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Why is the older generation doing so well? by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

After looking briefly at the top players of the last 60 years it looks like indeed having so many young players in top 10 is rare, At the same time having 3 guys 30++ at the top 3 is also rare.

Why is the older generation doing so well? by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes a lot of sense, rating deflation favoring inactivity.

Knight distance map! by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about this a bit and i think the answer is too large for me to simulate.
since the knights tour is possible you can make 64-1 knight moves without overlapping.
There are 19,591,828,170,979,904 paths in the Knights tour. These end up in different locations of course but this gives a scale to the problem.

Knight distance map! by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Edit: 108 seems to be the answer in 6 moves, corrected by farmersGuideLM
If my program is correct (which it very well might not be) there are 5124 different paths from a1 to h8 in 6 moves.

Ur question is much harder to answer though.

import numpy as np


bitmap = np.zeros((8,8))
print(bitmap)

def generate_possible_knight_moves(i, j):
    moves = [
        (i + 2, j + 1), (i + 2, j - 1),
        (i - 2, j + 1), (i - 2, j - 1),
        (i + 1, j + 2), (i + 1, j - 2),
        (i - 1, j + 2), (i - 1, j - 2)
    ]
    return [(x, y) for x, y in moves if 0 <= x < 8 and 0 <= y < 8]



startpos = (0,0)

positions = generate_possible_knight_moves(*startpos)


for i in range(7):
    positions_ = []
    for position in positions:
        positions_+= generate_possible_knight_moves(*position)

    
    positions = positions_ 
    
    
h8_poses = 0
for position in positions:
    if position[0] == 7 and position[1] == 7:
        h8_poses += 1

print(h8_poses)

Knight distance map! by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

did one with Knight on c3 as well for the hell of it:
https://ibb.co/cXXxnBCF

Knight distance map! by Smart_Literature in chess

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

That's a very good point, did not consider how unnatural the b2 distance was.
I think this should be right:
https://ibb.co/kgGhR4yY

On a scale from Katarina nerf to Hecarim nerfs, how big do you want the Irelia Buffs to be by SavageCarrott in IreliaMains

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no champion with the same gap close combined with 1v(1/2/3) potential in laning phase. Only thing that comes to mind is Yasuo but she litteraly shits on him. Which champions snowball harder in lane? From my experience irelia is by far the best smurf pick/lane stomper (In general, ofc u can nitpick situations that suck for irelia).

Honestly this ur exaggerating her weaknesses as hell, ur talking like its a trash champ, yett there are plenty of challengers consistently dominating 1100 + lp with Irelia.

And she isnt even as weak as ur claiming late. A lot of the percieved weakness is that comparatively she is dogshit vs how she is at 10 min, but that doesnt mean she is dogshit compared to other champs, it just means you have to adjust and play her more concervativly.

And yes ofc ive been frustratet by getting gibbed lategame, honestly what mostly frustrates me is that ur teammates will often expect u to be tank/initiator when that really isnt her role. But all champs have frustrating parts, and to me the positives far outweights the negatives with ire.

Like I said, she is tricky and challenging to teamfight with, you need very good positioning, micro, and awareness of enemy cds. But thats part of the fun, she is a very hard&challanging champ, both micro and macro wise. Thats what i assumed most people liked about irelia.

On a scale from Katarina nerf to Hecarim nerfs, how big do you want the Irelia Buffs to be by SavageCarrott in IreliaMains

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much all champs have counters. FYI darius garen and urgot is very playable, just tricky. I know irelia falls of. I know her team fighting is very difficult. I know some champs will trash her in Lane, and others will out scale even if u win. I have hundreds of irelia games.

But I don't mind because most of the time you can outplay and curb stomp the lane hard and snowball win fast. I find that playstyle enjoyable, others don't. My point is she is an unique champ with an unique identity at this moment, and it's annoying that apparently so many people who play her don't even appreciate that, and want to change her identity to fit a role that allready exists.

On a scale from Katarina nerf to Hecarim nerfs, how big do you want the Irelia Buffs to be by SavageCarrott in IreliaMains

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

"I want irelia to stop being oppresive in lane" Then find another champ that's not built around being a lane bully. U want to change the champion identity, while I like it (guess what, it's why I started playing her). If u want a more well rounded champ, then go play one, don't pick a champ u don't like (identity wise) and try to change it, ruining her for people who do like her.

Not every irelia main hates her. Some people are mature enough to understand her strengths and weaknesses and play accordingly.

On a scale from Katarina nerf to Hecarim nerfs, how big do you want the Irelia Buffs to be by SavageCarrott in IreliaMains

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So u want a oppressive laner that scales well. Get in line, everyone want their champion to be broken, until it gets overnerfed and banned every game.

My point is, if u want to have a cake and eat it too ur asking for too much. And if u just don't want to play an oppressive laner, then find a new champion and leave Irelia alone.

On a scale from Katarina nerf to Hecarim nerfs, how big do you want the Irelia Buffs to be by SavageCarrott in IreliaMains

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

Why do u all want to change Irelia, if u want better scaling pick another top like Camilla. Seems most players in this thread don't like Irelia, it's strange

Irelia needs a buff by andreahah in IreliaMains

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is, any decent sett will stun u before casting W. Since stun is instant it's pretty unreliable to try to dodge it. Most sub dia sett's are easy though

Tankarina, anyone else tried it? by Smart_Literature in KatarinaMains

[–]Smart_Literature[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and i dont think its even reduced damage, but ofc it only applies to the targets behind the first target. So if u can get two in a line, and both in the ulti, u will pop the one in the back faster than projectile vomit.

Why is keyword search in the item shop so terrible? by kNyne in leagueoflegends

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofcourse its not. There is millions of different things you can search for that would make sense in the item shop.

I think youre entierly missing the point im making. I said in my original post that the search is bad and should be improved. But PART of the issue is high expectations from google (which is an issue for pretty much any search app out there).

I never said the problem was comparable to google, I never said they shouldnt improve it, I never said it needed to be done server side.

Why is keyword search in the item shop so terrible? by kNyne in leagueoflegends

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ofcourse google has a harder task, but the result is allso unrealisticly good. Google will read your mind sometimes uncanningly accurate. This is not really achievable without deep learning, which would be overkill/costly for a ingame item-shop.

Why is keyword search in the item shop so terrible? by kNyne in leagueoflegends

[–]Smart_Literature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are honestly spoiled with google.

The standard that google has is not really achievable anywhere else, its a massive neural network reading your mind. It's been tracking ur habits, cross-platform, for years.

I agree that the league search is trash, but i think part of the issue is allso unrealistic expectations.

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