First of all, a match being almost an hour for a first-time player is devastating.
I literally played 3 matchs on 3 different nights with my friends back in 2020 and every time I felt hopeless and depressed. I'm not kidding. I saw and still see them playing for weeks on end, then taking a break and THEN THEY RETURN TO THE GRIND AND THEY'RE ALWAYS MAD! Honestly, I hope this game's servers implode or something.
I literally played 3 matchs on 3 different nights with my friends back in 2020 and every time I felt hopeless and depressed. I'm not kidding. I saw and still see them playing for weeks on end, then taking a break and THEN THEY RETURN TO THE GRIND AND THEY'RE ALWAYS MAD! Honestly, I hope this game's servers implode or something.
In all my years of playing this shit on and off since 2012, I'm sure at LEAST 98% have been with other people. The remaining 2% was mostly when I was between the ages of 13-17 and my brain was rotten.
With friends the game is just background noise really, it's just something you play while talking with them because it's just what you do and it suffices. And it's been like that over 12 years for me with multiple friend groups.
The minds of the people sitting there and playing this game by themselves, whether it's a casual or competitive thing, must suffer from addiction of some kind. It's the gaming equivalent of people just watching the same shows on repeat and never anything else. Except instead of watching something like The Office they are watching paint dry.
The fact that League has an active player-base of millions upon millions of people is an actual travesty when I know most of these fuckers haven't played some of the absolute classics.
And if you genuinely like this game for whatever reason, I feel sorry for you <3
With friends the game is just background noise really, it's just something you play while talking with them because it's just what you do and it suffices. And it's been like that over 12 years for me with multiple friend groups.
The minds of the people sitting there and playing this game by themselves, whether it's a casual or competitive thing, must suffer from addiction of some kind. It's the gaming equivalent of people just watching the same shows on repeat and never anything else. Except instead of watching something like The Office they are watching paint dry.
The fact that League has an active player-base of millions upon millions of people is an actual travesty when I know most of these fuckers haven't played some of the absolute classics.
And if you genuinely like this game for whatever reason, I feel sorry for you <3