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To all new players, do not play this game

lYtRMagee··37 votes·7,395 views

just dont waste your time on this game, there ban system is completely broken there balancing is completely broken everything about it is completely broken you will have fun at the start but trust me it will spiral this game is dieing quickly and the only reason people still stream it is not because there having fun, its because they make money off of it. If you still decide you want to play league of legends theres a few things you must know.

  1. /mute all in chat and never ever talk to your team mates or the enemy team. Ive gotten banned before because i told someone to stop being a baby because they were constantly complaining about there lane, so if i was you i would /mute all and never ever turn it off
  2. expect trolls. in league of legends you can run down mid 20 times and not get banned. so expect ALOT of trolls
  3. expect tilt. No matter who you are you will get tilted at this game atleast once if you continuously play it. Most games can be won off of raw skill but there are the odd games were no matter what you do you will not win it. If you dont have /mute all on your team mates will 100% flame you and tilt you.
  4. Delete the game. you will have no fun with this game at all. you will just become addicted like me. i do not like league of legends but im to addicted to stop playing it and it just makes me a more negative person. i have never ever flamed or been banned for flaming or really anything at all in the whole 13 years ive been gaming. But league of legends is a whole different story.

im probably going to get alot of hate in the comments and people saying stuff like " your just bad" or "your gold you dont understand the game" but i understand that wins and losses are usually based off of your skill but this game is just to toxic and to draining to continue playing.

after i post this im going to delete all of my accounts on league and hope to god that i do not get the urge to create/ buy a new one

have a nice day. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

37 Comments

zoliking5 votes

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just dont waste your time on this game, there ban system is completely broken

Where ban system is broken?

there balancing is completely broken

Where balancing is broken?

everything about it is completely broken you will have fun at the start but trust me it will spiral

Into more fun!

this game is dieing quickly and the only reason people still stream it is not because there having fun, its because they make money off of it.

And they do so because there are people interested in that, and those people enjoy the game. Life's little ironies.

If you still decide you want to play league of legends theres a few things you must know.

  1. /mute all in chat and never ever talk to your team mates or the enemy team. Ive gotten banned before because i told someone to stop being a baby because they were constantly complaining about there lane, so if i was you i would /mute all and never ever turn it off

Or don't be toxic. I've never been banned, and I'm not perfectly polite either. If you don't go overboard you won't have any problems and you can keep communication between team members up for teamwork. Yay!

  1. expect trolls. in league of legends you can run down mid 20 times and not get banned. so expect ALOT of trolls

This one is, sadly, mostly true.

  1. expect tilt. No matter who you are you will get tilted at this game atleast once if you continuously play it. Most games can be won off of raw skill but there are the odd games were no matter what you do you will not win it. If you dont have /mute all on your team mates will 100% flame you and tilt you.

And since tilt means getting into a mindset from losses that causes you to play in a manner that will make you lose more, not only can it happen in any game where you can lose, but this comment makes no sense.

  1. Delete the game. you will have no fun with this game at all. you will just become addicted like me. i do not like league of legends but im to addicted to stop playing it and it just makes me a more negative person. i have never ever flamed or been banned for flaming or really anything at all in the whole 13 years ive been gaming. But league of legends is a whole different story.

You are addicted to stop playing it? I mean I don't believe that if you flame in LoL you wouldn't do it in other games too, but being addicted to I assume, stopping to play it is the weirest part here.

im probably going to get alot of hate in the comments and people saying stuff like " your just bad" or "your gold you dont understand the game" but i understand that wins and losses are usually based off of your skill but this game is just to toxic and to draining to continue playing.

Huh? The game is to toxic and to draining? What? Those are not verbs. Say "The game is to be toxic and to be draining." It still wouldn't make sense, but at least it would have meaning.

after i post this im going to delete all of my accounts on league and hope to god that i do not get the urge to create/ buy a new one

Bye.

have a nice day. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Bye.

