If you don’t agree, you should make some content yourself. 董卓 Dǒng Zhuó – SmackUsurper and tyrant, later assassinated by his adopted son, Lü Bu. 呂布 Lǚ Bù – TreebeardA mighty warrior known for his fickle behavior. 貂蟬 Diāo Chán – GSKWLü Bu’s lover, one of the four great beauties of ancient China. Gachi seems …
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Team Name Ranking
HappyHobo with a ShotgunPoints for a smooth movie reference, but the movie sounds awful. Is this a self-doxx? I think HappyHobo uses the same name every season, so negative points for that. 7/10 The Dogcatchers™I’m not sure what the reference is. Urban dictionary gives1. A metaphor in political prose for the lowest possible and least-regarded …
Pst-S S18 Halftime Update
In which I talk a little bit about each team. Dogcatchers™ (Give up dude); 7-1I vaguely remember 109 from in-houses years ago. My impression, accurate or not, was that he was an eli, ryrk, kc, et al. associate. Everyone in that group back then was kind of remarkable and unremarkable in the same ways. Those …
PST-S S18 Week 2 Power Ranking
UltraGunner UltraGunner’s team seems brimming with confidence, and FierySnake is ignited and motivated. (By the way, didn’t he use to misspell it as “firey?”) Jabinskiz Staylin is the most sand-bagged player in PST-Sun. ‘Nuff said. BBTMI think it’s a good idea for players to try to learn all positions, even if you specialize in one. …
PST-Sun S18 Week 0 Power Ranking
I’ve had people, who thought they were friendly with me, become upset with me for ranking them lowly. Please be aware that I typically do my rankings algorithmically. So it may not have factored in your sandbagger(s), and if you’re ranked lowly it doesn’t mean I don’t like you. Inversely, if you’re ranked highly, it …
A Brief Look at EU Draft
Suppose there are two captains of equal skill, A and B, drafting two players each from four players, 1 2 3 and 4. 1 is the strongest and 4 is the weakest. Clearly, the equitable way to divide the players is 1 with 4, and 2 with 3. But A and B decide to use …
RD2L Pst-Sun Draft Distribution
Including captains, there are 190 players with an average draft-mmr of 3845. The draft-mmr distribution looks like this: The above graph includes the captains. Here’s without: As there are four picks per team, it can be illuminating to think of the draft pool in four quartiles. Other than at the highest and lowest mmrs, the …
ABBABAAB vs. ABBAABBA
Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KjJ3bMQH66ODTKRkIpqdkWQmFD9JqWUk8Hj8VHM_ftA/edit?usp=sharing Out of 14 trials, ABBABAAB was better 5 times, ABBAABBA was better 9 times. Method: Used PST-Sun sign-up player pool. I believe that gives a typical mmr distribution. For each trial, randomized mmr order, and used the first 8 entries as a draft pool. Conclusion and comments: ABBAABBA is better than ABBABAAB in …
2 Team-Fighting Tips
1. Initiating vs. counter-initiating. Some abilities are especially suited to counter-initiating after the team-fight has already begun. Here’s my tip for Warlock players: You have one job–to counter-initiate with your golem in a team-fight. Don’t use golem in a pick-off. Don’t initiate with golem. Don’t cast a bunch of other spells and run out of …
4 Strategic Tips
The theme of this post is thinking strategically about the larger picture. Even if you disagree with how I play, at least you will have to think about your own strategy. 1. While you are doing things, your enemy is also doing things. This obvious observation is nevertheless thought about by a minority of Dota …
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