Gather around, children, and listen.

LegitBusinessman··181 votes·6,613 views

I know I'm an old man, and you young folk don't like to listen to people my age prattle. But here's a tale from my day I think you'll enjoy.

Twas a time when you could play the Rift and play who ye enjoyed playing, ye ken? Do you youngins know what that is? Playing a champ because you like it? Now ye might struggle at some parts of the game, as we did in the depression, but put in some good effort and you could do it. In my day ye could play what ye liked, and ye could win, and the government couldn't tell you not to!

Now all of you youngins are slaves to the meta. I was in the War of the Ten Thunderlords, and I knew it was the beginning of dark times, yes I did. Now it feels like there's barely more than 3 viable champs a lane, and I feel sorry for you young folk, I do.

If you ever need someone to tell you a story, pappy will always be here.

158 Comments

Fondling Gems104 votes

Back in my day when people executed at least it was to Wraiths and not a bunch of chickens.

Dasdi9668 votes

Back in my day all supports had were boots, gp10, and stacks of wards.

Automated Riven14 votes

assassin meta was when supports went o-10 every game cause they only got boots and gp10

Xonra7 votes

Don't forget Clairvoyance summoner spell. The grandpa to blue trinket

Niyumi40 votes

I miss season 5, honestly.

yoshi27905 votes

I don't miss item 3751 Darius item 3751Skarner item 3751Sejuani item 3751Garen item 3751Mordekaiser item 3751item 3748 item 3751

Honestly, I hate season 5 and think it was the worst of all seasons.

Melledoneus32 votes

Better than Quinn two shotting people with a Youmuu's and BF sword.

AninLegions7776 votes

Hyperbole.

Melledoneus11 votes

I literally had that happen to me yesterday.

And I assure you, it is not hyperbole.

Glory ln Death2 votes

Wouldn't it have to be at least a 3 shot? Proc passive -> Vault/blind to reapply the passive -> proc passive. I can't see her two-shotting anyone unless it was with 2 passive procs.

Fondling Gems3 votes

IDK I could see it. While back I managed to literally two shot as Corki (Q>Auto) and with Lethality being lethality right now I could definitely see a Q > Passive AA kill someone who is very squishy.

Melledoneus7 votes

She vault-E'd.

Instant death.

Wimbledofy1 votes

see but her E isn't a shot, it's a jump. So yeah it's 2 shot because she shoots her wep twice :P

Glory ln Death3 votes

Well, you're not wrong.

Keevalroy37 votes

Ah 'member when bein' loyal to your and ah mean your champion - da wun dat ya dedicated yo'self to, and da wun ya trusted more den anybodah, meant you prolly had a respectable or even a commendable ability ta do well with 'em! Gone are da days of champion loyalty, and damn the new-world League ta Hell!

(Shakes cane wildly)

Sire Hippington8 votes

I remember beein' loyal to my random button, and stil doin well with any champ in almost any position, simply because i had a great general understanding of da game and pretty decent alround mechanics. Nowa days, gettin da wrong matchup or just a generally bad champ makes it near impossible to win...well, da random button doesn't exist anymore anyway so screw dat i guess.

(leans on his cane and sadly shakes his head)

Glory ln Death7 votes

Sion is my champion. There are many like him, but he is mine.

Sion is my best friend. He is my life. I must master him as I must master my life. Without me, Sion is useless. Without Sion, I am useless. I must fire my E true. I must Q faster than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must stun him before he shoots me. I will...

Sion and I know that what counts in war is not the minions we fire, the burst of our shield, nor the sound of our ult. We know that it is the slaughter that counts. We will kill...

Sion is undead, and so am I, because he is my life. Thus, I will learn him as an OTP. I will learn his weaknesses, his strength, his abilities, his builds, his stats and his mechanics. I will keep my Sion strong and viable, even as I am strong and viable. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before Rito, I swear this creed. Sion and I are the champions of the Rift. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the shapers of my rank.

So be it, until victory is Noxus' and there is no enemy, but only death!

