Video Game Review: League of Legends - Part 2: The Community of LoL

In my last piece on League of Legends, I talked about the game, its features and purpose and why I'm done playing it. However, it is impossible to talk about LoL without addressing the issues surrounding the community. Infamous for its generalized hatred towards non-straight-white-males, nor anyone who dares treat the game as anything less than Serious Business, LoL's community is a two-headed dragon when it comes to internet jerkery. Having an extremely low barrier of entry (the game client is free and requires only a low to middle end computer) opens the game to a terrible case of GIFT. Having actual money on the line in the highest levels of play inspires the same kind of madness suffered by the participants and fans of what we must now refer to as 'physical sports' as opposed to 'e-sports'. Combine the two, and it is easy to see how LoL's atrocious reputation emerged.

There are enough (too many, frankly) horror stories I can direct you towards that I will not be spending a thousand words on explaining how playing LoL turns you into a racist woman-hating homophobe with the grammar of the average meth-addicted cave man. I will instead tell you of my actual experiences, where I met some fun folk, some obnoxious folk, and a whole lot more who just want to play a game about wizards and warriors and everything in between.

Video Game Review: League of Legends - Part 1: The Game Itself

I recently quit League of Legends due to a combination of circumstances. Before I leave it entirely behind, though, I want to take a little time to write about my experiences with the game. It's a fun little game, as are its brethren, but I got what I wanted out of them and am free to go onto other things.