The fact you made a league of legends video WHILE touching grass is an absurd flex

@colarboy1720

Жыл бұрын

league player touching grass ? XDDDD good joke, thats a green screen bud

@sonak78

Жыл бұрын

Went down to comment this

@zym6687

Жыл бұрын

I mean, he doesn't play anymore

@dubtroll

Жыл бұрын

This man is in front of a green screen 😂

@iamnotcreativeenoughtothin1844

Жыл бұрын

@@dubtroll you can see the grass moving as he moves his feet

Poster of the original time capsule here, super cool video and I still get so happy when people bring that post up. I had some of my best gaming memories playing League in that era so I always get such a nice nostalgia bomb when I see that old post and the comments on it!

@z3roshark

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for making the post, really interesting as ex-league player. Do you still play league now? What games are you playing currently?

@EthanSierra48

11 ай бұрын

@@z3roshark I still play league occasionally but quit ranked a few seasons ago, I mainly just play ARAM and follow the pro scene. I had a lot more time 10 years ago so I don’t really play many games these days but I loved Baldur Gate 3 and the only other games I play are Chess and OSRS. Glad you enjoyed the post! :)

@TheN0mersy

10 ай бұрын

@@EthanSierra48whats your chess rating?😊

@jonesyDRUMZ

8 ай бұрын

Your post brought back so many memories of League from back then, I honestly forgot about. Crazy how we thought more game modes and maps would just keep coming and yet 10 years later, all we got is ARAM and SR. Forever wishing they would bring back twisted treeline

@JasperisCasper

8 ай бұрын

this is where I'm at. I play TFT and ARAMs with friends. I have all the time in the world now (disabled) but competitive league makes me incredibly anxious these days. still watch pro games on occasion! as far as MOBAs I play pokemon unite since I can play from bed. lol. @@EthanSierra48

6:26 I think it's also worth remembering that competitive league did get broadcast on TV during 2020 because all the traditional sports leagues were unable to play due to covid.

@T0NI_

Жыл бұрын

Just hijacking to add onto this; I don't know about other places, but at least here in Denmark I know that CS is regularly broadcast on tv, with local casters and such. I don't know if League gets the same treatment though, since I imagine a big part of CS being popular enough to broadcast is because of the success of Astralis

@Blosteroid

Жыл бұрын

@@T0NI_ Same for Spain

@BubbleBeeee

Жыл бұрын

​@@T0NI_I know that in Poland LEC is being brodcast on TV

@IronInforcersecond

Жыл бұрын

@@T0NI_Denmark has some great players across the decades and maybe that’s the point. Lots of those players played through source or 1.6, CS:GO, and will continue being there for fans in CS2. That said, Sweden surely takes the ‘CS success’ title of all time and it’s popularity there reflects it.

@IronInforcersecond

Жыл бұрын

My time in poland, the every-day person was familiar with one of Pashabiceps, Byali, Neo, Taz or Snax, even if they had never heard of Counter-Strike.

To me, Gbay himself is a time capsule. Whenever, I watch these videos, it just brings out so many great memories. 😁

@geroni211

Жыл бұрын

If anyone ever calls me a time capsule, I think I will start crying

@Lauchschreck

Жыл бұрын

i thought the same reading the video title

@NotJarrod

Жыл бұрын

Same. It's the closest I can get to having those days back.

@hazelXin223

Жыл бұрын

Honestly. His runescape video on why pvp is so exciting is my absolute favorite.

@ceezymuccheez

Жыл бұрын

the nicest way to say someone fell off lol

Can always count on our boy to break out an interesting retrospective. Most look back on meta and champion history, but Gbay is here to show us the history of the community mentality, an equally interesting part of the game history that I'm glad he's covering in a fun way.

@mecht845

Жыл бұрын

I feel it's worth mentioning, I remember seeing a parody champion spotlight of the Raptor camp as a playable character and the predicted move det of the Raptors are very similar to Nafiri's

4:15 Something to note is that the meta probably would have changed, but Riot did everything they could to enforce that meta, which is why it still exists today. What's interesting though is really early on they wanted the game to be 2-1-2 (which was common at the time) and the jungle was just something laners would take between waves, but whenever they tried to make jungle unviable, the people that did enjoy jungling would complain. This was the only time Riot allowed a meta change and they haven't allowed it since.