Férocity3 votes

what are u even talking about what is unbalanced look at all these champs jayce, panth, garen, vlad graves asol malzahar just examples are unreal look at all this shit the team that fixes this stuff is mentally unsalable

zoliking1 votes

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what are u even talking about what is unbalanced look at all these champs jayce, panth, garen, vlad graves asol malzahar just examples are unreal look at all this shit the team that fixes this stuff is mentally unsalable

Did I say anything about the game balance?

StricT1 votes

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Where ban system is broken?

Where balancing is broken?

Into more fun!

And they do so because there are people interested in that, and those people enjoy the game. Life's little ironies.

Or don't be toxic. I've never been banned, and I'm not perfectly polite either. If you don't go overboard you won't have any problems and you can keep communication between team members up for teamwork. Yay!

This one is, sadly, mostly true.

And since tilt means getting into a mindset from losses that causes you to play in a manner that will make you lose more, not only can it happen in any game where you can lose, but this comment makes no sense.

You are addicted to stop playing it? I mean I don't believe that if you flame in LoL you wouldn't do it in other games too, but being addicted to I assume, stopping to play it is the weirest part here.

Huh? The game is to toxic and to draining? What? Those are not verbs. Say "The game is to be toxic and to be draining." It still wouldn't make sense, but at least it would have meaning.

Bye.

Bye. not addicted to stop playing it. to addicted to stop playing it also mostly everything you said isnt true

zoliking1 votes

Nice job failing to put your response outside the quote. Way to communicate clearly, buddy.

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not addicted to stop playing it. to addicted to stop playing it

What's the difference?

also mostly everything you said isnt true

Well and since you say so, it must be so. Argument up, poodlewhiskers.

StricT4 votes

amen

Tr4shB4NSYST3M4 votes

Bro this is so true, and the thing that makes me sad is the game is cool, the champions are diverse and fun w/ all sorts of different play styles.

But good god a ton of the "people" who play it are some of the most miserable toxic people on the face of the earth.

If league ends up dying it will be more-so because of the player-base and not riot's changes to the game itself ( riot's lack of action to maintain a better player base, or counterproductive action like automating the punishment system)

Omen462 votes

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Bro this is so true, and the thing that makes me sad is the game is cool, the champions are diverse and fun w/ all sorts of different play styles.

But good god a ton of the "people" who play it are some of the most miserable toxic people on the face of the earth.

If league ends up dying it will be more-so because of the player-base and not riot's changes to the game itself ( riot's lack of action to maintain a better player base, or counterproductive action like automating the punishment system)

can I PLEASE just honor my opponents? do I HAVE to only look at them as targets?!

Tr4shB4NSYST3M2 votes

I also miss honorable opponent. Honestly i think its removal has made the game more toxic. Before the honor changes I always kept all chat on and had friendly banter w/ the enemy team and often honored enemies just as much as allies.

But currently I've disabled /all chat in the client settings because it seems like its only used for flame and to try to tilt the enemy and having it turned on just puts me more at risk of getting tilted and/or flaming back and potentially getting banned so screw that.

Omen462 votes

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I still have all chat, a lot of my enemies are pretty chill, less than I like, but a lot. But I do hate how the tolerance on just straight bashing your opponent has been increased, it's okay now to make fun of your opponents mistakes, or their losing game.

I one honored a whole team, of 3 people, because they were all really good, had one tilt and disconnect, and had 1 never show up. They played the whole game through, we had a fun conversation, and they eventually lost, but it was fun, I think that was the game we had a dance at baron. I miss those rampant moments where the point of the game wasn't just winning.

especially 'winning by tilt'. that's not cool.

Cavesloth1 votes

One could easily argue that while there were toxic players before many of the changes this season made things worse.

Scuttle changes make JG more stressful not only for the jgler, but everyone else.

Cannon minion gold changes. Used to be missing a cannon wasn't the end of the world. Now you miss one your teammates will tell you go die in a fire, ff at 15, etc etc.

Snowball. Losing was never fun, but at least back before this BS you didn't feel like someone was shitting down your throat for 10-15 minutes and there's absolutely nothing you could do about it.

High damage meta. The worst player decides the match putting the game largely out of your hands, introducing even more stress into a high stress game

So you can say its the community, but I say Riot's game makes good people go bad.

