One of My Big League Pet Peeves

Picture this scenario: So you're playing a game, and things are going well. You push down mid inhibitor and then back off for the time being. When your team regroups, they insist on pushing mid again, despite the inhib already being down, meaning that lane will push itself. You try to encourage your team to push bot or top, especially if they have a minion wave already pushed close to the inhib turret, but they won't budge from pushing mid. Why do people insist on pushing a dead inhib lane when it would be much more strategically useful to push another lane?

This seriously bothers me, and it happens way too often. It's very difficult to push and win with just mid inhibitor down, unless you ace them or something. Why not utilize the time mid inhib is down to push your advantage elsewhere? Mid will continue to push thanks to the super minions, and your team can push a side lane as well: that's 2 lanes pushed at the same time without having to actually be in both lanes. Often the enemy team will have to send someone mid and that leaves them 4v5 for a short time, allowing you to either shove turret down or win a teamfight. Bonus points if you have a top-laner with tele pushing the other side lane, but that takes a little more coordination (that, or the top-laner is paying close attention) If you can manage to take a second inhib, that's a possible baron for your team, and makes pushing into the enemy base MUCH easier.

It just baffles me why people never seem to follow this simple rule of thumb. This is the strategy that LCS teams use! And it's one of the few that are easy to implement in solo queue. Simply remember to siege bot(or top if its pushed more) after you've already taken mid. As long as everyone remembers to do that together, its an effective strategy that can take your advantage and push it even further. I've had plenty of comebacks where my team merely got a lucky inhibitor and were able to turn that into a second inhibitor thanks to grouping in a different lane.

Anyways, I seriously recommend this strategy to people. Simple in concept, simple in execution, good results. Venting over now. Thanks for listening! :)