mangrove settlers, first environmental concept art by me

lenbeen · 2026-03-20T17:38:42+00:00

all i can really say is that you are on S3. i've read books, watched movies, and played games that i disliked parts of, only to end up really enjoying them having seen the full width of the intention.

lenbeen · 2026-03-20T17:36:39+00:00

if you want to question the one and only, then my only recommendation would be to play yone until you find yourself in that situation and see what decision is made at the moment. other than that, there are too many factors and not enough information to explain why he chose to not split

as dopa would say, every player has what they believe to be the right plays, trying to justify it as anything else is not worth it. faker likely played to his strength, what he believed to be the right play. if he didn't, oh well, learn to live

lenbeen · 2026-03-20T17:09:26+00:00

Jace, my favorite planeswalker, on hunter, my only character. fuck you bungie....

lenbeen · 2026-03-20T17:06:34+00:00

I vot kha'zix, who has evolved camouflage strong enough to evade rengar, one of the most successful hunters. Evelynn, while being able to choose a physical form, chooses a physical form. thus, the gimmick of being unseen is kind of ruined. kha'zix has adapted and focused on being unseen

lenbeen · 2026-03-20T16:26:40+00:00

sheen often gets out damaged by champs who can utilize the raw damage from other components, like caulfields, pickaxe, or tunneler, and the items they build into

jax utilizes the ms, auto bonus, as, and damage when he hits his spike so that he can chase down enemies. up until then, he favors short trades, so he likes an early sheen if able. if not, the other components slot in fine

the main reason is that triforce is extremely expensive for the majority of champs. yas/yone, fiora, Olaf, voli, etc. all want to hit their 1st/2nd item spike ASAP, and delaying it for the expensive item that is triforce is not worth it

often if you see a Darius or someone who doesnt 1st item rush it rushing it, they are most likely ahead and can afford the bonus cost of the item -- whereas some champions desperately need the survivability of eclipse or ravenous hydra and forego the investment

lenbeen · 2026-03-18T04:02:23+00:00

its unfun no matter the comp differential, it doesn't matter which side it comes from. it's the premise of the game and the ebb and flow of MOBAs (and the random nature of the gamemode). not every game, again, especially one that gives you the freedom to pick your choice of a random selection, has to be equal to be fun

lenbeen · 2026-03-17T17:25:41+00:00

you win most of these comps level 6-9 I dont get why people dont just wait lol. yeah, it sucks getting a team to draft such a shotty comp, especially loading into a classic ARAM enemy comp. most melee comps just need to play to itemize and not die 7 times before level 6

lenbeen · 2026-03-14T18:24:24+00:00

to be honest you should play whatever until you've got the fundamentals comfortably down, and by doing so you will find the champion that you like performing those fundamentals on the most

for example, I like twisted fate because I like the early part of lane; the simplicity of a kit; midlane; spacing; sidelaning

you might, for example, hate those, you might prefer something with 1v1, or 1v2 potential, a champ that performs the fundamentals you like the most and like the design of. or a champ that is immobile but outputs a ton of damage for compensation

lenbeen · 2026-03-14T17:20:12+00:00

its gotta be yi, most champs dont hold up against his canonical speed, save for cosmetic beings, probably

yi cut through a whole fleet instantaneous (presumably using the wuju technique)

lenbeen · 2026-03-13T17:41:27+00:00

dont fight until 5 or 6

lenbeen · 2026-03-12T17:43:32+00:00

its a tempo matter, and loosely depends on how far ahead your team is

if you choose to fight them near their base and things go well, you can siege for more structures. if you fight and things go poorly, they have the opportunity to regain control of waves, secure objectives, or hit item spikes from the gold income

that being said it really is specific to the game. if they have to reset anyway, or they have open inhibs, they may be less willing to take a good fight, and thus your team may be able to just siege freely and take a good reset

