League is in a meta where players can throw harder than they can carry.

FCJAAAAGOOOO·Mar 8, 2018·15 votes·926 views

Something needs to change or LoL will be gone for good.

21 Comments

RenownedWheat42Mar 8, 20188 votes

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or League will be gone for good.

I saw this comment on a three-year-old video saying in two years League would be gone.

Thinking emoji.

FCJAAAAGOOOOMar 8, 20181 votes

Well we'll see.

FOR JUSTICEMar 8, 20181 votes

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BIue MonkMar 9, 20182 votes

It is gone already in case you didn't see, unless you play aram/normals/gold elo. Rest is dead.

GibberwattMar 9, 20181 votes

r u sure about that

SubdueMar 8, 20184 votes

People like to whine about this, to blame teammates, to complain about matchmaker, but the reality is that when you're the one on your team that is ahead, it is on you to spread that advantage to the rest of your team. If you've killed your laning opponent 6 times while your bot lane is 0-2 and you haven't made your way down there several times to change their situation, and instead sit on your lane to gobble up 3 more kills,that is on you. That is you giving up a portion of your agency. I very rarely find myself in the situation where I feel I'm doing exceptionally well but we're still losing, because I focus on spreading my advantage to my team.

YennMar 9, 20183 votes

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People like to whine about this, to blame teammates, to complain about matchmaker, but the reality is that when you're the one on your team that is ahead, it is on you to spread that advantage to the rest of your team. If you've killed your laning opponent 6 times while your bot lane is 0-2 and you haven't made your way down there several times to change their situation, and instead sit on your lane to gobble up 3 more kills,that is on you. That is you giving up a portion of your agency. I very rarely find myself in the situation where I feel I'm doing exceptionally well but we're still losing, because I focus on spreading my advantage to my team.

That's only because you're playing at low ratings. In the vast majority of games in Diamond, it's the worst player who decides the game; sharing your advantage with them does nothing, because they aren't playing well enough to use it.

Also, bot lane being 0-2 while you're up 6 kills virtually never happens. More likely you hit level 6 and your bottom lane is 0-4 or 0-5, you're maybe 1-0 or 2-0 at best, if you're dominating your lane. At this point, the game is over.

IfnethMar 9, 20181 votes

Unless Master players climbed from Diamond by just never being the worst, there must still be ways to carry. I have no idea what those even theoretically are, but a Diamond player told me that they involve macro.

SubdueMar 9, 20182 votes

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That's only because you're playing at low ratings. In the vast majority of games in Diamond, it's the worst player who decides the game; sharing your advantage with them does nothing, because they aren't playing well enough to use it.

Also, bot lane being 0-2 while you're up 6 kills virtually never happens. More likely you hit level 6 and your bottom lane is 0-4 or 0-5, you're maybe 1-0 or 2-0 at best, if you're dominating your lane. At this point, the game is over.

Then how do you suppose people ever climb to master? Challenger?

MagicFlyingLlamaMar 8, 20183 votes

This is nothing new.

Every strategic PvP game that exists allows people to throw a game single-handedly, and there is no cure for it except becoming a no-skill no-team no-effort shitfest like PUBG.

AnateraMar 9, 20183 votes

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This is nothing new.

Every strategic PvP game that exists allows people to throw a game single-handedly, and there is no cure for it except becoming a no-skill no-team no-effort shitfest like PUBG.

LoL wasn't always like that.

stealthfox94Mar 9, 20183 votes

Oh hey, it's the daily "league is dying" post.

InTheoryMar 8, 20181 votes

I think that simply too many players are stuck on a skill level where they are not able to to organize their own lead but suffer much more from loosing lane to the enemy while also being unable to not fed their opponent. It's nowhere near a matter of meta if you ask me and it's definately nothing that requires systematic changes from Riot's side. The game's popularity has resulted in it being a casual game for many players so there's no room for much practice or self reflection. Even in high gold to low plat (medium tier) there's most of the time that one player that got fed in lane and the rest of the game revolves around them while there's no planing ahead for objectives or organized plays.

Mob PiruMar 8, 20181 votes

i blame those death timers....

FCJAAAAGOOOOMar 8, 20182 votes

The thing is is that death timers being at 0 still probably won't help a losing botlane protect their tower from falling before 7 minutes.

Spank the FoxMar 9, 20181 votes

People says this about every fucking team game, even sports. You did not suddenly discover this and this isn’t the downfall for any game.

SilverjustMar 9, 20181 votes

well the changes to shift more gold to the cannon-minion are not helping with that

Christmas BoyMar 9, 20181 votes

This is the case for any video game, and almost any competition. it's much easier to allow the other team to win than it is to beat them. Is this a serious post?

DukuesMar 9, 20181 votes

I don't agree with the "league will be gone" comment, which is why you don't have more upvotes I would guess but honestly it's so true that players can throw harder than carry and its boring as fuck.