@Nazuiko

Жыл бұрын

Riot has been pushing you to play some Mages in the bot lane but y'all refuse to fuckin do it. Meanwhile we have Pantheon and Sett as supports along with basically a dozen mages whos sole function is waveclearing, relegated to Support because they have zero lane pressure OR scaling compared to bruisers and assassins that now centralize midlane. Karthus is a Jungler, Syndra is a Bot carry, and Heimer is a support now, because mage items are so utterly awful

@Portrial

Жыл бұрын

I remember a lane swap or the funneling strat was a new way to play the game. Heck even support item in lane. Sucks that those strats were gutted with top lane turrets take less damage early, and support item takes less gold with increasing minion cs. So stupid to gut all those strats

@imfinishedgrinding638

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't the case for Dota. Icefrog absolutely made sure that the Jungler role will never come back ever again and it's for the better. Besides the rich support is somewhat similar in playstyle compared to League's jungler role anyway. You're just very active on roaming but don't neglect your responsibilities as a support.

@JohnSmith-lc1ml

Жыл бұрын

@@Nazuiko They keep trying to force champions with high base damage solo laners into the botlane and its so cancer. These champs basically play the same as in solo lanes but with a bit less gold. The adc is then left alone for the rest of the game.

@xisco5525

Жыл бұрын

In all fairness, having a standarized meta like this is really good for soloQ, where it's harder to coordinate strategies. This way, everyone knows more or less what their role will be. And Riot has made some efforts trying to diversify the kinds of champions that are played in each role, tryign to make mages viable in the bot lane while making champs like darius or talon viable in the jungle, or even creating champs designed to fill specific niches such as Kindred for an adc jungler.

It hurts to see 3s still gone. TT and dominion were the only things keeping me playing the game consistently. When they removed them i just fell off the game and only come back for alternate game modes now.

@dodgechance4564

Жыл бұрын

Same. Ever since 3s got removed I've basically stopped playing, and I'd been playing since late season 2/early season 3. The reason being that when I was younger I had so much free time that I didn't mind a wasted game now and then due to playing with randoms, but as my time got more limited I began only wanting to play with friends to reduce the likelihood of trolls/flaming/pointless games. The only way I could do that consistently was in 3s, so I became dedicated 3s player for a long time, so when 3s went so did I.

@Youtuberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Жыл бұрын

There’s a new arena mode you should try it fast games

@benamisai-kham5892

Жыл бұрын

I literally quit the game when TT was removed. TT was the only thing keeping me playing after all those years, because it was my favorite gamemode. I hated the game for years, but TT was worth playing, and then killing it, just made the game pointless to play. I played a lot of dominion too, but didn't get to experience it for long since I started in the beginning of s3, I was so sad when it left.

@antonioreconquistador

Жыл бұрын

Arena fuckin sucks they shouldve just brought back dominion or ascension with slight changes

@Lkabss

Жыл бұрын

I was a huge fan of hide and seek. Me and my friends still play it on summoners rift, but its just not the same without dominion.

Man I still consider Diana and Zac new champions, can't believe it's been exactly 11 years ago when I first played league, what a time..

@zeisure9554

Жыл бұрын

I still remember talking and hyping the release of Agri with friends, lmao

@CausticTitan

Жыл бұрын

Zac and Diana have both been reworked two times.

@Kepitano

Жыл бұрын

@@CausticTitan only mini-reworks. Diana is literally the same except R became a new ultimate. Zac was eventually reverted to release.

@gogotmg

Жыл бұрын

@@Kepitano zac q is different after all reworks - his old old Q was a skillshot that had two parallel hitboxes (kind of like one thick one) that his arms stretched onto and slowed on hit, that's all it did, diana E was moved to R and then added the explosion at the end, while had R was moved to her E Just being a bit pedantic. :)

@mannymcgee1317

Жыл бұрын

im still getting used to the new caster minion animation

Not gonna lie, I really miss the twisted treeline 3v3. I enjoyed a lot the map and the gameplay, wich was way different than the regular 5v5. Also, I had a group of friends and we were often 6 people together, so we played 3v3 customs games, man what a joy.

@3van660

6 ай бұрын

Some of my funniest moments with league was on twisted treeline with my friends

On pros not being as popular anymore- I believe it's because as you allude to, streamers WERE pros back then. It was largely the same thing for a while. Over time casual solo queue streamers got more popular and people started to care about them instead. These days, pro play and solo queue are very separate entities. It didnt feel like that back then.

@Kurto.

Жыл бұрын

yeah, it doesn't help either that back then pros were the best of the best, now days they dont even play soloq since the get dunked on my random diamond players.

@smackheadsgyro

Жыл бұрын

@@Kurto. Yeah. I think the skillset has separated now. As you say they were the best at solo queue back then. Now they arent, or just don't care as much. It's like pro is a different game to solo queue now.

