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by Entropy Stew 03/01/2013, 3:00pm PST |
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The main reason is that AP scales much harder off levels than the ADC, so the mid lane gets 100% of xp and gold as a solo. It also means both teams get their AP easy access to the blue buff, which is usually handed off to the mid position by a jungler after the first clear. If the AP went top or bot, only one of them would have easy access to blue due to the mirrored layout of the jungle, potentially making for an imbalanced matchup.
Don Rogers wrote:
Why is this the case? All three lanes are the same.
The top and bottom lanes are longer - the distance between each team's outer tower is greater than in middle lane. This means they are more dangerous than middle, since you have to cover more ground to get away. There is also the matter of the position of the lanes in relation to map objectives, which FABIO pointed out.
FABIO wrote:
In totally competitive games it's the most efficient method right now, but again every amateur player treats it like obsessing over what shoe LeBron James wears to be a great basketball player rather than the hundred other more basic things they need to worry about. Shooting and passing drills take more work so they focus on cargo cult lane composition Air Jordans.
The metagame is the way it is because it's the Nash equilibrium of positioning tradeoffs. Breaking it creates an imbalance for both teams, and making that imbalance work to your team's advantage requires strategy beyond what a group of five random people is usually capable of exerting. You'll see a team break it far more often at the beginner and pro level than anywhere else because the beginners don't know what they're doing, and because the pros do.
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Penny Arcade finally throws it's hat into the "but it's fun to play wrong" lot by Worm 02/25/2013, 8:45am PST 
Well it was definitely more fun before everyone starting worrying about meta by fabio 02/25/2013, 1:29pm PST
Why does this sound like someone playing as LEEEROY JENNNKINS ? NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/25/2013, 1:42pm PST
Are you guys seeing something I'm not? by WITTGENSTEIN 02/25/2013, 7:03pm PST
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/02/25 NT by Worm 02/25/2013, 8:24pm PST
MOBA player's sense of teamplay is pure shit I'll agree on that. by Worm 02/25/2013, 8:22pm PST
what by Don Rogers 02/28/2013, 4:32pm PST
Re: what by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/28/2013, 8:17pm PST
Re: what by fabio 03/01/2013, 6:17am PST
Re: what by Don Rogers 03/01/2013, 10:43am PST
Re: what by fabio 03/01/2013, 11:58am PST
Re: what by fabio 03/01/2013, 12:00pm PST
That's part of it by Entropy Stew 03/01/2013, 3:00pm PST
I got your blue buff right here, sweet tits. NT by Adam Solo Is An Illiterate Jackass 03/01/2013, 3:45pm PST
Re: That's part of it by fabio 03/01/2013, 5:02pm PST
Caitlyn is frightening early- and lategame. It's her midgame that's shit by Entropy Stew 03/01/2013, 6:57pm PST
You understand this type of conversation is why people hate this shit NT by Mysterio 03/01/2013, 8:26pm PST
Always a new STOP POSTING EVERYONE mysterio to carry the torch by fabio 03/01/2013, 8:52pm PST
I think she drops steadily off as the game goes on by fabio 03/01/2013, 9:05pm PST
Aaaaand now she's getting her attack speed nerfed NT by Entropy Stew 05/15/2013, 7:21pm PDT
I really don't play anymore by fabio 05/15/2013, 9:02pm PDT
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