Describe League to a layman in 10 words or less

nami tf·Sep 16, 2016·8 votes·958 views

Aaaand go

32 Comments

Laughing FishSep 16, 20164 votes

Report noob support and jungle I can't carry trash team.

The AqualiousSep 16, 20164 votes

Everyone hates each other, but nobody can stop playing it

MordepoolSep 17, 20164 votes

A trust exercise with four sadistic sociopaths and a mop

Amasa DelanoSep 16, 20162 votes

Like chess, but a real-time five-man team game.

SchoenbergSep 16, 20161 votes

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Like chess, but a real-time five-man team game.

Please don't be that one person who compares league to chess. :^)

IcyPepperSep 16, 20162 votes

Well it's not a bad comparison.

SchoenbergSep 16, 20161 votes

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Well it's not a bad comparison.

I am an avid chess player and do think its a bad comparison xD

IcyPepperSep 16, 20162 votes

How so?

They're wildly different, but League does have several strategy elements that you have to juggle and hypothetically (when there isn't one outright dominant strategy at the tome) there's different strategies.

Not to mention positioning, resource management, trading objectives with the enemy team (I'm aware that certain pieces in chess are assigned a hypothetical value; aka trading a knight for a rook is better than losing your queen to get a bishop), and placing one incredibly weak unit as the priceless losing condition behind several defenses and contingencies (aka the nexus).

Not to mention one of the weaker (but not always the weakest) classes in the game has the potential to be the strongest and most useful in the late-game, aka the pawn/ADC.

But hell do they play differently, let me tell you that.

SchoenbergSep 16, 20161 votes

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How so?

They're wildly different, but League does have several strategy elements that you have to juggle and hypothetically (when there isn't one outright dominant strategy at the tome) there's different strategies.

Not to mention positioning, resource management, trading objectives with the enemy team (I'm aware that certain pieces in chess are assigned a hypothetical value; aka trading a knight for a rook is better than losing your queen to get a bishop), and placing one incredibly weak unit as the priceless losing condition behind several defenses and contingencies (aka the nexus).

Not to mention one of the weaker (but not always the weakest) classes in the game has the potential to be the strongest and most useful in the late-game, aka the pawn/ADC.

But hell do they play differently, let me tell you that.

They most certainly play differently but there is quite a difference in the two and I still do think it to be unfair to compare chess to league. imo chess requires you to think ahead quite a bit where league is more of a on-the-spot reaction type thing... In which case it would be safe to compare things such as speed-chess to it. (One minute games and such where its pretty much solely based on reactions)...

IcyPepperSep 16, 20162 votes

They're similar, but different. I'd say the comparison is valid.

SchoenbergSep 16, 20162 votes

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They're similar, but different. I'd say the comparison is valid.

Was under the impression he was comparing chess to league in terms of strategy.

Amasa DelanoSep 17, 20161 votes

I actually have used this comparison alot explaining League to my non-League friends.

Typically, I start by comparing chess to League along these lines: the game isn't over until the nexus goes down (as opposed to many team games, which are won by points -- many people I talk to assume the same about League when I say it's a team game), and strategy and good positioning plays a bigger part than reaction time (something a lot of people also assume isn't true, because League is a video game, so it must be all about reaction time).

I usually follow up with the main differences: it's very fast paced, you can't see the whole board, and you have to coordinate heavily with your team to win.

SchoenbergSep 18, 20161 votes

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I actually have used this comparison alot explaining League to my non-League friends.

Typically, I start by comparing chess to League along these lines: the game isn't over until the nexus goes down (as opposed to many team games, which are won by points -- many people I talk to assume the same about League when I say it's a team game), and strategy and good positioning plays a bigger part than reaction time (something a lot of people also assume isn't true, because League is a video game, so it must be all about reaction time).

I usually follow up with the main differences: it's very fast paced, you can't see the whole board, and you have to coordinate heavily with your team to win.

Been playing chess since I was around 4ish... Still really don't think they are the same...

nami tfSep 16, 20164 votes

League IS like chess though

Riot is the player, we are the pieces, and how we move are the champions.

SchoenbergSep 16, 20161 votes