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Also, I want to point out one important thing in another post (I should have mentioned this earlier)- Keep in mind that the last decade also had a VERY unusual solar cycle where the Sun solar minimum was much deeper than usual. Solar minimums are usually associated with slightly lower temperatures. So even if there was a slow in temperature rise, it is likely because of a known, observation effect (the solar minimum), rather than a sudden change in overall warming trends t
Let's put this another way: The VAST majority of climate scientists and every National Academy of Science in the first world assert that our theories of climate change are theories. Some guys on the internet who systematically ignore the data that they don't like say something different. I know who I'm going with. [quote who="Frogboy" reply="82" id="3375564"]That's a pretty insulting statement to make to Daiwa. AGW is a belief.[/quote] <p
I have a nice PSU, but the computer wasn't even on, so I doubt it would be helping that much. I really don't have power issues. Think it was just a surge.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="78" id="3375401"]Here is an interesting interview in Der Spiegel regarding what the stagnation in global temperatures (a leveling off that c[/quote] I'll quote the guy in the article: " Yes, we are certainly going to see an increase of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) or more -- and by the end of this century, mind you." So even if you want to take that guy as your complete source of authority, you STILL get r
Well, looks like the lightning storm last night murdered all of my electronics despite the fact that nothing was actually turned on. I come home to find out that my cable box is completely dead, my modem is out and needs to be reset by Comcast, and my network adapter card is dead...again. Comcast sucks. I thought that the internet was out because every time I called them I got the "there are outages due to the storm, we know about it, only talk to us if its urget". I
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="70" id="3374517"]As they like to say -- "weather isn't climate". Since the worldwide mean temperature hasn't materially changed since 2001 but, according to the animated video shown the ice camps are melting, that would indicate some other cause (everything from a slight change in the earth's tilt to warmer winters to who knows what.[/quote] The reason that your conclusions differ substantially from the vast majority of scientists is
Haven't been able to play much since I've been sick. And I'll be travelling this weekend and early next week, but I might try and play at the hotel again. We will see.
[quote who="pacov" reply="3477" id="3371140"]But I do say things like X player flash and barrier are down... its not all that difficult to keep those things in mind and consider that the goal of a support/jungler when ganking a lane is to get the adc fed in this meta.[/quote] Yes, but you also have to keep in mind that you make a lot of calls based on what you think you know, rather than what you are sure about. I've been told by you several times that the enemy flash/barrie
[quote who="pacov" reply="3470" id="3371059"]OK - onto some blahblah re: games last night and things in general. I'd love it if folks were a smidge more intelligent about taking secured kills when I adc. The extra money is almost always better off in the adc's hands than the junglers/support. This is all the more important if the adc's lane is not going exceedingly well. As always, secure the kill if there's a chance of escape - funnel the kill to your adc if there is not. Any
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="3453" id="3370059"]That said, you gain ~a dorans blade of stats per level + a new ability. Level 1 2x Dblade Sure you'd rather have the level. But the idea is that you wait til you are both the same level, then you fight even levels, but up an item. Plus, its not like Vayne/Leona is a good harass under tower comp early (Leona can't dive it yet, Vayne has crap range for poke), especially with the t
Yeah. And although I wasn't perfectly clear on that one due to the fact that it happened fast, I was actually thinking more of a teleport to tower (or even minions) rather than behind everybody. Basically, if you guys are chasing them and he goes to tower, somebody on your team is dying if Blitz hits a hook under tower. And he might be able to do something useful even without the grab. I always forget that Bryff takes bad runes, but in general, teleporting a mid
[quote who="Thundercles" reply="3447" id="3369849"]Re: Bryff Blaming I remember when I first learned this game and played with all my old Demigod homies where people would get mad at me in game... and then after the game? Nothing... no useful critiques or advice, just hit start again. Bryff is a talented player and could be really good, but he doesn't get useful help IMO after the game or in this forum. I've begged you guys to help convince him
Sorry for getting down on some people, but at the same time there were a lot of pretty bad misplays. Now, I sure didn't play perfectly, especially as it got later in the night. And I don't mind at all when people make misplays on split second stuff. Anybody can make a not perfect decision if they are making fast decisions. But there were some pretty big misplays on things that were drawn out. Some of that stuff hurt me especially, and its tough for ju
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="3413" id="3367791"]Not that toplane was on you (i think - you didn't feed him double buffs level 2 did you?) [/quote] Yeah, top lane was my fault. At that point of the night I couldn't land a skill shot to save my life and I was too tired to make reasonable decisions. With that being said, randomly giving him a bonus kill plus double buffs, and then pushing the creeps all the way from my tower to his tower was...unhelpful.&nb
Well, one thing that we learned is that I shouldn't play Lux in the last few games when I'm too tired to play well. I had had some good games when I played her early in the night, but that was ugly tonight. Correction: after that final game, it is pretty clear that I just shouldn't be playing that late at night.
