You should be able to ping your ping.

DrProfVibeCheck·9/7/2016, 3:44:54 AM·161 votes·4,710 views

I love the new ping system. It makes everything so much easier to communicate. One thing it could use is the ability to ping your ping.

That way, when you say "lag", you can actualy back up your statement with evidence. If people say "oh, thats what they all say", you can just show em your 500 ping and there'll be less fighting.

It could also tell people when not to fight. Imagine an alistar pinging that hes gonna engage or a jungler pinging a gank. If you ping your ping beforehand, you can show em that you might not be up to the challenge due to lag.

I just think adding this would be useful.

84 Comments

PhDs Nuts9/7/2016, 2:18:56 PM39 votes

Packet loss problems:

Chogath "Dude your ping isn't that bad, it only says 134"

Diana "I pinged that 12 seconds ago"

IcyPepper9/7/2016, 5:51:38 AM26 votes

Oh.

It took me a moment longer than it should have to realize what you meant.

I thought you were saying we should be able to ping our ping, but not the ping you were thinking.

Teklm9/7/2016, 12:31:02 PM19 votes

My only problem with this is the times when everything slides around, you can't move, and health bars aren't going down but the game is convinced you are on 88 ping.

Hinagiku339/7/2016, 12:45:48 PM13 votes

I would still like a widget so I could watch my ping for a bit before even queuing up to check for sudden spikes, but this would also be a fantastic idea.

Honestly all of the new pings have been amazing. People ping ult cooldowns, mana levels, buff and dragon timers...

...I'm only Bronze V but games and chat feel more like the Plat+ games I used to spectate back when that was a thing.

Keti9/7/2016, 3:20:24 PM8 votes

Yo dawg-

TyrekGoldenspear9/7/2016, 3:30:06 PM5 votes

Looks at username

Please never queue up with me when I play a female champion...

rtbf2256182419/7/2016, 3:30:58 PM3 votes

Next thing we're gonna ask is if we could ping pong.

Hige9/8/2016, 1:15:14 AM3 votes

WE PUT A PING ON YOUR PING SO YOU CAN PING WHILE YOU PING!

Billy VoHagen9/7/2016, 3:49:01 PM3 votes

But, if you had bad ping, it'll take 5 seconds for that ping of your 500 ping to reach the game. This just seems like a pointless change.

Reikken9/7/2016, 4:08:01 AM2 votes

this would be awesome

ManiacalCoyote9/7/2016, 2:16:31 PM2 votes

Yeah, but how will my ping ping get through when it's literally over 9000?

Schoenberg9/7/2016, 10:08:09 PM2 votes

Oh nice! I finally get to show off my 10Kms+ lag spikes! :D

FantasySniper9/7/2016, 11:22:11 PM2 votes

We should be able to ping any item.

Would really help considering that some items can't be pinged to show their cooldown, and there's others that would help signify an important purchase like maybe the enemy just bought Tri-Force or GA.

Kingdom Corn9/7/2016, 9:40:08 PM1 votes

You really shouldn't be playing with 500 ping to begin with?

Reaper Soraka9/9/2016, 3:01:01 AM1 votes

But if your ping is high wouldn't your ping ping be delayed, somewhat defeating the purpose of that ideally-immediate notice that you're laggy?