Turbo player wanting to better understand TI Meta

I've been playing this game on and off for 15 years and still love it, but lately turbo has been my go ti with friends and the meta is very different. Watching TI now, it was interesting how heroes need to be picked/banned and also the unpicked ones, hoping to understand better.

-I love centaur but whenever I play him, it sort of feels like a worse slardar? Both stun in area, but centaurs passive is almost nonexisting while slardar is so strong. Is it because of the aghs save? I can see an argument for ult too

-Timbersaw, how is this hero still picked after losing the 2 chakrams? The new aghs seems so dull and I was never a fan of the flamethrower.

-IO carry, I guess thats enough for itself, what is this?

-How is PA not picked? I understand competitive meta is very different than standard games, but that hero always felt strong to me.

-Is Ember Spirit physical still viable? Love the hero and still stuck in the 2015 builds of rapiers/deadalus, but seeing pros play with aghs got me so interested.

-Why is kotl mid so popular? I hate getting it in my team, feels so much weaker compared to others, is it really just aghs?

-Why is Hoodwink the most picked hero? Also feels to me there would be better options for the same role

-Lastly, what happened to silencer? How is 12 seconds of silence global not strong enough to be picked once?

Comment on any you want! I'm just looking to learn and put my pov which is wrong, I'm not defending them, thats why I'm looking for answers, thanks!

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u/Ale2486 — 2 days ago

My TV fell to the floor during the World Cup. Anything I can do with it oe just get a new one?

As title, TV fell to the floor when I was trying to connect a hdmi and didnt fix it properly in its support. The hit was right on the corner and the metal bent, glass broke, but relative to the tv's size its small.

I already got a new tv ordered, but feels weird/bad throwing away a whole tv when so much of it still works like speakers and half the screen, only this corner is the problem.

https://imgur.com/a/l03S3bq

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u/Ale2486 — 2 months ago

Dualsense + Steam Deck?

Thanks to everyone's help, I was able to get a perfect setup. The only thing remaining is dualsense support for Apollo. While 99% of it works, its still missing the touchpad and adaptive triggers. Has anyone managed to get them working with the setup dualsense -> steam deck -> moonlight -> pc? Playing docked on tv.

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As a side note, its for ghost of tsushima and the wind, it wont let you use it if its playstation input.

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u/Ale2486 — 2 months ago

Is everyone happy with okayish streams or am I doing something wrong?

Thought I had a good stream going with moonlight/apollo

Pc with ethernet and tv on wifi.

I could stream 60fps 1440p fine and my computer can handle ultra settings. The problem was the latency which was okay in a few games, but more precise ones was driving me insane. My monitor kept looking more fluid, smoother and better at 165hz and 200fps compared. I just tried installing other tizen builds, using ethernet and cannot for the life of me run 1440p with anything above 60 fps. No video. My bitrate is also stuck at 30mbps, 60 on ethernet. Is everyone just accepting lower streams? Or are you guys streaming perfect 4k 120fps hdr? Its driving me crazy and I'm not sure if I should just accept it and drop it or keep tweaking.

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u/Ale2486 — 2 months ago

I searched and tried every setting, still feels like streaming is micro stuttering. Maybe I'm just used to 165Hz and now 90Hz feels slow. AAA games run great with 0 network problems, it just doesn't feel smooth. Is this normal?

Games like Hades 2 or Slay the spire 2 run great on the deck, but streaming it also has a slight stutter or lag, like one step away from silky smooth.

Just wondering, is this normal? Is it a compromise for streaming or you guys have 100% perfect streams?

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u/Ale2486 — 4 months ago