Every League game has 4 phases.

Fuertisimo·Nov 2, 2014·105 votes·7,560 views

Early game.

Mid game.

Late game.

Blame game.

105 Comments

SelflessTeammateNov 2, 201454 votes

You forgot pre-game.

"mid" "mid" "I called it first" "I can only play mid" "give him mid" "no" "just let him" "I called it first" "bring flash" "this champ doesn't need it" "omg" "just bring it" "no" "noob team" "gg" "we don't have a jungler" The game is starting! Prepare yourselves! "WE NEED A JUNGLER" (Many games seem to be over literally before they've begun.)

FuertisimoNov 2, 201429 votes

Pre-game can be shoe-horned in as part of the blame game, as some part of full-circle ouroboros situation.

AdgharKHNov 3, 20143 votes

that's adorable

MarthianNov 2, 20146 votes

1"Mid" some time later 2"Sorry, I'm taking Mid." 1(No, you're not sorry.)

Rew711Nov 3, 20141 votes

Have we played together before?

SelflessTeammateDec 20, 20141 votes

Probably, but I disable summoner names over health bars (dunno why they're even there, they just get in the way and/or incite you into hating them if they get you), so I don't really remember most of the people with whom I Rift. :P

Der LindwurmNov 2, 201422 votes

Early: Cho Gath is small Mid: Cho Gath is bigger Late: Cho Gath is really big OMG End: Cho Gath fills half the screen

MarthianNov 2, 201414 votes

Post-Game: Cho'gath eats the world.

ChimeiTekinaNasuNov 3, 20142 votes

Early: Cho Gath is small Mid: Cho Gath is bigger Late: Cho Gath is really big OMG End: Cho Gath fills half the screen

Epic. Now quit making me want to play Cho'Gath more. lol

NarasimhaNov 2, 201420 votes

Early Game

Good Game

Nasus has stacks Game

How the hell did we win Game

Knight SoIaire Nov 2, 201411 votes

early game mid game and the only phase of the game that actualy matters (one bad tf and enemies go for the win despite you rocking them for 30 min straight )

AtheosisXNov 2, 20147 votes

early game mid game and the only phase of the game that actualy matters (one bad tf and enemies go for the win despite you rocking them for 30 min straight )

How do you lose a team fight to a team you've been rocking for 30 minutes straight?

ThryaleNov 2, 20149 votes

The throws man, the throws are real.

(no really, it's all to easy to lose all you momentum just because on guy gets caught out)

Knight SoIaire Nov 2, 20143 votes

adc strayed off or mispositioned resulting in him getting blown up in the first second of teamfight teamfight happened at spot that fawouts enemy team because we cant get to their carries

lost of things can happen and being ahead wont save you

Jeddy017Nov 2, 201410 votes

Actually,it's......

The winning team:

Pre-game: Player 1,"Top" Player 3 as ,"Jg" Player 2 as ,"Can I top?I want some practice." Player 1 as ,"Sure man.Mid" Player 4,"What type of sup should I get?" Player 5 as ,"Someone who can peel for me." P4 as ,"Okay" ,"Top,if you're having trouble,I'll come gank" ,"Thanks.I'll do my best to hold." ,"Alright guys,let's do this"
Early game: Ryze,have she warded? The river is probably warded. Ok Mid flash is down. Nice double dude. All thanks to you. Damn,we got outplayed. My bad.I didn't root her in time. Don't worry.We still got this. Brb,grabbing wards. KK
Mid game: And she is dead Roaming bot They got rekt.Let's grab turret. Then go drag Warding around drag * tp in & aced enemy team * Gj team. Let's grab mid turret. I'll defend the inner top turret LOL Did they just tower dive you & failed? Top turret down.
Late game: I think their jg is AFK. focus the ADC {{champion:236} Zed,push bot.We got them. * flashs in & ult *ATTACK! Inhib down We should baron & end. GGWP
Post game: Awesome playing team. Ryze,add me so I can help you practice your top laning some more. Ok Man,we REKT What a fun game guys.Had a blast :D

I'll get to the losing team later.I'm too lazy to do now.

