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[Artanisix]

so yu-gi-oh is the next anime ive chosen to watch, that way i understand and can talk about the lore with true yu-gi-oh experts, and i can totally learn how to play the card game too

it's the most unintentionally awful and hilarious anime i've ever watched

 

[NormalFish]

It's good in the same way Pride and Prejudice is good but you need to be 5k MMR anime fan at least to appreciate it. If you're 2k pubtrash at anime like EE you're better off with Infinite Stratos.

IS is god awful.

evas awesome

Eva doesn't even make sense. People can rail about how it secretly makes sense, but they're just tripping

 

[Hylian7]

Ok guys, show me some storm spirit videos, I'm ready to spam him to get back to 3000mmr. (The problem I have with him is, I just don't know his damage burst vs Mana usage)

I'll give you a reader's digest guide of him.

- Damage comes from Overload primarily, Remnant secondary (early game), and Ball Lightning tertiary. Late game Ball Lightning and Remnant damage hierarchy switch.
- Don't make long zips unless you absolutely have to early game. As you play the hero more, you can get a feel for how much you can actually zip, but for now, a good rule of thumb is to generally don't zip longer than across the width of the river banks, another relative comparison would be across a treeline.
- Use short zips to dodge projectiles or other spells. Watch for cast animations, for instance you can see Lina winding up a Light Strike Array.
- You are technically invulnerable during Ball Lightning, but there are strange caveats to this. These are kind of one-off things too, so usually it's safe to assume you are invulnerable during that form. Pudge can hook you when you are in Ball Lightning, however it only drags you and doesn't do damage. Silencer's ultimate can still silence you (I guess it treats it like BKB there). Another weird caveat of it is that you can't receive some buffs during Ball Lightning, whether this is a bug or intentional, I don't know, but one example of this is runes. You can technically take runes while in Ball Lightning, however you don't get their effect. It's really weird, you do still get the Bounty Rune effect though.
- You can attack from Ball Lightning assuming you are facing the right direction and your attack speed is fast enough. You can also cast spells and use items too.
- Laning with Storm comes down to Remmant efficiency. Basically if there's a creep almost to last hit range, and a couple of creeps just out of health range to be killed by one Remnant, you want to right click the creeps that are out of the threshold, and then remnant between all the creeps that would die from it. This is something you generally have to get a feel for, but that of course can come with time pretty quickly.
- Use Overload to harass the enemy if you can, but if you can't, make sure you get a last hit with it. Remember it explodes in a small AoE too, so if there are some creeps really low (like <50 HP) and one that's a bit higher that will die with the Overload hit, then you can score all those last hits in one Overload.
- Don't waste overloads if you can avoid it. Sometimes you have to because of a pressing situation, but it shouldn't happen very often. Overloads do proc on catapults, but don't damage them, but the AoE still explodes.
- There are a few options for skill builds, but the one I like best is 1-1-4-1 at 7, after that I get 3 in vortex (this is how much you need to pull someone into Remnant), then max Remmant, then get the last point in Vortex when you can.
- Mana regen > Mana pool on Storm. The reason for this is Ball Lightning is a percentage based mana cost, so this goes up if you have more mana pool. Now having more mana pool allows you to zip further, and you will end up getting a larger mana pool with items, but generally if you have a choice, regen > pool. An example of this would be if you were buying Scythe of Vyse, you want Void Stone in your inventory rather than Mystic Staff.
- Rough lane? Stack camps, remnant and overload them to catch up a bit when you can't farm your lane for whatever reason.
- Generally you don't want to get BKB if you don't absolutely have to. It doesn't provide anything for your mana pool, which is pretty much your bread and butter, and there are usually better options since you have Ball Lightning. I find Linkens, Euls, and even Lotus Orb are better options. I say Euls mainly for silences, you can purge Global Silence off yourself with it, as well as have a way to set yourself up for a zip out on something.
- Treads are super important, this gives you the attack speed you need to efficiently spell > hit > spell > hit. Don't go Arcane Boots.
- Bloodstone is generally your first core item, and before you finish it Soul Ring is great to have.
- After Bloodstone it basically depends on the situation. Candidates here might be Orchid, Linkens, or Euls, but there are other options too. If you really really really need it you can get BKB here, but again, I would advise against BKB unless you absolutely need it.

