He's definitely a unique support. I love how he can roam around. He's like a moving ward totem that's a bit difficult to catch because of his chime buff and magical journey (e). I played him once and played with him (as ADC) once. And so far, he is so much fun. You really need to play with an ADC that can push lanes…

At least they're honest.

If you don't buy this game, I question your loyalty to America, nay, the human race.

Well, as a practical matter, it means you have to have a backup or two. There's not enough bans to cover every eventuality, even if you play only one type of character.

If not an intentionally programmed feature, it's quite amazing that this happened all the same. Even with the explanation that the video makers bring about socio economics in certain areas of the map, the fact that Franklin was attacked four times more than Michael is somewhat startling to say the least. I for one am…

Well, I think that's part of why the theory originally took off - the game is a simulation, and it takes attention to detail to a whole new level. For that reason, adding racial profiling didn't seem too outlandish to some people. That is not of course to say that racial profiling would make for a better game, or that…

Hotline Miami 2's music is so fucking astounding. So was the first ones so it's really not surprising. Another new game with a fantastic soundtrack is Olli Olli 2. just picked up Ori and the Blind Forest so haven't had the chance to check it out yet but I'm well past excited with the indie games coming out recently.…

Very cool man. Thanks so much for the explanation. Learning more and more about this game every day and actually starting to think that if I really put in the time, this is a game that I could really enjoy. Who knows maybe someday soon I'll be randomly thrown onto your team and unintentionally make you lose. :)

There could potentially be a champion (or more, there's 126 other champions) that would give him a rough time (League tends to avoid hard counters), but like I said, Bard is weird. He roams the map picking up chimes and potentially turning skirmishes into a 2 v 1 fight. Logically, you'd want someone who could tear him…

Oh okay. For some reason I expected months or more. But basically it's more of when people learn how to use/defend him. Which given the fact there isn't a champion that already directly cancels him out it could actually take a bit longer than normal? So could there be a champion already available that could have the…

Depends on the champion for turnaround. Some are really straightforward, so they hit acceptance in a few days or so. But Bard is...weird. He'll probably get accepted in a week or so, but he might continue to see high ban rates because he really doesn't have any comparable champions. What that means is, if he turns out…

okay, I believe that I get it now. You and other posters have clarified what being banned means in LoL . That actually sounds like a really cool system. Keeps you on your toes and pretty much forces you to become a jack of all trades and King of none.

People in plat and lower will play him with like five games under their belt as him, have no idea what to do with him in some situations or just troll with his ult/portal. It should also be said that every champ is op first couple weeks of release.

new characters tend to be strong on release. also no one wants to trust a player playing a ranked game with a new champion theyve had no practice with (whether thats true or not).

You tend to ban new champions for two reasons: 1. You and your team don't know how to deal with him or 2. You or your team doesn't know how to play him.

He dosn't mean "Banned" in the sense you'd normally think. There is a matchmaking type called Draft Pick in LoL, where both teams take turns banning up to 3 champions from use in that match before teams choose their characters.

I think people are tentatively worried/excited about his massive trolling potential because he has things like teleportation ability that can move other characters around the map—tricking people, etc. Stuff like that can make characters very effective but also very annoying to deal with, in my experience.

I absolutely understand what you're saying. It just seemed like he was so adamant about the fact that they don't depict anything illegal. I also get that it's not the same as kiddy porn and the like. its just a subject that is always made me feel super uncomfortable and gross. But like I said in my post, that can't…

Rape is illegal. Depictions of rape are not. It's portrayed in movies, TV shows, etc. without any legal actions taken. Porn is the same, it just has far more explicit depictions.