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Is League a competitive game?

S1d3WayzZz·2/12/2019, 12:01:01 AM·3 votes·2,509 views

To be competitive as google states is to be ruthless, merciless, aggressive and fierce these are just a few synonyms provided by our lovely google search. Can we do or act any of these in game of league? No, I mean you can but not without punishment and severe punishment including the permanent ban of your account.

Riot please stop feeling sorry for all these sensitive players complaining about games where they play horribly and get flamed by others, it is only natural! The history of sports and games all those competitively by nature always included some format of being aggressive, ruthless and such and yes that involves acting in a manner that would bring some peers feeling a little bit on the down side. SO WHAT? This is the internet and league of legends is an online competitive game.

It's gotten so bad to the point that anyone, even trolls can feed in games or just play poorly on purpose and they could use any excuse because riot justifies it when they are flamed. THAT IS NOT FAIR AND just laughable.

27 Comments

rujitra2/12/2019, 12:02:03 AM15 votes

Being competitive does not mean being an asshole. The game is competitive. You should be ruthless in trying to win the game. You should not be an asshole to your teammates.

Oh, and no, sports don't have people flaming "bad" teammates. Go try it at your local rec center and see how fast they kick you out.

Phieldworker2/12/2019, 12:42:13 AM4 votes

Athletes get fined for BM and poor sportsmanship. We are lucky we just get bans. Something can be competitive without hearing about your mother’s secret escapades.

You ever see a Darius go ham and the enemy team scurry as he approaches? Sounds ruthless to me. Or how many times have you played a squishy just to find yourself one shot by a Kha’zix? I would say that is pretty merciless. Or how about a 4 man dive on you when it’s not needed. Feels bad and it can kill your drive to keep going.

What I’m getting at is you can experience a competitive atmosphere without a word even being spoken.

TrulyBland2/12/2019, 12:48:03 AM3 votes

To be competitive as google states is to be ruthless, merciless, aggressive and fierce these are just a few synonyms provided by our lovely google search.

Which very obviously means you have looked up what "competitive" means when used as an adjective to describe people, which doesn't necessarily apply to games in any meaningful way. Even if you had looked up for synonyms when describing games, synonym dictionaries are pretty useless when trying to make a point, since they list words as long as there is any specific context in which they are synonymous.

By your logic, polarizing filters must be very controversial.

Edit: Let's best not even get started on how "ruthless" is basically an antonym to what is typically considered sportsmanship, which implies that any sport which has unwritten rules about how such sportsmanship should look like would by your definition not be competitive.

TheBruiserAbuser2/12/2019, 12:44:49 AM3 votes

Spread the word brother

Silent Gravity2/12/2019, 12:27:06 AM3 votes

If you don't like trolls, you should avoid flaming them. It sexually excites them. Don't do that if you want less trolls. Flame them only if you want more trolls.

R107 Games2/12/2019, 1:06:32 AM2 votes

Don't worry too much, the sensitive mentality is only present in the NA region. Other regions like EUW/EUNE/Korea etc. have extremely competitive players, and take the game seriously where they don't prioritise their feelings over the game.

LeagueOfDaveed6/6/2019, 1:32:01 AM1 votes

well riot does purposely unbalance the game to keep things fresh and it does have autofill so you can't play your best or with the true potential of your teamates. the online video game isn't competitive as can be but the lcs is i guess. it is balanced around lcs anyways