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Long Rant of General Displeasure

Xanit·5/24/2016, 11:01:49 AM·2 votes·1,027 views

I really just wanted to get to Silver this season.

Instead, I've been vaccilating between Bronze 3 and Bronze 1. Every time I get close to the top, I'm shot back down by waves and waves of assholes. Teams that devolve into hating on each other and shitting all over me for every mistake I make. I get suggestions to uninstall, stop playing my roles, and suicide daily. It's gotten to the point that I have intrusive thoughts of harming myself every time I die.

The balance of this game is at an all time low. Half the cast are unfair, poorly designed steamrollers that cannot be stopped, and the other half are often well designed, but horribly underpowered and on the losing end of the clash between riot's design philosophies. I find it really hard not to focus on how easily the enemy team is winning and wrecking, and how difficult it is for me to do anything relevant.

I find myself abandoning the champions I used to love for easy to play steamrollers out of desperation, then feeling like trash for abusing the horrible game design to inflate my ELO. It's a lose/lose situation. Either you play boring, easy champions and loathe yourself for your weakness, or you try to play fun, engaging champions but never get the chance to enjoy them because of the enemy's willingness to abuse bad game design.

I know I'm not good. I've been in trash ELO year after year. Last season I finally got to Silver. I was 750 ELO in season 3, and I hadn't played ranked in Season 1, but at least the game was fun back then. Now, either because I understand game design better, or because of some other reason, the disparity between fair gameplay and unfair gameplay is so apparent to me. I can't stop myself from focusing on it, even amidst the din of my team's constant hate and the enemy's constant bragging.

I just lost eight games in a row. I play solo, so the rest of my team is often a premade. The enemy usually is too. Volibear was frequently on the enemy team, and I lost count of how many times he walked up to me, flipped me, and the rest of his team perma-stunned me to death. This kind of co-ordination makes for some really unfun situations... But it's even worse that my champions have no way of defending against something like a prolonged speed boost and hard CC, especially since I can't ATTACK him to fend him off. He'll just shrug off all damage, because he's volibear. A tank and a burst mage with melee range and tons of movement speed. Sigh.

I don't understand why tanks get to do massive damage and be unkillable. I don't understand why instant targeted disables are considered healthy. I don't understand why assassins are so prevalent in the midlane that immobile mages are totally pushed out. I don't understand why less popular champions get reworks that totally destroy the good things about them. Quinn can hardly ADC now. She's actually more viable in mid. Cass, on the other hand, seems like she'd do better in a lane that isn't filled with instant gap closers -- bot. I take her APC bot because I can't do well in mid.

But that's all bullshit. I play champions that I consider fun and fair, and that's bad. To win consistently, I am forced to abuse the awful design of champions such as Tryndamere and Xin Zhao and Master Yi. But if that's the only way I'm going to get out of Bronze, then is it even worth it? Then, you consider that every tier above bronze is just the same crap. More hateful people telling you to kill yourself, and more unfair champions, because the people who got there have learned to just abuse it.

I understand Riot can't rework or nerf some champions, because they are popular and have a huge installed playerbase that is used to abusing their unfair power. That just depresses me even more. It's despicable that a company can profit off such a cycle of pain. Actually, I see that philosophy of "the rich get richer" all throughout this game. There's no real comeback mechanics in play anymore. I mean, death timers are shorter, but that just makes it so any kills the losing team gets mean less. Dragon and Baron are there for the winning team to capitalize on their success and win more. Champions are rewarded for kills with more gold to get more kills. I mean, at least the dying champions aren't penalized for dying other than missing EXP and gold.

The focus on kills is kind of awful too... I mean, as a support, you get huge backlash for taking a single kill, even if it's just securing it when it's out of reach. I'm almost more worried about overstepping that boundary than I am healing or supporting. It's scary how aggressive this game is, and how so many of its mechanics just feed into the players' hate for each other. It's so competitive, but in an unhealthy way, forcing people to step over each other and exploit unfair advantages to have any fun.

The juggernaut fantasy itself just feeds all the fun of the game into one player who steamrolls in 1v5s. The "raid boss" thing, I mean. It's not fun for anyone but the Darius or Nasus who can't be killed and does thousands of damage a hit. They just steal every kill and starve their team, then insult anyone who takes what's theirs.

I see people calling each other "heavy" like the win is something they're entitled to. Like it's always up to them to win the game for everyone else. I thought this was a team game. I thought everyone came together to seal the deal, and there is always a chance for a turnaround. I thought this game was fun.

Really, it's just not fun anymore. There's so much horrible crap clashing together. There's only one option for mages trying to defend against AD. There's no options for ADCs to defend against AD. There's no mana regen, anymore, for some reason? Zed is still at large, and all nerfs are being compensated for. No rework in sight. Maybe in the assassin update? But even then, RiotRepertoir ruined my Cassiopeia's defenses against assassins, and made Malzahar a complete monster. It's like no data from the PBE was taken into account when rushing these ideas out. He still has his instant targeted disables, too. That's not fair. That's not fun. That's just a rancid relic of Riot's ancient design philosophy. It deserves to be fair. Malzahar is a great champion, but his kit makes for so many unfair situations. Especially now with the free banshee's veil... It's disgusting how poorly designed the rework is.

I think this game is just in such a horribly clashing state that nothing works. New champions are leaning towards skillshots and delayed abilities, and that's great. Everything is telegraphed. But they are totally outclassed by the targeted abilities and hard mobility of older champions which still reign supreme with no signs of stopping. I don't get why Riot doesn't just outright fix some of these things for the greater good, even if they lose some money. It's just gross.

