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[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Don't worry, all murky's are terrible... ;-)

thankfully people are even worse at playing against Murky.


Liquid finally signed Cris and he made a google doc with builds and his Tier list.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...erg2ywVcAetaznDpgvgk4RSDq8/htmlview?sle=true#

 

[Maledict]

thankfully people are even worse at playing against Murky.

I've found throwing my keyboard through the window works wonders playing against Murky!

 

[kirblar]

Nova, Murky, Abathur actually sounds fine, but it depends on the other 2 heroes.

 

[Altairre]

I've found throwing my keyboard through the window works wonders playing against Murky!

Murky respawns faster than your keyboard does.

 

[Yoshichan]

Murky respawns faster than your keyboard does.

i can confirm this

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Murky respawns faster than your keyboard does.

omg, that one had me rolling.



Artanis may be awful but damn if he ain't fun.

 

[Alur]

Murky respawns faster than your keyboard does.

 

[Auteezy]

i really hope beltre gets into the hall. Playing in seattle really messed with his home run numbers, but he was so good

 

[brian!]

Cris put out a tier list

 

[Tendo]

Is there a good recommended website or resource to help explain the vocabulary or classes for the heroes? like what role does a warrior play, specialist, what is a tank, etc.?

 

[Alur]

Warriors = tanks or bruisers
Assassins = sustained or burst dps
Support = mainly straight healers, but Tyrande and Tassadar are hybrid damage/support
Specialist = sieging (damaging buildings) or sustained dps

 

[Milly79]

Thread bully = alur

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

There you have your mileage

 

[Alur]

also

Spoiler

4 u familie

 

[Auteezy]

any1 want to play some qm with me so I can clear a few daylies?

 

[brian!]

Is there a good recommended website or resource to help explain the vocabulary or classes for the heroes? like what role does a warrior play, specialist, what is a tank, etc.?

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/her...he-nexus-a-basic-guide-to-heroes-of-the-storm
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/heroes/485714-hero-league-101

some of it is outdated

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

also

Spoiler

4 u familie

thanks but that'd be disingenuous to the source. It's created by a black marker on whiteboard.

 

[Alur]

These whiteboards never heard of transparency? DA FUQ MAN

huehue

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

He couldn't guess parrot

 

[Indignate]

What was the GAF consensus on the new map?

I've only played it twice so I'm pretty sure I'm in a good position to say that FUCK THAT MAP.

I mean, it's alright and I think I like it better than the other 2 "we don't ever have to enter your base to win" maps but it's still one of those and that's always been a thing with me.

It seems better than mines doe so good trade go GG.

Also GAF channel is dead ain't nobody in there on a mid afternoon Monday you all work or what?

 

[brian!]

im not really into the new map

 

[Alur]

Also GAF channel is dead ain't nobody in there on a mid afternoon Monday you all work or what?

GAF channel has been dead for months. It's useless. No one either (A) knew how to turn it on when in game or (B) bothered to leave it on if they did. Much easier to communicate on here than it is there which is kind of sad I guess. I don't think any of the regulars here even hop in it anymore since no one uses it for anything except pre-planned in house games.

And I like the new map. Was fun stuff. Only played two games on it though.

 

[Auteezy]

Yearly reminder that Khaldor looks like a skinnier Johnny Sins

 

[Alur]

I thought they were the same person.

 

[Milly79]

Yearly reminder that Khaldor looks like a skinnier Johnny Sins

...

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Yearly reminder that Khaldor looks like a skinnier Johnny Sins

Ahem, nsfw

Spoiler

 

[Alur]

Heroes of the Storm |OT| It's not safe for work here

 

[Milly79]

I really wish one day we could stay on topic about heroes

 

[Auteezy]

I really wish one day we could stay on topic about heroes

this is the most ontopic OT that i've seen.

 

[Milly79]

this is the most ontopic OT that i've seen.

Spoiler

its a joke

Spoiler

sorry for all the inside jokes with my 3 friends

 

[Alur]

Well painted.

 

[tmtyf]

anybody wanna play a few rounds?

spoiler:

Spoiler

im not very good D:

 

[Tendo]

Thanks guys! I tested a few heroes and I really like Tyrael, Sonia, and The Butcher. I'm not so good with Leoric at all. Diablo was fun to play but I felt like I was using him wrong. Similarly with Johanna.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Can't fucking win this week.

