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Serious talk : How do feel toward ARAM gamemode?

Spyroripto·12/8/2016, 7:59:07 AM·23 votes·2,605 views

Hey guys,

I'd like to have your thought about ARAM. I feel like people think it's a place where you can troll freely without the fear of being punish by Riot. By "trolling", I don't mean people that are trying someone unusual and really try to make it works (Like AP Graves, his W hurts a lot hahaha), but people that are losing the game on purpose (feeding, afk every minute, etc.) , or building the same item 6 times and keep them the whole game, or people that doesn't buy anything, etc...

I read a lot of player saying : " I don't f*cking care about the game, it's only ARAM ". it has happened too often that the game wasn't even fun for anyone, simply because one or two players are trolling hard because you know, " It's only ARAM ".

I personnally play ARAM to have fun, pratice different champions and builds, or simply try unusual build (seriously) (Like the time I did AP Graves, when all 5 of us were AD).

So, how do feel about ARAM? Should it be more punishable? I just want to see what the community has to say about that.

Thank you :)

53 Comments

Edge of Daybreak12/8/2016, 8:47:22 AM13 votes

Riot needs to make all the champions available. it's stupid that they have allowed aram only accounts to go as long as they have. When I have to face the same things over and over and over it gets..depressing. Worse the dodges because when your comp isnt broke you know the enemies is mind numbingly broke so people dodge to not waste the time. I have to basically face most of the same people due to mmr but since I have to wait 10+ minutes per queue I dont even care but when you know the people who have aram only accounts and you know riot could easily fix it it makes me so pissed off that they won't because of greed. It's basically like dominion. They could fix it but they won't

Touch My Box12/8/2016, 10:32:41 AM7 votes

Only two terrible things about ARAM.

Oracles Elixir makes Shaco and other Invisible units worthless.
One side usually ends up with 3000000 poke and 3400000 CC skills, the other is a bunch of squishy ADCs

Baka Red12/8/2016, 8:31:58 AM5 votes

I only play ARAMs, so of course I don't like seeing trolls on the bridge (Trundle is a fine fellow though). However, I can understand that people go for unusual builds there, because sometimes you have to do weird stuff to win - like playing Lulu tank or having Executioner's calling on Nautilus just to stop an out-of-control Warwick with a full AP team or even weirder stuff. So no, I don't like people messing around with other people's time by trolling because "it is just ARAM". ARAM is as important a gamemode as Summoner's Rift and Twisted Treeline in my eyes.

Oh, did I mention I only play ARAMs? ;)

ModKnightsKemplar12/8/2016, 7:48:12 PM5 votes

It's not more or less punishable because it's an ARAM. Any time you are playing with other players, the Summoner's Code applies. You can report them and Riot will investigate the behavior. I think Riot weighs that the same as a normal game.

Having said that, if you are right and they don't weigh it equally, they should. Toxic is toxic, regardless of the map.

FantasySniper12/9/2016, 1:02:48 AM5 votes

Some players are assholes, and they definitely deserve to punished no matter what gamemode they're in.

Saianna12/8/2016, 1:53:27 PM4 votes

Situation from 2 weeks:

"i'm afk. I don't want to get penalty for dodging games. bb"

well..

Oh yeah and aram smurfs everywhere.

Riot took this fun and unique player-made gamemode and raped it with their greedy corporate hands.

Brahmsauce12/9/2016, 1:55:32 AM3 votes

We need to be able to ff at 10mins.

Xela Syab12/8/2016, 6:30:32 PM3 votes

Honestly I think the surrender time needs shortening and the dodge penalty needs to be doubled, win or lose ARAM really is about just having a quick game and gaining ip, S ranks, and champion mastery.

Spoofghoul12/8/2016, 9:22:53 PM3 votes

ALL CHAMPS ENABLED PLS

Aram only accounts are really sucking the fun out of it

Minarde12/9/2016, 3:23:20 AM2 votes

People will use whatever excuse they can to avoid acknowledging their poor play: "it's only ARAM/Dominion/TT," "it's only normals," and the new "it's only flex."

The main differences between ranked and unranked queues are visible ranking and ranked rewards. Aside from those things, every permanent game mode is just as casual and just as competitive as every other game mode. It's fine if you want to take something more or less serious, but don't be a dick to other players.

