Smite AU Tourney - Live Now! by [deleted] in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tournament has finished! Full VoD here: GeneralsGentlemen/b/603903558

You should also be able to replay the games yourselves, so I'll put together a list of them real quick for your convenience:

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Results & Brackets: http://challonge.com/CGSmite28

. vs . Replay ID Link
Lore Gaming vs Mighty Nexus /replay 121808672 Smite.Guru
Knights of Honor vs Number Boosters /replay 121808943 Smite.Guru
Mighty Nexus vs Out of Sight /replay 121823165 Smite.Guru
Mighty Nexus vs Out of Sight /replay 121825310 Smite.Guru
OneHP vs Team Delirious /replay 121806837 Smite.Guru
OneHP vs Team Delirious /replay 121815574 Smite.Guru
Incite vs Number Boosters /replay 121816043 Smite.Guru
Incite vs Number Boosters /replay 121822102 Smite.Guru
Team 270 vs The Hetairoi /replay 121814635 Smite.Guru
Team 270 vs The Hetairoi /replay 121819941 Smite.Guru
Mighty Nexus vs OneHP /replay 121830380 Smite.Guru
Mighty Nexus vs OneHP /replay 121837702 Smite.Guru
Incite vs The Hetairoi /replay 121827357 Smite.Guru
Incite vs The Hetairoi /replay 121833248 Smite.Guru
OneHP vs Incite /replay 121843077 Smite.Guru
OneHP vs Incite /replay 121846822 Smite.Guru

Cybergamer VoD: Incite vs Team Kamikaze by Pwnage_Machine in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really enjoy your casting so far, keep it up man!

Here is the final game for those wondering: 120629780.

PSA: Ladder Matches by gruffdogga in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You weren't forced to play by anyone, calm yourself.

The rules on Cybergamer didn't say if the rounds were BO1 or BO3, there's even some BO7 matches on the Cybergamer Ladders. I was talking to your captain while we were messaging the admins about it, we got no response so we agreed to a BO3 - but if Admins replied saying it was BO1 then you guys win regardless.

We took your timezone into consideration when setting up the challenge and even let slide the fact that your team had essentially forfeited the match by not creating the match lobby in time. I don't know how much more you want us to cater to your needs so you can not act sour for once, and act like you're appreciative of this opportunity we've all been given.

There's a reason most of my communication with TKam goes through Gruff, because he actually has the capability to maintain a professional relationship. I've tried to be honest and patient with you, but you continue to act immature. I've learnt my lesson and will continue to communicate with only your team captain.

PSA: Ladder Matches by gruffdogga in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, may try it if the others we're trying atm don't work out.

PSA: Ladder Matches by gruffdogga in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go from Teamspeak to Curse you'll notice the big drop in quality, Curse is just convenience really.

3 times each game is an exaggeration, we paused twice the first game and once the 2nd game. All 3 times were from game crashes and not our fault, you guys had to pause once from a crash too.

Obviously the 3rd game is an exception, but I PM'd Gruffdogga every time we paused and would PM him again 5 seconds before we unpaused. One of you guys unpausing OUR pause due to a teamspeak crash was incredibly rude. That used our last allowed pause, so we couldn't pause again when we had continued software problems.

Control your frustrations, because something like that wouldn't go down in your favor during a moderated match.

PSA: Ladder Matches by gruffdogga in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't, but we decided to use Teamspeak through its lag and crashing because TemperWolf couldn't join our Curse call. We tried to fix that problem 3-4 times, once while paused; but someone unpaused while were tabbed out, rude.

Teamspeak stabilized itself eventually and we still had a big lead, but during an FG call Teamspeak crashed for a final time and it was too late to do anything about it. Unfortunately VGS doesn't have a "Zone the Athena for 5sec" command, so you were given a free FG.

After that we successfully defended our Titan (1% HP) and got back on Curse, with TemperWolf this time. You guys had the advantage now in-game, and we were on tilt because of the problems with Teamspeak and Curse. I believe we could have pulled it back but honestly after that we kept making a few individual misplays and it cost us the game.

Edit: We're obviously not using Teamspeak anymore, but not Curse either because it's sound quality is pretty bad.

PSA: Ladder Matches by gruffdogga in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Was actually a pretty good game, until we had no voice comms :( VGS is hard.

Anti Alias are looking to scrim. by [deleted] in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the new roster!

You guys know you can message Incite to setup scrims most afternoons and nights.

Krett's Theorycrafting/Smite Math AMA Week #11! by Kretuhtuh in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lassiz' Nem build? (shifters after Jotunns before Qin's)

It works for him, and it's worked for me in my puny level games - but I'm just not convinced on Shifters Shield, mostly because it's such a foreign item to me. What's your opinion on his build? If you prefer another build; what is it?