Tr4shB4NSYST3M2 votes

A valid argument for sure.

Especially the snowbally/stompy games part.

HeärtNeT1 votes

It's not the game itself, it's people that you are criticizing.

LoL community is not one kind of people. Any online place with a massive community and a platform to communicate has a pretty high toxic fanbase nowadays. Just look at twitter or Youtube comments, you can clearly see that toxic people are everywhere.

chipndip11 votes

It's ironic because you're saying this to a toxic OP like he isn't toxic.

Hethalean4 votes

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  1. expect trolls. in league of legends you can run down mid 20 times and not get banned. so expect ALOT of trolls

Yet just the other day... someone got banned for one game for inting. Always so convenient to say "Omg trollols never get banned" but if you watch for even a week on the boards, you will see someone complaining "HOW WAS I INTING?!"

Jennifer4207 votes

lets be honest here. riot DOES ban inters/trolls. but the chances of getting banned for it are pretty low.

you say "1 person got banned for inting with proof" well i could say "1 person on the taiwan servers was inting for over 3 seasons straight in over 5000 games WITH PROOF on reddit"

in the end getting banned for inting/trolling comes down to "bad luck"

zoliking1 votes

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lets be honest here. riot DOES ban inters/trolls. but the chances of getting banned for it are pretty low.

you say "1 person got banned for inting with proof" well i could say "1 person on the taiwan servers was inting for over 3 seasons straight in over 5000 games WITH PROOF on reddit"

in the end getting banned for inting/trolling comes down to "bad luck"

Yes, what this person said.

Fanekinha1 votes

no PROOF cuz riot have a stoneAGE rank system...

Omen464 votes

I'm afraid I don't, but I do only find joy in the world and lore of the characters, some of the voices, and a lot of the design and beauty in the game.

I dislike the way counterplay works now, Items are all oriented for massive damage dealing, even tank items enforce certain aggressive playstyles. Irelia is a champ that is meant to be counter-able only by playing like faker. Akali I can't even understand how to stop this one, truly, If someone feeds them, I don't know what I can possibly do in game to prevent them from eating everything.

I also dislike the lack of thought put into how to play the game, for so many champs, it's go in, land all your skills, and you win. I guess it's a skill based game over a strategy game.

If your really not having fun, I do recommend taking 'feel good' champs, champs that just are silly or fun to listen to as you play, maybe not go ranked as often while you play them for max effect, mine are: Ivern Rakan Vi. Otherwise, I agree if you're not gunna have fun, you shouldn't play. Maybe you just need a long break from all the negativity, I think people are getting in a tizzy about ranked near the end just to franticly get a good score. So if it's really just recent, I wouldn't worry about it, like the meta and the newest 'op' champ, it will pass.

Then again I'm a filthy casual who just enjoys playing in the jungle on casual.

StricT1 votes

well said my friend. but the thing is ive tried taking long breaks and i just have an urge to come back. i swear league is like a fcking drug

Cavesloth1 votes

It is, but you CAN quit. I was pretty hardcore addicted, and I finally managed to break free (ironically thanks to riots shitty changes this season it removed the main part of what was keeping me addicted, the free chests for S grades) , and you can too man. At the very least find a healthier replacement.

BlinkZZ1824 votes

A person who tilts will likemindly think all people will tilt just like him.

TheZacStreetBoys3 votes

I think it's VERY depressing that on a BOARD ABOUT A GAME we are ENCOURAGING people not to play it. I'm sorry you had a shit experience, and many people like you have similar complaints, but many people do enjoy it, and we can't assume EVERYONE who gets the game will be in the same boat as you. You say the game is dying, but posts like this only speed it up.

Also, if any new player IS seeing this, I believe that, even if you hate every single goddamn person who plays this game, there's still one way to have fun: get 4 of your friends and just dick around. I've been looking at a lot of posts like these, and it seems to be the people who take the game the most serious that are the most frustrated with it when they decide to give up.

So... OP, I hope you have a better experience with whatever new game or whatever you go to, but you can't just tell everyone to give up on this game.