Personally, ARAM is much more interesting than SR, so, naturally, I take ARAM more seriously than SR. Although I'd probably enjoy the mode more if everyone else shared my perspective, I don't try to force that perspective on other players. In return, I hope that players that take ARAM less seriously would extend that same courtesy to me.

DoktorKaiser12/8/2016, 10:23:40 AM2 votes

The one single thing that makes ARAM into a piece of shit mode is the fact that you dont have all the champs available so every game somebody is going to have a Soraka or a Sona or some other healer who has like 90% win rate while other team who is just trying to have 1-2 games will have 4 melees. This wouldnt happen as much if there werent for ARAM accounts and if healers were gutted harder because they just hard carry...

Neko Caitlyn12/8/2016, 12:29:44 PM2 votes

Free week champs shouldnt apply. I didn't buy them, I dont want to play them.

Oracles makes champions like Shaco completely useless.

Snowballs need to be removed. Makes the game way too easy mode if you have a champion like Alistar.

There should be a pick mode available as well.

Gadien12/8/2016, 2:40:10 PM2 votes

I think ARAM should be a place where you don't need to worry about being competitive. If you want to do a troll build feel free.

Poop Jelly12/8/2016, 3:31:57 PM2 votes

I play once in a few months. It's rare for me to have a good time in ARAM games. I prob need to expand my champion pool =]

the weeaboo12/8/2016, 7:15:09 PM2 votes

I hate ARAM and everything about it. It's an anti fun game mode that requires little skill to actually play. You stand around for 20-30 minutes waiting for SOMEONE to hit an enemy with some CC or to get out of position, in which case you just kill them quickly and retreat again. It is literally the worst game ode and I'd delete it for permanent URF, Ascension, etc.

Bring on the downvotes

MinaZer012/8/2016, 8:46:29 PM2 votes

Its a gamemode that the majority of the LoL community use to take of break from the rift.

MAKAVELIncarnate12/8/2016, 2:54:06 PM1 votes

I think the only thing that should be punishable should be verbal harassment, intentionally feeding (above regular feeding or providing some indication) or disc / AFK. Other wise, it's just a game. Trolling happens to be part of playing the game.

Tolna12/8/2016, 6:34:26 PM1 votes

I like it overall, it's great to get to play champs you normally couldn't in a normal match.

My gripe with it is the people that rig matches by dodging and buying specific champions. And if you get Sona or Soraka you're expected to not reroll or trade.

TBH I'd rather play a randomized Summoners Rift, but ARAM works.

Blue Moon Wolf12/8/2016, 7:05:25 PM1 votes

I think things would be a lot better if they just made all champs available in that mode. It would practically remove ARAM accounts from the equation. It should be a place to have fun, but at least TRY to win. ARAM is supposed set up in a way that you shouldn't get as frustrated when people do bad because they might be using a champ they have never used before. That isn't an excuse for them to be a complete troll by any means, but it should be more forgiving than normals. Just as normals should be more forgiving than ranked.

EfficientDynamo12/9/2016, 2:34:05 AM1 votes

I rarely see this happen, and 90% of my games are ARAM. Your MMR for ARAM is likely low enough (no offense) to get feeders and ragers more often.

sunden1212/8/2016, 7:23:09 PM1 votes

"All Random All Mid"

Sure doesnt feel like it when i see the same roatating champs almost every other game, but i still come back to play it seeing as it is a quick game i can get into. I wonder if adding bans to this would make to acutal "random" and not have those accounts who only buy sona and zilean yo get em all the time.

Veraska12/8/2016, 7:31:45 PM1 votes

its league with all the things that make league deep taken out it can be fun cuz its quick and if u get a champion you want to play thats good on that map against a team thats not super bullshit on that map

But once you own every champion its not worth it anymore better off playing the real game

lightdragoon8812/8/2016, 2:43:21 PM1 votes

The ones that really grind my gears are the ones that just stay in base for the first 5 minutes before buying something and then moving to the team.

If you are waiting for an item: TELL US AT THE START. Just sitting there with no items will lead us to believe you AFK...which happens to damn often.

