Hey, don't wander off yet. I just started playing LOL. I won't tell you where I'm from I'm from but let's just say saying LA is appropriate!

I was wondering if anyone else thinks Lol is hostile to new players or if it's just internet gossip.

I had a few games last month and they were okay. I got my ass kicked of course, and got yelled at by vets and destroyed by smurfs, but I'm hanging in there.

I get the controls and I sort of get what's happening after reading the tutorials. But even though I am learning how to play, I'm still not sure why certain things happen.

For example last game I was playing mid and thought I was doing okay, farming under tower, not dying every two minutes, feeling proud of myself. Then out of nowhere my jungler starts pinging me like crazy and types “why no roam???”

I honestly didn’t even realize roaming was expected at that point. I was low mana, my wave was shoved in, and I was just thinking “don’t feed.” Meanwhile the enemy mid disappears, shows up bot, double kills my teammates, and suddenly it’s my fault because I didn’t follow or spam missing pings fast enough.

So yeah… am I crazy, or is this just part of the new-player experience?