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"If you dont like the current state of the game, Just Leave!"

Freaktory·7/3/2019, 5:19:04 AM·5 votes·2,809 views

....Dont you DARE try and announce dissatisfaction and seek improvement People who have a problem with the current state of league are being dismissed as "whining/bitching/complaining" and told "If you dont like the game, if its no longer enjoyable, Dont play it" or they are told to "stop whining" when they bring up concerns or problems with the community. So Lets put it another way and see if your "if you dont like it, dont play it. Just walk away" logic is still something you would do.

If a relative of yours or a close friend is addicted to drugs and is destroying themselves, sacrificing everything for the drug. Then Its not worth your time to announce your dissatisfaction with thier current state. Just leave them alone and let them destroy themselves right? Let them drug themselves to the grave because if you were to bring up that you dont like what they have become, it is dismissed as "whining" or "bitching/complaining". Why should you try and tell them that you arent happy with what they have become. Why should you waste YOUR precious time to get your friend or relative off thier drug addiction. Stop whining about how they are destroying themselves because being around them is no longer enjoyable and just walk away. They will destroy themselves, they will no longer be around, and you wont have to worry.

Yeah, dont waste your time trying to fix a drug-addicted friend/family member, someone you spend alot of time with. Just let them destroy themselves and go off to do something more enjoyable. This is exactly how those of us who have played league sinse the beginning see its current state. But when we try and bring up issues with the game, with the community, we are dismissed as "whining" or "bitching" and told to "just leave". And yeah...Many of us are. Time to find matches are going up, problems being dismissed as "u just salty", and people are just dismissed over kda, what they build, who they play..anything other than admit there is a problem.

Yeah people have grown up with this game and see its self-destructive path. Why should they waste thier time trying to FIX the problems infesting the game. Just go find another game and let the game destroy itself. Let it fall into its death spiral as More people leave, the time between matches gets longer and longer. None of the problems are solved, so more people leave...the game looks worse and worse.

But hey, why should people who enjoyed the game as it once was try to get it back to its former glory. Just stop complaining right? if you dont like the game? Dont play it! Just ignore it as it destroys itself. I have already uninstalled league and I am just here to see who else I can convince to drop the game. ..That and roast marshmallows as I watch a game I loved and promoted to all my friends (but now wouldnt wish on my worst enemy) burn to the ground because Rather than fix genuine problems, they decided it was more important to turn the game into a self-contained nanny state. Any problems with the game are dismissed because they might give someone unhappy feelings, or make them say not nice words.

Nice logic. People who grew up with league and dont like what it has become, those who can see it pretty much destroying itself.. They should just shut up and stop "complaining" about obvious serious flaws in the game driving players away and contributing to a death spiral. Cuz fixing something they grew up with that is being ruined is "not worth your time"

RiP League. Hope you can afford the flashy funeral when your game overdoses and ends up being Toe-tagged. I am a season 3 player, I already uninstalled, I moved onto SMITE and other games. I am just here to watch the game burn. I do not foresee a chance of recovery.

27 Comments

Julevi7/3/2019, 8:11:18 AM8 votes

First of all: I read your whole post but chose to not make a statement about the "drug-addicted family member" as I personally find the comparison more than tasteless.

Riot Games is a company which major interest is profiting of you as a player. You either "pay" with your time or actually invest money in the game. Encountering a problem normally leads to some questions:

  • What's the problem?

  • Are you able to fix it yourself?

  • Is it something Riot can fix easily? If yes, how?

  • Are you part of the problem?

  • Does Riot choose to ignore the actual issue?

Sorry to say that: you, as a player alone, have not much power to change anything. But as a community the whole thing changes. When you dislike something in-game there are various options how you could handle the situation, for that let me give you an imaginary example first (not my actual opinion).

Statement: the pass is way too expensive (=problem). I am not able to fix it myself and I am not involved as a leading part of the problem. Riot could fix it easily, when they adjust the price as soon as possible. They try ignoring the up-coming complains and focus on making more and more money.

So, we encountered an actual issue. We, as a community, could try **raising awareness **and putting pressure on them so they feel forced to make a change, usually this happens due to **boycotting ** as you refuse to pay them a single buck for this pass (the financial aspect). Or we boycott the game as a whole (playtime aspect). Drastically changing shapes and figures need attention of their side and force them to actual do something.

That was one example where "Don't like it? Leave" could actually work.

