Games are meant to be fun. When the game is no longer being fun two things need to happen:

1. Just surrender the game and not create a painful experience for everyone around you.
2. Take breaks from the game, there are better things you can be doing anyways.

On the flip side: Remember you are against real players. So be considerate of others and remember to play in such a way that does not cause frustrations for the players you are against. Do onto others how you want them to do to you. This means do not treat others like dirt, because you don't want to be treated like dirt to, play in a way that allows fun for you and the other player. You cannot expect things to get better around you unless you change yourself as well, it is a two-way street here.

Also I hate being held hostage in a game... this just wastes my time when I can be doing many other things much better than LoL or be playing a different game that is more fun than the pain I am enduring in the moment.

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Really this just comes from the fact that I have not played League of Legends in forever, and I regret the two games I played entirely because they were not fun at all. I just wanted to have some chill fun games as URF, but instead it was just against a bunch of toxic try-hards for what is supposed to be a fun game mode. Even if it was ranked, it is still not acceptable behaviour.

Fun should be the number one priority in a game. When it is being compromised then the community needs to do something to change it as a whole, instead of joining in and accepting the toxicity and unfun of a game.

Riot also needs to make changes that removes anti-fun elements in their game as well. I do not care Yasuo, Riven and Flash are popular, do some massive changes about it to make it not frustrating to play against - and these are just a few out of many, many examples that need to be fixed in the game.

Also after playing Paladins made me realizing how much I love simplicity in a game with 16 straight forward items with 4 categories that are also colour coordinated are rather than the mess of the MOBA item shops are. Or how restricted the mastery/rune/summoner spells are, but it is far too late to have a per-champion fine-tune customization system with how many champions are in the game, which would be the better system.

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I say this not to whine and complain, because I want League of Legends to be fun, but it is just not. Riot definitely lost their ways over the years and in the moment I just watch the LoL videos that LilyPichu and Scarra upload at this point on YouTube.

I just want Riot Games to wake up and realize the purpose of games again. The purpose to why they original made League of Legends that is over 10 years now. Go back to the roots that games are meant to be mindless fun and not to create a stressful or toxic environment, because we get that from the world, games are meant to be our escape and just relax and enjoy our time with them.

Again, not just Riot needs to change, but this community as well and to make games fun again just from a social aspect. Both being nice to your teammates and also not ruining the fun for your opponent, both needs to happen and if you are someone that is flaming your teammates and griefing the enemy, then you have to take a break for awhile and rethink the purpose of games again.

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Summary:

Riot Games you need to fix your game to remove anti-fun elements in it. Make it where old champions have mechanics that are enjoyable to go against to lower the toxicity in the game (like fixing Yasuo and Riven and Lee Sin to be enjoyable to go against, and no more excuses about Flash, remove it or drastically change it because it is not healthy for the game - and everyone taking it is not a good reason to keep it in, it is not needed, it just makes the game toxic).

Also rethink customization system to be more friendly for both new players and those that have not played for awhile. Out-of-game customization systems at least let's players read things on their own time and not panic for a choice they do not understand in the moment.

And then for the community. Just be kind to each other, friend and foe, and make the game a more pleasant experience. Do not join in with the toxic behaviour, but be the change yourself and not make excuses, if everyone does this then the game would be a more pleasant experience at least from the player on player side of things.

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I do this post because I care. If I wanted to see the game crash on burn, as it is doing right now, then I would not make something like this. The game is so massive that at the rate it is going at, it will probably be a dead game somewhere between 5 to 10 years from now. So if League of Legends wants an extended future, then changes need to be made now before it is too late. (Over 10 years old is already a very long time for a game.)