[quote who="Thundercles" reply="3404" id="3367587"]Re: Karl I get your perspective and I can't say that you're wrong... but maybe this will help you see mine:[/quote] It's perfectly understandable that a player might not be able to play the perfect pick in every lane for every situation. However, I think that experienced players should generally have a few champions in every role (who aren't banned all the time) who can fulfill the _generic_ version
[quote who="pacov" reply="3396" id="3367194"]hmm... maybe. I'll give that a go. The only real problem I see with ganking at level 3 is getting countered in my jungle shortly after the gank. Level 4 is kind of a sweet spot for naut imo. [/quote] Getting countered in your jungle means somebody steals your buff camps. If they just steal wraiths or something like that, you don't care. Seriously. If they come into your jungle and all they get is a small camp or tw
[quote who="pacov" reply="3390" id="3366881"]the request - I'd like to play a game as jungler and have folks critic and make suggestions. [/quote] Suggestions: First of all, you have to understand your specific jungler's purpose. There is a lot more variability in what specific junglers do than ADCs. People play Naut in jungle for 2 main reasons: 1) He can do quite a bit with minimal xp/gold (very important in jungle) 2) He ganks well
[quote who="Thundercles" reply="3391" id="3366954"]Jayce is pretty OP, so I'd only pick Irelia over him normally unless Karl doesn't want me to pick a top with someone with a gap closing slow, and knock back, a group speed booster, and a long range finishing ability because he's hard to gank for and doesn't have any CC.[/quote] Jayce isn't OP. He is at just under 50% winrate overall in ranked, and at just under 50% winrate in Diamond despite being highly play
[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="3354" id="3364014"] Karl can only play Cho in a solo lane (from what i've seen)[/quote] I can play a reasonable variety of (older) mids since I used to play mostly mid a long time ago. I might have some problems against more recent, aggressive opponents like Zed or KhaZix since I'm not used to playing against them 1v1. My top choices are limited, but I can play a few things other than Cho (Irelia, Jax, Shen, Nasus, plus a few
Buffs aren't really the junglers by default after the first pass - they are team resources. By default, the 2nd blue goes to mid, and the 3rd red goes to ADC. There are exceptions to this (like mana less mids, or if somebody is feeding too hard), but thats the rule of thumb. And even in those cases, giving blue to the top lane (when on that side of the map) is often preferable. The basic idea with 2nd blue is that a domination by either mid is the single most i
Naut doesn't get second blue. You were probably tied for the 4th person who should have had blue (with Sona). Yeah, Hunny's claims about Graves needing the blue that much were silly, but wanting multiple blues on Naut is just not how jungle is played right now. Jungle doesn't get good xp or gold even if they are relatively successful with ganks. Jungle also doesn't get team resources like buffs. The whole point of champions like Naut is that the
Pacov, after watching your 5v4 loss with Pete, let me say something. Your team was a bunch of morons. They had no idea how to properly choose teamfights, and were therefore doing a bunch of bad engages throughout the whole game. But, I suggest that the solution to that is not to farm throughout the entire midgame and then split push late. Your team was actually trying to group throughout the whole game, but you were doing your own thing. Throughout the whol