@mrjeb1208

Жыл бұрын

​@@smackheadsgyro i feel like it was kind of inevitable for this to happen. both soloq and pro players are playing and improving to be the best they can be, and to get to the top on soloq requires individual play, whereas pro play is all team play. its only natural as players approach the pinnacle of this that top soloq players wouldn't be the greatest team players for a pro team and top pros not the greatest individual players for soloq

@GlideAndSlide123

5 ай бұрын

In the west maybe. Theyre even more popular now in the east.

This is so cool to see what’s changed from 10 years ago, but it’s sort of sad to see how game modes and teams have been lost over the years.

@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034

11 ай бұрын

Can't believe people thought there was going to be more maps 💀 (I'm people)

Massive props to the guy who made the predictions, a very accurate and creative post

This needs to be required viewing for all Devs at Riot Games. This is a treasure trove of honesty and desire of what the players want and how the community made the game so good. A thought: Tribunal and Summoner Showcase coming back.

@ZeroiusProduction

Жыл бұрын

You really think developers would take inspiration from their competitors? Just look at all the drama with developers harassing the people behind Baldur's Gate 3 and their massive success. Laughable that developers working in the same field can try and make fun or point out how "bad" some elements to a game is whilst the company they work for are a bunch of jokers who doesn't know what a "good game" is.

@VENGENCE150

Жыл бұрын

​@@ZeroiusProductionwhat competitors are you talking about? The comments is talking about listening to the community. Is the community the competition?

@ShadowUchiha36

Жыл бұрын

@@ZeroiusProduction what are you on about?

@itsJosii

Жыл бұрын

​@@ZeroiusProduction you can't compare Baldur's Gate 3 to League

@ZeroiusProduction

Жыл бұрын

​@@VENGENCE150 Then lemme rephrase. If y'all think Riot actually listens to their community the game woulda been in a better state then it is, people would get punished by all their in game action far worse then it is atm. When you can troll a game, go afk and not get punished and harass people for weeks and Riot decides to not intervene and not straight up permanently ban them? that's an issue in itself.

Funny thing about league in tv. In Poland it is actually broadcasted on polish channel Polsat Games and it started in 2018. We have official polish league championship called Ultraliga thanks to that. Maybe its not a highest level that we see at LCS but we have it.

@juanjosegalindocotano3340

Жыл бұрын

Never knew the Ultraliga was being broadcasted on live TV. Seems quite cool tbh Edit: For one moment I imagined the EMEA Masters being broadcasted on TV like a sort of Eurocup, it would be awesome

@yuntotoro

6 ай бұрын

In latinamerica ESPN 3 does Broadcast LoL (and many others eSports)

Holy cow, Zac is 10 years old! I still consider him a newish champion. 2013 was when I started getting into competitive LoL and helped me start my school esports club. This time capsule video sure brings back a lot of memories from that time. That reminds me I need to try out the 2v2v2v2 mode. I'm curious to see what LoL will look like in 10 more years (looking forward to that video if LoL is still around)

@WomanRespecter87

7 ай бұрын

yes?

@clowncore

7 ай бұрын

Now were going to have a 2v2v2v2v2v2v2v2

Gbay99 ... we need more content like this from you. You have a gift for taking facts/data and weaving a really compelling story (you've done this numerous times). Here I am sitting through a 20 minute video and I'm wishing it were longer.

I think League today is not in as bad a place as many make it out to be. It's just no surprise with how big the game has gotten that we've lost the magic of the grassroots, and having a game this big you're bound to not make everyone happy. There's a lot of things that Riot does that makes me feel optimistic about my casual love and care for the game, but a lot of other things they do which make me extremely concerned about its future. I guess only time will tell - I'm just terrified of a Blizzard 2.0 situation.

@johnnymonsterrrr

Жыл бұрын

game is poorly balanced because they try to make pro play exciting and all social aspects of league got removed. its bad

@xkanor2473

Жыл бұрын

It's just that the game lost its original magic, but didn't gain anything, it just remained stale, and nowadays in the online world staying in the same spot and walking backwards are almost synonyms...

@justalex7825

Жыл бұрын

nah is bad, is just not balanced at all, can someone tell me how does Hecarim keep escaping nerfs?? and not only him, there is also Kindred,Evelynn,Kha'Zix and many more and this is only on the role I play.. is just disgusting and what do we get? ADC and Support buffs and nothing else... very nice

@loopygordo

Жыл бұрын

It probably wouldn't be the same but the days when there was public chat rooms was really fun

@vrmax1919

Жыл бұрын

i hope this hiving ces pit crashes and burns i mean leauge is a decent game by itself just such a shame you have to share it with 9 disgusting animals every game

playing league after school, watching Gbay and Stonewall and other great guids and gameplays, watching LCS after dinner, and then staying up late to Summoning Insight for the drama and updates from across the different leagues.....all building up to the big regional tournaments and international majors,then watching all the highlight movies and montages of the best moments and the great casting. This is an era i will always miss and will probably never find that feeling again

@Finlandpro1

11 ай бұрын

Oh hell yeah i used to watch stonewall too

The way you describe the pro scene in its earlier days versus now is remarkably close to how I feel. I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong, but it's so hard to feel invested in the players and teams like I used to in the earlier seasons, and it bums me out.