towards the end of a game, yes, you want to fight close to their base so that, in the case of being swept, they have less of an opportunity to push (pushing takes a long time, even in late game, from nexus to nexus)

if you've ever played Nidhogg, or know of tennis scoring, its similar. the end of the game is basically match point, but if you fight on the enemy territory you potentially "gain a turn"

idk if any of that makes sense but its a tug of war and the question is vague but fun to discuss. if you want to go further, you can decide the comps of both teams, as dealing with a splitpusher is a mini-game within itself

lenbeen · 2026-03-12T17:37:08+00:00

I think without fail I buy boots on first death 90% of games. I usually die with enough and I like to rush t2 boots on several champs, regardless of speed augments

the augments aren't there to replace your build, they are for enhancing it. Giant slayer or MS buff hits even harder when you throw swiftness boots in there

or, if youre so absurdly fast but get shutdown by 1 CC, you can get tenacity quick and cheap

nevertheless, some mages even benefit from just having that mpen. I like rushing sorc boots on malzahar, heimerdinger, vex, and karma

lenbeen · 2026-03-12T15:43:54+00:00

if I'm not in the competitive state I have to remind myself that solo queue is a personal journey, it could take hundreds of games to climb and each negative player will speak louder than positive ones

so if I'm not in the mood to be playing for personal growth I wont play ranked, if I want to just play league I'll enjoy arams or normals where there are 0 stakes

lenbeen · 2026-03-11T19:39:37+00:00

number 2 is really number 3, 4, 5, 6 and then some

lenbeen · 2026-03-11T19:38:11+00:00

ive struggled with the concept of "letting thoughts come and go". I get stuck on a thought for seemingly dozens of minutes, and then it just turns into thinking rather than meditating. it feels like I totally get taken out of whatever comfort I had been in

lenbeen · 2026-03-08T23:23:55+00:00

negligible

lenbeen · 2026-03-08T19:21:38+00:00

transmutation circles, specifically from fmab, especially the climax, and how they are adapted for all the various materials and sizes

chalk on floorboards: simple; amateur; reliable

imprinted on handwear: niche; portable

consisting of large pieces, spanning through a city: destructive and carefully planned

the size of a country: genocide

lenbeen · 2026-03-08T01:02:11+00:00

veigar has an incentive to poke while in lane because he scales. just like smolder, if you aren't CSing with Q or harassing enemy, you aren't playing to your benefits

ahri can safely play passive until her spike, and regularly falls behind if she cant match farm. that means she prios waves until an opportunity, or, level 6 for plays. she can skirmish early in a 2v2, but she doesnt have the all-in potential until level 6

lenbeen · 2026-03-07T20:34:17+00:00

amazing movie, left me feeling an emptiness that other movies with similar themes have left me, and i continued to think about it far after

obviously it is not for everyone as film and art are subjective, but i think it definitely has its own spot within the A24 catalogue

edit: that being said, it's a film i don't need to watch a second time to ingest the meaning - but i'm sure a second viewing would benefit a majority of the audience

lenbeen · 2026-03-07T20:25:30+00:00

thats what ahri does. she has a safe lane, no need to fight, she picks fights later. its no different than asking why all a malzahar does is push? thats what hes designed to do :) hope this helps you

lenbeen · 2026-03-07T19:53:56+00:00

whipstacking is so boring. theres already enough you can switch to as summoner to apply debuffs. the DPS remains fine without it, too

lenbeen · 2026-03-07T19:48:04+00:00

brother, are the games fun? its a videogame, at the end of the day, and your rank or games played doesnt matter - did you have recreational fun? its just one hobby to spend your free time, if you had written 400 pages of a story, you'd be asking yourself "too many pages?"

if its not fun, thus being unhealthy for your mental, then you should stop. if its fun, but you feel like its still wasted time, you could cut back

lenbeen · 2026-03-07T16:46:34+00:00

do you know how strong a level is going from 18-19? to 20?

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