RumblingRosco
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Who knew Muradin was such a DPS beast? Only DPS talent I got was Burning Rage also.
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Heroes of the Storm |OT| Pretty sure that Abathur is AFK
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RumblingRosco
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But bro Haymaker is so much more fun. ;_;
Yet so bad :b
King Gilga
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It says jhoanna is a part of the free rotation on the launcher but in game I can't use here?
King Gilga
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Oh, skeen.
Silvawuff
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This game is my first foray into MOBAs, period. I played a few Versus AI matches to get used to how the game works, bought Lili. I played a few quick matches and it's pretty fun!
Lili is like the best hero ever! I loved Chen and her in the WoW Pandaria questlines when leveling, so it was a treat to see her included in this game.
Lili is like the best hero ever! I loved Chen and her in the WoW Pandaria questlines when leveling, so it was a treat to see her included in this game.
my first game in ages, somehow we threw a 2 level lead near the end and lost. I see nothing's changed 
what did change was queue took ages, and then we had no support anyway. My team was Nazeebo (me), Murky, Butcher, Kael, Zeratul >_>
what did change was queue took ages, and then we had no support anyway. My team was Nazeebo (me), Murky, Butcher, Kael, Zeratul >_>
Nice to see a gaffer going hard in these competitions. I'd definitely be interested in watching your team.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Reached new levels of frustration this past week with this game. Last night we ended up saying fuck it and picked random select. Got Zagara and was reminded how dominant she is. Then got Valla who I only played to 5 months ago and man, she's so straight forward and enjoyable, I'll have to start using her now when I get in a rut. Lastly got new ETC, who is just so much more fun to play than Diablo or Muradin that I think I'm going to have to add him to my rotation.
So yeah, when things looked bleak, three straight wins with Random Select. I'll have to try this more often.
So yeah, when things looked bleak, three straight wins with Random Select. I'll have to try this more often.
It wouldn't have been worth an hour of your time.
King Gilga
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If someone gets kicked for inactivity, or leaves before you. Is there still a penalty if you leave? Super unfair and lame if so, because it's kind of impossible at that point.
It was five GAFers actually. We thought about doing a GAF centric name but Gundy gave us Stronk Tenk.
We could've went harder I guess. We kept debating over signing up all the way up to the day before the deadline and only practiced for two or three hours on three days after that. It was mostly for the kick of being cast and the fun.
We didn't even end up being cast that I could see and even though that was one of the main goals I'm kind of glad we didn't honestly. The way we lost each game was a little embarrassing (see it all the time in normal games, not so much in a tournament) but at least we tried I guess. Definitely things we each have to work on. AFAIK we won't be in the next one due to scheduling stuff so maybe some other GAF team will crop up.
Yes, you're still penalized.
I agree with you there should be no penalty if someone AFK's/leaves and is gone for 'x' number of minutes (3 or 5 probably IMO), but right now everyone left behind gets to enjoy a 98% or better chance at losing and the fact that they have to stick around til it's over. Good times.
Some EU stuff going on now.
The July NA Open for Blizzcon starts in about 35 minutes (12 PST).
Twitch link to all four streams on one page.
Where on earth is the EU Blizzcon open? We haven't even had June's yet and Europe is by far the largest scene for HoTs.
The THH guys have no idea either.
Think the first one is right around the corner.
They had Bakery (not sure on name) from SK Gaming on Town Hall Heroes and were talking about this very thing. I didn't hear any clear reason for the delay other than whoever is running it just hasn't gotten it going, I guess.
They did seem to indicate there was possibly a tournament for the July Open in the near future but I don't see mention of it anywhere and it doesn't look like ESL is the one organizing it.
North American July NA Open day two is live.
Twitch link to all four streams.
Multi-twitch link so you can watch all four at once.
Twitch link to all four streams.
Multi-twitch link so you can watch all four at once.
Sounds like working as intended to me.
If you're riding from top lane to bottom for that amount of time and never encounter a minion or attack anything - even if you do cap those shrines - of course it's gonna flag you as AFK.
When I have seen AFKer's or quitters that's often exactly what they do. Ride around on their mount for a few minutes doing nothing, occasionally hit something to reset the timer, and then eventually get bored of it and get kicked. I'm fairly sure just moving in the past (in Alpha at the least) kept you from being flagged
It could be better, sure, but it was previously abused in that same way to keep from being flagged AFK.
jaundicejuice
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The AFK detection system is aggressive, perhaps overly so, but given how much I absolutely loathe defeatist players, I'm okay with it.
I think the defeatist players are worse than toxic ones. A toxic player will generally keep on playing, so you at least have a chance of turning a match around. The defeatist ensures your loss.
I think the defeatist players are worse than toxic ones. A toxic player will generally keep on playing, so you at least have a chance of turning a match around. The defeatist ensures your loss.
