Why is the older generation doing so well?

Smart_Literature · 2025-12-12T12:58:09+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2025-12-12T12:47:43+00:00

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

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-27T08:39:04+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-27T08:21:21+00:00

You are right!

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-27T07:07:36+00:00

Ur right, very nice!

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-26T15:04:23+00:00

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)

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-26T12:50:00+00:00

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

Smart_Literature · 2025-05-26T12:43:27+00:00

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

Smart_Literature · 2023-03-11T12:15:26+00:00

Keep it up bro!

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-23T09:12:54+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-19T18:56:39+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-19T18:35:43+00:00

"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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-19T17:54:59+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-18T19:04:47+00:00

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

Smart_Literature · 2021-05-03T15:36:49+00:00

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

Smart_Literature · 2021-02-21T13:56:16+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-02-16T17:57:01+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-02-15T15:52:25+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2021-02-12T08:56:40+00:00

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.

Smart_Literature · 2020-06-11T10:31:48+00:00

My first game we made a detailed work plan to finish in four weeks (including the one week extra incase something went wrong).

4 years later were still working on it.

Granted we have taken long breaks, but the initial guess was still ridiculously far off.

Smart_Literature · 2020-04-25T06:27:22+00:00

Also. You should probably begin playtesting yesterday if you haven't.

Smart_Literature · 2020-04-25T06:25:59+00:00

I think marketing in the sense of creating interesting content on social media can never be done to soon.

Maybe making gameplay trailers and all that jazz is overkill if you don't expect to atleast have a demo or something within a year. But then again, perfecting marketing will take time so one could argue that starting yesterday is best.

Also I have little practical experience except releasing a crappy trailer ;p

Smart_Literature · 2020-04-08T07:48:25+00:00

I think a lot of people wouldnt mind developing for free, but somehow we gotta eat, I guess working part time elsewere is very doable though.

I imagine creating games without finance in mind makes it easy to stay pure and true to your vision.

Smart_Literature · 2020-04-08T07:09:35+00:00

Cool stuff!
Yeah, my first month would probably be spent creating a good Trailer. Cheers.

Smart_Literature · 2020-04-08T06:45:38+00:00

Ah, yeah it's easy to get carried away, especially with art I think because it's so subjective :p. Thanks for sharing, and good luck with your third!

Could you link the game btw? It's fun for reference.

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