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Why League of Legends is no longer enjoyable.

FCUK YOU RITO··6 votes·1,311 views

Over the last year, I have come to notice my decreasing enjoyment of League of Legends. Dynamic queue was a huge part of this discovery, but with the Season 7 changes, I will save myself the breath of illustrating how truly terrible this system was. Instead, I would like to discuss why League of Legends is simply not fun anymore.

I first began my journey with LoL back in Season 3. The game enticed me, because I saw players who were clearly more skilled, dominate and carry their team to victory. I thought, "Wow, what a great game!". Season 4 I climbed to Gold 2 ELO and was having a complete blast with learning and becoming a better player. We are now into Season 7, and all of season 5 and 6 were completely miserable and here is why.

In Season 3 and 4, I felt that when I performed well and carried my team, I could do just that. Carry my team. In season 5 and 6, and even now with the launch of Season 7, I have come to the conclusion, that no matter how well I perform, I am limited to the weakest link on my team. For a general example, I can perform at S rank for multiple games in a row, and still lose all of these games. Now I am not saying that an S rank = sure win.

But what I am trying to point out, is that no longer is this game about dominating and then proceeding to carry your team with your dominance. This game has morphed into complete team play; which I think would be really fun, if everyone on your team could perform at a competent level of play. This simply is just not the case on a game to game basis if you are not above a certain elo. Because of this hindrance, I believe that League of Legends has lost all of what used to be fun about the game; IE Dominating the game and carrying my teammates to a victory.

In the current state, it is irrelevant how well I perform. I believe this is why most players become toxic during a match. They no longer feel that their performance has an effect on the outcome of the game. After repeated experiences, this can become extremely frustrating. This is what I have found to no longer give me pleasure with League of Legends.

Riot, as a true fan of the game you created, I am devastated to have to uninstall a game that I once loved. I believe part of the problem, is because the focus of the game has shifted from developing a great and enjoyable game, to developing a money machine. League was cool because it was sort of an underground type feel of an environment.

With the mainstream popularity, I believe you have lost your roots. I hope that you remember that the reason you created this game was to be fun and enjoyable, not to make a profit. I know you will write this off as a toxic player, with a toxic name, but understand that I truly used to love your game.

My summoner name is only a reflection of my frustration with the direction of this company. You would be surprised at the number of compliments I receive in matchmaking. I know that other players share this same emotion towards the game and I hope that this will be a catalyst in showing Riot that the community of players who helped you with your success in early years, are slowly leaving because of your complete lack of gratitude and the shift of passion from making a great, enjoyable game, to making money. Shame on you Riot. The sad part, is that deep down, I know Riot does not care.

So, I will be uninstalling League and moving onto other games.

Thank you for the great memories.

Respectfully,

FCUK YOU RITO

52 Comments

Marshbouy6 votes

Plays a team game, yet complains about it being a team game [zombie-brand-mindblown]

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Clearly missed the message. I bet you think the Earth is a globe.

midnight oil241 votes

I'm going to assume you think the world is a globe and are just trolling with that comment.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

I am going to assume that you have not done enough research to understand the absolute absurdity of the globe model and are speaking from an emotional bias to what you think you know.

midnight oil241 votes

Well, I mean, the planet is more oval shaped. Or do you think it's another shape altogether?

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

The earth is a plane, not a planet. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions.

midnight oil242 votes

My time has come.

Do you understand what would happen if the earth were a plane? There would be no rotation keeping the different hemispheres from having the same climate. There would be no time differences. We'd all be flying off into space. The earth is an egg shape, that's how people can fly all the way around the world. Can't do that on a 2D plane.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

I am not here to convince you. Please read the above post.

midnight oil241 votes

Just noting that when you state your opinion as a fact, which was shown in the way you phrased it, you should expect people to offer their own views back.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

It is a fact that can be proven. The globe cannot be. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions.