I eventually gave up the Dragon Knight in order to get to the throne asap to hit something.
Probably won't come up in a real game but damned if I didn't feel extremely silly for giving up an objective to go PvP to avoid getting kicked.
Probably won't come up in a real game but damned if I didn't feel extremely silly for giving up an objective to go PvP to avoid getting kicked.
jaundicejuice
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I think I've had that happen to me once when I was being overly sneaky as a Zeratul. Trying to scout out where Aba was hiding deep in their forts.
Same. Happened to me on Zeratul about a week/week and a half ago. Team got wiped except for me and I was just riding around scouting late in a Garden of Terror because it was pretty much over. By the time the team got rezzed up and got caught up the timer went off.
EDIT: This BACKBONE team making me feel good about our games yesterday. Wow. So bad.
EDIT: This BACKBONE team making me feel good about our games yesterday. Wow. So bad.
Bo-Berries also showing a lot of nonsense macro-level decisionmaking. (Picking both Exposure and the -25% Syl talent at the same time, and going for a pick comp when they let their opponents have Zeratul.)
Gundy had an amazing wombo at the boss in our first game. He usually gets several good ones per night since he mains Gaz.
Then again he's probably the best Gazlowe I've ever seen or played with.
People who go into hero league with the mindset "I am going to play this hero, fuck team comp" are the worst.
Yeah that's awesome you want to play kaelthas. You refuse to talk in lobby and you are last pick and we have no support. Or the first three picks are Abathur, Tassadar, Tyrande.
That just happened in my game. Why would they pick that as a composition.
Like what.
Also those times you are matched with people 30 ranks below you on their second hero league game. People complain about match maker for a reason. It's absolutely insane when it feels like most of your losses are out of your control.
Yeah that's awesome you want to play kaelthas. You refuse to talk in lobby and you are last pick and we have no support. Or the first three picks are Abathur, Tassadar, Tyrande.
That just happened in my game. Why would they pick that as a composition.
Like what.
Also those times you are matched with people 30 ranks below you on their second hero league game. People complain about match maker for a reason. It's absolutely insane when it feels like most of your losses are out of your control.
jaundicejuice
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That's why I stopped playing ranked and captain's mode in Dota 2. Weird 5th picks or, worse, being subject to some random mouth-breather's idea of a good picks/bans with NO discussion with the rest of the team and then having to ride that our for the next hour. At least in All Pick it kinda didn't matter.
Yeah he is playable, which is fun, but he still needs something to even approach what he was. He's kind of like a full bodied Murky right now, lot more damage, but like the slime it hits everyone in the area and has no ult on the level of Octograb anymore.
Gargantuan can do some work when you can keep it on what it's supposed to be. Still don't understand why it's not controllable.
Had control all game, went for a boss with 3 people instead of letting Butcher trying to solo it a second time, got blown up for it when all 5 got pulled into a hinterland's by Jo.
Dang, judging by how the rest of the games went today I assumed it was going to game 3. I saw most of the game and came back in time to see the core falling.
Had some interesting games tonight and learned something new about the line of sight.
I was protecting the statue in Dragon Shire as Nova, because the enemy team had both shrines, and I was waiting for my teammates to reclaim one shrine.
When suddenly, out of nowhere it seemed, someone got the Dragon Knight. Wathcing the replay from my point of view it looked the same. Someone got it without standing in front of the statue on the platform and casting it.
Turned out, I was standing to close to the statue, and had no line of sight to the platform, because the statue blocked my sight.
(previously I had killed one enemy trying to cast the Dragon Knight from the same position, which worked, because a teammate gave me sight)
Maybe old news to some of most, but it was new to me.
I was protecting the statue in Dragon Shire as Nova, because the enemy team had both shrines, and I was waiting for my teammates to reclaim one shrine.
When suddenly, out of nowhere it seemed, someone got the Dragon Knight. Wathcing the replay from my point of view it looked the same. Someone got it without standing in front of the statue on the platform and casting it.
Turned out, I was standing to close to the statue, and had no line of sight to the platform, because the statue blocked my sight.
(previously I had killed one enemy trying to cast the Dragon Knight from the same position, which worked, because a teammate gave me sight)
Maybe old news to some of most, but it was new to me.
RumblingRosco
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It is pretty finnicky right around there daniel, but yeah, really good reminder and good illustration there. Hate when that happens.
jaundicejuice
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Interaction question, when Stitches uses Gorge on a Butcher with Furnace Blast channeling, the channel is uninterrupted, does Stitches eat the damage from the blast or is it merely cancelled out?
It'd be awesome if it blew Stitches up 100% of the time.
jaundicejuice
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I turned off automatic replay saves and forgot to save after the match, It was hard to tell if what Stitches was taking damage from because it was a 5v5 teamfight.
You should be at every team fight bar few exceptions. You not being there pretty much means a guaranteed 5v4 and you lose.
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