Concerning ARAM-accounts

Slartibartfast·Sep 24, 2016·10 votes·928 views

Gotta love how everyone is infuriated with the ARAM accounts on ARURF and the inevitable dodging-streaks you are faced with from people who are unhappy with their roll until you are finally punished with a bad roll cause you don't dodge. As an ARAM-only player who has all the champs I am honestly happy that this is happening, for it finally spreads awareness for the horsecrap that ARAM-only players have been faced with for years on end. Hope this will change some things.

Personally, i would love to see the ARAM-mode being split up into two modes. One mode being the "causual mode", which would be the same as now, and an "expert mode" which you can only enter if you have at least something like 100 champs unlocked, combined with a severe dodging penalty, which could be for example the deactivation of this mode for a day or two.

Edit: btw. this "expert mode" would also be a real nice way for Riot to give their veteran playerbase a little goodie for their loyalty.

16 Comments

SaiannaSep 24, 20163 votes

As an ARAM-only player who has all the champs I am honestly happy that this is happening, for it finally spreads awareness for the horsecrap that ARAM-only players have been faced with for years on end.

Same here!

Hope this will change some things.

Yeah. But it.. kinda won't.. If they didn't fix that in 4 years I highly doubt they'd fix it anytime soon if ever..

Personally, i would love to see the ARAM-mode being split up into two modes.

Imo I disagree. Instead I'd make true random ARAM and maybe add 2-3 personal champion pool bans. You'd go to settings and disable few champions you just can't stand playing as. That way we can shut those "i wouldn't play true random aram because i dont like udyr" up. So it's all fine then :)

SlartibartfastSep 24, 20163 votes

Yeah, i get your idea. And I am also in favor of true random. Yet still, this wouldn't solve the ARAM-account problem. My idea with the "expert mode" is exactly about that, if you need a big enough pool to enter, this pool can't be composed only of OPs.

Roit GumsSep 24, 20161 votes

I like Aram, but really? aram only players? dont they get bored if they get couple supports in a row?

SlartibartfastSep 24, 20164 votes

No, because a support isn't gold-starved there. See, i really love the team-fighting aspect of this game, so why not only play the game mode that embraces exactly that?

Roit GumsSep 24, 20161 votes

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No, because a support isn't gold-starved there. See, i really love the team-fighting aspect of this game, so why not only play the game mode that embraces exactly that?

Yea but, whats about ranked and getting to challenger and competitive

SlartibartfastSep 24, 20165 votes

Like I give a damn about a friggin number on a ladder, i want to enjoy the game and have a fun time. For some that is playing competitive, for me personally, it is the challenge of being able to play each champ somewhat decently without maintaining a main champ, going right into the brawl of teamfighting, without having to play a meta and without seeing the same champs every game (although this last point is obscured by above mentioned ARAM accounts, yet still the diversity is way higher)

SaiannaSep 24, 20165 votes

Gotta add how god damn boring ranked or normal SR are.

CS for 20 minutes 2 teams stare at each other for 10 minutes in jungle 1-2 teamfights in 5-10 minutes random lucky ace push 3 turrets + inhibitor + 2 turrets + nexus within 120s GG.

SlartibartfastSep 24, 20163 votes

Don't forget the joys of getting flamed for not picking from the current pool of the 25 meta picks, even though it's blind pick normals.

dnsupSep 27, 20161 votes

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Gotta add how god damn boring ranked or normal SR are.

CS for 20 minutes 2 teams stare at each other for 10 minutes in jungle 1-2 teamfights in 5-10 minutes random lucky ace push 3 turrets + inhibitor + 2 turrets + nexus within 120s GG.

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Don't forget the joys of getting flamed for not picking from the current pool of the 25 meta picks, even though it's blind pick normals.

it should be clear why people like ARAM and URF so much, and why Riot is actually uncomfortable with the idea of a permanent URF.

A lot of players don't want a game that takes 45-90 minutes at a time to play, with penalties if you stop once a game is in progress. If I wanted that, I would play DotA2.

And the attitudes engendered in the playerbase by this particular vision for LoL (that has been pursued for some time now) make the idea even less palatable, even after all the hard work Lyte and the player behavior team did to help the community shape up.

When you're wagering an hour of a person's time, during which most actual player input (literally) consists of

right-clicking to move, and
right clicking to last-hit,

it's no wonder people develop a negative attitude (some prefer to hide that with the word "competitive") and lose interest in the game.

I know there are people who disagree, but I'm not making a statistical claim (like "most players prefer..."). I'm simply saying: if there are so many people who prefer ARAM and URF over normal and ranked, there is a reason. And I doubt that Riot is doing anyone any favors by ignoring that.

Harvey RabbitSep 27, 20162 votes

And don't forget the fucking snowball nature of SR games, which are practically about nothing else than trying to snowball -- so that most fights aren't about outplay anyway just one person is built and the other person gets wrecked automatically.

Snowball is much less of a factor in ARAM, since everyone is gaining gold and levels pretty fast regardless and you have to die to reset and item up.

MinardeSep 24, 20162 votes

The concept of ranked is great, but SR is unappealing. The gameplay isn't nearly as interesting compared to other modes. Ideally, Riot would add ranked queues for other maps. Unfortunately, Riot's too obsessed with SR for that.

MinardeSep 24, 20161 votes

If we're tossing in an "expert mode"-version of ARAM, could we just make it a ranked queue as well? It'd accomplish the same thing, but with the added bonus of ranked rewards and bragging rights.

SlartibartfastSep 24, 20162 votes

Nah man, destroys the purpose of the game. I rather have the tryhards brawl it out in SR ranked.

MinardeSep 25, 20161 votes

How does it destroy the purpose of the game?

SlartibartfastSep 27, 20162 votes

The purpose of ARAM was always fun and not measuring yourself.

MinardeSep 27, 20162 votes

The purpose of League itself was always fun, yet measuring yourself seems to work out just fine.