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Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Thu, 26 April 2012, 19:37:08
I don't know if this was already made, I can't seem to find it.

Let's get everyone in here who plays so we can organize some events. This can vary from duo que matching, arranged 3/5's, or inhouse custom games. Of course, any LoL related discussion should belong in here as well.

Please post your username/region and I will edit it into the second post.

GG!
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Thu, 26 April 2012, 19:37:31
GH Player List:
[GH ID // LoL name // Location]

Fstop // ipractice mjs // NA-West
Mynameisfinn // Fizzy Finn // NA
Hazeluff // hazeluff // NA, EU-west
ekw808// Lateesha// N.America
Vyr1s // Vyr1s // NA
sloppie// Buuga /// NA
HolidaySHRIM // HolidaySHRIM // NA
Halverson  // Henry Killinger // NA
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Thu, 26 April 2012, 19:44:01
Mynameisfinn/ fizzy finn/ north america or somethin
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: hazeluff on Thu, 26 April 2012, 20:10:09
Hazeluff
US (something)/EU-West

But seriously, play Dota2.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Thu, 26 April 2012, 20:13:48
Haha, I haven't played Dota2 since I got invited to the beta nearly a year ago.

I was the most hardcore Dota player in WC3 but Dota2 just doesn't do it for me right now. I play LoL/Dota for the competitive aspect, and Dota2 doesn't offer that (too many games where half the players have never played before). Maybe when they implement a more structured ranking system!

And by the time it releases I think Dota2 will be way too behind LoL in the e-sports scene. 45 million players... Dota2 has a long way to go.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: ekw808 on Thu, 26 April 2012, 20:21:42
LOL led the way with the most PC revenue in 2011 =O, and it's a free game.

ekw808//Lateesha//N.America
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: hazeluff on Fri, 27 April 2012, 00:37:10
Quote from: fstop;583331
Haha, I haven't played Dota2 since I got invited to the beta nearly a year ago.

I was the most hardcore Dota player in WC3 but Dota2 just doesn't do it for me right now. I play LoL/Dota for the competitive aspect, and Dota2 doesn't offer that (too many games where half the players have never played before). Maybe when they implement a more structured ranking system!

And by the time it releases I think Dota2 will be way too behind LoL in the e-sports scene. 45 million players... Dota2 has a long way to go.

Yeah, wait for the proper release. That problem should be fixed by then.

LoL has more people watching because of all the casual players. But Dota is the much more complex and engaging game imo.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 27 April 2012, 00:56:18
Ogod hazeluff posting in a LoL thread.

Baylife baylife baylife.
I wish I was still interested in playing the game myself but I prefer watching. :3
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 02:17:29
Quote from: hazeluff;583606
Yeah, wait for the proper release. That problem should be fixed by then.

LoL has more people watching because of all the casual players. But Dota is the much more complex and engaging game imo.

I have to agree with that. LoL brings everything down to the core mechanics of a MOBA, IE if you're good at last hitting, positioning, map awareness, etc then you will do very well in it. I especially miss having to master certain heroes at a time in Dota. In LoL, if you know how to play a certain lane, you can pretty much play most the champ that belong in it... but that's not to say being able to play at the top with the very best is any easier.

I thought there were more GH'ers playing league. Hopefully more will show up -- I'll keep updating the list.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Demofly on Fri, 27 April 2012, 03:05:48
Quote from: ekw808;583335
LOL led the way with the most PC revenue in 2011 =O, and it's a free game.

ekw808//Lateesha//N.America


League of legends isn't free, that's why it lead the way in PC revenue.

Quote from: fstop;583664
I have to agree with that. LoL brings everything down to the core mechanics of a MOBA, IE if you're good at last hitting, positioning, map awareness, etc then you will do very well in it. I especially miss having to master certain heroes at a time in Dota. In LoL, if you know how to play a certain lane, you can pretty much play most the champ that belong in it... but that's not to say being able to play at the top with the very best is any easier.

I thought there were more GH'ers playing league. Hopefully more will show up -- I'll keep updating the list.

I dunno, I got to 1900 elo with basically one champion. Then stopped caring when I would either have to invest over 2000 hours or a couple hundred dollars to be "competitive". There are some things that I really like about league, such as the an active jungle and jungle based objectives, but that's about it. Their champion designs are pretty cool. The list of things I don't like is a bit longer, but they all basically stem off of "League casualizing the game too hard to where games last longer than they should, and if you are a worse player than your enemy it doesn't matter because no buy backs and rax respawn".

Basically, if I had never played dota and had a bunch of money, I would have probably played league.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Fri, 27 April 2012, 06:47:53
I don't know, I guess League was just a breath of fresh air after playing Dota and Hon for so long. When I was playing at a competitive level in those two games their meta's were at a point where tri-lane bot/top was popular with two solo lanes. All you did was basically baby sit the right click carry and hope that your other lanes didn't feed. Basically, I got tired of the entire game centering around the carry if you wanted to stand a chance at winning.

