
5/23 IIs
14/39 IIIs
5/27 IVs
13/45 Vs (Djinns here though, and I expect alot of mumbers in Silver are just too lazy to climb/can't escape bads).

Meh, I've never bought the 'can't escape bads' excuse.

Sure, I'll bitch about it too, especially recently when I went on a losing streak because of it and actually lost a rank, but now I'm slowly back on the climb again. If you deserve to be higher, you'll climb higher.

Statistically, since YOU presumably are not a bad/troll/afker, there is only a 4/9 (44.44% chance) that the bad/troll/afker will be on your team, and a 5/9 chance (55.55%) that he will be on the enemy team. Over a large enough sample bads/trolls will actually benefit you.

Of course the key there is large enough sample - just don't get frustrated at a string of losses - because you'll have a string of wins as well, you just attribute the wins to you being awesome rather than a troll or baddie on the other team (as is human nature). My 7 game losing streak was preceded by (with a few more wins/losses in between) a 14 game win streak. I'll admit straight up that 2 games in particular in that streak my team did NOT deserve to win.

Short summary? Bads are more likely to be on the other team. Keep playing your best every game, and you'll rise to your appropriate level.

[EternalMelon]

[snip]Keep playing your best every game, and you'll rise to your appropriate level.

And then some, as you level will slowly rise with you.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

Meh, I've never bought the 'can't escape bads' excuse.

I agree. I've gotten a few bads, but the balance of probability indicates that eventually I'd win more Silver V games than I lose. I'm just lazy.

[EternalMelon]

I agree. I've gotten a few bads, but the balance of probability indicates that eventually I'd win more Silver V games than I lose. I'm just lazy.

Dou with me! I'll carry you, because obviously I'm a better player than you because I'm a higher rank!

[Socratov]

So, maybe I'm imagining things, but I think my teamspeak hates me. without running teamspeak (the place for me for finding other EUW players and friends) my Lol runs fine. with it no matter what my connection is, no matter if I run othe rprograms or not, my lol just lags like it has an old lady in fornt of it. I haven't found a way to switch ports (maybe that's it) and on trying to find a sulotion to the problem I found an unrelated issue about the scrLk key which I don't use anyway. Sad thing is, now I still don't have anyone to play with over VOIP since having lag issues (where chainging Zyra's e and r won't even work and where she walks funny) is too bad to just roll with it.

Oh, and don't give me the playground mumble crap since the only people I see there are playing NA...

[Godskook]

Oh, and don't give me the playground mumble crap since the only people I see there are playing NA...

There's a handful of mumblers who're only on mumble because we dragged them on with us. If you cultivate a European activity on the server, there'll be one.

Hell, I'm pretty sure there's a good few playgrounders who only transitioned to being mumblers because I personally dragged them on.

[Socratov]

There's a handful of mumblers who're only on mumble because we dragged them on with us. If you cultivate a European activity on the server, there'll be one.

Hell, I'm pretty sure there's a good few playgrounders who only transitioned to being mumblers because I personally dragged them on.

I tried. It didn't stick, if anything it made the EUW (I know they were there) change to NA

[mrcarter11]

I'd suggest finding a new place to meet players. Such as chat areas or forums. And then using a new chat program. But since it seems that didn't work for you, if you already have the friends and just need a new chat client, go with raid or skype. Both are simple and quick.

[Winthur]

I agree. I've gotten a few bads, but the balance of probability indicates that eventually I'd win more Silver V games than I lose. I'm just lazy.

But free Elise dude. You're the quintessential pubstomper, Gold should be worth the free Elise.

(Though you can get gold in TT in 1,5 hours too...)

[Godskook]

I tried. It didn't stick, if anything it made the EUW (I know they were there) change to NA

Tried what, exactly?

[Olinser]

Dou with me! I'll carry you, because obviously I'm a better player than you because I'm a higher rank!

OMG that problem has gotten so bad lately.

I've kept a count. So far I've had no less than THREE Platinum players duo qued with bronze players (you can tell because you can look in their history and they were playing ranked games with the same person).

So far not a single one has managed to win the game. It's always the same thing - the bronze player feeds, and the platinum player does fine, but just can't carry basically a 4v5. One of the bronze guys was in the jungle, didn't gank a single lane, and was level 5 when I hit level 7 as the support.

I seriously think that you should be banned from duo queing with anybody that is more than 1 tier away from you (i.e. if you're Plat III, you can't duo with somebody below Gold III, if you're Diamond IV, you can't que with anybody below Plat IV).

[Godskook]

I seriously think that you should be banned from duo queing with anybody that is more than 1 tier away from you (i.e. if you're Plat III, you can't duo with somebody below Gold III, if you're Diamond IV, you can't que with anybody below Plat IV).

If they're going to make it a rule, they can just hardcode it in, in this case.

Personally, I'd rather see Duo Queues go away entirely.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

But free Elise dude. You're the quintessential pubstomper, Gold should be worth the free Elise.

It would be, if I didn't own all the champions already and have 21k+ IP lying idle currently.

[Antonok]

Welp. Just hit 30. Time to farm a crapload of IP for runes (and a few more ADC/Sup champs even tho I suck at both roles)

[zmasterofjersey]

I'd suggest finding a new place to meet players. Such as chat areas or forums. And then using a new chat program. But since it seems that didn't work for you, if you already have the friends and just need a new chat client, go with raid or skype. Both are simple and quick.

