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Dear Riot, I'm breaking up with you.

Buckshot Baby·12/12/2017, 2:45:20 PM·14 votes·1,016 views

Dear Riot, I have played over 3000 ARAM matches and there are some things that I just can't live with anymore. You're going to need to pack your things and move out. With the introduction of new runes, its become the worst one sided mode I've ever played. The teams are not that random anymore. The system pits very one sided matches more than ever now. Once you get into the match and anyone has the wrong runes, (i don't mean they picked tank runes over AP), but specifically the wrong runes inside the tree, than it is so terrible the team has no chance of recovering during the match. If the other team gets ahead a little bit, then they snowball so hard you have no way to come back by 10 min and your team sits there waiting to FF. Some teams are made up with so little damage (tank support vs ADC) you get smeared for 15 min until you can ff. Further more, if you have a player that is trying the character for the first time, they are completely useless and would do better staying at base AFK. There is no in between. If you are on the team that has better damage, its actually boring. I've never been in more matches where one team is down 2-3 levels by the 12 min mark. It was fun, but no matter how many over priced emotes, the underwhelming chests (I bought a 10 pack once a month), and no point in Blue essence, It's time to find a place to live Riot. Season 8 doesn't interest me even though I had interest in really pouring all my effort into ranked for once. The rotating game modes don't rotate that much. URF was fun and I might stick around for a couple matches, but hey, RIOT, we had a good time for a while eh? I know its hard to break up, but I think its easier if we just cut it clean. No more late night grinding for some IP to buy the next character. Now you only have one currency and its pretty crap to try and earn enough for anything. The freedom to level as high as you want could have been pretty cool, but the rewards are underwhelming. I guess you know what you're doing Riot and I don't fit in your life. Its time to move on and find someone that really likes you for you. You know things have been going down hill for a while and you kept promising you would change for the better. You can't keep trying to live off my paycheck. You've been lazy and it's time for you to strike out on your own and get a job. Please don't drunk dial me and think we can get back together. There are plenty of fish in the sea that have couches you can sleep on. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you this in person, I didn't want the drama.

Sincerely, Buckshot Baby

P.S. I want my sweatshirt back, and my Magic cards.

19 Comments

Kyunsei12/12/2017, 10:03:02 PM5 votes

Unreadable.

It Hertz When IP12/13/2017, 12:38:10 AM4 votes

Paragraph breaks are your friend.

Also screw ARAM-only account people.

Elkington12/12/2017, 3:48:14 PM4 votes

A lot of that just sounds like typical ARAM issues, which have been exacerbated by the new rune system and the increased snowballing. The games have always felt lopsided to me, with a handful of champions that vastly outdo the others due to the map layout.

Twisted Treeline is suffering from similar bullshit if that makes you feel any better. All it takes is one kill/death for things to spiral out of control, and then the next 10-15 minutes is spent with the winner one-sided stomping, while the losers pick up the pieces of a lost cause. Games are nearly 100% won at champion select now, instead of in-game.

Calabera12/13/2017, 1:00:07 AM3 votes

I also wonder why a permanent mode that has been around for years has barely been touched in terms of balance. It's not like ARAM is only around for the weekend like a rotating game mode, it's been here for a while and won't be going anywhere. If this is the case then Riot could at the very least make some tweaks for the health of the mode instead of the once a year "oh yeah ARAM exists" patch because nobody finds 15 mins matches fun, in fact it feels like a waste of time since nothing was accomplished in that time frame aside from a 1 sided stomp.

I know it won't happen, but just disabling Sona would make ARAM far more enjoyable than it is now. Her ARAM win rate is about 67% right now, but there's been times when it's almost reached as high as 80% (her rework) which makes you want to afk when you see her on the opponent side. As for ARAM accounts there's no point of even bringing it up anymore since you can find posts about it tracing back years but Riot still refuse to do anything about it, they clearly don't care enough.

ModAcademy Kayn12/12/2017, 7:56:04 PM2 votes

The teams are not that random anymore

waht

In Borke Veritas12/12/2017, 8:58:07 PM1 votes

Honestly the random modes were never all that random. There's a pool of 30-40 characters that both ARAM and ARURF pick from on the highest chance and everyone else gets rolled a lot less. If you've ever felt the ARURF or ARAM modes just keep putting you with/against the same bullshit characters over and over, this is why.

Melledoneus12/13/2017, 12:21:28 AM1 votes

"It's not me, it's you."

Colton14712/13/2017, 3:39:29 AM1 votes

Sona Ziggs Lux Soraka MissFortune Blitzcrank Xerath Teemo Shaco Heimerdinger Brand Fiddlesticks MasterYi Maokai Veigar Zilean MonkeyKing Kennen Katarina Malphite Velkoz

i cant move wtf12/13/2017, 3:39:59 AM1 votes

BYE

[slayer-jinx-catface]

Penns12/12/2017, 3:58:29 PM1 votes

Same, until you revert Fizz :]

Cavesloth12/12/2017, 8:13:30 PM1 votes

Good for you man, wish I had the courage to split from this toxic relationship lols.

Thefrostyviking12/12/2017, 8:21:56 PM1 votes

My aram games were always one sides o_o

Can't recall more than one that wasn't.

Biggest reason i dislike the mode so x)

Pale Pirate12/12/2017, 8:32:46 PM1 votes

And I'm here trying to understand if the OP is actually leaving the game or not.