League shifted the focus back towards team play. No buy backs and rax respawns forces team play. When a rax is down, you have to shove lanes and split push, coordinating it properly and taking advantage of the 40 secs you have to push while an enemy champ is dead. This does promote a bit of rubber-banding in allowing teams to come back from games they don't deserve, but a lot of the times that means you have to blame yourself for giving them a chance. Games can be ended quickly if you dominate map control and objectives, which Moscow5 has been proving time and time again in tourney play. It makes everybody on the team valuable for the entire duration of the game, and that's something that other mobas really lacked in.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 27 April 2012, 06:52:55
Ooooo god fnatic getting squashied. :l My favorite champion was Poppy, lol. I also enjoyed when innervating locket used to still exist and Gragas was so broken with it ><; Or when Chalice of Harmony was bugged and you could stack it, riftwalk on Kassadin all day.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Vyr1s on Fri, 27 April 2012, 15:56:07
Vyr1s / Vyr1s / NA
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Fri, 27 April 2012, 17:43:46
I am on atm on Fizzy Finn, add me to play
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: ekw808 on Fri, 27 April 2012, 17:56:15
Quote from: Demofly;583688
League of legends isn't free, that's why it lead the way in PC revenue.
Uh, what?
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 27 April 2012, 23:53:45
Quote from: ekw808;584272
Uh, what?

If you don't to farm IP for everything, you will end up buying RP to get stuff, hence it not being free. And most of the time, people will buy RP, even just a little. I've spent 5 dollars on the game myself. x]
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: ekw808 on Fri, 27 April 2012, 23:56:21
Those are options...the game itself is free.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Kellybear on Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:22:04
Quote from: ekw808;584573
Those are options...the game itself is free.

Yeah the game is free but Riot does try to pull you into paying with actual money to get items, so I guess some people would consider it not free. I dunno x_X
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: ekw808 on Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:26:32
What salesmen doesn't??? The shoe was given for free, but you can't complain when they try to sell you polish. It is certainly an option, but not a requirement.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:35:41
Just started playing, not too great at it, but enjoy playing it.

Name: Henry Killinger
Guess I'm playing in North America
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: HolidaySHRIMP on Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:47:39
HolidaySHRIMP AD carry, support and jungler here.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Djuzuh on Sat, 28 April 2012, 02:39:33
Why not simply make a Geekhack chat, so you can simply join to check if a geekhacker is online or not?
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Sat, 28 April 2012, 06:30:54
Quote from: Djuzuh;584650
Why not simply make a Geekhack chat, so you can simply join to check if a geekhacker is online or not?

I was hoping there would be more of us so we could play some arranged games. We could schedule things in this thread, but it doesn't seem like there are a lot of us here.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: cancelx on Sat, 28 April 2012, 18:34:43
Quote from: Kellybear;583621
Baylife baylife baylife.


Did someone say baylife?
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Kellybear on Sat, 28 April 2012, 20:48:41
Awwww yeeeee. Dude I want to go to Anaheim haha. I think ipl5 will be in Asia though @___@. No hopes of meeting TSM if it is.
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: cancelx on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:47:52
Met them in Hannover at IEM finals, I mean 4 of them, Rainman left after they lost, and I was there for last 2 days (semifinals and finals). Oddone is sooooo short! :D
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: sloppie on Sun, 29 April 2012, 18:49:10
sloppie// Buuga /// NA
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: fstop on Sun, 29 April 2012, 19:04:36
There's a few of us now. I was hoping that we could have at least 10 or so, then we could do some really fun arranged games.

I'm always down for normals though if anyone wants to add me!
Title: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: Desu on Wed, 30 May 2012, 15:17:17
120133127 // Desu X // NA

Let's play :)
Title: Re: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 16 October 2012, 16:52:43
New Name: Crumpocalypse

Also sorry for this resurrection
Title: Re: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 16 October 2012, 19:57:19
Another LoL thread? Ah well nice to see, feel free to add me I suppose. NA
IGN-  Redbutton
PBE IGN-  noisyturtle
Title: Re: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 17 October 2012, 02:26:56
Ogod hazeluff posting in a LoL thread.

Baylife baylife baylife.
I wish I was still interested in playing the game myself but I prefer watching. :3

what? how does this work?
Title: Re: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: vun on Wed, 17 October 2012, 06:11:29
Ogod hazeluff posting in a LoL thread.

Baylife baylife baylife.
I wish I was still interested in playing the game myself but I prefer watching. :3

what? how does this work?
Watching streams and tournaments? LoL is not a bad spectator game, although the tournaments are lacking compared to SC2 tournaments.

I don't really play LoL much these days, but I play on EU-West and would be down for a GH ARAM or something. Just announce it on the forums first because the only times I log on LoL these days is when I'm asked to play with someone.

IGN: CloudPush
Title: Re: Official League of Legends Thread
Post by: wiredPANDA on Wed, 17 October 2012, 11:07:53
IGN: wpGrizwald

Mostly playing ARAMs and Dominion.  Not even sure the last time I played SR. 

Did anyone ever start a GeekHack chatroom on the PVP.net client?