My wife has the fortune of working for a company that was kind enough to reimburse her for some of the cost of completing her registered pharmacy technician program. Most of the money ended up going into savings but she decided to set aside a chunk of it as some fun money to sort of reward herself and her family for putting up with her horrid schedule while she was studying, working and being a mom.
She bought herself some dishes as we needed new ones and the rest of the money went into an Xbox One, some accessories and games. One of those happened to be the new Disney Infinity 2.0. I had written about my experiences with Disney Infinity 1.0 on the Wii earlier this year and I was looking forward to see what the new version could do, especially on the more powerful Xbox One.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
League of Legends - Quest for Gold Division still ongoing...
Season 4 is almost over and unfortunately no luck in getting to Gold division. That's ok though I'm still happy with where I got to (Silver 2, and almost Silver 1 mid-season, sadly dropped back to Silver 4 late in the season) and I'll try again once Season 5 starts up. Starting to realize that what separates me from Gold is that I just don't play enough games of League.
I think my mechanical skill with the champions I play is good but I don't understand all the match-ups that well. Match-up knowledge is really only gained through a large number of games played. For example I play Jarvan IV a lot so my skill with his kit is pretty good. I know his limits and when I can and cannot start a fight or when I can dive and survive. But I don't know his lane match-ups well enough to dominate my lane when I play him top or who/when to gank for my laners as I don't know some of their matchups that well either. I can get a general feel like who has an escape, who has CC, whose lane is pushing, where will the enemy jungler be, etc. but little things like when does a certain champ hit their power spike still escape me especially if I am unfamiliar playing with or against the champion.
So for next season, I think I will just focus on my three best champions, Leona, Jarvan IV and Thresh. Since I already know their kits well, I can focus on understanding the match-ups in the game and hopefully get to Gold in season 5. I still need to find a mid-laner though and an ADC that I can play comfortably so that in those odd cases I get stuck with that role I don't feed and can at least go even in lane.
On an unrelated note, I think I'll start streaming my game nights as some pretty cool/funny things happen. I almost got a hexakill in my last game night (with Yasuo no less) but wasn't streaming/recording it so lost that moment. Similarly there were some funny moments when my friends and I were playing co-op Interstellar Marines against the freaky robots.
I think my mechanical skill with the champions I play is good but I don't understand all the match-ups that well. Match-up knowledge is really only gained through a large number of games played. For example I play Jarvan IV a lot so my skill with his kit is pretty good. I know his limits and when I can and cannot start a fight or when I can dive and survive. But I don't know his lane match-ups well enough to dominate my lane when I play him top or who/when to gank for my laners as I don't know some of their matchups that well either. I can get a general feel like who has an escape, who has CC, whose lane is pushing, where will the enemy jungler be, etc. but little things like when does a certain champ hit their power spike still escape me especially if I am unfamiliar playing with or against the champion.
So for next season, I think I will just focus on my three best champions, Leona, Jarvan IV and Thresh. Since I already know their kits well, I can focus on understanding the match-ups in the game and hopefully get to Gold in season 5. I still need to find a mid-laner though and an ADC that I can play comfortably so that in those odd cases I get stuck with that role I don't feed and can at least go even in lane.
On an unrelated note, I think I'll start streaming my game nights as some pretty cool/funny things happen. I almost got a hexakill in my last game night (with Yasuo no less) but wasn't streaming/recording it so lost that moment. Similarly there were some funny moments when my friends and I were playing co-op Interstellar Marines against the freaky robots.
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