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I QUIT LOL DUE TO GAME PLAY! I FEEL FREE!

KnightSky1216··7 votes·1,817 views

Dear Riot and the LOL Community,

If I don’t express myself, then I’ll most likely snap. I am a former LOL player; I quit about 3 days ago. I didn’t quit due to my losing streak, I quit because I was tired of LOL. I lost tremendous interests in the game for a large number of reasons, which shows the following: 1- I don’t agree with the ranking system. Mixing Bronze and Silver is ridiculous and makes it virtually impossible to rank up. 2- About 70% of LOL players are insane and seriously need a life, and they NEED to learn that losing a game doesn’t equal the end of the world. LOL is the king of salt! 3- The characters are too expensive. 4- When a player disconnects, your team will most likely lose, especially if it is in the middle of battle! 5- The leveling system during games is pure ridiculous, and not very fair. 6- The nerfing process is even MORE ridiculous. 7- You can’t use IP for skins (purchasing). 8- The Hex Chest is such nonsense. I’ve spoken to a large number of LOL players, and they’ve all said the same thing to me: “When I opened the chest for the first few times, it gave me great characters and skins, but not anymore”. The Hex Chest is like the lotto, you will most likely get nothing but crap. That is how Riot has it programed.

I don’t hate LOL, but I truly dislike it, especially after playing Heroes of the Storm. I am also about to purchase Overwatch, and I’ve began playing StarCraft II, which is a TRUE strategy game unlike LOL. LOL is a hack-n-slash game, in a sense. LOL doesn’t require skill, it requires a broken character, a feeding lane, and a disconnect to win. If LOL adopted many of the features that Heroes of the Storm had, yeah, I’ll consider playing LOL again, but until then, I quit. I am not a terrible LOL player either. I’ve won up to about 16 games in a row in draft, including winning over 8 rank games in a row. The system that LOL applies to the game is such nonsense and totally ridiculous. I love Heroes of the Storm, because it actually fixes the issues that Riot refuses to fix. For example, if a player disconnects, a bot comes in. All players level up at the same time, and no character is stronger than the other, it requires strategy, and the items don’t apply like in LOL.

Suggestions for Riot

If you want to improve the rank system, it is very simple: B5 players should ONLY face B5 players, same with B4, B3, B2, B1, S5, etc. If a player disconnects, create a bot for the game so the team won’t suffer. Make all characters’ level up at the same time. Shorten the duration of matches by at least 35%. Allow LOL players to buy skins with IP. Lower the costs of RP (too expensive). Make the surrender time to 10 min rather than 20 min. Last but least, add more maps, because that same BORING map from 5 vs 5 gets tiresome. Naturally, my response will be rubbish in Riot’s view, because they only appreciate the dollar sign rather than quality or players’ personal opinions.

I also have a Master’s in Applied Economics and Statistics, so I know how Riot applies their methods of making money. When more players realize the same things that I’ve been saying, Riot will LOSE money, because my predictions indicate that Riot will go bankrupt in under 10 years. With better games being released, more gaming systems, Blizzard games (great company), and more, I don’t think Riot has the capability of sustaining themselves in the gaming industry for too long. And many players are quitting LOL. Last but least, I want Riot to STOP stealing from the Japanese culture. I am fluent in Japanese and it irritates me that Riot steals from the Japanese language. As I was reading my Japanese book today, I came across the kanji marking: 波「なみ」 nami, which means "wave". Strangely enough, Nami is a water-type character in LOL, and her R is a big wave. I am also a fan of the Highlander franchise series. Master Yi's R is called "Highlander" lmao. Real original Riot, real original....

I will be waiting for the salt players to respond to my post with negative comments. I can't wait!

-アレックス様

45 Comments

Hyperiön5 votes

First off, matching ranks with only their ranks, will increase queue time a fuck ton.

Second, the Champions aren't too expensive, they give you something to works towards, and as new champions release, the champions get cheaper the older they are.

Game time is already short unless you don't know how to close out a game. Look at any diamond+ gam, and their games barely last 30 minutes.

Skins are cosmetic, nearly all and every game makes you purchase skins with IRL, a few exceptions would be Smite, but they only have 1 skin per champion, is at all available for ingame points.

Making every single champion in the game level at the same time is just stupid. If you are getting smashed, or are smashing someone in lane, why would you want them to be the same as you? Duh.

PSA: Just because you won a bunch of games in a row, doesn't mean you are good, just better than your opponent. You can't climb because you don't deserve to be at that tier yet. Play norms and actually play to improve. don't worry about your KDA, because over time if will sort itself out. But you quit already because you are salty. But don't worry, we will see you back on league in about a week or two.