@quanleanh6548

Жыл бұрын

I guess because as gamer we know that the players make the team. I mean teams still have tradition, staffs and orgs back up with their distinctive mottos, banners and names but really the biggest thing that keeps the fan around in traditional sports is the association with places they represent (cities/states), that is their identity while in LoL teams it just doesnt exist

@leadpaintchips9461

8 ай бұрын

@@quanleanh6548 TBH I'd say it's because of the focus on players instead of teams. I mean, it wasn't all that uncommon for players to change teams and/or regions between seasons, and there's nothing for a player to get attached to. When the team comps can just be shuffled around, the teams themselves are limited to only like 7 in each region at most, and how obvious that each team was just a money grab by an organization who wasn't emotionally invested in the scene, it's pretty easy to see why people just slid off of having 'their' team. We see the player shuffling happen all the time in more physical teams but people still get attached to 'their' teams, even if they don't live anywhere close to where they're based off of.

actually the meta once changed during s8 , when storm razor appeared and ie was reworked , adcs took a major hit and became useless to the point of having having bruisers and mages coming bot lane from daruis , renek ,vladimir and mordkaiser to ziggs , cass and heimerdinger

@hanbyeol12

Жыл бұрын

never forget the funnel meta

@geroni211

Жыл бұрын

I wish that the AP and bruiser botlanes hadn't been so abandoned, those diferent play styles were pretty fun and unique, although the killing of ADCs was way overboard

@Nazuiko

Жыл бұрын

the only reason you dont see more Ziggs, Veigar, Heimer, Seraphine, Swain, Karthus, Aurelion, etc bot laners is because players are cowards that are overly obsessed with picking ranged auto attackers in bot lane.

@Siegram999

Жыл бұрын

@@geroni211 I hit diamond playing only syndra adc u can do it if u just full mute every noob that has something to say . I love it when my top/jg go 0/11 and blame me for not being able to carry as a the only winning lane cause apparently i'd be able to if i was a "real adc".

@Kuhekin

Жыл бұрын

@@Siegram999how do you know that if you’re already muted them all? Fk them

Shit i started playing League when i was 10 in 2012. Now im 21 and this video was like a bombardment of nostalgia. Great video!!!

@ojvejkurve

Жыл бұрын

Same started in 2001 i was 10 now im 45 how time flies 😂

@plebmarv9668

Жыл бұрын

wassuuup :D

@KryXOXO

Жыл бұрын

Same bro 😂

@izshtar

Жыл бұрын

same man I'm turning 21 next October.

@Law-_

Жыл бұрын

I started back in the very end of season 5 when I was 12, now I'm 21 as well. damn :'D I have so much nostalgia whenever I watch old league stuff so I can't even imagine what kind of overwhelming feelings it must create for u guys

3:17 oooo that hurts man. If only we had been able to keep some of those old maps, but oh well.

I believe Gambig Gaming still existed all the way until Russia invaded Ukraine, which led to the CIS league being terminated I gotta say it's weird to think of league of legends teams being disbanded as a consequence of war Also, Schalke sold their LEC spot BECAUSE they got relegated from the Bundesliga and needed the money. It's also weird to think of a league of legends team being disbanded because of the outcome of a football competition

Such an interesting video, well done Gbay!

whenever gbay uploads, my week is made what a great way to start my monday. sick video!

I was big into LoL in 2013 - Not so much these days. This is extremely interesting. Good stuff!

@dollymix5

Жыл бұрын

Same. Moved on around se5. I have good memories about league tbf. I even remember this post (probably commented on it). It was a different community back then

Man I was around when this capsule was made, and quit about 2 years later. What a throwback omg, thank you for this! I remember your name from way back when

I love how this video brought me back to your channel after these yearssss

If there's something about Gbay it's that strange melancholy he always seems to acknowledge even if through nostalgia glasses. It's an awfully strange feeling I get as I keep on getting older. I was 16 when LoL was new and now that it's been a decade, at the age of 26, I'm finding something awfully nostalgic about league of legends in general. I think Gbay would get what I'm trying to say

I don't know why, but the background of this video looks so beautiful, it's like I am watching a HDR promo

After watching like 3 of your documentaries i ve just noticed you record them outside which is such an original touch

I still can't believe I've played this game well over 10 years. It's crazy to think about how much not only the game has changed but also me and my life.

