arguments against a non unanimous early ff + ffs in general

Dr Dog··2 votes·1,550 views

i really dont understand how people are so adamant about being anti surrender, im gonna preface this by saying **i dont think ranked should at all have an ff vote and none of this applies to ranked matches **

i always hear "stay in losing matches to improve" but lets be real for a second, how the game is rn you usually arent learning from losing matches because they're too far gone often than not, would it not be better to start a new match from scratch and improve from there instead of being trapped in a one-shot fest? imo the way the game is now losing isnt a learning experience unless its a long match that ends up lost, a pure shit stomp has nothing of value for you to learn after it starts when all you needed to learn from that point was mistakes you made that lead to that point

another thing i hear is that "every game is winnable" i think everyone knows most games can be brought back, but keep in mind this is a game ment for fun, if most of the team agrees to ff it usually means that even if its kinda winnable no one wants to play it out because its just not gonna be fun, uphill battles arent fun for most people in norms, winning at the cost of a long frustrating match just isnt worth the hassle for a lot of people and can easily ruin your next match because your tilted from the last match even harder than you would be if you coulda just ended it at 15 and got into a good match after not to mention that those hard losses that are pulled back are just way too rare and your usually just gonna end up wasting more time on a loss with no payout

if theres anything i missed or any counterpoints you want me to rebut just leave a comment

[sg-miss-fortune]

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The Highest Noon4 votes

"Every game is winnable" is the most nonsensical hypothetical response I've ever heard used in these debates and almost never actually applies. "Every game is winnable" because the enemy team could spontaneously fall into a coma irl giving you opportunity to win while they're 500% AFK.

THAT is why "every game is winnable" and THAT is why the argument is bullshit.

Let's be real, here:

  • Not every game has a realistic win condition
  • Not every team can be carried
  • Not every game is solo carryable
  • Not every player deserves to win
  • Not every team deserves to lose

Time is humanity's most precious commodity. If you are wasting time, you are wasting life. There is no reason to waste your life on something that will not benefit you, such as up to 20 more minutes of a losing game.

The game I just played was a stomp from start to finish yet the enemy team wouldn't FF. It ended with a score of 52 to 28 with a 10k gold advantage, every dragon, every tower on their side taken, in about 35 minutes and a TANK with NO DAMAGE ITEMS hyper-carrying. That, to me, is not a game that should've been pushed beyond the 20 minute mark. People need to stop clinging to their damaged pride and just FF when a game is hopeless. "Hey they might decide to quit or just keel over!" is not hope, it's delusion. In the time the game took after the early surrender point, a new game could've been started that they could've won by the time this one finished.

Dr Dog1 votes

agreed agreed, ive had quite a few games where they're at our base at 17 and theres obviously no hope yet 2 premade butt buddies with the combined score of 3/17 press no so ill just get the people who dont wanna be there to stop defending and let them end, honestly imo duos should only count as one vote unless they have different votes so a toxic duo cant just hold you in a match for 15 more mins

The Highest Noon1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Dr Dog,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=fLknOVUE,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2019-01-09T18:47:33.424+0000)

agreed agreed, ive had quite a few games where they're at our base at 17 and theres obviously no hope yet 2 premade butt buddies with the combined score of 3/17 press no so ill just get the people who dont wanna be there to stop defending and let them end, honestly imo duos should only count as one vote unless they have different votes so a toxic duo cant just hold you in a match for 15 more mins

Funny Fact: I recently had an account permabanned because of a game where one person rage quit after feeding into a 1v1 three times in a row, a jungle talon who was intentionally giving the enemy objectives as part of his "plan", and a support who just wanted to quit while the ADC didn't care either way. The jungler refused to gank anyone nor take over the AFK lane and was letting the enemy team push everything, so I AFKed since we couldn't FF and we had no teamwork and no win condition in sight.

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

If the game is hopeless, just let us live out our lives doing something else, Riot.

Dr Dog1 votes

oh woooow, never seen a perma for afking like actually thats a first, i usually just stay mildly toxic lmao but not enough to where im gonna get punished plus i barely type anyway, smurf accounts are soooooo untilting because even if im losing it feels good to be able to speak my mind and like, flame people i wanna flame though i dont flame people for being bad i save it really for assholes and trolls

The Highest Noon1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Dr Dog,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=fLknOVUE,comment-id=0000000000000000,timestamp=2019-01-09T19:06:11.716+0000)

oh woooow, never seen a perma for afking like actually thats a first, i usually just stay mildly toxic lmao but not enough to where im gonna get punished plus i barely type anyway, smurf accounts are soooooo untilting because even if im losing it feels good to be able to speak my mind and like, flame people i wanna flame though i dont flame people for being bad i save it really for assholes and trolls

I don't believe that the afk itself is why I was punished, but the fact that I said I would and explained to the Talon exactly why. Exactly why rofl that means mentioning the AFK and mentioning that the Talon was letting the enemy team win.

