ARAM a backwash of trolls because "its ARAM"

Darth Abraxis·Feb 18, 2016·4 votes·1,348 views

... Just trying to encourage your team in ARAM is met with "WHO CARES, ITS ARAM"... trolls everywhere. No one cares about lowely ARAM. I specifically play mainly aram for a thrill of not knowing who im going to play. and i enjoy teamfights over sitting in a lane for most of a game. But, it seams im one of only a few, because im always getting mocked for liking aram/taking it seriously.

....Not taking a game seriously just because "its ARAM" should be a reportable offense. The player base has created a toxic game mode people dont play, simply because "its ARAM".......

... Too bad we all know RIOT wont do anything because ARAM doesnt affect ranked 5's (A.K.A. where the money is at)... Yay for troll breeding grounds....

10 Comments

ChickendoodlesFeb 18, 20162 votes

Because it really is just ARAM lol. Intent feeding or general trolling Yeah I get why someone would be mad, cuz I would be too. But to do stupid builds with champs I play all the time to see how it goes or do crazy engages that probably wont turn out well but fuck it its ARAM, my team is here, we got this. I play to win ARAM but I aint gonna be acting like I am playing ranked cuz I want to have fun too.

BrahmsauceFeb 18, 20161 votes

it's just aram bruh

BorkahnFeb 18, 20161 votes

How about competing in tournaments specified to ARAM. That's what I'm doing. I just took 4th place in an ARAM tournament tonight with people who strove to win because we get free RP.

blkh1Feb 18, 20161 votes

never knew there were aram tourneys. I'd do that.

Little Stick ManFeb 18, 20161 votes

and he's serious too

Dessim8Feb 18, 20161 votes

A good start would be to offer a Draft/Ban Howling Abyss and see how it goes. If it catches on... I really hope it does.

Dessim8Feb 19, 20161 votes

I stand by my idea.

Mysticman89Feb 19, 20161 votes

ARAM has its own MMR to it, so those who screw around and/or be toxic will quickly fall to lower MMRs, while those who take it seriously do do their best to win with the champs they've been dealt are prone to rise to the higher MMRs.

This isn't to say that higher MMR's are free of toxicity, but I haven't seen 'who cares it's aram' level of trolls in awhile (and I doubt my mmr in aram is 'that' high anyway).

Dessim8Feb 21, 20161 votes

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ARAM has its own MMR to it, so those who screw around and/or be toxic will quickly fall to lower MMRs, while those who take it seriously do do their best to win with the champs they've been dealt are prone to rise to the higher MMRs.

This isn't to say that higher MMR's are free of toxicity, but I haven't seen 'who cares it's aram' level of trolls in awhile (and I doubt my mmr in aram is 'that' high anyway).

It's still random and you can get champs you don't know.

I understand the fun of all mid. You play with none of the waiting game BS of Rift. But the random? How is that competitive?

Mysticman89Feb 22, 20161 votes

Someone playing a champ they don't know but who is still decent at ARAM (which has its own separate meta and strategies from rift; I've seen plenty of diamond players do awful at ARAM) is prone to do a lot better than someone actively trolling, much as people can do ok in rift on a first time champ.

The random part adds to the fun precisely because people can get stuck trying to make the most of the champs they've been dealt and trying to make the synergy work. Without the random element, it'd just be a big mess of the top 5 teamfighting champions against another group of the top 5 teamfighting champions and it'd be less teamfighting exciting and more who can get off the malph-ult->ori-ult->yas-ult level wombo first.

It's not exactly competitive in the ranked sense just because occasionally teams will be dealt those wombos by random chance versus a syngery-less bunch of randoms (made worse by the aram only accounts who only buy ARAM OPs), but it remains that those who try to do well will trend upwards in MMR, while those who don't try will trend downwards.