I WILL NEVER BAN SOMEBODIES HOVERED CHAMP EVER AGAIN

In the past, (only in ranked) I've banned hovered champions whom I thought were troll picks. In most of those games, the player I banned out trolled afterwards, usually costing the game. At the time, I thought I was doing what was better for the team. However, after my last game, I refuse to ban out any hovered champion, even if I don't agree with it.

It was a normal game, I was going to play ad Ezreal mid, I have quite a few games where I've carried with mid ez but I don't think everyone is aware of his solo kill potential. A player says, "why do we have 2 adcs" and I responded with a simple "because I want to play ezreal mid". Keep in mind, I've been trying to get a good ezreal mid game in for almost 3 days now, and I feel cursed because EVERY single game that I take him mid something happens. An afk, a remake, a dodge, a troll, I haven't gotten to play a fun game with him in 3 days! I was looking so forward to playing one of my favorite champs in the mid lane, and sure enough, he banned out ez and says "guess you're not playing ez mid". I IMMEDIATELY wanted to troll that game. I IMMEDIATELY wanted to insta-lock urgot and flame this guy. On another day, I might just have.

But today, I said no. I told him that even though I found it incredibly mean for him to try and ruin someone's game because they don't want a certain team comp, I hope he has a fun game and good luck. I locked in Veigar, VERY reluctantly, and told myself that I should win this game just to spite this guy. Sure enough, I kinda-sorta win lane, our bot wins lane, and we take the victory. I make sure to remind him that despite his efforts to ruin my game, I had fun and I thank him for good job on support.

Moral of the story, don't let trolls ruin your experience. Don't let yourself stoop to a bully's level. You should always strive to be the bigger person, and always do your best EVEN if you're not having the most fun while doing so. And most importantly of all, please, don't ruin someone's fun because you disagree with the method (unless that method is ACTUALLY trolling you, in that case, you should x9 report them). Don't ban out somebody's off meta champ just because you don't think it works. ESPECIALLY in normal games, where the sole purpose is to have fun! Thank you all for reading, I hope you all have an amazing day. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]