Game 3 - Qualifying 1 -1
Both of my first two matches were as top ELO. I hope I can just roleplay somewhere down the chain and take Sylvanus supp. And nope, I'm top pick again. This team doesn't talk in the lobby and I have to first-pick Sylvanus. Not feeling good about it, but let's do this. I spend my second round of bans on hunters after they took a hunter 2nd. FML.
I am afraid of this Cerberus countering me hard. As it turns out, this was misplaced fear. I own him pretty hard. I use blink and 1 to surprise them, as I usually do. People underestimate Sylvanus. It happens this game multiple times. I secure no kills, but I rotate early and often and get to a nice 0-5-15 line with 2.0 KDA. I'll take that any day. I also drop some sweet CC hits and I'm sure I'm really frustrating the enemy team.
I play solid, the team plays well, the Bronze Bastard is 2-1 in qualifiers. Dare I press again?
Game 4 qualifying 2-1
I forgot to queue, then queue up in the last minute. Sweet! Wait, I go to suggest Sylv pick and I actually end up locking up him. WTF? Oops...I queued normal instead of ranked. Oh well. We straight roll this team. They surrender at 10 minutes and 11 seconds, lol. Onward and upward.
OK, once again I'm top ELO. I take Achilles for the last pick, who gets my Sylvanus. Thoth mid, AMC ADC and Thana jungle. Let's do this.
Well, the enemy team takes Khumba support and DC's after we connect. The other team is matching us kill for kill, and I figure they are just pushing early surrender to the breaking point. Surprisingly, they keep pace with us and do not go for early surrender to save TP. I build luxuriously, going for Thebes to be really tough in the late game in case stuff gets out of hand. We end up taking this one down easy.
Not the most graceful of runs, but the Bronze Bastard is 3-1 in Fall qualifying. Sweet.
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXIX - Fall Split Qualifiers
I am taking Freya because I hear she's OP and I leave her open while drafting from top ELO. Yolo. Odin support, I hope I don't S the bed here.
I die early. I don't understand how new Freya's kit works. I have made a huge mistake. My Odin starts calling me out in chat. And while I don't like his rude style, his criticism isn't entirely wrong: I suck this game. And I get behind, so my build suffers. We lose our tower, and it's my fault. I did not figure out how to clear wave with her. Using the 2 didn't work, I ran out of mana and was worthless.
Despite my struggles, we have a strong Janus and a strong Ao Kuang jungle. They carry the team hard. I eventually sort this kit out and play a bit better, firing off some useful relics and planting wards to make myself relevant. We start to finally control objects in the 35+ minute range, and Freya's late game is allowing me to be much more potent. I direct a couple of split pushes and we get all the phoenixes. Approaching minute 52, the Bronze Bastard wins a game he should have lost. I guess that's the world shooting me some karma for that last one.
I die early. I don't understand how new Freya's kit works. I have made a huge mistake. My Odin starts calling me out in chat. And while I don't like his rude style, his criticism isn't entirely wrong: I suck this game. And I get behind, so my build suffers. We lose our tower, and it's my fault. I did not figure out how to clear wave with her. Using the 2 didn't work, I ran out of mana and was worthless.
Despite my struggles, we have a strong Janus and a strong Ao Kuang jungle. They carry the team hard. I eventually sort this kit out and play a bit better, firing off some useful relics and planting wards to make myself relevant. We start to finally control objects in the 35+ minute range, and Freya's late game is allowing me to be much more potent. I direct a couple of split pushes and we get all the phoenixes. Approaching minute 52, the Bronze Bastard wins a game he should have lost. I guess that's the world shooting me some karma for that last one.
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXVIII - Fall Split Qualies
The Bronze Bastard qualifies for Fall Split - Game 1
Queue pops in 45 seconds. Sweet! Oh...it can't find me a match. I'm a priority for the next pop. Drats. OK, 11:25 later, I have a match! Oh no...I'm top ELO. Feels bad man. I direct a draft in the lobby and take Agni to trade for Slyvanus later on. My partner in lane will be Jing Wei. Let's do this.