I am not here to convince you.

midnight oil241 votes

Present me with your evidence. I would rather see you state what makes you feel this than you just saying that it can be proven.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Polaris and all other constellations in the night sky never shift their relative location over 6000 years. If the earth were wobbling about an orbit of the sun, the night sky should not look identical to the night before due to relative location and perspective. You mentioned time.

The earth facing the sun at exactly noon in June lets say is on the right side of the ball. Obviously then the left side of the ball would be midnight and dark, again with the sun being on the right side, relative to the ball. Now, lets jump 6months in time to December where the balls relative location to the sun would be on the opposite side. IE now the Sun is on the left facing side of the balll instead of the right. With this example, we know that the left side will always represent midnight and the right side would represent noon. In Decemeber, when we are on the other side of the sun. Midnight should now be fully lit.. and Noon should be fully dark. According to globe theory. Obviously, this is not what we experience.

There are many more proofs that the globe model is absolutely ridiculous. Here I believe are the 2 most obvious.

midnight oil241 votes

But when we see the constellations, that's because the earth is at a position that allows us to see the constellations.

How do you explain seasons and hemispheres? Those can't exist without the earth being ovular.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Right but as you just said... position is everything. So when we move positions... the constellations should also move relative to our positional change from our new perspective. But they do not. They remain the exact same. The north star, Polaris, can be viewed from the southern hemisphere. On a globe model, this is absolutely impossible unless you are able to xray vision through the ball.

Go do some research. Go watch some flat earth videos with an open mind. Try to take a new perspective. Try to debunk flat earth. Try to prove gravity exists.

Do not just watch a bunch of globe videos that back up your current world view. Go watch some videos that challenge your current world view and present evidence to sway you to the flat earth model. Then try to disprove their theory.

I have not been able to disprove the flat earth plane. But I have plenty of evidence, that can disprove the current globe theory. This is how I have drawn the conclusion that the earth is a flat plane. Until I am presented with evidence proving other wise. The earth is a flat plane.

midnight oil241 votes

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/A-Stormy-Atlantic.jpg

Here's my evidence. Tell me where the rest of the continents are.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

And you believe that is an original photo from space? Where are the stars in the background? Did you take the picture? Seeing is not believing, contrary to popular belief.

Again. I am not here to convince you. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

And you believe that is an original photo from space? Where are the stars in the background? Did you take the picture? Seeing is not believing, contrary to popular belief.

Again. I am not here to convince you. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-lT2EZJ69E

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQArDd3ybp7wm37TTmKu9Wg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5i_iDyUTCg

Jorencice2 votes

Dont try. Flat earthers are literally the densest people you will ever meet. Ive spent days of my life arguing with them.

You could literally fly one to space and they would say the lizard overlords slipped them drugs to simply make them think they were in space.

(Ps they dont think space exists).

midnight oil241 votes

How can they not think space exists? and how do they think we can fly around the planet?

I'm impressed that you've argued for this for long periods of time. You'd think most people would give up.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

LOL. I knew this would turn into this sort of thing.

I AM NOT HERE TO CONVINCE YOU. So please stop trying to convince me, and drop your condescending attitude.

@Jorencice Dense people are people who try to box you in, with one way thinking, and segregate what they believe to be "dense thought" by grouping them as subordinates. "Flat Earthers" are just bringing up a relevant conversation, with relevant evidence to back their claims. "Globers" tend to not look at any evidence that may disrupt their current world view, or do any research. Rather, they dismiss the idea before any personal investigation of both arguements. To me, that is a very dense approach.

"It is easier to fool people, than to convince them they have been fooled." -Mark Twain

The Whamboozler6 votes

Um... did you not read the post? He's upset because the game used to be more winnable based on individual skill. It was always a team game. His issue is that a single player's ability to carry a team that is doing poorly has gone further and further down over time. The game isn't fun for solo players anymore. It's not just DQ... DQ just made the bias and how much things have changed REALLY obvious. The game is now about "bring all your friends if you wanna do well". Coordinated teamplay is what wins games now and the solo player is less able to carry a bad team than ever before. THAT was his point. That teammates went from a part of the game that you could overcome to a frustrating anchor around your neck that will probably drag you down with them. Riot wants people playing and bringing their friends... groups = more players and more players = more money.

