jhoijhoi's ranked journey of teh luls (oce)

[quote=Pheyniex]game1. really bad picks, imo. Leona or Amumu in that team and the game would have been yours. game2. Zilean loses gas soon and you had way more aoe and teamfight control. game3. dem Sion+Xerath =3 gl with further games and raise that mmr, plis.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Game 1: Yeah, Jarvan blamed the game on himself. He didn't do THAT bad, but I can see why he'd be upset. Game 3: IKR! It was like Season One except the Xerath. In fact, Sion even built Wriggle's top lane.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi][columns][IMG=http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h380/thejhoijhoi/83.png width=500] [nextcol][indent][h2][b][color=#0080ff]S3: Game 83[/color] [color=green][b]VICTORY[/b][/color][/b][/h2] ----------------------------- [b][color=orange]BANS:[/color][/b] [icon=malphite] [icon=blitzcrank] [icon=hecarim] [icon=thresh] Look at Max's damage. 'nuff said. [IMG=http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h380/thejhoijhoi/83a.png width=500][/columns] [columns][IMG=http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h380/thejhoijhoi/84.png width=500] [nextcol][indent][h2][b][color=#0080ff]S3: Game 84[/color] [color=green][b]VICTORY[/b][/color][/b][/h2] ----------------------------- [b][color=orange]BANS:[/color][/b] [icon=malphite] [icon=blitzcrank] [icon=hecarim] [icon=thresh] Skype and LoL crashed at the end of the game, resulting in having to use Elophant for the screen. This game Max was denied mid lane, so came bot with me. He promptly fed First Blood to Leona :P Not to worry though, whilst the beginning was a little rocky, we went swimmingly for the rest of the game. Nasus was fed as, though. He was an incredible threat all game. Feel sort of sorry for him, he was carrying the entire team on his shoulders.[/columns][/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi][columns][IMG=http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h380/thejhoijhoi/85.png width=500] [nextcol][indent][h2][b][color=#0080ff]S3: Game 85[/color] [color=green][b]VICTORY[/b][/color][/b][/h2] ----------------------------- [b][color=orange]BANS:[/color][/b] [icon=shen] [icon=hecarim] [icon=thresh] So this game made me anxious. First, Warlemming and I were the last two picks, proving that my MMR must be absolute shit lol, seeing as he's Silver I. First pick called mid and was Quinn. We were scared. Enemy team started picking and their picks looked like they'd hurt. War went with the old Kog+Nunu strat, and as I wasn't confident with my jungling, I chose Nasus. They invaded Blue, obviously, so I didn't bother trying to defend that, just went for Red first. I don't think I had much farm that game, as I spent my first three levels trying to gank Darius. Literally took Wolves, went to gank Darius, walked back to blue, walked back to Darius, walked around to Lee's tower from behind, tried to gank Darius. He burnt all his summoners, so at least that happened. Then I farmed a little and went bot after Nunu cleared a ward. Nunu then proceeded to "kill secure" First Blood. We then also killed Blitz. Game after that was a bit of a blur. My only death was when Lee and I tried to kill Darius under tower, but he had a pot running and just out-juked us, and Jayce came by to mop us up :/ Jarvan DC'd around this point of the game, and the enemy team kept playing for about 5 minutes before surrendering.[/columns][/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]That is one ballsy jungle Nasus build.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian][quote]So this game made me anxious. First, Warlemming and I were the last two picks, proving that my MMR must be absolute shit lol, seeing as he's Silver I[/quote] Actually, if your MMR and his is similar, you're 100% guaranteed to be the last picks since your team has a communication advantage from a duo queue.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Psi: 8D Asian: That doesn't seem to make sense. If we have a communication advantage, then shouldn't we be first/second pick and everyone else on our team "worse" to even it out?[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]Duo queues are almost always the last two picks or first pick and last pick. You only get the split if the two are far enough apart. Most of the time if you duo with someone with similar MMR, you get lastpicks. It's dumb. :([/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]If everyone is worse, then you'd have an overwhelming advantage instead of an equal and fair competition. Communication is kind of like artificial skill. Also, it's easier to play with a friend(s) than it is with randoms, so some kind of difficulty has to even it out. Getting matched with worse players would make it obscenely easy to win by duo queue.[/quote]

[quote=jhoijhoi]Ah okay, I was thinking of it in a reverse kind of way, like: Two players duo'ing = good communication = slight advantage. + three solo queuers with bad MMR on the same team. vs Enemy team with higher overall MMR, to balance out the other team's duo queue. But now I understand it to be: Duo + 3x high MMR allies VS Equal MMR enemy team.[/quote]