Well, I start off strong and this Jing is the perfect partner. We push at the right times. This Magic Shell is super useful, saving us many times early and letting us really pour on pressure. This team gets ahead on the strength of a dominant Bellona in solo lane.
I am cruising to an absolutely dominant opening match for the Fall split, moving around and rotating perfectly to help my team. We push down the entire map. We get all of their phoenixes down and and I'm cruising at a brutal 5-4-20 just dealing out death and CC to everything in my path. I even solo a respawned phoenix, way ahead of the enemy Athena. Then my internet drops during a storm. I have to wait 5 minutes for it to return and have to reboot my PC to get online again.
We lose the game. FML. Deserter for 30 minutes. Fuck this stupid shit.
Queue pops in 45 seconds. Sweet! Oh...it can't find me a match. I'm a priority for the next pop. Drats. OK, 11:25 later, I have a match! Oh no...I'm top ELO. Feels bad man. I direct a draft in the lobby and take Agni to trade for Slyvanus later on. My partner in lane will be Jing Wei. Let's do this.
Well, I start off strong and this Jing is the perfect partner. We push at the right times. This Magic Shell is super useful, saving us many times early and letting us really pour on pressure. This team gets ahead on the strength of a dominant Bellona in solo lane.
I am cruising to an absolutely dominant opening match for the Fall split, moving around and rotating perfectly to help my team. We push down the entire map. We get all of their phoenixes down and and I'm cruising at a brutal 5-4-20 just dealing out death and CC to everything in my path. I even solo a respawned phoenix, way ahead of the enemy Athena. Then my internet drops during a storm. I have to wait 5 minutes for it to return and have to reboot my PC to get online again.
We lose the game. FML. Deserter for 30 minutes. Fuck this stupid shit.
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXVII
Current Rank Silver V TP: 61
I am 4th pick and go solo. I take Chang'e into a Zhong Kui. I end up playing it pretty well, but our mid and duo are very weak. A pretty close game goes evenly until about minute 25, when it is clear the opposing team is much more tactically sound and aware of what is happening the map. They collapse like a swarm and crush us handily. I play well and am one of the two bright spots on my team, but of course we lose.
I am 4th pick and go solo. I take Chang'e into a Zhong Kui. I end up playing it pretty well, but our mid and duo are very weak. A pretty close game goes evenly until about minute 25, when it is clear the opposing team is much more tactically sound and aware of what is happening the map. They collapse like a swarm and crush us handily. I play well and am one of the two bright spots on my team, but of course we lose.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXVI
Current Rank: Silver V Current TP: 51
I am 3rd pick and I'm going Sylvanus. As of last update, I'm Plat II on Sylvy leaderboard and just learned from EmilZy that I should be building Stone of Binding early on him. My lane partner is Xba. We are up against Athena and Artemis. We should be fairly even.
As predicted, we stalemate Athena and Artemis. We each go for our own purple buffs. The game goes to the 6 minute mark with no kills. This looks like it will be an epic matchup, but someone on the enemy team DCs. The match continues for a while, and while the teams are equal, the enemy who DC'd never comes back and we eventually just wear them down until they surrender about the 18 minute mark. Cheap win, but I'll take it.
Game II Silver V Current TP: 61
I'm last pick, so things are looking good here. I get stuck with Supp, so that's also good. I can keep rocking Sylvy. My lane partner will be Artermis. We are going into Ares and probably Iza, though possibly Chronos. Let's do this, Artemis!
It's Iza. We get pressure early. I notice Ares got T1 void stone and no boots. I'm going to have a big advantage over him early. We work Ares and Iza down and gain a slight advantage. Then, the most glorious of things happened: our jungler showed up and ganked when Ares was at half health and we got the kill. We got the advantage and I manage to push up to tower and back for full Cooldown boots. Ares comes back with T2 void stone, so I decide to press hard with my movement speed advantage.
We really poor the pressure on and get the enemy T1 tower down quickly. Our Rat is everywhere, bringing pain to our enemies. I go a solid 3-4-14 and earn a well-fought victory for the Silver Bastard.
