4 years, 3.498 hours and 2k games later...

Clint Orris·Mar 9, 2015·65 votes·4,170 views

I have officially purchased every champ with IP(never bought an IP boost). I cant imagine what it's like for newcomers. wow

63 Comments

Byakuya KuchikiMar 9, 201546 votes

time to start getting your first rune page

727PPMar 9, 201516 votes

congrats! now buy that name change you have wanted since day 3!

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20153 votes

No that name is fantastic!

PhifeMar 9, 201512 votes

Only 3.498 hours to play 2k games?

BolwinkelMar 9, 20153 votes

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Only 3.498 hours to play 2k games?

He probably meant to put a , instead of a .

Clint OrrisMar 9, 20153 votes

^ yea haha

ZirzonMar 9, 201512 votes

And here I thought you were just foreign. Oddly enough . vs , usage for number flips in various countries.

FiskMar 9, 20151 votes

yeah its different in different countries. I think europe and possibly south america uses . in place of , for numbers and numerical stuff (not sure which countries but I know a decent amount do).

Dorans HatMar 9, 20155 votes

2k wins maybe? Each of your games took over an hour

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20152 votes

He looses too....

Lajinn5Mar 9, 20154 votes

Keeping in mind that you were probably around before IP gains were gutted as well

Clint OrrisMar 10, 20152 votes

Yea^. I'm so glad that I started way back when because trying to gain IP now would really turn me off from this game as a newbie. And with how Riot is favoring mobile and complex champs, you are pretty much forced to buy the newer champs in order to successfully thrive in this game. It sickens me tbh

WolfBVMar 9, 20153 votes

Your hole requires punishing. XD

Loken StoneheartMar 9, 20153 votes

Impossible. Its impossible. Especially if you want rune pages / runes. I'd be almost okay with the current champ pricing if RUNES and the pages were free.

junglerboy16Mar 9, 20151 votes

SO MUCH THIS!

25 champions and a year and a half of gameplay, and I have half of a rune page to show for it.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

They are a business. There goal is not to have a game in which they make 0 money. The champ pricing allows you to buy certain champs with ip, but if you want something immediately you need to buy rp. If everything was cheeper then there would be no LCS and more importantly no patches.

League of PotatoMar 10, 20151 votes

I'd be pretty alright with there being no LCS, I doubt I'm the only one that thinks this way honestly after the most recent patches

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

But there still are hundreds of thousands of people that love the LCS and other competitive League of Legends Leagues

League of PotatoMar 10, 20151 votes

I enjoy watching it, don't get me wrong. But I wouldn't be heart broken if it were to cease being a "thing". The path riot is taking with league, I wouldn't be surprised if within a year or two it becomes completely irrelevant. Pretty sure unless riot starts actually balancing champions, and not turning every champion into a mobile skill shot champ, they will lose a huge portion of their fan base.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

Except that skillshots are extremely balanced...

League of PotatoMar 10, 20151 votes

Based on what premise?

Blue Moon WolfMar 9, 20153 votes

give it another 2 weeks :P

Tentacle LoveMar 9, 20153 votes

Well, for starters, newcomers don't buy every champion. ;)

But seriously, that's awesome. Congratulations on something that surely took you quite a bit of effort. So which champion did you main to get all of them? Who was first? Who was last? Who's your favorite?

Clint OrrisMar 10, 20151 votes

Haha thanks. My first was fid. Ah those days where his E could bounce like 10 times lmao. I play too much to keep track haha

Aratez TreatyMar 9, 20151 votes

Do you actually play every champion? And you will have to make sure to stay stocked up on IP for that every 1-4 months new champions come out.

Aratez TreatyMar 9, 20151 votes

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Do you actually play every champion? And you will have to make sure to stay stocked up on IP for that every 1-4 months new champions come out.

Like, not have you played all champions, but do you actually enjoy playing all champions?

Clint OrrisMar 10, 20151 votes

And yes and no. With how riot is catering to mobile champs right now I cringe when I see an enemy team with like kalista, braum, zed and shit i'm here with Anivia haha. And I have 40k ip left over.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

Yeah it makes sense. Because the meta rotates so much. Maybe some other old champs will come back and be god tier again.

Stark6000Mar 9, 20151 votes

It's insanity really

willcarry4goldMar 9, 20151 votes

I cry every time I look at the champion select list and see how little champs I have

JimmyyyMar 9, 20151 votes

Congrats... Last time I counted I had 93... I probably have 95-ish now. I'm on my way! I started playing late S2, and I have almost 1,000 normals played (Just summoner's rift blind & draft mode, no teambuilder or ranked included).

