WTF is wrong with LoL IP

League of Legend's system for rewarding IP must be retarded. How do they determine how much IP you should get? By your k/d/a ratio? By some secret system of elo for normal games? Why do you only get 80 IP for some wins and 200 for others? Well, whatever the case, I think it's fair to say that it doesn't make ANY sense, and needs to be revised.

The terribleness of LoL's IP system came to my attention when I was messing around with Wukong during one of the weeks he was free. Look at the difference between these two games. Does the amount of IP rewarded for each seem at all sensible?

In one game, I carried, had a super positive k/d, and my team won. I only got 85 IP. In the next game, I died a terrible lot and we lost, but somehow, I got more IP than I did in the game where I carried and won. Neither game was the first win of the day, so there was no IP boost involved. 

HOW can LoL explain the reasons behind this kind of reward system? If winning is worth so much less than losing, why bother to win? Are they trying to make the losers feel better by giving them more IP? I can imagine Riot's game makers thinking something like, "Ouch man, you really suck, so here, have some extra IP so you can buy a new champ, ltp, and keep playing".

If that's so, no wonder there are so many ridiculously terrible LoL players.

Cheers to a free game, 

GGg Amava

Summer Reading =)

So besides games, other things I like include books. A lazy summer means lots of reading for fun. What have I been reading so far?

Charlie St. Cloud  [****]

You may have seen the movie with Zac Efron, but this story was originally a book, which of course was much better. Set in a graveyard, this book is about seeing ghosts, unused potential, and letting go of the past. Quite moving.

Girl Overboard [**]

This book starred a teen Chinese-American snowboarding girl. She lives in a mansion, but her rich, successful parents neglect her. It's definitely a teen flick, and kind of fluffy (long for no reason). I liked it because of the random Chinese words thrown in.

The Hunger Games [*****]

In a world where the tyrannical Capitol is rich and the surrounding 12 districts are poor to the point of starvation, the Capitol asserts its authority by demanding child sacrifices each year as tribute. These children are gathered and left in the forest to struggle to survive - and also fight to the death - as the whole country watches on TV. The winner not only gets to live, but is rewarded with riches for their district. This book is AMAZING.  I can't wait to read the rest of the series. Get it before the movie comes out.

An Abundance of Katherines [***]

Smart and funny with a dash of teen angst and romance, this book centers around a child prodigy , a road trip, and a lot of girls named Katherine. I'd say read it, it was fun.

Leviathan [****]

Real good one over here. In a futuristic version of the past, we're caught up in World War II.  Except this World War doesn't involve nuclear arms - instead, the Allies wield ungodly animal mutations to fight the Mechanical expertise of the Clankers (Axis Powers).  With flying jellyfish, the Leviathan, and 20ft mechanical walkers, no one can predict the outcome of this fight. Another awesome series! Reading the rest of it now.

Warcraft Archive [****]

Blizzard Entertainment has itself some really good writers.  I've been reading the novels based on WarCraft the rts computer game, and all of them are pretty great.  Straight from the fantasy/scifi genre, any Tolkien fan should definitely follow Blizzard's books. This particular volume has four books in one.

I've read most of the WoW novels - I'm pretty sure StarCraft books are next in line. So yeah, I'm a gamer chick and a bookworm. MLIA!

Happy Reading,
GGg Amava

First GGg Music Video!

Woot! First video guys. Yeah so when I recorded the game I didn't know that my youtube playlist would be recorded as well heh. When I first watched it I rofl'd. All those songs and commercials were what was playing on my laptop at the time. I think it fits. Whatever, it's what I listen to, deal with it. I think I'll name it "All Kill Steals No Suicide". What do you think - good game or was their Pantheon just lame?

Lag on LoL

So I've decided to channel my LoL rage caused by my terrible university wireless and put it here. Don't you hate it when you're winning a game until someone lags up the butt then goes d/c on the team and you lose? Well that person tends to be me. Truly, as the lagger, I'm just as mad as you are. It goes something like this.

What the duck. Why won't my person move when I tell it to T-T.

ZOMG I'm dead again ><!! I couldn't even see what happened...

Then, when my screen finally starts responding again;

WE LOST ALREADY?!

I'M SORRY that I make you lose but DON'T BLAME ME for my school's sucky internet. As a constant victim of lag, I probably hate it more than you do, and I don't exactly like losing either. 

kkthnx,

GGgAmava