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Heroes of the Storm |OT2| Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
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What's wrong with that
Every person in this thread is a fucking nerd
Every person in this thread is a fucking nerd
EDIT: LOL @ Trikslyr saying "akaface" as "AWKAFACE".
Can't tell if sarcasm font or srs, but 14k viewers for an amateur tournament with scant few pros and no big names is p good IMO.
Epic eight and only 14,000 viewers?Why won't people give this game a chance
Can't tell if sarcasm font or srs, but 14k viewers for an amateur tournament with scant few pros and no big names is p good IMO.
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How is this amateur? Its Heroes of the Dorm lol
Every player sans about 6 are unknown amateurs. The skill level, in general, is much lower. We're somewhere between chair league and actual HOTS competitive scene in this tournament. There's no investment in teams or in brands here. Most people don't even have their local school being represented. There's no storyline.
People invested in HOTS esports (as you can probably tell from this thread and the lack of any real talk about it prior to today) are by and large not interested in this tournament like they are the regional events.
Heh, I don't know most places in the UK nevermind Europe. Still can't remember if Kent is north or south of London.
Just seems odd that people would expect a big turnout for Heroes of the Dorm, pre-finals, given its a limited, one region only target market - and not even that interesting to that market apparently. God knows why Blizzard put so much effort behind it compared to regionals.
(Although is it me and have they put a lot less effort behind it this year compared to last? Doesn't feel anywhere near as big).
I'm just messing with you. Had to assert my typical American ignorance.
I think its better, more invested. They spent a month ahead of time just researching teams and stats and stuff. The production is even better, etc. I can't even remember last year's tournament before the final bits on ESPN.
I was thinking man how nice would it be if the regionals got this LCS level treatment. IMO it's been the qualifiers for NA and EU that have gone way down in "must watch" and even production quality compared to 2015.
That thread is pretty good. I like recognizing people from all the different Moba threads. It's like putting different street gangs into the same room.
I can't win with Li-Ming. I'm like 1-10
I swear it's my team throwing and not me.
Edit: Shit my winrate with the mages are all below 50%. Maybe it is me.
EDIT: Nah I remembered it's usually my team. They're just always throwing.
I can't win with Li-Ming. I'm like 1-10
I swear it's my team throwing and not me.
Edit: Shit my winrate with the mages are all below 50%. Maybe it is me.
EDIT: Nah I remembered it's usually my team. They're just always throwing.
I've just been burning through quests in beginner AI mode, in 4 minute games on live. Otherwise am spending all my time playing ARAM on the test server. I've played like 60 games since the server went live...
Prepare for the burnout!
Hehe, no doubt. Although I would say it sounds like the community on the PTR is much larger than when you guys were playing, and the dedicated map makes it a lot easier.
I just wish it was a proper, queable mode. If only so I didn't have to avoid making games because I'm utterly dreadful as a tank.
I just wish it was a proper, queable mode. If only so I didn't have to avoid making games because I'm utterly dreadful as a tank.
When we started the community was huge. There were new people every day, basically every game. That was also when it was a big topic on reddit, though. Several games going on at once at all times. It was the longer it went on that people dropped out due to burnout or the skill gap. Now in the evenings there's like 2 games running at once, maybe, and it's a lot of the same faces so that each game has like 3-4 new people rotated in each game instead of basically everyone.
That's one of the issues with the mode. If you're like Diamond level or higher it's easy pickings in a lot of those games which is fun for a while but there's only so many times you can stomp noobs or get screwed by the random RNG before it gets old.
That's one of the issues with the mode. If you're like Diamond level or higher it's easy pickings in a lot of those games which is fun for a while but there's only so many times you can stomp noobs or get screwed by the random RNG before it gets old.
I don't think EU ever really had a big ARAM scene like NA.
ONe of the things I'm enjoying about it is that it makes you re-evaluate talents and heroes - my medic builds are wildly different to anything on normal servers. Similarly, heroes work out differently - I thought Murky would be amazing in ARAM, but so far he's been utterly and completely worthless in every game I've played. Didn't figure that without split pushing, and having to run into a gauntlet of 5 players all the time, would vastly reduce his potential.
ONe of the things I'm enjoying about it is that it makes you re-evaluate talents and heroes - my medic builds are wildly different to anything on normal servers. Similarly, heroes work out differently - I thought Murky would be amazing in ARAM, but so far he's been utterly and completely worthless in every game I've played. Didn't figure that without split pushing, and having to run into a gauntlet of 5 players all the time, would vastly reduce his potential.
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