User blog comment:Freedfg/What happened to variety./@comment-24868463-20140429151252

I think this discussion is very appropriate right now. People keep picking the same champ over and over again that they get predictable. This makes the gameplay reeaaaalllyyyy boring. Especially since I use champions that aren't stable picks because of difficulty or whatever. I don't know if my picks aren't stable in other regions (Shyvana-Jungle, Yasuo-Top, Ahri-Mid, Ezreal-ADC, Sona-Supp) but I do know Ez is a popular pick anywhere. Anyhow, people follow trends that seem like the BEST way to play without knowing that some players have already developed countermeasures against popular picks. (You cannot believe how many builds I have per champion) I really felt this during the Season 3 Worlds. I couldn't use my Ahri at all since the amount of wannabees were overwhelming. I also hate how people rage when I do something completely against the percieved meta.

Since I played LoL all the way back when Cassiopeia was newly released, I really miss the variety and excitement of not knowing how you'll play next match and having to learn tactics instead of just exploiting the same enemy weakness over and over again.