Meta isn't forced

Because it ruins the game.

The meta is high damage. That's it. Don't do metric ass tons of damage? Get the fuck out of champion select.

They hate funneling that isn't their sanctioned funnel Lane and funnel champs They hate champs going where they "aren't supposed to" They hate non marksmen bot They hate not having duo Lane bot They hate sup items on non "sups" They hate jg items on non dedicated junglers They hate Lane swapping They hate draft variety

In this thread two people whine about things they don't understand. There are 4 income streams in this game:

Top Lane Mid Lane Bottom Lane Jungle

Funneling is consistently taking gold from more than one of the streams.

If the support goes to Mid, that's not funneling.

If the support goes Top, that's not funneling.

If the support follows the jungler around just buffing him, that's not funneling.

In none of the above scenarios is any player on the team taking more than 1 of the 4 income streams.