August 18th, 2011, 05:09
(This post was last modified: August 18th, 2011, 06:45 by Enoch.)
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Intel extreme masters will be going on for the next few days.
Schedule: http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/news/inte...-available
Livecast: http://www.own3d.tv/live/27904/Intel_Ext...of_Legends
Edit http://iemgamescom.leagueoflegends.com/ This is the site that will have the results and replays of all the games.
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The new mode looks definitely like fun, but what the Riot guy said about a possible replay system makes me think it will come out in 2013...
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The bans and picks against Tsm so far in this tournament have been bizarre.
For instance Tsm got Brand so the other team picked Annie and then next game Tsm got Gangplank jungle so the other team picked Olaf 
Commentary is still hilarious though. Gragas was laning against Udyr top and being generally ineffective, then near the end of the game the commentator said "I think this might be the time when double ap proves to be useful". Udyr then decides to kill Gragas from full under the 2 nexus turrets.
Dominion looks a lot of fun. The giant sized buff looks awesome, can't wait to see giant Nasus ulting 
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Gusturan Wrote:but what the Riot guy said about a possible replay system makes me think it will come out in 2013
There was the obvious question about when Dominion was estimated to be released, again the Riot guy totally evaded answering.
Maybe Dominion in spring next year, replays.....well maybe never, they've had long enough that soon doesn't cut it.
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Well I finally caved in and bought some RP, the one for 50e. That got me the champ bundle and a rune page bundle, with about 3k left for 6300 ip champs on sale and skins. Got it for EU though.. which kinda means I'll be mostly playing there once I hit 30. Loved playing with you guys, but it's just more convenient to play during days than nights.
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I agree with Enoch that the picks and bans have been strange in these games. I felt like Team Solo Mid out-picked their opponents in all 3 matches, all of which were victories. So far, the European teams have had this odd fascination with Olaf; I saw 2 jungle Olafs and 1 laning Olaf (!!!) In all three of those games, the team with Olaf lost. This is the patch where jungle Gangplank was at his most overpowered, and TSM has been claiming GP with ease in every match. EU teams also seem to love Anivia, and while she can be great in a formal team, so far Anivia has been getting owned by Brand or Orianna in every game.
Oh, and further evidence that Ashe >>> Caitlyn in high-level team games. Same evidence as Dreamhack, Ashe just too good for these matches.
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One other thing: League of Legends is going head-to-head with the DOTA2 tournament with the $1 million prize pool. The LoL stream was running over 90,000 viewers for the featured match between TSM and Millenium, while I have yet to see the DOTA stream get above 35k. I guess you have to add another 10k for the non-English streams, but it's still far less overall. Make of that what you will.
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The one I was watching only had 300 viewers.
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Plus when I was watching the Lol stream it had over 110,000 viewers.
I really liked how Tsm leveraged their 3 wriggle's setup, their game plan meant that the whole game was being fought on their terms.
Tomorrow's group should be interesting. Only two of Clg, Fnatic and Sk gaming can go through so there should be some good, tense matches.
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