Burgeoning PhoneThrone.zone – weird last round dive, so no, unless there’s something rigged going on. toth – don’t really know them, not expecting much. ban clock. Newbycakes – staylin isn’t enough, no. Danny – of the elite rd2l gamers, treyn is only okay, in this reviewer’s opinion. of the value mid-laners, deadprez seemed to have …
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A mock draft study
MMR is not created equally. In RD2L, it is accepted that high mmr cores are worth more than high mmr supports. What if we drafted with a strategy that maximizes the mmrs of our cores? With rd2l’s new mmr floor, worrying about having to pick a 100-mmr player is a thing of the past. Here’s …
Pst-S Season 19 Week 0 Power Ranking Scorecard
Tired of waiting for “Will” or whatever he goes by. If you want love, we’ll make it. Final standings: https://rd2l.gg/seasons/Bk7IiVM0C/divisions/HJSzO_xoM/standingsI did my power ranking based on name lengths of players. The shorter the names, the higher I ranked them. I fully expected to do better than at least one person, but to my surprise, my …
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Wild West Wind
https://rd2l.gg/seasons/Bk7IiVM0C/divisions/HJSzO_xoM/teams/3iVn46kKd CommanderSanchez has close to the ideal Healthy Mental Attitude™. It’s like going to a party where you’re kind of new. Your attitude is largely going to determine your experience. Leave your ego and prejudices at home, and just go with the flow and have a good time. It seems to be his second RD2L …
Region Cup Playoffs
Group results: In the third round, Midwest forfeited to New England, and Eastern Canada defeated Pacific Northwest, 2-1 (https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/5276899498, https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/5277009971, https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/5276962455) The playoffs will be a 4-team single elimination, with the same match format. Gulf Coast vs. New EnglandTexas vs. Eastern Canada Please ticket these matches. I’ll try to organize a community streamer for the …
Halftime Review
I don’t feel like looking at all the teams, so I’ll just talk about my matches and opponents. Week 1 – Dartboard Draft (2-6)Team Name: 1/10. Recycling names is frowned upon, and this one is non-recyclable too. We went 1-1 against them, and they’re now 2-6. I still don’t quite know how to counter treant-veno. …
S19 Mid Power Ranking
Don’t take it too seriously. Half meme, modest effort. I wanted to rank eli last, but it would’ve been ridiculous. The ranking is based on my personal experience, early season matches, player dotabuffs, and the general sense I get from how people are talking. In addition to raw mid-laning skill, it takes into account my …
A better scoring system for match predictions
The outcome of a match can either be 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2. Let’s assume each possibility is equally likely. Suppose someone predicts 1-1 for a match. If you score 1 point for each correct game, this predictor will get either 1 or 2 points. But on average, he will get (1 + 2 + 1) …
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General Warding Guidelines
For my team and friends. 1. Ward along the battle lines Imagine a line connecting the three locations the creep waves are meeting. As a rule of thumb, you can ward along that line, more or less. In a winning game, if your lanes are pushed up and you have a lot of space, it …
S19 Name Length Power Ranking
It’s well documented that shorter gaming handles correlate with higher skill. I consider this observation self-evident and will not provide any supporting examples. I used the names on the draft sheet to create a team power ranking. The fewer number of characters, the higher the rank. 1 fc 21 2 KOBE 24 3 CRAP 27 …
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