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The "lol its a fun mode" crowd

Phreaktastic·10/30/2019, 9:22:42 PM·6 votes·2,478 views

URF is out, which means inevitably we will see the "lol it's a fun mode" crowd. You know, the ones who run it down mid, repeatedly tell everyone that they don't care if they win, etc.

I get it, it's a fun mode. It's not ranked, the pressure is way lower, we're all here to have fun. However, how much fun do you think the other 4 players on your team are having if you're intentionally throwing to prove a point? How much fun is _anyone _(enemy team included) having if you just run it down? The same rules apply, no matter the game mode: inting/AFKing/otherwise ruining gameplay for others is all applicable in every single mode.

Seriously, one of the worst things about URF/ARURF/Nexus Blitz/Poro King/etc is that people use it as an opportunity to be as toxic as they possibly can. On PBE, this was not an issue at all. People were there to play. Now that it's live, at least 30% of my games thus far have been people who flame/afk/int as soon as something doesn't line up with their tunnel vision (either on the enemy team or my own).

I played a game where a duo told us Shaco was at dragon, backed off our base (we were losing handily), and then made fun of him in all chat when he died. In all chat, they continued to say things like "lol i don't care about winning" and "who tf cares about macro in urf". Someone on my team asked them what Shaco did to make them so mad. Their response? "he wants to macro in urf".

We ended up winning a game we should not have won, just because two people wanted to prove the point that they don't care about winning. That's not fun for me, and two others on my team were pretty verbal about their disapproval. I dare bet that the greater portion of the playerbase does not play this game hoping for someone (or multiple people) on the enemy team to troll their own team into a loss, especially in something like URF.

I'm not asking anyone to try as though it were ranked. Play random champs, build them in crazy ways, do all the things that make URF fun. However, actively attempting to spite team mates for whatever reason is just plain stupid. There is nothing to be gained in that scenario.

Can we just skip that kind of behavior this time around? Can we stop to consider that maybe, just maybe, Riot isn't giving us fun modes any more because toxicity levels skyrocket in them? Every single time anything comes out -- be it Nexus Blitz, Poro King, whatever -- the "lol it's a fun mode" crowd makes absolutely sure they ruin games for as many people as possible. I'd love for URF to be on a more frequent schedule, but can't help but think it'll never happen due to the shenanigans you have to put up with just to play it.

TLDR: Just because it's a fun mode, does not mean that trolling your team is fine. No one likes it, not even the enemy team.

26 Comments

Quiet Dude10/31/2019, 7:15:05 PM3 votes

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TLDR: Just because it's a fun mode, does not mean that trolling your team is fine. No one likes it, not even the enemy team.

I've done some pretty Caligula-level shit to my team with Tahm Kench in URF. Honor 5, btw, not a single punishment on the account I've had since S2. You are free to have your opinion, just don't force it on everyone else.

rujitra10/30/2019, 9:28:39 PM2 votes

If people are intentionally losing or not trying, send a ticket to Riot with information, screenshots, clips, etc.

Riot seems to have had an epiphany and either figured out how to improve their feeding bots or has had humans reviewing many more based on the number of people complaining here.

Tele II10/30/2019, 10:30:07 PM2 votes

I agree. I hate when people treat games like that. Theyve decided for you that its just gonna be a screw around and not try to win game... but then tomorrow they'll be in a different mood and suddenly take the game seriously and dont even realize the troll in their game pissing them off, is basically them from a day before lol. Like, I get the mindset. Ive had games with friends where we all play some new shit to us, and go into it thinking we're gonna get stomped, but its gonna be fun either way. But that doesnt mean we dont at least TRY to win. Its more just, we dont care if we lose. But were still gonna try to win.

Nightsky Pirate10/31/2019, 4:30:05 AM2 votes

URF isn't just for fun, it is a joke mode. Lighten up to the max. And if not, then ya'll shouldn't have made fun of the Shaco. Period.

As for the higher rage instances in URF, it literally does not matter. Team play in URF is a joke. Feeding is almost irrelevant because almost every game has at least 4 feeders because it's not ranked. If a player is doing really badly, them turning on the Lord IDGAF switch isn't likely to change anything in URF. And it really isn't fun to play incredibly passive and back up the strongest player on the team, especially if they were hoping to carry. Wake up to the songs, many, if not most, League players are here to try to carry, ESPECIALLY in URF.