@Finlandpro1

11 ай бұрын

Same. I hope someday we will get league classic or something tho. Im tired of the fortnite skins and anime characters

Wow. I haven't played league since 2015 and watching this vid rly takes me back ❤ grinding duo que with friends and binging ur road to plat/diamond series were a huge part of my teenage years. Glad to see you're still here :)

This was actually really fun, and almost quite bittersweet. I don't play league anymore, but back in 2013 it was the only game I played, and was obsessed with. Thanks for the wonderful vid ❤

I started playing League earlier this year right before Aurelian Sol got his big rework so this is very enlightening to see how things were so long ago

hearing evil geniuses name come back up feels so nostalgic to me, my uncle is the one who got me into pc gaming. i used to go to his house now and then and he would set up a second computer where i would play wow and stuff and he would play either wow or quake with his boys. my uncle and his guys where kinda that early pro scene where you either were a pro team like EG or just a good group of friends who couldnt afford to play pro like that since there was no money in it back then. they used to play against EG and stuff I remember.

Fun fact! Giants still plays in the Spanish ERL, and are also one of the better teams in EMEA Valorant!

I LOVED Dominion. I used it as a way to learn a champion I had never played before, in a low stakes PVP setting. Plus the game was generally fun imo

@antonioreconquistador

Жыл бұрын

I really hoped arena would be like that but all of the teams were on the same big new map. I wonder if they ever released their queue algorithms/systems because people really did play dominion, ascension, and TT more than anything else, even when queue times were bad (they still are in a lot of ranked divisions and servers.) It's kinda gross that theyd say that nobody played them, and new players might not get to experience the better fruits of someone's creation just because of management changes and cost cutting.

@adamnagel7436

11 ай бұрын

I think the main issue is that it pulled people from regular and ranked games making those queue times worse. When not enough people are playing the regular mode then you get rid of other modes. I hardly played the standard map until the others were completely removed.

Started December 2013, and while Im not nearly as invested in the game as I used to but I still like it, a look back like this was so cool! Thank you for making this video, really interesting stuff

Legendary video Gbay. Crazy to think I've been playing this game for over a decade. I remember one of my earliest online friends who I knew from Xbox told me he played this game on Skype when I was trying it out and the rest is history. He's the one who introduced me to your channel ~11 years ago, so shout out to Sheppii for that... ...but that's not why I'm commenting. Allow me to introduce to you to: the rule of thirds 📸🎥😂

Your videos about league back in the day are always my favorite because we both feel so similar about the game. I also just relate to you so hard still from that irelia rework video all those years ago because i too am far too sentimental over these old crusty things we can count the polygons on, and changing what we love is scary. I still wish i could go back though, i just miss the old style and look of the game, the old feel and lore...its like watching someone you love lose their mind and slowly forget everything that's made you love them.

I've found quite a few random tournament matches in Fox Sports the past few months during the weekend (I'm from Argentina). That being said, I rarely even turn on my TV.

2:15 I think the most wild bit of that info is the timing of champion releases in the old days vs now. The first two or three years of league they released a new champion almost every 2 weeks but in the past 10 years they've released ~52 total.

Gbay I'm so glad you've kept at this. You've always been so fun to listen to, even when my interest in LoL has diminshed a bit!

Giants still exists but they're now in the spanish ERL Superliga.

New Gbay, let's go~

You always know how to hit me in the feels Gbay, I'm happy you bring us back to that old days, remind us that despite all the toxicity, we did all have the time of our lives and met some wonderful people and were part of an awesome community

I love the fact that he is outside touching the grass while nerding on league hahahahah, good content bro

I want to add that I sometimes get champ ideas in my head and ages ago I was thinking if they'd add a champ who has a ton of ad but in result sacrifices ad. Years later they added arguably one of the best designed adcs, Jhin. I've definitely predicted some other champ properties as well but can't name any rn. Not saying I take a lot of credit for it tho, these ideas are pretty vague

@Absindimyrgitus

Жыл бұрын

Sacrifices AS***

@moonknight5743

Жыл бұрын

​@@AbsindimyrgitusYou can edit the comment

@Valorhammer

Жыл бұрын

I had the same thought about Singed not fulfulling the "my weapon is a shield" archtype and how while he's tanky, he doesn't tank for the team. Give or take half to a full month later Braum appeared. I'm pretty sure I even posted a "I called it post" in the now non-existing League of Legends Forums

I started playing League in 2013, right after Lucian released, iirc. I got into it because of the Dunkey videos back then, had tons of fun with my friends buying each other mystery skins and just playing whatever the hell we felt like. Damn, I miss those days.