It just takes a lot of practice to understand what your current mana pool and regen are capable of with the hero. So just go play unranked games with him to get a feel for it.

 

[SteveWinwood]

wasnt yugioh like the sequel and he used to just be good at checkers and shit before that

IS is god awful.

Eva doesn't even make sense. People can rail about how it secretly makes sense, but they're just tripping

1. it doesnt have to make sense, use your imagination and make your own sense out of it
2. it kind of does make sense but in that awful anime way where you have to go read a wiki and its all nonsense that some dude came up with while high and stuck on some jewish religion site
3. its awesome
4. giant robots
5. angsty teenagers

 

[inkls]

just a reminder to all you aspiring storm spirit idiots out there trying to climb mmr with the hero. he is farm dependent so hit creeps and stop zipping around the map forever.

it's okay

inkls is playing TA now

Wow WTH I thought we were friends TSUR

lol that one got me.

No offense to inkls intended as I have no idea how he plays storm.

They're just jealous

Please respect inkls.

+1

 

[Kade]

Have you guys seen Serial Experiments Lain? It's the best anime.

 

[cris7198]

so yu-gi-oh is the next anime ive chosen to watch, that way i understand and can talk about the lore with true yu-gi-oh experts, and i can totally learn how to play the card game too

it's the most unintentionally awful and hilarious anime i've ever watched

Indeed it is, I've been watching it again on Netflix (nostalgia yo), and I didn't remember how hilarious it is, mainly because how the characters sometimes trow the rules out of the fucking window.

 

[NormalFish]

1. it doesnt have to make sense, use your imagination and make your own sense out of it
2. it kind of does make sense but in that awful anime way where you have to go read a wiki and its all nonsense that some dude came up with while high and stuck on some jewish religion site
3. its awesome
4. giant robots
5. angsty teenagers

1. pls
2. like really awful
3. pls
4. Gundam is better
5. true

**in seriousness, I was so disinterested by the end that I didn't even realize the last two episodes were... what they are until 5 minutes in to the 2nd.

Enjoyed the first few episodes, though.

 

[ViviOggi]

YGO anime is literally the worst way to learn the game, it's quite something

Eva doesn't even make sense. People can rail about how it secretly makes sense, but they're just tripping

u don't make sense

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

so yu-gi-oh is the next anime ive chosen to watch, that way i understand and can talk about the lore with true yu-gi-oh experts, and i can totally learn how to play the card game too

it's the most unintentionally awful and hilarious anime i've ever watched

The only thing you'll learn is how to cheat, every single game someone finds a new way to cheat. When I was younger I felt like certain cards were super OP because of the show, but then I realized they changed one property that made them go from balanced to fucking bullshit.

Still, it's super entertaining.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

so yu-gi-oh is the next anime ive chosen to watch, that way i understand and can talk about the lore with true yu-gi-oh experts, and i can totally learn how to play the card game too

it's the most unintentionally awful and hilarious anime i've ever watched

I watched this as a kid.

SAY GOODBYE TO EXODIA made me laugh a lot






u guys complain about summer and i live in eternal summer land it is like 38 celcis, humid and blazing sun

 

[FACE]

Buff Bounty Hunter, they said...

 

[SteveWinwood]

1. pls
2. like really awful
3. pls
4. Gundam is better
5. true

**in seriousness, I was so disinterested by the end that I didn't even realize the last two episodes were... what they are until 5 minutes in to the 2nd.

Enjoyed the first few episodes, though.

just watch end of evangelion and it makes the last episodes make sense if you were paying attention

kind of

also i have to reenable my legion commander soundfile to be the yugioh ITS TIME TO DUDUDUDUEL

Buff Bounty Hunter, they said...

I fucking love dota

i honestly never thought i'd see the day

 

[G-Unit]

I'll give you a reader's digest guide of him.

