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This is getting old.

DontChaseBard·8/31/2016, 6:18:08 AM·14 votes·1,312 views

As a solo only player in ranked, it's getting very old to be continuously bullied, harassed, threatened, and criticized by groups queued up together. I just played a game with a trio that were Top, ADC, and Support. We invade because we have a Blitzcrank but we get spotted early on. So we all just walk together through the red buff area warding around. Then the trio stays in the bush near Krugs only to get 3 man stunned by Anivia and they then have to burn summoners to escape alive. Immediately Blitzcrank and Varus start flaming me and our midlaner for not staying (ok whatever, no one died so everything is actually fine). I ping that i'm coming bot to gank immediately after I hit lvl 3 as Vi except that as i'm moving down river I see that our midlaner is getting tower dove by Elise and Anivia. So I flash in to counter gank and secure a kill on Elise to make it a 1 for 1. Blitzcrank and Varus immediately start flaming me again calling me stupid, idiot, etc because I pinged that I was coming and they got double killed. I tried explaining that I had to go mid to countergank and that "things change sometimes". They didn't want to hear it. So then I go to gank toplane for their trio buddy who has been quiet and just playing the game. I miss my charged up Q on Yasuo because he flashes and immediately the Blitzcrank and Varus get into All Chat and start taunting me making fun of me for missing Q. At this point I'm tilted so I mute them both and continue on. Bot lane continuously gets dove by Elise because they don't ward the back tri bush and they were already losing anyway. Of course it's all my fault even though they were killed early on in 2v2 a few times and then ganked repeatedly for not warding and pushing up or getting caught in the morgana+jhin snare combo. At about 20 or 25 minutes in we are getting absolutely stomped. I unmute both Blitz and Varus in time to see Varus saying "please ff" and then typing in all chat to report me. Then in post game chat he threatened me with the "you're for sure getting 3 reports" because he was playing in a trio. Told me to uninstall and to get a life. This is not a rare occurrence. It's happening more and more because the solo players are the easy scapegoats for blame. Honestly if all elos don't get a Solo Queue option I might very well be done with Ranked/League in general.

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XVI Jake IVX8/31/2016, 6:31:08 AM5 votes

Solo Q added back for Diamond ;( I hate YOU Taric

They need to add solo Q for everyone.

GULAG 4 U8/31/2016, 6:06:51 PM3 votes

Rito be leik

Git diamond or git fucked

Brutalitops018/31/2016, 6:41:43 AM2 votes

I don't see very many dynamics, honestly, and I am in bronze. But, one thing is for certain about us solo players over these dynamics: we're playing to carry ourselves, to learn the game, and to get better. The same is true for any toxic solo players in a game, except that they're also looking to carry and blaming you for why they can't. Yes, it's annoying, but it happens. And while you're slowly improving and getting better at the game, they'll be staying right where they are, being toxic and blaming other people for their mistakes. I had a Master Yi in a ranked game earlier today who was constantly diving stupid situations. He came in and dropped the enemy Kog'Maw and Soraka's health bars super low, then for some stupid reason decided to turret dive them rather than taking the back and summoner's and just letting us push in. Of course, my Nami and I didn't expect him to be that dumb and backed off because that was really the smarter thing to do. He started yelling at us because we didn't follow. Could we have gotten that double kill? Probably, but we would've given up far too much for it to be worth. Better to back up, push the wave into the turret, get the turret, then go drag. He proceeds to come camp bot lane some more and proceeds to continuously dive into them 2v1, 3v1, or 4v1, and then blame us for not going in because we "weren't paying attention to the map". I was paying attention, and if I tried to walk past that Kog'Maw to get into a position where I could help him, Kog woulda just pressed W and killed me because he had more damage than I could deal with from getting ahead earlier when Yi dove them. The thing to remember about these players, though, is that until they accept their mistakes and try to correct them, they will never improve. I've been trying to get that through my cousin's thick skull (he's also a Master Yi main who enjoys diving into the enemy team in the worst possible times and feeding, then getting toxic, which is why I now refuse to play with him in ranked). Anyways, focus on yourself, not the dynamic queue. I highly doubt that people will be queueing any more than duo next year because of the different ranking system. People won't want to be the Dynamic Queue ranks, and they won't want to be stuck with Titanium as the highest they can get. They'll be looked upon with shame as boosted animals, and as such, they'll stop Dynamic Queueing. Personally, I think it would be much better if Riot just returned it to Solo, Duo, or 5-man Team, and if you go 5-man Team, you're only matched up against another 5-man team, as does literally everyone, but Riot refuses to accept the mistake they made and learn from it. They saw a decrease in toxicity, likely caused by more people getting their preferred role in the New Champ Select system, and probably incorrectly linked this with Dynamic Queue. Dynamic Queue hurts the game as a whole, and Riot refuses to recognize this for some reason and just return it to how it was. I bet there'll be a massive decrease in toxicity and improvement to the game as a whole if they keep the New Champ Select system, but make it only Solo/Duo or 5-man. They say they may look into doing this if it seems necessary after the changes ship next year during the preseason.

BIFF8/31/2016, 6:26:10 AM2 votes

Every game. welcome to league.... My issue is not the pub stomping. I can take a 5 randoms vs TSM smurf team thats fine. buts it when I get paired with groups. that is when I'd rather just take the dodge or AFK.

BeMyFriendPlease8/31/2016, 7:23:08 AM1 votes

Paragraphs man. Paragraphs

Ozzie Storm8/31/2016, 9:33:36 AM1 votes

As a jungler main i feel you. Especially the "things change" part. What i usually do is after pinging "on my way" to bot lane and se an opportunity im mid for example i quickly re-ping "on my way" to midlane to show them that there's a change in plans.

Seenan8/31/2016, 6:43:19 PM1 votes

Watch Riot implement soloQ for all leagues right before season ends...kek