Help me! Am I a Video Game Snob?
Alright so this post is long but i'm desperate for some advice, below is the issue I consistently have with League Of Legends and its caused me and some of my close friends to just agree not to talk to each other about League or play together.
When i'm playing League, I expect strong gameplay. I want strong picks, strong team compositions, communication, wards, proper build paths and just general reasonable gameplay. If the top ADCs are Lucian, Tristana, Jinx and Caitlyn right now, then my logic is you either play one of those four or you don't play ADC. That logic applies to every role. If it isn't a top pick, why pick it? Now, I know, everyone likes to play their specific favorite champions and I can get behind that, but here me out. If your favorite ADC is Ashe, and you want to play Ashe but there are a bunch of assassins with gap closers on the enemy team doesn't it just make sense to NOT pick your favorite champion into that? My favorite champion has always been Katarina and I still will NOT pick Katarina into Malzahar or Diana. I know how those match ups go, and I would rather pick something that handles it better like LeBlanc, another champion I enjoy.
My other issue with the game, is I don't enjoy getting stomped. I'm very honestly just not amused at watching my teammates constantly die, and when the game gets to the point where we're not going to win i'd like to save myself 45 minutes and just surrender to play the next (in normals, ranked I don't surrender). There is nothing funny about being hopelessly beaten by the 25 minute mark, it actually makes me angry. They, on the other hand, are still laughing and having a grand time. And before anyone says it, I have no problem with losing. I just like to feel like, when I lose, my team tried their best. Picking things like support Azir and ADC Teemo is not trying your best, its wasting 45 minutes of your life on a joke. We could play anything else, or play something designed to be amusing without being time consuming.
I'm not trying to be a pro here, i'm Silver 1 and i'm fine being there. I just want to know that when we lose, we actually tried and failed rather than just throwing our win to the wolves. Am I really in the wrong for feeling this way? Should I just find a way to lighten up?
D : Halp. I'm honestly tired of running people off, but I don't want to sacrifice my sanity for their amusement.