WHERE IS RANKED TEAMBUILDER
Im sick of dodging because i dont get the champ i want. I get so frustrated when i play a game and the toxic multiplayer element completely detracts from the "single player" (in this case, solo queue) experience. I want to come home and relax, play my favorite champ and have a fun game. Riot said that they'll be TESTING solo queue teambuilder in normals and then once its stable they'll introduce solo queue ranked. That was months ago.
"well why dont you play teambuilder normals?" because everyone in normals is either a potato or acts like a huge asshole over minor shit that doesnt deserve getting angry over, i want my hard work to manifest itself in a tangible reward. I feel that it's like paying 10$ for a skin and then not being able to use it (which they havent fixed also btw, even though they said they did)
"YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO PLAY EVERY ROLE IN RANKED RAH RAH RAH" yeah, and i can. I swear to god some people have this Ctrl +V'd on their computers. I can also study architecture, but i have no interest in doing so. I'll fill when needed but its very demoralizing to fall in love with a champ, learn all about them, and then go into a game only to have someone snatch said champ and go "nyah nyah nyah" in chat.
"go play another game then" this is a stupid response.
Besides trolls (i hate that word), feeders, and sensitive assclowns, the primary source of toxicity in this game comes from relying on strangers to not fuck up. There's nothing wrong with this, however Riot doesnt take any steps towards damage control in the case that someone DOES fuck up (afk, ragequit, flame). Instead of making the game environment healthier through player-managed in game solutions (Kick system, Drop in/out system, Draw system) they just choose to individually punish players, which might improve the COMMUNITY as a whole, but doesnt make anyone in the game thats being ruined feel better/able to enjoy the rest of the match. With the amount of money that Riot makes and the size of the company this is inexcusable. They need to accept that there will ALWAYS be a percentage of immature dickhead players that will intentionally ruin the game for someone. Instead of trying to unrealistically reduce that number of players to 0, they need to make it possible for players to police themselves.
TLDR; Riot is a large enough company that they should have solutions to these problems that other game companies have had down pat for a while. Stop spending time writing "funny" meme references into your game, stop spending all your resources developing "sexy" skins for the 13-21 year old demographic (aka LoL playerbase) and work on improving your server stability and gameplay. if you want LoL to truly be a competetive e-sport then get your shit together riot. Money>everything else, obviously, but make it at least look like you still give a shit. Marketing has taken over this game and its obvious. STOP LISTENING TO 12 YEAR OLD WEABOOS, this is what gives you a bad rep in the gaming community (gotta get that cash money).
not playing anymore until ranked teambuilder is a thing. "see you tomorrow HURR HURR" comments have never been funny.