League of Legends :)

A lot of you probably already know about this awesome game, but for those who don't, it's a totally free-to-play quality MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game that appeals more to beginners in the genre (although it's hard to master). In all honesty, the purpose of this thread is to get some friend referrals while making some people discover it, because I believe it is pretty much an underestimated game at the moment (competitive-wise).

Feel free to register for a game account with my link or on the official website if you're interested !

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It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Whiteblade999

What? o.O

You can report people for sucking in that game.

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It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

rpgs_shall_rule

What? o.O

You can report people for sucking in that game.

It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Whiteblade999

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It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Chiddaling

I haven't really played since they added Sona so correct me if I'm wrong but I do check up on the game every so often:

-It has no replays. This lets shoutcasters do their thing and lets players see how the better players execute strategies.

-It has no spectator slots. They had to hack a 6v6 at the WCG just so the guy could spectate and shoutcast the matches. The backbone of any competitive game is shoutcasting.

-The unlock nature of the game gives an unfair advantage. Some people have all the heroes while others don't so it limits those who don't have all the heroes compared to those who do. Not to mention its hard to practice against every hero when they are all locked.

-Rune pages + skills page messes up balance. The idea of having stuff from outside the game influence something isn't very competitive now is it when the main principle of a competitive game is making everyone equal at the start of the game?

-Balance itself is poor. When the same 10 heroes are banned or picked there are problems with the balance.

The game is like Team Fortress 2, it is a fun game to play with friends but the competitive scene is a joke.

[QUOTE="Chiddaling"][QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Whiteblade999

I haven't really played since they added Sona so correct me if I'm wrong but I do check up on the game every so often:

-It has no replays. This lets shoutcasters do their thing and lets players see how the better players execute strategies.

-It has no spectator slots. They had to hack a 6v6 at the WCG just so the guy could spectate and shoutcast the matches. The backbone of any competitive game is shoutcasting.

-The unlock nature of the game gives an unfair advantage. Some people have all the heroes while others don't so it limits those who don't have all the heroes compared to those who do. Not to mention its hard to practice against every hero when they are all locked.

-Rune pages + skills page messes up balance. The idea of having stuff from outside the game influence something isn't very competitive now is it when the main principle of a competitive game is making everyone equal at the start of the game?

-Balance itself is poor. When the same 10 heroes are banned or picked there are problems with the balance.

The game is like Team Fortress 2, it is a fun game to play with friends but the competitive scene is a joke.

Funny you say that, because spy has to be the hardest role to play in any shooter I have ever seen.

[QUOTE="Chiddaling"][QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Whiteblade999

I haven't really played since they added Sona so correct me if I'm wrong but I do check up on the game every so often:

-It has no replays. This lets shoutcasters do their thing and lets players see how the better players execute strategies.

-It has no spectator slots. They had to hack a 6v6 at the WCG just so the guy could spectate and shoutcast the matches. The backbone of any competitive game is shoutcasting.

-The unlock nature of the game gives an unfair advantage. Some people have all the heroes while others don't so it limits those who don't have all the heroes compared to those who do. Not to mention its hard to practice against every hero when they are all locked.

-Rune pages + skills page messes up balance. The idea of having stuff from outside the game influence something isn't very competitive now is it when the main principle of a competitive game is making everyone equal at the start of the game?

-Balance itself is poor. When the same 10 heroes are banned or picked there are problems with the balance.

The game is like Team Fortress 2, it is a fun game to play with friends but the competitive scene is a joke.

[QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

[QUOTE="Chiddaling"] How is it not competitive?sSubZerOo

I haven't really played since they added Sona so correct me if I'm wrong but I do check up on the game every so often:

-It has no replays. This lets shoutcasters do their thing and lets players see how the better players execute strategies.

-It has no spectator slots. They had to hack a 6v6 at the WCG just so the guy could spectate and shoutcast the matches. The backbone of any competitive game is shoutcasting.

-The unlock nature of the game gives an unfair advantage. Some people have all the heroes while others don't so it limits those who don't have all the heroes compared to those who do. Not to mention its hard to practice against every hero when they are all locked.

-Rune pages + skills page messes up balance. The idea of having stuff from outside the game influence something isn't very competitive now is it when the main principle of a competitive game is making everyone equal at the start of the game?

-Balance itself is poor. When the same 10 heroes are banned or picked there are problems with the balance.

The game is like Team Fortress 2, it is a fun game to play with friends but the competitive scene is a joke.

Funny you say that, because spy has to be the hardest role to play in any shooter I have ever seen.

[QUOTE="Chiddaling"][QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

It isn't anywhere near a competitive game but it is a really fun take on the dota game type.

Whiteblade999

I haven't really played since they added Sona so correct me if I'm wrong but I do check up on the game every so often:

-It has no replays. This lets shoutcasters do their thing and lets players see how the better players execute strategies.

-It has no spectator slots. They had to hack a 6v6 at the WCG just so the guy could spectate and shoutcast the matches. The backbone of any competitive game is shoutcasting.

-The unlock nature of the game gives an unfair advantage. Some people have all the heroes while others don't so it limits those who don't have all the heroes compared to those who do. Not to mention its hard to practice against every hero when they are all locked.

-Rune pages + skills page messes up balance. The idea of having stuff from outside the game influence something isn't very competitive now is it when the main principle of a competitive game is making everyone equal at the start of the game?

-Balance itself is poor. When the same 10 heroes are banned or picked there are problems with the balance.

The game is like Team Fortress 2, it is a fun game to play with friends but the competitive scene is a joke.