EdasichNov 3, 20143 votes

No point in doing the losing team; it's always the same.

Everyone: "NOOB feeders"

Nucleophilic atkNov 2, 20142 votes

Blame game needs to be a thing. Someone needs to take blame for the loss. And yes, it can be everyone, as it typically is. If you go 2/15 mid, however, you need to be blamed. People need to start being accountable for their actions rather than pretending everything is all jolly. #Reallogicneedstobeappliedtothisgameaswell. < I don't play twitter, so I'm not sure if I used the hashtag thingy right.

AtheosisXNov 2, 201410 votes

Blame game needs to be a thing. Someone needs to take blame for the loss. And yes, it can be everyone, as it typically is. If you go 2/15 mid, however, you need to be blamed. People need to start being accountable for their actions rather than pretending everything is all jolly. #Reallogicneedstobeappliedtothisgameaswell. < I don't play twitter, so I'm not sure if I used the hashtag thingy right.

Because this stuff is super serious...

Nucleophilic atkNov 2, 20141 votes

If you're not a wheeb, everything that has a winner is super serious :)

LeeDarkNov 2, 201411 votes

Then you should take your downvotes seriously and accept the blame for being a jackass on the forums.

Nucleophilic atkNov 3, 20141 votes

That makes no sense xD

LeeDarkNov 3, 20147 votes

Look at the upvotes for the person who replied to you, and your downvotes. We are the winners, you are the loser, so this must be super serious. If you go -7 on the forums, just like 2/15 mid, you need to be blamed for being a moron.

ActualPainNov 3, 20142 votes

You are genius lol, WP.

But he does have a point.

Nucleophilic atkNov 3, 20141 votes

Not according to this guy. He thinks the 2/15 person shouldn't be held accountable for the loss. Guess we know what his average games consist of lol.

LeeDarkNov 3, 20144 votes

No, he probably shouldn't. Because most of the time, when he goes 2/3 or even does poorly and goes 2/5 or 0/3, some asshat like you starts raging in chat. That rager is to blame, because he makes it impossible to come back from a slow start.

CaesarFlickermanNov 3, 20142 votes

I mean, do you want to sit around for 45 minutes clicking your mouse aimlessly while a teammate feeds?

Nucleophilic atkNov 3, 20142 votes

No, you have to say, "GJ! Keep trying harder! Maybe next time you will get him." Otherwise, you are being toxic.

meatjunjunNov 3, 20142 votes

"Surrender" game.

- Some people want to surrender because it's completely lost; ie all melee team or team down 20 kills. But a bunch of try-hards have the "NEVER SURRENDER" attitude and waste everyone's time.
- Results in me just sitting at fountain, cause I want the enemy to win faster.
- Then they say, "REPORT (player) FOR AFK"

If you don't want to surrender when I want to, then I don't need to help when you want to. Fair trade :)

NuSix3Nov 3, 201412 votes

There are different reasons for that. Some people are using different champs then they are used to and want to level or play for as long as possible to get familiar with builds and power, even in the face of a completely fed and more skilled opponent. A lot of the times the enemy is making huge mistakes at closing the game and leaving the possibility of a come back open. If your team doesn't want to surrender and you do, you should still try. Comebacks, though rare, are pretty awesome.

I've been on both sides of this. The worst thing to do is just sit at the fountain. Gotta just bite your lip and suffer. Video games are a waste of time period. If you had something better to be doing, you wouldn't be playing at all.

Watch9Nov 3, 201410 votes

You sir...............just stole my mouth. Now I am speechless.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20141 votes

I totally agree with you, man. That's just it, I don't give up if the team is losing. I give up if the team is losing and they're flaming. If my teammates are trying new champs and feed, I don't mind. If I see them try, I'll try too.

But if my teammates are trolling and not listening to the simplest advice like, "PLEASE just run away if you're outnumbered", and talking a lot of smack. It just makes me lose interest.

