Mastery System Provoking new wave of instalock scum
Tl;Dr: I am getting sick of instalockers and I think the sudden surge is caused by champ. mastery update. Please vote in poll with your thoughts. Good luck on the Rift
Thank you Riot, yet again, you have made something amazing (no sarcasm, I love the champ mastery idea) but what has come with this amazing gift from the gods up in Riot HQ. has caused a problem nobody could have contemplated, unparralled on scale, etc. Instalocking has now become the norm. for all blind pick normals! No longer may I play who I want, because I get people who seem unable to call a position locking in, without fail, every game. I am yet to get a position I want, because of these scummy beings. (This may sound like a nerd rage, or a little kid screaming his head off, I will try to remove this image further on (and will most likely fail)).
Here's the reasoning behind the very empty heads of all these instalockers:
Summoner 1 (Wants to go mid, locks in
): mid
Summoner 2 (Also wants to go mid and lvl up their
): MID OR FEEEED
Summoner 2 : MID OR FEEEED
Summoner 2 : MID OR FEEEED
Summoner 2 : MID OR FEEEED
Summoner 2 (Reads chat and locks in)
Summoner 3 (Wants a reasonable game that they may win): C'mon guys,
go supp,
you called mid first. Stay there.
Summoner 3 : I guess I get to go top, adc or jung... I'll go top
Summoner 3 (Locks in top in meta champ)
Summoner 2 (Stares at screen, drooling down chin (remember, they have an IQ of nearly 0))
Summoner 3 : Summoner 2, please take exhaust, it would make it easier to help you adc secure kills.
Summoner 2 (Still stares at screen, drooling down chin)
Summoner 4 : adc please
Summoner 5 (locks in
and says nothing)
Summoner 3 (has a tantrum)
Summoner 4 (locks in
)
END OF CHAMP SELECT
Now let's have a look at each summoner:
Summoner 1:
- Thinks they are amazing
- Is full of self belief
- Wants to level up
on their champ mastery
Summoner 1 is a "fair enough summoner," they want to get somewhere and try to do it as legitimately as possible.
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Summoner 2:
- Thinks they are God
- Acts like they are God
- Is Cardboard V
- Wants to level up their

- Does not care about how they get there
Summoner 2 is an "I am desperate to succeed but can't unless I practice in customs etc. yet I don't so I must drag everybody down with me summoner," they are what it says on the can.
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Summoner 3:
- Good guy
- Wants to make the game fun for their team, whilst winning
- Is still able to get angry (even though they try really hard not to)
- Is trying to improce whilst having fun
Summoner 3 is an "Unexplainably nice person," they just want to have fun and get better. These people should be the subset of the community. I am not one of these, I get annoyed much easier that this guy would, but I am posting on behalf of all the unexplainably nice people out there, who won't post this sort of thing - it may be mean but in the end it is fair. This is my stand, against the dark side of our community, and for the side that wants good games for all; win or loss. I am not attacking the people of League who feed, I really don't care, as long as you aim to improve.
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Summoner 4 & 5:
- Want a game done with as little hastle as possible
- Will either open up during the game or stay silent
- Might be a smurf, or a casual player.
Summoners 4 & 5 make up a good chunk of the community, as the "Just give me a game summoner." I don't have must to say, against you, or for you. Maybe just try to communicate a bit more, but other than that, just keep going, plugging away at that thing that is a combo, a mechanic etc.
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There's my mock champ select and motive calculation from todays experiences. If you have any experiences that conflict with mine, you might have been on the other team ;). But please post below with any comments or questions, and I will make a poll, so Rito may see your experiences quickly.
Thanks for reading. 