Introduction to MOBAs

Venomancer is most toxic.

Although it's actually all poison with no venom involved.

Teemo has venom though even though the info actually says poison.

So wtf get it straight mobas.

I dunno who the last person was.
 
SteveWinwood said:
Venomancer is most toxic.

Although it's actually all poison with no venom involved.

Teemo has venom though even though the info actually says poison.

So wtf get it straight mobas.

I dunno who the last person was.
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Hey now, in the description of Venomous Gale: "A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare."

So there's some venom in there.

Cassiopeia is LoL's Medusa.
 
Archie said:
I'm so glad Valve has
low
cosmetic standards.
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I have to admit that this is one of my few beefs with Smite so far. I actually love the mythology setting, I've always had a thing for cool god backstories from pantheons that I'm not familiar with. Seems like a really smart design to be able to draw upon centuries of myth and legend for character design as opposed to having to roll everything from scratchand I feel like HiRez made some cool choices about what gods to pick. But when it comes to the actual execution of those designs I feel like HiRez could use some help. There are a few exceptions, but most of the designs feel pretty generic to me, and the female gods in particular pretty much all look like they just got down from working the pole.
 
TheFightingFish said:
I have to admit that this is one of my few beefs with Smite so far. I actually love the mythology setting, I've always had a thing for cool god backstories from pantheons that I'm not familiar with. Seems like a really smart design to be able to draw upon centuries of myth and legend for character design as opposed to having to roll everything from scratchand I feel like HiRez made some cool choices about what gods to pick. But when it comes to the actual execution of those designs I feel like HiRez could use some help. There are a few exceptions, but most of the designs feel pretty generic to me, and the female gods in particular pretty much all look like they just got down from working the pole.
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They know what audience they want to borrow from.

Speaking of, French Maid Nidalee on sale this weekend, bros.
 
Ferrio said:
Got into the Heros of the Storm alpha, guess I can put another Moba under my belt this weekend.
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I just checked and I did as well. Dunno when, but hell I guess I'll download it now.

Edit: Okay apparently I wasn't? I dunno Blizzard you gotta make this stuff clearer. Why is it showing up in my account if I can't play it?
 
SteveWinwood said:
I just checked and I did as well. Dunno when, but hell I guess I'll download it now.

Edit: Okay apparently I wasn't? I dunno Blizzard you gotta make this stuff clearer. Why is it showing up in my account if I can't play it?
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Not in your launcher? Is your launcher up to date?
 
Ferrio said:
Not in your launcher? Is your launcher up to date?
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It's in my launcher and on my account where it didn't used to.

I can install it but when I said install from the Web page and it opened the blizzard launcher it said "Sorry you're not invited!" And then started to install anyway.

I dunno we'll see what happens.
 
Ferrio said:
Got into the Heros of the Storm alpha, guess I can put another Moba under my belt this weekend.
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You missed out on the two day period where all the heroes were free. Now we're back to a world where there's only one free support in the weekly line up.
 
in league of legends
there is a pro team that has a carry and support lane duo called rush hour
because one of them is black and one of them is chinese
 
yeah
but so is the baiting out of highly contested picks

NA playoffs are on right now, the casters try to make everything visible language-wise so people that don't know lol that well can watch it, but I'm sure it's mainly just a jumble of @__@ for people that don't play

http://www.twitch.tv/riotgames
 
ScepticMatt said:
So are "respect bans", i.e. bans against certain hero/player combinations a big thing in LoL?
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Very much so, it's a mix of respect bans and meta bans. Vayne, for example, is not that popular in current pro matches, but it will commonly be banned against Doublelift since he's a very proficient Vayne player.
 
brian! said:
in league of legends
there is a pro team that has a carry and support lane duo called rush hour
because one of them is black and one of them is chinese
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The only black dota players I know are Tre and Artanisix.
 
favorite streamer: admiralbulldog or singsing, eternalenvy is fun to watch too if he's getting wrecked

favorite player: admiralbulldog
 
Leeg duders, can you guys explain why leblanc is viable now compared to before? Nerfs? Buffs? Meta shifts? Itemization?
 
TharpDaddy said:
Cassiopeia vs Teemo vs Venomancer, who is the most toxic?
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wow can't believe u forgot plague rider

brian! said:
in league of legends
there is a pro team that has a carry and support lane duo called rush hour
because one of them is black and one of them is chinese
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oh my

i LOVE watching team coast play in lcs na because i get to hear professional casters say names like "nintendudex" and "zionspartan" with a straight face

nintendudex might be better than he hate me or chad ochocinco
 
Haly said:
Leeg duders, can you guys explain why leblanc is suddenly viable?
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she got reworked in a positive direction (so much more fun!) and all the other assassins got nerfed. fizz, zed and ahri are still viable tho

she kind of outbursts every one of them, has a great early and lategame (she's countered by banshee's veil but it takes a lot of time for people to get those), is ranged (which is pretty big in league right now), has better mobility than everyone

like her only issue right now is her waveclear being pretty shit, but it's still not that bad if you're willing to ult it up. it's just not fun at all to farm with her
 
I've stopped watching lol streams/tournaments when leblanc became popular. THE "C" IS SILENT GODDAMIT.

No one who speaks french says "leblank"
 
Haly said:
Leeg duders, can you guys explain why leblanc is viable now compared to before? Nerfs? Buffs? Meta shifts? Itemization?
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Nerfs to other champions, and a buff to Leblanc where her mimic'd ability is a flat damage increase, rather than dependent on her ability rank. Zed and Fizz got changed, and so Leblanc rose to prominence since she can wreck your carry before anything even starts. She can roam with strong ganks, she can blow up most carries, she's safe due to her distortion, etc.
 
although the meta is slowly shifting towards utility mages who support the carrying capabilities coming out of top and jungle
or i guess, that's when those mages are the best, this patch hasn't been out that long
 
inkls said:
I've stopped watching lol streams/tournaments when leblanc became popular. THE "C" IS SILENT GODDAMIT.

No one who speaks french says "leblank"
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How do you even know she is French, she doesn't even have a French accent.
Yeah I agree it should be silent

Fiora though has the French accent so we can be sure of her nationality.
 
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