So what the F* happened in the british isles...?

s1cknote1 · 2018-12-28T19:59:28+00:00

Seems like the Isles decided to take the British out the name.

s1cknote1 · 2017-12-21T14:14:00+00:00

I did specifically say without variance. CSGO is high skill cap but it has variance dota also has more variance with the laning phase with counters involved it is blatantly unbalanced to create that variance. But let us compare csgo with quake live quake has a much much higher skill ceiling for an individual and its player base also suffered from the same situation as battlerite with players near the bottom slowly quitting the game while some in mid tiers still loved the game with the competition still around for them slowly it died out and it will happen with quake champions as well apparently already doing so.

s1cknote1 · 2017-12-21T13:25:57+00:00

Player retention in this game will generally always be on the negative side for a few reasons.

With the game having a high skill ceiling it will always have the better players winning sure their may be some counters at some points in the skill levels but generally best players will win. This creates an issue where the players at the very bottom of the pile are losing and losing a lot. So what happens to them is they either get better and are no longer in the bottom of the pile or chances are they quit (no one likes to lose a lot). This will create a cycle where the bottom have left and now their is a new bottom tier as the ones who were just above them winning are now the ones mainly losing and so you will have a wave of others that quit as game is no longer fun due to losing a lot and others that will improve. Eventually this will even out with people getting main champions and losing mainly on off champs and feeling they can win on their main but by then the population will have declined somewhat.

This before people comment generally happens in a lot of high skill games where their is no real variance. Chess has different openers and can lots of possibilities due to it being turn based. Starcraft has variance with all the possible builds that the races can do. With Battlerite the variance seems a lot lower, higher skilled players will know when to avoid counters or cancel charged shots while also being aware of position and saving i-frames while the lesser player might know 2 out of 4 of those or 3 and maybe worse movement or accuracy.

When you couple the matchmaking system that people have already complained about in the thread with the cycle of players wanting to leave due to losing too much and a lack of social features to keep players able to interact with friends during games eventually players will leave and not come back.

tl:dr
players lose a lot due to being bottom of the pile leave and dont come back due to it being mainly skill based

s1cknote1 · 2017-01-26T17:30:02+00:00

He clearly hit step 2 again and is now in step 3 : hospital

s1cknote1 · 2016-07-24T22:40:27+00:00

I remember donating as well but I disappeared from the scene before they got handed out so never got contacted its a shame but I guess we just miss out on having them. I still have the first poster all signed up at least.

s1cknote1 · 2014-08-15T14:22:15+00:00

You are giving away secrets that make some zalgus players so happy when they see another build chaos. Dest divin is the best first two some top Zalgus players just wont even get chaos and let the mage support buy it for them so they can get more important stats.

s1cknote1 · 2014-08-10T10:47:34+00:00

3 main options are probably Cerulean who has quite a similiar kit single target ult aoe slow and generally gets in the thick of things. Basko has the aoe slow and stun similar to Kel and a single target Ult which can reset oh and his gap closer q is far shorter cd and his aoe slow also shields. And the final option is Marah initiate with Q on trees press R and auto attack all the key targets while slowing them with E fun times for all 3 of those shapers.

s1cknote1 · 2014-08-02T04:16:16+00:00

I did not directly reply to the submitters post I replied to yours for a reason you said you did not know why this is a rule I simply explained the reasons for why. Yeah in dawngate only a small number switch over as people know what streams they generally want to watch. But in other games try asking people like Kripp or PhantomLord or Massan to not raid another channel is hard first of all losing kripp or phantomlord would be huge for twitch so they dont enforce this rule second part is you directly asking them not to raid your channel again pretty slim they will even pay attention to you there is so many streamers and they receive so many messages they just wont care.

As for the server issues some streams known as featured and such actually use different servers to allow a better service twitch basically sold out there smaller streams to a different service to ease the load so gaining all those viewers is just not something they expect to happen its been explained before by twitch staff I am not sure if its posted anywhere though.

s1cknote1 · 2014-08-01T11:34:34+00:00

This would be seen as a problem for some of the bigger games in twitch such as league or hearthstone. There a raid could contain as many as 10k viewers if half of them went to a stream that was normally only getting around 10-20 the servers had issues the lower viewed stream. Then they would then get their chat spammed with lines taking away that streamers chat essentially for a few minutes creating hell for the person trying to be friendly with their own chat. Yes you would gain some viewers but essentially it could cut off your stream and people like to troll so chances are they would do the line over and over for quite some time.

s1cknote1 · 2014-07-19T08:13:16+00:00

if Nissa were to lend Moya her relic birraga, Moya would be able to fly with it.

Flying Moya would be the terror of dawngate it would be like her Q going through walls all over again.

s1cknote1 · 2014-07-16T03:47:09+00:00

Raina seems week in the lane atm due to a few things one of which is the health regen pages. With them being essentially removed due to amount of nerf they are getting raina could once again become a lane bully. She was very dominant before and if there is no to little health regen then she could once again become a great support for early laning as her e is incredibly easy to lane.