KnightSky12162 votes

I actually uninstalled LOL. I am not salty, you just don't like my response. You are probably some LOL junkie who ONLY plays LOL. It feels good going outside :) Try it!

Thank you!

Hyperiön2 votes

Oh yeah, considering I work full time, play baseball, and other games. oh yeah I am totally a LOL junkie... Totally. and I look forward to your account getting banned because, as you just stated, gave your account away, which is against ToS. So yeah. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Why would anyone like this response? It is a bunch of non sense. Literally 75% of what you stated is only related to bronze life.

KnightSky12161 votes

Do I SENSE salt?

Hyperiön3 votes

um no? I was actually laughing at you while I was typing that last response.

KnightSky12161 votes

Don't be salty. Take a walk outside or get a gf. it's nice :)

Hyperiön3 votes

And it is people like you that ruin the communit so I am glad that you left because no one will miss you. And I walk every day thank you very much. Probably 3x as much as you anyways.

KnightSky12161 votes

I am actually a health nut. And second, you took my post personally, because you didn't like the fact that I have a different opinion. Like I said "LOL is king of salt. I also don't believe you work full time or play baseball. You are probably around 14-years-old and your parents pay for all your items and RP, right? :)

Who even says bronze life? First time for everything. And lastly, you have a really bad streak too! Wow. I can't be on this forum all day, because I actually have a life. Learn how to read and not take posts so personally. Learn to be civil and kind.

Hyperiön2 votes

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KnightSky12161 votes

I reported you. Don't be salty. Have a nice day :)

Subject 51 votes

You can only report people like . . . in the game . . . as far as I know . . .

EpsteinDidntKHS1 votes

DONT SAY THAT, IT MIGHT GET BANNED!!! I just started walking, it feels great.

DarkuleFox1 votes

Seriously, you two have your good point their.

KnightSky12161 votes

There*

EpsteinDidntKHS2 votes

The Yasuo in my last game gave me a revalation. He fed his ass off. I'm ok with that. He then blamed me and everyone else for not helping him, and refused to group with us. Now I encounter those people a lot. And i was cool with that. But not anymore.

My internet was out for a week (May any ethereal power protect you from this fate). So i was limited to only single player games. I'd been drifting from League for some time, on account of the toxicity and pettiness of the community. It's like no other I've experienced.

Here are a few comparisons.

Planetside 2: No one gives a shit if you suck, and you can be kicked from a platoon for toxicity. How this could improve LoL: Kick toxic players. Put a button in champ select saying 'i want to play x champ'. Players can play as toxic dude while they queue. They can choose to remain in game or start their own. Suiciding players will be kicked, no replacement needed, it was a 4v6 anyway.

Any shooter i played as a kid: Generally a far more casual experience at a low level of play. I mean, the 12 year olds were actually funny, instead of infuriating , and i never saw someone feed deliberately.

So i think the main problem is behavior. It's not so much the toxicity, it's the total lack of team play. And with this early meta, you might not have time to scale well enough to carry. It's sad, but if your Yasuo goes 0/2 in 5 minutes (I believe, may be wrong, but it happened damn quickly), that Riven (who was a nice dude btw) is gonna scale hard. But i was 7/0/3, and things were looking ok.

And then this Yasuo decided to just split push etc., and start calling us various insults. I ended this game 10/6/I can't remember, i have a short memory. He to me represents all that is wrong with League of Legends at present.

A toxic person who won't co-operate out of sheer hatred for not getting ganked while he was level 4 and Riven was level 6 off his feeding. I don't blame him for feeding, but i realised something.

When my internet was out, I played games such as Total War (insert here), Far Cry 4, (I refunded primal cause I'm scared of owls, I have to AFK every time i see Woad Quinn), Assassins Creed (Insert here), Skyrim, The Forest. And I realised in all those games, every lost battle, every time i got shot, eaten by cannibals, burned to death, IT WAS MY FAULT.

In Planetside, you don't lose a war cause YOU suck. You don't lose a match in 3 seconds in every other game. A single person not dodging a single skillshot can end your game (My friend who was playing Viktor walked into an Amumu Q dammit). That wasn't my fault he did that. But it was me left alone to defend.

I think a game that punishes you for the spite and unkindness of your team isn't good game design. On a game such as Planetside, that dumbass shooting you won't be doing it long, and you have a defence against them. In most multiplayer games, if someone's being an asshole, you can just leave. (I think there should be a vote saying 'This guys toxic, we're afking', so basically that person gets reported and the game ends. Anyone abusing this feature will immediately go down a division. If the report is valid, justice is done, no problem)

So I've decided that because of these issues, I will no longer play this game on a regular basis. I'll probably play occasionally, but only with friends.

It's a shame really, this is actually my most played game.