Swift2568Nov 3, 20145 votes

I would report you. Either try, or uninstall. There are players who are depending on you.

meatjunjunNov 3, 20142 votes

I'd report you back :)

What's the point of trying when you know it's a loss? And I'm not talking about being down 5k-10k, I'm talking about your team being absolute sh*t. No one listens to each other, everyone's flaming. And when I try to give advice like, "please focus (player)", everyone goes "STFU you noob, stop coaching, I know what I'm doing".

If there's even a slight chance of winning, I'll keep trying. If my team is actually worth trying for, I don't mind losing 1 hour matches if the game was good; it's still fun in that case. But if your team is down 5v20 in the first 20 minutes, then the lead is insurmountable.

You're holding me hostage at this point. Why would a hostage help their kidnappers? :)

LlaniteNov 3, 20143 votes

Because leaving midway makes you a jerk/ bad sportsmanship and that's a greater offense than the actually loss.

Imagine you have a tennis team and at 10 mins, someone got mad and leaves, as his team member, what would you do to him? As his coach, what would you do to him? As his opponent, what would you think of him? I would punch him in the face if he left me.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20142 votes

You'd punch someone just because he gives up on a VIDEO GAME? That's the pettiest thing I've ever heard.

There's a flaw in your example, dude. You're talking about pros. If I was a pro, I wouldn't give up on my teammates. But that's just it, they're my teammates. They're also probably my friends, people I know personally.

In my example, I'm playing with total strangers who cuss each other out for no reason. I don't have any obligation to cater to your needs.

If you treat me like sht, I'll treat you like sht.

LlaniteNov 4, 20142 votes

So just because you don't see someone face-to-face, you have to rights to be a jerk? That'd sum up everything wrong with internet.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20141 votes

The definition of jerk varies from person to person. Your definition is a person who gives up is worse than a person talking smack. Mine is the opposite.

Think of it this way, play basketball with strangers who are as toxic as the people in league. Have YOUR OWN TEAMMATES berate you throughout the game.

Will you keep trying cause you owe it to them to finish the game? If you answered yes then you're lying

LlaniteNov 4, 20141 votes

Keep doing that and see if the coach would ever put you in a team again.

And no, I'd definitely stay, unless the club is a complete crap and I was already planning on leaving.

AraMoOseNov 3, 20142 votes

You'd report him back, but since that person hasn't done anything wrong, your report would amount to nothing and would lower the value of your reports for the future. On the other hand, since YOU were indeed AFK, then his report would actually hold water and you would risk a disciplinary suspension (especially since, according to you, this is recurrent behavior in your case).

You do not get to choose for your team when the game is hopeless. I've come back from games that were 5 to 20 in the first 20 minutes, which tends to support my opinion that you are not a good judge of when there is still hope. When you AFK though, THAT loses the game for your team.

You are engaging in a self fulfilling prophecy and then congratulating yourself being correctly predicted your loss when you in fact are directly causing it.

Magma Lux MidNov 4, 20142 votes

So true. Had a recent game where I played Braum and we were losing pretty badly (a good deal was my fault probably). I was ready to throw in the towel after a bad team fight, but the rest of my team still wanted to keep going. Did I AFK thinking it was a lost cause? No, I looked to see what the largest threat was and saw that Annie was a problem. So I decided to get a locket and we started winning the team fights.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20141 votes

Your case is different. YOU (one person) were the one doing bad, but your team didn't give up on you. Very noble of them.

My case is my WHOLE team is doing horrible, and I give up on them. Like I said, if there's even a chance of winning, I won't give up. But let's be real. There's matches where you know you can't win. Why the hell do I have to waste 40 minutes of my life babysitting a bunch of strangers when we'll ultimately lose?

Magma Lux MidNov 4, 20141 votes

Actually our mid and AD weren't doing too well. I know our top was fine, but I can't remember how our jungle was doing. Still we were down quite a bit and it looked like it was pretty lost and I was ready to throw in the towel. But I never stopped playing.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20141 votes

That's where you're wrong. I'm not afk. I'm walking around our base, which means I won't get auto-kicked. So his report won't mean anything either. That person didn't do anything wrong? Maybe. That depends on what he's doing.

