3800IP is a good amount! It'll get you any of the first three tiers of champs easy. I just checked now and I have almost 104,000 unused IP! Wish you could transfer it to others. Lol. I can understand a preference for ranged champs (as I share it to a degree). It doesn't restrict role either as you'll find viable ranged champs in all lanes (even Top). It's funny, I've never had the chance to try out Poppy myself even though she's probably the champ I most want to learn! Lol. Regarding ranged vs melee, it's something you eventually get used to. I remember years ago, at first, I hated playing melee as I felt so vulnerable (especially in the early levels). But then you learn/realise just how powerful and durable they become in later levels to the point you no longer fear just getting stuck in. In ARAM (the mode I play the most) Tanks are easily the best class to be given as they are SO durable and can simply outlast anyone (even burst mages). Yeah Ashe & Jhin are so overplayed, I agree. Although I suppose it's important to remember that all Marksmen (as a rule) right now aren't anywhere near as powerful or important as they were three to five years ago (for better or worse). I'd still say ADC was the easiest role for a new person to play though.
As for Orianna, the trick to her is being 'one with the ball', lol. A basic combo with her would be Command:Attack (Q) outwards and passed through as many targets as possible (dealing damage to everything it passes through) and then Command: Protect (E) the ball back towards yourself (thereby passing through the same enemies again thus dealing double damage) while also giving yourself a nice handy shield to survive any recourse. Never forget the speed boost/slow on Command: Dissonance (W). And when you see three or more enemy champs within the same area and you and/or your team are in a position to be able to attack, throw the ball out to the middle of them (Q) and use her Ult, Command: Shockwave to engage an attack for your teamates to follow up on.
Wow Day, it's been years since I've seen you write such a long post. Almost reminds me of when we first met and we'd exchange walls of text over PMs about stuff.
You're probably right though, it's just that I found it hard to even farm minions with Poppy, much less engage champions. For me it was much easier to do both on Syndra, and that's partially why I was a bit bemused when you said she was a tough champ to learn...but either way, I'm trying to do things like resist the urge to press down all the buttons when I see an opponent champ, and don't even expect me to have any map awareness or know how to ward, so I guess I shouldn't be picky either way at this point.
I don't even think warding was even a thing when I played, other than maybe by the support player, but now from what I gather everyone is responsible for warding and playing their part in the vision game to some extent.
Thanks for the advice, by the way!
While I do understand your point and where you're coming from, I strongly disagree on this one. I fully understand that he (and others like him) are only 17 (young). And at the end of the day, children will be... well... children. However that can only excuse so much in my book. I understand getting angry and impulsive and generally throwing toys out of the pram. A lot of grown adults still do that, lol. But if you're being employed (PAID) by a professional league (dropping out of school to do so is irrellevant), you have to step up your maturity and grow up. Acting like a child shouldn't be acceptable (regardless of actual age). I can accept that children being taken away from their homes and being made to live together isn't exactly a good idea but quite frankly, if it doesn't work, maybe it shouldn't be done? At the end of the day there is clearly so many immature jerks that play top level in the LCS that it irritates me that nothing is ever done about it. I fully understand that what I'm suggesting would result in the immediete removal of like HALF of all the current LCS players but I stand by it. At the end of the day, like in all sport it seems, terrible behaviour is ignored because of percieved ability. Disgusting.
I don't entirely disagree with you, but at the same time I think you have to make an effort to separate players who are just toxic with players who maybe aren't equipped to handle the stresses of being a professional player...these are people who are uprooted from their lives, their friends, and their family, and made to live with and spend their lives with a number of other people that they may or may not get along with. That concept alone with dramatic enough for MTV to
develop a long-running series around it, and that doesn't even take into account the stress of being on a team and having to constantly practice and compete in some of the most competitive esports leagues in the world. Considering that these players are sometimes just starting their adult lives, it's understandable that they might not be equipped to handle that kind of stress or those kind of issues.
It's no secret that Team Liquid had and continues to have issues when it comes to developing players...it's something they themselves put out there in a two-hour long movie that didn't really show anyone in the org in the best light, so I don't mind that Dardoch was given a second chance on a fresh team. From what I've read, he realizes that he was lucky to be given another chance and is really making the most of it.
Actually, I've grown really interested in how these esports organizations are ran and the issues they face, and this is actually an area where they're becoming more aware...at least in the top-tier teams you're seeing more of an effort to develop players as people and not just as players so that they have skills and options when their gaming careers are over, and you're seeing them hire more support staff and start to bring in sports psychologists to help equip them with the skills to handle the conflicts and stress that their situations bring. The orgs increasingly understand that they have a role to play in helping their players grow as people, and that as they grow as people they also grow as players.
I think it's just one of many things that the orgs are exploring as esports continues to mature and become more professional. I think it's obvious when it comes to League that Riot and the top orgs want the LCS to rival the stature and professionalism of traditional sports leagues, so I expect that issues like this won't be as big an issue in the future...players who need help will get it, and those that are just toxic will be sent packing.