This is kind of wild, this is about when I got out of league, mid 2014 to be exact, so this is really interesting to see

Twisted Treeline will always have a place in my heart, may you rest in peace 😔😔

This was a really cool video. It´s interesting to see how the community was back in the day and how people thought the game would be today. Thank you for this

That Schalke pronounication hit differently

@davidcouto1697

Жыл бұрын

Never did i expect to hear the Bundesliga be mentioned on this channel haha. Much respect, Gbay!

@RawBerserker

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcouto1697 My friend, were you not here when he did his football manager spell taking over Kaiserslautern? What a fun little series.

@ss-cv2hz

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the Gabaslibia definitely hit different back in the day 😅

@janhob7250

Жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@davidcouto1697

Жыл бұрын

@@RawBerserker nah, had no clue. I'll definitely have to check it out then. Preciate the insight

Cool video ! At 14:12 it's actually a funny meme because Jean Dujardin is a french actor and there was a famous video of a french man winning cosplay event (at MSI I believe), not being able to speak english and keep repeating "i'm french" in the interview while being dressed as Renekton. This bring back so much memories!

Oh, GBay...Having stopped playing LoL 3 years ago, I stopped seeing your videos pop up, so this makes me very happy to see sneak in.

I remember reading this post when it came out holy shit it's been 10 years?

@_Vesper

Жыл бұрын

No it was me.

I miss Dominion.... And 3v3. Riot has made both good and bad changes (e.g. Item sets, 1 ban per person,...) but also some bad. I miss the days when legacy skins were GONE and not obtainable through a hextech chest. And the days were the OG teams were still around. I miss CLG T_T

I remember going through this post on a skype call with 20+ people that i had met through tf2. Love this content Gbay!

It's crazy to me that I remember them making these time capsules 10 years ago. I've long since moved on from LoL but this was a nostalgia blast for sure.

@saturnalia91

Жыл бұрын

The new items and whatnot back in 2018 (or whenever I quit) was what drove me away. Too many new items, new broken mechanics, and complete reworks (essentially champion deletions). And Ninja Tabis got renamed! 😢

@Law-_

Жыл бұрын

@@saturnalia91 I still play today and absolutely still call the armor boots ninja tabis, the new "rocket" belt protobelt and the new gauntlet frostfire. I refuse to give in

@MaeilYogurt

11 ай бұрын

@@Law-_ I hopped on recently and my entire team went “wtf is a pink ward???” Immediately made me feel old af lmao. Guess people actually call them red/control wards now

@karimakl6314

9 ай бұрын

@@Law-_ I might recall this incorrectly, but wasn't Iceborn Gauntlet the original name before it was replaced by Frostfire Gauntlet?

I think if Riot would be focusing more on Casual play. Meaning redo Rune System and Item System making the Map more immersive it would get a huge boost in Player numbers

@einfachdaniel3659

11 ай бұрын

@FaceFish9 Sadly Riot declared that it is to much work to reprogram League on a new Code. So only hope might be a Dota3 but it had to be easier to play and get in since the difficulty is a threshold why it doesn't has an even bigger Comunity than League

I haven’t played League of Legends since 2016 and I haven’t watched League esports since 2019. But this video was a blast of Nostalgia I remember that Mock Reddit page picture you showed!

12:25 The reason we don't know so many names is that we we're older and we lost that passion we had back then. Back when I was in high school around 2014; they were mythical names with a closer community that had been already build up over the years. Teams stayed teams, crowds were louder at small events, and the standout moments were more memorable. You don't see those moments anymore because our standards have been raised. If someone landed a crazy Orianna ult, Rumble ult, Thresh hook, Insec, Azir ult, etc... Everyone would go insane. If someone 1v2s under Tower or predicts a Cass ult; it was INSANE to witness. I can name so many moments from 2016 and prior that was memorable both because of the crowd, but also how bad all of us were in comparison. It's obviously impressive still, but now our standards are raised. Players stayed around much longer and teams were already established. You knew the team names and the team members associated with it. Now, we have new team organizations popping up all of the time and roster changes 24/7. When you have players getting traded, subbed in or out, fired, rehired, etc.. you lose track of them. I still play League, but I haven't touched the pro scene in years. Another reason for that? We graduated from high school. It was cooler when you could go to school the next day to talk about something and watch those clips on the phone.. You could go over to your friends house for a big watch party on an important pro game; play League together afterwards, and then go watch the thousands of unique League content back then. Everything was fresh, vibrant, and felt more genuine back then. The magic is gone now. Some of us are overseas from joining the military. One or two of us stayed in the hometown. The other got an insane job offer and moved several states over with his wife. Two of us are roommates. And three or so of us haven't spoken to the group in years. Pile that on with no Instalok, This is War, WellThatsSilly, Dunkey, all League montages looking the same now, less community engagement from Riot, meme teams (Speed Patrol, Dunk Squad, etc), Munchyjr, etc. It was all a machine with different cogs making it all work together. Now, most cogs aren't turning anymore.. So you just have a corporate-feeling pro-scene with fines and fees for anything spicy. Remember when Doublelift awkwardly stumbling upon trash talk; embodying keyboard warrior in person, was PEAK? Now look at us.

