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[quote=Embracing]i play a few games with him and give him criticism / ping him in those games we lose two or three games i go solo queue a game he snipes me (accidentally or intentionally) with a nid main friend. talks a lot of shit behind my back posts this[/quote]

[quote=utopus]Ah - my apologies. Truthfully, I was underperforming the past couple of games, and I thought you really were getting frustrated with me, that's all. Roger and you kept reinforcing that I needed to think about the things I was doing more. I tried, and when I still got flak for trying to save Xin in our Xin/Ali game, I lashed back because I was honestly thinking really fucking hard about what I was doing, and upon review of the game, it became clear that you and I had two different plans. I did tell thalia that you were frustrated with me. I also told him that I was frustrated with you because I felt like you weren't listening to me. And lastly, I told him that I was frustrated with my inability to satisfy you with quality play. You and I may have different approaches about fixing problems, but when I can't fix a problem by myself, I talk about them with people that calm me down and listen and that's what I was doing. But unless you call that back-talking, the only people I back-talk are BBG and Joe - this guy in my chemistry class that often forcibly invites himself to some of the things that my friends and I are hosting. I'm sorry that I made it appear that I was talking behind your back. I also spoke with my duo partner about you. Although even then, I wasn't talking behind your back. The message you took from my linking lolskill was vastly different than what I intended. Frankly, I wouldn't even give a shit if he was the #10 nidalee in the world and you were #1000 or vice versa. You'd still be on that list, and being on that list really validates your knowledge of nidalee - almost moreso than rank does. To put this in perspective, [url=http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=bive]Bive[/url], a challenger tier player, only felt like he had the authority to write a guide on this site [url=http://i.imgur.com/GedgBCE.png]once he hit the top 1000 lists with a character.[/url] When I compared your nidalee to my friend's nidalee, I really wanted to highlight the VASTLY differing playstyle that you two have. If you looked at his match history, you two itemize [[nidalee]] totally differently. He NEVER builds: [[rod of ages]], [[zhonya's hourglass]] He DOES build: [[void staff]], [[rylai's crystal scepter]], [[iceborn gauntlet]] You NEVER build: [[rylai's crystal scepter]], and rarely build [[iceborn gauntlet]] You DO build: [[rod of ages]], [[zhonya's hourglass]] Most champions have a well established, well theorized itemization path, and I just find it funny (yes, actually) that two well established [[nidalee]] players can disagree with eachother so vehemently on something simple like itemization. I'm sorry that things got so fucked up between us, Brian. They say that time heals most wounds, and I hope that we can resolve this amicably[/quote]

[quote=Thalia Kael]lol[/quote]

