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Data? You've seen this data? You've gone through the algorithms being used and collected the information? Do you have any information that is more than something you were told? When a magician performs a trick do I need to know exactly how the trick was performed to stand back and go, "hey, I...

At the start of S3 even the highest ranked player of the prior season was dropped to Plat 1, zero LP. It's possible something similar will occur.

So you believe that the number that is assumed to determine the likelihood of a team showing up in a spectate game is the average of each player's MMR. What is it like living without skepticism? Does it hurt?

And now that you've read all that and now actually have an idea of what is going on I welcome you to my side of the argument.

I'm asking you how you think websites get this data. Surely you can take me through it on a step by step basis.

The numbers that Riot is giving out. How are they obtained. How is Riot giving out these numbers.

What numbers are being provided by Riot and how are they being provided.

In my life I have taken up the Monkey's Paw too many times and wished for a another film, another sequel or prequel or parallel story. I have wished formore. I have been given the Neverending Story 2, and Aliens 3, and Dead Like Me : Life After Death. And god help me I was given The Phantom...

In season one and in season two, when Elo was used, lines were drawn at different points to create tiers. Gold was 1500. Platinum was 1700. These sites that calculate MMR are making the assumption that those divisions within the system are the same in S3 and use them for reference points. I do...

I don't believe that Plat in S3 is the same as Plat in S2.

I don't believe their numbers because I do not believe that the tiers this season as the same as they are last season.

That's pretty much it. Volibear is legit fun, Renekton is a gold star top laner, but Olaf has yet to prove himself.

Black Cleavers, for a time, did not say Unique on any of their parts so people were playing AD bruiser/AD castery types and buying as many as they could until the game ended. The amount they shredded was larger, required fewer stacks, and I think they were cheaper too? I don't remember all of it.

The Black Cleaver Ordeal? Do you mean the Locket Ordeal? Wait, I know. You mean the Warmogs Ordeal. Are you sure you aren't talking about the BotRK Ordeal? S3 was sorta derpy at the start.

It's not the actors. It's the mentality. Maybe I'm just gun shy after The Beef was cast as Indy's son in Crystal Skull.

Good, that's all good news. I had only heard part of what was going on and it didn't really make any sense.

The lack of a reset makes the likelihood that I play ranked in S4 fairly low. I always liked the partial wipe and then hopping into ranked later in the season to see what's what. If I'm going to enter into S4 with 40 LPs worth of Plat 5 then I'll take my S4 rewards now, thanks.

Riot said they weren't doing a soft reset this season but they've got a bunch of other S4 changes planned for the system so I don't really know what it's all going to end up looking like.

You sir, you have made an enemy for life.

The view of what Hearthstone could be is warped by what it is now. If it was MtG that was the brand new game and we were playing it online with Alpha only with this many people and a similar ease of access to cards we'd have already broke that game over our knees. The real problem I see with...

Hearthstone just needs time to develop into its own game and for its card pool to grow.

I was referring to the nebulous anypeople of Hollywood. The dudes who call the shots and green light garbage. The people who want to add popular young people actors of the day like Emma Stone and Jonah Hill to the cast.

I'll always hate Millie the most. Always.

Jerle used to work for Riot under the handle of Damiya. He's a gigantic drama llama who sits out in the SA IRC channel for League of Legends and livejournals. If he was posting here you would know itinstantly.

What it loses in static resource gain and smaller card pool it makes up for with many, many cards with random elements. Hearthstone is probably always going to seem more random because of its cards even if it isn't.

The only things that I'm not liking are the amount of utility talents that involve gold and the 21 point talent. Wanderer is really, really crappy for a 21 point. There must be a reason they are doing away with +3% MS all the time but I would much rather have that over 5% out of combat.

Riot is totally willing to take big chances and at the same time completely unwilling to take big chances. It's strange. They'll push the envelope with champion design while simultaneously stubbornly refusing to doanythingwith others on the cast. Dominion got this huge push at its release and...

I had rented Ghostbusters a bunch of times as a kid and even at 9 I remember being disappointed with the sequel when I saw it in the theater. It's grown on me over time but I still don't understand why it is so goofy. The Real Ghostbusters cartoon was randomly holy fuck dark and it was those...

Vayne's a good example of just being stubborn. "% of max health true damage isn't the problem!" "Her win rate isn't very good!" She's not fucking fun to play against. Itemizing against her is very, very difficult. The second she buys BotRK, no matter how shit the rest of her laning phase...

Hey look, a marine got rustled over my saying a book he likes that is about how glorious it is to be a marine is a book about how glorious it is to be a marine. Don't get mad at me. I said I liked the book. My criticisms of Starship Troopers are not special, unique, or even uncommon. I prefer...

Alright, I was wrong about that detail. It's been a while since I had thought about any of this and I didn't run out to check Wikipedia before posting. Like I said, I had forgotten just how absurd the book was given Heinlein's own military background. I'm going to say it again. Starship...

Oh, that's right. I had forgotten just how absurd the whole thing was. Being told just how awesome it was to be a marine (infantry, no less) from the guy in the lily white uniform. You know what is a running theme in the different marine memories I've read? The navy treating them like shit.

What the fuck are you even talking about. Heinlein was a marine. Starship Troopers is about marines. It just is. Those are marines. The whole book glorifies being a marine to the point where it gets goddamn distracting. I'm not taking a controversial stance here.

It's not a comment on war. It's Marine recruitment propaganda. I like the book just fine. I've listened to it on audio book more than once. It's good. That doesn't make it not Marine recruitment propaganda.

The book is one big recruitment letter for the Marines written by a guy that never saw combat. Tons of combat zen honor glory duty Semper Fi wank. I'll stick with The Forever War thank you for much. The movie is a big, weird satire from I think a crazy person. If you haven't listened to the...

When I was going to school they absolutely would not let you go without a lunch. Weren't hungry? Didn't have money? Happened to an annoying little cunt no one liked? Did not matter. You got a lunch.

He's already said no. After his wife died he retired completely from acting.

Not taking bait is counterplay. Gah, I hate those terms so fucking much. Toxic needs to die in a fire. I would drown that word in turpentine if it would be so kind as to manifest in physical form. I've spoken with Morello in person and I don't have a single negative thing to say about him in...

Yeah, I had typed a little about Karma in that post and deleted it. That's exactly what is going to happen to Sion. We are going to get a completely new character with new abilities that is named Sion. I like new Karma just fine but I also really, really liked old Karma. Evelyn's remake made...

I always hoped Sion would get a small buff and they would remove the health per attack cost on auto attacks when Enrage is toggled on. The anti-sustain it provides is a real problem. In S1 Sion was my most played champion and at the time I thought that he could always be my old standby...