Forget player toxicity, you know what's toxic?

Maestro80·1/15/2017, 1:53:49 AM·122 votes·5,498 views

...Being forced to autofill a role you never play and having a hard time of it while watching the person in your preferred role go 0/10.

I am an adult with my own business and two children under 5. I have very little time to play this game. When Riot came out with the ability to choose between two roles, I was over the moon, because I could finally focus my limited time on 1-2 roles and specialize in them, rather than having to have a stable of champions for every role.

Then came autofill. Playing an off-role is now much worse than before, because when I do get stuck with adc/support, I'm rusty as hell because I rarely ever play those positions. The game is frustrating even if we do, by some miracle, manage to win despite me derping around with my thumbs up my ass.

I've been autofilled support 3 times tonight. One somebody dodged, once I dodged, and the time I played was as awful as it always is. Riot, instead of needlessly reworking the jungle for the 524th time, maybe try making supports actually fun to play, so people don't have to be forced to. Every time I've had to play adc/bot has been so painful, I've decided I'm just going to dodge if nobody will switch with me. If a lot of people are doing that, how's that going to affect queue times? That would certainly explain why I see so many dodged games. I hate to be part of the problem, but I don't want to waste 20-60 minutes of my precious time playing a role I no longer know. And to all the folks who say, "You should know all the roles," isn't it nice for you that you have time to play the hours and hours that let you cultivate every role. I don't have time for that, especially since role-selection IS A THING THAT EXISTS.

Oh, and bring back goddamn item sets. I played Lux support and there was no recommended support page for her (even though she can often go support) and I can't set up my own. I love item sets, they're great, and I'm stuck with the ones I made months ago for champs I don't even play anymore.

151 Comments

Dracocrash1/15/2017, 2:33:15 AM14 votes

If you get autofilled just take janna. easy to play and freelo.

General Esdeath 1/15/2017, 9:05:09 AM10 votes

Every time I get filled to support I pick Malzahar and tell my adc "WE'RE GOING HARD. NO PUSSY SHIT! WE WINNING THIS ONE BOYS!" and go sightstone + full AP. If Riot wants to autofill me after the last autofilled guy dodges, I'm gonna play it my way.

h5LYF41Lam1/15/2017, 12:54:21 PM5 votes

thats why you should pick singed and go ghost smite then abandon your adc.

coreychichi1/15/2017, 8:25:02 AM5 votes

You know whats more toxic, making me stay in a game for 20 min after someone buys an item walks to lane then dcs back to alter.

THE RlVER KlNG1/15/2017, 3:13:44 PM4 votes

Honestly if you play ranked you should be able to play all the roles at least decently. Autofill is obnoxious and should be removed, but us veterans had to play the game where your role was determined by pick order, and you have to be able to play all of them to adapt for your team.

MrHaZeYo1/15/2017, 8:34:57 AM4 votes

So what your saying is; if you don't get what you want your just not going to do it? That's a pretty good lesson, you should teach it to your children.

Your life must be awesome if you never have to do something you don't really want to do.

Sorcio841/15/2017, 5:41:16 AM3 votes

Learn to play supp as i need to learn to play mid, my worst lane. To deal with autofill, one must get versatility

2Charmnot2Charm1/15/2017, 3:58:48 AM3 votes

Don't pick actual supports till you're in plat, just pick mages like brand/zyra/annie and kill shit.

Also Bard Lulu are fun supports.

ModAcademy Kayn1/15/2017, 8:19:22 PM3 votes

Remember the days before you got to choose two roles? So you get autofilled once in a while, boo hoo, I'd rather not go back to the Dark Ages of ques.

Mistress Madoka1/15/2017, 9:34:38 PM3 votes

Sad truth of the matter is:

#This Game Wasn't made to cater to your lifestyle

So, as much as it might ruin how much fun you have with the game, your time schedule conflicting with your ability to play is your own problem

RocketRelm1/15/2017, 9:38:15 PM3 votes

If you go on the Legacy Client, you can still make your item sets. They'll stick when you play on the Updated Client.

Hurry though, this feature will only last until they retire the legacy client permanently. Which is Soon™, of course.

Joek91001/16/2017, 5:15:34 AM3 votes

If autofill is causing people to dodge they should just get rid of it. I don't mind having to wait a longer time for queue's what I do mind is getting to the end of the champ select screen and someone dodges and I have to do it all over again.

BlueBilberry1/15/2017, 8:54:51 AM3 votes

Try being a support main who is auto-filled into jungle -- only to see the bot lane go to pieces because a "Teemo support" or "Lux support" wants to be the carry leaving the person assigned ADC deprived of minions and grumpy because he/she is having hard time getting fed.

As for the item page issue, I sympathize because I am still stuck with the same pages I made on the old client. At least though, if you know what support items are, they aren't too hard to find on the "All Item" page. (Still it would be nice if they were grouped together in some way.)