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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:32 pm

its weird to think how long ago it is that i was playing twisted treeline games
i dont know the exact arithmetic but im pretty sure its over a decade? goodness me
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:55 pm

even games without as much character-based skill depth had the like, de_dust2 or 2fort phenomenon where most people just want to play the same map forever

mobas have a whole lot more you need to learn on top of that, both mastering your own heroes but also understanding teammates and opponents

maps are cool if they change stuff you've already mastered and give you a new thing to master, but probably not cool if you're still trying to master the things that attract you to the game
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:18 pm

hots having a gorillion maps was neat
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:21 pm

Blissful wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:18 pm hots having a gorillion maps was neat
did it launch that way? i'm curious if it's like "oh yeah learning maps is part of the game" rather than a variation on the game
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:52 pm

Skeletor wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:21 pm
Blissful wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:18 pm hots having a gorillion maps was neat
did it launch that way? i'm curious if it's like "oh yeah learning maps is part of the game" rather than a variation on the game
I came to hots way late in its development cycle and have no idea. It was already packed to the gills with the things when i got on the scene
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Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:53 pm

A look through a wiki suggests that hots shipped with four different maps, Blackheart's Bay, Cursed Hollow, Dragon Shire and Haunted Mines
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Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:55 pm

haunted mines is two-lane with the underworld and blackheart's bay is big and expansive with the coinhunt stuff, so it's a reasonable amount of map diversity from the get-go
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:07 pm

i'm also guessing at least the default mode was that you don't get to pick
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Post by Blissful » Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:23 pm

yeah you cant pick in any of the matchmade queues, only in custom games with your friends i think
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by haplo » Sun Nov 06, 2022 5:42 pm

The underworld was a pretty cool mechanic although I doubt it'd be a good mechanic for something like LoL as it'd probably just slow the games down even more due to people not being able to find each other. But it'd be a great way to gank.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Doug » Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:33 pm

pterrus wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:51 pm We've talked about this before but yeah I think I think extreme measures are necessary to revive baseball.
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Wumpy » Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:05 pm

Blissful wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:31 pm i remember having a real good time with 3v3 back in the day
i think the small team size made it easier to get a team filled with my trusted friends but without either pubs or the people in my group who'd end up causing matches to devolve into yelling at each other
i loved twisted treeline to death, particularly with pre-rework ap sion

nobody could handle it for some reason

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:30 pm

Doug, am I tripping or is there no way to get this to count as a delivery (big pipe on the loading platform).

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Doug » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:42 pm

Some deliveries, the item must be secured on a truck or trailer to count

The good news is that if you've brought the big pipe all the way here, you can bring an empty trailer, put it on that trailer, and "deliver it"
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:30 pm

That is not exactly good news. I don't think I found a 4 slot in Alaska yet.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:31 pm

I could buy one, but buying trailers is for suckers.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:31 pm

Just take my pipe nerds, it's right there. :clopsrage:

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:33 pm

Take this pipe
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Magical » Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:15 am

haplo wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:24 am I watched a match of the LoL finals and I cannot believe how boring it is. It was a 30 minute game with around 15 kills, and any time they fought the announcer's commentary was like "PlayerX jumps in, now he jumps out. They're attacking PlayerY. Now they're attacking PlayerZ." Zero indication of whether anything good or bad is happening, what abilities people are using, whether ults are being used, announcer's voice permanently stuck in "I watched a youtube video on how announcers are supposed to sound" with no variation in tone as the battle progresses. Also a bunch of stupid ads all over the stream.

Maybe I just picked a bad time to hop in.
Regarding the announcing, it's definitely quite a bit more "calling out what is happening on the screen" compared to the games from The International* I watched. They do call out ability usage though, and often after a fight or during the reply of it there'll be a little digging into it. Honestly some of the casters feel like they substitute shouting/hype for content in big moments so I wouldn't say there's no variation in tone. Depends who you got in the game you checked out I guess.

Most importantly, the game just is a whole lot slower and more boring than DotA though.


* Meanwhile, the announcing in the games of The International that I watched, there was an ungodly echo to everything they said which persisted through to the VODs, and multiple players admitted they could hear the announcers and would know things like when a team is going Rosh, so...

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:02 am

Wumpy wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:05 pmi loved twisted treeline to death, particularly with pre-rework ap sion
hell yes on both counts :wub:
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Post by Blissful » Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:03 am

Magical wrote: Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:15 ammultiple players admitted they could hear the announcers and would know things like when a team is going Rosh, so...
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Crunchums » Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:54 pm

(i have never watched or played a single game of league of legends) dota > league :smoon:
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by pterrus » Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:02 pm

I have only watched but it sure looked more boring.

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:57 pm

pepsi vs coke except you drank 4000 bottles of pepsi and 6 cokes
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Blissful » Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:59 pm

and also the guy drinking from the hose in the creek wants to tell you about heroes of the storm
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Post by pterrus » Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:27 pm

Blissful wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:57 pm pepsi vs coke except you drank 4000 bottles of pepsi and 6 cokes
I guess I need to retract my opinion about Aussie rules football being amazing. :supo:

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Post by Khaos » Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:42 pm

Khaos wrote:i beat manifold garden. i thought it was easy but apparently (according to doug) there is a hard mode i need to play
i have found and accessed the secret DARK DOOR

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Post by Ashenai » Wed Nov 09, 2022 3:42 pm

please be careful

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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Doug » Fri Nov 11, 2022 5:14 am

Just did another Elden Ring ddungeon I never knew about all this time. jfc
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Re: It's Videogames

Post by Wumpy » Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:51 am

Doug wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 5:14 am Just did another Elden Ring ddungeon I never knew about all this time. jfc
happens at least once a run for me

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