Boards›Player Behavior

This is why we shouldn't allow parties above 2 people in ranked matches:

Ben Sharpio·12/3/2015, 9:47:00 PM·2 votes·909 views

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2026810359/49006880?tab=stats

Okay, so champion select opens and i call the "support" role. The group of 4 inform me that they are in a party and they would prefer if i don't play Bard but i will be honest, i said " I don't care what you prefer, i want to play Bard as a support". Long story short, the team of 4 would not stop harassing me this game, and it got so bad to the point where we are at the nexus, at the last few hits for a victory and the party of 4 (on my team) all vote yes to surrender and we lose the game. I pray that parties of no bigger than 2 will ever be allowed into ranked. When we got to the end game screen the enemy team was confused as fuck, and they asked why. The justification? Because "bard didn't build Sightstone"

This happened in normal games, so it didn't affect me greatly. But jesus christ that's ridiculous!

20 Comments

EvilDustMan12/3/2015, 10:01:05 PM6 votes

" I don't care what you prefer, i want to play Bard as a support"

Yea, this is not how you start a civil discussion.

Wait, were you playing full AP bard 'support'?

So you come in and go 'I don't care what you say, I'm playing bard, and not even as support'?

I highly doubt this was as one sided as you claim.

LukeTheSheppy12/3/2015, 10:43:44 PM2 votes

Real talk though, why the fuck would you NOT build sightstone on a support?

SmokedAlmonds12/3/2015, 10:03:14 PM2 votes

This is like how people judge muslims on terrorist attacks.

There are groups in almost every game. People only think they are bad because you usually only know they are a group if they do something bad.

Builders, build. Haters, hate. Trolls, troll. People do that kind of thing on their own and while maybe the specific thing they did(surrender) required the group, they likely would have just trolled you if they were by themselves.

But really there is no reason to judge groups as a whole based on isolated incidents.

PIMPSMOOTH12/3/2015, 9:59:24 PM2 votes

They kindly ask you not to play a specific champ, you retort like a complete asshat plus ignore their request, then wonder why the 4 of them go on to berate you?

TheCeeJay12/3/2015, 10:06:37 PM1 votes

You could have very easily said "Bard is my best support and I'm not that great with any others, so it's probably in all of our best interest if I play Bard" or something along those lines instead of "I don't care, I do what I want."

Also to throw another point out there, supports build Sightstone. They just do. Was it worth surrendering over? Probably not, but still you should have built it to be honest.

ZDrahgonz12/3/2015, 10:26:51 PM1 votes

The major reason why i like the big parties is because it forces you to work as a team. Reflecting upon my own gameplay i'm basically playing off my mechanics, i feel as though i am lacking that team dynamic that you can only get with playing with your friends. So by this new rank system it forces you to go out and get 4 other friends get in a skype call and communicate with them. I am sure games will get more challenging and it will be harder for one person to carry a game. I'm excited for this.

LuluInWonderland12/3/2015, 10:58:01 PM1 votes

Anytime you solo queue nowadays, be prepared for harassment. It's the reason I don't play normals by myself anymore. I always play with at leas tone other person just to avoid the 4 man harassment if you don't do anything up to their standard. I'm scared to see how this will play out in ranked. It doesn't feel right and will create a negative experience for many people who prefer to play solo. Even 3 people that queue together can be a bit annoying sometimes.

Not all 4 man premade matches are bad. I play with 3 others myself and almost always it's a good experience as we just play for fun. But I generally have a far worse experience, on average, when I solo queue with 3 and 4 man premades. More often than not, a bad game, or even just small mistakes, will throw them all against you. I've had multiple people dc solely because I built TF on Jarvan instead of BC. Not a single negative word in the match until I finished that item and then they all instantly jumped on me and then 2 of them rage quit. All this without any provocation in any form from me. While somebody like that will likely find a reason to complain, I find people take it to the next level far more often when people feel that they have the power since they are the majority.

OP was wrong with his initial response and made things worse for himself. That was really stupid. At the same time, the 4 others that queued together had the power to mess with him without fear of any real retaliation.