Why should I be playing this game mode again? It feels like a waste of time.

I am fairly new to League of Legends, I downloaded the client some time in July 2019 for the first time ever. The reason I downloaded it was just to play Teamfight Tactics, at the time I had very little interest in the other game modes but I knew I would play them eventually. The highest rank I have gotten in TFT is Gold 1, I think that's pretty good considering I do not put too many hours in to it. Anyways, maybe this feeling is just mutual among newer players I don't know but as I finally started playing the other game modes TFT has begun to feel like a waste of time. I find myself playing and enjoying Summoners Rift CO - OP vs AI more than I do the game mode I initially downloaded the client for.

So I know losing is not supposed to be enjoyable or fulfilling but losing in TFT just feel pretty demoralizing because of the length of these matches. My most recent match was about 31 minutes long and I came in 8th place and got demoted to Gold II for my efforts (looking forward to the next patch introducing all the changes because my most recent match I got mostly gold over items..). I was not tilted, I simply just thought, **"Wow 31 minutes just to get 8th and demoted. What a complete waste of time. Why am I even playing this?" **so I uninstalled client only to remember that I actually enjoyed playing Summoners Rift so Installed again lol. Now once again maybe it's just me but I remember 8th place games being much shorter, maybe higher ranked people experience much longer or shorter losing games please let me know if you do.

"Winning" in TFT is very unfulfilling. Sometimes it's 48 min just to get 3rd or 4th place and +7 LP or something and I believe that is considered "Winning" to an extent, but it certainly doesn't feel like it.. Of course do I even need to go in to the rewards?? Now maybe for the more experienced League players the rewards are pretty cool but for a new guy like me these emotes and icons and stuff are literally garbage sorry... Still have the starter Little Legend and I thought maybe Little Legends would be rewards as you progressed, turned out you have to buy them right? Or am i missing something? That sucks...

So the reason I really feel this way is because like I said I finally started playing other game modes and every single game Win or Lose it feels like I at least get something out of it no matter how long the matches are. It seems like very game gives you some experience towards leveling up and once you do you can get stuff so it doesn't feel like complete waste of time like TFT does. Now maybe this is just me being a complete noob because I see a lot of people who dump on summoners rift. So you guys let me know how you feel about all this.

**Does TFT feel worth the time? Super long matches just to get 5th to 8th place or something and lose LP but than if you "Win", which is like 1st to 4th place I believe, after about 50 mins of play you barely gain any LP and the rewards for getting Beta Pass points off completed missions are trash. **