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@Karkesis I personally disagree, but I get the point you're making. You're talking about the cap of M+ difficulty. I'm talking about where rewards stop for players being FAR too easy. It lowers replayability way too much and creates a worse video game imo.
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There's a wide spread sentiment I've seen about the game where adding "accessibility" and making the game easier is good for the game.
This can be a dangerous problem. Making things too easy removes satisfaction in progression. Nullaeus, M+, and now the raid are all very easy.
George@RogerbrownWoW
Beloren and Lura better be some of the hardest bosses to ever exist after this. Need a combined 500+ pulls between them to salvage this tier.
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For anybody curious think about loot this way
Each person not loot locked is a 20% chance at a piece of loot, basically 1 piece of loot drops per 5 people.
Every person is also eligible to roll on said loot, so the loot is being split between everybody in the raid pending rng/rolls.
Adding a locked person (whether we're talking 1 of 20 people is locked and 3 pieces + 80% chance at piece 4, or 21 people and 4 pieces guaranteed with 20 unlocked) doesn't STEAL loot, it takes the 20% chance of a drop away while not having them eligible to roll. This equates to the same loot per person.
Very few if any groups even fill to 30 man in pugs for raids, hell the most common comp is 2/3/9 which is a 14 man... More loot = better just isn't the case, nor do people run their groups thinking that either.
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@jeremyerline @BLGKnight1 @Sheep_Esports Well there is Demacia cup in winter, and we used to have rift rivals, but no one watched it
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@BLGKnight1 @Sheep_Esports Make an Asian cup without any European cuts at all.... Europe, which already plays less than the LCK/LPL
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📊 75% of First Stand series have been 3-0:
❌ BLG 🇨🇳 3-2 🇰🇷 BFX
✅ G2 🇪🇺 3-0 🇻🇳 TSW
✅ GEN 🇰🇷 3-0 🇨🇳 JDG
❌ LYON 🇲🇽 3-2 🇧🇷 LOUD
✅ BLG 🇨🇳 3-0 🇪🇺 G2
✅ BFX 🇰🇷 3-0 🇻🇳 TSW
✅ GEN 🇰🇷 3-0 🇲🇽 LYON
✅ JDG 🇨🇳 3-0 🇧🇷 LOUD
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@drewlevin @Ablazeolive @6pekreal I thought this was completely fake? Iirc, one report flags the game and additional reports do nothing?
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@Ablazeolive @6pekreal also the whole getting full team reported thing matters
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Hey @drewlevin
Hope you're having a good day!
I got banned today on stream for 3 days for "trying to lose a ranked game". I'm reaching out because I think the ban was wrong and that I shouldn't get punished to this extent or at all for a game I won and tried winning. Enemy toplaner flashed and tp'ed lvl 1 and I did the same thing, and it happened a couple more times throughout the game (community thing), this put us on equal terms and I'm pretty sure the automated review punished me automatically because of player reports. This game happened in 400ish LP EUW. If there is something I don't understand or am at wrong here, please do let me know.
Game ID: 7772019881
Ticket ID: #123774700
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@joshuagrant @DATGUYCOOP Spellboon saber is an intellect sword. Good luck swapping to havoc or dev with an int sword, that you have miniscule chance to get out of vault instead of 3 pairs of boots, 2 pairs of wrists and a cloak. 😂
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@DATGUYCOOP For example, the Spellboon Saber (Algathar Academy) from the vault in week one would essentially render this craft useless once you get Lightless Lament.
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I don't think people realize it's my bis weapon, you can recraft it since there's no mythic crests, and as a dual wielding class how hard your dps is affected by lack of good weapons. 😳
DatCoopGuy💙🔜 Blizzcon 2026@DATGUYCOOP
Ready for week one of the new season :D
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@WarcraftMeme Quick check of seeing 523 ilvl and googling the item would tell you this is a screenshot from tww before ilvl squish lmao
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@Pichichi41 @EragonUK Lmao it's not a match up thing. Galio with gold does fuck all, smolder is a 1v9 machine. Resource allocation is a team game, not a matchup
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@EragonUK Being 8K up playing Smolder late game into galio is nothing impressive.
Faker was behind BDD in gold in last year's worlds finals Game 5, same matchup. It's just set in stone that that matchup favor the smolder 100%
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Creme just lost with an 8.3k gold lead in his mid matchup, he is now out of playoffs.
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@Potent213 @happyjgl_ The upside is to not take tp, wtf are you on about????
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@happyjgl_ JG quest is good already, and you have variety with smites
The issue with toplane quest, is on half the champs you don't even care about the shield
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IDEA FOR TOPLANE QUEST! READ!
