What do people here want?

Remember when came out and everyone got disappointed because his "big thing" was his orbiting passive and a useless gimmick on Q that no one really cared about since it's easy to kite back from?

Remember when was only used when he was broken as hell and now that he's brought in line, no one really gives a shit about him anymore?

You know how people like to praise shit like as "the good designs", but no one's out here actually playing Ashe?

Hell, we all know about how people champion "Simple designs", but somehow forget that simple designs can be pretty fucking toxic depending on the individual in question, right?

So riddle me this: Why is it that people are more concerned with not feeling like they got styled on more than they're worried about if something's actually well designed or not? If something's fun and cool to play in the game or not? Everyone's worried about how big and flashy they think the other guy's tool is instead of worrying about their own tools and what they bring to the table, or their own game play in their own sub-class and role. People say shit like "The strategic elements are gone" and then entirely forgo any strategic planning in the drafting or building of their champions, like it's Riot's fault people regularly play this game like a bunch of morons in solo queue. People point at others being op for being flashy or making pro play appearances while maining some of the highest win rate champions in their lanes like Jax and Ahri. When does the fuckery get checked in this community for once?

Like, people complain about champions having too many dashes or champions being op on release, but Nunu comes along, who's tons of fun if you ask me, and people don't play him that much across all elos even though he doesn't have any mobility and his cc as a tank isn't "tons and tons of hard cc looped together". People blame the LCS for making champions worse and shit, but they forget that the LCS shines a light on the potential these champions have and actually help boost the popularity of champions. How long was Aatrox complained about for being bland and useless? YEARS. Riot finally delivers on his thematic as a massive war god that leads the charge into the enemy with earth-crushing sword swings, his popularity his healthy, his game play is fleshed out with more skill checks, and people somehow keep coming on here complaining about how "Aatrox is ruined" because he got 2 weeks in the LCS to abuse Rageblade. I don't fucking understand...at all.

Like, how do you move forward when there's always something wrong? Could you imagine trying to make a meal for someone and every dang time you bring the plate to the table, something is wrong? Regardless of how trivial or nonsensical it is, just SOMETHING? "The flavor is too sweet". "Now it's too bitter". "The plate is blue. That isn't good". "I wanted a wine". "I meant a red wine". "Didn't I say white wine?". "Why are you giving me this pussy shit when I wanted a scotch?" "You should have put shrimp in this, or to the very least given me a red wine". "You know eating shellfish is a sin in the bible, right?" That's basically the game play boards. You guys complain about the fun not being there or whatever, but a lot of that is due to yourselves actively forgoing the notion that the fun in a hardcore game is the struggle to WIN the game, not to complain until the game's owners make it piss easy for you to win. Instead of focusing on your experience and the enjoyment you could have, you pinpoint a thing and just zero in on how much that one individual aspect bugs you, even when there are answers to that thing in the game laid out for anyone to use. How are you gonna enjoy League that way, let alone overcome these things that bug you?

And don't give me that "It's different people" shtick. Whenever you guys largely feel the same on a topic (Dynamic Queue, Firing CT, Firing the balance team, Firing Ghostcrawler, deleting Yasuo, bashing Riot), you can see it in what types of posts regularly make front page and regularly get mass upvoted. You guys have SOME degree of unity, but you use it in the worst ways possible.

But lemme make this thread clear: I'm not against having complaints on the boards. Complaining like a bunch of babies is one way for Riot to notice us faster, and it's done some good for us (like Riot lowering burst damage and introducing customizable pre-game stats in season 9). I'm saying there needs to be a sense of responsibility in the community when it comes to more baseless, salt-spurred claims about the game state, and that the game could benefit from people shifting their framing of League a bit. I know I come off as aggressive on these boards, but if you want me to clarify a point of mine that you don't agree with or something, just ask. Not just this thread, but any thread you see me posting in. I'll be happy to usually.