Showing posts with label Jodi McClure.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jodi McClure.. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2014
EU Spring Split W4D2 Fri, February 7
Today's Matches:
1. SK Gaming vs Copenhagen Wolves
2. Supa Hot Crew vs Gambit Gaming
3. Fnatic vs ROCCAT
4. Alliance vs Millenium
Will ROCCAT pay Fnatic back?
1. SK Gaming vs Copenhagen Wolves
2. Supa Hot Crew vs Gambit Gaming
3. Fnatic vs ROCCAT
4. Alliance vs Millenium
Will ROCCAT pay Fnatic back?
Are you Ready, boys? :)
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
EU Spring Split W4D1 Thur, February 6
Today's Matches:
1. Fnatic vs Alliance
2. Millenium vs Roccat
3. Copenhagen Wolves vs Gambit Gaming
4. Supa Hot Crew vs Millenium
Today's series starts off with three very uneven match-ups. Maybe we'll see some struggling teams finally make progress, or...maybe we'll see the EU leaders widen their already strong leads. After an impressive showing last weekend, curious to see if Supa Hot Crew can keep their momentum going against Millenum.
If anyone is going to pull off an upset today, who do you think it will be?
1. Fnatic vs Alliance
2. Millenium vs Roccat
3. Copenhagen Wolves vs Gambit Gaming
4. Supa Hot Crew vs Millenium
Today's series starts off with three very uneven match-ups. Maybe we'll see some struggling teams finally make progress, or...maybe we'll see the EU leaders widen their already strong leads. After an impressive showing last weekend, curious to see if Supa Hot Crew can keep their momentum going against Millenum.
If anyone is going to pull off an upset today, who do you think it will be?
Does Alliance have a chance?
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Alex Ich on Balancing Family and Work.
"Having a family is a minus and plus at the same time. You have to spend your time helping your wife and son and you really need to dedicate your time properly. But at the same time you get a huge moral boost and help from your wife and you never lose the motivation. I think losing motivation is the point where most of the pro players lose their level of play."
Alex and Katya
Friday, January 31, 2014
NA Spring Split W3D1 Sat, February 1
Today's Matches:
1. Team SoloMid vs XDG
2. Team Coast vs Cloud9
3. Curse vs Counter Logic Gaming
4. Evil Geniuses vs Cloud9
1. Team SoloMid vs XDG
2. Team Coast vs Cloud9
3. Curse vs Counter Logic Gaming
4. Evil Geniuses vs Cloud9
EU Spring Split W3D2 Fri, January 31
Today's Matches:
1. Alliance vs SK Gaming
2. Supa Hot Crew vs Copenhagen Wolves
3. SK Gaming vs ROCCAT
4. Gambit vs Fnatic
1. Alliance vs SK Gaming
2. Supa Hot Crew vs Copenhagen Wolves
3. SK Gaming vs ROCCAT
4. Gambit vs Fnatic
Thursday, January 30, 2014
EU Spring Split W3D1 Thur, January 30
Today's Matches:
1. Gambit vs Alliance
2. ROCCAT vs Fnatic
3. Supa Hot Crew vs SK Gaming
4. Copenhagen Wolves vs Fnatic
There's so much on the line in that second game!
1. Gambit vs Alliance
2. ROCCAT vs Fnatic
3. Supa Hot Crew vs SK Gaming
4. Copenhagen Wolves vs Fnatic
There's so much on the line in that second game!
So, what do you think, Fangirls?
Who will be more OP?
Saturday, January 25, 2014
NA Spring Split W2D1 Sat, January 25
Today's Matches
1. Dignitas vs XDG
2. Coast vs Curse
3. Evil Geniuses vs Dignitas
4. Team SoloMid vs Counter Logic Gaming
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
NA Spring Split W1D3 Sunday, January 19
Today's Matches
1. Counter Logic Gaming vs Curse
2. Dignitas vs Cloud 9 HyperX
3. Team Coast vs Evil Geniuses
4. Team SoloMid vs Curse
5. XDG vs Team Coast
Games start at 3:00pm EST
1. Counter Logic Gaming vs Curse
2. Dignitas vs Cloud 9 HyperX
3. Team Coast vs Evil Geniuses
4. Team SoloMid vs Curse
5. XDG vs Team Coast
Games start at 3:00pm EST
Saturday, January 18, 2014
NA Spring Split W1D2 Saturday, January 18
Today's Matches:
1. Curse vs XDG
2. Cloud 9 Hyperx vs CLG
3. Dignitas vs Team Solomid
4. Evil Geniuses vs CLG
5. Team Coast vs Dignitas
1. Curse vs XDG
2. Cloud 9 Hyperx vs CLG
3. Dignitas vs Team Solomid
4. Evil Geniuses vs CLG
5. Team Coast vs Dignitas
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Awkward World that is Player Vlogs
Doublelift sits at a desk in a disorganized room filled with
empty Coke bottles and discarded clothing. Light glares through the curtains
behind him, shining in on what little we can see of Chauster, who toys with a
new soundcard while hunched over his computer. Random chatter can be heard from
his CLG housemates in the background, and the ever-present sound of frantically
clicking keys.
