CertianlyT appreciation thread

FunkyMonkey3696·2/1/2018, 5:33:07 PM·75 votes·2,544 views

Just want to shout out to CertianlyT that you are super creative. Don't let the board hate bring you down. As much as I hate playing against champs you designed, I still love your designs. They are so unique and different. I love playing WW. I don't play a lot of yasuwin because I don't have the mechanical skill, but his playstyle to me fits his theme. Instead of attacking head on, the dashes, weaving in and out of fights makes me feel like fighting as the wind.

Please keep up the awesome work!!! And don't let the board hate stop you.

76 Comments

HR5OdeMImE2/1/2018, 6:09:06 PM52 votes

Sorry if i dont appreciate the guy that made most of the champions i hate playing against.

I dont hate the man, just his champions.

Zyra , Darius and Thresh were problematic for some time but i dont mind them at the moment. However, Yasuo , Kalista and now Zoe have caused me so much grief in this game that i just have to wonder what the hell they were thinking when they designed these overloaded abominations.

AquariusGine2/1/2018, 5:56:05 PM33 votes

Let him be creative, but have someone be there to make sure the champions don't turn out to be infuriating to play against Yasuo Zoe

ninjaroxas2/1/2018, 7:08:28 PM14 votes

I don't necessarily hate his champions right now other then yasuo and daruis but the dude needs someone to hold his hand so he doesn't punch us in the face every time he makes a champion

ChuShoe2/1/2018, 8:02:36 PM13 votes

He's creative, yes, but he has the track record for making some of the most infuriating and game-breaking champions in the entire game. The dude needs someone to keep him in check, and stop him when he starts to go overboard with a champion.

Succubús GF2/1/2018, 8:16:45 PM12 votes

"Keep up the awesome work" What a joke lmao.

Hópe2/1/2018, 6:23:15 PM12 votes

Appreciation thread?

Hey yeah CertainlyT thanks for releasing two champs that do nothing but eat perma ban slots man set a record for 3 now.

stopmakingmemad2/1/2018, 5:46:29 PM9 votes

yeah compliment him on the champ he was the least apart of

arghilost2/1/2018, 6:55:10 PM8 votes

this is going to be a very small thread with very little upvotes.

Barkley2/1/2018, 9:44:32 PM8 votes

I don't think anyone hates CertainlyT on any personal level.

Most people just hate his creations.

MohawkBird2/1/2018, 5:41:10 PM7 votes

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abca982/1/2018, 7:52:36 PM7 votes

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Oleandervine2/1/2018, 7:46:04 PM6 votes

I too, do not hate the man, and I applaud his attempts at innovation. However, I will say some of his designs rely a little too hard on gimmicks to function, and more often than not, he gets carried away just adding in a whole bunch of things that shouldn't be added in, or oversimplifying some parts of the kit (Zoe R) so that he can distribute the power into another part of the kit at a much higher capacity (Zoe Q). He needs to follow the words of Coco Chanel in regards to accessories - Take off the last thing you put on. If he started pruning his kits a little better, and worked a little hard at easing up his power distribution, he'll do fine, and if it take people hovering over him to coax him in that direction (like what happened with Warwick), then by all means, get those people to work with him. I think he just goes way too ham on his own, like the kid who wants to try all the jellybeans in the jars when his mom says he can get a piece of candy, so having some control and boundaries set for him will go a long way towards improving his designs. Sure, thinking and innovating outside the box is the way of progress, but then, so is innovating inside the box, in making existing things more efficient or twisting the rules a little bit that create new twists on things that have been done before.

IvernBramblefoot2/1/2018, 5:47:32 PM6 votes

i appreciate the man's creativity, i just wish he would be fired and then hired instantly by some other company that doesn't make this game, with exactly the same pay and benefits. i don't wish the man any ill, in fact, if he was unleashed to rework ALL OF THE CHAMPIONS, i'd be okay with his vision, then it would be even, at least. it's not really 100% his fault either, it's riot's for hiring a guy who clearly has a different vision.

Bârd2/1/2018, 10:56:40 PM4 votes

Darius incredibly satisfying to play. Devastating when he pops off, but unreliable enough that he can be dealt with. Thresh one of the best playmaking supports, and tied for highest skillcap alongside Bard Zyra as a support, not very healthy. If she were pushed into mid, she'd fit right in as a lane-controlling bully. Yasuo simple tools combined into a not-so-simple package. No, Windwall is not the spawn of Satan. No, his shield doesn't make him actually tanky. Kalista not a fan, tbh. Don't hate the design, per se, but I just don't find her fun. Zoe incredibly dangerous, forces the enemy to be on their toes at all times. If you slip up, you die. If you don't, you can deal with her. She's a catcher and burstmage rolled into one, and it's pretty damn fun.

Tribbles Foxfolk2/2/2018, 2:15:23 AM3 votes

I got nothing against CertainlyT as a person, but he lets his creative vision rush ahead of healthy design. Yes, his designs ARE creative, but there's an issue with creativity: without someone to pull him back to Planet Earth, we end up with Kalista Yasuo Zoe instead of his more grounded work like Warwick .

Are CertainlyT's champions fun to play? Sure, but playing AGAINST them is a different story. They are unfun slogfests to fight that rely more on the player screwing up than it does the opponent playing better. Yasuo has Wind Wall, Zoe has her Sleep Bubble and crazy bouncing "skill"shot, and Kalista is a mistake that should be deleted from the game. They have to be kept numerically low-ish to account for how much is in their kit, making them either OP or mediocre, depending on how their numbers are and if their items are really good.

Turbanator13372/2/2018, 3:15:02 AM3 votes

As much as I hate playing against all of the other champs CertainlyT designed, I have to say that Thresh as a champion is pretty cool. Thresh has some really cool mechanical stuff you can do on him, which is pretty rare for support champs. Gives a way for good mechanical supports to stand out.

Yordle Xayah2/1/2018, 11:23:34 PM3 votes

You know what also was "creative"?

https://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vsm.jpg

Kavren20552/2/2018, 1:04:18 AM2 votes

Ignoring balance all his champs fit their theme. That to me makes a champ good.

DontTouchMyBall2/1/2018, 11:03:45 PM2 votes

I enjoy a creative mind but I'll be as honest as I can be: I'll be enjoying League as much as I can now because later I will have to permaban his Akali rework ;_; I cry.

xelaker2/1/2018, 11:33:11 PM2 votes

Let the board hate bring you down CT.

ok, not really, but on a serious note the dude needs to learn how to tone the "my champs are fun to play" a tad so people can say "his champs are fun to play against"

Stars Shaper2/2/2018, 4:03:02 PM2 votes

I just play Yasuo of his champions and I really suck with him. But CT keeps being one of my favorites when it comes down to champions design.

ZT Xperimentor2/4/2018, 11:52:13 PM1 votes

I don't hate the guy, he's rather creative . . . it just feels like he's making characters for another game, like an action rpg or something; difficult but fun to play as, rarely fun to play against.

Keepe2/2/2018, 3:01:45 PM1 votes

Is it just me, or is the OP itself a bit of low-key board hate?

"As much as I hate playing against champs you designed" "I don't play a lot of yasuwin"