Silver V Current TP: 72
I'm last pick again and happy to go Sylv. Unfortunately, he doesn't get through the 2nd ban phase. I've got a Rama carry for a partner and ultimately decide to go with Cerberus. I've been having mixed results with him in duo, but I'm going to see if early Stone of Binding helps. Going against Geb and Medusa. Let's do this.
Well, I get destroyed. In spectacular fashion. I'm certainly the reason we lose. Screw Cerb in supp, never doing it again.
I am 3rd pick and I'm going Sylvanus. As of last update, I'm Plat II on Sylvy leaderboard and just learned from EmilZy that I should be building Stone of Binding early on him. My lane partner is Xba. We are up against Athena and Artemis. We should be fairly even.
As predicted, we stalemate Athena and Artemis. We each go for our own purple buffs. The game goes to the 6 minute mark with no kills. This looks like it will be an epic matchup, but someone on the enemy team DCs. The match continues for a while, and while the teams are equal, the enemy who DC'd never comes back and we eventually just wear them down until they surrender about the 18 minute mark. Cheap win, but I'll take it.
Game II Silver V Current TP: 61
I'm last pick, so things are looking good here. I get stuck with Supp, so that's also good. I can keep rocking Sylvy. My lane partner will be Artermis. We are going into Ares and probably Iza, though possibly Chronos. Let's do this, Artemis!
It's Iza. We get pressure early. I notice Ares got T1 void stone and no boots. I'm going to have a big advantage over him early. We work Ares and Iza down and gain a slight advantage. Then, the most glorious of things happened: our jungler showed up and ganked when Ares was at half health and we got the kill. We got the advantage and I manage to push up to tower and back for full Cooldown boots. Ares comes back with T2 void stone, so I decide to press hard with my movement speed advantage.
We really poor the pressure on and get the enemy T1 tower down quickly. Our Rat is everywhere, bringing pain to our enemies. I go a solid 3-4-14 and earn a well-fought victory for the Silver Bastard.
Silver V Current TP: 72
I'm last pick again and happy to go Sylv. Unfortunately, he doesn't get through the 2nd ban phase. I've got a Rama carry for a partner and ultimately decide to go with Cerberus. I've been having mixed results with him in duo, but I'm going to see if early Stone of Binding helps. Going against Geb and Medusa. Let's do this.
Well, I get destroyed. In spectacular fashion. I'm certainly the reason we lose. Screw Cerb in supp, never doing it again.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXV
Current Rank Silver V: TP 60
I take a classic pick for me, Cerberus solo. The other team takes an unorthodox comp, and I'll be facing either Zhong Kui or Chaac.
Zhong Kui rips me. Our first-pick Loki proceeds to go 2-7 while looking like he's allergic to ganking. I get trying to farm, but this guy is the lowest level person on the board and every single lane complains about his lack of gank.
We lose, very very hard.
Current Rank Silver V: TP 47
Well screw me. I've been on a losing streak. I'm taking Sylvanus as 2nd pick with hopes that I can carry these craplords.
My Neith wants to go purple buff first. We get it, then run into our opponents in the corridor to lane. I drop a perfect tree to stun them, pop my magic shield, and prepare to get the kill. What happens? Neith turns around and runs the other way. Thanks a lot, Neith. That was basically the entire game in a nutshell: Neith runs away from every team fight. We feed a 19-0 Chernobog that wins it for the other team. FML
Game III: Current Rank Silver V TP 32
Oh god, this last-pick ADC also goes Neith. How do I just know this is going to end poorly? We pause as soon as the game starts. Oh no.
Actually, this team rolls pretty hard. We communicate well with VGS. The Ravanna jungle is on point. We get solid and consistent pressure. The enemy duo is clearly overwhelmed. We get a solid win here, and the elephant bestows many kills. I also wore my Rival badge this game, I think it helped.
Silver V Current TP: 42
Ok, back on the elephant. This time with an Artemis, going against Athena and Medusa. Should be an interesting matchup.
