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HastyApple·8/7/2015, 2:52:58 PM·1 votes·1,881 views

What's up everyone, thanks for showing some interest in my new team that I'm starting up. First and foremost, if you decide to apply for the team I ask that you ready through this post, I will post general key information below this paragraph so that I'm not wasting your time. I don't want people to read through the whole post only to find out their rank doesn't meet my expectations or the timeframe doesn't match up. Once again thanks for showing some interest and I look forward to meeting you all.

#Key Team Conditions

Like I mentioned above, these will be the key factors that you must meet to be considered. If you meet these factors please read the rest of the post and add the word bananas at the beginning of your summoner name in the application when you post. Example, mine would be IGN: Bananas HastyApple

  1. Please be Gold 5 or higher
  2. Please be able to make practice/scrim/ranked 5's times starting at 8:30pm EST Wednesday/Thursdays these will be ranked 5's days.
  3. Please be committed to improving your own skill and your team play skill.
  4. Please leave negativity and other poor sportsmanship outside of the team environment.
  5. Brainstorm several long-term and short-term goals that you would like to accomplish with the help of the team.
  6. Be confident and experienced in your role, you are applying for a starting position on a team aimed to improve. Not a starting position on a team aiming to learn that role.
  7. Have Teamspeak installed. We will be using a dedicated server I have available.

If you think you match these qualities, please read the remainder of the post and forward an application in the comments.

Note If I do not reach out to you within the first 20 minutes, please understand that I have a life, I have other projects outside of this team and if I'm online in game I also am entitled to personal play time(soloqueue) etc and that I am not ignoring you. I will not be spending every waking moment on this team that my life depends on it and neither should you. Other than the times established by the team for meet ups, practice and queue, we will play together and if the team is on run practice games, but not expected to give up your lives for the team.

#How do I apply?

Applying is simple, you fill out the application form, post it below and wait for me to contact you. If you decide you are no longer interested in the team, please edit your post and scratch it out so I know not to try to contact you. So once you've finished reading the post, grab the application form and post below. Only apply for one role, and make sure it's your main role that you have experience with; not 5 games in soloqueue.

IGN: Age: Timezone: Role: Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) Top Champion in Role: Why should I consider you?: 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Any Ranked 5's Exp?:

Feel free to add anything else you'd like to the application to help you in selection.

#Roster

Top Lane: Open Jungle: Open Mid Lane: Open ADC: HastyApple Support: BigTwerkNasti

#Tryouts

Tryouts will take place every night for the rest of the week and onto next week if we need more time. Practice will be in Normal Draft 5's, as to not waste ranked team names, etc. You will be expected to bring your game face, several games will be played and on average practice times will start around 9pm EST(6pm PST)

I will add you if I'm interested, I will be looking at your stats, previous match history and more. These will not affect my selection, but will be used as a tool to assist in my gauge of your skill in game and compare your try-hard stats to your regular stats

#Team Goals & Specifics

The team's main goal is to improve everyone as players. We will not bench you for having poor games - we will focus on improving your poor plays and getting you to the place you need to me. However that requires you to have the ability and the passion to grow and improve. This is not a team to just play ranked games and call it a day. We want to have fun, but we want to improve as players in a larger scale.

Still interested? Post away, I have nothing else to post here and more details will be discussed during tryouts.

Good luck on the rift and hope to hear from you all soon.

33 Comments

Amezuhk8/10/2015, 3:27:45 AM2 votes

IGN: Bananas Amezuhk Age: 18 Timezone: PST Role: Mid Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) 5 Top Champion in Role: brand azir vik synd velk Why should I consider you?: dedicated, willing to learn 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) be part of a serious team, improve communication, improve warding 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Improve champ pool, get at least Diamond 1, playing in tourneys Any Ranked 5's Exp?: some but not with a team that sticked, played on a lot of teams tho

blackrock098/7/2015, 3:12:09 PM1 votes

IGN: bananas blackrock09 Age:22 Timezone:est Role:top Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety):7 Top Champion in Role:shen Why should I consider you?:good laner,teamwork, i dont rage 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals):be part of a long term team,increase my champ pool,make some new friends ;). 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals):improve my skills as a solo q player and as part of a team,get to gold(or higher) with the team,increase my overall knowlegde of the game. Any Ranked 5's Exp?:yes.

