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Getting suspended was the best thing to happen to me in League.

Wild Geese·4/26/2019, 2:57:54 AM·8 votes·6,932 views

Seriously, getting mad in this game is a trap. You flame people they flame you, and the game just becomes increasingly misrable. Losses turn from something unfortunate to an emotional tragedy depending on how far it's taken. I could even feel terrible about games I unexpectably won. if I don't get involved in the negativity, if I just focus on the game it's quite liberating, and I play better.

More importantly taking two weeks off made me realize I was too addicted to this game... In my free time I played single player games I had been neglecting, I drew more, I chatted with my friends a bit more, I caught a few more movies and shows. Playing this game too much screwed with the balance in my life. Why make playing League a second job unless you're making money? It's just laziness, replacing the efforts of doing several things with mostly one thing, which has rarely been a good practice.

Still playing League, for fun... but i'll be cautious to never go back to the angry addicted player I was. Not so much for fear of a ban, but because it's far better this way.

3 Comments

Fluffy Bread4/26/2019, 7:35:42 PM2 votes

Absolutely incredible story dude. Games should be played for fun, not to constantly rage at because in champ select there were 2 trolls, and in other games there are people who just int or afk. I really respect how you handled this whole thing. :) I hope the best for you. Thanks for sharing your story!

Stivs4/26/2019, 1:39:50 PM1 votes

I too got suspended for 2 weeks recently (first time since i started playing the game back in 2009.) During a really bad ARAM match, one of our players flamed someone and called them a "fgot" for AFKing for maybe what was 20 seconds. This same person then decided to run around the base while the other team pushed into our base and ultimately beat us. While upset with this hypocrite, I too called him a "fgot" since he decided to use this word already. Well, long story short, this as*h**e decide to report me and maybe others, and I got a 2 week suspension. I accepted my smack on the hand from riot since this is what seems to be the going forward feature for playing this "fun" game, but will not be spending any of my money on the game anymore. I've already spent hundreds of dollars on points and skins over the years and this one threw me over the top finally.

So long story short, I empathize with you here and doubt riot will ever do anything other than continue to make things worse for years to come (if they are lucky enough to last the next 5-10 years.)