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So, I just got perma-banned. Honestly, it's just what I needed to get myself reflecting.

Derpifier·11/18/2018, 5:13:58 AM·3 votes·4,094 views

Yes, I was fairly toxic. I wouldn't say the n-word though, the three cursed letters, or anything threatening anyone. I bet I could check every chat log of every game. I would curse, tell people to uninstall, and recently started leaving games because, simply, the game was becoming crap. The state of this game has never been worse, and now that I can honestly reflect on my experience of League, I'll put it here. This will be a fairly long post. But, without further ado, this is what I have thought of League throughout every step of this beautiful journey. I won't beg to be unbanned, or reform myself in any way. I'm done with the game. Thank you, Riot Games, for letting me realize how much time - throughout two years - I've put into this game.

I started in August of 2016. The Ryze Rework and Kled had just been released. This has to be my favorite part of this entire two years. People were less toxic, the game was more engaging, and there was more vigor in everything overall. I spent money fairly early on in my experience. I got skins and was invested in a few champions. I played jungle all the time. It was simply the best role back then in my opinion. I don't remember too much more, but I remember this is where I had the most fun playing the game. I cannot emphasize that any more. 2016 was the best year for me in League. I'd bet most of you who started in 2016 would say the same.

Season seven started soon after. This is what I remember the most. Plants, a new jungle, Assassin Reworks and more. Not too much though. This is when I really started getting - well - addicted. I was less toxic here, as I was still enjoying the game more than I recently have. The new champions and reworks here, Warwick, Kayn, Galio, Xayah, Rakan, Urgot, Ornn, Evelynn, and Zoe - the bane of this game's existence - are great (except Zoe) and the reworks are really all I remember for those champions. I was still spending money and investing time into this game. I slowly started losing interest, though, when I realized how the marketing was working. They would buff champions to get money on skins. They would nerf only whenever the community was practically threatening to leave the game (especially near the end of the season). And when they did nerf, they didn't nerf the right thing. JUST NERF ZOE'S Q CD FOR GOD'S SAKE. But, throughout all of this, I ignored it, as a casual gamer would.

Season eight, the worst of them all. Here, new Runes were made. Great. Better for new players and optimal for customization. New champions and reworks were terrible. Here, the game bled because of Fortnite, the wounder of games. After that, the champions and reworks seemed like Riot wanted to kill the game. Swain was the only good rework here. Kai'sa, Pyke, Aatrox, Nunu, Akali, Irelia were all to destroy the game even more than it already was. At this point in time, tower dives were insanely effective. They could all do it. Look at the abilities. Made for diving. The meta here was more diverse than it had ever been.Riot wanted games to end faster, but inadvertently ruined the game. People were more toxic than ever. Every game someone would tilt you off the face of the earth. Some would even call you a fcking worthless braindead scmfck bstard pile of trash mental dckface that should be gunned down in the street like the degenerate you are. Yes, from Dunkey. Was not banned. Why am I banned for simply calling people bad and cursing, when they tell someone to 'COMMIT SUICIDE' AND GET AWAY WITH IT. Even when you muted them you still had that lurking feeling of anger. I was not toxic at all season six, and now the game turned me into a pretty toxic person. One thing I've worked out about Riot and their banning is that they only ban if they would lose more money if they didn't ban you. I almost never got banned in any way before a month ago. They see I'm making them lose money. I'm forcing players to quit. Honestly, I would have quit too if I were faced with myself. Now with Season nine around the corner, Riot is trying to undo these mistakes they made, but I feel as if it won't work. I don't care whether the game dies. I'd hate to see my favorite game die, but it seems necessary. At least for a reboot. I know the game won't die. It can't. It's too big. I never liked DotA because of how slow and boring it seemed compared to League. Even if I'm banned from my favorite game, I won't ever come back to it. Never going to make another account or buy one. In fact, I would urge you to uninstall.

League sucks the productivity out of you. I've been wanting to build an app before or during high school, but League was always there for a few games before midnight. I've seen multiple posts about this, but I never really thought about it too much. Now that I can finally move beyond League and achieve what I really want, I see the truth behind all of those videos, Reddit posts, and Board Posts here. All of these players quit because the game wasn't the same as it used to be. For some, it was just the game that was different. For others, it was about what it had become. League used to be a time waster for me, and recently it was my time. I had considered quitting multiple times. I'd uninstalled a few times as well. But no game could match League. No game was better than League. But now I see how much time, how much money, how much of me...

...I've spent on League.