- Damage comes from Overload primarily, Remnant secondary (early game), and Ball Lightning tertiary. Late game Ball Lightning and Remnant damage hierarchy switch.
- Don't make long zips unless you absolutely have to early game. As you play the hero more, you can get a feel for how much you can actually zip, but for now, a good rule of thumb is to generally don't zip longer than across the width of the river banks, another relative comparison would be across a treeline.
- Use short zips to dodge projectiles or other spells. Watch for cast animations, for instance you can see Lina winding up a Light Strike Array.
- You are technically invulnerable during Ball Lightning, but there are strange caveats to this. These are kind of one-off things too, so usually it's safe to assume you are invulnerable during that form. Pudge can hook you when you are in Ball Lightning, however it only drags you and doesn't do damage. Silencer's ultimate can still silence you (I guess it treats it like BKB there). Another weird caveat of it is that you can't receive some buffs during Ball Lightning, whether this is a bug or intentional, I don't know, but one example of this is runes. You can technically take runes while in Ball Lightning, however you don't get their effect. It's really weird, you do still get the Bounty Rune effect though.
- You can attack from Ball Lightning assuming you are facing the right direction and your attack speed is fast enough. You can also cast spells and use items too.
- Laning with Storm comes down to Remmant efficiency. Basically if there's a creep almost to last hit range, and a couple of creeps just out of health range to be killed by one Remnant, you want to right click the creeps that are out of the threshold, and then remnant between all the creeps that would die from it. This is something you generally have to get a feel for, but that of course can come with time pretty quickly.
- Use Overload to harass the enemy if you can, but if you can't, make sure you get a last hit with it. Remember it explodes in a small AoE too, so if there are some creeps really low (like <50 HP) and one that's a bit higher that will die with the Overload hit, then you can score all those last hits in one Overload.
- Don't waste overloads if you can avoid it. Sometimes you have to because of a pressing situation, but it shouldn't happen very often. Overloads do proc on catapults, but don't damage them, but the AoE still explodes.
- There are a few options for skill builds, but the one I like best is 1-1-4-1 at 7, after that I get 3 in vortex (this is how much you need to pull someone into Remnant), then max Remmant, then get the last point in Vortex when you can.
- Mana regen > Mana pool on Storm. The reason for this is Ball Lightning is a percentage based mana cost, so this goes up if you have more mana pool. Now having more mana pool allows you to zip further, and you will end up getting a larger mana pool with items, but generally if you have a choice, regen > pool. An example of this would be if you were buying Scythe of Vyse, you want Void Stone in your inventory rather than Mystic Staff.
- Rough lane? Stack camps, remnant and overload them to catch up a bit when you can't farm your lane for whatever reason.
- Generally you don't want to get BKB if you don't absolutely have to. It doesn't provide anything for your mana pool, which is pretty much your bread and butter, and there are usually better options since you have Ball Lightning. I find Linkens, Euls, and even Lotus Orb are better options. I say Euls mainly for silences, you can purge Global Silence off yourself with it, as well as have a way to set yourself up for a zip out on something.
- Treads are super important, this gives you the attack speed you need to efficiently spell > hit > spell > hit. Don't go Arcane Boots.
- Bloodstone is generally your first core item, and before you finish it Soul Ring is great to have.
- After Bloodstone it basically depends on the situation. Candidates here might be Orchid, Linkens, or Euls, but there are other options too. If you really really really need it you can get BKB here, but again, I would advise against BKB unless you absolutely need it.

It just takes a lot of practice to understand what your current mana pool and regen are capable of with the hero. So just go play unranked games with him to get a feel for it.

Can I take this video as reference?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8drNKoFZc

 

[Haly]

You should read the original manga. Yugi was metal as fuck.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Buff Bounty Hunter, they said...

i knew qop was really good but that pick rate/ban plus that winning rate ridiculous

 

[Shuggananas]

Generic knock up, steroid, hit 'x' times, waifu. Only build these items, only go to this area of the map, do not change follow what the Lord Riot says he always right. Hail Pendragon Destoryer of the Dotas, Stealer of Heroes, and Prick of the most High.

