FenixR Wrote:nope without that confortable packet.

Raul Wrote:So, is there any way to improve my load time at the start of games?
It's getting really annoying, 90% of the time, I'm last for Summoning. It's really annoying. I realize that it's not an internet problem, but what I don't get is how to fix it. The LoL bugfix page gives nothing for it. Halp.

Dark Link Wrote:Router, Modem, Open ports, etc etc.

Berzerk Wrote:HP + AP. Was troll game anyways, but I did learn one thing. AP Naut just isn't viable. He's much better when they do no damage to him and they panic in teamfights.

Raul Wrote:So, is there any way to improve my load time at the start of games?
It's getting really annoying, 90% of the time, I'm last for Summoning. It's really annoying. I realize that it's not an internet problem, but what I don't get is how to fix it. The LoL bugfix page gives nothing for it. Halp.

Dark Link Wrote:Router, Modem, Open ports, etc etc.

Dredragon Wrote:I bought Anivia, but She's kinda tough to use imo. I'm going to try farming then going ham on people when I'm rich.

KajitiSouls Wrote:*sigh* It's a computer problem, not an internet problem.

KajitiSouls Wrote:*sigh* It's a computer problem, not an internet problem.

Cheap solution: make sure all the unnecessary background applications and whatnot are closed.

Real solution: buy a better computer.

Dark Link Wrote:How can it be a computer problem? doesn't "90% of the time, I'm last for Summoning" usually mean upload / download is slow?

Dark Link Wrote:How can it be a computer problem? doesn't "90% of the time, I'm last for Summoning" usually mean upload / download is slow?

SolicShooter Wrote:I've this problem myself and after doing some digging in riot support threads I came up with this: http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html . I don't notice a big difference myself but it might work for you. In the meantime ignore the wooden computer haters and start a long winded rant about poor children in Africa, if they dare you to waste your money on something as trivial as better FPS (whatever is associated with good computers, I don't know I'm not a tech savvy)

Edit: messed up quote, sue me.

KajitiSouls Wrote:No. It can also mean that your computer is slow.

Here's how it works in informal words. You have the client download package. This package usually contains all the graphics, sounds, and the code that lets the user/player interact with the server/other users/players. But like any good, convenient brolaf, they compress down the stuff so that you don't have to worry about file size. Uncompressed stuff takes up a LOT of room! For an extreme example, three LoL games recorded with Fraps on a 1690x1080 resolution easily takes up half a TB (1024 GB), because video recorded with Fraps is uncompressed. However, the compressed video files only take up 17 GB. I'm very sure that if everything were uncompressed, you'd quickly run out of hard drive space.

Unfortunately, since all the goodies are compressed, you can't exactly just look at it and retrieve the original information. The computer has to process it first with a "decoder ring", and then load it up in the RAM (or if you don't have enough RAM, your hard drive, but that's a last resort). Now that the information is in the RAM, your computer can easily access the information and use it to render the environment in real time. This is equivalent to you taking your ancient board games from your attic/storage, opening up the boxes, and placing them on a table with all pieces organized, just so that you can play the games.



Basically, you're doing the cheap solution I described, but at least you found a convenient tool for doing it.

And I'm not going to sugar-coat reality. If I were to continue playing LoL on my old laptop, I'm very damn sure that no amount of performance boosting or w/e is going to get it to play anymore simply because the hardware has degraded too much.

KajitiSouls Wrote:When I started playing LoL: faceroll people cause they were too stupid to dodge FF.

Where I am today: farm push farm push farm push troll beawesome

Anivia needs her team to be used at full potential, and is heavily reliant on blue buff. She makes the other team miserable if she has blue, but without blue, she's one sad bird.

Dredragon Wrote:Every game I've played with Anivia the enemy has surrendered. Blue buff Anivia is AMAZIIIIIIIIIIING. Plus rod of ages too.

Dark Link Wrote:Snip

WillDaSnail Wrote:Blue buff Anivia = always ready to dominate, never oom, huehuehuehue

KajitiSouls Wrote:Actually it's very possible for Anivia to oom early game, simply because Glacial Storm is an expensive skill to leave on , and your mana pool isn't very large, so you can't benefit from the % MP5 bonus.

WillDaSnail Wrote:On a related note regarding Glacial Storm...

Do some Anivia players leave Glacial Storm at 1 (and don't rank it until later on) so they can utilize the cheaper mana cost per sec that comes with a level 1 Glacial Storm?

KajitiSouls Wrote:Are you referencing the plat dude that hosted an Anivia AMA? He's the first person I've heard of doing that. The utility it provides is a one-point wonder, but it's more of a DoT than upfront burst damage, which FF and FB do much better at. GS is horribly mana inefficient when it comes to dealing damage anyways.

It's a judgment call imo. There's reasons for going one way over the other, and Anivia seems to be one of the best champions at giving choice on what to skill up beyond level 1.