No disrespect intended but my main frusturations in lol come from players.
First my bias, on the whole I like Riot and most reds. I don't always like what they did/do but my expectation is they will make game altering changes, 2-3 times yearly and kick each year off with some dramatic changes.
Some of my beef with parts of the community. Note, if I use you, and it does not apply to you yourself ignore it. If it hits home, yes your part of the problem for me.
Only see the negatives: Folks are so into the habit of only looking at what's wrong its commonplace to see any post about what's good get down voted. Look something that's good does not detract from your frustration with things you don't enjoy. Teammate misplays? hey better let them know their shit and are gonna lose the game. 4 people on your team said no to your FF... to bad you know the game better and comebacks impossible so your gonna AFK farm split push side lanes and feed kills every time they send some one to stop you. Then when the match ends you get to say "see told you guys it was unwinnable" as if that was not some self fulfilling bs created entirely by your own moves. "lol I gave up ages ago." Thanks mate, way to throw. All chat GGEZ. LOL YOUR TRASH. Aight, be a bad sport but its not an endearing quality in a person.
Religiously Enforce Metas: Example. Riot I'm sick of ADC meta. WHY U DO DIS.... Meanwhile, go ahead, try playing
Bot lane, See how folks respond. Also did wanna play your main? regardless of your win % or skill if your mains not a " Top tier viable meta pick" How much fun is it to see teammates go GG GG WE LOSE GARBAGE PICK. Or if they don't freak out and dodge and you happen to get 1-2 deaths in lane, how's that reaction. Riot never sends a system message in lobby "I see your pick intent is
. We at riot games feel he is not viable in the current meta and your 75% win rate is luck, auto banning him. We hope you have some other back up champions you can play at your level in the role you got assigned to that might not even be your main. Good luck." Pros do X, high elo streamer does X. hey bring on the blue build EZ.... Its not punishing at all for your teammates that you cant land his Q, don't know how to lead his R, and don't understand
needs to be stacked rapidly. Or that your cs is 1/3 lower then those players.
There is only 1 true meta, sacred be its name: Hate seeing this, The attitude there's only 1 effective win condition at any time. Forces smaller metas, hurts champion viability. Keeps proper pregame lobby communication toxic. Enforces meta on others. Causes issues building comps and narrows viability.
Proplay is the new Mobafire: Don't know if yall where around for much Mobafire copy and paste but back in early seasons people would link you mobafire guides any time they saw you not build it... and tell you your trash for not following it. Sound familiar? Look PVP game guilds and walkthrough don't help you if your mechanics are weak. Skill has way more impact, knolage can help you improve your skill but theres no step by step Open this chest here use that key there the solution to this puzzle is X for a moba.
Exclusive 1 tricks: Look, I get on the case of 1 tricks from time to time. My stance is that 1 tricking is fine, its a very good way to learn champion mechanics and learn what they do and improve your skill on that champ. More games, more matchups, more comfort all this serves to makes you better assuming your able to learn. I have an issue with folks who only 1 trick a single thing forever, If you have a single main in 1 role and everything else is grossly below that level of skill your a potential handicap for your teammates every game, your basically feast or famine in the lobby. Your perspective on game balance is very narrow, your understanding of teammates matchup's and difficulty's is lacking far to often. Now there are some exceptions kudos if your one of them, but most the time it seems painfully clear players like this have a excruciatingly narrow view of the game. Build yourself a solid champion pool of mains you enjoy, get a basic level of understanding for champions kits as well as what they do well vs or struggle with.
Everything goes if its to prove a point: Throw logic out a window and its impossible to have a rational debate. Your valid points get lost when you disregard reality and don't try to set a realistic expectation. Let things stand on their own merits then live or die by them.
Bandwagon tilt: Upvote farming, RARG THE THING EVERBODYS CAPS LOCKS ANGRY ABOUT ANGERS ME AS WELL... even thou you destroyed that champ last time it was in your match history.... 9 days ago? Hows champion X negitivly impacting your games mate, they are not in your history. oh... you smurf. cool.. uh back that up? don't wanna.... just have to take your word for it? I cant, I'm inherently distrustful of things that are not backed by evidence.
Some one else's fault: I know its frustrating to do well and struggle n lose because some one on your team did badly. But if you don't reflect on your own play, the 1 thing you can consistently rely on every game. You wont see rapid improvements. I make a habbit of looking at my replays on games I slayed it but lost. Put that shit on X4 speed, spectate just myself most the time to look for where I can get better, occasional if I was sitting there scratching my head going "How in the hell did this person lose so badly" I watch it from their perspective. Often times its oh where playing bad but occasionally its oh they did not get the help needed to not fail. the 1 consistent link is you, games not halo its not death match, if your kda is great but your chronically losing matches look for what your doing to break the nexus and if your not seeing patterns of play that lead to that then ya might wanna reanalyze how well you play. also relevant, RITO KEEPS ME DOWN WITH FEEDERS TROLLS AFKERS ETC. Yea? your teammate first timed Sion jungle ranked and you blame riot for this? Not the dude who Picked something they don't know how to play ranked... you blame riot? They can predict the future accurately enough to provide you folks who are gonna feed or troll pick? Its well accepted that feeders are bad, trolls are terrible, and no one wants them in the game. If riot can find these players and put them on your team, riot could just as easily punish them.
Cookie cutter builds: having a stable build knowing its power spikes is good. having 1 build regardless of your or teammates needs is not. Be willing to adjust.
Opinions that differ are wrong: There are grey areas, there's difference in perspective. I don't agree Downvote! I agree UPVOTE! this creates some of that band wagoning in boards. It detracts a good deal from quality posts or valid points and discussions being made visible. Its not bad to agree to disagree, its ok to be open that others might have a different experience then you. If some one has shown effort and tried to keep quality in their post don't just mindlessly down vote it. If you strongly disagree post and generate a discussion. If you don't care that strongly, just ignore it. Some one makes a low quality post, and you agree don't promote them. Don't reward low effort, please. It will only encourage lower quality and we will keep seeing a flood of it show up. I truly expect to see only a handful of comments, probably 3-4 being upset about something I said, 5 to 8 tops agreeing. 1 LOL TO LONG DNDD READ! and to end up with at least -10 votes.
Overall I find it a shame, adjusting the attitudes in community would go a really long way to making game health better. Hell being more unified and supportive community would likely encourage dev communication again.
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being an off main. You play other champions on occasion, not always ranked, but you play them, and you can do ok on them