Snake Town12/8/2016, 8:43:14 PM1 votes

Feeding or trying to lose are really the only punishable things in ARAM IMO. Don't you dare take away my coveted sexta-cap nunu build Nunu item 3089

bad arcade kitty12/8/2016, 8:34:19 AM1 votes

i think i never played howling abyss

i played aram once with friends when howling abyss didn't exist and it was played in 5v5 without farming side lanes, didn't like it...

it's silly!

Lovelle12/8/2016, 2:23:08 PM1 votes

I've tried it a few times in the past, only due to invites, but I just couldn't get into it. I don't like not being able to choose my champion. Call me stubborn or conservative, but that's just my preference. I like playing what I'm comfortable/have fun with, which is a small handful of champions.

HazyCloud712/8/2016, 10:23:16 PM1 votes

I almost never run into people that int feed in aram. If they AFK then I report them and leave it to riot.

Kitten of Evil12/8/2016, 10:36:58 PM1 votes

I love ARAM and play it more than 50% of my games, at this point.

I think off-meta and troll builds are fine if you're in a teamcomp that's seriously outclassed, but I don't think it should be treated as an overly serious game mode. I really hate having a leaver in a Rift game. Always. But in ARAM, even with a leaver I can still have fun and fool around, maybe build something dumb, or go ham (because why not!).

Things I'd change if it were up to me: Unlock all champions for ARAM players. Fix stealth somehow. It just doesn't work. Balance a few champions--but only ones like Ivern, who has no passive on the map. Make teamcomps pseudo-random, or spending a reroll could get you a different class of champion. Something like that. I hate when I get Trynd and reroll and get another diver like Wukong.

Noblewind12/9/2016, 12:16:37 AM1 votes

I think a lot of people aren't actually trolling in this mode, they're just newer to the game and not very good yet. A lot of the people on my friends list that just play casually play a lot of ARAM. I'm sure if you play a lot of games on it your ARAM MMR will go up like any mode and you'll move away from this if you're a good player.

JoeMG12/9/2016, 12:37:08 AM1 votes

I used to play it a lot as a way to try out new champs but thanks to the new hextech system I only play champs I own since I don't want to miss out on any loot materials. Also now that I own like 40 champs it's less likely I'll actually play someone I don't have. I agree Riot should make everyone available for the full ARAM experience!

Armored Yokai12/8/2016, 12:47:20 PM1 votes

great for that spare batch of coca- IP

Talisid12/9/2016, 1:15:58 AM1 votes

I feel like the entire mode is a complete waste of time. You're basically just asking the RNG to hand you a good poke champ. Whichever team gets more lucky wins. Lame.

FakeGravity12/9/2016, 1:21:50 AM1 votes

i like aram is a way of playing champions you wouldnt usually play, i think that increasing the amount of champions to all of them and making it so even if you dodge the game you will get that champion the next game you try to play will reduce the amount of dodges and aram only account

i love it to farm Ss on champions i dont play or are too hard to get S with in summoners rift

Kharn Skyshatter12/8/2016, 3:31:26 PM1 votes

I'd rather had Dominion than ARAM at this point. When you see Sona, Soraka, or Lux almost every game it gets dull.

RavenMagus12/8/2016, 12:29:08 PM1 votes

Absolutely hate it, mostly because of how much attention it gets from people who like fun modes.

I feel like the only reason it even exists at all is because it was the only fun mode people could copy over from DotA using the limited custom game creation, and people who hadn't played DotA (and thus didn't realize that there were actually much better modes) grew attached to ARAM as the "fun mode of choice"...

I actually adore the randomness of that mode - but I just feel that the middle-only thing limits things far too much, and that's why ARAM matches are often rather unbalanced in champion select alone - because some champions simply do not do as well in a mode that is 100% siegeing or teamfighting and nothing else.

At least we have constant rotating game modes now - but I felt that the popularity of ARAMs just held back the fun game mode creation as a whole, because there were so many people that just wanted ARAMs since they hadn't (and couldn't have) experienced better modes.

Spacesuit Spiff12/8/2016, 4:05:01 PM1 votes

Huh, I haven't run into much of that but I can see why it'd be tedious. That mode does have its own MMR tho, so play a bunch and odds are you'll see less trolls (but more ARAM only accounts, unsure how many of those there actually are though). It might be hard for riot to punish people who genuinely don't know what they're doing on a champ they've never played.

As for how I feel about the mode in general, it gets the same approach I take to anime: ignored for months and then I do nothing else for a week straight