User blog comment:Deshiba/Solo Queue: Against the meta./@comment-9463023-20130704120112

"The moral of this story would be, to never, EVER, dismiss something off hand just because you don't think it will work. When playing ranked and someone picks up something you don't expect, please don't flip out."

Yeah, especially when the team needs a jungler and the last picking guy takes Sona with Revive and Clarity. Just had that situation a short while ago... Also, I'm under the impression that the meta is that there's a solo laner on top, solo laner on mid, duo lane on bot and a jungler, not the specific picks the players decide to play. Other than that, I admit that I'm usually sceptical when people play unusual picks but I play it cool, ask something along the lines of "dude, does it really work?". I'm sometimes angry though when someone picks something a little crazy saying "trust me, it works" and then fails miserably, proving it doesn't.

Myself, I love playing unusual picks and it's really sad when people call me a troll. I usually mute those guys and not bother listening to them admitting it wasn't as bad as they expected after the game.

PS. This post is really well written, a pleasure to read. Good job on that. Cheers from an Alistar, Sejuani, Nasus and Maokai (although, from my experience, he's not considered that much of a troll pick anymore) mid player.