Dayteen8/7/2015, 3:27:19 PM1 votes

IGN: "Bananas" Dayteen Age:20 Timezone: PST (Arizona)(2 hours behind EST) Role: Adc Rate your Champion pool: 3 Top Champion in Role: Jinx Why should I consider you?: Well after reading your post, I realize that you and I have pretty much the same mind set when it comes to a team that you would want to join/create, and although someday I'd like a team of my own, I feel that you seem to be someone who is good at taking initiative and being a leader, so I suppose joining your team, and learning from your example may help me not only improve in a Team 5s sense, but also in a more real life sense as well. 3 Short term goals: Get to Platnium, Stream league of legends every chance I get. Have a match history with All greens with the same champion ( Preferable Jinx ) 3 Long term Goals: Diamond I or Higher, Mastery of 3 Meta Adc's, Still apart of your team. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: I just resigned from a team that I played support on, We were very organized and had a great team as well as an amazing team manager who supplied the team, with almost everything a proffesional team would have, Analysts, coaches, Shoutcasters, sponors, tournaments, Manditory Scrim practice schedules. It was too demanding so I had to give up my position to someone who could dedicate more time.

Jawanza8/7/2015, 3:50:10 PM1 votes

IGN:Banana NAME IN ALL CAPS Age: 24 Timezone: EST Role: ADC Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) 10 Top Champion in Role: I dont think of my champion pool as having a "best". I can play any adc, depending on what kit will help me perform better in the match I am playing is the one I play. I play them all at the same level. Why should I consider you?: Willing to learn, good knowledge of the game, I play a lot. Mechanically strong. Strong lane presence, aggressive. I know when I am ahead of an opponent. 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Reach platinum 5 in SoloQue, get on a 5's team that stays together for a long duration, work on positioning since sometimes I get a little out of it. 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Diamond 5 in SoloQue, beginning my real life career, reach platinum in ranked 5s. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: I played mid lane for my old 5s team that was together for 8+ months. I was the micro shotcaller. I am used to facing platinum + ranks in lane and holding my own / winning lane with little to no help from other lanes ( as the mid laner).

Tophie8/7/2015, 4:13:55 PM1 votes

IGN: Bananas TheMango Age: 23 Timezone: Cst Role: Support Rate your Champion pool: 7. I prefer heavy engage tanks over anything. Top Champion in Role: Alistar Why should I consider you?: I have tourney exp and 3 accounts in plat. 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Hitting diamond, more tourney play, finding a 5s team. 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Setting up a stream, joining a LoL community/organization, getting a new computer. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: a lot, with tourney exp.

HastyApple8/7/2015, 9:06:57 PM1 votes

Thanks for responding. I'm just heading out from work, will be home soon to message some applicants. I look forward to chatting with some of you!

theydra8/7/2015, 10:01:07 PM1 votes

IGN: "Bananas" M L N E Age: 19 Timezone: Central (one hour back from EST, no problem at all) Role: Top lane Rate your Champion pool: I'd say I'm about a 5 on this scale, in the sense that I have a few "niche" champions that I play at a very high level, but am perfectly competent with a just about anything in the meta, as well as a few off-meta picks. I'm extremely flexible, can take direction, and learn quickly - so working around with my champion pool is something I am both expecting and am comfortable with. Top Champion in Role: Riven > Irelia > Lee Sin Why should I consider you?: (This might get a little lengthy, apologies in advance - I take the "application process" very seriously.)

I'm looking to join a ranked 5s team for a few reasons. The first of which being, I have a very unique champion pool for one who enjoys a more serious side of the game - in other words, it's a very solo-queue "yolo" kind of champion pool. However, I would like to orient my thinking to a more team-based perspective, hopefully using the same champions. Playing on a ranked 5s team would be a great way to accomplish this goal.

Secondly, I yearn to experience ranked play on the opposite side of the spectrum from solo-queue. In solo-queue, individual skill almost always wins games - and that's all fine and dandy, I have no quarrels with that concept. But, the competitive player inside me wants a dedicated shot-caller, a team of 5 people giving 100% of their effort towards winning in an environment where individual skill isn't gonna be enough.

