Why Are LCS Games So Much Longer?

floppy1000·1/24/2018, 4:15:44 AM·1 votes·604 views

Often on the boards, people have complained about the game being way too fast, snowballing way too hard, and being determined far too early. Many high level streamers have been vocal on the matter as well.

As professional play begins around the world, I noted that the game times at the organized levels of play was extraordinarily long (40+ average game time... even a 90+ minute game between SKT/JAG).

Is this simply because at the organized level, people play hella safe, so nothing happens? How can normal games and high elo SoloQ differ so much from the organized level of play?

It seems Riot has somehow patched their way into a massive doozy, with the community crying for longer games, and the LCS games being long and drawn out.

9 Comments

Eedat1/24/2018, 4:37:24 AM1 votes

because they know how to turtle as a team instead of feeding 6 kills in lane

RenownedWheat421/24/2018, 4:40:28 AM1 votes

My games are pretty long on average so it's not weird to me personally. My games are hitting around 30+ min unless it's a complete stomp, even then I'm rarely seeing below 25.

chipndip11/24/2018, 4:41:25 AM1 votes

Because:

  • They don't suck.

  • They have comms.

  • They have actual team comps instead of teams with shitty picks/combinations.

Mysticman891/24/2018, 5:18:56 AM1 votes

LCS players play 'hella safe', just since they can get punished so hard, so instead of taking the 80:20 plays they might have gone for in a previous season they'll play safe and try and wait for sure things. Pick/ban is actually done thoughtfully based on opponent pick/bans too, so champs are picked because they have the tools to deal with what the enemy team is putting together, instead of the usual solo queue pick/ban process of "I main X, so I'm picking X, and Y is OP, so I'm banning Y" that has little to no consideration for everyone elses pick/bans.

Kai Guy1/24/2018, 6:28:44 AM1 votes

You don't see pro teams /ff at 15 min because they are down 2 kills and then get butthurt the 4 other players No it so they spend the rest of the game afk split farming saying its over gg over spamming /ff until the 4v5 match is actually over and they can arrogantly say SEE IM SMRT TOLD YOU.

Also most pros adjust their playstyle for the matches needed.