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The "FORCE A SURRENDER" Meta

Cavemantero·5/29/2017, 4:55:24 PM·85 votes·4,222 views

It sucks. This all so we can have faster games. I can't tell you how satisfying it is to win a game by surrender because someone on your team snowballs (hint: its because its not statisfying at all).

The damage, the paper towers, the new rift herald....all to get the whiners to their next game without trying or developing skill through grinding out games win OR lose. It sucks.

Thanks rito for catering to the weakest minded individuals who play this game. You know they'll toss money at you because, well...because they're weak minded, so that's who you listen to. Don't think I don't know a thing or two about marketing tactics.

So I've joined the boycott on spending on your game. I've put a lot of time and money into this game and I don't even play ranked...but that stops now thanks to your season 6 and 7 trends. Just not worth it anymore. I even want that Pulsfire Caitlyn skin but when I see it on the login screen...I just get a bad taste in my mouth about it...so I'll play it to get a win in and for a decent 'quickie'...but with the shallow strategic depth now...yeah, that's all it'll be to me. No more cash for you rito.

131 Comments

dakota saturn5/29/2017, 4:56:38 PM36 votes

If you don't like the new unanimous surrender feature... then don't make it a unanimous decision...?????

https://s1.postimg.org/441o49ymn/asdfghh3.jpg

LegacyDAP5/29/2017, 5:18:25 PM10 votes

What exactly is the "force a surrender meta"?

Do you mean games ending quicker because somebody has an advantage and snowballs it hard?

Yeah, that's how it should be.

Arsenic Sulfur5/29/2017, 6:47:12 PM10 votes

You know what else isn't fun? A 50+ minute game because the enemy Ziggs said "I'm probably not gonna win this, so I'll hold the game hostage with waveclear so good it works on 2 lanes at once!".

Short games can be a bad thing depending on who you ask but unnecessarily longs games are worse because they take a lot more time then they needed to.

Project omen5/29/2017, 6:06:57 PM6 votes

Not really interested in the post but I just wanted to say this: You don't get to demand anything from Riot just because you're paying. No one does. You weren't forced to pay money in order to play the game, you payed willingly to get some extra features. That's it.

OtterlyLost5/29/2017, 6:09:43 PM5 votes

I like the new unanimous surrender vote, tbh... :/ There are just some teams I don't want to play with because I don't trust them to ever chill out and come back. Or they screw me over and dumpster me.

OyddAWqJ5r5/29/2017, 9:32:24 PM4 votes

Lol idc free LP you guys can quit my goal was to win anyway.

Pandemic Punch5/30/2017, 6:16:15 AM4 votes

What can a demoralized team who are also likely dealing with toxicity, learn in 5 minutes between the 15-20 minute mark? Because... That 5 minutes is the only thing you are really talking about right now.

Maybe they learn how to rage more? :D

SpecterVonBaren5/29/2017, 7:05:59 PM4 votes

You really think this feature is used at all? It's hard enough to get people to agree to a surrender at 20 minutes while being down 6 towers to the enemy team's 1 and the enemy having 21 total kills to your team's 6. You really honestly think the unanimous surrender vote gets used more than once out of every hundred games?

Arakadia5/29/2017, 5:53:38 PM4 votes

I really want slightly lower death timers late game, lower game reliance on who your jg is and how they play, lower damage across the board for the vast majority of champions, if not all champions, way stronger turrets, some further risk for doing 4 mans bot lane, etc.

inplane5/29/2017, 9:06:34 PM3 votes

League has devolved into 20 minute fiestas and other RTS MOBAs will follow in its wake in an attempt for popularity. That is the sad reality. Riot is just doing what is smart and catering to the CoD kiddies who want to play a lightning fast game before bedtime.

aqours fanboy5/30/2017, 5:18:05 AM3 votes

I'll play a slightly behind game but not a game where we're pushed in to our inhibs at 20.

Like when it's gone, it's gone. It's not a weak mindset, it's using time effectively. Shouldn't have to do something longer to get the same result than if you quit while you were behind.

Add Me After5/30/2017, 4:43:16 PM2 votes

I wouldn't call myself weak minded I'd say I'm more of a thinker then a block head

I think spending 30 extra mins past the 15 min mark - with demoralized teammates and a slim (really it's slim) chance to win is not worth it when I could instead, now hear me out this it might shock you, move on with my life

http://www.leagueofgraphs.com/rankings/win-stats

As you can understand here, well maybe you won't understand, but the chance of winning after losing first tower is less then 30% and those are the types of games that get /ff

Statistically you'll lose 7,"never give up" hour long games to enjoy the 3, hourlong games you will turn around.

And the 4 other players with lives and choices of their own will send all the chill vibes you're way next time you stop a 15min /ff I'm sure

SirTeemoMushroom5/29/2017, 4:57:45 PM1 votes

riot on s6 was like "we are against the snowball thing"
yet they realized this new herald which takes at least 1 tower for free and u have time to snowball ..