i would have predicted 90% of the community would have been imprisoned

Another banger, gg gbay

I’m glad I got to enjoy league back then. I had never played before and my friend was watching an MSI tournament, you know, the one where Moscow 5 introduced them self’s in spectacular fashion. I remember not knowing exactly what I was watching but I knew it was magical. I played and followed the pro scene until they wouldn’t let reckles play for a few years because of his age.

Going back to re-experience C9 breaking into the NA LCS through the relegation series and then going on to start a golden era of esports for the NA LCS. Such a good time. The dream was possible back then

Hey Gbay99........ I just want to say thankyou for making this type of content. I know its been a rough road with League but every time, you deliver. Thanks man.

gbay is back!! finally!!

I had like over a thousand dominion games back in the day, very sad its gone it was very fun. I'm surprised they said that nobody played it when I could find games quite easily

I would like to think that the reason pros felt more connected with the community is that since the pro scene was so new, all of those pros were pretty much us, the average enjoyer of the game but just really good. I can assume some pros now are so far deep in the "how to squeeze out that extra 0.1% of performance in this hyper specific meta" that the experience and lifestyle is just a lot less relatable if you just play regular ranked. I know most pros play regular solo queue too but still, i think theres just a slight barrier there.

I would love to hear you talk about conference realignment. I've been listening to so much talk about it

I wonder how many members of Gambit gaming are in Ukraine now.

I have been playing LoL all my life, since 2009. It's always been the same game in my memory, but looking at this old footage is so weird, it looks like something from the 90s. Thank you for the video!

I really like the decision to do this outdoors with a piece of paper in hand, very nice video dude

I still find saying "no one played 3v3 or Dominion" as Riot's reason for removing as a massive gut punch from Riot. The reason neither were played as much as the actual main mode of the game is because they weren't giving either the forementioned modes any actual attention, and by the time one guy did (which is when we saw balance changes for Dominion), it was already too late. As for 3v3, no one, and I mean, NO ONE, liked the new map for it, it was way too small, even for 3v3.

@Starblockss

Жыл бұрын

Yea its so sad, I was a core dominion player and for the few of us, they could've just left the mode available without doing a thing and we still would've played it everyday. We even had our own honor code where we don't pick certain op champs or your own teammates flame you for it. I guess now I understand how the 5 aurelion sol enjoyers feel.

@DisastrousIntentionally

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, 100% this. Not to mention, both modes had around 5% of the players playing them at the time of their deletion which is a small number but is significant when you consider the popularity of LoL at the time of deletion. Considering they already weren't supporting those modes, it has always struck me as odd to remove them and alienate hundreds of thousands of players for no reason. I bet you in the current state of the game with declining interest and players, Riot probably wishes they didn't Thanos snap 10% of what they had at their peak.

@EphemeralPseudonym

4 ай бұрын

Dominion getting trashed was really depressing and frustrating LMAO. Especially after the Dominions community held an event where they had Dominions players go against Summoner's Rift players and at the same approximate elo, Dominions players outperformed SR players in both maps. LMAOOOO The Dominions community was also really nice

It was me who predicted it.