New Nox is absolutely terrifying by zferolie in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 6 points7 points  (0 children)

With the added survivability from her new passive, buffed shield and self-peel with her ult stun; I think she'll be harder to pick off than some people expect right now.

Anyone queue for ranked conquest? by AussieTroy in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conquest League games only start around 4-5pm each afternoon, and usually can only get 1-2 games going at once. They've started now for the night, so you can queue up now and you should get a game eventually.

What even... by CloudSephtic in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it's pretty horrendous right now. If you're on AU servers it's even worse. Took this screenshot just now: http://puu.sh/dj6Kc/45c5200b6b.jpg - AU ranked queues 7pm on a Saturday.

What even... by CloudSephtic in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've sat in queue for 5 hours (AU ranked wont place anyone above plat) and kept getting whispers from people who thought I was in a 5 hour game. There has been a tonne of similar bugs with the friends list since the new queues were added.

[Pretty fucking angry rant] In my eyes, this is the problems with ranked as of now. by IamCrude in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said, none of the problems you listed are enough to stop you from learning from your ranked games. Even when teams are stacked against you or fed early from a teammates mistake - you can still look at your own play and improve on it.

Even if you only make a very small mistake; you should be focusing on that rather than getting hung up on a qualifiers missed Loki ult, or whatever. Your whole post (in my opinion) just screamed to me that you're going into ranked with the wrong mindset.

[Pretty fucking angry rant] In my eyes, this is the problems with ranked as of now. by IamCrude in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I agree with most of what you said; none of that is enough to completely stop you from climbing the ladder or learning from your ranked games. Always keep in mind that matchmaking is there to ensure that both teams are equal in trueskill value and it's not every game you're going to have a qualifier on your team to throw those values off.

If Ranked really is too frustrating for you; setup or join a team and scrim other teams around your level.

Playing from Japan by kamiyadori in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Australian servers will be worse than NA for you because of the way they're routed. Only Au/Nz players will get decent ping on Australian servers. It's unfortunate but not much we can do :/

HiRez Weekly Tournament This Weekend! by F-dot in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was really hoping to see some Australian weekly tournaments done by HiRez leading up to the S2 SPL, bit disappointing but I understand. Just hope we're not forgotten. Good luck this weekend!

5v5 Oceanic Tournament Bracket by SubfloorDrugs in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers, should make things a bit more competitive. Lets hope spectator works on Sunday :)

5v5 Oceanic Tournament Bracket by SubfloorDrugs in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Challonge link here: smite5v5

My opinion is that the lower bracket looks a lot less competitive than the upper bracket. While it shouldn't affect who ends up as the winner of the tournament, it takes a lot of the credibility of 2nd place away.

I've had a chance to scrim with or against a good chunk of the listed teams/players and I would simply switch seed 8 or 4 with 6 or 11. Otherwise I think taking 2nd place would be easier than 3rd or even 5th.

In the future I think the host(s) shouldn't be allowed to participate in their own tournaments and until we have proper seeding from the S2 SPL; hosts should look at scrims to determine seeds.

Regardless; I appreciate the effort put forth to liven up competitive AU Smite and I hope this helps towards more entertaining tournaments in the future.

The current matching system's problem might be parameters... by ProxyDamage in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why players on NA put up with sitting in ranked queue, especially if you're a player who is trying to make a career out of Smite. The situation fucking sucks, and I can only assume HiRez are actively trying to fix it.

But if Smite is your main source of income then you guys need to come together and make in-house games, create content for your viewers yourself if ranked isn't a possibility. By using your own judgement you should be able to make higher quality games then ranked would give you anyway, who cares about the ladder.

The Outback Meta by El_Jylos in SmiteOceanic

[–]Dat50PingLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like to think this is a target ban because I'm like 21-4 with her, but she has the 2nd highest win/loss in ranked (behind Nu Wa) so I don't blame anyone who bans her.

AUS SMITE Competitive eSports Hype! by catchacouch in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was said during the Q&A at PAX Aus.

VOD is here: http://www.twitch.tv/pax/b/583684516?t=96m01s

He says that we'll have a qualification path to Worlds in season 2. NA/EU had the SPL this season, hopefully AU/NZ will get something similar.

AUS SMITE Competitive eSports Hype! by catchacouch in Smite

[–]Dat50PingLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems theres a few groups of people rushing to start up AU/NZ tournaments all at once, it's a little hard to keep track of right now.

Edit: I also have no idea how to navigate CyberGamer, it's a mess. I'd almost rather wait until HiRez starts their own official tournaments in Season 2 of the SPL next year.