EPTIs it worth trying out LoL? - Page 2
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MasterCynical
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
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Falling
Canada11363 Posts
I really haven't run into that many douches on LoL. There's a handful, but they're easily ignored and you can always report them after. LoL was my first (and only) MOBA and I'm not sure I've ever gotten specifically harassed. But then again, I hate being incompetent in team game situations and so obsessively played against comps with one character so that I could be reasonably competent in team games. And then I slowly expanded to a handful of characters. I think it's better with friends on Teamspeak or RL. Especially with a friend that is better than you and is a good teacher/advisor. It's a fun, relaxing game if I don't want the stress of iCCup. edit. The only really irritating thing when I first started was there were a bunch of people that would leave in comp-stomps (easy mode.) I really haven't run into that for awhile, but it hardly matters anymore because they're comps. You can report them too. Dunno how fast they are with dealing with that stuff though. | ||
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Sc2Corpse
United States210 Posts
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Unleashing
Denmark14978 Posts
Sure, no harm done in trying it. And if you like it, i'd recommend trying to get into DotA2 My opinion is that DotA2 is more fun, interesting and just overall a better game, but again, that's my opinion which is obviously just how i see it and i see no harm in you trying out LoL to see what you think of it. | ||
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virpi
Germany3598 Posts
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419
Russian Federation3631 Posts
so there is that potential downside ^^ | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
Millions of people enjoy the game, chances are you will enjoy it too. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
Some stuff to note, which has already been mentioned over and over but I'll mention it again: * None of your friends play it, this is a big problem. MOBAs are generally not all that fun to play yourself, and LOL is IMO even worse than Dota 2 in this case. Try the game out and try to get your friends into it if you like it. It's free, they have no reason not to give it a try. * MOBAs in general are pretty harsh to beginners, there's a fuckton to learn. Make sure you give the game some time, don't just play one game and ragequit. Go to lolpro or mobafire, find a guide for a champion which looks interesting, then try that character for a few games. Read up on the roles and pick one which sounds fun to you (ADC, Support, APC, Bruiser, Jungler). I wouldn't recommend jungler though, it's very hard to play an effective jungler before Summoner lvl 20. * Don't take it seriously. When you start out, you're low summoner level and will play with other people in that situation. Many of them will suck, but some of them will probably be ridiculously good, because they are smurfing on new accounts. It's not ranked, it doesn't matter, just focus on improving and learning more. | ||
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Ryalnos
United States1946 Posts
Also, if you want to improve (a fun goal) don't pay that much attention to how your teammates screwed up - it would always be possible for you to do something better, so let that be your take-away lesson (unless of course you can analyze it calmly and rationally). | ||
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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44453 Posts
I've never played it, and I'm bored watching it (but that's because I'm not emotionally invested it... I love watching games that I'm familiar with), but there's no harm in giving yourself a solid two weeks or so of trying to get into the game. If you love it, great! If you don't, you haven't really lost anything. I have a bunch of friends who play LoL. They say it's pretty easy to learn, and pretty difficult to master. That sounds good to me. And I've heard that with MOBAs, it's preferable to play with your friends or find groups online that you repeatedly team up with, because playing alone isn't as fun an experience. On November 30 2012 01:05 MattBarry wrote: Aeon of Strife styled fortress assault games (or ASSFAG for short) are pretty fun Please tell me you set that up just to make that acronym joke, and it's not really called that o.o | ||
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Irre
United States646 Posts
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Callynn
Netherlands917 Posts
 All you've got to lose is time, and the community has improved quite a bit in the past year tbh. | ||
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Unleashing
Denmark14978 Posts
On November 30 2012 01:57 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Please tell me you set that up just to make that acronym joke, and it's not really called that o.o It's a 10 times better acronym than MOBA which explains absolutely nothing about the game, ASSFAG atleast explains something about where the game originates from and what it's about. Not that i agree with calling the genre ASSFAG, for obvious reasons, but it's still better than MOBA. | ||
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matiK23
United States963 Posts
On November 30 2012 03:33 Unleashing wrote: It's a 10 times better acronym than MOBA which explains absolutely nothing about the game, ASSFAG atleast explains something about where the game originates from and what it's about. Not that i agree with calling the genre ASSFAG, for obvious reasons, but it's still better than MOBA. Maye I'm not getting it, but how does ASSFAG explain the genre better than MOBA? | ||
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Unleashing
Denmark14978 Posts
"What competitive game isn't multiplayer, online, and takes on some sort of battle? The first three words apply to nearly every single online game that pits players against each other (obviously). The fourth word, arena, doesn't even describe the DotA genre. Using that word implies an all-hostile area that dismisses DotA's territorial control and lane-pushing among its many facets of gameplay. Even RTSRPG or ActionRTS would be better (yet still lacking) acronyms. If anything, use DotA as a genre of its own, or use its original form, AoS (Aeon of Strife from Starcraft). Please help stop the widespread use of the vague term " Aeon of Stryfe is where the game comes from, including that in the genre name already explains more than arena does and limits the gameplay idea massively. Fortress assault further explains what the entire goal of the game is. And honestly i don't see how it can be confused with other types of games. Then we have MOBA, SC2 is a MOBA by definition and so is counter strike, and hey so is quake and so on. It's a really bad acronym honestly. I don't agree with using ASSFAG either, but it's still better than MOBA. Edit: This isn't the right thread for this discussion though. | ||
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