Man I still remember when Thresh is a "new" champion, crazily following the NA LCS (it played at like midnight in where I live),rooting for CLG (mostly because of doublelift and hotshotGG), times really does fly by

complexity is immortalized for me for the series that ended c9's maaaasive winstreak, was super fun to watch like using a tristana ult + yasou r to lockdown a select target. was super hype seeing a tristana jump into 5 people lmfao

I think the game shrinking in size on viewership across the board is proof enough that the game was more fun back then since the devs were listening more and once they stopped listening to the community and started thinking about esports ONLY there was an avalanche of bad choices that made the game substantially less fun

@antonioreconquistador

Жыл бұрын

I could see why esports would be lucrative, but i dont see why they avoided the inherent problem of basing their game around it. The only thing more stale than playing a boring game is watching someone play one, no matter how captivating the commentary or gameplay is. The short bursts of action can be so decisive and clustered that theyre really all there is to the game apart from farming, warding, and holding your own. The less the product has to do with your enjoyment, or your defying the odds, or your development of expertise, the less likely it is that people will feel personally captivated enough to spend money on the free product. It seems more tied into distant, egotistical personalities, community moderation a la stepping on heads to keep people from stepping on toes, and third-party companies with their own gains in mind, than it is to what usually gets people to appreciate a game as a sport. It's a common folly amongst developers and companies today, but perhaps it's the only profit in sight when things are economically belly-up.

@mzz42044

Жыл бұрын

A bigger problem is the balance around pro play which would be fine except they don’t allow voice communication. That means sre are playing a game balanced around voice communication with no ability to do it

@Siegram999

Жыл бұрын

"across the board" ok buddy

cool story bro, tell it again

Funny, I haven't played since right about when that time capsule was made. Zac was the last new champ I saw release that I can recall. I remember being aware of Dominion being removed and being annoyed. I liked Dominion and 3v3!

5:55 sums up almost entirely why I don't watch professional League. I want to be able to form a bond with a team, but I can't when all their attached to is sponsorships and they could disappear at any moment if they're not good enough. Also, LOLMets

As someone who moved from LoL to Dota2 in 2012 this was highly interesting because my idea of League got stuck in a timecapsule and it's interesting to have some glimpses of what has and hasn't changed in all those years....

Your videos are amazing Gbay. I actually remember seeing these two posts back then when i was browsing the league subreddit several times a day. You made me very nostalgic. Thank you, and all the best!

What threw me out when they started to "rearrange" base stats, it was like the baseline of a champion I always had the initial feeling of familiarity at the start of the game with my mains at least even if they changed the map, layout, added new champs, changed items etc. It´s like they rewrote their past and changed the Champions completely... Keeping up with it while working has gotten also very hard.

League was broadcasted on TV on sportTV in Brazil, it's not anymore, but once it was

in one of the very first official league tournaments bigfatGiGi hit an ashe arrow from mid to top lane onto tristana who while the arrow was traveling, flashed and W'd right into the arrow. Ill never forget the early days of league competition. Wildturtle farming entire team on their nexus with udyr.... good times.

This video made me so nostalgic i teared up :c I'm almost 30 and i have been playing this game since 2009, so thank you for the memories. Love

I think the best part of this time capsule video is comparing Gbay's receding hairline to the one he had in 2013

i don't really play league anymore (started in 2010, had a multiyear hiatus, restarted in like S9), and in general I've quit videogames that said, this video was super nostalgic, and I really appreciate it being filmed outdoors, rather that a boring setup in front of a yeti and cam

i have fond memories of waking up like 1-2 hours early so i could get some 3v3 games in before going to school, was only a freshman in high school at the time. good times.

I'm having trouble finding it but I remember watching a video back in the day of Faker being happy about his houseplant. My friends and I would do sleepovers to watch Worlds overnight, it feels like a very different time.

3:33 this is in part what made me switch from league to dota. it really felt like riot balanced heroes to only enable them to be played in one specific role of this manufactured meta, even changing heroes completely when it is shown that they can be played differently. with dota, the meta has changed quite a bit, and it isn't uncommon for a hero that is a support one patch to be a carry in another, or for a hero that is a mid in one patch suddenly be able to be played in the offlane or vice versa. granted, the current lane setup of 1 player mid, 1 carry and 1 hard support in the safelane, and 1 offlane 1 roaming/soft support in the offlane has been the standard for a few years, but it wouldn't surprise me if trilane came back at some point

I still use the Summoner Icon that you got for having over 100 wins on Dominion to this day. I miss it. :(

15:49 I could be the one asking that question. I started playing League last year, and never heard of Dominion. It's kinda sad that game modes get removed and never reworked/brought back, I feel like I lost the "Golden age" and can't have the true "league experience".

Ty for this amazing travel back in time! I started playing LoL when Zac was released which is crazy to see that this dude is already that old. I think that those predictions were pretty spot on.

As someone who started playing league from S1, this is such a throwback lol man I miss treeline. Especially when they were trying to do twisted treeline ranked 🤣

I remember those days, playing from a net cafe or in my friend's house after school because my computer didn't have pixel shader 2.0. I actually used to play pre-work Karma and Taric as support.

Holy shit i remember watching your videos 7 years ago. I remember road to diamond and irelia