Like I said, and I think the majority just aren't understand, IF I SEE REASON TO HELP, I'LL FKN HELP. If the people feeding were actually nice, I'd still try. If they just say, "Hey sorry, this is a new champ for me". Then I'll just keep soldiering through.

But if my team is flaming each other, blaming everyone for their mistakes, I don't feel like helping. Why do I have to suffer through playing with a toxic team AND MAKE THEIR LIFE BETTER?

Why reward the arsehat that's cussing me out just because he's still trying? So it's ok for someone to be a dck, but as long as he tries, he's doing nothing wrong? Reversely, if I'm being nice but people won't listen, why do I gotta cater to them when they certainly won't cater to me?

As for comebacks, yes it happens. But in all games where my team has been up or down 20 kills, the losing team has never came back for me even when we/they tried. League of Legends isn't a game where you can pull off upsets through skill alone. LoL is a very snowbally game and if you give up a huge lead, it's really hard to come back.

In fact, I will say that if you're down by a lot, then you CAN'T WIN THROUGH SKILL, your opponent CAN ONLY LOSE THROUGH OVERCONFIDENCE.

This isn't a game like CoD where a more skillful player can carry the whole team from behind 1v5.

AraMoOseNov 4, 20142 votes

Lol, you think you're clever but what you don't understand is that leaverbuster does detect "walking around aimlessly in base".

The entire rest of your post is just a bunch of excuses to justify YOUR behaviors which are contributing to your defeat. None of these are valid and you need to learn to assume YOUR responsibilities in life. Please finish the game you queued up for or, please do not Queue up for games.

   If you only want to win, play vs AI.

I also noticed how you moved the Goalposts and it used to be "Impossible to win", now you're admitting that you should have said "really hard". I also love how these teammates of yours gain all sorts of NEW negative traits every time you reply. Now suddenly your teammates are cussing you out, and they are being dicks and yadayada... Look at it this way, people are not dicks to me when I play. What do you think is the difference between me and you? Because if it happens to you as often as you claim, then I think the mirror is where you need to be looking.

meatjunjunNov 4, 20141 votes

Listen to yourself, dude. Why're you getting so worked up? Obviously you're losing the argument so now you're resorting to nit picking every word to make yourself sound smart. Pretty sad.

First off, I never said it happens a lot. There's good people way more often than not. BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS...

Secondly, I doubt a system can tell the intentions of a person playing. That's almost impossible because a computer can't read minds. So nice try.

Also I used this example in another post. Maybe you can answer it and I'll know how full of sh*t you are.

You're playing basketball with strangers, and they are berating you as much as some league players do. Berating you as much as a kid hiding behind a keyboard can. Do you suck it up and finish the game? Or do you walk away from these strangers?

If you said you finish the game, your a liar.

AraMoOseNov 4, 20141 votes

With all due respect, I do not like your 'tone'. I would appreciate if you lay off the condescending "you must agree with me or you are a liar". What you call nit picking I call 'identifying where your logic fails'. For example I can assure you your assumption that you can just click around in base and Leaverbuster will think you're in your lane helping your team is completely incorrect. While you are right in your assumption that Riot has not succesfully accomplished mind reading just yet, they have more data at their disposal than "Does he click once in a while?".

To address your example, I'd like to remind you of the differences between your 'example' and your own behavior in League of Legends.

League of Legends is a video game, you are safely in your house and there is no risk of physical violence erupting. Your Basketball example sounds like punches are about to be thrown.

Your basketball example does not have a mute button.

These differences are important in the current context and render your 'example' irrelevant. You are not comparing similar scenarios.

meatjunjunNov 5, 20141 votes

If I came off as condescending then I apologize. So my bad.

Everyone has their own opinions. I'm sure if you and I played, you wouldn't hate my level of effort.

Ultimately, everyone just wants to have fun. And regardless of why/when I want to surrender, I do finish a lot more games then people here probably think :)

AraMoOseNov 5, 20141 votes

Fair enough, and since you're ending this conversation on such a friendly note, I did read the post you responded to, and my own first sentence may have in fact been the cause of your tone. I do apologize for this, furthermore, I wish you many things, most of them good.