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League of Legends as of now

cakedeity··12 votes·909 views

Hi, I'm a long time league player, and I just wanted to share my thoughts. Keep in mind these are just my thoughts, and they are not absolute, or the right. With the Mid-season patch, I felt as if league was changed not for the better, but for the worse. As of now, the game itself feels a bit snowbally, with little to no chance of coming back if even one lane slips up. This kinda urks me as before, you had a chance of coming back, and doing so just gave you that joy of being able to come back. Just that hope of being able to possibly win it with smart decisions and plays allowed me to confidently click the "no surrender" vote every time, but now, I'm finding myself clicking the "yes" more and more. Tying in with the above, are the dragons. The dragon has always been an essential role, but this entire RNG dragon roulette shouldn't be what league is about. League is about skill, and teamwork, not about luck, and 3 fire dragons spawning in a row, and only 1 spawning the next game. Before, the rewards were clear, and you were guaranteed what you got. While I get that this puts more focus on dragon, it just doesn't feel like the right way to do it. Overall, I think league's future is bleak if it keeps going down like this, which is disappointing. League taught me how to be more understanding, to not give up, and to grow a thick skin, as well as it being a game that let's me do something with my friends while I can talk to them about various things, and joke around with. In other words, the game called "League of Legends" no longer feels like itself anymore. Thank you for reading this wall of text. Feel free to talk below, if this thread ever gets more than five views.

9 Comments

SlaktarTasken8 votes

I don't think this game is for me anymore, I'll be keeping an eye out to see if Riot comes back to their senses, but I find it unlikely given that the original League crew have all pretty much been replaced at this point.

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

Thurst284 votes

I'll say this.... I don't think the league community is going to change. Period. Their will be a large fan base for a long time. With that said.... that does not mean that they will all be happy with the state of league. I have been playing since 2011 ish. For me this is a bad state for league. It's more the league of one shots or the league of hyper mobility way more so then the league of skill shots and out plays. Even watching pros I'm like "yeah do that with out a champ that can't dash every 0.5 seconds". I am sure their is some skill in hyper mobility. But not the same as it was before. Out play are with yasou going qe qe qe on minions catching you in route, knock up, GG. That is not skill to me. Even playing yas is not fun to me because you just eq eq eq and can't be AA. It's fucking stupid. It's turning into the league of dashes.

Imperatricis3 votes

more like league of invulerabilities, heals and free oh-you-fucked-up?-heres-a-free-undo-button

deadlychuck1 votes

See i feel like the sentiment "~~Their ~~There will be a large fan base for a long time" is just wrong. Having played world of warcraft up and through it's prime, this was the same mindset people and the devs had.

It's too big to fail, there will always be a large enough audience... I'm sorry, but that's just not true. Once you reach the point where the game feels too distant from the old version is when you will see a massive freefall of the player base.

It might still remain as one of the most popular e-sports, but i get the feeling the fall of league's popularity is probably closer than we think, at the current rate, and it will be a sudden unexpected reversal of the curve. For all i know it might have already started, and we just don't see it because riot doesn't release player numbers.

Thurst281 votes

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See i feel like the sentiment "~~Their ~~There will be a large fan base for a long time" is just wrong. Having played world of warcraft up and through it's prime, this was the same mindset people and the devs had.

It's too big to fail, there will always be a large enough audience... I'm sorry, but that's just not true. Once you reach the point where the game feels too distant from the old version is when you will see a massive freefall of the player base.

It might still remain as one of the most popular e-sports, but i get the feeling the fall of league's popularity is probably closer than we think, at the current rate, and it will be a sudden unexpected reversal of the curve. For all i know it might have already started, and we just don't see it because riot doesn't release player numbers.

First, thanks for the grammar check #dbag.

Second. I almost doubted myself, so I check the dictionary and some online grammar checkers and they all agree with me. Their is the proper term. #pompomsass.

Now to the post. I never said LoL would last forever. I to played WoW at vanilla and stopped about 2 years ago for many reasons that I will stop playing LoL after this year. The online community sucks. Out side of the game people may be really nice and such but in-game you have a ton of shit player and shit talkers, stealing the fun from the game. And their is no balance in the game and never will be with 130+ champs. So unless they start to retire champs this game will be doomed. They only saving grace the LoL has over any other game currently and in the past is the Pro scene. Their are colleges offering LoL scholarships, starting a version of NCAA teams, as well the YouTube and Twitch scene. No other game has ever had that. The current Riot team may not be making the best game but they advertise and sell it well. Which is why champs like Yas and others that can 3v1 and snowball so hard will always exist and only be nurfed on the pro scale. This is a free game and will only be made to make money and the money is not in the everyday play like me it's on YouTube and Twitch and Colleges and Worlds, shit like that. So until that starts to die, which it just seems to be getting warmed up, LoL will have "a large fan base for a long time" even though they may not have as big of a player community. The money is not in the players.

deadlychuck2 votes

LOL i agree that riot's income has left a good portion of the RP sales and is now being gained through other outlets. That said, as people get bored of playing the game themselves, they will likely stop consuming the league content. So keeping the player base happy is as much the bottom line for them, as marketing the non-player content.

Oh and for the record, i wasn't trying to be a dick about your misuse of there, their, and they're. When you quote someone but change a word, that is a valid way to adjust the wording. I could've also done it like this "their [there] will be a large....", i wasn't trying to be rude, i tried to make the change as passive as possible, without misquoting you. That said, because you decided to go and check with the definition, i don't see how you agreed with your first usage of the word. The easiest way to check if "their" is being used correctly is to change who is possessing in the sentence by swapping it with "your".

So does this make sense? Your will be a large fan base for a long time. #grammarlessons.

Kan1x1 votes

Lmfao rekt

Fisto3 votes

I just can't stand dynamic que. I'm plat 3 having to lose games cause someone wants to play with their two gold 3 friends and they just sandbag the whole game cause obviously they're way out of the elo they belong in.

Partholonian2 votes

Yesterday I was in bot lane and both of us were forced to back... and there was still a turret when we came back to lane. That wouldn't have happened in the first half of the season, so there's at least one positive change that reduced snowballing.

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