User blog:N1ghtSt0rm 22/Just Some Questions An Experienced Noob Has...

First off, I want to clarify some things. Yes. I meant it when I said "experienced noob". I'm basically saying I've been playing for a long time, but since I started my gaming debut on LoL, (I have literally never seriously played an online game before LoL) I've got some questions:

1. How do some people know how a new champion will match up against certain others? I mean, I've seen a lot of people saying that Champ X will counter Champ Y even before Champ Y is out. How can you tell, especially since there isn't any live data to base it off with?

2. How does a "meta" get decided? I started LoL a long time ago and I stopped for a year or two (Last I remember was Cass was new-ish to the game then skip to Ahri's release which made me come back) and there were suddenly lanes and roles and stuff. I never knew how they formed them so....

3. Flaming. I know that this has been an issue since forever, but I fail to see why some people get so worked up about the game itself. Since some people will actually at least skim through this, I might as well put this one up here as well. How do most of you guys deal with it? I admit that I get frustrated at other players sometimes but never to the point where I cuss them excessively. Any idea why this happens?

4. Ranked matches. Being the "experienced noob" I am, I just have one question. Does rank really matter? I guess it would if it affect the attitudes of people you play with, but why is it some give so much emphasis on rank? I personally know a guy who curbstomps another friend of mine, but for some reason, people still always choose Mr. Stomped over Stomper, just because Mr. Stomped has a higher rank (totally carried by Plat older bro) than Stomper (who almost never plays ranks btw).

Well I guess that's it. Hope someone actually responds and may this be a guide to beginners everywhere. To anyone still doesn't know this anyway..

Peace dudes,

N1ghtSt0rm_22