2011-2013:
>soulful graphics
>build whatever you want, everything is viable
>a few annoying cheese builds but never gamebreaking
>multiple game modes and maps
>steep but fair learning curve
2025:
>fortnite slop artstyle
>"WTF YOU ARE PLAYING AND BUILDING [E-CELEBS] S TIER CHAMP OF THIS PATCH? REPORTED!!"
>1, maybe 2 viable builds that change every patch
>meta is just oneshotting each other and favoring mechanical skill over team play
>entire novels to describe 1 champion ability
>rootkit anti-cheat in a fucking MOBA
>Summoners rift and only summoner's rift
>$500 skin
What happened? How did it get like this?

>>713328282 (OP)
>>meta is just oneshotting each other and favoring mechanical skill over team play
Weird, I see most high elo players say the opposite, about how durability patch destroyed the game and how 1v9 is less reliable

>>713328282 (OP)
>build whatever you want
shut up, retard. this was never true

>>713328756
It was, it just ended a long time before 2013.

>we got 4 different classic tft versions before classic league
give me back my son

My friends play this game for 2-3 hours every night.

>>713328783
"a long time before 2013" would have been ssn 1 or 2 which were essentially beta testing seasons.
League honestly sucked major ass before season 9 or 10. The best season was probably 2022 before they started going overboard with nword champs.

>click on braindead minions for 20 minutes
>buy things, go kill local wildlife
>teamfight that decides the match
>hold on for another 10-20 minutes
>get angry when losing, feel nothing if you win
>repeat forever
i don't get it

>League of Legends players are all violently xenophobic towards playing other MOBAs because they assume all MOBAs are as fucking miserable to play as League is, and who would ever want to play TWO of those?

>>713328282 (OP)
real league died a long time ago, anon. you have to let it go.

>>713328756
cleaver stack was one a few cheese builds and it was patched shortly after.

>this is what lolfags actually believe

>>713328881
>"a long time before 2013" would have been ssn 1 or 2 which were essentially beta testing seasons.
Yeah, and that's exactly why you could kind of do anything back then. Riot decided around the middle of that period what the stupid DUDE ESPORTS meta they wanted to eternally force was and it took a year or two for it to trickle down to all levels of the game.

>>713329006
Who are you quoting?

>>713329284
Me

>>713329456
Then that's not a quote and you shouldn't format it as one

>>713328282 (OP)
>build whatever you want, everything is viable
Confirmed for not playing. I think metagolem was nerfed in late 2012 after reigning for over a year.

>>713328282 (OP)
it's such a freakshow now
the game went to shit when they removed gp5 items and overbuffed supports and that was more than a decade ago

>>713329521
gonna cry?

anyone duo

>>713329170
>Yeah, and that's exactly why you could kind of do anything back then.
what the fuck do you even mean "do anything"
AP sivir was just as good in Season 1 as she is in season 2025, which is to say terrible. If you were playing AP sivir in S1 and winning then you were in shitlo just like you are 15 years later.

>>713329072
God take me back. I missed the halloween version of summoner's rift too.

>>713332845
Frozen Mallet, my beloved...

>>713328282 (OP)
>>713329072
You have to realize that most game devs were white and online communities were as well, this isn't the case anymore, this is why nothing has SOVL and why everything fucking sucks.

You tell me

>>713329072
this, dominion is where league peaked

idk i had to dip when the adobe air client launched and wine didnt support it

>>713329072
I miss old Nunu like you wouldn't believe. REVERT HIM REVERT HIM REVERT HIM YOU FUCKING NIGGERRSS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>713328282 (OP)
I liked league up to 2010 dare I say...after that it turned to pure garbage.
>>713328646
If you get fed enough you can still 1v9. People are still mad that Zed cant kill tanks in one rotation. On the other hand, after the durability update we got "wonderful" things like tank Akali for example.

>>713328994
>click on braindead minions for 20 minutes
This is what tells me that you dont even play or even follow league. This was the way to play only in competitive when fucking Corki/Azir/Leblanc/Lissandra mid was the way to go. It was literally shake hands and farm for 20 minutes and them teamfight.

>>713336742
>>click on braindead minions for 20 minutes
>This is what tells me that you dont even play or even follow league
What's the point of lying so boldly to someone's face? Especially when you get proven wrong the instant someone takes one look at the gameplay. Yes, that's the gameplay: clicking on minions for 20 minutes and occasionally harassing the enemy laner.

>>713336174
Wtf is that talking about?? Turret nerfs when lane swapping? Wtf does that mean?

>>713337176
It's basically Riot enforcing the meta by giving penalties to a team that decides to lane swap and buff to those who don't

>>713336954
You are not doing yourself any favors by just sticking to that shitty argument. People leave their lanes and roam to wreck havoc all over the map. Midlaners especially. Just shut the fuck up you clearly never playe the game you subhuman tranny.

I miss when Sona did big titto damage

>ADCs dominate meta through the very nature of the role and champion designs
>if they get too out of line, 4 changes occur either separately or simultaneously
>items get changed/nerfed which leads to a massive bitch fit as """""nothing feels right""""" and items get reverted
>tanks/bruisers get durability creep which leads to ADCs dealing no damage, having a massive bitch fit and the changes get reverted or ADCs get gigabuffed to compensate
>assassins/mages get buffed in any way which leads to ADCs being wiped off the map, having a massive bitch fit and the changes get reverted
>forced lane switch or ability nerfs which trigger all the EUW mouthbreathers who can't farm freelo on their challenger climbs
not even support players are this retarded and their role literally involves having the game play itself, and last i've played fucking tahm kench and neeko were meta and abusable and nobody went "well it should be that way because... i want my role to be the best ok?!"