Kinsey Seng

🇰🇭| Donut Dude | Minnesota born, Texas raised | A melting pot for my thoughts

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Don't be afraid to mute my account. I just post random thoughts because it be like that sometimes

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

They love stack Ls one after another, apparently. This company has been on the downhill since the dawn of the latest decade. What a disgrace.

[PlayStation @PlayStation]

An update from PlayStation Studios: After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to step away from collaborating with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on its project PHYSINT. We continue to have great admiration for Hideo Kojima's vision for the game.

Our relationship remains strong after three decades of industry-leading, genre-defining creative cooperation, and we look forward to continued close collaboration with Hideo Kojima and his award-winning independent studio in the future.

[Bergie @BergTheBuilder]

That’s just life as a Minnesota sports fan, builds grit, no matter how bad things seem right now they can always get worse

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Contradictory thoughts and lifestyle. Not sure if I can handle a lifetime of it anymore, tbh.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Doesn't want to get taxed on his huge contract. I don't blame him for wanting to settle his career down for his family.

[Kirby D @KirbyDillon4]

I’m convinced at this point that he and Mike Trout don’t really want to play in October. They love a good regular season legacy but have no desire to compete for a ring.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

this Venator character is dead to me in solo queue. Permanently ganked on side lane if their is no one to shadow me at all. I'm not even getting to farm past neutral. I'm taking the neutral wave and 2-3 just show up when I'm killing the wave. ridiculous experience.

[Minnesota Timberwolves @Timberwolves]

two words:

THANK YOU. 💙

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Also, Stormraider's Surge is insanely hard to proc into shields and Bone Plating. Double difficult when paired together. Sometimes the rune is just worthless on the melees that need it (Darius).

[Matt Leung-Harrison @RiotPhroxzon]

Patch 26.14 Full Preview!

Mages Bot
- we've pulled brand from the patch given the concerns around mages bot
- that said, we know this is a contentious topic, and I'll give some high level thoughts on how we see the situation (and more detailed thoughts in the patch rundown)
- we see mages bot as creating healthy diversity for the bot lane experience overall (roughly 4:1 ratio of traditional marksmen to mages), even though for some traditional marksmen, they can be quite frustrating
- it's important that players experience a mix of games at high intensity (eg. Playing adc against rengar/talon + mages bot) and also games that are more comfortable and low threat (maybe ivern jungle) as it creates the variety and flow state that keeps the game fun
- too much intensity or too little intensity would make the game unfun in the long run as you'd never really feel those spikes of cortisol and triumph (which is one of the reasons assassins need to be strong for example) or be constantly stressed
- marksmen are still the most popular bot carry in both pro and regular play
- mages bot also need to be viable picks to allow teams to undoom themselves in champ select for an ad mid pick like zed/yone/Yasuo
- that said, mages bot have pretty high winrates (often the highest), so aren't they overpowered?
- The winrates don't really tell the full story, but they are definitely strong for several reasons. Mages, especially simple ones like brand, veigar or Swain for example have quite shallow mastery curves (usually only gaining 3-4% after playing ~50 games and also starting very high on game 1) in addition to not being deeply played in bot lane (ie. many mage bot players haven't progressed the mastery curve that far when you encounter them AND the mastery curve is not that steep) -> a similar effect to if you played autofilled malphite top (high skill floor)
- adcs by contrast are typically harder to play but also reward that mastery depth more, meaning their winrates are relatively suppressed compared to mages bot
- I'm not saying that mages at high levels of mastery/skill are weak (see them in pro play or high elo ranked), but mainly saying that winrates don't tell the full story and we see them as relatively similar in power level overall, just often more forgiving and can be more tolerant of matchup
- adcs also have accelerated 3 item spikes in this season (compared to the other roles) due to bot quest, which also presents an interesting strategic balancing point (the mages a bit stronger on early item spikes and weaker on later ones)
- another balancing aspect of mages bot is that they typically represent a composition tradeoff. Eg. ori + yunara/lulu bot lane and win on 2/3 items or AD mid plus ziggs+engage bot and need to end the game fast
- if struggling with mages bot, champs like ezreal/sivir/zeri can be quite effective against them (dodge skills and have strong 2/3 item spikes and out scale)
- anyway, a nuanced conversation that I'll dig into more in a video later

Azir
- players have been complaining about a bunch of bugged functionality for Azir ever since we made the changes to make on hits work on him
- the team has fixed the vast majority of these bugs, eg. Things like jungle monsters not getting shuffled, pta not working, conq stacks, etc.
- thanks to all your bug reports in helping track these down and keep them coming!

Proto Harness
- when looking at our jungle nasus nerfs, we ended up deciding that a better nerf would be to target proto harness
- other users like shen jungle are also pretty strong, so we think pulling the champ nerfs and nerfing the item instead is a better direction and helps retain the power level of top nasus for example

The other changes in this patch are relatively straightforward, but lmk if there's any more detail wanted and I can cover them in the rundown next week

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Mages can outscale adcs because of rabadons and insane ap ratios (100%+) existing. Playing mage with bot quest means you get to thousands of ap and likely on an aoe spell which does more than an adc only able to auto attack a single target in fights. MR growth is low universally

[Matt Leung-Harrison @RiotPhroxzon]

Patch 26.14 Full Preview!