Dr Dog2 votes

ohh ya oof lol, honestly if nothing 0 tolerance was said and someone wasnt flaming the troll all game i think any punishment given because of them should be overturned in light of their own punishment

The Highest Noon1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Dr Dog,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=fLknOVUE,comment-id=000000000000000000000000,timestamp=2019-01-09T19:16:11.686+0000)

ohh ya oof lol, honestly if nothing 0 tolerance was said and someone wasnt flaming the troll all game i think any punishment given because of them should be overturned in light of their own punishment

Ye, but Riot is Riot and doesn't consider player experience in any given decision they make.

LeftyRaydy2 votes

2 games come in mind when I was playing where I was extremely fed 18+ Kills but the rest of my team was doing trash. We could win the game if people played around me, but they surrendered 4 to 1. Just because you are doing trash why should we feel the need to surrender? so many games where I have had an epic comeback or the game turned around. The problem with a lot of people in this game is where they "think" the game is lost and play like trash because they "feel" the game is over already and then are not playing to the best of their abilities. If you want to play league learn to play it all the way through otherwise go play a solo game where you can quit at anytime thanks.

Dr Dog1 votes

this is kinda the opposite of the argument i addressed but just think of it from your teams pov, its a norms not ranked, they're playing for fun, they arent having any fun, norms people dont care all that much about winning if they arent having any fun which is the point of a game, having fun, would you wanna keep playing in a match where you arent having any fun for a shot at winning when it isnt even ranked?

LeftyRaydy1 votes

Well mine were ranked games. ranked games where this actually happens, normals is obviously different by a lot, but at the same time imagine you are trying something in a normal game and you would like to see how it will work out in later game but your team stops trying and gives you nothing to work with. This is still not a good mindset to have.

Dr Dog1 votes

ohh look at the top of my post, i said none of it is talking about ranked games

LeftyRaydy1 votes

my bad but either way I see many posts talking about. Holding hostage and so on and so forth, but I agree on normal games this is completely different.

Inkling Commando1 votes

I never surrender cause I don't give two fucks about winning. I play to play the game and have fun. you want to actually win? go do ranked. there are many more players like you in ranked. blind has absolutely no risk or reward for winning or losing. so there is no reason to cry and surrender when 4 out of 5 enemies are fed to hell and back. like it or not, losing is part of EVERY game. if you can't handle losing then don't play this game, or any game for that matter. it is not the end of the world nor the end of your life if you lose. it is just a game. people need to grow up and learn to lose games. if you wanna make a big deal out of winning and losing then go do ranked where it actually means something. so again, no reason to surrender/give up (which do mean the same).

Dr Dog1 votes

i literally addressed this in the post lol, i specifically said that people ff hard losing games because in this meta they arent fun, most people dont really have fun in matches where all the enemys are fed and all you can do is waste time close to base because the second you leave it you get one shot, playing the game is fun but when it gets to the point you cant even do that it isnt fun anymore winning or losing has nothing to do with the match being boring frustrating and uninteractive

Inkling Commando1 votes

well to me surrendering is not fun. and you need to understand, players only care about themselves and not about the team. "oh you want to keep playing this hard losing game? well fuck you i'm surrendering and since the other 3 want to surrender as well your no vote don't mean shit." i'd rather go 5-100 than ff. I've only agreed to a surrender one time and that is cause I was tired as hell and could not focus. but again, winning and losing don't mean shit in norms. you can't accept losing don't play the game. simple as that.

Dr Dog1 votes

but isnt saying they only care about themselves like very hypocritical, if more people on the team dont wanna be in the game than the one that does would that not make the one person who doesnt the selfish one?

Inkling Commando1 votes

their selifish needs just align is all.

Risk of Fate1 votes

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Dr Dog1 votes

i agree with the first part, what im talking about tho is matches where your team is getting shit stomped to the point you cant really do much at all like getting dove everytime you step up to your outer turrets by a insanely fed assassin or just not being able to do much of anything, not having fun

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