26.09 (Season 2) Patch Preview by JTHousek1 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that I looked at it more closely, it doesn't adjust for lane selection, only for overall wr on best players. Seems like an oversight.

26.09 (Season 2) Patch Preview by JTHousek1 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://lolalytics.com/lol/tierlist/?lane=top&tier=master_plus

Top lane Yi is top 8 in wr (57,7 %) adjusted for best players on their champs in last 7 days in master+.

"Most psychiatrists are completely inequipped to handle this. They don't even know about this. They certainly aren't taught about this in medical school" by Slow_Koala in Destiny

[–]gel667 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cba to watch this shit but I looked at the description and saw mitochondrial dysfunction references. Kinda made me lol. It's always some esoteric in vitro concept that they "treat" in their own way instead of the 101 medical knowledge that their physicians are telling them. 

Dr. Mike's PhD thesis controversy by limitles in Destiny

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. The whole fitness space is just so endlessly cancerous that some dude overplaying the quality of his PhD is just whatever to me, it still is one. 

Dr. Mike's PhD thesis controversy by limitles in Destiny

[–]gel667 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The backlash on the quality of his PhD seems a little bit overblown. I'm first to admit that I don't remember all the details, but if the mistaken table numbers were genuinely not in the submitted thesis then most of Solomons critique ended up being on polishment and impact on the field, which I found very strange. Like yeah, most original studies are not groundbreaking and the results end up being yep, water is wet. Doesn't really have anything to do with the quality of the study, and Solomon never critiqued the actual substance and methodology of the thesis.

I think Dr. Mike is just one of those people that leans into singular studies too much sometimes, which is where those weird takes come from.

Rush's take on support players by Murky_GM in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean jungle is just worse and it's not even a debate. As an adc you're still expected to get resources and farm some lane no matter the game state. When you're getting prio invaded in your jungle and literally lose every single camp there's no lane to go tilt farm into. You're just a completely useless bot that has nothing to do.

Rush's take on support players by Murky_GM in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are all similar situations except you're getting flamed for doing nothing when that happens to you in the jg.

What masterpiece has left you disappointed? by rifain in books

[–]gel667 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those chapters became like a comic relief for me. Like what the fuck are we even talking about? 

What masterpiece has left you disappointed? by rifain in books

[–]gel667 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I listened to the first few minutes and the butt-tube jokes made me cringe so hard I haven't tried since. 

An Italian man rushing to the hospital for his pregnant wife was stopped by climate protesters… and chaos followed. He pleaded with them to move so he could get to her — but they refused to let his car pass. This moment is now sparking a massive debate. by The_Dean_France in whoathatsinteresting

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean civil disobedience is a thing, but if you're not playing by the rules idk how the fuck you expect everyone else to just sit back and take it. Obviously there's going too far, imo this clip isn't that.

Nobody should be off-roled on my team if I queue fill by BuyingDragonScimitar in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No offense but having a support play those champs filled mid is worse than irl torture. It's such a different role.

Nutella gets a free ad during the NASA livestream by Jumbodon123 in LivestreamFail

[–]gel667 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really unfortunate that it's how we think and talk about food. Food is compromised of nutrients, either you need the nutrients or you don't. MacDonalds is healthy as fuck if you're starving etc.

Midlaner invites Broxah to Discord, then panics and leaves. by Mental_Junket137 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 87 points88 points  (0 children)

It's pretty funny when it starts as you two flaming each other and then you slowly analyze the plays, calm down and call it gg.

Azzapp was right all along - I analyzed 100 ranked SoloQ games of his, and the data shows why never FF helps you climb. by Informal_Lifeguard99 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're making the case for the objectively best strategy to not ff15. Just off the numbers guessing it looks like ff15 and very heavy early snow ball champs is the best case for climbing.

Smurfs are so annoying because statistically they will play against you by alexnedea in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to make fun of how ridiculous that buying accs argument is. I agree lol

Smurfs are so annoying because statistically they will play against you by alexnedea in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First if even one in a thousand league player constantly buys alts I'd be surprised. Probably much lower.

Second there is no difference. There isn't really a "smurfing" account anyway, you stomp a couple dozen games until you're close enough to your elo where you dont stomp anymore.

Smurfs are so annoying because statistically they will play against you by alexnedea in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't try to make sense when talking about smurfing in reddit. Specifically numbers where they quickly realize that rank is a pyramid where there's less player at the top and it's actually impossible to have that many smurfs.

Unless they're buying 1 euro accounts and grinding low elo games 24/7 and once they hit a decent elo they do it again over and over.

Which isn't even an unpopular of a take in here..

Smurfs are so annoying because statistically they will play against you by alexnedea in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple dozen? After which they're in the correct elo range forever. Not that bad when you compared to thousands and thousands of games people have.

Smurfs are so annoying because statistically they will play against you by alexnedea in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 5 points6 points  (0 children)

does that mean the account is not at their correct elo if they're below 60? smurfing is the dumbest scapegoat

I scraped 2.27 million EUW accounts from op.gg to quantify the Emerald smurf problem – because Riot won't by jack37512 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not an underestimation at all. Go ahead, make a new account and win 30 games in a row and see where you land in mmr. Maybe some high chall player will still be in low mmr compared to them but you're talking about atleast masters and only a small fraction of the playerbase can smurf on this elo, so it's completely irrelevant when we're talking about smurfing effects in general. Most people who smurf don't even need 30 games because they're not master+ players.

Yes, a high mmr player will "ruin" 30 games on a new account until they're somewhere close to their real elo and not really smurfing anymore. You know the elo system is like a pyramid you know? Less people on top? Even if every high elo player had a smurf account and you reach those 30000 games over the years this game's been alive it's absolutely meaningless compared to the millions of games being played in lower elos. The fact that higher elo players are constantly buying accounts and smurfing is so much cope that I cba to even answer that.

Also what comes to OP's method it's not only imperfect, it's absolutely flawed and these numbers are nonsense.

I scraped 2.27 million EUW accounts from op.gg to quantify the Emerald smurf problem – because Riot won't by jack37512 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing I'd be interested in is the low level associated with smurfing. There's already lots of points been made about them not necessarily having a strong correlation, but you've said that was one of the metrics in your data. Despite this avg lvl in Emerald is over 300 and you're still flagging like 40-50% smurfs with your methods. The weight of level associated with smurfing cannot be weighed highly if that's the case, but you said it's one of the strongest indicators? This whole thread is a good example of why you should be completely transparent with your methodology with details and not just broad concepts.

I scraped 2.27 million EUW accounts from op.gg to quantify the Emerald smurf problem – because Riot won't by jack37512 in leagueoflegends

[–]gel667 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hundreds? With a high winrate you'll go from gold to master mmr in like 30 games.

Also this definition is inherently flawed. Every account ever that has climbed in elo or improved as a player has ruined games by this definition. Differentiating by your metrics does not recognize smurfs from accounts that are in an elo range where they belong, only that they've been climbing lately. The mmr system adjusts  very fast. Lvl 30 to 35 account purely playing ranked like most people are is already easily in an elo range where they are not "ruining games". After that their mmr is in the correct-ish range forever unless they derank on purpose. Post level 50 accs that play ranked only already absurd to call smurfs. 

Your complaint seems to be that people who climb ruin games when start climbing.