League of Legends: I finally updated the player list in the OP!

[kitty]

I won't be available on Saturday night to play.

[Koriantor]

Of the last 4 duo queue games I've played, 4 of them had someone on my team went AFK or DCed. One game even had a "Diamond" swain support. He didn't seem to understand that although it's mighty tempting, trying to trade with a lane that can outright kill you is a bad idea. He also failed to realize that it was an even worse idea the second and third times.

Not all games are like this, but it's been a particularly aggravating series of games. Zircon had a similar streak before he hit Gold, so maybe I'm just close.

[zircon]

Ouch. Yeah, my recent games haven't been so great, though oddly enough the last two were 'loss prevented'. Maybe my teammates were just that bad...?

[Seven]

Servers have been trash-status last 2 days again...

[SkyRiderX]

Reminder! OCR Heroes - practice tonight at 9-9:30pm EST! All are invited to join in!

@Brushfire : If you want to do your live spectating you'll have a good chance tonight.

[BardicKnowledge]

I will do my best to play a game or two tonight with all of you!

[Brushfire]

Reminder! OCR Heroes - practice tonight at 9-9:30pm EST! All are invited to join in!

@Brushfire : If you want to do your live spectating you'll have a good chance tonight.

I am down guys, and that stream will be recorded hardcored!

Does we have an OCR Heroes Logo yet?

Edited March 15, 2014 by Brushfire

[relyanCe]

how the fuck are there bronze players in my gold promo games

[BardicKnowledge]

Hey junglers, read this:

http://cloth5.com/optimizing-damage-minimizing-damage-taken/

Or alternatively, the summary is as follows:

Assuming you have only single target damage in the jungle, you save a lot of health attacking the smaller critters first in golems, wraiths, and _especially_ wolves. The little guys do a lot of damage compared to their max HP, so you are always ahead to clear the small ones before the large jungle creep.

[Brushfire]

No one showed up. So Imma go get sloshed and play Titanfall.

[Koriantor]

No one showed up. So Imma go get sloshed and play Titanfall.

Nooooooooooo, I'm logging on now.

EDIT: There really isn't anyone else on >.>. I'll stay logged in in case you knobs show up.

Edited March 16, 2014 by Koriantor

[ArmadonRK]

I, too, am logged in and waiting. Though this is becoming a trend...

[SkyRiderX]

I was on all night and it said no one was on who was on my friends list...I logged on multiple times and even tried skype..I'm really confused right now....

Edit: Just found out they were doing live maintenence....screw you Riot...

[Brushfire]

I was on all night and it said no one was on who was on my friends list...I logged on multiple times and even tried skype..I'm really confused right now....

Edit: Just found out they were doing live maintenence....screw you Riot...

Next week Homie. Next week.

[relyanCe]

i had a similar issue

[SkyRiderX]

Ok. I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one having issues. Riot needs to get its crap together...seriously...

We're aiming for tuesday then guys! Let's get gold ranking!

Btw I just got into Gold 4 again! yay xD

[BardicKnowledge]

I was online Saturday from 8 until 8:20 or so, and then Addie asked if we could play through more of Diablo...so I bailed on all of you, given that only one other person was online.

I'll try to be free for games this Tuesday!

[zircon]

Will be at GDC

[ArmadonRK]

I may be the world's worst Rumble, but how could you not love a mech-driving yordle?

Looks like we're getting Heimerdinger's VU tomorrow, with Rumble coming up next!

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/skin-preview/hero-fallen-city

(For those unaware, Riot stated that Rumble's rig was so bad that he would not get a new skin until he got a Visual Update with a completely rebuilt rig.)

[BardicKnowledge]

In case you haven't seen them, the 4.4 patch notes!

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-44-notes?ref=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#patch-Lich-Bane

I cannot think of any character that would bother picking up Lich Bane at this point, incidentally. Deathfire Grasp is now better in every conceviable instance, IMO -- even on LB heavy characters like TF and Fizz.

[ArmadonRK]

I definitely disagree. Lich Bane was blatantly overpowered for a long time, even though no one noticed it. The .75 AP ratio made it better than Rabadon's on many champions.

Now it's still quite powerful in the right champions hands. It's still going to be core on TF, Fizz, Ezreal, etc. Not only is Lich Bane still potent with decent base AD values, Lich Bane core champs mostly got buffs to compensate the item nerf.

Now I might think twice before building it on mages like Vlad or Ahri, but it's still a ridiculous item that adds a significant AP ratio to your combo/rotation.

It's slightly weaker than before, but it's still the Hydra of AP.

[The Derrit]

yeah that's just not true at all. any non-combo based character got essentially a free full-damage spell from auto attacking, and got it regularly. a high ap item that also gives you 600-800 (in late game) extra damage is really good. having it so it gives you less seems fair to me.

[Koriantor]

After a butt-long losing streak, I finally climbed to Gold. Woooooooooooooooo

[Brushfire]

A lot of players were relying on the early Warding Totem to protect standard invade paths, which ended up preventing meaningful aggression. We like that invading can be a team strategy, so we're hoping this helps out. Plus, lowering the swap cooldown for trinkets should allow for more flexibility.

I really don't like the language they use in their patch notes. Saying stuff like "We hope" lends more credence to the thought that Riot has no idea what they are doing.

[Bleck]

that's because they don't~