Oh replays, customs,cheats, differences, we do not have those go play a shitty other game.

don't pick out of the meta or you get banned and fined (maybe even jailed)

 

[NormalFish]

just watch end of evangelion and it makes the last episodes make sense if you were paying attention

kind of

I did

 

[Deleted member 77995]

jugg 16% winrate. I am crushed.

 

[shira]

It's good in the same way Pride and Prejudice is good but you need to be 5k MMR anime fan at least to appreciate it. If you're 2k pubtrash at anime like EE you're better off with Infinite Stratos.

 

[ViviOggi]

You should read the original manga. Yugi was metal as fuck.

I read a lot of that back in the day, interesting how it wasn't about the card game at all in the beginning but just Yugi reking bullies in weird russian roulettes all day

 

[Haly]

I'm sorry to tell you this shira but not everything is for everyone.

And it's okay. Variety is the spice of life. Some people enjoy Rothfuss and others enjoy Dostoyevsky. I'm not going to recommend Dostoyevsky to a Rothfuss fan in the same way I won 't recommend Rothfuss to a Dostoyevsky fan.

 

[Shuggananas]

ant man is really good
and yeah yu gi oh is horseshit, everything is shit about it even the characters. this kaibo dude is the fucking worst look at his haircut

Spoiler

it's based on a shit TCG anyway so what do you expect lmao, the art on the cards is a real shame

 

[Artanisix]

if you don't like brothers karamazov then you can go FUCK yourself

also weevil is such a fucking clown, this is great. i'm going to start using his lines word for word to shit talk in dota

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

watch fate/zero

it is a gateaway anime

it was what introduced me to fate/stay night, which the "porn game" stigma kept me away. the company seems to have moved past selling that kind of product a decade ago though


anyway most people enjoy fate/zero quite a bit without knowledge of the vn (that's why it is gateway)


#teamberserker

if you don't like brothers karamazov then you can go FUCK yourself

also weevil is such a fucking clown, this is great. i'm going to start using his lines word for word to shit talk in dota

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f-ZHln7TL4

 

[NormalFish]

Everyone watch Ghost in the Shall SAC and Welcome to the NHK pls ok

 

[Saprol]

Duelist kingdom arc was the greatest as there weren't any rules to even ignore yet. They just do whatever.

 

[Artanisix]

YOURE YUGI MOTO THE ONLY DUELIST TO DEFEAT SETO KAIBA

 

[abunai]

i'm not even gonna do the obligatory fuck_anime_van.gif because i'm rewatching cowboy bebop rn while i wait for steven universe episodes to stack up so i can binge

when does TI start for real, next week? wildcards or

 

[Haly]

anyway most people enjoy fate/zero quite a bit without knowledge of the vn

It's because they hired an actual anime writer to pen it and simply built off of the original's DEEP LORE™.

 

[NormalFish]

i'm not even gonna do the obligatory fuck_anime_van.gif because i'm rewatching cowboy bebop rn while i wait for steven universe episodes to stack up so i can binge

when does TI start for real, next week? wildcards or

Cowboy bebop so good

 

[Emerson]

This thread is getting out of control guys let me rein it in a bit:

TI5 SECRET SHOP GIVEAWAY

I'm gonna give some more shit away.

- Open to people who have ever posted in this thread before
- Who can't make it to TI5 (this isn't necessarily enforceable but don't be a dick I'm trying to hook up somebody who can't go)
- Who live in the USA (or, abroad who are willing to pay for shipping sorry shipping costs suck)
- Winner gets ~ $50 worth of stuff from the shop of their choice. Not the pudge hooks because I think those will be genuinely difficult to get through TSA
- If you want to enter PM me and I'll pick randomly in like 2 or 3 days

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

It's because they hired an actual anime writer to pen it and simply built off of the original's DEEP LORE™.

what zero team were you haly

#teammuhgrail
#teambasakah
#teamgold

Spoiler

(rejoice)

#teambro
#teamfastwheels
#teamcooru

 

[NormalFish]

This thread is getting out of control guys let me rein it in a bit:

TI5 SECRET SHOP GIVEAWAY

I'm gonna give some more shit away.