And finally, I'm very hungry for this kind of play. I'm an extremely dedicated player, and I'll be the first to admit that I'm an emotional player, albeit constructively. Mind you, I'm not referring to emotion in a negative, flaming, harassing sense - I just mean that I put my all into the game when I'm playing it. I may tilt more than other typical top laners, but at this point I've realized, (through struggling past the megatank meta using Riven as my main top laner ;-; ) that I'm just not a typical top laner. So be it!

3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals)

1.) I'd like to hit diamond in solo-queue and do it my way - playing the champions I enjoy playing, however "niche" they may be. 2.) I'd like to start looking into some external means of organized play. My idea for this ranges anywhere between tournament play to a dedicated ranked 5s team climbing the ladder. 3.) I'd like to expand my champion pool.

3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals)

1.) As generic as this sounds, I really want to improve as a player. I believe that there's four (general) aspects that make up a skilled player, being mechanics, map awareness, game knowledge, and attitude (referring to drive, positivity, dedication, etc.). I'm lacking the most in the game knowledge department, and want to improve that. 2.) Quite simply, I've come into an abundance of free time, due to some unique IRL circumstances. One of my long-terms goals is to see this through - the whole concept of league, to see if there's anything in it for me in a wider spectrum. I'm not sure how long the realization of this concept will take, but it's something I'm committed to doing. 3.) I'd like to surround myself in a core group of dedicated players. Ones that would do normals on an off-day, maybe some duo-queue, and even the ranked 5s. I imagine that my most enjoyable experience playing league would include having a lot of connections in a well-knit group of players.

Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Lots of fun games with the friends, never got too far though. They weren't exactly as into it was I was - they wanted more "yolo-y" random games, and I yearned for the strategical, calculated, shot-caller sort of games. Great friends, but we differ as players.

Internal Balance8/7/2015, 10:05:29 PM1 votes

IGN: Bananas Internal Balance Age: 23 Timezone: Est Role: Adc Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) = 9. I'm familiar with every adc in the game and even some not so traditional adc's Top Champion in Role: AsheAshe Why should I consider you?: I've had experience on a few teams before and I am committed to a team but as you have said above I also have a life as well. I will be a teacher this upcoming year and I would like to have a dedicated team to play with when time is avaialable 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Improve communication in chat, find a 5's team that fits well with my needs and my needs fulfill their needs, and get a new headset ( The one I have now is currently a cheap Logitech one, it does the job however I would like a headset that also allows me to have bass in it) 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Improve communication in chat - Both short and long term but I see my work will take short term strides to make long term differences, improve csing especially against lanes where I am counter picked, and lastly have a team that will improve my play style. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Yes, I have been involved with 4 teams throughout league of legends. However, all of them lasted for roughly 3 or 4 months and then the members discontinued showing up to game times.

Thanks for reading the application and I look forward to hearing from you. If you have any further questions feel free to message me.

HastyApple8/8/2015, 2:21:01 PM1 votes

Thanks for applying everyone. I've gone ahead and added a few of you to get the first trials running. Hopefully I hear from you soon!

HastyApple8/8/2015, 7:49:40 PM1 votes

Bump. Ran some tryouts with an applicant or two. Still looking to complete a roster!

Aeodeka8/8/2015, 8:02:10 PM1 votes

IGN: Bananas BigTwerkNasti Age: 26 Timezone: EST Role: Support Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) 8 or 9 Top Champion in Role: Leo for tanky or Lux/Morgana for caster support Why should I consider you?: I am an extremely versatile and reliable player and person. I stick to a goal and commit myself till we make it through. I am very open to communication and extremely laid back. At the end of the day League is a video game to ENJOY and I feel that most of the community forgets that. Although winning and advancing is everyone's dream, it shouldn't come at the price of actually enjoying the game.

3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals)

  1. New ward positioning for the team when we push well beyond laning phase
  2. Join and play consistently with a committed team
  3. Expand my champ pool to include so less than conventional supports if the team requires it.

