How do you limit/restrict your time spent in League?

Strawberrycocoa·Apr 22, 2016·1 votes·3,068 views

I'm probably the only one who has this problem, but I play League more often in a day than is really good. 3 matches a evening on average, sometimes more. I'm falling behind on my hobby projects and I've also got a full Steam library that has games completely untouched because all my time is spent playing League.

I'd love to reduce how much time I give League or even quit altogether but I haven't had much luck with it. When I try to focus my energies on other things, I drift back after a bit. I've uninstalled the game to remove the temptation, but eventually reinstall it a month or so later.

I figure this must be what cigarettes are like, try to quit but keep going back. :\

Anyone else had to manually reduce League time and has suggestions on it?

12 Comments

OurLestradeApr 22, 20162 votes

My schedule is one bot game for my bonus, then either an ARAM or normal. I have a to-do list written up for hobbies every day and I have two slots for "Bonus" and "ARAM/Normal" (Been going through the old Tomb Raiders lately, almost finished TR2 :P)

StrawberrycocoaApr 22, 20161 votes

To-Do list may not be a bad idea.

MISTAFUNKTASTICApr 22, 20162 votes

Set a defined, reasonable goal you want to achieve. After you reach that see if your desire is tempered. Mine is to get back to gold. After that I plan on playing much less. It has worked in the past for me.

StrawberrycocoaApr 22, 20161 votes

I'm a normals scrub, my goals are usually "I feel like playing X champ", then I fire it up.

Then I just want more. :/

leaugesbaneApr 22, 20161 votes

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I'm a normals scrub, my goals are usually "I feel like playing X champ", then I fire it up.

Then I just want more. :/

stop your self from loging in. lol is a great game which is why it gets addictive. if only riot was half a great company it would be so addictive youd be lucky to stop playing

FACE THE WlNDApr 22, 20161 votes

Oh boy 3 games! How do you do that!

StrawberrycocoaApr 22, 20161 votes

Not sure how to interpret this. Sarcasm?

leaugesbaneApr 22, 20161 votes

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Oh boy 3 games! How do you do that!

this was my first reaction it doesnt sound like addiction tell yo relaize games go 30mins to a full hour

HilfigerApr 22, 20161 votes

When I play for 8 hours + of ranked and not get that far, I think and realize how I wasted so much time to get a virtual ranking that no one else cares about. Sure there is self accomplishment and satisfaction but what's next? Just keep playing?

I limit myself to just playing the rotating game modes now every weekend. I don't even open touch League during the weekdays because I feel there's no point in playing. I don't find the game fun anymore so my ideas might be biased. I've got my friend to think the same because I always tell him "That doesn't seem very productive." We would go out and do something productive.

Sure League is great to spend a few hours on it but if it's interfering with different aspects of your life, it's becoming a problem then.

StrawberrycocoaApr 22, 20161 votes

Not sure how relevant this is, but I actually lost a friend partially from trying to reduce my League time.

Not a close friend, just a guy I met at the doctor's office and we hit it off over League. He'd ping me at 10 or 11 o'clock at night to play League, which is right at my "I Gotta Draw" time (I do two webcomics, that's the hobby project I mentioned). He also invited me to join his Skype-based DnD group but I had to skip a few sessions to have date nights with my girlfriend. I tried to play when I was free to, but he started getting pissy and passive aggressive about it.

HilfigerApr 22, 20161 votes

This kind of counteracts the whole point of this thread then haha.

StrawberrycocoaApr 22, 20161 votes

Well, my efforts haven't worked well. XD