I'll always have those fond memories of playing 12 hours in a day

KnightSky12161 votes

Thank you for being civil. Shame, really. If more LOL players were more like you, I probably would had a better experience.

Hige2 votes

Is it too hard to just quit without making a fuzz about it? this is the GAMEPLAY forum, not the suggestion box.

KnightSky12161 votes

This discussion is about game play. Second, everyone is entitled to provide a personal opinion. It is called democracy. Go to school and learn about it.

Hige1 votes

This is not about gameplay because even if Riot would be crazy enough to take your suggestions, you would come up with more stuff that bothers you.

Just quit and leave.

Jorencice2 votes

Actually as a ONLINE FORUM owned by a PRIVATELY HELD company democracy has absolutely zero say here.

Go to school and relearn about it.

Athenes Lulu2 votes

Come on, if you're gonna make a troll/sarcasm thread you need to try harder.

You're missing DQ and how shitty it is because of premades [slayer-jinx-catface]

Subject 52 votes

-Reads through the comments-

I feel like the OP is one of those smug Americans that recite the constitution, when people can't take his post seriously (I make troll posts all the time.) he just says "Duh-uh uh fre-freedom-freedom of speech, learn your rights-"

Or he just goes the antagonizing route of "Do I smell salt?" when somebody contests his points, because they not only cross TOS but also because they just scream "I just lost my Bronze 5 Promos!"

The following messages have been recorded just outside of his room, when I put his mother to sleep with sleeping tea and put all of my recording equipment just outside of his door.

"I'VE BEEN PLAYING THIS GAME FOR 3 MONTHS WHY DON'T I OWN ALL THE CHAMPIONS YET?!

"OMFG SONA IS SO BROKEN!" ~Begins slamming his keyboard up against his dashboard, slams it so hard that it connects with his forehead and proceeds to lay on his desk unconscious.

"WHY CAN'T I USE MY IP FOR SKINS?! RIOT DOESN'T NEED MONEY TO KEEP THEIR GAME GOING! MOM GET ME A SANDWICH!" ~I proceed to slip a sandwhich under his door just like his mum does, I slipped a viagra pill in it.

I would let you all in on this very exclusive information and futage but I have a game to join with a friend. Yes I have friends, why did you ask? I'm not being defensive.

Axe2Handle2 votes

Your post just screams "Hey everybody! I quit League because I'm really bad at the game. I'm going to list off a bunch of reasons (excuses) why It's the games fault that I'm a bad player and not my lack of individual skill that keeps me from climbing out of Bronze because...you know...I'm really good...it's the game thats holding me back"

HOTS is where all the League washouts go. Just saying...

DarkRitual2 votes

If you want to improve the rank system, it is very simple: B5 players should ONLY face B5 players, same with B4, B3, B2, B1, S5, etc.

How to make queue times literally impossible for high ELO in one easy step.

Malfini1 votes

StarCraft is an RTS. LoL is a MOBA. Although I would like to see StarCraft being played as some sort of a MOBA but I imagine it would be a very big map.

khorney1 votes

its called heroes of the storm, a game that is actual team based. people dislike it becusae the basis of it all is that heroes requires teamwork league you can get a way with .

Jorencice1 votes

Lol.

I've carried my way up to diamond so far insta locking lunara and ignoring my team.

HoTS is crazy easy.

khorney1 votes

yes and no. depends on bans and it requires more teamwork and people usually will do the thing called teamwork not like in league where people wont becuase 1 person can carry in heroes its hard to do that. and lunara is like twitch but way stronger

EpsteinDidntKHS1 votes

Me too. I'm only playing occasionally with friends.

Good for you.

Godhri1 votes

I'm confused. People complained about skins being only purchasable through real money. Riot gives them a way (Boxes/keys/etc.) without affecting the cash flow too much and they are still unsatisfied. Riot needs to make money too people. They are first and foremost a business.

I was going to say many of your suggestions are horrid but all of them (Save for one) are upon closer review.

  1. Your suggestion for a bot to replace a player is absolutely horrid. Here is why: Bots cannot be reasoned with/communicated with. They simply keep pushing a lane. They are easy to gank and easy to kill. You are more likely to sabotage the game more with a bot than an absent player.

  2. How do you even suggest matches get shortened?

  3. Make all characters level up at the same time? This solves what exactly?

  4. Surrender time is fine as it is. Sometimes, even at 20 minutes, it is hard to tell whether or not a game is winnable. The length of time for a surrender is to give you time to assess your situation. There is A LOT that could happen to change your assessment between 10-20 minutes game time.

  5. This is about the only suggestion you made that I agree with. They need more maps of the same mode.

  6. It doesn't take a Masters Degree in Economics to understand that the general run-time length of a great game is around 10 years. Also, your points do not match up here. You first suggest that their money model is what will cause their downfall, but then you mention other factors that have nothing to do with your primary contention. At least not by the way you are using them. So you have several claims, but no supporting details to suggest that your claims actually have any merit.

