Many games in League of Legends cause a lot of frustration because teammates give up way too early – even though they might still win.
In League of Legends (LoL) you have the option to give up a game starting at minute 15 – which doesn’t sound too bad in itself. However, players are increasingly frustrated because their teammates give up way too quickly in ranked games, even though their team is not doing that badly and could have turned the game around.
It happens more often than one would like that players spam FF 15
in the chat – short for Let’s give up at minute 15
.
This is not a new thing in League of Legends, but the discussion has been reignited by a clip on Reddit and players are demanding the removal of the surrender option.
LoL players complain: Giving up too early is becoming the norm
What does the clip show? The video features the professional LoL player Jankos, who has dominated the European scene as a jungle main with G2 for many years and currently plays for Team Heretics.
In this game, he plays Nidalee, and although the team is doing well and he has just secured the 15th kill, his team decided to give up the game.
Here you can see the clip on Reddit:
The main character syndrome
is said to be the problem
What does the community say? A Reddit user commented on the clip and argued that the FF culture
has gone out of control and represents a self-fulfilling prophecy, and that the surrender option should be abolished. Many players are already spamming that the game is lost and that they will give up as early as possible, right from minute 3.
Some argue that the game could still have been a win since Jankos and his team were leading in nearly all categories. Nevertheless, they chose to give up early, which many players find incomprehensible.
- ExceedingChunk writes:
Many people just want to trash every game they can’t carry themselves. […]
- intecknicolor believes:
It’s not an FF culture. It’s the main character syndrome. Everyone thinks they are the hero of their ranked game, and if the hero does not triumph, then FF.
Alternative_Guest268 expresses the assumption that the vote to surrender is made out of pure impulsiveness. He pointed out that the next three votes were cast immediately after the first. He says:
[…] I am also quite sure that at least one or two of the people who decided to click “Yes” regretted it right afterwards.
People are just bad at controlling their emotions without reflecting on themselves and considering factors outside the score in the upper right.
Alternative_Guest268 via Reddit
On the other hand, there are also teams that, even when they are not ahead and the situation looks bleak, do not give up and consistently vote “No” on the surrender vote.
What do you think about it? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
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