3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Any Ranked 5's Exp?: None that actually took off. Have played (and been dedicated to some teams)

  1. Improve my solo rank to high Plat/Low Diamond.
  2. Eventually end up in some sort of national (or more) level of competitive play.
  3. I want to improve and get a more in depth understand of each lane and champion so I know what more to expect in games.

(The majority of my match history is me playing mid lane or crazy off comp things with my friends. My heart and soul is in support, so if you can't see any stats/games 7 from that I am sorry!)

UMAD hulk8/8/2015, 10:02:24 PM1 votes

IGN: Bananas UMAD hulk Age: 21 Timezone: CST Role: Top Backup role: Jungle Rate your Champion pool: 9/10 Top Champion in Role: Renekton is my favorite, But I can play anybody or learn anybody for a comp Why should I consider you?: I have tons of team experience. From ranked 5's(peaking out d3) to Online tournaments like z33k,battlebash 3 Short term goals: Find a serious team, Improve my ability to be more aggressive 3 Long term Goals: Become one of the best Top laners, Make it pro, Master my top champions Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Yes mentioned a little earlier

Extra info: This is my smurf account, I moved for a year and my main account went from platinum 2 to silver 2 or 3. I am g5 on this account but the amount of champions I own is minimal. I'd love to try out asap though and prove my worthiness :)

HastyApple8/9/2015, 12:56:32 AM1 votes

We've accepted a support and possibly a top laner. Need a few more games with the top laner but so far we're moving along!

German Maid8/9/2015, 1:22:50 AM1 votes

IGN: Furry Lover Age: 19 Timezone: CST Role: MID Rate your Champion pool: I own all and play meta champions Top Champion in Role: Ahri, Viktor, Twister Fate, Annie, Karma and Diana Why should I consider you?: I have alot of high level tournament exp 3 Short term goals: Find a stable team, Compete in tournaments, improve as a team. 3 Long term Goals: Improve my gameplay and reach diamond, go pro and make money for this game Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Was on 3 Platinum 4+ ranked 5 teams still on 2 of them. I have won 3 NSG tournaments first place and competed in Go4LoL vs Cognitive Gaming for first place.

naptimee8/9/2015, 2:09:19 AM1 votes

IGN: Bananas naptimee Age: 24 Timezone: EST Role: Top Rate your Champion pool: 8 Top Champion in Role: Rumble Why should I consider you?: Mature, Non-toxic, dedicated player who is trying to have fun and improve in the game. 3 Short term goals: Find a group of like-minded people to learn and play as a team. Have better sense of map awareness and jungle gank paths. Stream my gameplay. 3 Long term Goals: Better understand the game. Become Platinum+ level in both ranked 5s and solo queue. Play in friendly/competitive leagues or competitions. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Only with friends (not serious)

HastyApple8/10/2015, 2:20:35 AM1 votes

Still looking for a team? Apply today and get some tryouts going this week!

SkeIeton8/10/2015, 3:21:20 AM1 votes

IGN: SkeIeton Age: 18 Timezone: EST Role: Top Rate your Champion pool: (Rate your pool out of 10, 1 being not that big, and 10 being wide variety) 8 Top Champion in Role: FIzz Why should I consider you?: I am committed, and can take criticism 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Find a team, Diamond soloQ, have fun 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Diamond 4 soloQ, Imporve champs, MASTER FIZZ Any Ranked 5's Exp?: yuppers

GodCarryGraves8/10/2015, 3:46:23 AM1 votes

IGN:Bananas MyTeamIsGarbage Age: 18 Timezone: CST Role: Jungle Rate your Champion pool: 8 ( Have a wide pool in the current meta but depending on the meta shift could use some work.) Top Champion in Role: Master Yi Why should I consider you?: I have me shotcalling ability and mechanical abiltity you are looking for in a jungler. 3 Short term goals: Get to Platinum on my smurf or my main, Widen champ pool, get a ranked 5's team into high gold. 3 Long term Goals: Get to Diamond+, Improve my shotcalling, Find a mentor to help with my game. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Multiple Platinum Teams in the past. Experience with many people and have contacts with people for scrims, or tourney entries.

HastyApple8/11/2015, 6:11:59 PM1 votes

Still looking for the right people to fill the slots! Are you interested in playing on a team that will play regularly, practice, scrim and improve? Join today!