...I'm not leaving, because I've spent so much money on this game that it'd be a horrible waste... I've been here for six years... I've stuck with this game this long, so why quit now? I really want to see the new design of skillshots and delayed abilities come to prevalence, but it's so painful. I hate every bit of playing this game now. It's a struggle, a constant struggle. It's hell on earth, but I'm still here. I don't know why. Hope? I guess it's hope. But Riot ruins everything I used to love... Should i keep trusting them?

15 Comments

Caítlyn5/24/2016, 12:14:01 PM2 votes

Wow TL;DR

I only read the first few lines so if youre bronze and youve been bronze for years, its because youre bronze. You can complain you have sucky teammates, enemy champions are OP etc all you want, but if youve played hundreds of games in bronze and youre still bronze, YOU ARE BRONZE. It may be hard to accept, but thats what you are.

TL;DR you suck

Crazy Chatter5/24/2016, 11:26:53 AM2 votes

Man, you think you are different, but all you are doing is raging and making up facts as you speak. This disc has no damn purpose at all. Also, you try to act like a victim, but it was you who chose to play this game. It's sad how every guy thinks they are on the right and more righteous than other, but in the end, all you do is rage. Also, decide for yourself who to trust cause do you really trust a million strangers more than yourself? In that way, are you any different from the riot in your mind?

ThugWalrus5/24/2016, 12:06:18 PM2 votes

I dunno what to tell ya man. Seems like you're in a funk due to a long losing streak, it happens to the best of us. All of the problems you mentioned are problems that we all encounter to varying degrees in League throughout our climbs. With so many champs, it's hard to balance them all, and what is OP in bronze (trynd, yi, xin) will not be OP in diamond, but is instead replaced with champs like Ekko or Kindred. Every elo has its frustrating champions and it won't get better by climbing out of bronze, the key is to learn how to play your lane against them.

Toxic players is another thing everyone encounters, but I cannot express how amazing the mute button can be. If you teammate so much as puts a "?" after you make a questionable play, just mute him without saying anything. Sounds harsh, but it's the nature of it. In anything that is truly competitive, people will allow their emotions to get the better of them. The choices are either to accept the competitive nature, or stay out of ranked to focus more on the "fun" aspect. It's the same in sports or anything competitive, once you start playing for "rank", it becomes harsh.

I will agree that League seems a bit snowball-ish this season. But there are things you can do to mitigate it. Play stronger mid game champs/lane bullies. Obviously we all want to play our favorite champs, but again with so many champions, not every champ can be meta, it is just not possible. There are a few things you can do to improve your odds, none of which are new to you I'm sure. 1) spend minimal effort and play champs that are heavily favored by the meta (aka "OP" champs), results will likely vary as no champ is without a learning curve (you will probably feed on Yi if you haven't played him a lot, no champ is truly brain dead). 2) Find a champ that is half-way decent (like Garen top, or Ahri mid, or Twitch bot, or Nocturne jungle) and REALLY invest into learning their play-style (I'm talking 40+ games). Champs like this won't be banned from you and you can stay with them throughout multiple patches, and most champs have their own way of dealing with strong meta picks (whether it be farming out the lane or roaming or some other niche). My best advice here might be pick for your comp if you have the champ pool for it. Everyone will tell you to just yolo it in bronze, but if your team needs a tank and you can play a tank it will make a HUGE difference.

Take my advice for what it's worth, you of course don't have to follow it, just some things that helped me. Honestly a lot of what you are complaining about I would wager is stemming from tilt. for example you complain about "raid-boss" style champs (nasus) and tanks (voli) and assassins (zed) and bruisers (xin) all in the same post. This is a result of what happens to all of us, that is calling op on champions that have recently crushed us. Trust me, any champ can be frustrating to play against and I've gone from crying "op" on Olaf, Eve, Caitlin, Riven, Yi, and Malzahar all in the same day. At some point one has to accept that 30-50 champs can't be overpowered, and even if they are, there are more than enough to choose from.

Finally the point that sticks out like a sore thumb and kinda sucks to talk about, but must be talked about nonetheless, that is YOU. At some point you have to say "what can I do better?" If you've been around high-bronze and low silver for all this time it is not simply "elo hell" or "bad luck." You obviously have room to improve mechanics or game knowledge as everyone does. This is not meant to poke fun or taunt you, but if you want to improve you have to recognize that your skill might not be where it needs to be.

Pupel5/24/2016, 12:25:41 PM2 votes

You can play AD Annie and win Bronze games....literally. Just learn to focus CS and objectives thouse are the basics then learn winning lane then learn how to team fight. when you start saying things liek Zed is bianary and thoughtless people are just going to look at you like a baby rager

Cursed Aegis5/24/2016, 3:15:39 PM1 votes

Jesus christ, not trying to pile on you, but ffs > pity party for 1 ... ?

post edit: OK, just do your best and improve yourself. Focus objectives and roam when you can. I take it as a compliment when I roam as a support and the ENTIRE enemy team comes for me, ignoring the rest of my "team". Keep trying and ignore the nonsense.... and ffs plz /mute all at the 1st hint of lameness in chat. Your all chat should be OFF forever, as well... at least in ranked. Good luck and watch out for bears.

Fovere5/24/2016, 2:38:36 PM1 votes

The money you've spent on the game has been lost, wasted maybe, or perhaps just fully utilized. You aren't getting any more value from it by spending your time in a game you don't enjoy.

Either change your approach to the game, or go somewhere else.

Playing to justify the purchases is just creating a more severe loss

Xanit5/24/2016, 11:15:37 AM

Already, simple downvotes with no input. I knew I could count on you, League of Legends community, to not even give me a chance once again. Just keep them coming. Shit all over me once more. Ignore me, bury me with your hate. I had it coming for putting myself out in the open. Trash my thread once more, just because it exists. Just because it's mine. Go, exalt the threads of others that say generally the exact same things. Go ahead. Have fun without me. Nothing I say matters, anyway.