Sunk cost fallacy or "How I stopped worrying about Riot's betrayal"; The end of a legend
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=dominick+destine I have been playing this game since season 1, and I have never once faltered in my loyalty. It felt like my home, I taught my little brother and nephews how to play. I played it with my students and I play it on occasion with my father.
But after Riot has thoroughly assraped me on a personal level (Unjust perma-ban which was later overturned; Horrendous treatment of me by Riot) and then immediately after, obliterated my hopes of ever recovering solo queue which was the mode I had been playing for all these years; Following these two acts, I have lost all of my loyalty to the company.
However , I am only a fallible human and highly susceptible to things such as the Sunken Cost fallacy;
Reasoning that further investment is warranted on the fact that the resources already invested will be lost otherwise, not taking into consideration the overall losses involved in the further investment.
Basically it means that even though I've "Already lost" I continue to invest further into the cause. This is what it means to be at one with meaningless defeat.... I will continue to play League of Legends until I get my Diamond status again, updated my facebook status and walk away forever. I will still play until then, but my loyalty is gone Riot. You don't know how much this meant to me and how you destroyed every single thing that made me one of your most staunch defenders, promoters and adoring fans.
You did this, unflinchingly. In return, I will treat you the same way.... there is no loyalty anymore, there is only a number that I will reach before I walk away to something better. I don't consider my time having been wasted these past 6 years, I enjoyed it a lot... but the future time I will spend is purely waste. I have no reason to continue other than sheer ego and stubborn pride.
This means nothing to you because you don't care about your players, but I have no faith in you anymore. This is only a formality, you have already lost me. Go ahead and perma-ban me again out of spite, I would feel no loss. You have already done as much possible damage as you could.... nothing further can be done from you to me that would hurt me.