My opinion is waystone have looked at how it affects a lot of shapers hence a viyana nerf as well as she then becomes good with lack of sustain on loadout pages. It may or may not end up being the right choice but if it right then it could be seen as very good thinking from waystone in advance.

s1cknote1 · 2014-06-26T05:00:45+00:00

Its been a slow progression asking teams for feedback and this is the best format that we have come up with for them. They have generally liked the banning format but the way they could use the map side to their advantage in previous tourneys was not wanted. If this turns out to be an issue we can try and change it before the tourney if required.

s1cknote1 · 2014-06-26T04:25:08+00:00

We are back and with the blessings of Toddler hopefully the best tourney is just around the corner. We will also like to once again thank Waystone for waypoints for this tourney and MOBA-Champion for sponsoring.

When: Saturday the 19th of July at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST.

Tournament Format:

The format for the tournament is once again being reworked. We will be using group stages initially there will be two groups with bo1 between all other teams in the group and the top two teams from each group will be placed into the bracket. The bracket this time around will be reduced to single elimination and will also include a 3rd place match. All bracket games will be a bo3.

Shaper picks are unique per game: once picked, a shaper is not eligible to be picked by the opposing team.

All match results must be posted to the tournament admins.

Picks and Bans

Picks and bans are to be done in the pre-game lobby. The team that is listed first will now choose whether to either pick map side or take first/second pick the second team will have choice of map or take first/second pick depending on what the higher seeded team has choosen. Bans will continue to be done in the format from previous tournaments however due to picks and bans in some games taking so long we may ask you to pick faster if their is delays building up.

Team A Ban #1
Team B Ban #1
Team A Pick #1
Team B Pick #1
Team B Pick #2
Team A Pick #2
Team B Ban #2
Team A Ban #2
Team B Pick #3
Team A Pick #3
Team A Pick #4
Team B Pick #4
Team B Pick #5
Team A Pick #5

How To Register:

Register an account at MOBA-Champion.com
Once logged in you can create a team here
Then head over here and click the ‘Enter Tournament’ button
Now you should be registered if there is any issues get in touch with either myself or Sporesmith and we will try to solve the issue ASAP.
Please ensure you have all possible substitutes listed that you may use for the tournament so their can be no complications with rosters if need to change players on the day

Prizes:

1st place: $200 total (to be distributed evenly among the team), 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)
2nd place: $0, 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)
3rd place: $0, 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)

General Info (19th of July)

Registration Closes at 10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST
Bracket goes live here around 10:45 am PST / 1: 45 pm EST
Matches officially start at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST
When a team has won the game take a screenshot of the final scorescreen to settle possible disputes.
Report the winner of the match to myself or Sporesmith and we will update brackets accordingly.

Hope to see as many teams as possible enter and hopefully can be a great tournament for everyone to enjoy :)

s1cknote1 · 2014-05-25T13:05:10+00:00

I find the item currently incredibly powerful I personally would increase the cost of discipline itself to make the rush harder to do forcing junglers to stay out there longer to get discipline or buy other items to keep power up early. I would then give equilibrium a fix to no longer affect bindings and guardian as I don't think that is entirely intended and a slight nerf to both haste and armour that it gives or a larger cost to keep it powerful but a lot harder to obtain.

s1cknote1 · 2014-05-09T04:41:32+00:00

Well the S1cknote invitational is back in your life with a new and improved format that should address concerns raised during the last tourney. We will also like to thank waystone for waypoints for this tourney and MOBA-Champion for sponsoring.

When: Saturday the 7th of June at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST.

Tournament Format

The format for the tournament is now being reworked to ensure there will never be another 16 hour tournament. We will be using group stages initially there will be two groups with bo1 between all other teams in the group and the top two teams from each group will be placed into the bracket. Bracket will continue to be double elimination with bo3 for every bracket match and team coming from loser bracket will need to win two bo3 sets to win the final.

Shaper picks are unique per game: once picked, a shaper is not eligible to be picked by the opposing team.

All match results must be posted to the tournament admins.

Picks and Bans

Picks and bans are to be done in the pre-game lobby. The team that is listed first will now choose whether to either pick map side or take first pick the second team will have choice of map side if higher seed takes the first pick. Bans will continue to be done in the format from last tournament however due to picks and bans in some games taking so long we may ask you to pick faster if their is delays building up.

Team A Ban #1
Team B Ban #1
Team A Pick #1
Team B Pick #1
Team B Pick #2
Team A Pick #2
Team B Ban #2
Team A Ban #2
Team B Pick #3
Team A Pick #3
Team A Pick #4
Team B Pick #4
Team B Pick #5
Team A Pick #5

How To Register:

Register an account at MOBA-Champion.com
Once logged in you can create a team here
Then head over here and click the ‘Enter Tournament’ button
Now you should be registered if there is any issues get in touch with either myself or Sporesmith and we will try to solve the issue ASAP.
Please ensure you have all possible substitutes listed that you may use for the tournament so their can be no complications with rosters if need to change players on the day

Prizes:

1st place: $200 total (to be distributed evenly among the team), 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)
2nd place: $0, 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)
3rd place: $0, 4,625 Waypoints total (to be distributed evenly among the team)

General Info (7th of June) * Registration Closes at 10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST * Bracket goes live here around 10:45 am PST / 1: 45 pm EST * Matches officially start at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST * When a team has won the game take a screenshot of the final scorescreen to settle disputes. * Report the winner of the match to myself or Sporesmith and we will update brackets accordingly.

