Game On Aus\u2019s Nuts & Bolts<\/a> show is watching so many different esports leagues out there. Seeing how professional players handle games is incredible to see and makes for really fun viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve become a big fan of the LCO, Australia\u2019s premier League of Legends (LoL) competition. I\u2019ve watched it this year and loved seeing Peace and Pentanet.GG compete at the Worlds and MSI international events. I feel that having watching it for a while now I\u2019ve got a good understanding of some of the basics so why not give it a go myself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it was on Friday I found myself downloading LoL and trying it out. I was a bit worried. LoL doesn\u2019t have the best reputation when it comes to the toxicity of its player base. A lot of that might be in ranked play but still had me worried that I\u2019d have a bad time with other players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After playing through the very short tutorial, I launched into my first game. The first thing I did was let my teammates know that this was my first game and to please be gentle. That\u2019s when a couple of other players spoke up and said the same thing. One of them said they loved the Arcane show that had recently been released and wanted to try out the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luckily there was an experienced player willing to help. With everything I\u2019ve heard about LoL players I\u2019d braced myself for the worst. I hadn\u2019t considered that they might actually be really nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This continued into my second and third game with a mix of new and experienced players, the latter being more than willing to help me. In those first few games I had three people add me as a friend because they just wanted to help me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the most part I played top or bottom lane, sometimes hopping into mid. These were the easiest positions to learn, hold off the opposing minion waves, push onto turrets when you can, kill enemy champions. There was one game when I was thrown into a support role and I was totally lost. I\u2019m very glad I never had to play as a jungler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the night went on games became harder to get into and wait times went up. This is not unexpected. I live in the west coast of Australia, a couple of hours behind the rest of the country. But it also meant that the type of players that were still online were more hardcore and not as nice as some that I\u2019d played with earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of the game itself, at the level I\u2019m playing at, it\u2019s really hard to peg back if you start to get behind. There was a couple of times I was being outleveled in my lane and if someone wasn\u2019t there to help me I would have been in real trouble. Learning which items to buy and how to generate more gold will be something I\u2019ll read up on as I fell down in that area quite severely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, I had a pretty good time being a noob in League Of Legends. My experience was dependant on the time of day that I was playing. It\u2019s one that I\u2019ll be jumping back into soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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