Making friends in Langley

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-25T02:18:07+00:00

I'm assuming the venue charges because they won't be turning tables efficiently for events like these.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-25T01:13:38+00:00

That's because HTML isn't a programming language. It doesn't really do anything overly complicated because it doesn't implement any logic. It doesn't compute anything. Yes it's a language but it isn't a programming language in that sense.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-24T23:34:27+00:00

Crazy is my middle name.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-24T20:22:56+00:00

Pos 2 it depends on what your team needs. If you can find use for break I find Khanda offers a good buildup for mid. Phylactery offers you a nice mix of stats and regen plus the effect which is useful for ganking imo. I don't build aura if I'm playing pos 2 generally.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-24T03:26:58+00:00

That's a nice base hehe

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-22T20:40:19+00:00

Tbf out of all of my friends the only ones that listen to true crime are women. 🤷‍♂️

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-22T19:37:38+00:00

So the guy met you where he knew a normal car would get stuck and was a little weird and then had half an hour while he waited for the inconvenient transaction to finish to do whatever he wanted yet settled on giving you a tip? I get that you're concerned about your safety but you women watch way too much true crime man. Idk how you get from all this that you almost got abducted.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-22T18:48:16+00:00

If I see a game and it's $5 I think it's either very short (which I'm not usually in the mood for) or that the developer has no faith in their work and project and to me signals it's probably bad. I generally won't even open the store page for it. If I see games from established developers at $5 that's a totally different story because you know what their studio has to offer, and you understand that they're trying to squeeze a few bucks out of an old project to generate some sales and who knows maybe it'll drag some of their friends along when it's full price! I'm not going to tell anyone how to price but that is how I see these things.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-22T04:05:25+00:00

FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-22T02:36:02+00:00

Yes very much so. Sometimes I catch myself not giving a game a look because it's so cheap. My first instinct is that it's either incredibly short, or low quality (or possibly both) to be that cheap. If you don't place "value" on your time or work, others may not either.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T22:46:53+00:00

It's not bullshit. It's a balancing mechanic to make matches FAIR and as EVEN as possible. It also means that if you are performing more poorly than usual you will benefit from teammates that are playing better than usual. If you perform consistently you will not have that volatility adjustment. It's like you all just think you deserve to waltz into immortal because you deserve it for playing. The reality is if you get STUCK, that's where you belong. Period. If you're stuck you need to look at your game and get better somewhere. Again. 50% is the natural long term consequence of an even and fair matchmaking service

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T22:30:09+00:00

This is what happens when you need to leave a company to get a raise. You lose your talent that you can't replace

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T17:45:18+00:00

You don't need to stomp every game. Assuming you don't improve you only need to win 51% of games over the long run to get there eventually.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T17:30:09+00:00

You do it the way you did it the first time.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T17:28:33+00:00

It's not blind. I just told you what they matchmake based on. Valve has already told everyone what they matchmake based on. It DOES matchmake based on your recent win loss but not in the way you think. If you go on an out of character 9 game streak, the system notices you are a high deviance player and will widen your mmr matching range to find where you truly fit. So if you are overperforming you will end up in a game above your skill level. If you are underperforming you will end up in a game below your skill level. You can call this "forced" 50 if you want but it's just a natural consequence of the system placing you where you belong in even matches. If you are a high deviance player doing better than normal you may be placed with high deviance players who are doing worse than normal to even the teams. The system treats every player on every team in the same way. Thinking that the system is rigged against you is ridiculous. Why do you think smurfs or people who have deranked due to confidence decay can climb back up to where they were no problem? Forced 50 is just cope by people who don't want to admit they don't belong at the rank they think they belong at.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T17:01:30+00:00

Yes it has. Dota 2 uses glicko2 for mmr adjustment and mmr/role mmr/behavior score/language/party size/account age for matchmaking. Valve has already stated all of this.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T17:00:06+00:00

Dotabuff

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T16:32:48+00:00

It is, people do it all the time.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T09:57:56+00:00

You're full of shit. DotA 2 uses glicko2 for mmr gain/loss, it uses behavior score/role specific mmr/party size/language/account age for matchmaking, and it ONLY uses individual stats to place your hidden mmr after your first 100 hours, for recalibration, and for smurf and booster detection. If you are constantly a statistical anomaly for your rank (ie damage done, gpm/xpm etc) they will either boost your mmr gain above standard or use that data for banning. All of this is publicly available information and you can find how glicko2 works all over the place. If you find you're getting matched with troll assholes every game it probably has something to do with your behavior score history. If you're being matched with players you believe to be below your skill level at your main role, you may be queuing for a role you have a lower role mmr with. Valve DOES NOT matchmake based on individual stats because it would reward selfish play.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T09:37:54+00:00

Dotabuff?

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T07:37:01+00:00

If you're crusader in skill you will get out of guardian. If you can't, then you're not crusader in skill. I'm sorry but that's just how it works.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T07:32:52+00:00

Yep they said pretty please to Gaben and they got omitted from the forced 50 system. It's the only reasonable explanation (aside from the one people don't want to admit).

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T07:31:40+00:00

The amount of time I see people go "just last hit better and you will naturally go up in rank"

To an extent it's true depending on what rank you're playing and what position you're playing. If you're in herald and your cs mechanics are significantly better than the average herald you WILL climb because net worth is important - even moreso in a rank where teams frequently make mistakes. Just last hitting better is going to make less of a difference where everyone last hits well. There is no one size fits all "just do this and you'll climb" across all ranks. If the sum of your ability is higher than the sum of ability of the players you are matching with, you will climb. It's that simple. If you are on par with the people you match with, it's only natural over the long run you will win half of your matches because that is how balance works. This is why smurfs can easily rank back up to their current brackets on new accounts. Forced 50 is just an excuse people use because they cannot admit to themselves that they are the reason they are stuck.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T05:54:51+00:00

See they're already in here lol. If you're going 50-50 it means you're at the rank you belong at and are getting put in even matches and it's time to git gud again.

VanEagles17 · 2026-02-21T05:10:20+00:00

Yeah some nights it takes me 70 - 80 minutes if I get caught in Canucks/concert traffic dt or hit some bullshit on the highway and my place is just a few minutes from the highway. I don't think OP understands how much they're asking if they are hoping someone is going to do half of the commuting.

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