September 16th, 2012, 16:49
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7 games, 2 wins 5 losses
1144 ELO hurts and I'm done with ranked.
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September 16th, 2012, 17:17
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We need to play more ranked 5s.
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September 16th, 2012, 17:31
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Dantski Wrote:7 games, 2 wins 5 losses
1144 ELO hurts and I'm done with ranked.
That sucks 
Remember that ranked is just like normal; the only difference is that you can see your Elo. I'm sure you've had days like that before in normals (I had one yesterday with 7 losses in a row  )
And yes, I really enjoy playing ranked 5s. Any time we have people on who are in the same team, we should do it...
September 16th, 2012, 21:48
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Ouch. If I ever win 2 or 3 in a row, or lose 2 or 3 in a row, I'm done for the night.
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September 16th, 2012, 23:29
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Speaker Wrote:Ouch. If I ever win 2 or 3 in a row, or lose 2 or 3 in a row, I'm done for the night.
Hmm - SJ Simon (card game expert some time ago) would tell you that the former is an error. When you are in luck[1], play more; when the luck turns, play less.
[1] Don't believe in luck? try "play more when your personal skill variance is favorable, and less when unfavorable."
September 17th, 2012, 00:45
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Reverse Gambler's Fallacy?
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September 17th, 2012, 01:19
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Some times you can be psyched up for a game and that does make a difference.Just one example...
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September 17th, 2012, 03:12
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I think if it affects your play it's time to stop. But otherwise, I don't think there's anything in any of those theories aside from random variance.
Anyway - we currently have a team (RB Regulars) that's one win away from gold rank in season 2. If we can get 5 people on that team on at the same time, we can perhaps get it to gold and get everyone the S2 rewards (though it won't be easy; most teams we play at that Elo tend to be full of 1500-1700 players)...
September 17th, 2012, 07:39
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I don't normally moan about this (other than to Terror via PM) but it was the manner of the losses that was so...depressing.
Example 1
All the roles are picked and we're waiting for last person to pick a support for my Tristana, he picks Diana which is a bad choice but hey maybe we can make a kill lane out of it. Last second he changes to Ashe, well vs Ezreal/Alistar thats pretty horrible but whatever. First thing I notice in game is that this Ashe has 0 bonus AD (Ashe has 49 AD basic) and 15 AP. The lane goes even worse than expected, Ashe endlessly autoattacks minions and lets Alistar run next to her and pulverize, which leads to Ezreal having 3 kills by the 10 minute mark. Rather predictably we end up losing as I'm rather underfarmed and the one teamfight I make a mistake in we get aced and lose off the enemy push.
One more..
Example 2
This is last game of the day and I'm frustrated. Yes yes I know you shouldn't play in that situation but sometimes you can't help it. I FP Ryze and end up vs an Anivia middle. Initially the game goes well as I'm out harassing Anivia badly and 10 CS up after 5 mins. Anivia barely escapes being egged and then Olaf ganks middle. Anivia is able to get a stun on Olaf and runs away NW directly towards our top lane. I furiously ping her and our top laner (who is in the middle of the lane full HP, and last hitting) to no avail and she gets away.
Olaf sets up to gank again so I go aggressive and get Anivia in a snare, unfortunately 2 things happen. Firstly I underestimate her damage and secondly Olaf is very slow to respond so I end up dying and leaving Anivia very low, after multiple missed axe throws, he eventually gets her egg down to 10% HP before she revives and stuns him again to get away.
Not done yet, Anivia has blue and is pushing lane hard every wave. I see botlane fighting and Anivia is missing. Again I ping mid to bottom but Anivia goes bottom and scores a triple kill. The teams reaction is predictable.
Player X: WHY U NO CALL MIA?
Dantski: I pinged multiple times
Player X: PINGS ARE USELESS IDIOT TYPE MIA
Dantski: If you don't pay attention to pings, why would you pay attention to chat?
Player X: Uninstall Ryze n00b
Now at no point do I claim to be a great LOL player, neither am I particularly angry when I lose a game, but under these circumstances its very difficult to enjoy playing.
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September 17th, 2012, 07:48
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In example one, I think there was a PRO player that got banned for doing something similar to that. And example two is an obvious report...
But yeah, that sucks...
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