Doublelift winces as his video begins. “It’s just another
boring me talking to the camera thing,” he sheepishly admits, rubbing his chin
with a selection of ‘um’s’ and ‘so...yeah’s’ while dishing out the mundane details
of his day.
It’s a common scene in player’s vlogs, those little video slices
of life that every pro is doing. Most of them are awkward at best, with
uncomfortable hosts staring at the camera, straining for something to say. Even
Meteos, so well-known for his fun banter during his streams, is often left
speechless. “I don’t like vlogs,” he mumbles apologetically to his viewers.
“They’re so hard to do.”
“Yeah, like you work out,” his landlord interjects from the
hallway.
Doublelift glances over his shoulder. “I was going to work out.
I was going to...!” he shouts back, his cheeks turning two shades of red.
While not always that entertaining, vlogs give you a pretty
accurate view of a player’s world outside the game, proving that their daily
life is just as humdrum as our own. Tours of their environments reveal unmade
beds and dishes piled in the sink, or grumbling teammates half-asleep in generic
hotel rooms. It’s a world not unlike that of any gaming nerd, and it’s a comforting
affirmation that we’re not alone.
Once in a while though, vlogs can be incredibly poignant or insightful.
Memories of Xpecial’s heartfelt confession, “we’re having a bit of a rough
patch,” readily come to mind. It was an honest bit of soul searching that
resonated with its viewers, followed by over two-thousand replies of (mostly)
encouraging words.
As hard as it is to see distress on a player’s face, Esports
fans are notoriously drawn to team drama. Elementz, often the whipping boy in
r/leagueoflegends, received an outpouring of support after he posted a gut-wrenching
vlog where he addressed his trash-talking teammates. Dyrus got an earful of armchair
counseling when he asked his fans to drop their attacks on Reginald, and CLG gained
a ton of renewed fan love when the normally arrogant Hotshotgg humbly choked out,
“the way things have been going, I’ll be left with nothing.”
Moments like that stand out all the greater when you've seen
these players on an ordinary day, sharing a meal with their teammates and
smiling at each other’s jokes. Because you've been made a part of their private
lives, you experience the emotions with them, and it ties you to them on a very
personal level.
No other sport asks its players to make vlogs, but it’s
fitting for a game whose main fan base is online. Internet audiences are used
to having that kind of intimate connection. And on a map where players are
represented by digital champions, it’s nice to be reminded they’re still human.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Riot Plz - The ARAM Conspiracy.
As of this second, I have 307 wins and 307 losses in ARAMS.
No one really contemplates these things, which is part of why it works, but all thirty-eight of my closest ARAM friends come within ten points of a 50-50 win / loss record, and that is far too perfect a percentage to be by chance alone. While keeping a player interested, motivated and challenged requires losses, player satisfaction requires wins, and 50/50 appears to be Riot's golden ratio of happiness...but how exactly do they do this if an ARAM is 'All Random?'
The answer is...it isn't all random. There's nothing random about it at all. It's all carefully planned and orchestrated to create the illusion of randomness. In truth, outside algorithmic forces are at work. The deck is always stacked in favor of one team over another, and you've all seen it happen plenty of times. Certain characters have a very high win rate in ARAMs and you can be sure there will be several of them on the opposing team when it's your turn to lose. Of course, skill level can still prevail in these match ups, but skill level is measurable as well, and ELO clearly is taken into account and calculated into the equation.
But, the conspiracy goes deeper still!
Once I was made aware of Riot's sneaky manipulation, I began to discover just how far they will go to prevent me from getting a win. Yesterday's glorious losing streak is a prime example. I was subject to suspicious problem after suspicious problem, and Riot was clearly at the core!
For starters, I went 'bug splat' link dead at the start of three games, severely crippling my team. Then I was bugged in game and unable to buy, and had to completely reboot. During one particularly difficult game where we were coming back against all odds, the transformer on my street blew, plunging us into darkness. The lengths that our unscrupulous Riot will go to are beyond belief! This morning, my cat turned my computer off mid-game...under Riot's silent feline directive. In the next game, they made Kaspersky bring up an override screen in the middle of a team fight.
Know those games where someone goes afk at the start and never leaves base? Those are evil Riot agents, added to even out the playing field when a game cannot be run without you winning. Likewise, those people who just stand behind your tower and run in circles are also Riot bots! And they're programmed to heckle your build, no matter what direction you go in. 'AP Ezreal is stupid, he does like no damage!' or 'AD Ezreal? Why? In an ARAM?' simply to make you waste a minute in base while you type back an explanation. (Or in my case, a few expletives.) And on those rare occasions when the system glitches and gives you an amazing line up, Riot will quickly fix the problem with a fake 'summoner has quit' message.
They're probably watching me right now with their high-powered satellite surveillance, just waiting for any attempt on my part to breech the 50/50 ceiling. They have full control the power grid, the internets and the government. This is why most of our lives also seem to fit the 50/50 mold. Not to blow your mind, but the phrase 'you win some, you lose some,' has been around for a very a long time.
This is because Riot is behind it all.
And now you know the truth.
This is because Riot is behind it all.
And now you know the truth.