Ginnique’s Ranked League of Legends Game Freezes and Won’t Let Him Quit

ALGORHYTHM PROJECT — Ginnique of Algorhythm Project (Celestial Operation: Scorpio) spent a Friday stream in League of Legends ranked solo queue after rain kept him from going out to eat. He told viewers he had meant to head out for a meal when the downpour started, so he sat down to play instead, and he said chat was welcome to talk about anything, not only the game.

He opened by greeting viewers and singing happy birthday to those marking one, then spent the early games on the role he kept being handed. He said he wanted something else but kept ending up on support, and that solo queue makes it hard because he never knows what kind of bottom-lane partner he will get. In one game he said he had died ten times, adding that it was for the team.

“Every time I queue, all I get is support.” — Ginnique, on his luck in solo queue

The stream’s oddest stretch came in a later match. With only a few league points left, he wondered aloud whether he was about to drop a rank, and then the game hung. A message appeared saying he was playing too weakly and should close the game and stop playing. He said he could neither play on nor close it, and chat joked that he was locked in. A single game, he said, had taken 40 minutes. When it cleared, he reported that he had not dropped but sat at 0 league points, and he queued up again.

Between matches the talk wandered: pillows and neck pain, early mornings at the market, and a story about an online purchase. He said the seller had no credit history, cut the price from 390 to 370 as soon as he asked, and delivered quickly, all of which looked like a scam. When it turned out honest, he sent an extra 100 as what he called the not-a-scam fee.

Later games went worse, and he called one of them very poor play. He ended the stream by saying he would go eat and play on in a later stream.