[quote=theyouiporit][quote=Maintained]I really want to know the backstory to what happened between you guys now[/quote] We'll got that nosy old lady within us[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 26[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/waFpcGx.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2100061348]Replay gg link[/url] Thalia and I stomped bot pretty hard. unfortunately, [[annie]] top stomped top even harder. [[corki]]'s fed-ness was a nonfactor as annie could just flash tibbers and instakill him without any repercussion, because everyone else on our team lacked damage. I was pretty disappointed in this game. [rule] [center][size=5]Game 27[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/cXGeL9K.png width=800] [/center] This was a good game. Thalia and I got annoyed about how much time [[xin zhao]] spent top lane, especially since [[master yi]] spent a great deal of time camping bot and basically only us. Even so, the only threat on the opponent team was [[kassadin]] which doesn't turn out to be much of a threat if the opponent team doesn't have a lot of shred. I was annoyed with how easily [[vayne]] could burst me down through [[unbreakable will]], but i provided enough tankiness so that the rest of my team ([[xin zhao]], [[jinx]]) could really pull through. [rule] [center][size=5][color=#0000ff]Game 28[/color][/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/2gGt2MB.jpg width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2100588730]replay gg link[/url] This was an incredible game to play, and an even better one to watch over. I won bot lane with several good [[flash]] [[pulverize]]s (i'm still not confident enough to do [[pulverize]][[flash]]), and some more 2 man [[headbutt]] + [[pulverize]]s. Also, my timing on [[unbreakable]] will was on point. In general, you want to keep track of the rate of damage you're taking, and use [[unbreakable will]] the moment you start taking ~10-20% of your max health per half second. I would often die, but I would zone [[corki]] and [[jinx]] from the fight for so long, and I would make sure that the rest of my team could clean up while i kept the carries busy. the [[jarvan iv]] and the rest of my team had enough tankiness to catch the two carries out, burst them, and take objectives.[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 29[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/q5ue9Jn.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2103201021] replay gg link[/url] I played pretty terribly this game. Thankfully my team carried me :) [[elise]] support is pretty fucking cheesey. We gave a doublekill to her early, but thankfully, she recalled and bought... [[boots of swiftness]]???? [[jinx]] bought an early [[boots of speed]], making it pretty difficult to land 2x [[time bomb]]s on her, and their lane was well coordinated enough to stop focusing [[kog'maw]] when he was at 10% hp, waiting until [[chronoshift]] faded off, and then kill him. [rule] [center][size=5]Game 30[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/vii2LRw.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2104661550] replay gg link[/url] [[corki]] and I absolutely dominated bot lane. Unfortunately, [[kha'zix]] had a really good gank right when we were pushed up and got fed. he would literally delete me, jump away, and then pick off the rest of our carries. [[nautilus]] was a really strong pick; He would frequently catch [[corki]], and burst him down before I could heal [[corki]] more than once. I was surprised at the amount of burst he had, actually. [rule] [center][size=5]Game 31[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/ai2Knnx.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2105357353]replay gg link[/url] This was an annoying game! I told [[master yi]] to start red buff vs [[evelynn]], lest he get cheesed by her while he was at his red buff. Wait 1', and he got cheesed by her at his red buff. I roamed mid and got the kill thankfully, but bot lane had lost so much pressure that we were perpetually set behind for the rest of the lane. [[master yi]] got really fed, but kept on doing dumb splitpushing things and end up trading a 1-for-1, or just flat out dying. [rule] [center][size=5]Game 32[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/NTo4GnQ.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2105451439]Replay gg link[/url] This should have probably been a dodge. [[soraka]] got first picked away from us, and she really counters low damage teams. [[master yi]] was icing on the cake.[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 33[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/Ma4DOAr.png width=800] [/center] [img=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2105454579]replay gg link[/url] I see why [[nidalee]] counters [[gragas]] now. I didn't die a whole lot during the early game, but [[nidalee]] could just totally walk all over my jungle. Her deep vision control, made me have a very low impact in a game where I needed to gank my lanes a lot, since both of my solo lanes were getting dumpstered. I should re-review this game and see what I could've done differently, because I felt like I was always arriving to ganks late. This must be what it feels like to be santorin LOL [rule] [center][size=5]Game 34[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/xhK5zAV.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2105457693]replay gg link[/url] So [[nautilus]] top got dumpstered by [[gangplank]]. I should've seen that coming, since the guy's name was ggangplank lol. I got really fed, along with [[ahri]], but we were unable to carry from [[gangplank]]'s oppressive zone control. [[ezreal]] wasn't even a big factor. the guy just kept on taking kills from [[gangplank]] lol. [rule] [center][size=5]Game 35[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/VggQY2l.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2106252383]replay gg link[/url] This game was unwinnable. [[caitlyn]] picked into [[soraka]], which is known to be a very unfavorable matchup for her. [[riven]] was also fed, and to her merit she played very well, but the fact was that [[draven]] got super fed off [[caitlyn]], and he would have carried the game even with a lackluster [[riven]] performance. This loss demoted me to d5. GG[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5][color=#0000ff]Game 36[/color][/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/JB639GY.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2106273938]replay gg link[/url] This was an incredible performance by me. [[poppy]] played out of her mind too. A good trade bot allowed up to burn our opponents summoner spells early on. while it was difficult for us to capitalize on that, it made it so that the level 6 fight that would happen later would go heavily in our favor. [[volibear]] invaded [[amumu]]'s jungle on the second clear and a 2-for-1 occurred in favor of our opponent team. [[lulu]] did the diamond 5 thing and died trying to save [[amumu]]. Thankfully, I was able to get a kill on the bot lane using that red buff. I had some really strong peeling and fight resetting with [[howling gale]] and [[monsoon]]. Definitely a replay to watch. [rule] [center][size=5][color=#00ffff]Game 37[/color][/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/2wLNSxs.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2106636237]replay gg link[/url] Another really great game. Despite the fact that their team ([[leblanc]], [[rumble]], [[trundle]]) could all very easily get to me, I positioned pretty well for the most part and was able to heal my team through most of [[leblanc]]'s damage, as well as [[caitlyn]]'s sustained DPS. [rule] [center][size=5][color=#00ffff]Game 38[/color][/size] [url=https://youtu.be/Jo-0ytcEXKg?t=1m4s]ANOTHER ONE[/url] [img=http://i.imgur.com/GOE3eiF.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2107916832]replay gg link[/url] Aside from one poor [[monsoon]] that I used to try to save [[lucian]], this game was a strong performance by me. A trade from [[kalista]] and [[alistar]] seemed to be going in their advantage, but thankfully, [[lucian]] was able to get away, and I was able to get so many free autoattacks on [[kalista]] that she had to respect [[flash]] [[heal]] away lest she get bursted by the [[lucian]]. Some good roams really stifled [[orianna]]'s presence on the map by forcing her to burn flash, and it also crippled [[zed]]'s map pressure, since I was able to frequently get deep wards in his jungle. [[lucian]] outplayed [[kalista]] a couple times, and then did stupid splitpushing. he finally started listening to us though and the game went in our favor. [[alistar]] set up some good [[pulverize]]s for [[yasuo]] later, but strong resets really pulled the game in our favor. Upon reviewing the analysis, I found that [[malphite]], despite playing lane like garbage, really set the team up for success by zoning [u]3[/u] people from a team fight near our wraiths.[/quote]

[quote=utopus][center][size=5]Game 39[/size] [img=http://i.imgur.com/sYQ9sjH.png width=800] [/center] [url=http://www.replay.gg/search/na/keanu reeves#2107971854]replay gg link[/url] Despite my shitty score, I actually really did well this game. I set up some good ganks for [[poppy]], and really got her ahead. Not much to comment about this game though, especially when [[poppy]] got as fed as she did[/quote]

[quote=VexRoth]Congrats on making it to Diamond IV![/quote]