Admirable James McDonnell
Country: Ireland
Registered: November 1, 2015
Last post: September 20, 2018 at 6:25 PM
Posts: 1794
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Fnatic playbook: send Haffi in to die, win the fight anyway, rinse and repeat

posted about 7 years ago

All hail the Salt King of Iceland \o/
LET'S GO HAFFI! SwiftRage

posted about 7 years ago

loving this new season of Game of Throws

posted about 7 years ago

Apart from that should be two wins for the westerners :pray:

posted about 7 years ago

ok pack it up boys, sheepy found us

posted about 7 years ago

Kaplan to NRG? :thinking:

posted about 7 years ago

Yeah it seems like a crazy expense just to bootcamp, I honestly don't buy it :D
Bootcamp for what? There are no tournaments announced?!

posted about 7 years ago

get off my lawn, Penda

posted about 7 years ago

EnVy are a Tier 1 Korean team

posted about 7 years ago

I think harsha got a little crush on me xoxo

posted about 7 years ago

Kruise has now confirmed on Twitter that they will bootcamp in Korea

posted about 7 years ago

Added more details from ESPN's coverage.

posted about 7 years ago

Our focus is on professional play

posted about 7 years ago

do want :O

posted about 7 years ago

they call me the Terry Wogan of esports

posted about 7 years ago

lol you've called my bluff

posted about 7 years ago

There has always been a fetishisation of mechanical skill in FPS because it is so immediate and visceral. Every other attribute that makes a great player has often just been lumped under the term "game sense". I think Overwatch really puts an emphasis on these game sense attributes more than any other FPS that has gone before.

So if you look at the hero pool in the narrow scope of mechanical skill you might feel that certain heroes are easier to play, but the fact that I could rank and make a case for my top 10 Lucio's (the most maligned hero) tells you that there is much more at play than "movement, aim, precise combos, etc.". Unfortunately for many people those non-mechanical aspects don't make for good viewing compared to frags.

It's been interesting to see how heroes that were assumed to be simplistic had hidden depths, like when Miro was schooling everyone at the World Cup with his Winston jump pack management and use of bubble to block healing. Or even the rise of Mei back in September.

I don't agree with making heroes easier to play to increase individual player's hero pools. The compromise between being a generalist or a specialist with the backdrop of regular balance changes is a big part of the team building process and what keeps competitive Overwatch dynamic. Watching an amazing Genji or McCree is awesome, but so is seeing a team change composition to totally shut them down :D

posted about 7 years ago

do it for zlatan

posted about 7 years ago

need a cold shower after these Taimou plays

posted about 7 years ago

BK Stars take a map and are now officially better than every NA team bar coL

Kappa

posted about 7 years ago

Good result for Fnatic :thinking:

posted about 7 years ago

bo3 koth is so anticlimactic
there is so much time wasted on sweeping camera shots of the stage and players that could be used to actually play bo5s fml

posted about 7 years ago

lol KoX with the BM interview

"their strength is they have the #1 Roadhog, their weakness is everything else"

posted about 7 years ago

Welcome to the Kongdoo Panthera vs RunAway waiting room...

posted about 7 years ago

no love for the Ivory Coast either

posted about 7 years ago

love me some Pine

posted about 7 years ago

Kryma confirmed terminator. Sent back in time to blown your mind with predictions... and lose to ENCE LUL

posted about 7 years ago

lol dat ninja graviton from Hayko

posted about 7 years ago

#10 SeemsGood
Thanks for casting :D

posted about 7 years ago

Most of the games will be stream, will add the appropriate stream when known

posted about 7 years ago

gg was close :D

posted about 7 years ago

GamersOrigin pushing all the way in OT PogChamp

posted about 7 years ago

No stream for the best game? FeelsBadMan

posted about 7 years ago

mmm will check it out, need more ticker slaves

posted about 7 years ago

kensi and Anak hype \o/

posted about 7 years ago

if there aren't enough featured streamers online then the top streams from Twitch fill in the bottom gaps

posted about 7 years ago
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