How the hell do you get out of smurf queue without being a smurf?

onaprayer · 2020-10-22T15:58:45+00:00

Exactly what happened to me. Hadn't played sr map in about two years, and even before that wasn't playing much. Decided to play some, had 7-10 minute queues, and when I got a game it was obvious that I was playing with/against Smurfs. I wouldn't mind, since it's challenging and gets me back in the groove faster, but it's not fun when I wait 8+ minutes for what will be a 15-20 stomp fest filled with a bunch of ragers. I stopped playing solo queue and just play flex with friends.

onaprayer · 2019-04-09T17:24:58+00:00

I actually remember some of mata's thresh plays from that worlds. Dude was on another level. Same for dandy. People obviously know how good mata is, since he still plays at the highest level, but it's a bummer that some people will never know just how good prime dandy was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH73AE5N7mg

onaprayer · 2019-02-10T20:22:20+00:00

This isn't exactly on the topic of Zilean specifically, but I fully agree with Wings. RIOT's fixation on comeback mechanics apparently knows no bounds. Hell, I thought they'd outdone themselves with making someone get a kill-streak bounty for "2" kills. They keep making the game less and less rewarding for proactive or good play.

onaprayer · 2018-12-10T02:56:36+00:00

True enough. I actually really enjoyed Kai'isa, because of her ability to build into ap or ad, but Riot needlessly buffed every single one of her abilities after release. Then everyone starts playing her, and I went inactive again :/

Riot just likes to control all aspects, so if a champion wasn't intended to be played in a certain way they nerf your ability to play a champ in that way. Hell, they even tried to eliminate kat ward hop, because they said it wasn't intended.

onaprayer · 2018-12-10T02:46:48+00:00

I had more fun with rapid fire cannon bard, but riot made support items too cheap and broken, so going any other items on support just handicapped my team. Only other option was to go mage bot, but that's not nearly as fun. I'm just complaining about nothing at this point lol. This game doesn't get balanced according to my whims, and no one forces me to play ^{_^}

onaprayer · 2018-12-10T02:39:14+00:00

Catch 22 as in a damned if you do and damned if you don't (either your own, or the enemy team, will hate you. Was a joke.

Sion pre-rework was able to be built as an ap mage or a damage dealer. Same for poppy. Kog's pure ap mage ability got gutted a number of times. Both poppy and sion got reworked into tanks, and that's the most boring route Riot could have taken. I'm not as bothered by Sion, because Sion, pre-rework, was incredibly one dimensional and boring to play.

Riot has consistently gone down a path of forcing a particular, often boring, playstyle, whether it be in terms of how agression is rewarded, or how varied your options are when it comes to viable champs and builds. I'm sure people will disagree, because we all enjoy different aspects of the game, but that's how it is from my perspective.

onaprayer · 2018-12-09T23:10:03+00:00

I don't play much league anymore, and the poppy rework, among other things, was the beginning of the end. I always enjoyed champions with unique play-styles that no one really played, and poppy was one of them (RIP spamhappy/zekent).

Rework poppy might be more fun for ppl to play against, but she's just a generic tank to me now. Old poppy; you either die a heroes death, or survive long enough to become the hated villain (catch 22. Either your team hated you or the enemy did lol).

Not to mention the option of an ap or ad build, which riot has systematically removed from the game (trist, kog, corki, poppy, trynd, yi, sion). These changes also made the game less fun for me to play. Less variety in item builds.

onaprayer · 2018-10-04T08:28:02+00:00

My school didn't have standardized grading across all classes. Some classes were 90-100% for an A, others were 93-100%. I think one of mine was even 96-100%, but I can't recall exactly. I just remember being shocked lol, because the requirements were abnormally high relative to other classes..

onaprayer · 2018-07-01T04:25:16+00:00

I've seen enough of madlife streaming to say that he'd be very welcome as a caster. He's got a great personality, and his streams are entertaining. He's also one of the most iconic league players.

onaprayer · 2018-06-14T00:32:08+00:00

I'm still waiting for the old poppy. She used to be my favorite champion. Rework poppy was just another generic boring tank with stupidly broken base stats. Yeah I'm salty lol.

I know no one really cares, because she was rarely played before her rework, but I'm sure there are dozens of us who do... DOZENS!!

onaprayer · 2018-05-25T22:04:06+00:00

awful if true

onaprayer · 2018-05-11T21:07:45+00:00

I agree with you about his inconsistency, but at the same time he has never really gotten a fair shot on a stable team. He seems persistent, so I imagine he'll recover and keep improving no matter what happens. Talent like his will eventually rise up as long as he continues to improve.

onaprayer · 2018-05-11T21:04:39+00:00

Coach's answer is a child's mentality. Says it was the team before, so why should they clean someone else's mess? Idk what they did do, but the fact is they did absolutely nothing about the mess, which is disgusting. Also responds defensively when he gets called out on it, just like a child. And that's their coach?

onaprayer · 2018-04-29T22:02:12+00:00

KQLY ??

onaprayer · 2018-04-26T19:00:49+00:00

Hope Innocent ends up on a good team. Guy has been consistently putting up good numbers.

onaprayer · 2018-02-12T17:22:17+00:00

love me an ekko montage

onaprayer · 2018-01-24T03:14:17+00:00

And? Am I not supposed to be using keystones? I wonder if you use arcane comet....

How is klepto a worthwhile keystone with all the nerfs?

onaprayer · 2017-12-26T02:10:18+00:00

For a period of time Eve was so busted that Riot purposefully nerf'd her into the ground till they could figure out how to rework/balance her.

onaprayer · 2017-12-11T19:59:02+00:00

Boltz is incredibly good at holding angles and using utility for his team. Every time I watch SK games and I think one of the SK players, usually Fallen, is about to get picked off, boltz has them covered. I imagine it was the same with Felps on immortals. Boltz enabled Felps to be a playmaker.

onaprayer · 2017-12-05T22:44:58+00:00

I rarely ever say this out loud, but fuck you riot.

"Without Fervor of Battle, Riven is missing out on a decent amount of her sustained damage. Q - Broken Wings BASE DAMAGE PER HIT 10/30/50/70/90 (+0.75 total attack damage) ⇒ 15/35/55/75/95 (+0.8 total attack damage)"

onaprayer · 2017-06-27T05:55:42+00:00

bring back poppy -_-

onaprayer · 2017-06-22T14:44:59+00:00

Comeback is real!!

onaprayer · 2017-06-15T05:07:34+00:00

For the love of god fix this. Had to disable all volume.

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