User blog comment:BIA-Kaboose/The Sheep are Everywhere/@comment-5906087-20130917081413/@comment-5331854-20130917111443

It's true up to a certain point (namely Diamond/Challenger/Pro). After that, you not only are able to define the meta, but the meta in such high-level plays are so beautifully executed it's nuts.

Meta makes the game actually exciting as long as it stays with the best 5% of the player base, those who have a deep understanding of the game, those who can say "My favourite champ got nerfed? Well, he/she was pretty notorious, so it's k" on a regular basis. Every other division, even Gold and Platinum, aren't used to the fine details of the meta, haven't understood the reason of "why this works" on the core levels and only have basic understandings. Lower divisions are mostly sheeps, sadly, who thinks that they're pro by just copying. This makes them even more vulnerable to "Lower Divison Metastompers" like us because they can't grasp their head, builds and skills around that.