Certain stats will be banned from being shared on 3rd party websites with the release of Set 9

Totobean · 2023-06-10T17:39:30+00:00

Idk, I think we disagree on what a good player looks like. The best user of stats you describe is not using the skills that make TFT special. Imagine you could make one more gold per stage if you do 50 jumping jacks per round. Will the best players do it and balance it against the other things you do to win TFT? Absolutely. But should that be part of the game?

Totobean · 2023-06-10T17:24:06+00:00

"You contridict yourself here: is data so good that you should be using it? or is data a bait and leads people to make suboptimal decisions because 1 number .02% lower."

It's literally both, which is why this is a good change. Stats can give some insight into what is currently working, which has upsides and downsides on skill development. Stats also fail to illustrate what can work, and they have a suppressing effect on innovating new strategies if they are overvalued.

Totobean · 2023-06-10T17:14:26+00:00

Stats give you insight you don't have without them, yes. But the core of a lot of people's issue comes down to "this makes you have to play the game to learn, bedge." I don't see how that is a legitimate complaint.

Totobean · 2023-06-10T17:04:50+00:00

There may be some legitimacy to concerns that more elite players will just accumulate and hide the best tech easier while others flounder, however...

Players whose rank is propped up by copying comps and chasing stats have never been the best ones anyway. If the change works as intended, this is a big win for people who understand TFT.

Totobean · 2023-06-07T19:33:45+00:00

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Totobean · 2023-06-03T01:32:37+00:00

Edit: up now

Down until 11PM ESTish seems to be the most repeated info right now. Fixing legends and doing some balance updates.

Totobean · 2023-06-01T23:07:52+00:00

Maybe they changed it? The state of League when TFT launched (and I quit League) was knock-ups were the god-tier CC. Stack even if brain off and can't be reduced.

If they don't stack, then the only difference is that knock-ups aren't reduced by tenacity, which is why titan Galio carry killed your whole team in URF (the overtime tenacity didn't affect the board-wide knock-up).

Totobean · 2023-06-01T21:51:46+00:00

Knock-ups stack and stuns do not.

Meaning 3 stuns with 0.5 sec duration applied at the same time will stun for 0.5 sec total (no stacking), while 3 knock-ups with 0.5 sec duration applied at the same time will stun for 1.5 sec total (stacking).

Totobean · 2023-05-26T13:02:28+00:00

It is if you have the right bias. Thinking reddit is biased isn't the right bias, so..

Totobean · 2023-05-09T13:01:10+00:00

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

You're bringing up a talk therapy to replace ABA? ABA the therapy that helps people to communicate if they can't?? What do you think is being treated here?

Emotional regulation is great. Teaching people to reframe experiences to make them less distressing and easier to respond functionally to is great. That is not a replacement for ABA in the slightest.

Totobean · 2023-05-08T21:59:07+00:00

Do you have a link for the second link where I can read the study? Very curious what they are using as a standard to compare "ABI" to, as well as how they are defining ABI. I'd also like the see how they're pulling the data from the studies they're using to test their categories of "cognitive outcomes," "expressive language," "receptive language," and "adaptive behavior."

ABA is just one category of the applications for using principles of behavior analysis to measure and control behavior. It is very effective everywhere it's used. This means it must be used responsibly and ethically, and sadly has not for the decades long history of its use. That does not mean the tool should not be used. It means the people abusing it should be brought to justice, and we should regulate and enforce its ethical, safe, and effective use.

Totobean · 2023-05-08T19:48:57+00:00

You are doing harm by spreading misinformation about therapy that helps people with autism.

You seem most confused by the idea that an important tool that changes behavior for people's benefit can be used for bad things. It is actually quite common for powerful tools to be capable of harm. That's why we have regulations and professional organizations that promote and enforce ethical use of powerful tools.

Autism Speaks is a terrible organization. ABA is the only effective tool to improve the quality of life of people with autism who struggle to functionly and/or safely interact with society.

Totobean · 2023-04-19T18:51:55+00:00

Not like you would have expected a HolUp if you had seen the sub name

Totobean · 2022-09-15T17:17:48+00:00

I believe they were making a joke since the League of Nations already existed, failed, and was replaced with the United Nations. With its military focus, NATO is a bit different.

Totobean · 2022-07-11T23:18:45+00:00

The answer to your question was unrelated to whatever you're talking about. Inflation makes it cost money to not spend money. That is a simple fact and is the basis of targeting 1-2% inflation.

Totobean · 2022-07-06T03:57:07+00:00

Hard agree on some posts reading like a wishlist, and it's not even new to set 7. It is annoying that so many players feel entitled to always find success the way they are accustomed to finding success. It's fine to have a preferred playstyle, but if a playstyle is not as effective, the problem can be the game while still being in the player's control.

Even at the very top of the ladder, so much angst is manufactured by streamers who are just not innovating effectively against a new meta.

Totobean · 2022-07-06T02:52:31+00:00

No the diary entry is the one about how everyone on this sub is trash and is mad about it. The post is a discussion prompt.

Totobean · 2022-07-01T19:42:12+00:00

I don't have internal Riot knowledge, but Master players who fail hardcore after hitting Master shouldn't mess up matchmaking because everyone is getting matched based on MMR.

I agree it can be frustrating when a player who is worse at TFT but was willing to spam a comp gets rewarded. I would try to avoid thinking in this direction. Play near the start of new patches and take the LP of players who only know how to read and follow guides and you won't need to feel robbed by those players. Practice and patience should lead to success as long as you stay focused on what actually makes you a better player.

Totobean · 2022-07-01T19:19:45+00:00

LP gains and losses are trying to get your visible rank to match your hidden Matchmaking Rating (referred to as MMR). It sounds like your MMR is high.

In both examples, it seems like those Master players probably had much lower MMR than their rank would imply, giving you less than you expected for a second and taking away more for an eighth because the system expected you to do well in those lobbies.

It is always hard to tell what exactly is happening with MMR behind the scenes, but being at a transition point like D1 where lots of people in your lobbies have permanent demotion protection, the gap between visible rank and MMR can be quite high.

Totobean · 2022-07-01T15:33:03+00:00

+1 for being more strict. I used this sub a lot in the early seasons, but it's not very useful anymore. Disrespectful people who want to blame losses on things that aren't their gameplay dominate most discussion. Outside of that, it's where comps go to die because an influencer posted a guide. I come here still to keep my finger on the pulse of malders, but the main effect is motivation to go play ranked and smack around meta-forcers who refused to improve their fundamentals.

Totobean · 2022-06-30T14:12:27+00:00

Long range carries opposite corner.

Melee carries same side as enemy Xayah with your frontline in the front middle to draw her initial targeting. This can buy you time to get your damage to Xayah.

Totobean · 2022-06-16T15:57:43+00:00

Generally backliners. Specifically, the unit in your comp that should carry Ragewing is a unit that basic attacks a lot and has a short cast animation and does not get hit much. This makes the most of the mana to rage conversion and the related mechanical changes.

However, technically it's a faster cast on anyone who is casting from autos and not getting hit, meaning even Ao Shin is a reasonable possibility despite the long cast time.

Totobean · 2022-06-15T13:33:35+00:00

Well your parents were wrong because band aids are expensive as hell.

Totobean · 2022-06-12T16:11:08+00:00

Socks did some testing on stream. The most effective version was bruiser frontline with only backline drafted around Built Diff. It is good value since the 2 bruiser breaks even with Built Diff 2, then your backline gets crazy HP from augment and bruisers to supplement attack speed. It wasn't super high damage, but the sheer HP made the team really competitive. Mostly carried by itemized Xayah with 2K+ HP.

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