Early season is a fiesta, I'll be sitting it out for like a month, probably longer. Although for most elos, it probably doesn't make much difference in normal game quality.

Jungle has way too much influence on the game right now, it's not fun for bot lane.

Ansibled

United Kingdom9872 Posts

January 10 2019 22:23 GMT

#43

I've never really played a massive amount of soloqueue but I don't think I ever notice much of a difference between the start of the season and later on.

AdsMoFro

Japan4761 Posts

January 10 2019 22:25 GMT

#44

On January 11 2019 06:48 DarkCore wrote:
it's not fun for bot lane.

There, fixed your answer. AD sux if you're not on Ez or Lucian. I guess vayne is op now?

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Poland9085 Posts

January 10 2019 22:28 GMT

#45

Not when I'm playing her ;(

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 10 2019 22:49 GMT

#46

I hate playing with Ezreal players below Diamond because they have 0 impact on the game. Also I suffer from Shaco syndrome with Vayne, enemy team always has a super good one while mine is a boosted animal.

I've never really played a massive amount of soloqueue but I don't think I ever notice much of a difference between the start of the season and later on.

If you don't win a lot of games early on, then you end up in fiesta games non stop, where the difference in player skill is very large because some Diamond dude had a bad day while Mr. Silver thinks he's the next Faker. But tbh, I also don't play ranked on weekends because I feel there's too many kids online too, so maybe it's my own bias.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 10 2019 23:28 GMT

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Gahlo

United States35080 Posts

January 10 2019 23:30 GMT

#48

On January 11 2019 08:28 JimmiC wrote:
You take it way more serious than me. I just play it all the time and DGAF.

That's what ARAM are for imo. If I'm hitting ranked I'm tryharding.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 10 2019 23:37 GMT

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DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 10 2019 23:59 GMT

#50

That's because you're on NA server, where playing ranked relaxed is possible. The amount of flaming, intentional feeding and 'revenge' trolling I've seen means that you don't find any enjoyment in like 1/4 of games, unless you're in it to win it. 5 of my last 10 games had people either running it down, or making sure that the other 4 on their team had no chance to recover with their endless blaming and flaming.

I like to think I have a thick skin, but it's taking its toll.

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 11 2019 00:34 GMT

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Poland9085 Posts

January 11 2019 09:57 GMT

#52

Playing ranked relaxed is possible on EUW and you won't get extra flamed for playing for fun if you're not playing mid or something most players don't want in their team like Singed. People can't tell if you're tryharding or just playing to win with normal effort anyway.

Numy

South Africa35471 Posts

January 11 2019 14:23 GMT

#53

Yea I play top and it's pretty chilled. Even if I feed my ass off most people don't even realize, they too busy flaming bot lane and jungle.

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

January 11 2019 19:34 GMT

#54

The part about how much people want your champ on their team effecting their mental is real as hell.

Legit, i think you're more likely to be flamed by your own team as say a 5-1-1 Nidalee than you are as a 0-4-1 Xin Zhao.

dsyxelic

United States1417 Posts

January 11 2019 20:06 GMT

#55

I prefer euw flame
NA players like to soft int or continuously harass people

rather someone just call me a bad word and move on

something off meta always gets a lot of flame regardless of how well you're doing

jungle/bot is annoying because jungler gets blamed for literally everything and bot you get blamed as a duo even if your lane partner is the one straight inting it

JimmiC

Canada22817 Posts

January 11 2019 20:36 GMT

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DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 11 2019 20:38 GMT

#57

I have gotten a lot of soft inters in EUW as well. And I also prefer flaming to soft inting, because you can mute people, but a guy who ignores the team and afk pushes one lane so he can intentionally feed 10 kills is not easily ignorable when you're trying to win the game.

jungle/bot is annoying because jungler gets blamed for literally everything and bot you get blamed as a duo even if your lane partner is the one straight inting it

Worst is when jungle completely ignores the lane and then acts like it's our fault we went 0/6 while pushed into tower for 10 minutes and ganked as soon as we venture forward to place wards.

iCanada

Canada10660 Posts

January 11 2019 20:51 GMT

#58

By the same token though, it's scary to go to a lane that's been pushed in for 10 minutes. Your team has no vision, their team has full vision, and their lane likely has more hp / sums and the ability to respond quicker. Also straight up, hard pushed in people are much more likely to just keep farming when you go to make a play than a winning lane. Also their jungler more likely to support them. It's dangerous.

Easier to play around winning lanes. Especially in soloqueue i would rather help a 5/0 guy dive his chump lane opponent than go swim in the shark tank trying to save a lane losing lane getting dove. I think it's a more winning strategy. Better for your teams gold intake, objective tempo, and overall map pressure. Might be different at real high elo or pro play.... but idk, i think it way better to just play around winning lanes.

Jek

Denmark2771 Posts

January 11 2019 21:18 GMT

#59

Yeah. Playing around winning lanes is the easiest way to win. If we fail in botlane I, as soon as possible, always file for a divorce and start a new relationship with the most fed member on our team.

Toplaners always treat me reeeaaal good. I guess they are so used to being left all alone that someone dedicating themself to helping them make their heart flutter and cheeks blush.

DarkCore

Germany4194 Posts

January 11 2019 21:46 GMT

#60

You don't have to go for a risky gank, and suicide for kills. But this is season 9, there are few wards on the map early game, there's a good chance you can walk into a lane without being caught by vision or at least not well in advance. Junglers don't just go around collecting kills, they also apply pressure. Bot lane matchups can be quite one sided these days, if one duo knows they're never getting ganked, then they push for free plates, collect dragon or the support roams.

Only focusing on one winning lane at the cost of other lanes losing is basically Russian roulette. If you camp one lane while having a presence on the rest of the map, it helps.