Danisonfire8/11/2015, 6:31:42 PM1 votes

IGN: Danisonfire Age: 27 **Timezone: **EST Role: Mid/Support **Rate your Champion pool: ** Current? 9, depth is a something I am currently strengthening. Top Champion in Role: Malzahar / Morgana Why should I consider you?: Mature, appreciate teams with leadership. Strong warder who is looking for players who work together. 3 Short term goals: Strengthening champion pool in different team compositions; map control; lane pressure 3 Long term Goals: continue to improve champion pool, map pressure, and map control Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Few teams, most were never on the same time and decayed over time.

I am silver 1, however I am taking a break from ranked currently to strengthen my game; to continue onward plat.
http://wardscore.loltools.net/?name=Danisonfire&region=na

Hercotectonic8/11/2015, 6:41:00 PM1 votes

IGN: Cyxexz Age: 19 Timezone: EST Role: Mid Rate your Champion pool: 10 If given a day or two i can become comfortible on any champ. Top Champion in Role: Don't really have 1 top but probebly Azir atm. Why should I consider you?: Strong teamfighter, can rotate effectively, and adapt to most situations. 3 Short term goals: Improve CS, Learn 1 or 2 new champs, Learn to play more passive. 3 Long term Goals: Achieve Consistant CS, Improve Mechanical skill, Learn new Strategies. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Plenty, only a few that achieved anything great. Teams usually disbanded.

HastyApple8/12/2015, 1:21:40 AM1 votes

Still looking for some quality applicants.

Luckflos8/12/2015, 1:28:01 AM1 votes

IGN: luckflos2 Age: 23 Timezone: mdt Role: top Rate your Champion pool: 7 Top Champion in Role: shen Why should I consider you?: I have lots of competitive experience and team ranked experience 3 Short term goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) Get plat and gold in ranked 5's 3 Long term Goals: (Expect to accomplish these, don't post silly goals) get diamond. be able to 1 man carry Any Ranked 5's Exp?: a ridiculous amount

AMP ZeusDeGod8/16/2015, 6:28:13 AM1 votes

IGN: Bananas AMP ZeusDeGod

Age: 18

Timezone: EST

Role: Mid Lane

Rate your Champion pool: 8

Top Champion in Role: Xerath

Why should I consider you?: Because I am a positive player who almost always goes at least even in lane and communicates with the team.

3 Short term goals: Put together strong team comps that work well together, Learn how 2 coordinate with the team in a affective manner in which we can be ahead of the enemy team to objectives and securing vision together, Enjoy playing in a nontoxic friendly environment.

3 Long term Goals: Learn to be a better individual player, Build tight relationships with teammates, win the majority of the games we play,

Any Ranked 5's Exp?: I have played on a 3 day a week scheduled ranked team which didn't work out, and have been playing casually with friends but am looking for a more competitive team.

aposhock8/16/2015, 6:36:59 AM1 votes

IGN: aposhock Age: 17 Timezone: UTC Role: Top/Fill Rate your Champion pool: 6.5 Top Champion in Role: Wukong(Top)/Amumu(jg)/Mid(Ahri)/Adc(Vayne)/Support(Leona/Janna) I play way more champions, just those are the ones I pref. Why should I consider you?: I have experience for the past 3 years with this game! 3 Short term goals: Finding a team that is constant, Climbing divisions, becoming a better player. 3 Long term Goals: Reach the highest point possible, stay at that point, never stop getting better. Any Ranked 5's Exp?: Yes, several ranked teams, my highest was plat 4. My current is gold 3.

vgOB3TVUzK8/7/2015, 2:59:29 PM1 votes

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Fhazed8/16/2015, 6:42:42 AM1 votes

IGN: 4G LTE Age: 22 Timezone: Central Role: Mid/Jungle Rate your Champion pool: 10 Top Champion in Role: MId- LB/Annie/Orianna ------ JG- Udyr/Jarvan/Vi Why should I consider you?: Long time experience since the start of season 2 3 Short term goals: Good team synergy, good team comp, making friends 3 Long term Goals: Become a pro team, constantly improve teamwork, get into tournaments like LCS :D Any Ranked 5's Exp?: I've been in a lot of ranked teams, 20+