User blog comment:Accrepower/No more Bittersweet Victory/@comment-72.64.99.74-20121023173257

As I've noted you saying, this really happens very little in ranked, and thats generally where I like to play more often nowadays. Sure people behave like they have a stick up their ass in ranked, at least you can expect a little more caution out of them. I'm kinda irritated that the season end is so close so I don't want to play ranked to avoid tanking my elo if I hit a bad streak again.

Nowadays instead of normals (with the exception of playing for a troll build or testing new champs against players) I will play exclusively ranked, bots, dominion or ARAM. Normals people don't try, they go out of their way to pick hard countered characters early in the draft just cause they want that role, and god forbid you even touch blind pick.

Lemme say trust me on this, if you want a more relaxed atmosphere but still have people make an effort, play some more arams. You'll find some games with incredible coordination and unique builds, people trying to make their most out of the random cards they were dealt with. Not to say the bloodless are excluded from this game mode, but most regular ARAM players know that overextending in even the slightest can get you instantly bursted down.