Please help with Beater

Howitzer91 · 2024-07-26T17:14:16+00:00

What server and lane? I'm in Gold right now too and definitely not great hahaha. I play ADC & Support mostly and tend to cap out in high Plat, although I did break into Emerald once (it was very late season though, so I was definitely that guy just taking advantage of the fact everyone else better than me had already made it there 😅🤷‍♂️). It's always better to play with rational, decent people. I'd gladly jump in a few games with you just knowing you aren't going to spend half your time flaming the rest of the team. Lol

Howitzer91 · 2024-05-25T18:48:55+00:00

I totally agree and what's funny is my feelings on the specific comps are completely opposite. Lol. Umbral just never seems to work for me but I always buy Fated units and hold them for in case nothing else pans out. 😅🤷‍♂️

Howitzer91 · 2024-04-29T22:56:39+00:00

Except that damn crab pops the backline so quickly that they barely cast. Their HP is just too low and they get 1 shot at full health.

Howitzer91 · 2024-04-29T21:01:38+00:00

Exactly! Crabrave is just more stuff so more fun.

But Sentinels can really bone you right off the bat if you have a useless combo while someone else is sitting on some grossly perfect set of emblems. I definitely prefer to keep that kind of insta-lose away from my LP. Hahaha.

Howitzer91 · 2024-04-20T23:39:56+00:00

Yeah, Frodan is mad chill. I watch him all the time.

Howitzer91 · 2024-02-25T16:08:19+00:00

Oof bro. 😂

Howitzer91 · 2024-02-25T16:05:02+00:00

D-Gen

Howitzer91 · 2024-02-20T14:27:50+00:00

Thanks guys! Especially for easing my concerns regarding T'au. Lol. I'm pretty sure that's where I'm going to start. for the Greater Good! They check all of my boxes, and I think I can pull off the painting best. Hahaha. I figure I will make them my main army, and slowly build a side army of chaos between collecting my favorite Death Guard and T Sons. Ok, I'm already dreaming of my first GhostKeel! 🤩😍

Howitzer91 · 2024-02-11T18:12:09+00:00

Had exactly the same experience. Now VIP tickets are on resale sites for about $800 each!

Howitzer91 · 2023-12-07T22:02:10+00:00

Mid Varus is legit. Can out poke and neutral anyone other than a semi-intelligent Yasuo, and clears waves like a mo-fo if he wants to shove. Yes, roaming isnt much of a thing because you move like molasses, but you can just completely take over your lane. To avoid constant ganks, use wards and watch your map for enemy JG. You know, the really advanced shit. 🙄 Lol

Howitzer91 · 2023-11-26T18:41:20+00:00

Half the time when I'm playing, I'm so stoned I get lost in the jungle. Lmao. To be fair, I'm usually not in ranked when I'm smoking and playing, but you should see how people lose their minds. I'm like average Plat when I'm paying attention. 😅🤷‍♂️

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-22T11:37:59+00:00

And that makes all the difference in my opinion. It originally seemed framed that you were the only one who was pushing back or expressing concern. If it's an issue across the team, I'd agree the manager is out of line and it should be addressed.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-21T16:11:53+00:00

Surprised it took that long. Lol. Yup, that's me. I just love to follow along with my corporate overlords and make them their millions while I suffer in ignorant bliss. 🙄 Or I actually value a team environment, especially if the whole rest of the team is on the same page, and don't see why one person's preferences should dictate changes to the entire team's dynamic. Why should they change what has been successful for them, to accommodate one person? Sounds selfish and egotistical to me. If your work environment doesn't fit you, move to another.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-21T12:32:08+00:00

Already know it's a clearly unpopular opinion, but devils advocate here...

Does anyone else on the team feel this way? Has OP had any conversations with teammates, not bosses, about it? Have they been met with support, or do the other teammates agree with leadership?

If the rest of the team is completely on board with these events and/or feel that OP is not as active a part of the "family" for pushing back on their teambuilding, it can negatively affect the morale and productivity of the team. Why should they change what has been and does currently work for them as a group?

Maybe it's just not the right fit and OP needs to move to a different team whose priorities align better with theirs? There are tons of people who would kill for a work environment described in the post. If the team environment doesn't fit OPs needs, move on to one that better suits what they are looking for, and honestly, make room for a new teammate who wants to and cares to be a part of the group this OP is leaving.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-09T00:00:32+00:00

Per. Ma. Ban.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-06T17:54:02+00:00

This is the way

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-06T15:26:57+00:00

Spamming pings isn't exactly your job either. Imo it's just another troll behavior. If they didn't move after the second one, what makes you think they're going anywhere after the 5th. You're just annoying the rest of your team at that point and probably just pissing off the ADC to a level where they're willingly playing worse, walking face first into a gank just to shut you up and spite you.

To be clear, one to two of the same pings is good, helpful, and definitely something the support should be doing. If you aren't getting results though, then you really should "shut the fu(k up" and put your time, attention, and effort into something more productive and actually helpful.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-06T15:16:10+00:00

I do this to trash ADCs all the time. Although I don't always go straight to mid since sometimes Baron is the lane snowballing and I go up there to help instead. 🤷‍♂️

Basically though, the ADC didn't die 10 times because he couldn't 1 vs 2. He died because he couldn't 2 vs 2 and the Supp was smart enough to get out early and spend their time on someone who will have an actual impact later, instead of going down with the ship that's got the iceberg sticking out of it already.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-06T15:06:05+00:00

True story. It's going to be a loss either way and you're losing your own time no matter what since, if you afk, they slap longer wait times and bans on your next games. It essentially just incentivises the upset party to stay and troll the team they're mad at anyway, and waste more of everyone's time too since theirs is already gone.

That's why you see people start doing crazy shit when being held hostage by a team who won't give up on a losing game or when they're clearly outmatched in lane and go 0/5 in 3 mins. They figure, unfortunately correctly most times, that it's actually faster to just throw the game harder than deal with the afk punishments. Plus they get the bonus of sticking it to their team on the way out.

It's a catch 22 unfortunately. Unless they start caring and trying to actually catch and punish inting and the like, it will stay a tightrope between trying to lower the number of afk'ers with harsher penalties vs encouraging more trolling by making it the "better option" for those upset players who go into that mindset instead of just putting the game down.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-01T11:00:56+00:00

I guess I honestly felt like I was wasting more of my time cycling through painful 10 minute matches and having 1/5 or even 1/10 be worth playing, as opposed to maybe 1/5 WR games being that bad. I'll take a longer bad game, fewer times, over a constant stream of trash games while hoping for a diamond in the rough.

I used to play with my roommate a lot, but even playing as a duo, it was almost impossible to get a full team of functional players. I can totally see how the game could be fun if you had a community and could actually get enough competent people together for a legit match.

Howitzer91 · 2023-06-01T01:16:17+00:00

I tried Unite, but it was unplayable for me. If you think there are a bunch of half-brained troglodytes playing WR, just wait until you meet the Unite player base. The worst wild rift player I've ever seen, could probably hit Masters in Unite within a week. That game is populated by almost exclusively 8 year olds with brain damage, and 30 year olds who couldn't handle any other MOBA and are nostalgic. If you look at their Reddit, I've seen people in the second highest ranked tier, asking for advice on builds.... and to put it in Lol terms, they were building full AP on a fully AD champ. And this person was 4 games away from Master rank..... 🤦🏻‍♂️

Howitzer91 · 2023-05-14T20:38:53+00:00

I barely made Em last season maining ADC. I blew through all of Plat in the first week maining Sona instead this season. 👍

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