It's not you, it's me

I've never made a post like this for any game be it in the forums or reviews. This game has dragged me in and kicked me out again so many times. I started playing this game a couple years ago with some of my friends just like anyone else. I quickly became a support main for a friend of mine who was an ADC main. I enjoyed it for a while. I knew that I was a noob and had a lot to learn so I tried not to look down too much when I lost. I worked through the levels until I hit level 30 so I could finally play ranked and see just how good (or bad) I really was. I played ranked that season and ended up in silver somewhere and felt ok with the result. After that I just became disenfranchised with the game for a while. I stopped playing for maybe a year or so because I just quite simply got bored. Over the next couple years I played a few games here and there with my friends but never really felt like picking the game up full time again until just recently. All of these awesome trailers and commercials Riot has been putting out looked amazing and really made me want to play the game again. I finally wanted to come back and be able to enjoy this awesome looking game the way my friends still do.

Unfortunately, I just can't. I tried. I come back to this game and I play a couple games and quickly realize that nothing has changed. Its not that the game is bad, It isn't. this is not a negative review of the game but I've never played a game where I feel like I'm losing and literally go to push the surrender button just to realize that my team is up by 10 kills and 2 turrets. I really just don't understand. I know its probably that I'm just bad and didn't take the time to learn the game to its fullest. I don't mind losing and I don't mind getting beaten senselessly before we can even surrender but I can not understand or enjoy a game that has champions that can chain abilities for a guaranteed kill and all you can do is sit there stunned waiting for your spawn timer to start ticking.

I want to love this game. I love the champions and all the cool skins and the idea of playing support for my other teammates but I can't help but honestly feel sad whenever I actually get into a game. I've never felt so conflicted with a game in my life. I know it's just me and maybe a few other people out there since this game has millions of content players out there.

To Riot, I really wanted to love this game. I'm sorry that I couldn't. I still love all of the ads you guys put out for the game and I watch them fully every time I see them. I still love the champions in game and will probably continue collecting merchandise but as for the game, I just can't.

So I guess this is goodbye League of Legends. It's been a ride and I'm sorry it couldn't have gone on longer. It's not you, it's me. I hope others can find this game and continue to enjoy it in a way that I couldn't.

Goodbye, Guineapig776