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Community.. Seriously?

Nox Aeternam·3/4/2014, 5:00:57 AM·1 votes·974 views

We can all agree, League is best with a friend.

I played for quite some time today with a friend from the days of high school, and had a jolly good time. He's one win away from having 6,300 IP and buying Aatrox, and we're excited to start the next game. We queue, get the positions we want, and as the game is loading, he is pulled away from Skype. He comes back on after a minute and tells me that he can't play this one. He's seriously upset, but says he can't do anything about it. Seriously, the guys sounds depressed he can't play this game. After telling me it's a family issue, he signs off and I decide to take his place to prevent an empty lane (Sona top OP).

I tell everyone, in all chat, once the game starts, that my friend is afk and can't participate in this game because of unavoidable family matters.

And that's when the sh*t-storm starts.

my adc proceeds to tell me that he's at fault for queuing up, to which I respond by telling him how we'd started loading before the issue arose. He then informs me that he's married with 4 kids, and he can handle them just fine. My friend is fresh out of high school, and this isn't anything he is in control of. This, however, means nothing to the salty adc. After a very short time, basically my whole team is on top of me for not doing well (solo Sona top against a Sona/Ashe combo, nonetheless...), as well as being the friend of the guy who afk'd.

So.. Maybe I'm just writing this because I'm really, really mad at the adc and would like to see how he'd respond to family troubles in the middle of a LoL Normal match. Maybe I just wanted to write it down to vent and get it off my chest.

Does anyone feel me on this? That the adc is crazy and very wrong for saying that if you might potentially have an (unavoidable) issue, you should just not queue?

6 Comments

Moosenocalypse3/4/2014, 5:49:00 AM3 votes

If you have even a gumption of an emergency or pressing matter popping up in the next hour you should either stick to bots or not play.

I understand emergencies are emergencies but if you can have any control over it you should take full responsibility for the actions and plan accordingly.

MXXIV3/4/2014, 7:32:15 AM2 votes

Getin' tired of cry cry posts - like if none harassed me for stupid reasons sometimes.

And my comment to the pool is, that I don't play unless I'm safe home and everything's ok.

pwndras3/4/2014, 5:13:00 AM1 votes

Well I can see how the other players on your team can be upset, no one likes starting a game one man down. Now granted real life things do come up and your friend didn't know he would have to get off. So yeah I would just advise that next time if someone is giving you flack just mute them. I am thinking that maybe the other guy was just having a rough day or something so he blew up. Just mute and move on.

MackleDoge3/4/2014, 6:04:20 AM1 votes

If there is a potential for something to come up you honestly shouldn't queue. You have a responsibility to your team to be there to play and a responsibility to the other team to give them a good match. Obviously I don't know exactly what you're friend's issue was, so I can't tell if it was predictable or he had reason to believe that might happen, but as a general rule, each individual knows their personal family life and relevant potential distractions and it's only the mature thing to do to plan accordingly. The abuse you received and the attitude your team had was inappropriate, I won't excuse them of that, but you should expect some dissatisfaction from a situation like that, not a saintly prayer circle as your team.

My recommendation. Understand your surrounding and your situation and advise your friend to do so as well. Be as prepared as possible that way you can avoid such things. Most of all, if you can't play, that's fine it happens, but don't expect a warm reception to that news.

Rubitonabuilding3/4/2014, 4:20:42 PM1 votes

I have no problem with someone leaving in case of a family emergency or something. What's annoying is when people start a game KNOWING they'll have to leave at a certain time. That pisses me off.