Quite frankly I am inclined to try and do tournament games going forward that do not have lvl's or you can hack bump your lvl to max to avoid this kinda thing as we are a fun event not a competitive event and want all to be able to play if they want. EG I dont want people losing because others have a higher toon, if they loose because of skill so be it.
Yeah I totally agree. Sucks so many games are like this now. But LoL evidently has such a very big advantage on level (which is one reason I lost interest in it). In other games such as the BF and CoD series, there is not such a a large impact with higher levels... The newbie guns and pre-made starting classes are actually not bad.
As someone who does play LoL quite a bit, I can tell you that summoner lvl does not make much of a difference. The benefits of rune pages and masteries are not that significant. Some of my best games I have accidently selected the wrong runes and masteries. I have a smurf account that I use to play with friends who have just started the game, and I can usually steamroll the other team. When I play my main account, I frequently encounter really bad lvl 30 players. The great thing about LoL is that everyone starts each round at lvl 1, with the same amount of gold to spend. It is all player skill, no one has a higher lvl toon. The only thing having a lvl 30 account means is that you have casually played the game a few months.
Massive Online Battle Arena games allow people like me who liked mmo pvp, to transition to a game that is not unbalanced by better gear and higher lvl toons. I agree with Ronster and Cheatch, that totally random is the way to go, at least for LoL. If you make it random with skill, what is to stop players from smurfing just to ensure that their teammates are experienced? I believe the only fair way to have a LoL tournament is totally random or totally premade/draft picked. I lean towards totally random so that more players get a chance to play and compete for RP. My team had two very inexperienced players and we got knocked out of the tournament in the first round. That's just how it goes though, I still had fun at the event and I don't think the tournament should be ran any differently.
As for the newbies guns in CoD, the red dot from a higher lvl player is a really big advantage. I'm not the greatest CoD player, and starting at lvl 1 in the tournament was a pretty big disadvantage. I asked around and no one offered to hack bump my account. At least in LoL at the beginning of each round, all champions start at lvl 1 and have a cap of 18.
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