  7. Riot doesn't steal anything. The Japanese language is not "copyrighted". By your standards, anyone who has a Japanese symbol tattooed on their body is a thief. Anyone who writes a book with a Japanese symbol in it is a thief. It is general consensus and knowledge that Riot based many if not all their champions on myths and legends of existing cultures. Ahri is the easiest example to use. She is based on Asian culture in general. Demon/spirit foxes are prevalent in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and virtually any and every other Asian culture. While not entirely original, it isn't thievery.

Originality is very difficult to come by as we have a tendency to base our own works on things we have seen/experienced. This means there isn't any originality in the concept itself, but that doesn't mean originality doesn't exist. To be "original", you must look into how the idea is implemented. I think Riot did well implementing these ideas for their game. Given their current successes, it is not hard to see that they were original enough to become big shots in the MOBA scene.

KnightSky12161 votes

We agree-to-disagree, and at least you were civil. But we all have different opinions.

khorney1 votes

easy matches can be shortened by increasing the starting gold amount. why do you think aram doesn tlast long?

Godhri1 votes

Aram doesn't last long because there is only 1 lane, you start level 3, etc. It's a game mode not meant to last long. 5v5 is just a mode meant to last long.

khorney1 votes

yes and no but you also start with 3 times the gold

Godhri1 votes

I don't mind the current time per game for 5v5. I think it is fine. Doesn't matter to me either way though. I'll still play it.

Soraka Rules1 votes

If you feel free and so great after quitting then you must of had some underlying issues o 3o;;;

Godhri2 votes

If he felt free, he wouldn't have felt the need to post here. He actually felt compelled to come back here to gloat which doesn't mean he is free. At least not yet.

KnightSky12161 votes

I am the type of person who needs to express themselves. Don't like it? Not my problem.

Godhri2 votes

No that's fine. I am the same kind of person.

Raja Chachki1 votes
  1. If they separate every single division of each rank, have fun in diamond+, the queue times will take forever.
  2. I mean, it's exaggeration, but SLIGHTLY true.
  3. So buy the cheap ones. Then start saving for the newer ones. Not a problem at all.
  4. if a player DC's, what is Riot supposed to do? Give your team the URF buff so that you can win your team fight? No, that's on the DC'ed player.
  5. How so? Riot is constantly making it easier to catch up in levels...
  6. Eh, Riot isn't so great at balance, you have that one.
  7. Bye, we no longer want you.
  8. Yes, it IS a lottery. Also a FREE lottery. Nobody is forcing you to buy your chests, earn them for free by doing well in games.

Your solutions are nonsense (if you wish, I will counter every "solution" you have, all you have to do is ask). Honestly, if Riot goes bankrupt in 10 years, then they will have had one of the most played games of all time. 17 years of the SAME (not Halo, then Halo 2, then 3, etc) game! I doubt Rioters would be disappointed with that. Let me quote : "When more players realize the same things that I’ve been saying, Riot will LOSE money". And they will gain money if they make skins free, champs cost less, and RP is now cheaper?

P.S. Riot includes those Nami and Highlander things for FUN, they aren't trying to steal your culture....? Duh? "Oh no, an American is learning Japanese and started speaking to me today, how DARE they steal my culture". Stop being so high-strung.

KnightSky12161 votes

Don't like my opinion, all well? We will see how long Riot lasts for.

Raja Chachki1 votes

Well you did say in your posts "under 10 years", so why would we have to wait and see? With your Masters in Applied Economics and Statistics, it seems like you have it all figured out. We won't miss you or your nonsensical "solutions" to Riot's "problems" (No, requiring money for skins is not a problem).

KnightSky12161 votes

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Well you did say in your posts "under 10 years", so why would we have to wait and see? With your Masters in Applied Economics and Statistics, it seems like you have it all figured out. We won't miss you or your nonsensical "solutions" to Riot's "problems" (No, requiring money for skins is not a problem).

Get a life. This post was so yesterday. What I find so funny is that LOL players are such fan boys. As a former LOL player, yes, I do have a right to criticize. My cousin was gold rank and my good friend Mike was plat 2 rank. They quit for the same reasons as I did. But since I quit as a bronze, my points aren't valid enough, right? Heroes of the Storm destroys LOL; so does SC2; so does Overwatch. They are more enjoyable and less salt. Good day, and I hope you get a life soon.

khorney1 votes

what he means is he wants a system like heroes of the storm. where xp is a global thing based on every person on your team soaking

khorney1 votes

heroes of the storm, SMITE, or paragon are your friends

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