Spy is the hardest role? Spy is the easiest for me. o.O Easy for me to rack up kills quickly. Though, I have the Sahara set so silent Ringer is a blessing. And I tried League of Legends. Seems like a fun game. Haven't tried Heroes of Newerth though. k0r3aN_pR1d3

As for LoL not being ballanced, only the rune argument still stands, it offers quite a huge advantage , but the heroes argument is irrelevant, nobody plays alll the heroes and if you lose with one you're just bad at the game, because "you" chose to play with that character, no champion is stronger than the other (when it's not about runes).

i've nevr played this game before.

the visuals remind me of warcraft 3 for some reason.

i've never played dota, which a lot of people seem to like around here.

i'm gonna check em out :)

[QUOTE="k0r3aN_pR1d3"]Spy is the hardest role? Spy is the easiest for me. o.O Easy for me to rack up kills quickly. Though, I have the Sahara set so silent Ringer is a blessing. And I tried League of Legends. Seems like a fun game. Haven't tried Heroes of Newerth though. DanielDust

As for LoL not being ballanced, only the rune argument still stands, it offers quite a huge advantage , but the heroes argument is irrelevant, nobody plays alll the heroes and if you lose with one you're just bad at the game, because "you" chose to play with that character, no champion is stronger than the other (when it's not about runes).

How are runes an advantage if everyone has access to them? Just another thing to consider when playing a role. The only problem is the lack of replay or recording.

How are runes an advantage if everyone has access to them? Just another thing to consider when playing a role. The only problem is the lack of replay or recording.

timma25

But I totally disagree with TF2 not being a competitive game. You should see some of the high level TF2 games out there, it's just as competitive as Counter-Strike, or Quake. The game has everything to make it a competitive one.Chiddaling

I watch the high level Team Fortress 2 games occasionally. In fact I played on a cevo team for the second season they ran it. Every game boiled down to 2 scouts, 2 soldiers, a demo and a medic. The only variation is swapping out for a sniper or heavy occasionally depending on the map. Spy, engy and Pyro saw almost no play.

If the game was balanced every class would see play or at least have a niche like surprise last pick. League of Legends had the same problem. Heroes of Newerth on the other hand has a reason to pick every hero. Night Hound, the stealth hero in Heroes of Newerth, is used a bit for a last pick since no one expects it and he dominates the role of stealth ganker. When was the last time you saw Eve in a competitive game?

Disagree in every point here must say, Balance is well placed, runes doesn't affect a lot - they add about 3% advantage, since when a competitive game should a must have option for spectator or replay option??? every multiplayer can be defined as competitive; Aside that I see your sig and user icon of GW2, and I may guess you love tactic wise games, LoL is one of them and you can't deny it (p.s I'm also a GW fan)PredatorRules

The runes add a huge advantage. I have to play tons of games to unlock every one which is grinding. I shouldn't have to spend time figuring out what runes I want and I should be focusing on counterpicking against the enemy teams composition.

Not to mention every little edge counts. At the start of a game I have something like 500 life on Kassadin (my favorite hero in LoL) without any runes. The runes give me close to 100 life. Now if I get into a skirmish with another Kassadin who doesn't have that 100 life who is going to win provided both are same level, skills and life?

I'm not denying that League of Legends is a game with tactics. But every game has tactics like you said and it depends on how deep they go. Halo has tactics and so does Call of Duty but would you call either of those competitive outside of a small group of friends?

On the people who are talking about Heroes of Newerth. Cannot agree more on the community, really hoping DotA 2 does something for the genre's... unique community.

I played it with a friend last week when he showed me. I liked it. I tried it on my PC earlier this week, but it kept crashing due to driver conflict. Now I've reformatted my PC and I'm re-downloading. Here's hoping it works! I sucked at DoTA though, but I'm hoping to be at least slightly better at this one.flipin_jackass

Play the free recommended heroes like Annie and ask your friend for build orders. Stay away from heroes like Ashe or Trist because they rely on positioning and killing creeps to get items. Oh, and don't take the summoner skill Revive.

The best aspect of the game is how easy it is to get into. My friend who has a muscle disorder that causes very delayed reflexes can play at a decent enough level to have fun so you should be fine with some practice.

Good luck to you.

[QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]I played it with a friend last week when he showed me. I liked it. I tried it on my PC earlier this week, but it kept crashing due to driver conflict. Now I've reformatted my PC and I'm re-downloading. Here's hoping it works! I sucked at DoTA though, but I'm hoping to be at least slightly better at this one.Whiteblade999

Play the free recommended heroes like Annie and ask your friend for build orders. Stay away from heroes like Ashe or Trist because they rely on positioning and killing creeps to get items. Oh, and don't take the summoner skill Revive.

The best aspect of the game is how easy it is to get into. My friend who has a muscle disorder that causes very delayed reflexes can play at a decent enough level to have fun so you should be fine with some practice.

Good luck to you.

The only reason LoL is at WCG is because Riot Games pays them a bunch of money for it to be there. LoL is considered a "WCG Promotional" game, which just means WCG gets a lot of money to have it included. For popular games like Counter Strike and Starcraft 2, WCG actually has to pay the publishers.

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[QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]I played it with a friend last week when he showed me. I liked it. I tried it on my PC earlier this week, but it kept crashing due to driver conflict. Now I've reformatted my PC and I'm re-downloading. Here's hoping it works! I sucked at DoTA though, but I'm hoping to be at least slightly better at this one.Shadowhawk000

Play the free recommended heroes like Annie and ask your friend for build orders. Stay away from heroes like Ashe or Trist because they rely on positioning and killing creeps to get items. Oh, and don't take the summoner skill Revive.

The best aspect of the game is how easy it is to get into. My friend who has a muscle disorder that causes very delayed reflexes can play at a decent enough level to have fun so you should be fine with some practice.

Good luck to you.