I don't want this game to die, but I don't want it to waste so much of these players' time. If you've been thinking about quitting League, DO IT. If you're worried of what you're becoming due to League UNINSTALL IT OR TAKE A BREAK. I'm not telling you to uninstall because of how you are at the game, but because of how the game is affecting you. If you have anything that involves League and negative effects, I urge you to think about it deeply. One game leads to another, more to a day, one day to a week, a week to a month, months to years. If you think you should leave the game behind, do so. Take it from someone who played this game when it was at its peak, from someone who played this game at its worst, from someone who played this game when Fortnite first dominated, from someone who never gave up on League until they were banned, someone with such a passion for the game they never wanted to stop playing this game to play another. Using the gracious words of Videogamedunkey: "I'm done with the game."

I've moved on from League, but will you?

13 Comments

Blackii711/18/2018, 2:15:04 PM3 votes

Get away from this toxic game, it makes people more toxic and irritable.

DARCKD00M11/18/2018, 7:03:43 AM2 votes

TY this is the truth and exactly what veteran players need to hear and ''wake up to'' ( or the permaban),stop hanging on to riot's hopes and dreams

IF YOU DONT HAVE FUN PLAYING ANYMORE OF COURSE, for me there are also countless reasons i HATE THE GAME AND COMMUNITY NOW(started late 2015) with 1 yr break 2017), but since im now ''cursed with loving the game''(NOT THE MATCHMAKING!!!) i so what i can and need to do to have MY FUN despite all of riot's effort to make the game something else then a game( IT'S THEIR GAME BUT WE ARE THE ONES PLAYING IT! STOP MAKING IT SOMETHING WE DONT WANT TO PLAY!!!!) id list tons of ideas and reasons why rito should do it(like they ever consider anything we say if we r not ranked gold+), but mainly they should consider having one RANKED LOL FOR SKILLED PLAYERS(exp: pbe server) AND ONE LOL FOR CASUAL GAMERS, THE 2 WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT ITEMS AND GAMEPLAY CONCEPT... RN UR JUS FORCING PRO GAMEPLAY TO A 80%+ AVERAGE SKILLED PLAYERS WHO CAN'T HANDLE IT!

to all those people who know and experience the worst aspects of this game i feel ur pain and speak for you! to all those who only see and experience the good parts of it, good for you i hope you can understand not everyone can play the gamewith the same skill and adapt to the tons of things affecting gameplay like you can BARELY ANYONE IS FRIENDLY IF YOUR NOT SKILLED ENOUGH FOR THEM, THAT'S THE WORST PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THEY LOVE NOOB BASHING

tl;dr : find your place/peace with this ever changing/never refined game or follow this guy's advice ;p

disregardable11/18/2018, 7:31:52 AM2 votes

Dude, this game is 9 years old, and you've been here for two and a half of them. The half you were a new player anyway. Just because you liked the game doesn't mean it was at its peak, and just because you dislike the game doesn't mean it's at its worst.

I think the game has gotten a little better in terms of player-friendliness (eg. remakes) but in terms of gameplay is identically boring and frsutrating.

rujitra11/18/2018, 5:18:15 AM2 votes

Why would we move on just because you can't accept that you were the reason for your punishment?

I'm more than happy that you're taking this and being responsible in your life, but that doesn't mean that other people can't manage their time and continue playing.

Macanica11/20/2018, 5:49:38 AM1 votes

{quoted}

Yes, I was fairly toxic. I wouldn't say the n-word though, the three cursed letters, or anything threatening anyone. I bet I could check every chat log of every game. I would curse, tell people to uninstall, and recently started leaving games because, simply, the game was becoming crap. The state of this game has never been worse, and now that I can honestly reflect on my experience of League, I'll put it here. This will be a fairly long post. But, without further ado, this is what I have thought of League throughout every step of this beautiful journey. I won't beg to be unbanned, or reform myself in any way. I'm done with the game. Thank you, Riot Games, for letting me realize how much time - throughout two years - I've put into this game.

I started in August of 2016. The Ryze Rework and Kled had just been released. This has to be my favorite part of this entire two years. People were less toxic, the game was more engaging, and there was more vigor in everything overall. I spent money fairly early on in my experience. I got skins and was invested in a few champions. I played jungle all the time. It was simply the best role back then in my opinion. I don't remember too much more, but I remember this is where I had the most fun playing the game. I cannot emphasize that any more. 2016 was the best year for me in League. I'd bet most of you who started in 2016 would say the same.

Season seven started soon after. This is what I remember the most. Plants, a new jungle, Assassin Reworks and more. Not too much though. This is when I really started getting - well - addicted. I was less toxic here, as I was still enjoying the game more than I recently have. The new champions and reworks here, Warwick, Kayn, Galio, Xayah, Rakan, Urgot, Ornn, Evelynn, and Zoe - the bane of this game's existence - are great (except Zoe) and the reworks are really all I remember for those champions. I was still spending money and investing time into this game. I slowly started losing interest, though, when I realized how the marketing was working. They would buff champions to get money on skins. They would nerf only whenever the community was practically threatening to leave the game (especially near the end of the season). And when they did nerf, they didn't nerf the right thing. JUST NERF ZOE'S Q CD FOR GOD'S SAKE. But, throughout all of this, I ignored it, as a casual gamer would.

