Quote (lovestory @ Jul 5 2013 02:08pm)

You can only queue with one other person

I hit diamond in a month of playing LoL and not I'm kind of stuck, got into D4 and fell back to D5 a couple times. I have so much to learn and to be really good at the game it does take a lot of skill.

SC2 is only viewed as a 'hard' game because of BW. SC2 is a easy game, extremely volatile because of low skill cap, and very repetitive. It's also pretty boring and has no social aspect at all, unlike BW. So when you compare it to a F2P game with a really entertaining competitive scene and a ton of variety then it's kind of obvious why LoL is so popular in comparison.

From a competitive player's standpoint, I'm switching to LoL because Riot cares about their players. I want to see if I can 'go pro' in 6 months. Basically that means become one of the top 40 NA players and riot pays you a shit ton of money. If you're in LCS ( equivalent of WCS in SC2 ), that's completely region locked to only NA players, Riot pays for your house and gives you a salary. There's a real opportunity to make a living from LoL that doesn't exist in SC2 for American players.

Quote (lovestory @ Jul 5 2013 03:08pm)

I'm switching to LoL because Riot cares about their players.

Quote (TeKnoSora @ Jul 5 2013 02:17pm)

>Complain about casuals
>Wonder why casuals don't pay for game where they will be bashed for not being masters+.

>complain about LoL being easy
>never played LoL past the tutorial
>Wonder why people prefer the easier game

Quote (Lick @ Jul 5 2013 06:58pm)

I'd love to know what league you are in sc and in LoL but you would probably lie so there isnt a point ._.



probably the most retarded post i have seen in my 6 years on this forum

Quote (nikon @ Jul 5 2013 05:23pm)

As i already stated im plat in lol and gold in sc2.
Fact is i play sc2 since 1 week and i never ever played wc3 sc1 or similar games.
And i've played lol for more than 2 years.
And i lold about the most retarded post thing.
It's just FACTS, when your success pretty much relates also on your team mates performance rather than single player skill it will obviously be harder to climb.
Make sense please.

Quote (dwalk1989 @ Jul 5 2013 05:43pm)

LoL ladder is harder to climb because its unnecessary things like placement matches in between leagues and the fact its a team based game so you lose a lot of games because of other people (this will help you sleep at night, anyway)

the truth is, s2 and LoL have very similar matchmaking and ranking systems except sc2 doesnt have all the redundancies that LoL has

chances are you were plat in lol way earlier than it actually promoted you but because of how much longer it takes to find and set up games, the placement games, etc, it took 2 years

in sc2, your rank is wherever you start winning 50% of the time. in other words, the same thing except without all the fluff

all this just to say that the reason you are gold in s2 "so quickly" is because of a superior MMR system, not an easier game