Mages Bot
- we've pulled brand from the patch given the concerns around mages bot
- that said, we know this is a contentious topic, and I'll give some high level thoughts on how we see the situation (and more detailed thoughts in the patch rundown)
- we see mages bot as creating healthy diversity for the bot lane experience overall (roughly 4:1 ratio of traditional marksmen to mages), even though for some traditional marksmen, they can be quite frustrating
- it's important that players experience a mix of games at high intensity (eg. Playing adc against rengar/talon + mages bot) and also games that are more comfortable and low threat (maybe ivern jungle) as it creates the variety and flow state that keeps the game fun
- too much intensity or too little intensity would make the game unfun in the long run as you'd never really feel those spikes of cortisol and triumph (which is one of the reasons assassins need to be strong for example) or be constantly stressed
- marksmen are still the most popular bot carry in both pro and regular play
- mages bot also need to be viable picks to allow teams to undoom themselves in champ select for an ad mid pick like zed/yone/Yasuo
- that said, mages bot have pretty high winrates (often the highest), so aren't they overpowered?
- The winrates don't really tell the full story, but they are definitely strong for several reasons. Mages, especially simple ones like brand, veigar or Swain for example have quite shallow mastery curves (usually only gaining 3-4% after playing ~50 games and also starting very high on game 1) in addition to not being deeply played in bot lane (ie. many mage bot players haven't progressed the mastery curve that far when you encounter them AND the mastery curve is not that steep) -> a similar effect to if you played autofilled malphite top (high skill floor)
- adcs by contrast are typically harder to play but also reward that mastery depth more, meaning their winrates are relatively suppressed compared to mages bot
- I'm not saying that mages at high levels of mastery/skill are weak (see them in pro play or high elo ranked), but mainly saying that winrates don't tell the full story and we see them as relatively similar in power level overall, just often more forgiving and can be more tolerant of matchup
- adcs also have accelerated 3 item spikes in this season (compared to the other roles) due to bot quest, which also presents an interesting strategic balancing point (the mages a bit stronger on early item spikes and weaker on later ones)
- another balancing aspect of mages bot is that they typically represent a composition tradeoff. Eg. ori + yunara/lulu bot lane and win on 2/3 items or AD mid plus ziggs+engage bot and need to end the game fast
- if struggling with mages bot, champs like ezreal/sivir/zeri can be quite effective against them (dodge skills and have strong 2/3 item spikes and out scale)
- anyway, a nuanced conversation that I'll dig into more in a video later

Azir
- players have been complaining about a bunch of bugged functionality for Azir ever since we made the changes to make on hits work on him
- the team has fixed the vast majority of these bugs, eg. Things like jungle monsters not getting shuffled, pta not working, conq stacks, etc.
- thanks to all your bug reports in helping track these down and keep them coming!

Proto Harness
- when looking at our jungle nasus nerfs, we ended up deciding that a better nerf would be to target proto harness
- other users like shen jungle are also pretty strong, so we think pulling the champ nerfs and nerfing the item instead is a better direction and helps retain the power level of top nasus for example

The other changes in this patch are relatively straightforward, but lmk if there's any more detail wanted and I can cover them in the rundown next week

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Ok that flash charm was rhe one singular play im impressed with by Saint so far this tournament.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Its Vex, Cait, and Sion. You don't need a 4th dash in rocketbelt Saint. You boosted baboon; just buy damage. Buy lich bane into rabadons. I don't get these room temp IQ mids man.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

yeah this June 30th deadlock patch saved the game for me. so much more playable and fun for my playstyle. may 22 patch can rot in hell. least fun patch i've played since starting the game.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

omg saint i can't bro. you greedy mf. these recall spots are so fkn boosted. you literally see bard walking up. I can'ttttttt

[Pory @pory_leeks]

FUCK CAPITALISM, FUCK GREEDY CORPORATIONS, FUCK SONY, FUCK DIGITAL LICENSES, FUCK SAM ALTMAN, FUCK AI, FUCK DATACENTERS, FUCK PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS, FUCK EM ALL.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

@mconley11 @jrborman13 @Timberwolves Big love for you Mr. Conley! Best of luck to your future! Bite Bite threes always got me hype and hopeful during every game! Going to miss ya lots!

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Publicly denouncing this bullshit. Fuck you.

[Kaelan Dorr @Kaelan47]

Wrong.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Nah ok boycott about to be on the table wtf @PlayStation just greenlight the damn D3.

[Insider Gaming @InsiderGamingIG]

PlayStation Wants to ‘Revitalize the Market’ with New Live Service Games
https://t.co/OfNxH3tImj

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Man you don't have a damn clue, huh. Really not even thinking straight before we put anything out there.

[christan (no i), ß @ChristanWNBA]

Minnesota fans are so spoiled, man lol

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Legit, this consequence and accountability is just a slap on the wrist for the atrocity he helped commit.

[Kinsey Seng @KinseySeng]

Why is just stepping down and not fired. Guy should not have a job after being a pillar in bringing down the franchise. He should have to move on to different project at a different studio entirely. Wild, this guy has more job security than the devs who made a treasured game.

[Destiny Bulletin @DestinyBulletn]

���BREAKING: Bungie studio head Justin Truman, who succeeded Pete Parsons last year, is stepping down.

(via Jason Schreier)

[Timberwolves Muse @Wolvesmuse]

Losing Naz is emotionally painful…

But value-wise? This feels like a great deal