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KILLER ULTIMATUM·3/30/2016, 5:52:44 AM·1 votes·557 views

First Question: There Are Some People Who Get Angry Because We Build A Champion Wrong By One Item, I Mean Like Do We Really Always Have To Follow The Meta Of Best Item Builds And Best Champs Because I See Very Few People Doing Off-Meta Item Builds And Champs. Has League Become A Linear Game Because We Follow The Meta And/Or Is It Because People Are Not Willing To Build Something New That Also Creates A New Strategy For Other People To Play Around With? Second Question: I Have Played Multiple Games Through My Life Mostly Games That Include Online Multiplayer, The Thing That Gets Me Upset Is That Some People Get Angry Whenever Their Team Loses A Game On Any Kind Of Game Type Whether It Be Normal And/Or Ranked Matches. There Are Even Some People Who Report Everyone Just Because That Person Is Doing Bad Among Everyone Else In The Game. The Thing Is That Anyone Can Report You Whether You Are Good Or Bad, Heck There Might Even Be A Kind Of Troll That Does This Kind Of Stuff Just To Make Anyone Angry, Is There Anyway To Stop People From Reporting You Even Though You Did Nothing Wrong? Final Question: People Tell You To Play Normals After A Ranked Match Telling You That You Suck And That You Don't Deserve To Play In Ranked, That Is Harsh In It's Own Right But What If You Are Telling This To An Actual 12-15 Year Old Who Is Done Levelling Up And Ready For Ranked, The Kid Might Not Take It Likely And Not Play The Game Anymore Just Because Of One Comment. What Happened To Having Fun In Games Whether You Are Playing With Friends, Family And/Or Strangers With No Bad Words And No Profanity ?

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worm3/30/2016, 6:27:30 AM2 votes

First Question: There Are Some People Who Get Angry Because We Build A Champion Wrong By One Item, I Mean Like Do We Really Always Have To Follow The Meta Of Best Item Builds And Best Champs Because I See Very Few People Doing Off-Meta Item Builds And Champs. Has League Become A Linear Game Because We Follow The Meta And/Or Is It Because People Are Not Willing To Build Something New That Also Creates A New Strategy For Other People To Play Around With?

1ST: First Of All Your Builds Aren't Off By 1 Item They're Off Nearly Every Item When You Queue Up For Ranked You Should Not Be Experimenting With Crazy Off Meta Builds As You're Making It Harder For Your Teammates To Win However In Your Case They Are Bronze 5 ScrubLords Who Are Terrible At Games In General So They Shouldn't Really Get Mad

Second Question: I Have Played Multiple Games Through My Life Mostly Games That Include Online Multiplayer, The Thing That Gets Me Upset Is That Some People Get Angry Whenever Their Team Loses A Game On Any Kind Of Game Type Whether It Be Normal And/Or Ranked Matches. There Are Even Some People Who Report Everyone Just Because That Person Is Doing Bad Among Everyone Else In The Game. The Thing Is That Anyone Can Report You Whether You Are Good Or Bad, Heck There Might Even Be A Kind Of Troll That Does This Kind Of Stuff Just To Make Anyone Angry, Is There Anyway To Stop People From Reporting You Even Though You Did Nothing Wrong?

2ND: Once Again You Are Playing With Bronze 5 ScrubLords Who Are The Worst Of The Worst So They Really Really Shouldn't Be Blaming Anyone Except Themselves

Final Question: People Tell You To Play Normals After A Ranked Match Telling You That You Suck And That You Don't Deserve To Play In Ranked, That Is Harsh In It's Own Right But What If You Are Telling This To An Actual 12-15 Year Old Who Is Done Levelling Up And Ready For Ranked, The Kid Might Not Take It Likely And Not Play The Game Anymore Just Because Of One Comment. What Happened To Having Fun In Games Whether You Are Playing With Friends, Family And/Or Strangers With No Bad Words And No Profanity ?

FINAL QUESTION: If You Are Playing Ranked Just For Fun And Not To Climb You Really Should Just Be Playing Normals.

No flash no life3/30/2016, 6:37:14 AM1 votes

Having fun in video games =/= having fun in league of legends. Sometimes those two are complete opposites of each other, depending on the individual.

Neranos3/30/2016, 6:37:33 AM1 votes

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First Question: There are some people who get angry because we build a champion wrong by one item. I mean like do we really always have to follow the meta of best item builds and best champs? Because I see very few people doing off-meta item builds and champs. Has League become a linear game because we follow the meta and/or is it because people are not willing to build something new that also creates a new strategy for other people to play around with?

Second Question: I have played multiple games through my life mostly games that include online multiplayer, the thing that gets me upset is that some people get angry whenever their team loses a game on any kind of game-type, whether it be Normal or Ranked matches. There are even some people who report everyone just because that person is doing bad among everyone else in the game. The thing is that anyone can report you whether you are good or bad, heck there might even be a kind of troll that does this kind of stuff just to make anyone angry. Is there any way to stop people from reporting you even though you did nothing wrong?

Final Question: People tell you to play Normals after a Ranked match, telling you that you suck and that you don't deserve to play in Ranked and that is harsh in it's own right. But what if you are telling this to an actual 12-15 year old who is done levelling up and ready for ranked? The kid might not take it lightly and not play the game anymore just because of one comment. What happened to having fun in games whether you are playing with friends, family and/or strangers, with no bad words or profanity ?

Made it a little more readable because I was really bored. summoner 13

Roaranor3/30/2016, 7:22:36 AM1 votes

Sidenote: In the future, you might want to try breaking down amount of text this large into paragraphs and avoid capitalizing the first letter of every word. Otherwise, it's a lot harder to read.

I'll address the questions in order they were asked:

There is no rule against using off-meta builds and tactics. Each person will have their own play style because everyone is a different person. In fact, Riot supports it. AP Rengar, on-hit Twitch, AP Malphite, these have all been preserved by Riot throughout patch cycles because they were off-meta builds players enjoyed and practiced. Regardless, not every player enjoys the aspect of off-meta tactics. Some people like to go by the book and only use what's socially accepted as the best build path or what's been played in higher elo or what's meta. That can't be helped. No matter what game you play and what you try to do, there will always be players that disapprove of off-meta play. I personally like to do a bunch of off-meta things like AD/attack speed Elise and it's both fun and strong (when you know what you're doing). It's all about playing what you enjoy, how you enjoy it, and doing your best to make it work. Just do your best to ignore players that harass you for not following meta to the T.
There's not much you can do about people who report you for having a bad game, but it's also something you don't have to worry about. Doing poorly isn't a reportable offense, and false reports are NOT counted against. You also cannot be reported just for playing off-meta. These hold no weight, and any offense against you can be appealed if you think you didn't violate the rules. If they're continually harassing you during the game, you can mute them for the duration and then report them afterwards. This is the best way to minimize the effect they have on you without getting into trouble yourself.
Ranked in general is a lot more competitive than normals because there's ranking and LP at stake. You can report players that harass you by saying things like that. That aside, I do recommend that you avoid playing Ranked until after you have about 300 or so normal wins. Sure, you're at a level and have enough champions, but that only means that you're not at a disadvantage because of rune slots or masteries or not having a champ that hasn't been picked/banned. There will still be a huge skill gap between you and who you're playing against though. So I suggest hanging out in norms a bit more, enjoy yourself and get a feel for the matchups. Find a few champs you like the most and get really good with them.

Hope this helps.