We get rolled early. Our team comp is built for the lategame teamfight. We struggle early and duo definitely loses. However, we stay positive as a group and no one gets toxic. After losing both mid and duo tower, we fight back and get a deicide. We take Fire Giant. We storm mid towers and get phoenix. We make a great comeback, so the Bronze Bastard ends today at 2-2.
I take a classic pick for me, Cerberus solo. The other team takes an unorthodox comp, and I'll be facing either Zhong Kui or Chaac.
Zhong Kui rips me. Our first-pick Loki proceeds to go 2-7 while looking like he's allergic to ganking. I get trying to farm, but this guy is the lowest level person on the board and every single lane complains about his lack of gank.
We lose, very very hard.
Current Rank Silver V: TP 47
Well screw me. I've been on a losing streak. I'm taking Sylvanus as 2nd pick with hopes that I can carry these craplords.
My Neith wants to go purple buff first. We get it, then run into our opponents in the corridor to lane. I drop a perfect tree to stun them, pop my magic shield, and prepare to get the kill. What happens? Neith turns around and runs the other way. Thanks a lot, Neith. That was basically the entire game in a nutshell: Neith runs away from every team fight. We feed a 19-0 Chernobog that wins it for the other team. FML
Game III: Current Rank Silver V TP 32
Oh god, this last-pick ADC also goes Neith. How do I just know this is going to end poorly? We pause as soon as the game starts. Oh no.
Actually, this team rolls pretty hard. We communicate well with VGS. The Ravanna jungle is on point. We get solid and consistent pressure. The enemy duo is clearly overwhelmed. We get a solid win here, and the elephant bestows many kills. I also wore my Rival badge this game, I think it helped.
Silver V Current TP: 42
Ok, back on the elephant. This time with an Artemis, going against Athena and Medusa. Should be an interesting matchup.
We get rolled early. Our team comp is built for the lategame teamfight. We struggle early and duo definitely loses. However, we stay positive as a group and no one gets toxic. After losing both mid and duo tower, we fight back and get a deicide. We take Fire Giant. We storm mid towers and get phoenix. We make a great comeback, so the Bronze Bastard ends today at 2-2.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXIV
Current Rank - Silver V: TP 69
I'm 4th pick. There's a guy explaining to his friend how to jungle and he suggests toward duo or mid gank instead of solo. That's cool. Free input. He's logic is sound. They all work our that the 5th guy wants to go supp. After Artemis got banned, I decide to go Hachiman. They have Xba and Terra.
Well, 50 mintues of an evenly matched fight is not bad. I end up going only 3-9-18, but I do 35K pace and am only a few off the enemy carry. We end up losing one we were winning early. The enemy team had too much sustain. We did more damage with less kills, and we lost a close one.
Game II - Silver V : TP 58
4th pick again, let's hope this one goes a little better. My second game ends in the lobby when the ban screen gets to 01 on the bank time and nothing happens. We literally sit in the lobby for at least 5 minutes with the clock stuck at 01 and the game not crashing. I check the Hi Rez status page and find everything is operational.
I'm 4th pick. There's a guy explaining to his friend how to jungle and he suggests toward duo or mid gank instead of solo. That's cool. Free input. He's logic is sound. They all work our that the 5th guy wants to go supp. After Artemis got banned, I decide to go Hachiman. They have Xba and Terra.
Well, 50 mintues of an evenly matched fight is not bad. I end up going only 3-9-18, but I do 35K pace and am only a few off the enemy carry. We end up losing one we were winning early. The enemy team had too much sustain. We did more damage with less kills, and we lost a close one.
Game II - Silver V : TP 58
4th pick again, let's hope this one goes a little better. My second game ends in the lobby when the ban screen gets to 01 on the bank time and nothing happens. We literally sit in the lobby for at least 5 minutes with the clock stuck at 01 and the game not crashing. I check the Hi Rez status page and find everything is operational.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXIII
Game I - Silver V - Current TP: 59
I take Sylvanus third pick and end up with an Izanami lane partner. We go against a rather forgettable Khepri/Hou Yi pair that we handle pretty well. We get kills on each early, and surge out to a strong lead in the duo lane.
