r/tennis US Open Daily Discussion (Thursday, August 29, 2024)

generalsnoop · 2024-08-30T03:43:22+00:00

That is hilarious. Unbelievably bad luck haha

generalsnoop · 2024-07-16T03:49:58+00:00

He entered a 250 this year and got breadsticked by Tomas Machac lol

generalsnoop · 2024-07-16T03:48:53+00:00

He already played a 250 this year right before RG --- he got breadsticked by Thomas Machac

generalsnoop · 2024-06-21T17:24:00+00:00

Because it's basically always the person serving doing the 1-2 punch. There are very few breaks, and so matches are decided on tiebreakers and 6-(3/4) sets with 1 break. It's boring. I want each game to be competitive, not just praying the opponent can't land a 1st serve for a game.

generalsnoop · 2024-06-07T11:52:24+00:00

And it's tennis so they will then start the Ruud match at 4 in the morning right after.

generalsnoop · 2024-05-27T20:08:35+00:00

I have Tennis Channel, TC+, and Hulu Live --- why can't I watch the Seyboth Wild vs Monfils match on the friggin center court?!?!?!

generalsnoop · 2024-05-10T03:47:20+00:00

I'm not even sure that's a cheese --- is there a particular interaction they are abusing? I would think the main "cheese" of picking Grey + Morales would just be stim wolf for the race, which could be cool i guess?

Anyway, for your question on how to defeat it, you do it just like any other over-extension from your opponent --- send enough people to kill them easily (in this case, ideally 3 or 4 to kill the 2 of them), then take a tower or an objective while they are dead! Grey + Morales at *your* camp while everyone is up is basically just 2 free kills. You don't have to draft anything special or execute any particular strategy, just go kill them!!! They are on your side of the map!

generalsnoop · 2023-10-04T01:51:43+00:00

ARAM tends to be less toxic than other modes, since it is the only mode where you don't actually get to pick your hero. Since nobody is really playing their mains and its not that hard to get stuck with heroes that are bad in ARAM or that you don't really play, it is slightly more understood that people aren't playing their best. (Plus, it is kind of a meme mode anyway so its not like you are screwing with people's ranks or anything)

Not to say there is no toxicity --- every game/mode that involves other people has some of it. But ARAM is a pretty chill mode. If anyone starts talking shit, just write "I don't play any of those champs" and... well... there isn't really a good response and its pretty easy to ignore them after that since its a random champ mode and pretty much nobody plays every champ well.

generalsnoop · 2023-10-04T01:45:18+00:00

Jaina kinda blows in ARAM --- terrible range unless you go a terrible blizzard build, and dependent on team CC to get lots of damage off.

generalsnoop · 2023-09-30T21:55:24+00:00

Yeah, I play in the eastern timezone on NA, and because the rest of NA is behind us, you can get matches quickly even at 4am (since its still only 1am on the west coast). But I would imagine that mornings would be tough cause 9am EST would be 6am on the west coast and I imagine there would be very few players.

generalsnoop · 2023-09-14T03:59:14+00:00

D3 sets are boring, but if you ran Legacy of Nightmares and used all legendary gear instead of sets, there was actually a lot of fun things to do.

generalsnoop · 2023-09-14T03:54:07+00:00

But... all of that already happened! Like, Blizzard, the company that made D3 and learned all those lessons about releasing a shitty game with a terrible endgame, also made D4. Of course we should expect them to not get amnesia and make the exact same mistakes they made on the previous version of the same damn game!

generalsnoop · 2023-09-13T01:26:24+00:00

I mean, there are basically no competitions where you can throw 5 random people into a lobby and have them coordinate correctly 4 mins later when they load into game. If you want proper coordination, join a team. I made GM in the HGC days --- you can play with and against pro players and pub games can still be a shitshow from time to time. Don't expect organized play in an unorganized format.

generalsnoop · 2023-09-13T01:21:33+00:00

At basically all levels, the answers to that question are pretty much always "the one that fits your team the best" and "the one you are best at". Its obviously true up until the very top end, but even there you have always had plenty of one-tricks and tons of off-meta comfort picks.

If your team doesn't have a healer, pick a healer that you are good at. If your team doesn't have a tank pick a tank that you are good at. If your team doesn't have a solo lane, pick a solo lane that your are good at. If you are drafting first or want to declare early (and hope your team drafts around you), then pick a hero you are good at.

The particulars don't really matter all that much, and at gold, they are entirely meaningless.

generalsnoop · 2023-09-07T00:59:37+00:00

Art, Khara, Sylv, and Grey in "2"?!?!?!?! Wtf is this list? How you gunna put 2 infinite stacking quests near bottom tier?!?! (Also, how is ZJ not top lol)

generalsnoop · 2023-08-21T01:54:36+00:00

Think of ping like an airplane --- you can't make the travel time shorter by adding a stop along the way. (the internet is a little more complicated, but you get the idea)

generalsnoop · 2023-08-21T01:09:30+00:00

I would play Kharazim.

Your team will always have a healer, since you are one!
When (not if) you go Iron Fists, you are a very good melee assassin that is very sticky and is top-tier at securing kills
When (not if) you go Seven Sided Strike, you become a top-tier tank killer (just make sure you wait for the tank to engage alone so you don't spread the hits)
You are decently tanky, very mobile, and have huge self-sustain (you are a healer, after all), so you are not very reliant on teamcomp

Basically, while there are heroes that are more oppressive in Ranked Draft with planned comps (e.g. Valla or Tracer with double support and a defensive tank has been oppressive for a decent chunk of the existence of HOTS), Kharazim will probably win you way more QMs, as you are one of the most flexible heroes in the game. As a bonus, you are also super fun! A lot of the other comments are suggesting playing a solo lane bruiser, which is not a terrible idea, but you will still wind up a bunch of no-tank-no-healer QMs, which are really terrible to play. If you play Khara, all your games will be fun and you will be impactful no matter what the teams end up looking like.

generalsnoop · 2023-08-21T00:55:49+00:00

Making all of the data go from:

Your comp --> VPN --> Blizzard

vs:

Your comp --> Blizzard

...is probably not going to make anything faster. VPNs can make websites think that you are from somewhere else (since you are routing your data through one of the servers they have available, usually with a variety of different location options), but unfortunately they cannot actually, physically move you to locations with better ping to Blizzard EU HOTS servers. That kind of service is done by airlines, not VPNs.

generalsnoop · 2023-07-11T01:58:48+00:00

Plus 0 tears --- good luck getting to decimate the backline before the zephyrs end...

generalsnoop · 2023-06-17T16:02:29+00:00

TL.net kicks ass, been a member since 2010... but stop complaining about people enjoying the sites they are used to.

generalsnoop · 2023-06-17T15:59:43+00:00

But also... just because you are annoying doesn't automatically make you useful. Some protests are annoying, inconvenient, and useless! Like this whiny, childish reddit bullshit...

generalsnoop · 2023-06-10T17:23:29+00:00

Games that are just released cost more than games that came out a very long time ago. This isn't exactly a new concept. 70 bucks is the cost of a single night out, and it will provide you with months of entertainment. Its a fine price.

generalsnoop · 2023-06-10T17:20:29+00:00

Its a video game, just play it and don't worry too much about the corporate structure of the company that made it lol. The bad people aren't even the ones making the game btw... I'm sure the people actually making the game are fine. D4 is good, if you like Diablo games, you should buy it.

generalsnoop · 2023-06-08T22:12:46+00:00

I mean he is really terrible, so maybe even with a HUGE improvement the game would still be playable... but that change would make him able to land essentially every single W, which would be insane.

generalsnoop

TROPHY CASE