Cavesloth2 votes

It's good advice, league is extremely addictive, and only a special kind of masochist has fun with the kind of game this has become this season.

HeärtNeT1 votes

So there are millions of masochist around you^^.

Or...not everybody is addicted or impacted the same way.

Cavesloth1 votes

There are billions of people on this planet. A few million masochists is hardly a surprise. Neither is league's declining player numbers given the way they've treated the players this season.

idontcareMuteall1 votes

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So there are millions of masochist around you^^.

Or...not everybody is addicted or impacted the same way.

yeah everyone is just a shitbag, just waiting to be discovered.

idontcareMuteall1 votes

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I think it's VERY depressing that on a BOARD ABOUT A GAME we are ENCOURAGING people not to play it. I'm sorry you had a shit experience, and many people like you have similar complaints, but many people do enjoy it, and we can't assume EVERYONE who gets the game will be in the same boat as you. You say the game is dying, but posts like this only speed it up.

Also, if any new player IS seeing this, I believe that, even if you hate every single goddamn person who plays this game, there's still one way to have fun: get 4 of your friends and just dick around. I've been looking at a lot of posts like these, and it seems to be the people who take the game the most serious that are the most frustrated with it when they decide to give up.

So... OP, I hope you have a better experience with whatever new game or whatever you go to, but you can't just tell everyone to give up on this game.

he can and so will i, every single person in this game will eventually end up flaming and or being a dick, don't you dare say no, in the end this game is made to make people flame, i think there's alot to say about a game which makes flaming more entertaining then playing the actual game, don't ever talk about this game being anything more then a time waster, go pro in any other game and i swear you will achieve more then here and probably feel less like an empty husk while you're at it.

Jennifer4202 votes

their* they*

Tr4shB4NSYST3M1 votes

Thare*

PlebonicEbonic3 votes

Thaer***

trust me bro im a english majour

StricT2 votes

its alot better in na because people dont really flame there just passive agressive but in euw u can say " bot lane could you please play a bit safer" and the enemy will be like " i kill mother noob person"

SwiftKitten882 votes

I'm torn right now.. i mean i will say the balance team needs to get their shit together

Khazix Irelia Nocturne Urgot Pyke Kaisa are still WAY out of line

but that being side.. OUTSIDE the the "balance team" or i guess they have now named themselves the "gameplay" team because even they know they cant balance for shit.. the game HAS made VAST improvements.. some of which are already seen on pbe.

i feel if riot would just nerf those champs ( and only the ulti of Nocturne need to actually be addressed) the game would be fantastic

Jerry SeinfeId1 votes

Ive gotten banned before because i told someone to stop being a baby

you didn't, your account says euw. KYS isn't even gonna get you banned as easily as in NA.

expect trolls.

No really? have you ever played any other online game before? have you used the internet before? There's always griefing/trolling but it's really not every other game like yall make it seem. Unless you count off meta picks because your brain can't deal with something being different than usual.

expect tilt.

see "expect trolls". srsly how do you people not get this yet.

Big ol Nom1 votes

given, the balance team is made up of monekys sure but the ban system is perfectly fine, you didnt get banned for "telling someone to stop being a baby" its not easy to get banned by any means, you have to be REALLY fucking bad to actually get banned aside from 0 tolerance words. on this newish account alone ive ben pretty fucking toxic to people, hell ive told enemy players to hang themselves because like, its a smurf whatever its not my main but guess what i got honor 3 on it pretty quick and 0 warnings or anything of the sort. you literally have to be spouting bullshit 90% of the game and typing more than playing to get banned and on top of that you get 2 chances before you get a 14 day even in the form of chat bans

Fanekinha1 votes

New players? WHERE? ohhhh new accounts you mean....this game is becoming an ilusion....Medieval Rank System...Medieval DEV sup.....all cuz riot let ppl have 1,2,3....43 accounts by player lol....so bad bad tatics riot...you guys need a good tatics admin...WAKE UP

Makarakarn1 votes

To all new players, form your own opinion and don't base your life decisions on salty boards posts.

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