Competitive League of Legends

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-18-2017, 09:07 PM

yeah lux is a ****in' pain in the ass when played well. she's a lot of fun though honestly. combo her q,e, and ult and you can destroy a whole team so swiftly.

**Yac** · 12-19-2017, 06:08 AM

Just want to add, without maybe derailing the thread, that the community 100% depends on the game. The only online game I'm playing at the moment, World of Warships, has an average age of gamers around 34-35 - and it shows. Very few folks raging in chat, an effective system for punishing teamkillers and .... well, in my 2150 or so games, I only got to be called names and wished cancer upon twice. And that's not a lot

Yac.

DwnWthVwls · 12-19-2017, 06:41 AM

Even more so the genre. I really enjoy hardcore, full loot, open world PvP MMOs, but holy **** does it cater to the greatest of ****bois (just go read the albion online reddit). The mmorpg community was so much more enjoyable when it was still a niche market circa UO/Everquest. Opening the floodgates to easily accessible online gaming did wonders for the market but with that came the inability to socially exile toxic gamers.

The Batlord · 12-19-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Even more so the genre. I really enjoy hardcore, full loot, open world PvP MMOs, but holy **** does it cater to the greatest of ****bois (just go read the albion online reddit). The mmorpg community was so much more enjoyable when it was still a niche market circa UO/Everquest. Opening the floodgates to easily accessible online gaming did wonders for the market but with that came the inability to socially exile toxic gamers.

Sort of like when they have free Sundays over at my local zoo and all the parents who don't give a **** bring their kids who don't give a **** and they yell at the animals to make them move. It's kind of nice to add some level of barrier to weed out the people who just want to kill a bit of time.

**Yac** · 12-20-2017, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Even more so the genre. I really enjoy hardcore, full loot, open world PvP MMOs, but holy **** does it cater to the greatest of ****bois (just go read the albion online reddit). The mmorpg community was so much more enjoyable when it was still a niche market circa UO/Everquest. Opening the floodgates to easily accessible online gaming did wonders for the market but with that came the inability to socially exile toxic gamers.

Oh yes, fully agree.
I tried many MMOs over the years, mostly the free ones .. and only after I spent like 25$ on Elder Scrolls Online, I realized this initial paywall is crucial in keeping these psychotic people away. In something like Lineage 2 or Silk Road (long ago), the amount of player killing, trolling, begging, people running around with hitler in their avatars etc - it was unbearable. In Eso.. I spent like 250 hours in total playing it and I ONLY met helpful people. No one tried to scam me

I remember I once tried playing UO, had no idea what I was doing, figured I'd have to level up so I tried attacking some .. deer, I think, with a stick... some players came, told me "Please sir, don't attack the animals", and when I responded with "What am I supposed to do to level up then ? Can you help?" they took me to the center of the nearest town. We met their friends there and they spend 2 hours giving me items - items that did nothing, but had different colors. They made me wear them, change on request.. I felt like some weird, fetish sex slave

Eventually I told them to **** off and went on to continue assaulting deer with my stick, for which I was banned

If that aint toxic behavior, I don't know what is!

The Batlord · 12-20-2017, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Yac

Oh yes, fully agree.
I tried many MMOs over the years, mostly the free ones .. and only after I spent like 25$ on Elder Scrolls Online, I realized this initial paywall is crucial in keeping these psychotic people away. In something like Lineage 2 or Silk Road (long ago), the amount of player killing, trolling, begging, people running around with hitler in their avatars etc - it was unbearable. In Eso.. I spent like 250 hours in total playing it and I ONLY met helpful people. No one tried to scam me

I remember I once tried playing UO, had no idea what I was doing, figured I'd have to level up so I tried attacking some .. deer, I think, with a stick... some players came, told me "Please sir, don't attack the animals", and when I responded with "What am I supposed to do to level up then ? Can you help?" they took me to the center of the nearest town. We met their friends there and they spend 2 hours giving me items - items that did nothing, but had different colors. They made me wear them, change on request.. I felt like some weird, fetish sex slave

Eventually I told them to **** off and went on to continue assaulting deer with my stick, for which I was banned

If that aint toxic behavior, I don't know what is!

That's awful.

**Yac** · 12-21-2017, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That's awful.

I know, right ?

Still, in civilized communities, it's something that's frowned upon, is it not?

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-21-2017, 10:40 AM

it's been like a week since i've played, the withdraw is real. my new laptop is on the way tho so i'm ready to tear **** up when it gets in.

DwnWthVwls · 12-21-2017, 04:20 PM

I want all the 1v1s.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-22-2017, 09:39 AM

gettin’ those carries ready for me

good to hear

12-19-2017, 06:08 AM	#502 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Just want to add, without maybe derailing the thread, that the community 100% depends on the game. The only online game I'm playing at the moment, World of Warships, has an average age of gamers around 34-35 - and it shows. Very few folks raging in chat, an effective system for punishing teamkillers and .... well, in my 2150 or so games, I only got to be called names and wished cancer upon twice. And that's not a lot Yac.