Ranged Carries vs. Melee Carries

I'm in a stats game, 1600+ as usual, easy mode.  (I know, what a noob!)  I find easy mode more fun, blow me if you think your epeen is bigger.   

Anyways, we have an Accursed, Torturer, Pyro, and slither.  I still haven't picked, and the clock is ticking down. (Damn the shortened timer.)  All of the sudden my chat log is filled with "purp carry"  "need carry".  Alright.  I hate playing Magebane, or Chronos, but love to play Corrupted Disciple.  So I right click him to preselect.  

There's 5 seconds left on the clock and all I hear is people shouting..  I would tell you what they were shouting about but it sounded like they were speaking Portuguese or some language that definitely wasn't English.  Before the game even starts, were sitting in the well and my team is already saying gg, no carry.  I proceed to carry the team to victory (Pro, I know.)  So then I started thinking.  Melee vs Ranged carries.

Idiot-proof guide for buying a Courier.

Are you a support character?

If NO, DON'T BUY A COURIER

If YES, proceed.

Does your team already have a courier?

If YES, DON'T BUY A COURIER

If NO, proceed.

Are you an idiot?

If you are reading this, probably not.

But if you are, buy the god damned courier!

 

As you can see from the screen shot I took, common sense is quite uncommon.  You might be thinking, "Oh, it was probably a noobs no stats game."  Nope, it was a 1600+ rated game.  (Big shot, I know.)  Going into a stats game without any friends is almost a death wish.  It's like rolling the dice.  The team with the least amount of idiots win, and hopefully you will be on that team.  

Another point I would like to make is how much it pisses me off when people don't share their couriers.  Let me give you an example.  (This was right after retail came out.)  I was playing Chronos I think, (lol, I know right?) and there was a Glacius on my team.  "i got courier" he said. Let me repeat that, "i got courier".  Whatever, I just went to my lane.  I was farming well and got my marchers and gloves of haste, all I needed was my bolstering armband to finish off steamboots.  I clicked the squiggly thing on my keyboard to select the courier. BUT OH WAIT.   It wasn't being shared.  "Glacius, share please."  What did I get in return? "stfu i bought it".  I facepalmed.  HARD.

Now I would understand if say someone like Pyro buys a courier off the bat to ferry his bottle back and forth, but at least (hopefully) the pyro would let the team know that he's not sharing it.

Well, that's it for the first Flying Courier post.  I hope you guys enjoyed the read and I'll have more blogs about Hon, and possibly SC2, LoL, WOW, etc.  Later!