User blog comment:GustavoNuncho/No Role, and no meta./@comment-4131177-20130131182116

The reason some people do not like to see so much anti meta has several reasons.

Metagame is all about maximizing effectiveness. It's not like the champions have not been tried out to be played in many ways. You are not the first AP shaco, not the AD Malphite and so on. There are millions of players, and millions of plays. When a champion in a certain playstyle is not played, its mostly because it either fulfils his role not as good as another champion does, or someone else fulfils the same function (not role) better.

Since your greatest desire is to win, it should be understandable that many players want you to stick to the meta. I have to admit that it is only fair to do so. Some of those picks are so rare that you can hardly estimate their capabilities, and understanding the capabilities as your team is vital. So if your 4 teammates don't know what your champ does, because it is too niche, it is bad for the entire team, including you. Yes, surely it can work, and it can lead to victory, but it is far from an optimal situation if only 1 of 5 people knows what is happening. Sounds legit, doesnt it?

Additionally, many of those non-meta-champs are one-trick-ponies. They work on lower levels of skill, because they make unexpected moves. But the higher you go, the more the enemies are aware of what you building, and they dont counter your champs but your builds. So if you start to reach a higher level of play, you will more and more need to maximize effectiveness, and thereby stick to the meta. Even if you do not care about getting better and if you only play for fun: there are 4 other people with you in this game, and maybe they want to get better, maybe victory is more important to them than to you. So you should respect that, kind of. Anything else would be bad manner.

Personally, i have no problem with non-meta players on my team. Either they know what they are doing, or they troll and won't change their pick anyway, nothing to get upset about. But i can understand that other people see that differently, and i think this should be respected.