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@Thorin I’ve never been a huge fan of kassad, but I also dislike his critics pointing to “0 s tier trophies lmao”. He was coaching renegades, not Furia.

It's telling that kassad haters can't just disagree with his points or tone. They have to pretend he was never a good coach and accomplished nothing. When what you actually did isn't bad enough low IQ people have to invent reasons to justify hating you.

@RiotPhroxzon I’m shocked at the sheer amount of flame for trying to have some fun. I’m a Xerath main and I knew it was a joke. More damage wouldn’t even really help him.

Sorry, the Xerath change was a joke... about Phreak saying he was Xerath in a patch rundown😢 Please don't take it seriously 😭

@TrifGaming Bro, I am NOT the hero. I am the VILLAIN. 99.9999% of my problems are my own damn fault. But honestly I gotta be more of a villain, I’m too nice and help others at my own expense too much, so people think they can walk all over me.

You are the hero of your own life. The protagonist with plot armor. Unwavering confidence in yourself. Believe in yourself. You live one life…why live as a pussy when you can live as a KING. It’s in everyone. We are all overly capable. Believe in yourself. People confuse my confidence as cockiness no… it’s my otherworldly belief in myself and others engrained into my soul as a child. Believe in yourself more. You are the hero in your story. View yourself as a king. Don’t belittle yourself or talk down on yourself. Life is much better that way

@lu_cs2 @HLTVorg I absolutely love train, its my favorite map, but it needs more work. Even with very conventional strats its too T sided. Lack of defensible choke points, CT Aggression is too easy to parry with defaults, and forward CT angles are too risky to be practical.

@HLTVorg Removing Train so soon is a little odd. Almost like they're reacting on a delay to all of the initial criticism it received when it was first added. It takes time for the community to warm to a map, and for pros to develop good strats.

Anubis replaces Train in Active Duty pool hltv.org/news/43600/anu…

@SaskioLoL Honestly my biggest problem isn’t that I don’t review. Its that I have a massive disconnect between theory and practice. Even in game, I know why I died and what I did wrong. But I don’t end up playing better. I still overextend and overforce even though I should know better.

watched a guy stream yesterday. 1000 games this season. same rank. but here's what he did: posted a highlight clip. "consistency is key" talked about his "grind mindset" made a tier list video about matchups. created content about his journey. everyone in chat: "grind god, keep pushing" but nobody asked: why are you still here? 1000 games. still master tier. that's not a grind. that's an addiction. here's the brutal truth: grinding FEELS productive. you're playing. you're improving. you're getting better. except you're not. you're just busy. the highlights you post? that's 1 out of 50 games. the other 49? you're making the same mistakes. the same positioning. the same macro decisions. but the GRIND itself feels good. because grind = progress in your mind. virgin grinder: plays 100 games, reviews nothing, posts highlights, calls it a grind chad improver: plays 10 games, reviews every one, makes changes, climbs but the virgin FEELS like he's doing more. feels like he's working harder. feels like he DESERVES to climb. here's what actually happens: you play 1000 games without CHANGING anything. your brain gets addicted to the effort. to the routine. to the FEELING of grinding. "i played 8 hours today" → dopamine hit im up 50 lp! so. you're still not good at the game the disconnect breaks your brain so you post another highlight and tell yourself "consistency" consistency at WHAT? being hardstuck? watched another guy play 200 games. changed his mindset. climbed 2 divisions. why? because he didn't grind. he ADAPTED. the grind is EASY. you just queue. you just play. you just show up. but actually IMPROVING? that's hard. that's thinking. that's admitting you were wrong. that's changing habits. most of you will never do that because the grind is COMFORTABLE. it FEELS like you're working. it FEELS like progress. it FEELS like you deserve the climb. but more games does not equal results. your friends see you playing 8 hours a day and think you're dedicated. but you're not dedicated. you're ADDICTED. addicted to the feeling of "grinding". addicted to the routine. here's the uncomfortable truth: if you've played 500+ games and haven't ranked up significantly, you're not hardstuck. you're COMFORTABLE. you like grinding more than you like climbing. because climbing requires CHANGE and change is terrifying. grinding is safe. grinding has no accountability. grinding lets you post highlights and say "progress" but climbing? climbing forces you to admit: i was wrong. my playstyle is bad. i need to change fundamentally. that's painful. so you grind instead. you grind and you grind and you grind and you tell yourself the climb will come. but it won't. not until you stop grinding and start CHANGING. the saddest part? you have the time. you have the will. you have the mechanics. you just don't have the HONESTY. the honesty to admit 1000 games with zero progress isn't a grind. it's a cry for help disguised as improvement. study the saskio way

@drewlevin There it is @drewlevin . Its a long read and I doubt you’ll hear one insignificant voice, but if you care to read this far, much love and thanks for hearing this out.

@drewlevin My last and most ambitious idea is an in-client region wide chat, with different rooms for Lore, Arcane, Meta, Off-Meta, ARAM, every different topic, where people just talk about the stuff that interests them within the client. This lets people interact while in queue. (End)

A lot of folks - fairly, imo - have criticized League for making the game feel less social. Many people have asked us to ship voice chat. A question for you: IF we shipped VC, what in-game social features would make League even better? What else would be valuable?