Valderis Vandala23 votes

Things change old-timer, as they inevitably must, and we can't ever go back.

Now get back on your meds damn you!! Or we'll put you in a home.

Keevalroy13 votes

Things change old-timer, as they inevitably must, and we can't ever go back.

Says you.

Canastus18 votes

Back in my day Cass used to get skins.

Gallows madness5 votes

Sad, but true. Where is the illaoi skin? I don't even play her but it would be nice to see it I might play her just to see the skin.

Xonra17 votes

Back in my day when we supported, all we had was an inventory full of wards, clarity, and heart of gold.

Or when Heimer's passive healed towers.

When you could build Taric like an aura bot with emblem of valor and mana manipulator

Or how Sivir/Soraka lanes were cheese to the max cause Soraka gave people mana

My favorite old item " Eleisa's Miracle ": 10 health/mana regen. Heal, clarity and clairvoyance cds are reduced by 25%. Once you have it for 3 levels, you get the item permanently, but it no longer takes up an item slot. (and people complain about broken items today :P) <--- one of the strongest items there has ever been that so few people remember.

Sraeg201310 votes

Back in my days Amumu Malphite Shen and Blitzcrank were permabanned below Gold. Also playing Syndra usually ended up with the player being called a troll.

Verxint9 votes

You can still play outside the meta, you just have to accept the learning curve

Some non-meta bot lanes that work well: Yasuo Braum what projectiles? Darius Taric Make Darius Great Again Maokai Sion hold still and die Pantheon Leona probably the manliest lane possible in the game LeeSin Braum this one is just obnoxious JarvanIV Leona a classic Thresh Blitzcrank hook city bitch Rengar Thresh disgusting if done right

Of course, you probably want an ADC in top lane or something, unless your team can be built around Yasuo/Darius

Hyperiön3 votes

You forgot Khazix Rengar in the bot lane.

Talk about mcnasty of mcnasty.

Golden Tager X8 votes

Gather round and listen, as I tell ye now this tale, the good legacy of the season 3, and how its life ceased to be.

alestorm fans will get this

Leo10247 votes

remember when Nami was released? Her champion spotlight even said she should only max Q in solo lanes, try solo laning with her now and you'll get destroyed

DragonShea7 votes

And then the younglings will say: Fuck off you old shit, dis is S7 It's not my problem my champion just got nerfed into the ground and iam playing a new OP. everyone but me is a bossted animal GG WP EZ.

TheMinez7 votes

Back in my day, Kassadin was pick or ban all the way down to bronze.

Troll for Trump7 votes

Season 3 was great

Darf Rakki6 votes

I too remember the Old War of the Ten Thunderlords. The beginning of the end it was, for any who will not enslave themselves to the meta.

Consumed by the keystones the young ones are, a path that only leads to the Darkside.

Sire Hippington3 votes

'old war'? That was like yesterday young sir! A old war was the conflict between damacia and Noxus on the Crystalscar, when the 3ed permanent gamemode was introduced. An even older war was the conflict between Ionia and noxus, where the vitorious Ionian's brought us item 3158 ....

DarkPh0enix5 votes

Back in my day, you would get fucked by fratmog's instead of some shit lethality trio

Back in my day, Banshee's Veil and Force of Nature were every AP's nightmare

Back in my day, supports needed a heart of gold (pun intended) to survive.

Back in my day, trolls would place infinite wards.

Back in my day, league was simper and more fun.

I have survived through Release Xin, Release Darius and first rework Talon with Cleavers. I can survive through everything. I am a true war veteran.