It's a slower paced game, so I'm able to get Thebes and level it well. I add in a lotus crown, and really play Sylvanus CC well. The laning phase seems to stretch just beyond 15 minutes, with the enemy supp never rotating. I decide to just primarily stay with him, since our Mid is managing pretty well and our jungle is being enough of a presence to continue pushing right.
The game does stretch into the 39th minute and is fairly well contested throughout, though we keep the primary advantage. Good coms and awareness made this a win for the BB. woot!
I take Sylvanus third pick and end up with an Izanami lane partner. We go against a rather forgettable Khepri/Hou Yi pair that we handle pretty well. We get kills on each early, and surge out to a strong lead in the duo lane.
It's a slower paced game, so I'm able to get Thebes and level it well. I add in a lotus crown, and really play Sylvanus CC well. The laning phase seems to stretch just beyond 15 minutes, with the enemy supp never rotating. I decide to just primarily stay with him, since our Mid is managing pretty well and our jungle is being enough of a presence to continue pushing right.
The game does stretch into the 39th minute and is fairly well contested throughout, though we keep the primary advantage. Good coms and awareness made this a win for the BB. woot!
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Tales of a Bronze Bastard XXII
Game I: Silver V - Current TP 80
OK. I'm 2nd pick. Our top ELO goes Xba. I'm going to go Sylv supp. The enemies first pick Cama and Janus. I suggest an Artemis ban, and top ELO agress its a good call after banning Athena. That's one duo I don't want to see, gone. My opposing duo lane will end up being AMC & Sobek. I'll take that and feel a lot better than what we banned out. Let's do this.
This is a pretty evenly matched duo. We slowly get the edge, but I die early. I am able to rotate throughout the game and make my presence felt with 10 assists and good CC. I miss a few of my 3's, though. Our mid really struggles against a slippery Janus on the other team. We still manage to gain a slight edge. They take our mid tower, we take the duo tower. Our solo DCs and they take his tower, we take the Gold Fury.
It looks like we will just lose 4v5, but eventually Sun Wukong reconnects. He's down levels, though. We can't make up for the lost time, and I drop a sad one.
Game II
Well, last Sunday I rattled off 3 victories. Today, a loss got me started. I will give it one more try before playing a casual game to hold onto sanity. I take Cerb solo with the 3rd pick, into Cu Chulain. Let's do this.
50 minutes of pure hell. An ADC Medusa who wants to farm minions. A Ne Zha jungle that wants to run away every time there's a kill potential. I play horribly. Another loss for the Bronze Bastard.
OK. I'm 2nd pick. Our top ELO goes Xba. I'm going to go Sylv supp. The enemies first pick Cama and Janus. I suggest an Artemis ban, and top ELO agress its a good call after banning Athena. That's one duo I don't want to see, gone. My opposing duo lane will end up being AMC & Sobek. I'll take that and feel a lot better than what we banned out. Let's do this.
This is a pretty evenly matched duo. We slowly get the edge, but I die early. I am able to rotate throughout the game and make my presence felt with 10 assists and good CC. I miss a few of my 3's, though. Our mid really struggles against a slippery Janus on the other team. We still manage to gain a slight edge. They take our mid tower, we take the duo tower. Our solo DCs and they take his tower, we take the Gold Fury.
It looks like we will just lose 4v5, but eventually Sun Wukong reconnects. He's down levels, though. We can't make up for the lost time, and I drop a sad one.
Game II
Well, last Sunday I rattled off 3 victories. Today, a loss got me started. I will give it one more try before playing a casual game to hold onto sanity. I take Cerb solo with the 3rd pick, into Cu Chulain. Let's do this.
50 minutes of pure hell. An ADC Medusa who wants to farm minions. A Ne Zha jungle that wants to run away every time there's a kill potential. I play horribly. Another loss for the Bronze Bastard.
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