Then again, you clearly didn't read his post so I'm gonna guess you don't read mine either.

FCUK YOU RITO2 votes

Thank you.

The Whamboozler3 votes

No prob man, I got what you meant... even if I'm lousy at putting it into words myself. The game just isn't for solo players anymore.

Tactical Poro4 votes

"In the current state, it is irrelevant how well I perform. " Yep. Regardless of any situation the odds of you winning are 50% when you feed 100 kills or are fed 100 kills. Come on, be real. This whole grading system just makes everyone feel like they were the boss in every game when in reality it's just a dampening letter that means nothing in the team play. It's a team game, initiating any sort of solo achievement in a team game is silly and leads to no grounds for being a recognizable "well I did this well.." argument.

Game's change over time. There's been a lot of really cool things that have happened to LoL, and at the same time a lot of really awful additions. The goal of this game was a team game from the get go. When you feel as though you could solo the world back in previous seasons compared to the current state just shows how flawed the previous seasons were. Where now, if one person isn't playing at the teams level it shows. It's changed a lot, but to a more realistic state.

FCUK YOU RITO2 votes

As I said, I think the idea of the game moving in a team based direction is great. But when your teammates are incompetent of fulfilling an ADC's duties, ie simple AA'ing during a team fight or positional errors, the game now becomes impossible to win, due to the lack of damage output from your ADCarry.

Tactical Poro1 votes

^ this attitude towards the game is what makes this article shine.

It's always another's fault. You have every capability in this game to find players and make a team. Play as a team, and coordinate as a team. If you choose to play solo and get matched up with a random then you run this risk. Once again, that's your choice. Heaven forbid we try to find a way to not have to play with someone who isn't "competent."

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Our Troops,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=aJNTWwQZ,comment-id=00000001,timestamp=2016-12-09T03:01:29.000+0000)

Um... did you not read the post? He's upset because the game used to be more winnable based on individual skill. It was always a team game. His issue is that a single player's ability to carry a team that is doing poorly has gone further and further down over time. The game isn't fun for solo players anymore. It's not just DQ... DQ just made the bias and how much things have changed REALLY obvious. The game is now about "bring all your friends if you wanna do well". Coordinated teamplay is what wins games now and the solo player is less able to carry a bad team than ever before. THAT was his point. That teammates went from a part of the game that you could overcome to a frustrating anchor around your neck that will probably drag you down with them. Riot wants people playing and bringing their friends... groups = more players and more players = more money.

Then again, you clearly didn't read his post so I'm gonna guess you don't read mine either.

Again, I am not blaming my team for my loss or for being unskilled. You might want to read the post again.

Tactical Poro1 votes

"In Season 3 and 4, I felt that when I performed well and carried my team, I could do just that. Carry my team. In season 5 and 6, and even now with the launch of Season 7, I have come to the conclusion, that no matter how well I perform, I am limited to the weakest link on my team. For a general example, I can perform at S rank for multiple games in a row, and still lose all of these games. Now I am not saying that an S rank = sure win." --- all about your individual ability to carry that "anchor" as Out Troops dubbed.

" But when your teammates are incompetent of fulfilling an ADC's duties, ie simple AA'ing during a team fight or positional errors, the game now becomes impossible to win, due to the lack of damage output from your ADCarry."

"Again, I am not blaming my team for my loss or for being unskilled."

-Are you joking? You literally just said these up above. How can you even justify this statement?

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

You are entitled to perceive what I have to say in an inaccurate fashion. I am saying that my influence over the outcome of the game from a solo players perspective has diminished.

Tactical Poro1 votes

You just stated that in previous seasons if you were doing well you could carry your team. Yet deny that fact, and once again avoid it further.

