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"Not Meta? *RAAAAAAGE!*"

JustaNewb·1/27/2018, 1:07:14 PM·15 votes·1,202 views

Okay. I admit that in certain situations, it is likely not appropriate to goof about overly terribly with builds. Upper tier ranked matches is not the time to perfect your AP Garen.

BUT

In every other game mode, or even at the other rungs of ranked (I am including gold here.), wait and see. That's my advice. What has BECOME Meta last season was idiotic a couple seasons before. What WILL become Meta this season is going to be seen as idiotic trolling as the season kicks off... then accepted Meta next year.

That is how this place works. You do not win pro matches by doing what everyone else does. You do not compete as a pro if you don't have things up your sleeve. Some nuance no one else has capitalized on. Something they trolled you for when you started up the ladder because you had a theory.

These trends even begin in the various game modes. ARAM is not played like Rift, and neither play like Abyss. The overarching concept is the same across all game modes, but many champions simply run different, or build different. It is the nature of the beast.

So when you are bopping around in game, having fun... remember that guy who is doing something so stupid looking MIGHT just have had an idea no one else has, or can make an old 'stupid' idea work beautifully because of how their mind works or play style.

In Conclusion... relax a bit guys. If they are running down the lane feeding, or raging... report them and move on. If it turns out their idea was horrible and stupid? They still had fun... only you didn't when you got mad. You ruined your fun, because someone had a bad idea.

But when their idea works? You run and try it... don't you?

31 Comments

Hollow Miracles1/27/2018, 8:08:00 PM6 votes

If you can't give me a decent reason for why you're doing something stupid, you get reported. Simple as that.

You want to play AP Nasus mid because your E and Q do massive damage? Sounds fun! You want to play Leona + Taric botlane for infinite cc? Can't wait to see the enemy laners rage-quit! You want to play full crit Karthus jungle just because? Expect a report from me (and probably everyone else).

There's a world of difference between off-meta picks that have some thought behind them and I'm a troll/dumbass picks that clearly show either intent to feed or a lack of interest in actually winning the game.

Jo0o1/27/2018, 10:24:58 PM5 votes

I played against a Sion/Ornn bot lane the other day, and lost first turret to them. We could out-poke them, but the second they hit level 6, they double-ulted my ADC and utterly shit on the lane.

We still won the game, and I'm not convinced that forgoing a marksman on their team could or would have paid off, but it was an interesting strategy that absolutely had some upside.

HereComeSexyTime1/29/2018, 7:00:33 AM2 votes

This is great great idea, and the reason NORMALS exist. Keep the jg karthas and other useless things like that out of ranked please.

Modl Ryden l1/28/2018, 2:43:44 AM2 votes

Players raging when they see other players not adhearing to the meta?

I can only imagine how big of a stroke or rage induced coma when they realize that Ultimate Bravery is a thing.

Lil Lewd Witch1/27/2018, 6:32:19 PM1 votes

It's mostly an inadvertant fault of having a professional league that showcases what works the best by the best players in ideal situations of drafts and communications and then people take that information and try and apply it to the random players you're playing with in solo queue that don't have the benefit of the same levels of comms and most likely dont have the skill level either. Azir is one of the most picked champions in LCS right now, but in Silver, forcing your mid onto Azir over someone they're comfortable with is just going to be bad for everyone.

Just my thoughts on this phenomena

XeroKimo1/28/2018, 12:26:58 AM1 votes

Can't wait to see glacial augment cait become meta.

Easier time trapping Easier time for supp to follow up Chase with Escape Velocity Running away with E, and kiting with runnans and slows

Negativity1/27/2018, 6:14:21 PM1 votes

Oh this was interesting, good job

zero3561/28/2018, 3:37:38 AM1 votes

Just remember Timelord Genja

Lios Ashenblade1/28/2018, 4:53:55 AM1 votes

One of my real life friends is also a support main, so we can never really ranked together, but we have been doing Leona Taric bot in norms and it is working, I just know if I try and stray from the meta in ranked, and we win, honors all around, if we lose its "Gg noob bot, report bot trolling"

CrazFight 1/28/2018, 5:27:20 AM1 votes

Try being a bard top main .-.

Iffy Jarl1/28/2018, 11:06:50 AM1 votes

"They still had fun... only you didn't when you got mad. You ruined your fun, because someone had a bad idea."

uhh no pretty sure ap xin xao ruined my game when he bought a death cap in my promos

dKiWi1/28/2018, 3:11:32 PM1 votes

seriously at low or even medium elo anything works. u dont have to pretend you are in lcs. those 'meta' builds apply to more competitive play.

like riven doesnt work in competitive play but works in challenger. so if u arent in challenger it isnt likely your team mates are making you lose for playing something that isnt meta

Cavesloth1/27/2018, 9:29:10 PM1 votes

Well if someone is playing something "Off" meta and you tilt because "ZOMG THEY ARE PLAYING OFF META" and you end up feeding because you couldn't roll with the punches, its on you not the person who played something "Off" meta.