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A one year hiatus

Sichem·9/7/2019, 3:20:53 AM·1 votes·1,526 views

Hello. I was a League of Legends player. I haven't played the game in a year. I got bored. Somehow League just lost it's magic, it's hold on me just gone. I want to get back into it, it looks fun. And with all the changes and reworks AND URF, I wanna know... Is it worth it?...

After a year, this game looks very enticing! I've followed the game very loosely, and so many things are just saying "COME BACK!". And when someone is nice in this community, they are NICE. These good people alone probably make it worth coming back. When the match gets fun, it stays fun. Until it's over of course, then there is a 50/50 chance of it turning out to be a horrible match with a horrible team that wants to be horrible to other people.

The game is hard. Like, really really hard. It DOES NOT go easy on New comers or not so new comers who honestly don't know anything and can't catch a break. Starting off with this game is hard. It literally holds you back from using the must have spell flash and other things. Even after that, the game is just basically trial and error. Not a lot of people will help you. Online guides only do so much for "basic" things like wave control and macro play. Even after thinking about it for 2 years I can't wrap my head around wave control, it's so confusing like OH MAH GAH.

Yes or no?

3 Comments

5 Dollar Holler9/7/2019, 1:33:31 PM3 votes

I've hit a weird, soft ceiling on my progression which has lessened how often I play League. I placed in Bronze (wtf was that about, I was Gold last season), grinded back up to Gold. But now it's pretty crazy.

I made a post a week ago about how Leavers were the reason for 38% of my losses (looking at my last 20 matches). What can I do about that? There's no individual skill I can employ to make people stay in a game. I can get really good at Caitlyn but the 4v5 will always turn the tide of the match.
My last loss was a teammate who just charged down mid a few times (would plant a ward in enemy base just to TP into it). End game lobby said "Sorry was on the phone all match."
Loss before that, a teammate failed to connect and for some reason I was the only person to vote to Remake, so we lost a 4v5.
Loss before that, enemy jungler was a smurf who massacred us - I looked at his account on op.gg, has never lost a match.

So I'm encountering a lack of what I'd call good games, where it's 5v5 with everyone trying hard, no one throwing, no one leaving, and evenly matched skill level.

Even in the games where people aren't "trolling" I've found Season 9 to be weird in terms of balance. I either stomp the enemy team or get stomped. Rarely is there that closeness where the next pick or teamfight will eek out victory. It's usually a matter of winning/losing since 10 minutes in and waiting for that team to finally win.

I love a great game more than the outcome of that game, and there's just a lack of that right now. 80% is the weird community behavior and especially lack of punishment for Leavers, 20% seems to be matchmaking issues and not getting the player skill balance close enough.

If you're coming back from scratch, I would not recommend League right now.

DOUBLE TAPPED E9/7/2019, 9:14:23 AM2 votes

Blep. Yes and no.

It's a fun game, when it's not the most stressful game I've ever played.

The high points are very high, and the low points are very low. I guess it just depends how exactly that balances out for you, personally.

For me it's worth it because I just really enjoy playing Katarina, and this is the only game where I can do that.

Jennifer4209/7/2019, 3:27:21 AM1 votes

and urf? you mean arurf on pbe?

no its not worth it lol. i could write an essay that goes on for hours on what riots fucked up, how they literally do the opposite of what the community wants etc.

unless you were a bruiser/assassin player and love to have every game be 4 people basically being minions on each team and 2 on each team 1shotting everything else, the game isnt for anyone.