You're right the game from a solo players perspective has diminished, because it's not a solo player game. It's a team game. Until you take the time to process what that means for a game like this, you'll just continued to be annoyed by the "why's" of this situation.

Everything you keep saying just makes the case stronger for how this game is more in line with how it should be. As a team game it should be team dependent. If a team isn't working out, it shouldn't succeed.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

I understand what you are saying. And I have already responded to this idea above. You might want to reread the post.

Tactical Poro1 votes

"You are entitled to perceive what I have to say in an inaccurate fashion."

Response was to how naive this statement was. You clearly know your pursuing a disagreement over something that you once again clearly know the answer too. You're unhappy with a game that's blossoming in to a more true and realistic version of what it wants to be. There's plenty of game you can have a solo carry mentality and get by with, maybe your moving on was for the better. No one wants a solo mentality in their matches.

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

I think you may have just highlighted the miscommunication. Solo queue is dead. This is now a 5v5 game.

Tactical Poro1 votes

At what point was this a solo game?

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Not sure. As I never have taken that stance.

GreenWithEnvee3 votes

Upvoted to say fuck you to the people riding riot's dick

iTzYaBoyJohnCena2 votes

I agree with you

Mig892 votes

You realize as you rise in rank, the ability to solo carries is reduced just because of who you play with. If you want to solo carry, go back to bronze

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

And you do realize, that you missed the message. Learn to comprehend.

Jorencice1 votes

He didnt. You have simply hit your plateau.

I know a master tier player and he can still easily solo carry his way up to diamond 1

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Again. I am not upset at being stuck at my current elo. You might want to reread the post again, also.

Jorencice1 votes

Thats EXACTLY what your angry about.

Your exact quote:

"But what I am trying to point out, is that no longer is this game about dominating and then proceeding to carry your team with your dominance"

Your angry you can no longer 360 no scope your way through games and solo carry a FIVE PERSON TEAM GAME.

But im telling you that if you deserved to be a higher elo than you currently are you actually CAN solo carry games.

But since you have hit you plataue you have to change your strategy and learn how to corral your teammates. And how to control the flow of the game.

I mean you think its just a coincidence that some pros have solo carried MULTIPLE accounts to challenger?

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Lol. First of all, no one is angry here.

Second of all, I am not complaining about my current elo, or the progression there of. You are missing the point.

Third, do not link me a single line of the entire piece and go on to dub that to be the overall meaning.

Jorencice1 votes

Have you even read what you wrote?

Or are you just refusing to be proven wrong?

You claim the game is no longer fun and thus toxic because people can no longer be COD heros and 1v5 people.

THAT IS FUCKING 100% LEGIT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

Please re read your own shit because you obviously didnt comprhen what you wrote...

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

If you would like to have a discussion, without getting so riled up, please let me know. I do not wish to be cussed at by some kid, with a 3rd grade comprehension level.

Thank you.

RookPusher1 votes

Was willing to give you some love until the flat earth thing. Good lord...

FCUK YOU RITO1 votes

Believe me. When I first started doing research into flat earth. I thought it was absolutely absurd. I thought, what idiots. I have been researching flat earth for about 3 months now.

Originally, I tried to prove globe theory and tried to disprove flat earth theory. The more I researched, the more the globe theory started to look ridiculous. The more I researched, the more impossible it became to believe the world as a globe. The more research I did, the more globe theory began to fall apart. The more research I did, the more clear it became. The Earth is flat.

I think the hardest part about letting go of the globe theory, is that at the deepest level, there is an emotional attachment to the ideology (just like with religious beliefs). But with research, you will find that the globe theory does not make sense.

Believe me. It is hard to admit that what you have been told and think you "know", might be wrong and inconceivable.

I would encourage you to dive into the topic. But when you do, don't just look up information that supports your current belief. Try to get as much information about what "flat earthers" belief and questions, pertaining to globe theory. Then, reexamine the globe theory. Then, compare the two. Then, try to debunk each of them. I am willing to be that if you do a thorough research job, that your world, too, might shift.

Cheers

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