User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/Reasons to quit this game/@comment-10768370-20150913100918

Personal, I want to say here that I really enjoyed your blog post and agree on a lot of things that you've said. Balancing problems, focus on the main map and everything else makes a lot of sense. But as you asked, I'm going to answer the following questions and explain why I myself still enjoy this game.

Surprisingly, I enjoy it even more. When I started playing it I did not understand anything about the game, but as I grew and improved I found out how amazing the game can be. Not just because of the gameplay which, I agree on, can get rather bland once you realize the meta of the current patch. But rather because of the fanbase and the community. Yes, a large chunk of the community is toxic. Yes, a large chunk of the community is asocial. But if you take a good look beyond the toxicity you find the humongous amounts of artists, friends, wikia-contributors and everyone else. People that truly enjoy the game and its concepts, not caring about the ragers. I made multiple great friends this way, both in real life and online through games and wikia, and I think that because of that. Because of the new friends, the fanbase and the knowledge I know have about the game I enjoy it more.
 * Do I still enjoy this game as much as I did when I started playing?

I kinda do, although my favourite champs shift a lot. I used to like TF, then Viktor, then Jax, then Twitch and now Thresh. I just don't have the patience to stick to one champ real long. And of course, everyone plays to win. But I don't think it should control your picks or the fun you have. Sometimes I lose a game and I feel mad, but that doesn't stop me from picking my role and fave champ if I want just because I notice that I lose a lot with them. Because I know I can improve with him/her until I start winning again.
 * Do I still have fun playing my favourite champs or do I just play to win?

Yes I do, if I'm a 1/7/6 support but I know that I saved my ADC from dying 5 times in a row I am happy. Because even though I might be the reason that the enemy is fed, but I fulfilled my duty as a support: Don't let the carry die. If I'm a support and I'm 3/1/21 I also feel good because I know my ADC is strong and fed and I got to help him/her with that. I got to reel in the enemy and get him those double kills. Of course it's sad when you're the reason that your team is losing but as long as you did your job, or at least a part of it, it doesn't matter that much to me.
 * Do I still get satisfaction out of doing well other than the relief of not being the reason your team is losing?

Whenever I don't feel that excitement or anticipation anymore, I just don't play League for a while. I play other games like Smite, Risen, Terraria or whatever I feel like. After not playing for a week of 2 I usually feel that excitement again. Picking up that champ that you dropped half a year ago can be really exciting then.
 * Do I REALLY want to queue up for another game even if you don't get any excitement or joy out of the anticipation?

Surprisingly, yes. As I explained before at the first question, there is a large chunk of the community that is not tainted. Of course, sometimes it's hard to deal with that mad ADC you have or with the 2 people fighting over top. But as long as you yourself remain positive and keep playing the game because you want to I think that I can manage to keep calm.
 * Can I really keep calm and play the game in a community as tainted as this?

Also I want to reply on your comment about the patches changing everything, I think that is what keeps League interesting and what makes it stand out as much. The constantly flowing and changing game mechanics and meta make it interesting. And I know damn well that Riot gives too much attention to the Rift and not enough to TT or Dominion but I don't really care about that. I really only play ARAM and Rift and I get that some people like TT or Dominion but Riot only has a limited amount of time and resources. If 3/4 of the community cries for more skins and reworks they cant afford the time to update a map that mayb 1/8 of the community plays sporadically.