When average match length of 50 - 55 minutes. Quick games ended in about 40 minutes and equal matches could go on for 90 - 105 minutes.
Dying once or twice now almost certainly means losing lane or being an irrelevant jungler.
On an unrelated note (going to attach this to all my posts now). Wukong's Decoy (W) needs duration for invisibilty and decoy increased to 2 seconds with a movement boost for full duration.
Critmaster Garen2 votesive played since before season 1 and matches never lasted this long.
40 minutes was the standart match. 30 minutes was really fast, and in some cases they extended to 50 minutes with rare cases of up until an hour (but those were incredibly rare).
i think this was way better than the current situation imo.
SirLapse1 votesNo offense, but I've gotten used to shorter games and only feel like the whole "rubberbanding" thing where you could make a comeback despite playing absolutely terribly early fits the casual player mindset. In ranked, that is one of the most frustrating experiences to be having, especially in lower elo where they don't know how to close out a game unless you're fed beyond the enemy's fighting capability.
It'd be fine if we had a game mode that was a throwback and bring back some oldie items, but I don't think it should be reflective of the ranked queue experience.
Critmaster Garen1 votesNo offense, but I've gotten used to shorter games and only feel like the whole "rubberbanding" thing where you could make a comeback despite playing absolutely terribly early fits the casual player mindset. In ranked, that is one of the most frustrating experiences to be having, especially in lower elo where they don't know how to close out a game unless you're fed beyond the enemy's fighting capability.
It'd be fine if we had a game mode that was a throwback and bring back some oldie items, but I don't think it should be reflective of the ranked queue experience.
i find it quite the opposite. faster, less strategic games with almost no control over your lane, depending on the mood of the enemy jungler feels more casual and less competitive to me.
there was a point where we had decent balance in risk of jungle ganks with turret dives and lane safety. a balance between the impact of winning lane, and midgame teamfights.
this point has long passed.
SirLapse1 votes"No control over your lane" is a lie, the jungler is not playing the lane 2v1 all game. There is a time he will find it useful to be up there, like when the wave is pushing onto the opponent and therefore allows him easier ganks. A lot of the smaller misplays and now punishable this season and it's really casual to say you don't deserve to be punished for getting cocky or blindly doing what you want.
As I said, I don't mind a rotating game mode of some sort. But in ranked, the rubberbanding that would ensue from past seasons would just come back in full force. The way the current meta sits is that you have to pick something that secures your team an advantage rather than "play good enough to make it work." That's all based on the mix/max nature of what we've gotten through competition and the balancing between competitors.
To show an example, pro play back then was extremely slow and barely anything happened on the map. There was a lot of safety across the map because the likelihood you would die when playing smart was very low, and only a small set of champions could force plays to happen. This was not the case for other people. Lower elo has always been known for breaking 30 kills across both teams, with competitive not even having such a thing often. We'd essentially be returning to that time where farming matters more than any outplay.
The game being too fast-paced is subjective. For a casual playstyle, a longer game where you're not punished for everything has existed in past seasons. But it's nothing more than casual. Good for a rotating game mode, not so good for the ranked queue experience. You deserve to have fun but ranked is a place where the challenge is supposed to be the goal, and the challenge in and of itself can be fun.
Dukues1 votesyou still bronze 5 or?
Edit: sorry though you were that wukongx630 or w/e guy. Just saw 
in the name and assumed. Although maybe you are him idk. Just see you not B5 so figured there's a high chance you not.
