Okay, so this is going to be a long post, but bear with me.

In the beginning, there was darkness and ELO hell for me. But out of this darkness, emerged BBF and I joined to find friends to play LoL and then later DayZ with. It was good and magical and I made several cuddle-friends. Sadly, the ranked side of things never really took off and I really didn't want to take a leadership role.

DayZ kind of changed my mind when my military background and desire to be competitive and lethal reemerged. As such, I have decided to take my leadership to LoL and start a competitive seriz-bizniz team. I want to represent BBF, so this team will not be fly-by-night.

Caveat: This is a SERIOUS team, so I apologize in advance to anyone who takes umbrage to my rules, however it is what it is and you don't have to reply. If you do want to get involved, consider the following before you reply with interest:

* Practices are MANDATORY. 3 days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, at 5pm PST (6 MST, 7 CST, 8 EST) and will run 3 hours. Missing practice with a valid excuse is okay, of course, but short of that, you are letting 4-5 other people down if you just "don't feel like practicing". Unacceptable.

* No Chips Allowed. If you have a chip on your shoulder and think you are God's Gift to LoL, do not reply with interest unless you can shed your chip. I have over 3000 games played on a single account (I have 4 accounts), and I still make STUPID mistakes all the time. No one is perfect and I won't tolerate someone who can't take direction. The point of a team is to learn and adapt together.

* Be respectful of enemies and teammates alike. What you do in your normal games doesn't matter to me, but a team that (if the head cheeses approve) will represent BBF needs to uphold the standards of BBF. That means no disrespectful taunting of enemies or raging at teammates. Correcting teammates is fine, offering suggestions is fine, but raging is not. Playful banter with the enemy is fine as well, but calling names or being a tool is unacceptable behavior. This team will behave as professionals in any interactions with the public.

* Be efficient. During practice times, we will be playing back to back games with a short break after each game to review what went right or wrong. Some days, we will just review tapes of previous games for practice. The goal is to get as much playtime together or game critiquing as physically possible in the shortest amount of time, so take a leak before practice or be ready to hold it or whizz during champ loading. Remember, serious team is serious.

* HAVE FUN. I don't see why Serious can't be synonymous with Fun. You can still be successful while having a smile on your face. If you can't have fun and take the game too personal, this is not the team for you.

* Be okay with swearing. I cuss A LOT in private TS channels. LoL is a mature rated game, so the assumption is everyone who is playing is over 18. As such, swearing should not be an issue in our private channel. Of course, if we are in public, swearing is taboo.

If you are able and willing to make it to practices and follow the rules set forth for this specific team, go ahead and post. Our first practice will be next monday, where we'll be feeling out assignments. Remember, serious but fun team.

Yo, I'm sure i'll talk to you in-game. Need to buy a headset first (mine broke) but very interested.

Best with AD but willing to learn of course.

I would like to join, but I am not level 30 so I can't.

Well i'd join, but i'd miss the first half of about every practice day. Work until 9 or 10 most nights. Guess i'll wait for the next time this idea comes around.

Not everyone would be able to make such practises though Ruff, is the problem, if you asked most of the LoL Division I'm sure 60-75% of us have PART-TIME jobs which give us random hours, but lots of night shifts, because full time workers get the day shifts, I work till 9 PM EST 3 days a week on minimum usually.

ditto.

I could make three practices a week, but not necessarily the same times each week, which means I'm out, unfortunately.

Just a suggestion on the Practice schedule issue. If the team was to be formed it would be a viable option to have a "First Team Meeting". The concept of 3 practices is ok but being on a set schedule can be a bit "Staining" for some. It be best to get a rough team schedule and find the best times to meet. Then at the end of the 3rd practice decided what day need to be readjusted for the next week to meet the quota of 3 practices.

Personal Opinion please take it as such.

I'm gonna go on a bit of a rant here so skip over if you don't want to read my preaching ...

First, we need to stop finding reasons not to be playing ranked games and get our butts in ranked queues. We can play and win or lose normals all day long for the next 6 months, it's not going to make us competitive in ranked games. Every normal you play has a pretty decent chance of being a bunch of random people thrown together. These games don't make anyone better, they are laughable in the level of competition they bring.

Make a ranked team, you can have 10 people on the roster. Play ranked games, you can do 3s if 5 people are not on. If you win great, if you lose who cares. Disband the team and start a new one, stop worrying about the number on your profile page and PLAY against competitive teams so you get better.

That being said I'd be willing to play, but I can't practice for 3 hrs at that time of day. I'd be happy to fill in for any teams who need a 5th anytime I'm on.

I agree with tansen 100%. I can practice three times a week but My schedule will be changing with a new promotion very soon. I will be working 2 nights at week. (usually monday and tuesday I think) But a side from that I am totally down. Hit me up in game or on TS.

When I hit 30 i'd love to join you guys. Or even play some normals here and there.