SOLO Q NEEDS TO GO!
I think that what people are most upset about is that the ranked system used to be a true test of individual strenght within League. However, with the ranked system change into the Dynamic Q people are having to face the fact that they are alone; meaning they have to work with others that they never met in order to be the victor, climb the competitive ladder, have fun, etc ect.
Amumu is quite an accurate depiction of my previous experience with League ranked systems. I got into League the winter Vi was released because my brother got into it with his college friends at that time. We played like twice in the months to follow before my brother decided he was bored and moved on to another game, but I was not to be so dismayed. I desired to win and boast about my expertise in a game that stood out from current games at that time. There was one thing though that bothered me, no one was there to play with me or show how good I was at the game. Eventually, I convinced one of my best friends who later became my girlfriend to play League. She soon became very good as we played almost every sunday night and once or twice each week night. We soon met up with her cousin and his friends who both were decent at the game and created a fun group that would play quite often. However, when we broke up, the group of friends also broke up and while we still are on each other's lists, we never play together. I asked friends if the wanted to play, but they never were into games like League.
A year has past and this brings us to today. In the past months I have played alone. Quite honestly, it plainly sucks. I quite League for a month because the teams I was getting were sub par and either exceptionally trolly or plain consistently awful; AKA I get fed but team feeds http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2157964258/207266115?tab=overview . Now I'm not saying by any means that I'm good at Illaoi, but quite often this sort of situation occurs and there is nothing I can do about it. However, just recently I have been invited by one of the random people on my friends list: you know, the kind of name that's always on but you never invite to games because you always auto-click start game from constantly playing alone. With this group of people I have climbed from silver 2 to gold 5 in just a week and that was with Dynamic Queue. I honestly hate playing without these guys because, even though they are silver 3 and lower, we have really strong communication and an overall synergy of personalities. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2155655618/207266115?tab=overview <- best game I have played in a while because of these guys.
I think RIot NEEEEEEEEEEEDS to start putting more emphasis on the Club system. League needs to become more of a social game in order for a Dynmaic Queue to work because people like me, whose "face to face" friends don't much care for League, find great people that already play the game. I liked my experience with the clan system in Smite. Clans can be viewed by anyone and members are given rewards based upon how many people in the clan are playing or have played that week. My Smite game experience has been much more sociable and has led to some great friendships because of this clan system. I find that the one main solution to the Dynamic Queue and Solo Queue is by making League of Legends a social game. This is accomplished by encouraging people to play together in the clubs and also making the club's names visible and FECKING SEARCHABLE. Like seriously Riot just give the feature substance; for example, being able to click on the club tab and see currently available clubs that you can join.
I'll end with one statement: League of Legends shouldn't be a game you play alone, instead it should be a game in which you play and grow with like-minded people; because what is the point of a game if you cant't share experiences with those you care about.
Have yourself a great day!
