Category: Video Games
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Playing the Hand You’re Dealt
Do you lust over legendaries? Is your Hearthstone card collection slightly, moderately, or extremely incomplete? No? Then what I’m about to say isn’t for you. I understand that I’m a nobody, and there are plenty of somebodies out there to listen to like Trump, Kripp, Reynad, or Hafu. However, like most of you, my collection…
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Cooldown Acceleration vs Cooldown Reduction
VainGlory was the first game I played that used a statistic called Cooldown Acceleration. I have played hundreds thousands of hours of League of Legends which uses a different statistic called Cooldown Reduction, so to understand it better I did a short write-up. Cooldown Reduction is a flat, percentage reduction of the ability cooldown as a whole. This…
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Quest for the Penta
I’m not ready for this season to be over. Even though the World Finals are this Sunday, I haven’t successfully executed a Pentakill this season in ranked. In years past I’ve managed to get a Penta (oh so close!) or two despite not focusing on ranked play. This season it has eluded me so far, and…
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Riot’s Predictions: NA LCS Summer Split Week 5
This week LCS regions have swapped schedules. This won’t be a problem, but I need to get an NA prediction up before they start racking up points! Welcome to another week of Riot’s Predictions! TEAMS Thursday: Curse vs Cloud9 = Curse… aren’t scheduled to win a game this week. Cloud9 have been consistently good, and…
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Riot’s Predictions: EU LCS Summer Split Week 5 – Players
This is a continuation of the previous article discussing Riot’s predictions regarding the EU LCS. In this edition I’ll be covering Riot’s predicted stats, as well as what the players actually finished with. For now, you’ll see the predictions based on a two-game split week. Later, I’ll return and populate the actual values for next…