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Breeding incompetence

Crowsian·11/10/2016, 1:52:36 AM·1 votes·882 views

Downvotes incoming

In an ideal world players start their climb on ladder straight at level 1. New or not you still have a rating. The point of ratings are to tell you where you stand and they still exist in normal draft or ranked draft. It's just that there is no visible rank in normals.

To put it simply everyone who supports keeping normal draft alive are players who don't take league matches seriously, or sucks so much that they are insecure about getting a rating that accurately shows their skill level.

There is no reason to NOT play ranked. Practice? The best practice would be against other players who are playing to win, not other players who just want to practice too. Being scared of losing rating in ranked is a pitiful reason for keeping normal draft. More so if the fear is from knowingly having radical picks in champ select.

edit: Answer to all future posts: It's more likely for someone on your team to have mastery 7 on a champion and feed their butts off even when trying their hardest than getting someone on your team who simply plays to lose by picking radically incompetent champion choices in the wrong roles,(such as soraka jungle or twitch support). then again, I haven't experienced bronze or silver for a couple years. SO, hypotethical incompetent picks are not exactly a strong contention point for drafts being merged, because these kind of troll picks happen in ranked regardless of there being an open normal draft queue 24/7.

19 Comments

Live2LetDie11/10/2016, 1:56:58 AM5 votes
  1. Maybe I want to try a roll I dont normally play.
  2. Maybe there is a new champ that i never touched before and would already be going in with a disadvantage since the other team picked champs they know.
  3. Maybe i dont feel like focusing all my attention on the game and watch youtube on the side
  4. Maybe i want to play teemo

There are many reasons to have normals or you should never, ever, rage at someone who feeds during your game becuase they are trying a new champ in ranked since, hell, thats where they have to practice it.

Brotha11/10/2016, 1:59:43 AM2 votes

I only play this game for ranked. That being said my boyfriend enjoys playing this game for fun times. He likes to play in a semi-serious game. He tries to win, but he dislikes the pressure of ranked. He also likes to practice new champs in a ranked esq environment. He doesn't want to try and learn a new support when he has an adc Taric or whatever other abomination blind pick typically breeds. When you're trying to climb in ranked do you really want a first time Nidalee support? If normal blind were to be taken away in NA, this is the type of player you risk having on your team. No they will not try to train over in blind pick because they will tired of all of trolls and people simply screwing around.

My Sea Cow11/10/2016, 2:02:29 AM1 votes

Here's a serious question for you then since you want to get rid of draft normal....why would you want to play someone who is going to play (for example) Ivern Mid to see if it could work in a ranked game? Or Bard mid? (or any ridiculous pick)

Why would you want to be suck in a ranked game with a first time Nami player? or first time X player?

Why would you want to have someone constantly feeding the jungler or whatever laner because they don't know the attacks or the champion they are playing, making that much harder for you to win?

Serious questions. For me, I wouldn't want to so I"m just trying to see why someone would then. Since I'd never want to do that, I'd never put anyone through it which is why I play normal drafts when learning a new champion or trying some funky pick out. Just because I play normal draft doesn't mean I'm playing just to practice...I still play to win...I still want to win and do my best.

Or some people just want that chill atmosphere that you get more from normals because some people take ranked so seriously.

Either way, I see no reason to remove it....it's not hurting ranked in any way so what's there to lose for us players?

Anomander11/10/2016, 2:08:45 AM1 votes

In an ideal world players start their climb on ladder straight at level 1.

They do with league. Mmr starts at lvl 1. Your normal mmr then helps set your mmr when you jump into ranked.

To put it simply everyone who supports keeping normal draft alive are players who don't take league matches seriously

No. For most it is about giving people a place to "Practice" outside of ranked. A great place to learn new champions and test patch changes.

There is no reason to NOT play ranked.

You smoking something? Not everyone wants to TRYHARD all day long.

The best practice would be against other players who are playing to win

True. However this doesn't always allow for reflection during the match.

Being scared of losing rating in ranked is a pitiful reason for keeping normal draft. More so if the fear is from knowingly having radical picks in champ select.

I don't believe fear is the reason most want to keep normal draft. Also projecting feelings onto others doesn't help your argument.

Limmie11/10/2016, 2:18:43 AM1 votes

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There is no reason to NOT play ranked.

Next time I want to have fun playing ADC Morgana, I'll make sure to do it in your promos.

DemainaNyx11/10/2016, 4:19:10 AM1 votes

I use normals to play champions that I've never touched before. If I don't even know what the champions abilities do, why should I take it into ranked?

bad arcade kitty11/10/2016, 4:21:00 AM1 votes

i understood the title as incompetence in breeding :3