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Higher than. it stands for higher than.
there were three numbers that geth rolled that were higher (or equal to) than 3
Oh, I thought it was like "Keep the highest three rolls", like for stat generation.
sadly it doesn't explode dice.
Yeah killing your own men is pretty dumb at face value I agree, and the lack of obvious logic to it also makes it more difficult for new players to understand.
It doesn't mean more advantage in the way you assume. You say zoning is a thing in LoL instead. That also means that their carry loses opportunity to get last hits. The gold earned/lost aspect is the same although the mechanic is different. What may be different is that a denied creeps gives of 0 xp in the experience aura, but in LoL if you zone someone out of xp range doesn't that mean the same thing?
Because I assumed you used snowballing to mean an unturnable advantage. Because that is the logical definition of the word. Which I understand now that you did not in fact mean.
Anyway just to mark words again. Me denying their carry does not mean that ours snowballs in contrast - because our carry is on the opposite lane, at least in HoN. It is dependent on us winning both lanes. Denying is just a delay mechanic.
Geth roll 1d1
Zoning is really difficult to completly do. If you have zoned someone out of exp range you are really far forward and going to get ganked by the jungler while being further from the tower. It carries some risk.
Sorry, I only have experience with Dota style MOBAs. Never read up on Bloodline Champions or MNC for instance though I do recognize the title.
The scenario where I have such great control over the lane that I can get every single lasthit/deny, but not force the enemy of the creeps? That doesn't really exist, except when the team conceding the lane does it on purpose (a teleporting hero hiding in the woods). In which case, as a strategy, it is intentionally punished because once again - its not good gameplay to sit out of LoS hoarding exp for 10 minutes.
The point of the system is to create more sources of conflict, to force teams to engage early and often. And as you said, increase the skill requirements.
It's that misplaced comma, isn't it.
This death star is fully operational.
Because that is the logical definition of the word? Come on man let's not get petty here. A ball of snow rolling along and slowly getting progressively bigger. That's plenty logical.
Let's give an extreme example.
Your carry was denied zero last hits, got all his last hits, and got 5k gold and exp from the laning phase (I am making up numbers).
Their carry got denied every last hit, got no last hits, and got 0k gold and exp from the laning phase
Your carry is up 5k gold and exp as compared to theirs, your carry is snowballing relative to theirs, and thus your team is.
I can overlook the comma. It's because he doesn't cite his source. Give credit where credit is due. Add
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
guess it explodes like that. Not used to that syntax.
are you lot still talking about MOBA's?
He lives on as cheezburger grease in our hearts.
To be honest I am not sure why I have belabored this point as long as I have. I really should be getting off to bed.
I dunno, there's a sort of appeal when they scream out in terror and are suddenly silenced...
they're talking about denying, zoning, lanes, and creeps, so it's either MOBA or Pick Up Artistry
(totally not procrastinating at all...)
There are no creeps in PUA.
It's telling it to count all the rolls >= the number after the h, and reroll all the maximum rolls. Because it's rolling a d1 all rolls are maximum and have to be rerolled. I was hoping to break it entirely but it still maxes out at 100 rolls.
that's a lot darker than i've come to expect from you RMS
He lives on as cheezburger grease in our hearts.
either way it's goddamn gibberish to me
He lives on as cheezburger grease in our hearts.
“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”
--Terry Pratchett
Find "Elves" Replace with "RMS"
E: Oh man, the little pop-up is excellent.
I'm not trying to get petty. My vision of a snowballing is a ball rolling down a hill at great speed getting huge as shit. That is what it means to me and the only way I've previously seen people refer to it. Honestly.
And I'm sure you realize the situation describes basically never happens. It is dependent on how both lanes go etc etc. There are starting items mitigations etc.
True facts:
Balanced mechanic
Like or dislike
Provides advantage to better players
Contributes to skill gap
All of those either negative or positive depending on personal preference in games.