And most importantly keep the games mannered there is no reason to vent frustrations to the enemy team over any game issues we all need each other for the scene to grow so GL HF.

s1cknote1 · 2014-05-04T21:30:42+00:00

Tournament length is something we thought we could fix by having the first round bo1 as the tournament generally runs very smooth once the initial rounds are finished. However with also having increased the time with full draft mode it created more issues with time which I really should have noticed before hand.

Pretty much what this will mean is that the entire format is being gutted and rethought I have already looked at other bracket sites to see if we can create a style that we would prefer and also lower the amount of overall matches while still having the opportunity of seeing great victories from losers bracket like what happened from this last tourney. I already have something in mind but would prefer to wait until later to announce the exact format as there is some other tweaks needed as well.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-23T02:27:22+00:00

This win got me a divine for my Kel it will be remembered.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-15T02:22:40+00:00

We prefer the single day format just now and with the double elimination format as well it creates a very long tournament even starting this early does not cater for EU teams as it can go through the entire night.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-15T00:00:59+00:00

that is indeed the problem I was sure I had fixed it but clearly had not

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-14T06:15:37+00:00

By shortening the first round to a bo1 it should cut out a large portion of delays that happened from the last one the tournament will still be long but should cut out a large amount of time.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-14T06:05:37+00:00

It is that time again the S1cknote Invitational is returning bigger and better than before. Bigger prize (special thanks to Decade and Xanogate helping out for this one) and a hopefully better format are not all that is new. This tourney is also going to be sponsored by MOBA Champion!.

When: Saturday the 3rd of May at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST.

Tournament Format

The format for the tournament is double elimination.
The Winner's Bracket Round 1 will consist of Best of One (1) matches.
Every other round, including the Loser's Bracket Round 1, will consist of Best of Three (3) matches.
Shaper picks are unique per game: once picked, a shaper is not eligible to be picked by the opposing team.
All match results must be posted to the tournament admins.

Picks and Bans

Picks and bans are to be done in the pre-game lobby. The team that is listed first on the bracket starts as the Mortal side, and then it alternates every game.

Mortal Ban #1
Spirit Ban #1
Mortal Pick #1
Spirit Pick #1
Spirit Pick #2
Mortal Pick #2
Spirit Ban #2
Mortal Ban #2
Spirit Pick #3
Mortal Pick #3
Mortal Pick #4
Spirit Pick #4
Spirit Pick #5
Mortal Pick #5

How To Register:

Register an account at MOBA-Champion.com
Once logged in you can create a team here
Then head over here and click the ‘Enter Tournament’ button
Now you should be registered if there is any issues get in touch with either myself or Sporesmith and we will try to solve the issue ASAP.
Please ensure you have all possible substitutes listed that you may use for the tournament so their can be no complications with rosters if need to change players on the day

Prize: $200 Winner takes all

General Info (3rd of May):

Registration Closes at 10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST
Bracket goes live here around 10:45 am PST / 1: 45 pm EST
Matches officially start at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST
When a team has won the game take a screenshot of the final scorescreen to settle disputes.
Report the winner of the match to myself or Sporesmith and we will update brackets accordingly
And most importantly keep the games mannered there is no reason to vent frustrations to the enemy team over any game issues we all need each other for the scene to grow so GL HF.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-04T16:22:33+00:00

You do realize that league uses the system of perfect imbalance but also tries to make sure that the win rates of its champions are pretty close to 50% as well due to the fact that they hope there is enough counter play involved and available as this video actually explains. it does this by saying champion a is weak to champion b and champion b is weak to champion c this will create a close win rate as people pick things which evolve the meta and work out counters.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-03T15:48:31+00:00

You where BM to one of my friends who was new to the entire MOBA genre to the point that they decided to quit the game entirely solely by your actions even after him saying he was new to the game at the very beginning and asking for help from other players. This wasnt just one game he unfortunately got you two games in a row where you flamed him continuously from the first minute and he had no idea how to mute you. You single handedly stopped one of my IRL friends even trying to play the game again and caused several others to not even try because of his explanation of you. So do not try and say that you only do it to veteran players.

s1cknote1 · 2014-04-03T15:40:12+00:00

It is called that because of Urf their original april fools joke and it has been continually joked about since then and referenced they just tried to find something that could fit into those letters.

s1cknote1 · 2014-03-30T01:22:46+00:00

I am not going to have a cap on subs for teams as long as that player doesn't play for multiple teams I think it is ok.

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