Anyone else enjoying the 15 minute games?

JavelinJoe·Jun 17, 2018·2 votes·771 views

Games are decided at 15 minutes and end shortly after. There is very minimal chance for a post 20 comeback unless you manage to somehow get to 30 minutes (currently unlikely). There is no scaling to late game. There is rush to get the lead at level 2 and snowball from there. 2 item power spikes are a joke now if that is what it takes to become a threat. If you cant kill the full team with just component items sub level 6, you cant be considered viable it seems.

These excessively one sided matches are not very fun to watch. I dont want to watch a game where the one full team is 3-4 levels up over they opponents at 15 minutes with a 10k gold lead and knocking down inhibs. I want a game where only after 20 minutes is there a reasonable chance to snowball and a chance to upset a fight and comeback from behind.

4 Comments

GeminiRuneJun 17, 20181 votes

I just watched a 53 minute game this morning and a comeback game yesterday. Would you rather have stall fests or every team have no idea how to do anything for an amount of time?

Idk abot what all you've watched but this week has had its fair share of variety in game duration. But alas, can't satisfy em all is what I'm saying.

JavelinJoeJun 18, 20181 votes

Variety is not bad, but I said it already,

I want a game where only after 20 minutes is there a reasonable chance to snowball and a chance to upset a fight and comeback from behind.

Games that are decided before even Baron spawns are not very entertaining to me. I have watched many games. Some have gone on for over a hour and some finish under 20. The thing about those games is that they are special, not standard. Now games ending before 25 minutes is becoming standard and there is only the rare chance for a comeback.

GeminiRuneJun 18, 20181 votes

Yeah I definitely where you're coming from on that. But to some respect, the best teams are decisive in action and able to make the right move at the right time. I will admit it does kind of suck that it's more prominent within the major regions aside the LPL this week. The Baron-to-win thing has been something I would always get a bit frustrated over how easy it was for SKT. But now when you have many teams doing that...

Nonetheless, it's still a patch that warps the meta. I want to give it some time to see what shapes up. And with 8.12 coming to the LCS regions next week, that'll be another litmus test.

III BAKURYU III Jun 19, 20181 votes

I wouldn't expect much of a change honestly - League games have become shorter and shorter as the years have gone by - Ever since Riot changed the map back in 2016(?) games have been 1 sided stumps for the most part.
Yes, some games and tournaments aren't all 20 min stumps but the majority are and have been since 2016.

NA/EU it's interesting that week 1 most games were under 25 mins when you think A.) it takes rosters time to build synergy and game time sometimes is a good indicator for such but not so far. B.) Even the " the best teams are decisive in action and able to make the right move at the right time" can be 50/50 when the majority of the "juggernauts" a split ago are now getting beat in under 25 mins.

It's the patch + the way Riot wants to carry the game now - They want players(solo Q) to play as many games as possible - as that was something people complained about in the past " 40-50 min games" and now when they play and/or watch they got what "they"(Cause I enjoyed 1-2 50+ min games) oppose to playing/watching 20 min stumps.