Do you know this player type: "The Bot Game Hero"?

BlueBilberry··2 votes·636 views

Do you know this player type?

  1. May or may not have come from a loss in a ranked game - usually from a higher rank.
  2. Often plays bot games - usually to get his first win of the day.
  3. Enters a bot game and plays a champions like Katarina, Vayne, Yasuo or some other FotM currently believed to be overpowered, then does any number of the following things:

a) Proceeds to zoom around the Rift eating up minions and bot champions. b) Belittles and/or puts down all the other players as being bronze or losers. c) Brags about his achievements. d) Ruins the fun of the game for all others who are there to practice their skills and/or earn IP. e) May enter a lane, and proceeds to farm by waiting for other players to hit minions then steal their last hits.

4.Finally, at the end of the game, said player type either leaves without offering a "gg" or thanking his teammates (for putting up with them).

Seem to have been seeing these nearly as much as the bot/IP farmers lately. :|

9 Comments

Jo0o1 votes

I do a non-douchey version of this sometimes for stress relief. I'll take Darius to a bots game and try to get a penta. It can be fun. I don't go out of my way to ruin the experience for others, beyond possibly ending the game in 15-minutes in a 1v5. It's hard to feel bad about it when most of my "teammates" seem to be auto-farmers anyway.

BlueBilberry1 votes

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I do a non-douchey version of this sometimes for stress relief. I'll take Darius to a bots game and try to get a penta. It can be fun. I don't go out of my way to ruin the experience for others, beyond possibly ending the game in 15-minutes in a 1v5. It's hard to feel bad about it when most of my "teammates" seem to be auto-farmers anyway.

Understandable. As long as you are sure that the others are auto-farmers... ;)

Maximum Morde1 votes

When I go to bot games, it's to get first win asap. I will end the game as fast as possible. This means it's going to end in anywhere from 14-20 minutes depending on which champ I picked. I don't see the issue?

BlueBilberry1 votes

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When I go to bot games, it's to get first win asap. I will end the game as fast as possible. This means it's going to end in anywhere from 14-20 minutes depending on which champ I picked. I don't see the issue?

The post was just speculating on a certain personality type which I had been encountering of late.

Don't see anything wrong with a person ending the game in under 20 minutes - as long as the rest of the (human) players in the game have no problem with it.

Maximum Morde1 votes

It's irrelevant whether they have a problem with it or not. The objective of the game is to kill the nexus. If they gonna get mad about me killing the nexus then they can go play customs.

BlueBilberry1 votes

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It's irrelevant whether they have a problem with it or not. The objective of the game is to kill the nexus. If they gonna get mad about me killing the nexus then they can go play customs.

Um, here's the problem: custom games give no IP. None. And there are a quite a few players who go into the bot games with the aim of practicing their skills while at the same time earning IP - which they need for new champions, runes, etc.

Here's what LoL tells the new players:

"Why Co-op vs. AI?

Co-op vs. AI is a great way to learn a new champion's abilities or test out a new strategy with your team. Unlike the tutorials, co-op allows you to interact with other summoners and tailor AI's difficulty to your skill level. Whether you play for one game or one hundred, it's a great place to meet other summoners."

It's hard to try out new strategies when basically one "experienced" (and perhaps slightly egocentric) player just runs up and down the lanes bullying his teammates just so that they can end the game on a note that only they themselves can appreciate.

Escheton1 votes

No. Now that they removed first win I don't see bot-anything.

Rip guarenteed fw.

BlueBilberry1 votes

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No. Now that they removed first win I don't see bot-anything.

Rip guarenteed fw.

Are you sure that you no longer have bonus IP for the first win of the day?

Lux Is Mai Waifu1 votes

You can't blame players for playing the game, it's Riot's responsibility to fix these problems with matchmaking adjustments and removing the incentive to smurf, but they won't because they don't care about new players.

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