2011-01-19, 06:41 PM
Erich Wrote:The issue I forsee, is what if that "elite" community is corrupted and really just those "jerks"?
The vast majority of players I come across are either quiet, or they're nice. Usually one person that's openly jerking off then starts a chain reaction if most of the other people are the "merely" quiet ones. But you are right in your concerns. However, the system isn't just open to the "elite", as an even greater majority of the players are already at level 30. Hell, there's a group of people based at the New Player Forums on the official LoL forums that dedicate their time to helping newbies and giving other people tips.
As being "pro" is all relative in a game of LoL, it helps to pay attention to the high level community media. Counterlogic Gaming was the team that won the WCG 2010 LoL competition, and the members of that group are all well-known to me (except Koby24 or whoever). Most of those players in turn have their own livestreams or movies, and they frequently run into a lot of the same other top tier players, or play alongside each other. However, a few of those players, including some streamers themselves, are rotten apples. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are Reginald (ReginaId) and Grackis, the latter having fallen really far from grace, while the former is just really arrogant at times.