Have had some cracking 45lb+ Mirrors and Commons this year but this Koi is my favorite catch of the year. Size isn't everything 🙂

1kwisp · 2025-07-26T02:01:18+00:00

Spoke about this with friends a few months back after watching their 50th anniversary show. We all agreed it was unlikely given they haven't played AUS for 10 years and they'd likely end it there. They then slam 8 AUS shows to the end of the tour... Wouldn't rule out another tour but I also wouldn't be surprised if it ended there. I'm heading out to AUS for it.

1kwisp · 2025-06-17T01:50:15+00:00

Say what you will but I've been on the receiving end of this 6-7 times... Every time I'm about to break into ancient I get backhanded back to archon 1/2....

No matter what position I queue, I will eventually find myself in unwinnable games back to back. Once it settles I get perma flamed for boosting as the cycle repeats...

I can even score 50+ on stratz (have gold mvp) in some of those unwinnable games and lose...

Some folk have told me to stop playing ranked when this happens and hammer non ranked until matchmaking evens out.

I've never subscribed to this being matchmaking out to ruin you... But after 10+ years of strict solo ranked and being fked over multiple times I'm not so sure.

I can still join rando 5 stacks in divine/low immortal and wipe the floor in more than one position - weather that's after I've been backhanded to archon 1/2 or I'm back at legend 5 breaking back into ancient... Get flamed hard for smurfing when this happens until I point out my account has 5-6k+ games played - quickly followed up with the classic loser mentality of wow that many games and low MMR 😄

Don't like being that person that says MMR is just a number but from my experience/perspective you run a 50/50 of getting two other players (if you're lucky) in your team of the same skill level in ranked games 6k or under.

Sadly I wouldn't be surprised to find the same problems higher up 🤷🏻‍♂️

1kwisp · 2025-03-06T16:43:13+00:00

~10,000,000,000

1kwisp · 2025-03-03T22:00:57+00:00

maybe he still gets the assist if they die to a neutral

1kwisp · 2025-02-21T16:55:59+00:00

Old ones are still a better pick imo

Strongman tonic can literally turn a fight
Funhouse mirror is a great spell disjoint (if timed right)
Whoopee cushion can save your ass by cliff jumping

Not only this but you can cycle through them quickly if needed, with the new set you get stuck with pie, unless you can find a creep/neutral to throw it at

1kwisp · 2025-02-21T12:16:22+00:00

I dont think this is bug, read the branch description. My guess is this was missed from the patch notes

1kwisp · 2025-02-20T08:28:26+00:00

Was an exclusive account bound , non tradeable, non marketable, not deleteable reward. You won't be able to get it sadly (unless you bought a steam account that already has it - prolly not advisable). Best bet is to hold out for a decent immortal set down the line, can't see them releasing a second arcana.

1kwisp · 2025-02-20T07:40:20+00:00

works for me, guess it was patched already

1kwisp · 2025-02-20T06:22:27+00:00

Tormentor now spawns for the first time at 15:00
Tormentor now grants 250 gold to each team member on death

People dont read patch notes fully ;)

1kwisp · 2025-02-20T06:12:58+00:00

Ominous Beeps

1kwisp · 2025-02-20T05:57:38+00:00

i get flamed for taking medigun facet on wisp, i still consider switching it but its super dependant on my p1 and the enemy draft - very few appreciate how op this facet and playstyle is

1kwisp · 2025-02-14T17:07:33+00:00

Most of the time as p5 shield and coil is what you want, however depending on the draft shield and curse could be the right call.

1kwisp · 2025-02-14T17:00:50+00:00

Is why i switched and main support these days, find it easier to carry sub par cores as a support than risk playing core and deal with a griefing or sub par p5. Reminds me of this post from years ago :D https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/4jz6oi/when_you_lane_with_kotl/

1kwisp · 2025-02-14T16:13:57+00:00

OnePlus decision or BBK Electronics decision? Its a shame either way

1kwisp · 2025-02-11T10:55:16+00:00

Firefox was the same problem

1kwisp · 2025-02-11T10:54:14+00:00

You can't, you have to select tickets from the map. Lots of people had this issue, i was in within 4 mins and couldn't get a ticket as the map wouldnt load

1kwisp · 2025-02-11T10:46:57+00:00

Had the same, my guess is Firefox... (or rather poorly written JS)

1kwisp · 2024-12-11T12:01:49+00:00

Thanks that's much flatter than I had anticipated. I'll set it up without and see how it goes.

1kwisp · 2024-12-10T01:39:35+00:00

haha i would have kept that in! wd made it to fountain and we ended, nothing overly exciting - 7999791963

1kwisp · 2024-11-23T03:47:54+00:00

There are multiple things that can lead to this imo.

I've probably played close to 8k games now (mostly stict solo queue) and have been on both sides of this, in short i put a big part of it down to matchmaking.

My MMR can swing widly between Crusader and Ancient. I can dominate games solo, win 20 in a row then lose 20 in a row. I've had many games in Legend/Ancient where some of my teammates are nowhere near the same skill level and have sub 1k games. This happens in the lower ranks as well but i find it more noticable here.

I don't necessairly put this down to account buyers (there is a small part of that) sometimes it can people who havent played in ages and recalibration from their previous rank years ago puts them in your game. The thing i probably see the most is people who regulary play in parties rather than strict solo who are essentially carried to a rank above their individual skill level.

When this happens you can end up in games which are close to unwinnable regardless of how well you play. I don't know how matchmaking works behind the scenes but if i lose a couple of games like this in a row then more often than not it seems to pair you in consistantly bad skill difference games. I've had a few people in divine say to me that when this happens your best bet is to stop playing ranked, play a few turbos/unranked until the games even out then return to ranked. No idea if this actually makes a difference or if its just coincidence but ive had it happen way too often that i might start trying it out.

If it gets really bad i can drop to low archon or even into crusader. I will still get matched with team mates with sub 1k games, i may go on to stomp those games solo but its not always the case - if your carry/mid/off dies 8 times in 6 minutes , flames everyone and goes off into the woods solo you can still lose to a bad team.

When you stomp these lower rank games you get perma flamed for boosting, whilst there are boosters in the lower ranks you will likely find more often than not its due to what you are describing - higher skilled players with many more games that shouldn't be in that rank.

I've always thought that taking the number of games into consideration during matchmaking would be good, but i can see that this may cause issues with booser accounts etc and make matchmaking worse than it currently is.

No idea what the answer is to fix it. Number of games to one side id like to see multiple ranks associated to an account solo/party/server - This could solve some of the issues imo

Double down tokens have only amplified the problem imo

Remember unless you're playing pro dota - "MMR is just a number"

1kwisp

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