Uhh yea before you go spouting out that the high ranking players of league are all assholes you might want to look into it before someone like me comes along and points out that you're spouting bs.Torrasque said:High ranking* players. For example, I'd say LiquidRet is a high level (high ranking) player in Starcraft 2.infinity_turtles said:Doesn't really surprise me.
Figured I'd chime in and note levels in LoL don't really matter too much. They're more of an enforced learning period. ELO is what matters, and high ELO players tend to be a lot more civil and have a lot less trolls.Torrasque said:Edit: I didn't even talk about how douchey the high level players of LoL are compared to any other game on this list. Even CoD players are more civil to each other than LoL players.
Everyone that I know who plays LoL tells me how douchey the higher ranked players are. One friend of mine got disconnected from his game and when he went to rejoin, he wasn't able to play for 30 minutes because of some temporary ban on him because they reported him for dropping (or something along those lines).
I forget what thread I saw on these boards that supported my claim of LoL player doucheyness.
That's the hell of it.draythefingerless said:WoW is a game played over periods of DAYS. LoL is a "get in play a few rounds get out" game.
Ironically, it's the reason they have a gain-only system that makes snowballing harder than in DOTA. Games are shorter because experience gains are jacked up for minions, and items pack more punch than in DOTA (well...they scale up more linearly. DOTA's end-game items scale up exponentially).Tenmar said:I would completely disagree actually and say that in terms of mechanics LOL is much more punishing than DOTA. The reason I say this is that not only is LOL designed to end much quicker which is why you have such heavy snowballing but the other factor is why the snowballing occurs which is that LOL is based on a gain only system.
Heh. Yeah, stacked Anti-Mage is a total asshole. Well, except against certain melee monsters like Sven or Axe (who don't need a whole lot of mana to end you).Torrasque said:Whenever I see LoL games or any other MOBA, I can't help but think that almost all the heroes look like WC3 sprites; heroes from the ORIGINAL DotA. I played the shit out of that game, Magic Killing Illidan with Butterfly was so much fun zomg.
If they put Xfire as source in title all would laugh at them up front. That would be really poor for misleading readers. Forum troll in tabloid disguise!Legion said:This feels like tabloid journalism to me.
It should say "League of Legends topples World of Warcraft as most played game by Xfire members" or something similar. But no, that wouldn't make the headline catchy enough.
Thats funny that you think that IdrA is a dick at all times. I've heard him cast, seen him around other pros, and even heard other pros talk about him, and he seems like a really nice guy. IdrA has the real personality/gaming personality nailed down. He may seem like a massive dick, but he's really not.Rednog said:Uhh yea before you go spouting out that the high ranking players of league are all assholes you might want to look into it before someone like me comes along and points out that you're spouting bs.Torrasque said:High ranking* players. For example, I'd say LiquidRet is a high level (high ranking) player in Starcraft 2.infinity_turtles said:Doesn't really surprise me.
Figured I'd chime in and note levels in LoL don't really matter too much. They're more of an enforced learning period. ELO is what matters, and high ELO players tend to be a lot more civil and have a lot less trolls.Torrasque said:Edit: I didn't even talk about how douchey the high level players of LoL are compared to any other game on this list. Even CoD players are more civil to each other than LoL players.
Everyone that I know who plays LoL tells me how douchey the higher ranked players are. One friend of mine got disconnected from his game and when he went to rejoin, he wasn't able to play for 30 minutes because of some temporary ban on him because they reported him for dropping (or something along those lines).
I forget what thread I saw on these boards that supported my claim of LoL player doucheyness.
If you leave a ranked game (even disconnecting)and the game ends you are temporarily suspended by the game. Your friend must have been gone a while because the game ended, and the system marked him as a "Leaver". It's there so people don't go around trolling others by joining games and screwing over their teammates from the ranking. And it is there as a punishment for rage quitters. It had absolutely nothing to do with anyone reporting him.
Second there are douchebags in every high level game, are you seriously saying the starcraft 2 high players are all angels? Hell you mentioned one notorious dick in your original post, IdrA
Even then while there are some jerks in LoL ranked, Riot actually does care what it's big streamers say, hell there have been cases where a high ranked streamer has trolled someone in game / said something foul during a strea and Riot went and suspended them for it.
You just aren't in the right league to know why it's funnyDVS BSTrD said:I've noticed a lot of people have been LOLing but I still don't know what's so funny.
Legion said:This feels like tabloid journalism to me.
Take story.
Create sensationalist headline.
Ignore lot's of facts and factors.
Come to a conclusion that is most likely false due to point 3.
If this is only taking a portion of statistics, then it is not accurate, not with the current title of the article.
It should say "League of Legends topples World of Warcraft as most played game by Xfire members" or something similar. But no, that wouldn't make the headline catchy enough.
So like I said, tabloid journalism.
I'm sorry you both feel that way. That said, the numbers do reflect <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114283-League-of-Legends-Muscles-Past-World-of-Warcraft>official LoL and Wow statistics. Also, even if Xfire isn't representative of all players, the fact that Xfire players did in six months what took the entire Halo franchise years to achieve is a very significant detail. I made sure to include both of these points in the article.PingoBlack said:Random forum poster takes numbers from Xfire and makes a theory. Reaction:
OMG noob, everyone knows Xfire is hardly representative sample! OneEleven!
Same thing done by a "consulting company" and reprinted by Forbes. Reaction:
League of Legends has surely beaten Blizzards monster! Lets reprint this all over internet while ignoring the pathetic source of their numbers.
Bravo Escapist! You just reprinted a forum troll. /facepalm
If they put Xfire as source in title all would laugh at them up front. That would be really poor for misleading readers. Forum troll in tabloid disguise!Legion said:This feels like tabloid journalism to me.
It should say "League of Legends topples World of Warcraft as most played game by Xfire members" or something similar. But no, that wouldn't make the headline catchy enough.
Sadly, this was not a comment directed at you or even your company. More at the consulting company that produced it (DFC Intelligence). My apologies.Fanghawk said:I'm sorry you both feel that way. That said, the numbers do reflect <a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114283-League-of-Legends-Muscles-Past-World-of-Warcraft>official LoL and Wow statistics. Also, even if Xfire isn't representative of all players, the fact that Xfire players did in six months what took the entire Halo franchise years to achieve is a very significant detail. I made sure to include both of these points in the article.
If you do have any figures that I'm not aware of, I'd be happy to discuss them with you.