Remember when the community begged for shorter games?

dunder kill·Jan 21, 2017·7 votes·609 views

Anyone else remember what I like to call 'League of Waveclear'? It was that time where turrets were super strong and the tier 2 ones actually gave shields to allies near it. Games consisted of Ziggs and Xerath on opposing teams just waveclearing at each other until 50 minutes into the game when everyone was full build.

Common complaints:

Games are just too long!
Super boring hyper-scalers in every lane made the game dull
Impossible to do anything with a lead
Way too easy to stall the game out if behind

I just think its funny that at one point we were begging for games to be short and now that they are its a complete 180. The exact things that we wanted are the exact same things we complain about now.

16 Comments

TS MediaJan 21, 20174 votes

“For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.” - John Steinbeck.

Wh1teWu1fJan 21, 20174 votes

I mean, people complain about most things and then want them immediately reverted, mainly because there's one side that likes the game state, and another who doesn't (then there's the ones who don't care too much), and once the side that was unhappy gets what they want, then usually the other side complains about the change because they felt the game was fine. As a whole, we're a little bipolar tbh.

Genocide VictimJan 21, 20171 votes

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I mean, people complain about most things and then want them immediately reverted, mainly because there's one side that likes the game state, and another who doesn't (then there's the ones who don't care too much), and once the side that was unhappy gets what they want, then usually the other side complains about the change because they felt the game was fine. As a whole, we're a little bipolar tbh.

In the end, it's whatever Riot wants.

Wh1teWu1fJan 21, 20171 votes

Truth, but the devs try to keep it close to the players for the most part, obviously not everyone will ever be happy, but I think they try to keep it as close to the middle as possible.

ZT XperimentorJan 21, 20171 votes

I'd say multiple personality disorder, given the disputes on some topics.

CalabokJan 21, 20172 votes

not really.

Awesomedude8888Jan 21, 20172 votes

Different people want different things. Some people prefer shorter games, some prefer longer games. The ones who are happy are silent, and the ones who are not happy are flooding Boards.

JavelinJoeJan 21, 20171 votes

Some people prefer shorter games, some prefer longer games

Sounds like Assassins vs AD Hypercarries lol

Awesomedude8888Jan 21, 20171 votes

Can confirm. Am an ADC main. I prefer longer games where I can actually influence the game for once instead of my team feeding the enemy Kat/LB/whatever.

Genocide VictimJan 21, 20171 votes

I'm actually ok with league as it is now (minus a few broken champs). Unfortunately it won't last (probably).

OnceNFuturePonyJan 21, 20171 votes

try playing an adc that isn't Caitlyn Not ok with league right now

Genocide VictimJan 21, 20171 votes

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try playing an adc that isn't Not ok with league right now

I never liked playing adc, why would I play it at the worst possible time LOL

JavelinJoeJan 21, 20171 votes

I'm actually ok with league as it is now

why would I play it at the worst possible time

how can it be ok if an entire role is in the worst place it has ever been in?

AMYS GRAVEJan 21, 20171 votes

I mean, we can have game times average somewhere between 26 and 48 minutes instead of making the argument that these are the only options.

AhristocatsJan 21, 20171 votes

35 min game average is what should happen

not 50 min

not 15

so complaining about long and short games at the same time ACTUALLY MAKES SENS, because the reason i'm not playing dota 3 right now is 50 min games

Irelia BotJan 21, 20171 votes

The problem was Athene's providing endless Mana resulting in many mages like Ziggs able to stop all efforts to push on to a turret for 10+ minutes at a time.

Mana is suppose to be a limitation even in late game.