but i think it illustrates perfectly how the teamwork in this game currently is.
http://tinypic.com/r/2199rm0/5
sidenote: i follow the meta, and i believe its funny and apparently its not a game meme but a "webcomic" i could argue that its both.
Kira Onime4 votesヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
Zielmann2 votesThat's a webcomic, not a meme.
There's no need (or use) for bumping threads with this community format.
Demonheim1 votesill bump what i like thank you.
Demonheim1 votesbump
Kira Onime1 votesYou can bump all you want. It won't go back to the top.
Demonheim1 voteslol it does...sometimes i think
Kira Onime1 votesRecent order - 12th-ish Hot - not on page Best - nowhere near.
One of the reasons this format is being tried out is so people cannot bump their own thread.
Demonheim1 votesRecent order - 12th-ish Hot - not on page Best - nowhere near.
are u missing something here because somehow i dont understand this. i understand im not top...but your wording seems wrong.
Kira Onime1 votesWhat I meant to say is that a thread doesn't move up just because it gets a new post in it.
You could post in it 50 times and it wouldn't change anything. This format doesn't work like GD. If the thread is deemed good by other users, it moves up, otherwise it stales and goes down.
Zielmann2 votesMy point is that it doesn't even function over here like it does on the main boards. In short 'bumping' it... doesn't bump it. It won't jump back to the top of the 'recent topics' list just for adding a new post.
Demonheim1 voteshmm weird ive seen it work before...i mean sometimes when i comment it does nothing and sometimes when i do i refresh and its at the top again..
Demonheim1 votesbump
Demonheim1 votesi found this meme today and i thought wow thats league of legends! ahha
Silver Raven1 votesAlso: Why the hate? The damn meta works, it's fun, challenging, diverse, and gives Riot a basic order of things to work around...
Take out the hipster glasses people...
Pryotra2 votesIf it causes verbal harassment because you don't follow it, then clearly there is a problem.
It's not "look at me being different," but rather "look how everyone is treating that guy for doing something they didn't 100% agree with."
Demonheim1 votesi follow the meta. but i found it funny because all the new players have this happen.
Silver Raven1 votesThere isn't in fact. It's not people being bad (always) or any other possible hipster argument, it's only that going contrary to the accepted way of behaving is punished by a community.
¿Bad? ¿Good? Can't say, it's just the way it is, humans reinforce their communities by taking customs which rule most of the aspects of their social behavior.
All of this considering you are really breaking the meta and going something along the lines of Teemo support. If you just go diverse and wanna try something like Mao support or jungle Kha Zix, then by all means do it, but then people could rage at you for hindering their chances of winning.
All of that said, stick to the meta man, it's just the best way to play this game and the accepted, more sociable and respectful way to do so.
Pryotra1 votesCurrently, playing heimer is punished in this regard. If choosing a champion just in an of itself, regardless of role, gets "punished" as you call it, then I would argue that is an issue.
By the way, how do you think the community "punishes" a player? From my experiences, they have two avenues, Harrassment, and throwing that game. They usually go hand in hand. I've seen it happen myself, so telling me it doesn't is a flat out lie. Not even in isolated scenarios either. Didn't get their lane of choice? Time to Flame! someone chose a champ I don't like? Time to Flame! Someone took a different choice for support than the classically expected champions? Time to Flame! In this way, the community forces the meta down the throats of all, and It happens all too often to be the vocal minority.
Heck, I get heckled in BLIND PICK for going Heimerdinger. I am 100% fine with any role for him, and am willing to fill (I've even done adc Heimer. Not great, but there are worse choices). It doesn't matter, I still get heckled.
So yeah. there is a problem. Bending knee to the community because they will rage and throw super hard is a bad experience for all 10 players, yet the idea of blindly following the meta perpetuates it. It isn't about "being hipster", its about how 1 guy made a choice he should have the right to make, and gets flamed and loses all semblance of teamwork for it. That isn't fair to the others who have to listen to the rage, it isn't fair to the people who want a serious game, and it REALLY isn't fair to the people who want to play something they know they are good with, but that thing isn't meta.
LilYonsan1 voteshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bylPTYle4W4 For your enjoyment.