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Introducing new players to Leagues

SoulReaperDragon·3/22/2019, 9:14:48 AM·1 votes·1,971 views

I feel like this is something that Riot should discuss and IMO discourage people from doing it the wrong way. I just played a game where a seasoned veteran brought a brand new, never even played a match of LoL before, into a PVP match. I feel bad for the new player because they didn't learn anything from this experience and only ruined the match for 8 other people (I'm excluding the veteran). The tutorial is there for a reason, and there are bots for new people as well. LoL is a very complex game and not one that you can just be thrown into and do okay at. I personally feel like it should be an action which can be reported because at the end of the day the veteran is choosing to bring someone new into the game in a way that isn't fun and is ruining the game for everyone. I enjoy this game with several of my IRL friends, but i would never introduce someone new to it into a PVP like that. It's not fair and its not fun for anyone. Please Riot review this and make a stance known on it.

6 Comments

zPOOPz3/22/2019, 9:22:41 AM6 votes

yet another reason to stay out of Blind Pick.

I have not created a new account in a very long while, but if I remember correctly (and I could be wrong), new account cannot jump straight into Normal/Ranked Draft mode. They need a certain amount of owned champ and/or higher than a specific account level.

If you encounter a truly new player, then you must be playing Blind Pick or that account is not new new.

If the new player is using someone else's account to try the game, then that is a different and much more severe type of punishable offense.

While that may not be a solution you desire, if the game itself allowed a new account to play Blind Pick (and not without clearing some AI games beforehand if I remember correctly), why should that be a reportable offense?

Now that I think about it. I don't think it is even possible for a brand new never played a match of LoL account/player to be able to jump into PVP on its very first game. Not without sharing someone else's higher level account.

GatekeeperTDS3/22/2019, 10:51:45 AM2 votes

Think this through...Riot isn't going to discourage new players from starting 'the wrong way.' New players = new customers amd as soon as you start adding a ton of rules and restrictions, especially something like "you shouldn't play with your experienced friends if you're new," then people are going to find another game to play.

I'm sorry you had a bad game. You'll survive.

DrCyanide3/22/2019, 11:06:11 AM2 votes

I just played a game where a seasoned veteran brought a brand new, never even played a match of LoL before, into a PVP match.

Really? Because last time I tried to play with a friend on an account he'd never played on it didn't let him dive into PvP. We had to settle for Bots until he was level 5 or something.

I wonder if they wave the cap if you say "yes, I've played a MOBA before."