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I'm gonna take a short break from Ranked and practice some champs. Two reasons: 1) my wife was gone to a training all week so I was able to play enough to get all of my placement matches in this week and 2) my internet has been pretty solid and I had several periods where I lagged a lot last night. I might play one Monday since I had to take the day off to get a recall on her car fixed, but other than that, it'll probably be a couple of weeks before I try ranked again.

I had a lot of yard work to do last night, so it was late before I got on. I decided instead of Ranked I would try a couple of champs. First, i tried out Rumble again. I really wanna get good with him, but I suck at CSing with him. That and I forgot that I needed to turn smartcast for his ult off. First time Nidalee tower dove I could have gotten a kill on her too, but my ult didn't go off.

Second game I played with some friends, so I decided to goof off and play

If you already read my Udyr guide, you will know, that I posted an experimental build there, because only if you search for new builds, you will find the best. And so many unkown builds (Blue Ezreal, lol) got through testing like this possible and popular, before that, somebody would have flamed you for building that.

So, lets start with my first experimental build. I latelty was thinking about a super tanky top laner which has high base damage and great cc, but isn't really played there. I found one: Alistar. As you know,

First thing to note: I'm unranked. I'm trying to master more difficult techniques before I throw my hand at ranked. I'd also like to stand on equal ground against some Silver-ranked friends or be able to occasionally beat my Gold-ranked friends. Part of this preparation is understanding how the ranked system works. This is what I've deduced so far about LP Clamping.

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So from what I understand, LP clamping occurs //specifically// when a ranked player is ready to move up a tier (ie, bronze I to silver V, platinum I to diamond V). It may or may not occur between the individual divisions, as it might be a weakened pull for division changes.

The trigger for LP clamping is when there is a set "average" or "minimum" MMR (player skill level) that the player ready to move into the division does not meet the requirement for. That is to say, a Silver I player who is LP-ready to move into Gold V does not meet the MMR requirement for Gold V and/or Gold Tier.

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I've been thinking about changing my summoner name for a long, long time. Together with my buddy harakoniwhawk (as he was called back then), I once thought about some cool names, at a time when the name change was on sale. Eventually, he became Gabriel Santar. I am still Wayne3100. The reason? It's simple: I have no new name I like.

To be honest, I don't think there's much wrong with Wayne3100. I like the number, I like my own name :3 It's what I always use, I fill it in automatically, because I'm used to it... It's me.

However, there also lies the problem. As I said, it's what I always use. It's boring. Bland. Uncreative. Unexciting. Now, something inside me cries for change. Something new, something fresh. Something like... A cool fantasy name, a clever name / wordplay, or even a funny and slightly troll name (not one I'll start hating after a while, though).

Who knows, maybe, if someone comes up with a brilliant suggestion and I'm in the shop, going for that…

Went home last night after work and finished off my placement matches. The friend I had Duo Queued with was on so we tried again. Instead of using his regular account he used another friends Smurf that was Bronze 2, I believe. The first game I tried to Twisted Fate mid and got stuck against a Syndra that was good. He was really good at stunning me and the rest of my team didn't do very well either. I actually had a chance to try and counter pick

I got bored and decided I'd start up a sort of regular blog...thing...on my blog...updated whenever. Rage Tales: Looking back at rage and seeing if it was justified. I know I could just go to the qq thread, but it's not my rage that's going here nor am i raging about rage. Its just the memorable times when someone showered me with rage.

1st Tale: Why don't you have a support.

Years ago, I fought my way to lvl 30 by doing nothing but mastering Riven and all her abilities, builds, hell I even have her cooldowns memorized to the fraction of a second. That doesn't fly in the real world, obviously. I ended up playing a game with one of my dearest friends and I ended up as the support role. Thing is, the closest thing I had to a support at the time is Darius. Short version, we lost. Long version, we got destroyed.

I pick this story not because the rage is totally my fault and entirely justified but because my dear friend was doing his best not to end our friendship over a single bad game.…

[7/23/2013 11:01:15 PM] Eowyn: WHERE YOU AT *****
[7/23/2013 11:01:16 PM] Eowyn: LET'S GO
[7/23/2013 11:01:18 PM] Eowyn: FIGHT ME IRL
[7/23/2013 11:01:22 PM] Eowyn: ILL SAWK U
[7/23/2013 11:01:24 PM] Eowyn: YAH
[7/23/2013 11:01:26 PM] Eowyn: YOU BETCHA
[7/23/2013 11:01:29 PM] Eowyn: CMERE
[7/23/2013 11:01:30 PM] Luther 3000: u startin somefink m8
[7/23/2013 11:01:31 PM] Eowyn: BAM
[7/23/2013 11:01:34 PM] Luther 3000: i will hook u in the gabber
[7/23/2013 11:01:34 PM] Eowyn: POP
[7/23/2013 11:01:35 PM] Eowyn: BOOM
[7/23/2013 11:01:41 PM] Eowyn: TASTE MY FISTS
[7/23/2013 11:02:03 PM] Eowyn: ILL SAWK U
[7/23/2013 11:02:04 PM] Eowyn: M8
[7/23/2013 11:02:12 PM] Eowyn: ARRR
[7/23/2013 11:02:23 PM] Luther 3000: m8 u little kunt i wil ***ing rek u
[7/23/2013 11:02:33 PM] Luther 3000: my dad is 10 times bigger than ur dad
[7/23/2013 11:02:40 PM] Eowyn: MY MOM
[7/23/2013 11:02:43 PM] Eowyn: BEATS UR MOM
[7/23/2013 11:02:44 PM] Eowyn: YAH
[7/23/2013 11:02:49 PM] Eowyn: THATS ALL I GOT
[7/23/2013…

My account that I have created, used and grinded countless hours of my life into the last 4 mounths has been hacked and the person who hacked it is trying to blackmail me ...

As I am sure that this has happend to other people aswell I ask that anybody that can help me to please do so ...
my summoner name is D34thPhO3n1x (with an enlarged o) and my server is EU West

I already sent a report to RIOT's support desk with an attachment of a conversation we had, but that was over 24 hours ago and I havent heard athing from them ...

**Riot responded after 5 days of waiting and allowed me to change my password, they also banned my account for a limited time to make sure the low-life didn't leave behind any nasty surprises, thank you Riot player support and keep up the good work**

1) A robot support may not injure a human being their carry or, through inaction, allow a human being their carry to come to harm.

2) A robot support must obey the orders given to it by human beings its carry, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law (i.e., don't set up a kill that might be risky for your carry).

3) A robot support must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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Rule #1: You are a support. You are your carry's *****.
Rule #2: Your carry is a dumbass. Let him focus on poking minions while you keep track of the entire map.
Rule #3: Your carry is a still dumbass. You need to tell him what to do. Ping him to follow up your target or to fall back while you peel.
Rule #4: If you can engage on a fight to distract the enemy from killing an ally, do so. If neither of you will survive if you try to go in, don't try. Your gp10 means your death is less of a loss of personal g…

After an 0-3 start in my placement matches, I was ready to get some wins going. I didn't want to lose anymore. Especially not in a row. So, I queued up and was able to get mid. The enemy team had an Elise, Kha'Zix, and a