This is for when you run TP (which in competitive is the most common choice)
I think a lot of toplaners share this sentiment, that if you are NOT playing a tank the shield on TP is really whatever (it scales off 30% max hp)
Often times it even just gets wasted
Getting a shield feels really boring and unfulfilling (you do get bonus xp, which is only meaningful if ahead)
My idea, is that when you finish your quest with TP, you can choose out of two TP's to upgrade into!
The Teleport of Resilience (Defensive, Blue)
> This one can offer the shield
The Teleport of Fortitude (Offensive, Red)
> While this one could offer potentially temporary adaptive force?
I think there is many things possible to do (I think the buffs should also last longer, like 1min, but obviously can be weaker as a result)
ALSO ITS COOL AF, and will give more options to toplaners, which is a really versatile role, and having a shield just doesn't feel good on a lot of toplane champs
@RiotPhroxzon
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Okay, be honest... what's the one thing that could actually get you out of bed on a day like this?
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@boostedchips @SoSleeplessss How is the experience of take order and bring plate different? Is the server going to chew my food for me in a fancy place or what? Been to both and the only difference (not talking food quality, just service) is literally just less seating overall, with same amount of staff
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@SoSleeplessss Well the logic is in a high class restaurant the bill would be more but the experience would be better, because theoretically there will be less customers and the server can spend a longer period of time waiting on you and serving you.
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i don’t understand american tips being % of the total.
if i order a 20€ plate or a 50€ plate you did the exact same task, but expect to be tipped more just because one of the meals was more expensive?
Mr PitBull@MrPitbull07
Ran up a $1500 dinner tab and when the receipt came back they had those cute little “suggested tips” printed like I’m supposed to casually drop another $300 just because someone carried plates from kitchen to table. I left $25 which honestly felt generous considering I already paid restaurant-level prices for the food itself. Server immediately got weird about it, attitude switched, barely a thank you, just that tight smile people do when they think you violated some unspoken rule. I told her straight up tipping isn’t a percentage subscription service and I’m not funding someone’s rent just because the bill happened to be high. Manager wandered over trying to smooth it out, hinting about “industry standards” like that magically obligates me. That only made me dig in harder because nowhere else do you get charged more for the exact same task just because the total went up. So I signed it exactly how it was, stood up, and walked out while they all stared like I committed financial treason, and if they think I’m coming back there to play along with that system again they’re seriously confused. Credit: Annie Perkins
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Today I learned that an esports team continued to let a bad player stay on the team because his girlfriend was banging the whole team and they didn't want to let her go..
What did you learn today?
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@lavatide Your name sounds familiar tbh, decent chance I've boosted with you or seen your name in teams
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A fascinating side effect of the horrific situation going on in Iran is how it affects the World of Warcraft economy in EU.
A big % of WoW boosters are iranian, because boosting and then selling WoW gold for real life currency (which is against ToS obv) is a really solid way of making a living there.
Prices for things have already shifted a bunch since they can't play the game and boost
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@Mertvyi_ @anniefuchsia @N_Tys26 @Vahnilly_ Soda has been calling people idiots and retards for 2 decades now, he's one of the OG people who made streaming a career path, pretty sure he has earned his right lmao
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@anniefuchsia @N_Tys26 @Vahnilly_ So calling people "idiots" or "retards" is normal humor then?
I get trash talking but there is a limit of what you should do especially with new players. Overly toxic behavior is a good way to make people not want to join. Especially if it's someone popular in the scene doing it
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𝐕𝐀𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐈𝐌 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍
WoW veteran Sodapoppin has taken enjoyment from a lot of the deaths coming from the Sauercrowd event but not everyone is seeing the funny side to it.
German streamer @Vahnilly_ takes issue with Soda's criticism of new player's participating in a noob WoW event.
"Because of people like him, there won't be any new players for this 20 year old game, it's insane".
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hey @drewlevin I was just put into a game without queing and it dodged automaticly which made me go from 0lp to -20lp master :( twitch.tv/jenax/clip/Han… clip for my pov
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@RiotPhroxzon LMAO. To be honest I am waiting myself to encounter one haha. By the way will there be any info today on Top lane's state? The lane is a big issue after new season went live. It's really a coinflip in the early and whoever wins it, practically wins the game. Please address this🙏
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Ran into an AI Discord bot this weekend and overtook its prompt to ask for a cupcake recipe xD (don't accept any dodgy discord links!)
And also ran into my first successful lobby termination for a hostage taker threatening to grief for not getting their role!!
Remember to use your reports to help us out, these systems don't work without your help. Griefers watch out!!
The AI cupcake was disappointing though...
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