Season eight, the worst of them all. Here, new Runes were made. Great. Better for new players and optimal for customization. New champions and reworks were terrible. Here, the game bled because of Fortnite, the wounder of games. After that, the champions and reworks seemed like Riot wanted to kill the game. Swain was the only good rework here. Kai'sa, Pyke, Aatrox, Nunu, Akali, Irelia were all to destroy the game even more than it already was. At this point in time, tower dives were insanely effective. They could all do it. Look at the abilities. Made for diving. The meta here was more diverse than it had ever been.Riot wanted games to end faster, but inadvertently ruined the game. People were more toxic than ever. Every game someone would tilt you off the face of the earth. Some would even call you a fcking worthless braindead scmfck bstard pile of trash mental dckface that should be gunned down in the street like the degenerate you are. Yes, from Dunkey. Was not banned. Why am I banned for simply calling people bad and cursing, when they tell someone to 'COMMIT SUICIDE' AND GET AWAY WITH IT. Even when you muted them you still had that lurking feeling of anger. I was not toxic at all season six, and now the game turned me into a pretty toxic person. One thing I've worked out about Riot and their banning is that they only ban if they would lose more money if they didn't ban you. I almost never got banned in any way before a month ago. They see I'm making them lose money. I'm forcing players to quit. Honestly, I would have quit too if I were faced with myself. Now with Season nine around the corner, Riot is trying to undo these mistakes they made, but I feel as if it won't work. I don't care whether the game dies. I'd hate to see my favorite game die, but it seems necessary. At least for a reboot. I know the game won't die. It can't. It's too big. I never liked DotA because of how slow and boring it seemed compared to League. Even if I'm banned from my favorite game, I won't ever come back to it. Never going to make another account or buy one. In fact, I would urge you to uninstall.

League sucks the productivity out of you. I've been wanting to build an app before or during high school, but League was always there for a few games before midnight. I've seen multiple posts about this, but I never really thought about it too much. Now that I can finally move beyond League and achieve what I really want, I see the truth behind all of those videos, Reddit posts, and Board Posts here. All of these players quit because the game wasn't the same as it used to be. For some, it was just the game that was different. For others, it was about what it had become. League used to be a time waster for me, and recently it was my time. I had considered quitting multiple times. I'd uninstalled a few times as well. But no game could match League. No game was better than League. But now I see how much time, how much money, how much of me...

...I've spent on League.

I don't want this game to die, but I don't want it to waste so much of these players' time. If you've been thinking about quitting League, DO IT. If you're worried of what you're becoming due to League UNINSTALL IT OR TAKE A BREAK. I'm not telling you to uninstall because of how you are at the game, but because of how the game is affecting you. If you have anything that involves League and negative effects, I urge you to think about it deeply. One game leads to another, more to a day, one day to a week, a week to a month, months to years. If you think you should leave the game behind, do so. Take it from someone who played this game when it was at its peak, from someone who played this game at its worst, from someone who played this game when Fortnite first dominated, from someone who never gave up on League until they were banned, someone with such a passion for the game they never wanted to stop playing this game to play another. Using the gracious words of Videogamedunkey: "I'm done with the game."

I've moved on from League, but will you?

Truest post I have read yet. I agree with this 100% and I have been saying the same things.

Thank you for reminding me that I don't need this game it needed me.

TheKrimsonFkkr11/20/2018, 12:21:28 PM1 votes

I blew the dust off my account about mid way thru this last season after a several year break. (To be more precise, I uninstalled just after Azir was released and I came back right before Zoe dropped) To be completely honest I NEEDED the break; I started playing about mid way thru 2011 and have been a regular player up until my break. After years of the same ol song and dance I too started to feel that lackluster when logging on; and my in game behaviors and chat patterns reflected that. If youre starting to notice negative trends in your community footprint then by all mean PLEASE take some time off. The alternative is further dragging the rest of us down into your SELF INDUCED pool of "bleh". All these years later I was thrilled when I rebooted my account and, in a sense, started all over with fresh eyes. So much had changed that it almost felt like I was playing League for the first time all over again. The spark and passion I once had for this game was reignited and I'm so glad {and now proud and appreciative} to be back with you guys. Take it from a guy who remembers a time when we didnt even call them "seasons" and was there for the FIRST Hallows event; sometimes you gotta take a step back to grasp the value of this truly awesome thing Riot has given to all of us. After you take some time you'll know if and when youre ready to come back.

Faneseeker11/20/2018, 12:47:50 PM1 votes

The calm before the storm really. Player base are becoming mature, many are swollowing the hatred of not being able to reach new height or past glory. This is normal with a maturing player base. People got better matches become harder. Even King skt and faker got dethroned.... A new era has began and its not for the faint hearted.

[vlad-salute]