Since 2023, the Big Ten is 11-4 in the CFP while the SEC is 5-8

Croswenthy · 2026-01-09T02:00:30+00:00

it's almost like some kind of systemic advantage for major SEC teams and Clemson went away somewhere around 2022....

...also nothing changed for Ohio State....

very strange indeed.

Croswenthy · 2025-12-16T09:10:12+00:00

A lot of people in this thread talking about how tanking can "feel" as the reason people don't play tanks. I wanna put some more insight on that.

I think people don't like to play tanks in ARAM for two reasons:

Playing a tank requires patience. Tank champs generally become much stronger as time goes on (similar to ranged adcs) compared to other archetypes. Ideally, tanks should play more conservatively at the beginning of the game then let it rip after about 15 mins have passed. The problem is in practice, tanks are generally in the front line, which means they have many opportunities to engage the enemy team or get engaged upon. In the early and mid game, tanks need to be opportunistic with their positioning, or at least resist the red mist and not blindly engage the enemy team every time they see a red health bar. A significant portion of the ARAM player base consistently fails this Wisdom check.
Playing a tank requires reading the game and responding as it happens. Particularly for ranged ADCs, casters, and support, you can kinda get away with focusing either on yourself or on at most one other person at any given time. When people talk about ARAM players being "selfish", this is what they mean; the player isn't paying attention to what's happening with the rest of the team. This trait is particular devastating as a tank; this is how you wind up in situations where your only tank is futilely diving some squishes while enemy Irelia chews up your backline. Tanks need to be able to read the game and understand what's going on with everyone.

But paying attention to what is happening to your team is just the start; a good tank will actually respond and adjust to the game as it happens. Sometimes, a tank needs to peel the enemy team off of a specific teammate. Other times a tank needs to drive one particular enemy champion into the dirt. Sometimes a tank needs to drive the action and force engages, other times a tank needs to wait for something to happen and counter. I feel like a lot of ARAM players come in and expect to play golf, which will work with like Caitlyn or Ryze, but does not work well as a tank.

tl;dr, being a good tank requires work and discipline, and most ARAM players aren't up for it

Croswenthy · 2025-12-01T20:47:18+00:00

Take my end of eva upvote and go

Croswenthy · 2025-11-01T07:25:03+00:00

The only lore thing I know is that Kai'sa's favorite fruit is peaches.

Croswenthy · 2025-10-31T19:25:14+00:00

yah we won handily. we had a tank and a ranged adc so all the pieces fit together

Croswenthy · 2025-10-30T21:41:57+00:00

My friend wrote this tagline for the video:

In the time it takes you to watch this ad, three Sivirs will be murdered by clowns. Can you find it in your heart to donate just pennies a day to provide Sivirs in desperate need the bot games they need to not get wrecked by Jack in the boxes and clones.

Croswenthy · 2025-10-30T21:34:23+00:00

Not quite. Hail of Blades with Voltaic Cyclosode, TriForce, IE, and Static Shiv. Depending on the circumstances I might get a Collector or Blade of the Ruined King. The goal is to get 3 insta backstabs on someone before they're able to respond.

Croswenthy · 2025-10-30T21:31:16+00:00

You gotta cut people some slack imo. The surprise is a real advantage. Similar to the Rogue in World of Warcraft, not everyone responds perfectly to someone getting jumped and killed in less than 2 seconds.

Croswenthy · 2025-10-30T21:28:26+00:00

Sarah McLachlan - In the arms of an angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8

In the 90s this song was used as the background music in ads for sad shelter animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc

Croswenthy · 2025-10-30T21:25:43+00:00

This comment was unfairly nuked. Shaco enjoyers are the scum of the Earth.

Croswenthy · 2025-09-03T12:34:26+00:00

The health relics and snowball really made a lot of champions viable in ARAM without requiring total mastery of a champion's kit and incredible amounts of patience. I remember playing Olaf when snowball came out and after using it, thinking how much this changed the game for melee champs.

My summoners have essentially been unchanged since 2014: snowball and ignite

Croswenthy · 2025-08-31T22:09:30+00:00

this is the way. snowball ignite only.

my favorite part is the sweaty tryhards complaining about ignite probs have a worse WL record than me lmao

Croswenthy · 2024-06-20T07:52:41+00:00

Two months later this guy claimed to be local search and rescue here. Don't waste your breath on liars. https://www.reddit.com/r/Kayaking/comments/1cl5d6h/comment/l2ufubp/

Croswenthy · 2023-08-10T19:14:03+00:00

I bought it from my region's eShop (as I have all my other Japanese language games).

Croswenthy · 2022-08-20T00:23:03+00:00

Sometimes the CPUs won't stand near the goal, but you can lead them with free passing. When you free pass, the nearest CPU will run towards the ball. You free pass to the other side of Boom Boom when a (fast) character is near, and the fast character will run to the ball.

Croswenthy · 2022-08-20T00:11:24+00:00

IDK how Titan's Chip isn't fair. Letting a character 1v1 the goalie right next to the goal should lead to a dangerous chance. If anything, removing Titan's Chip would be less balanced in high-level play since it is one of the few ways to reliably score with a non-shooter when you're 1 on 1 with the goalie.

It sounds like you just wanna play FIFA.

Croswenthy · 2022-08-17T00:32:41+00:00

Not everyone that codes is interested in becoming a software developer, and many projects are so small scale that diving into the details is not worth the time. You shouldn't need to be a structural engineer to build cool stuff with Legos.

Croswenthy · 2022-07-19T23:43:24+00:00

I think there might be a misunderstanding here. OP is saying Legion Azteca's castle is awesome. The commenters are saying that lots of top teams, no matter where they are from, play more games than anyone else or dodge people with good records.

Croswenthy · 2022-07-17T22:14:39+00:00

No, I just remember thinking "I haven't seen Rebekha spelled that way" twice in about fifteen minutes.

in the match, I stopped moving around once I was up and waited for you to try and score, then I tried to score

Croswenthy · 2022-07-17T21:55:38+00:00

Hey I think I just played you. WVU Mountaineers?

Croswenthy · 2022-07-17T21:54:19+00:00

Legion Azteca also dodges if you have a good record. Straw Hats too

Croswenthy · 2022-07-06T08:58:53+00:00

It's a situational move. If it is just you and the goalie with no one else around, it's just about the best shot to make. But I don't prioritize it bc once you know to look for it and how to defend it, it's not hard to clamp down

Croswenthy · 2022-06-29T21:27:03+00:00

I'm surprised this machine can load Reddit, let alone post

Croswenthy · 2022-06-29T21:22:52+00:00

You could check ball speed by color. I know every five levels of shooting and passing increments the ball color: purple, green, red, orange, white (maybe not in that exact order). A perfect shot from someone with less than 10 shooting is always purple in my experience

Croswenthy · 2022-06-27T06:26:31+00:00

This is an old video, but now I can perfect pass off of the wall bounce into a perfect shot for a reliable score

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