- Open to people who have ever posted in this thread before
- Who can't make it to TI5 (this isn't necessarily enforceable but don't be a dick I'm trying to hook up somebody who can't go)
- Who live in the USA (or, abroad who are willing to pay for shipping sorry shipping costs suck)
- Winner gets ~ $50 worth of stuff from the shop of their choice. Not the pudge hooks because I think those will be genuinely difficult to get through TSA
- If you want to enter PM me and I'll pick randomly in like 2 or 3 days

Damn, crazy generous. I'll PM in a bit.

 

[shira]

This thread is getting out of control guys let me rein it in a bit:

TI5 SECRET SHOP GIVEAWAY

I'm gonna give some more shit away.

- Open to people who have ever posted in this thread before
- Who can't make it to TI5 (this isn't necessarily enforceable but don't be a dick I'm trying to hook up somebody who can't go)
- Who live in the USA (or, abroad who are willing to pay for shipping sorry shipping costs suck)
- Winner gets ~ $50 worth of stuff from the shop of their choice. Not the pudge hooks because I think those will be genuinely difficult to get through TSA
- If you want to enter PM me and I'll pick randomly in like 2 or 3 days

You might want to include an option for just codes for people abroad. Makes things super easy if you just want the digital hats. Like you said shipping is silly expensive.

 

[Haly]

what zero team were you haly

#teamhyoukaisthebestanimefrom2012

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

#teamhyoukaisthebestanimefrom2012

thewhatnow

 

[Emerson]

You might want to include an option for just codes for people abroad. Makes things super easy if you just want the digital hats. Like you said shipping is silly expensive.

If it's anything like last year then almost all of the hats will be available without attending, aside from anything that's exclusive which seems to be just the keyboard item.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I recommend this to you guys:
Twitch GUI
https://github.com/bastimeyer/livestreamer-twitch-gui

Basically you stream directly to a player like VLC (Default) or MPC-HC. Works like a charm unlike the flash player.

 

[NotoriousPUG]

Didn't know the Dota OT was a nerd hangout

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/333600/


gaf is this game good

 

[inkls]

"Patisserie La Soleil"

 

[twobear]

i never understood the appeal of yugioh when i was a teenager, the cards looked like absolute trash, the art is fucking a w f u l

 

[NormalFish]

Didn't know the Dota OT was a nerd hangout

Didn't you, though? Didn't you...?

i never understood the appeal of yugioh when i was a teenager, the cards looked like absolute trash, the art is fucking a w f u l

toon cards are kawaii as fuck

 

[Artanisix]

...

ONE WEEK LATER

......

man seto is NOT taking this shit well

 

[SecretMoblin]

wow the meta must be really stale, time to buff enchantress weaver and sand king I guess!

 

[TUSR]

quantum computing isnt ready yet

yugioh is prophetic

 

[Vade]

Fucking Japanami; I'll return when the thread is about less cancerous things such as Fashion, Canadian Neckbeards, MMR Shaming, Hylian Bans, and or Meeru Bans.

 

[NormalFish]

wow the meta must be really stale, time to buff enchantress weaver and sand king I guess!

Fuck yes

I recommend this to you guys:
Twitch GUI
https://github.com/bastimeyer/livestreamer-twitch-gui

Basically you stream directly to a player like VLC (Default) or MPC-HC. Works like a charm unlike the flash player.

This is fantastic. Just installed it and while I previously could hardly stream 720p video cause of my subpar laptop, I'm now at 1080p with 0 stuttering or lag. Holy shit 10/10

**oh, and I realize this is just the GUI. I had livestreamer before but it's such a colossal pain to set up. This makes it usable.

 

[shira]

If it's anything like last year then almost all of the hats will be available without attending, aside from anything that's exclusive which seems to be just the keyboard item.

True, but the kb is the big prize is it not? Shipping weight is 2.2 kg. That's probably $200 to Europe.

The guy I use made a spreadsheet you might find useful for taking orders.
http://bit.ly/1fK6D62
Download and pass it on.