Daeneries5 votes

I MISS THE MANA POTIONS ]:

sobi9994 votes

pappy please tell me another story :D Currently there is World war happening which is named " Lethality "

Hardstuck G46 votes

I am not him, but I shall tell you. A time in which there was equality. A time when the great Gold Per 5 items were still around, and our lord Atma left behind his spear for us to use. A time in which every champion could be picked, and every champion was viable. When the Korean overlords did not reign over us other region. It was all out brawls, and it was truly beautiful. This so called "map pressure" was not acknowledged, but rather brute force was used. What a beautiful, beautiful time. Those were my times, and those were the greatest times. Season 2, you are missed

agbudar4 votes

i remember the times when you could stack items such as sunfire cape and gunblade

back then morde with 5 gunblades was the highest rated build.....

or the time when smite only had 1 charge longer cooldown and no real jungle items with only 5 camps for each side. no crab and your warwick could solo dragon no problem.. and nunu could solo baron at roughly lvl 9 with the right spellvamp build

remember how that used to have full effect on aoe spells? and veigars would heal themselves on a minion wave for 1 k hp? fun times.

ow and mundo could not be killed when he had warmogs.... which he would stack for a smacking 1350 hp per warmogs. (it had a stacking mechanic for minions and champ kills) you literally would have more effect trying to kill the fountain turret.

spirit visage was complete shite on the rift too btw only had like 300 hp with a measly 40 ish mr and we had force of nature.... yea mundo would build that too.

then Teemo came out... did you know that teemo was a COMMUNITY creation? i remember the thread to this day and the hundreds if not thousands of upvotes and posts demanding this .. riot loved the idea of getting assspounded and as a such through the unholy matrimony of riot and its comunity TEEMO WAS SPAWNED. it is rumored that the player who came up with the idea disappeared without a trace shortly after. It is rumored if one looks carefully you can see a glimpse of his ghost within the lantern of thresh sometimes.

PaladinNO4 votes

RIP season 3. T'was a good time to be a player back then.

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GULAG 4 U2 votes

Does any one remember aatrox being good?

Valor Bot9 votes

Ah, yes. I remember those days when he could sustain through entire team fights and -- just when you thought he was about to die -- his passive popped and he came back to life at almost full health to beat your face in with that blood-sucking sword of his. Good times

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

thats false. the only thing they have changed on him during his entire career, is his e damage and the attack speed ratio on his passive.

YumaS2Astral6 votes

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thats false. the only thing they have changed on him during his entire career, is his e damage and the attack speed ratio on his passive.

The game around him also changed, you need to take that into account. There is a reason why Vi became meta even though she hasn't been changed herself.

Xonra5 votes

I remember that time I banned Aatrox in ranked and my team was like "holy crap thank you, finally".

Sadly I also remember when I sneezed so hard I legit clicked my mouse and banned Aatrox (yes that really happened), and my team flamed me.

ModCaptainMårvelous2 votes

I remember the days of Season 1 and 2

"I think Annie is overpowered." "How about you get good?"

Some time later

"You're right, I just needed to improve my play!"

These days...

"I think Yasuo is overpowered." "Omg you're SO RIGHT. He just dashes all the time and then hits you with BIG CRIT" "-Clearly- this is RIot's fault that he's soooooooo broken." "I know right? I bet -we- could balance this game better." "We wouldn't be as biased either, not holding other champions aloft like Lee Sin."

GGLineaR4 votes

I almost agreed, and then you defended the anti-fun character that is Yasuo. Forshame.

He may have counterplay, but that doesn't mean that he's not annoying.

ModCaptainMårvelous2 votes

You know who else is annoying? Thresh when he hooks me into a CC vortex. or Jhin when he tags me once and I'm slowed for each bullet. or Veigar when he stuns and insta-gibs me in one rotation. or Zed when he blows his full combo on me and pops me.

"Annoying" and "anti-fun" are not excuses for not liking a character because I can say any character is annoying or anti-fun

Earl Eulrich6 votes

the thing is though....Yasuo is among the 3 most banned Champions on every patch since his release pretty much, despite usually ranking somewhere around the lowest tier of winrates - that just implicates that objectivly most of the community absolutly hate facing Yasuo. Hence he is absolutly "annoying" or "antifun", it´s not just annecdotal or an alternative fact...he´s statistically proven the most unfun Champ to play against Riot has designed yet.

GGLineaR3 votes

Yes, they are. Lane bullies are anti-fun. I dislike them because they are lane bullies, and therefore, annoying.

Why else would you dislike a character other than because they are anti-fun or annoying?

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