I just thought of something related to this, could we set up a Chat room in the league client for Gitp that you can set to join automatically when you sign on?

[EternalMelon]

-snip-

I was actually making a joke about my rank being better than Djinns even though hes a way better player then me.

Also, Dou queues shouldn't ramp the elo up so high. It would be nice to be able to dou with some friends around your level and not be treated as a higher rank then you are.

[Eldariel]

Welp. Just hit 30. Time to farm a crapload of IP for runes (and a few more ADC/Sup champs even tho I suck at both roles)

Playing a role helps one become significantly less sucky in it.

[MCerberus]

Actual conversation in a ranked game. Swain got himself ahead and helped me snowball the other lanes with super ganks. (Vi ult into a Swain root is ridiculous)

Vi (me): That Swain is one badass mother-
Soraka: Shut your mouth
Vi: Just talkin' about Swain

[Antonok]

Playing a role helps one become significantly less sucky in it.

Tried many a time. Support triggers my ADD and I lose interest in the game, and I just have no talent for ADC (probably due to me being better at melee champs then ranged in general).

[ex cathedra]

It would be, if I didn't own all the champions already and have 21k+ IP lying idle currently.

but the skin tho.

[TechnOkami]

Actual conversation in a ranked game. Swain got himself ahead and helped me snowball the other lanes with super ganks. (Vi ult into a Swain root is ridiculous)

Vi (me): That Swain is one badass mother-
Soraka: Shut your mouth
Vi: Just talkin' about Swain

Excellent.

[Eldariel]

Tried many a time. Support triggers my ADD and I lose interest in the game, and I just have no talent for ADC (probably due to me being better at melee champs then ranged in general).

Be more aggressive on the lane then. No problem with ADD. And again, range/melee is a thing you can learn. Mebbe takes few hundred games, whatever, a drop in the ocean and you want the IP anyways. It can be rewarding to learn other roles and styles anyways, and tends to improve your play in your original role too.

[MCerberus]

Tried many a time. Support triggers my ADD and I lose interest in the game, and I just have no talent for ADC (probably due to me being better at melee champs then ranged in general).

Use your ADD as a weapon.
Your job as support isn't just keeping the carry safe and poking (Zyra, btw, is a very 'active' support, try her). You're also in charge of vision monitoring. You need to always check the minimap, see where there's gaps, help your jungler make calls, and ping areas that are suspicious.

edit- oh, and what does everything think of Cleaver vs Hydra for your extended-core offensive item on Renekton?

[Godskook]

I just thought of something related to this, could we set up a Chat room in the league client for Gitp that you can set to join automatically when you sign on?

I just created the channel "GITP" and you've always been able to set chat rooms to "auto join on startup". Its in the gearbox menu in the top of chat.

[EternalMelon]

edit- oh, and what does everything think of Cleaver vs Hydra for your extended-core offensive item on Renekton?

Cleaver, you get the brutalize anyway. maybe Hydra if your doing really well/to split push, but id recommend the BC anyway. Its just so good on him.

[Forrestfire]

Tried many a time. Support triggers my ADD and I lose interest in the game, and I just have no talent for ADC (probably due to me being better at melee champs then ranged in general).

I'm going to echo the others and say that if you're losing interest in the game while playing support, you're probably going about it wrong.

Your job as a support is to simultaneously, in no specific order of importance:

• Protect your carry
• Zone the enemy laners
• Poke the enemy laners if you're that sort of champion,
• Watch how they're moving to find a good opening for an engage
• Keep track of ward timers
• Try to keep tabs on the enemy jungler,
• Keep tabs on your own jungler
• Call mias for every lane
• Try to predict when a lane is trying to gank another one
• Ward your lane
• Ward up near dragon, and if you feel like it, at the enemy blue
• Watch for when the enemy places a ward, then let your carry and jungler know (you don't even have to have vision in the bush/fog of war they put it in--as long as you can see them, there's a noise and puff of light where they place it)
• And probably a bunch more that I forgot about

(Or at least that's how I try to play support).

[Godskook]

edit- oh, and what does everything think of Cleaver vs Hydra for your extended-core offensive item on Renekton?

Cleaver seems more popular and its build path is probably strongest for him(Bruta is cheap and effective). Works really well in teamfights because of the debuff.

Hydra is stronger if you're split pushing, I think, and the dueling potential is stronger due to the lifesteal and auto-reset.

Last Whisper is what I could've sworn efdf recommended last time he said something about the Croc in thread.

[TechnOkami]

Cleaver seems more popular and its build path is probably strongest for him(Bruta is cheap and effective). Works really well in teamfights because of the debuff.

Hydra is stronger if you're split pushing, I think, and the dueling potential is stronger due to the lifesteal and auto-reset.

Last Whisper is what I could've sworn efdf recommended last time he said something about the Croc in thread.

I see cleaver vs. LW like this: do I have people besides myself (as Renekton) and the ADC who deal AD as their main source of damage? If yes, eventually get BC, if not, get LW. Honestly with Renekton though, I'm usually building 4 tanky items and boots before I even think about getting either or, maybe getting a Brutalizer early game depending on how well my lane goes.

[Renegade Paladin]

I don't mind them communicating in meme's so much as I mind them communicating in ridiculously OUTDATED memes. Seriously - that one is YEARS old.

Yeah, but he'll probably run for governor again next election.