League of Legends

OP Edited with a beginner's guide.

So here's a question for you all. What's your lane and why?

Is there any difference between the lanes (apart from length)?

-Yes, they appear instantly in your inventory.
-No, no gold loss
-Nope, just have to sit and wonder why seconds seem to take minutes. If I recall correctly, the death timers are not as severe as DotA
-The turrets damage you if you are the first in range. If minions are first in range, the turret will attack them first, and will continue to target the lowest HP target. It will change target if you attack an enemy champ while in range. They do a good amount of damage, and that damage does increase with each successive hit.

Same here, I'm good for whatever lane really, depends on who I feel like playing.

I've been having a rough week with League this week, I won't be on for a few days.

Try writing a comparison of LoL and Dota 2 and then see how you feel.

I'm actually seriously thinking about continuing further because right now my main purpose for writing it is for a reason that will just end up disappointing me. If I keep writing it because I want to show people which is better and expect people to change afterwards then I'm likely going to find myself disappointed, and that's a fault of mine. I can't expect to finish it and then have people see that one offers more than the other, even though the two offer their own exclusive aspects.

From what I have done so far, I can say that the number of parallels between LoL and Dota is bordering on mind-boggling, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has looked into the history of both games. I have numerous sections of my review where what one game will have the other will too, and there are a just handful of instances when one will have a leg up on the other. On the surface it's a pretty level playing field game as far as the two games go but when you start getting down to the small details in my eyes there's a clear winner as to which game is the more challenging.

I'll pick two things to compare right now: inhibitors/rax and dying. In LoL there's one inhibitor per lane and if it's destroyed it gives the other team super minions until the inhibitor respawns, which from what I've read appears to be after five minutes. In Dota 2 there are two rax per lane - one for melee creeps and one for ranged creeps - and once they're down they're down. The enemy team gets bigger creeps and if all six rax are destroyed then you're dealing with mega creeps and it's pretty much impossible to win after that. As for dying, in LoL you don't lose any gold upon death whereas in Dota you'll lose gold, but you do have an option to respawn immediately if you have enough gold to buyback.

One thing that really bothers me about LoL is the whole idea about a summoner. The more you play, the more rewards you get. You put points into masteries, unlock spells that you can have with you in every game, and unlock champions so you don't play with just ten all the time. It just feels like it makes the game unfair. I'm a new player so that means that while I can TP back to base, I have to walk back to my lane because I haven't played enough to unlock the TP to friendlies spell yet. When I compare that to buying a TP scroll in Dota 2 so I can teleport to any friendly building whenever I want or picking up some Boots of Travel in the late-game it's just a matter farming the gold to do so.

And I guess this is probably my biggest issue between the two games: what you bring to a match, no matter how long you've played. In LoL you can unlock various things that may change the game before it even starts. In Dota 2 all you can bring to the game is what's in your head. Nothing else. It's what you do with it that will help you win.

I'm debating whether or not to continue my write-up because right now I feel like that when I finish I'll expect people to think that Dota 2 is the better game and will switch, and that's not a reasonable assumption to make. People are going to play what they want to play, and if they're interested in trying something different then they will and if they aren't they won't. I'm writing it for the wrong reasons, and until I feel like it'll just be a review of two games I might put it on the back burner for a bit.

With all that said, I suppose this shouldn't be surprising: I will be deleting LoL at the end of the month. I see it as unfair at times and find Dota 2 offers more freedom and challenges on a level playing field. I'll try some games if other people are online, but other than that I don't see myself touching the game.

Well Monday and Tuesday were alright. I started off having fun, and a string of good games. Then from Wednesday on I've been having lots of bad games, and connection issues with the game. I'll see the "attempting to reconnect" thing appear like 4-5 times per game, and this is after repairing the client.

I haven't reset my router, but maybe that will do the trick.