Some people here on the boards complain about ideas/believes they personally dislike but a majority of the community does support (partially). I won't go to a catholic private school and then moan about attending religious actions so I shouldn't play this game and then be pissed about their applied rules.

[Example] You think calling your teammates "%%%" is okay because your teammates "provoked" it as they called you noob and idiot once? Now you had to face the consequences (ban) and I see already the upcoming anger in your eyes. You try blaming Riot for it but it was your decision alone to call them like that. "%%%%%% is a normal word, I use it all the name. You are all pussies" is the justifciation of yours but we a lot of us disagree with you. Throwing your fist and demanding a change in this field just because you couldn't stick to the rules. You are part of the problem and don't see it at all.

You are not able to follow those simple rules and would do it over and over again? "Don't like it? Leave" - there are games out there who fit your needs and language. League of Legends does not revolve around you.

Complaining is okay and questioning the companies decisions is even better - but I rarely see any useful suggestions how they could/should fix it.

DGAGAAsharpAGD7/3/2019, 6:59:58 AM5 votes

I am a season 3 player

S8-9 is literally S3 tho?

How much you played Smite? Proly not so long if you think that it is great game lol

You are also showing blind hate with "I actively DISCOURAGE people from joining" which is complety opposite of "If you dont like the current state of the game, Just Leave!", but you are still one of them, just on the opposite side of spectrum, don't tell others what to do, that's it.

You sound so butthurt in comments that it's actually sad, you hate LoL, but it looks like you hate community more than the game, which is stupid, community was always like this, hell, I wish you to spend one day back in Warcraft modes/WoW arenas, slurs and death threats and many 4fun players were bread and butter for us back then, you know nothing, let's give some constructive critism. We can have discussion if you want to.

Game is in one of the best spots ever.

From one of your comments

Sadly lost many accounts because suggesting to my team "stop chasing kills and attack the towers" is considered "toxic" so I end up getting banned

Total massive bullcrap, you know it, you were saying stupid shit that brought nothing valuable to the game, you are part of what you hate xD

Let's go through rest of one of your comment

Sinse riot pushed the "solo carry" ideal

Are you sure? Feel free to watch any vods of challangers, occasionally even them aren't able to solo carry, solo carry concept died in early seasons, you live in your delusions, but you won't ever 1v9 in your main elo.

Riot has created an atmosphere where the game is NO LONGER about "Work together with your teammates to take down towers and fight through the enemy to destroy thier nexus"

Blatant lie, nothing changed, players in iron-dia do this and always did.

And this goes on and on and on in every single of your comments. It's fascinating how one can be delusional, you havn't played the game probably in month, yet you like to talk about it like you know everything, you started playing in S3, you knew nothing back then, but let me guess, first 2-3 seasons you played were the best for you. I feel like you peaked gold-plat and that's it, game/players started to go against you, right?

I remember comment, where you were shit talking some Vayne bcs she wanted to have fun in normal game, who cares about winning in normals? You shown us two senteces of her talking, I wonder what you said.

Any way, good luck with Smite, longer you play it more you hate it :)

TiltaryClinton7/3/2019, 12:22:08 PM4 votes

Riot is catering to new/casual players for money and killing their original fan base of gamers with overly oppressive bans and rules.

You can get matched up in ranked with a duo of 9 year olds, a blind guy, and a dog stuck to a keyboard, but say 'noob' and you get perm banned. Clown world. [slayer-jinx-wink]

KFCeytron7/3/2019, 5:23:05 AM3 votes

"Love it or leave it" is indeed a false dichotomy (which can kill a game with an already-small playerbase), but I suspect that at least some of the critical threads getting a negative reception here are just rants and not constructive criticism.

R107 Games7/3/2019, 5:30:13 AM3 votes

"If you dont like the current state of the game, Just Leave!"

^ this is just an argument people use when they don't like someone voicing their dissatisfaction/disapproval of any aspect of League, because they disagree with it.

They know damn well any sensible person will quit a game they don't enjoy playing, so this argument only serves to dismiss/invalidate someone's opinion

Telephone Booth7/4/2019, 12:09:05 AM1 votes

Im confused what your true opinion is. You think people SHOULD stay and try to fix the game? Or you tell people not to play and steer them away from the game? Youre sending mixed messages buddy. Or are you just judging people's reactions and telling them how they should react to complaint threads? Are you just here to force your morality onto us? Which is it? Social police? Activist? Want to watch the game burn and die? What is your point here?