Alright Riot, I've had enough.
I've been playing League of Legends like someone would practice an religion. I get on every day, play some games, and even chip in a buck or two here and there when something sparks my interests. I remember a point in time where the game was just enjoyable to play, when I didn't know a thing about it and would build 6 NLR on Teemo. Well, there comes a time and place where one just cannot take anymore of it. The utter frustration every game puts me through, it's literally hurting me mentally to where I'm developing slight cases of depression. Here's why:
Every game is just the same.
This could mean a multitude of things, whether it being that you just grow old of a champion, or just your teammates are un-fun to play with. Out of the past 20 games, I've had 3 legitimate teams who didn't troll. I got me a Janna ADC, Shaco support, a Zyra jungle, Lee sin support, Urgot support, Draven support. I mean, the list just goes on and on, and it's mainly due to this blissful autofill feature, the "solution to our long queue times", when in fact the queue times are actually longer due to all the dodging. It's making the game into a literal anarchic state of mind because people just do not want to simply follow the rules when it designates you into a role you do not wish to partake on. I also don't see why it's necessary in lower elo, when 70% of the League player base is Silver under. I never had a problem with 8 minute queue times, and i'm pretty sure, no one else did either. Anyways, I'm sure you're all tired of the "get rid of the autofill" rant all over the forums, that's not what I'm here to point across. The thing i'm trying to point across, is simply this.
People get away with WAY to much.
Going back to my previous statement with the meta-mancers, playing Urgot support should just be a punishable offense by itself. No, this does not mean you can't have fun in normals, but when you're in the presence of 4 other dedicated players who are trying to climb, it shouldn't be allowed. I cannot fathom why someone would pick that, besides being intoxicated, trolling, being rebellious, or just straight up trolling. Sure it might be fun, but ranked isn't about having fun. It is simply there for competitive gameplay, nothing less. Another issue is that people get away with inting far more than they should as well. The problem here, is that it's kinda impossible to detect looking at just a score. People could simply argue that the player was "having a bad game", when infact he never grouped up with the team, refused to partake in any activity, and would just sit top lane. Inting doesn't just mean "oh, our Veigar is 0/12 by 5 minutes", it also means intentionally losing the game, which is more of what actually happens. Reporting isn't really doing anything about this, because it, to my understanding, requires consistent reports for it to even come up as an "actual issue". One is allowed to intentionally feed 1 game out of 20 and they can get away with it, which I find bogus. I shouldn't have to send a support ticket in, when the fact of the matter is this.
The report system is shit
Just as simply as that, it doesn't do what it's designed to do. I miss the tribunal, a time where actual RIOTERS reviewed the context, instead of it just being automated. I've actually tested this out on a account before. It simply works as this. Out of 3 games within a 10 game period of being toxic, you get a 10 game chat restriction, if you follow up within 5 games, it's a 25, then you get a 14 temp ban suspension. If you continue, you're out. No more warnings after that. It's like i'm playing baseball. RIOT earned it's first BILLION DOLLARS in 2014, but they can't hire enough people to check logs? They can't afford to have people watch games where a player got 3 or more reports in the same offense? They can't afford to have an actual support team without having a bot send the same message over and over? To where 3 or more "people" are sending me the EXACT same message? I sense laziness right there. It must be nice to have a fucking computer do everything for you.
In conclusion
I've just had enough with League, I've had my 7 years of it. RIOT just seems to not give a shit about their community, I might be wrong on that, but I think I have the authority to say it, for I've witnessed it far to many times. It's a business, after all, all they care is money. It's like what my favorite song by Architects says: "If the money's on the table, they don't think twice". Anyways, i'm taking my leave from this game completely, until RIOT decides to pull up their big boy pants, and takes grasp of their company again. Until then, thanks for the years.
-Zahreik.
