User blog comment:ClariS/Things that Annoy Me, Part II/@comment-5194571-20120719205558

I really like what you've said here. I also like when people properly reason their arguments. "LB is OP!" "Why is LB OP?" "Too much damage!" That's the kind of thinking I come across most of the time playing this game. Anyway:

In regards to the meta - I break it all the time. I've carried many-a-game with jungle Annie (think E as Rammus W, for those interested) and been a total menace with my support Orianna. Though impossible to solve, I think the problem with the meta in general is the concept of the meta in the first place. "You do things this way, any other way is wrong." That's the general impression I get from the community in general. If I see something odd, I always make it known in chat to that player that I'm okay with what they are trying. I try (before too match action happens) to ask them about how it works and what the plan to do so I know what to expect and can therefore work with them. If I'm doing something slightly strange, I always wait to do it premade with a friend so they can back me up in the face of flamers/ragers etc. I've also sucessfully managed to change the meta slightly (I think). You know how in 3v3 is dominated by bruisers? I main Ryze with CV + Ghost in 3v3 and have a tendency to dominate. After a few days of nothing but Gh + CV Ryze in 3v3, I've seen a lot more people using CV. Some examples have been Kog, Riven, Jax and even Trynd running it. So, it shows just how flexible can be if something works and it just takes a push to get things to change.

Moving on, the community. I find it really hard to get along with the community, personally. I play on EUW at the moment and also PBE. I know a few people IRL that play LoL, and enjoy playing with them the most, obviously. I do find it extremely hard to come by a genuinely nice player. If I do, I instantly try to send them an invite after the game. I even have a special section of my friends list reserved for those nice people. If in-queue and I get a game invite from any of them, I often drop my current game and play with them instead. I beleve the reason we get so many ragers/flamers etc is the meta. Why? Look at normals. What do you see most often? AP, AD carries and bruisers. A fair few tanks and next to no dedicated junglers or supports. They want kills. You can tell just by the champ they are playing. It's also why it's really quite common to see whole teams with Ignite at least. That leads me onto "kill stealing". People that play champs that get high kills always whine about being "ks'd". This gets on my nerves the most. It's like they think 100% of the team's kills belong to them. I've noticed that when looking at scores, the assist count becomes meaningless. "Soraka with 1/6/27? Must be feeding."