Dark Confidant Mar 9, 20151 votes

Congrats bro i have all the champs too have for a awhile now i have 32k ip just laying around

MohawkBirdMar 9, 20151 votes

Considering it took this guy 4 years to get all the champions, when the game has only been out 6 years, it's time to start thinking of a new IP system. I really hope they just make this party reward system permanent. I mean what do they have to even study anyways, they should know by now IP gains are bad enough compared to the amount of things that this game has to offer.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

What the actual fuck are you talking about. The fact that it is a completely free game at all is miraculous. They are a business first. This means that they need to MAKE MONEY, and this comes mainly from the sale of rp. Therefore the champ pricing is wonderful. Sure I would like to buy diana and lissandra right now, but if everything was super cheep or free there would be no LCS and no patches.

CrazedPorcupineMar 11, 20152 votes

Let's see, Dota 2 has all heroes available for free, you can earn cosmetics for free, you have a thriving competitive scene and constant additions of new content and patches. Riot could easily unlock all champions for free on every single account, and still be able to make a butt ton of money off of skins and skins alone.

MohawkBirdMar 11, 20152 votes

Does the fact that it took this guy 4 years to get every champion not mean anything to you? I understand they are a business, I'm not an idiot, but there is a clear line between making money and just screwing over your player base. IP gains right now are poor. You want Diana, right? Well you better grind out 40+ games to get it. Thing is, not everyone has the time to do that. People have work, people have school, people have social lives. It seems they've based their system around the idea that everyone has the times to grind. As far as making money goes, if they did decide to lower RP cost of champion, they would actually bring in the money from the people who can't grind all the time, ultimately increasing their profits anyways, and that wasn't even my original suggestion. If you read my post, I was talking about IP gains specifically, and how I hope they decide to keep the party system.

By the way, there is a middle ground between pricing and profits. If everything is cheap, they'd get sales, but they would make little money from each, resulting in low profit. If everything is expensive, they will sell very little, resulting in low profit as well. This wasn't even the point I was trying to make, but charging an average of around 5 dollars per champion for a game that has over 100 is quite ridiculous.

StephenizgodMar 9, 20151 votes

What is really annoying is by the time i save the IP for a 6300 champion, a new champ is released lol. Well tbh i had IP for three 6300 champions a while back, then Riot did the 2 rne pages for the price of one and i had to get it lol.

TaylorGaylorMar 10, 20151 votes

Hey, Punish This Hole, PM me.

(lol)

j jMar 10, 20151 votes

You act like people need to unlock all the content. Newcomers don't have an issue getting champions or runes. If it's not as fast as they like the incentive to buy rp for a boost or a champion is high.

4nth0l0gyMar 10, 20151 votes

Riot. Come on. This is seriously your business model.

It's not acceptable.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

What the actual fuck are you talking about. This is perfectly acceptable. In fact it is better than what they could have done. The fact that it is a completely free game at all is miraculous. They are a buisness first. This means that they need to make money, and this comes mainly from the sale of rp. Therefore the champ pricing is wonderful. Sure I would like to buy diana and lissandra right now, but if everything was super cheep or free there would be no LCS and no patches.

4nth0l0gyMar 10, 20151 votes

You're missing the point of my argument. I appreciate the fact that they have an IP system. I do not appreciate how pathetic the gains are for playing matches, how highly priced items such as runes are, and how little Riot cares to say on the subject. It is not perfectly acceptable, because their main source of income is skins. Players don't drop money on champions because they know they can earn them with IP; it just takes forever to do it, which is frustrating for the player and still non-lucrative for Riot. Newer players are extremely limited in their champion choices to begin because only champions costing 450 IP are remotely affordable; for everything else, they're left to hope the free rotation favors a champion they're interested in. It's actually unfair and totally unacceptable for them because it's so stifling.

Furthermore, Riot already makes huge, HUGE, amounts of money, much of which is pocketed. They could easily afford to (and would probably benefit from) making things like champions and runes more easily accessible via IP,and in doing so make the game more enjoyable for their clinetele...but for some reason, refuse to.

Acidic PuddleMar 10, 20151 votes

People still enjoy the game even after 6 years. They have no need to change it.

4nth0l0gyMar 10, 20151 votes

You. You are the problem.

56552559_DELMar 10, 20151 votes

You are lucky. With the way the IP is now, i am barely clearing 100 a match. I dont mind spending money on Riot points to get a few champs that I like. Some I will buy with RP but most will be bought with IP considering I have a certain playstyle and most champs dont fit that style.

End youMar 10, 20151 votes

Hear that... I started back in 09'...Stopped while I was in Army. I came back and there was another 50 champs I needed to buy and most them cost double what I was used to paying.... Needless to say Ive just picked and chosen around non meta champs.

Something needs to change there IMO or more double IP weekends.

BustexMar 10, 20151 votes

that means im halfway there.

Loken StoneheartMar 10, 20151 votes

Reminder to everyone that is throwing a hissy fit about how Riot is a business: They sell skins, merchandise, and exp/ip boosts. Other mobas offer all the heros for free. The least that could be done is make it actually possible to get some of them.

(Also, the LCS not being a thing might be the best thing to ever happen to this game. Its absolutely ruining game balance)