User blog comment:Nidhogg101/Musings on the Typical Mindset of League Players/@comment-4802380-20131021162057

I play LoL for a little over 6 months, and I'm currently on Silver Division IV as well and so far, I agree with Nidhogg101's statement.

The LOL community takes the game a bit too seriously.. The enforced metagame shrinks the game's numerous possibilities, making the game less dynamic, more monotonous. No wonder I already dropped LOL for a couple of weeks in the past months, coming back only after a new update.

Don't take me wrong, I know that LOL, being a PvP game, kind of implies that everyone needs to be competitive.. but I believe competitive should be a, as you said, a mindset, a behavior. Being competitive means you're going to do whatever you can to help you team achieve victory.. but it doesn't need to be boring. I try to be competitive while having fun. I refuse to play the same champ a lot, I try various roles and try to innovate whenever possible. But people react to innovation as if we were trolling.. and then the whole game goes down the drains because of the flame war. That's the main reason I keep away from Ranked matches.

Be competitive as much as you want, but don't forget this is a GAME (shocking, right?) and while there are some people that take it very seriously, a lot of other people have other things to take seriously and might just want to have some fun playing a game they enjoy.