So I created a smurf to see the "new player experience"

YoungFarmer·May 2, 2016·9 votes·1,693 views

Now because I am not a total dick, I play like top tank jinx, or ad swain mid. Because frankly I would feel bad for absolutely destroying these new players. The thing is some people who are obvious smurfs just go an wreck these new players like go 20/0 in lane and tower dive these people who don't even know how to build a champion yet.

Another thing is you are constantly put against people who have keystones. My account is level 3 and I will go up against people who are level 23, 24 ETC and these people have massive advantages on me, they may have runes, and they have keystone masteries.

All in all if I was a new player, I would probably quit league because its not fun. My Girlfriend wanted to quit league because frankly she doesn't have any fun when shes not playing with me.

You need to do something about the new player expierence if you want to keep new players riot.

11 Comments

ValyrianBladeMay 2, 20164 votes

I had none of these issues when I started as a new player in season 4. And I think most new players wouldn't either.

As a smurf yourself, you probably won most of your matches at level 1 and 2. And by most, I mean basically all. Which raises your elo insanely quickly and puts you in these games quickly. So you're matched with Smurfs.

As a regular new player, when I started I probably went something like 3-7 or 4-6 in my first 10 (I had played a decent number of AI matches first, to like level 6 or 7). The game knew I was new, and subsequently put me with other people that it knew were new.

YoungFarmerMay 2, 20161 votes

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I had none of these issues when I started as a new player in season 4. And I think most new players wouldn't either.

As a smurf yourself, you probably won most of your matches at level 1 and 2. And by most, I mean basically all. Which raises your elo insanely quickly and puts you in these games quickly. So you're matched with Smurfs.

As a regular new player, when I started I probably went something like 3-7 or 4-6 in my first 10 (I had played a decent number of AI matches first, to like level 6 or 7). The game knew I was new, and subsequently put me with other people that it knew were new.

Iv only played to none bot games and both were loses lol

The LexerMay 3, 20164 votes

Then, the 20/0 player tells the 3/8 player to uninstall because they suck

This is the problem

Demon King MaouMay 2, 20162 votes

Just premade in a large group and you have all the fun you need!

But yeah the NEW PLAYER experience has been shit since season 5 ( possibly below ) I started playing in S5 and i HATED LEAGUE If it wasn't for my cousin i wouldn't of stayed

YoungFarmerMay 2, 20163 votes

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Just premade in a large group and you have all the fun you need!

But yeah the NEW PLAYER experience has been shit since season 5 ( possibly below ) I started playing in S5 and i HATED LEAGUE If it wasn't for my cousin i wouldn't of stayed

I started this game at the end of season 3 and yah the only reason I stayed tbh is because I had tons of friends who played it. The game doesn't even teach you how to play. I went back and looked at my other account which I made before this one. I only have about 7 games on my other account and I played darius and all I build was the same Items every game. The one game I had full warmogs armour and the other game 4 nashors tooths. This game is slightly complicated but it honestly does a poor job in teaching you how to play. and you rely on other people you know in real life to teach you.

AeszarckMay 3, 20162 votes

I've been playing as a smurf to help my friend face opponents at his summoner level, and hopefully skill as well. The first couple games had one or two smurfs, but were mostly new players. As we won, our MMR rocketed up significantly, and we ended up in games with only smurfs (besides my friend).

This is in stark contrast to my experience, where I played mostly by myself and sometimes with my level 30 friend who introduced me to the game, and ended up facing players mostly on my skill level for the pre-thirty matches where I was alone. My experience was fine.

Also, my friend's experience is going pretty well, despite the smurfs. Though they're smurfs, they're not especially more (or less) mean than people I've encountered in my level thirty games. He's liking the game, and wants to play more.

DeloricVIMay 2, 20161 votes

Me and a friend of mine who has never played league might be doing something like this for the purpose of reviewing the beginning game League of Legends experience... I can't wait to see if what he thinks. He'll probably hate it, lol.

LordGeovanniMay 3, 20161 votes

i did my first time and i joined in season 2 forgot about the game and resumed and got level 30 weeks before season 3 and i was a person who read every champion bio lore and skills to date before i got summoner level 23 and i pick up on how things work fast though exicuteing them may not be as good but the game meta was preferable to this one at the time so i stuck with it. if i wanted a fast paced less strategic game i would play Call of Duty

LordGeovanniMay 3, 20161 votes

i doubt league has more than 200 new players a month trying and of those 200 i doubt more than 50 stay after 2 months people would have diffrent play rates and leveling rates I believe that faceing people 20 levels above you isnt gonna be uncommon league isn't new anymore you are gonna be versus people like that there isnt much of a mass of players under level 30 playing constantly unless its smurfs. smurfs would be the fastest set of people to level up.

TouchpadExpertMay 3, 20161 votes

I started right after Quinn got released. I knew nobody but my brother who was on and off with the game. He's here now as VesperNadal. But I stayed and played bot games. I had some IRL friends in this game at one point but they have since quit. Most of the people I play with it met on here. I did make a smurf to help my friends get started and the new player experience in PvP is brutal to say the least. It really needs changing.

The DeckownerMay 3, 20161 votes

Keystone in general is very bad for new players, I have a friend who was like lv10 and he loses pretty much every game when his opponent has keystones, he simply cant trade because enemy always gets 100ish free dmg.