I cannot brain people who pick Furion against Tinker.

Equally frustrating is being blamed for a lack of farm on a hard carry when there's zero support.

Honest question, why do some of you feel intimidated when invited by higher ranked players?

IMHO, if they invite you, they're not ashamed to play with you, and you should make the most of it by learning from them. Decision-making is hard to teach, and the best way to develop it is to play together and ask "Why did you do this?" or "Why did you prefer to buy item X over item Y?"

Also, a 3k player that queues with a 5k one will meet 4k players on average, and that gives you good experience on what to expect in the next bracket and how to get there.

My point exactly. There's much to be learnt, especially from better players.

No offence, but first pick Sniper confirm kena rape one. Even if your allies are competent, 90% chance your enemies will counterpick you. When picking taufufa heroes, I usually tell my allies what I want to pick, and say that I'll pick it last. Gives them time to decide whether or not to cooperate. More often than not, they'll either acknowledge my choice or suggest another hero. One the odd occasion that I get stubborn donkeys who don't reply and pick 3 carries, I pick whatever I wanted to and just play my own game. Ward my own lane, and farm quietly. End result = most of the time still lose, but highest gpm/xpm on team, with highest kills, least deaths, and most assists.

I've played with Yamateh a couple of times back in D1. His farm speed is incredible, and his lane aggro is seriously annoying.

As for D2, I've played with TFG, Misery, Pajkatt, and Johnny. Misery & Pajkatt are my favorites though, so chilled. I die gila gila also they say "Don't worry, we got this."

SEA. It was back when they were playing in China, they often queued over here at weird times.

Keep on climbing, you'll get there. You may get there faster on a smurf, but the final result will be about the same.

Don't bother. Most leagues are toxic, and you can learn very little from them compared to playing ranked matchmaking. The only time you'll benefit from league play is when you meet the few kind souls who are willing to take you under their wing and train you (and there are very few of such people).

March is a special instance of magical damage that goes through BKB. Apart from not letting it hit you, there is no way to completely avoid the damage from it, you can only reduce it by bulking up your magic resistance.

Not really. Higher MMR = play against them. Lower = play with them. Just ask Kaizer96, he gets queued against pro players on a regular basis.

Edit: Double posted due to tag limit.

This post has been edited by v1n0d: Jul 14 2014, 07:30 PM

Servers acting up this morning?

Personally, I doubt so. The biggest influencing factor this TI is the patch - picks are more diverse, it really does make teams less predictable.

On break until the 18th.

Update deployed, 267MB.

I fear for the future of our country if there are some of us who can't even read an article and draw logical conclusions.

For the less enlightened:
1. DK have nothing to lose and everything to win by continuing to play. The prize pool distribution alone should motivate them to play on.
2. The video released by Gamefy is suspicious at best. There's no proof that it's not a ploy by DK to lure their opponents into a false sense of security. With 10 million at stake, no stone will be left unturned when it comes to the mind games.

Hats.

Scythe vs Arcanys, Poloson trashtalking.

Likened them to AI. Now Pimpmuckl says it's friendly talk because they know each other.

Internet in the Philippines is bad in general, so lag/delay would be understandable. For professional play though, delay is a common thing, most online tournaments have teams from various continents, so the average ping is about 150-200ms.

As far as being anti-Pinoy goes, my beef with them is they're mostly too cocky (despite the majority of them being really bad) and hyper-nationalistic. There are good players out there, but they're lost in a sea of idiots. I have Pinoy mates that I play with on a regular basis, but on average it's hard to find one that's not a complete idiot.

You probably don't notice because your reaction time is slower. Then again, being accustomed to a high ping means you've automatically compensate for the lag/delay when you play. Back when Blue.server was active, everyone played with 1-2s delay yet games were still spot on. It's all about what you're used to.

Nothing compares to Dreamz. 0-26 forever in our memories.

No, Volvo will always find new ways to squeeze our wallets dry.

EG should have figured that Newbee were up to something when they allowed the Naga pick.

Dunno. Maybe not thinking straight. Very hard to stay calm when there's so much pressure to win. I remember some players saying that despite the booths being soundproofed, they can still hear muffled screams from the audience.

eSports is raking in the attention boys.