User blog comment:Freedfg/What happened to variety./@comment-24704296-20140428171924

Now, here is my opinion on the meta: most of the time, when you play a game, you play to win. Im not saying that you don't play for fun or to spend some time, but eventually the 'goal' (by a lack of words) of a game is winning. Now how do you win? By being good. And what if the other player is just as good as you? You win by having better tools, that hit harder or are more durable. And that is where the meta comes into play. Its not that so many champions are bad, its just that the tools in de workshop on the other side of the road are better, and today they are sellin jax abd nidalee. As much as I agree with you that people should try new things instead of just playing what is 'good', but they want their ladder points. And meta-champions are generally all fairly good at doing well, even if you can't trust your teammates like in soloque. And then, even if people are willing to innovate, they will just get raged at for troll picking, so there is also some 'fear' involved in that regard I think. Im sorry if I went off the subject a bit but i lost my thougts a bit halveway throug ;). Anyway, im really curious if people agree with me or if im totaly wrong on this.