3 lvl lead no lets throw, 4 dead and a boss at lvl 20 no stitches stop the hearthing no need to defend our core.. am cry.

Yay I won, with Tassadar solo support even. Healing output isn't half bad.

 

[Valus]

servers down?

 

[tmtyf]

servers down?

i think so, it wont let me start a match

 

[Strider]

That's what I'm seeing on Bnet right now.

 

[Milly79]

Lord, these WCA groups

**Group A has..**

* Tempo Storm (with a new roster)
* compLexity
* OMG (Largely unknown)
* G2.Kinguin
* Edward Gaming (Favorite in this group IMO)
* Asia StarDust(Largely unknown)

Sounds like a reasonable pool right?

**Take a look at Group B:**

* Cloud9 (#1 ranked team, BlizzCon champs)
* Team Liquid (#2 ranked team, granted they have a new lineup)
* eStar (#3 ranked team, #1 in China)
* MVP Black (#6 ranked team, 2nd highest in Korea)
* COGnitive Gaming (underdog in this pool)
* Black Heart(Major underdog)

Shamelessly stolen from Reddit, but my god

 

[Eighty Deuce]

http://youtu.be/_wBZ1NXMiWI

 

[Milly79]

 

[jaundicejuice]

Legit question: Are people buying carries in Hero League like some people do in ranked PVP and raids in WoW? I know Blizzard just shut down the HotS equivalent of Honor Buddy by acquiring its code base--thank fuck--but are other similarly shady things like carries and rank farming being sold?

I find now that with most matches I'm getting paired with other players with 40 player account but also a few Hero League ranked players who are all over the map in terms of skill and attitude despite being, relatively speaking, high ranking players. Just played with a HL rank 1 player who was cussing out teammates for being noobs and then proceeded to feed, not show up for objectives and quit the match right before we lost.

I expect that kind of behaviour from the lowest levels of QM, but a player with a high rating for Hero League? It was bizarre. Also now I am the trenches for a lot of these HL players because they look at and see only my player account level sans HL rank and act like dicks because of this. Usually these are the games we lose.

I've avoided ranked play and getting into the eSports scene around HotS because I want a more casual experience than Dota 2, where you can't ignore these things. With Dota 2 it isn't just a game you play, it becomes this thing that creeps into your time outside of playing the game.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I try talking in GAF channel every once in a while just to see if anyone who still has it set to autojoin actually has it turned on in their chat

I may try some erotic fanfiction next time to test if anyone actually has it on but just choose to ignore me

 

[Maledict]

I don't think people are buying carries, and if they are it's certainly not very publicly available. Due to the nature of the game you can't carry people anywhere near as much as you can in other MOBAs - a bad player will lose you a game far faster than a good player can win you a game. It's just the nature of the game that you'll encounter rank 1 players who are complete dicks and useless at the game. They will have got there playing overpowered characters, grinding it out, or just getting lucky with their placement matches. Happens in every MOBS really.

And re bottling, I'm very glad they went aft it so aggressively. I've only ever encountered them in AI matches, but it's incredibly painful and turns what is suppossed to be a relaxing 10 minute game into a 25 minute slog. My friends have met them in quick match which is even worse...

 

[jaundicejuice]

They can't let the botting in HotS get like it is in WoW. That would simply be game ruining and it's not like HotS has other facets for you to focus on outside of its multiplayer the way WoW does. They have to be more aggressive with their bans and more frequent with the ban waves.

 

[Pooya]

Free Nova week? noooo.

All the zeratuls switched to Nova too I guess, so bad.

 

[Yoshichan]

ARTANIS BUFFS INC

https://twitter.com/DustinBrowder/status/671492292226629632

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Hopefully the prism will get a speed increase and the dash at least gets an unstoppable talent

 

[Pooya]

if you could cancel dash so that you don't return if you want, it would be sogood.

 

[Maledict]

Even if the Dash were unstoppable I think it's still a poor skill on the wrong character. The fact it's not unstoppable is one of the smaller issues I have with that skill. I'm just not entirely sure what it's purpose is on his kit, and if you don't talent for it appropriately at 4 and 7 I'm not sure why you would ever cast it beyond wave clearing.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Upheaval + Force Wall = LULZ