Something everyone should read, taken from Riots forums no credit whatsoever to me Penguinbashr, Youre already a step ahead by asking for help. But the trick here will be how you follow through. If youre genuinely interested in improving then you need to take a step back and really reflect on why you play League of Legends or any other competitive online game for that matter. Seriously ask yourself: Am I even having fun? Be honest. To me, it sounds like youre not right now. Even though you admit to it, I bet you dont enjoy calling people autstic ****s in game. That sounds incredibly taxing and draining to get so worked up in every game you play. Chances are, if youre not having fun now; you were at some point. You have A LOT of games played since you started in November 2010. Youve been through the irelia nerfs, the UI changes, the server instability, the OP Win Xiao release, S1, S2, and S3 championships and a great many more. If youre not having fun then reflect to figure out why. Why did you come to League in the first place? Do you have a favorite champion? You love competition? The strats and plays? Maybe an LCS Player or Streamer you look up to and want to mimic? From what you told me, it sounds like you enjoy winning. And you HATE losing. Thats pretty cool. Who doesnt hate losing? If youre going to approach League from that angle, then you need to have reasonable expectations. You need to be honest with yourself. First thing to keep in mind: You win some. You lose some. That needs to be your new motto. This is true for every player in League of Legends. It doesnt matter if theyre Bronze, or Challenger. If youre getting upset at a loss, you really have to think to yourself: Why u mad? Of course youre going to have losses. At any given time of the day, 50% of the players in League are winning games, and 50% of the players are losing. Another thing to keep in mind: Sometimes a loss is going to be outside of your control. Think about it right now. Dwell on it. Get it out of your system; because its going to happen and there is nothing you can do about it. Sometimes you or someone on your team will be faced with a technical problem. Sometimes someone on your team is going to have a behavior problem. Sometimes someone on your team is just going to perform poorly. League is a team game, its not about you. Its about all of the players (including you) working together to make magic happen. Sometimes youre going to get a team and composition that gels really well with each other, sometimes youre not. Sometimes you are going to be able to carry your team, sometimes you are not. Sometimes you are going to get carried, sometimes you are not. You win some, you lose some. You cant control your teammates. Youre not telepathically linked, youre not all fans of the same playstyles or strats. This is random solo queue. You are being paired with strangers. Solo Queue isnt about controlling others it is about working with others. The only one you get to control is yourself. Understand and accept that. But! and this is key! Give your team mates some credit dude, theyre not that different from you. Were all in this together, and we ALSO want to win. We love League of Legends just like you do. We love it so much were playing Ranked Solo Queue and being competitive; just like you! It might not seem like it all the time. We may not choose the same builds as you(or do you not choose the same builds as us?). We might not always perform well(but then again, you dont either). We might be a bit testy or angry in champion select (maybe we just had a string of losses like you and are agitated? Maybe we are expecting you to troll just as much as you are expecting us to troll?) But in the end, were all players; were all fans of the game. And if youre going to play League of Legends you have to understand this, and you have to give other players the respect they deserve as human beings. So what do we have so far? -You play to win and get better. -But you know that you will win some and you will lose some. -You also know that you cant control everyone on your team. -But you also know that your teammates are not that different from you. They love League, and they want to win, just like you. If you really think about it like this and then you reflect on your last month or so of games there is only one conclusion. The biggest obstacle in your League of Legends ranked matches is yourself. Youre not giving the benefit of the doubt to your team mates. Youre not understanding that everyone is flawed. Youre not acknowledging that people are inherently good and want to do good. You can try to stop committing toxic behavior, but if youre not going to get at the core philosophical reasons that fuel that toxic behavior you will never succeed. Are you interested in what people say about you? Heres a breakdown of a recent game you played. The person on your team who reported you said: Negative Attitude - Wins the game but still cries abotu someone elses build.: What did you do? (23 seconds in and youve already stalked everyone else in your game. You noticed that the Yi didnt have the same kind of runes you would have chosen) Penguinbashr (0:23): yep, another game ruined by someone who cant be bothered to have a decent rune page (Yi asks) Yi: who has a bad page? (You respond) Penguinbashr (0:50): you do? no defensive runes? are you that dumb? ((Wheres the benefit of the doubt? Is he dumb or is he just trying a different strategy? Maybe he picked the wrong rune page? It happens, even to pros. Besides that, why are you so focused on what hes doing? Youve already gone out of your way to assume the worst in another player and then let everyone else on your team know too. Now youre mad. Hes sad, and your team is holding their breathe) Yi: aww man Penguinbashr (1:34): shhh to you to. Now I have to go ****ing tank riven because yet again my game is ruined by someone who cant pick for the team ((Youre being a bit dramatic. Its 1:34 into the game, and its already ruined? How are you even going to win if youre willing to give up before the minions have reached their lanes? What are your team mates suppose to think when youre already claiming the game is ruined? What sort of image are you trying to give off? Do you want them to be better? Do you want Yi to go back in time and change his runes? At this point, such a comment is completely unnecessary. Something better would be Alrighty! Well give it a shot! or Thats okay, well make do!)) (4 minutes later, it looks like perhaps Yi has died) Penguinbashr(5:36): oh well, gg. why do you like to ruin games? ((Wheres the benefit of the doubt? Do you really think Yi likes to ruin games? Do you think he doesnt care to win? Why are you calling GG at 5 minutes in? Why play a game if you think you can lose in the first few minutes of a match. That sounds like a terrible game to play)) ((20 minutes go by, youre relatively quiet. I believe its because you have chat restrictions. Regardless, its pretty clear your team is starting to come out on top. Still though, your attention has now gone to the Janna Support)) Penguinbashr(26:43): why would you go athenes over crucible Janna(26:59): Dont need Crucible atm Janna(27:06): Nothing to really use it on Janna(27:12): Unless Trist gets hit by a bubble, (((Not even acknowledging Janna, you continue to blast her, remember; youre team is up!)) Penguinbashr(27:22): why dont you have a sightstone either. this is support 101. sightstone, crucible, boots, gp item. Janna(27:28): Dont need Sightstone Janna(27:34): Were winning heavily Penguinbashr (27:39): christ. i support and get fed up with adcs. i dont support and i get fed up with people doing **** builds. ((Is it a **** build when your team is winning?)) Janna(27:40): They arent going to be warding that effectively. Janna(27:53): Im a 2 time diamond support, play your own Champ. Penguinbashr (28:20): if you say so. thats why youre too dumb to get a sightstone right. or a decent trinket item. ((Again, wheres the benefit of the doubt? Janna has over 2,675 games played since she started in April 2011. Her win rate for the last 20 games played is 65%. She wants to win, just like you do; youre not all that different)) ((A minute later Janna seems to still be the focus of your thoughts. You continue to give her unneeded advice because youre not willing to give her the benefit of the doubt)) Penguinbashr(29:11): stacking athenes and crucible. wow. so good. Penguinbashr (29:42): did you know items with the same unique effect dont stack? Janna(29:53): Did you know toxicity gets you banned? Janna(30:01): I dont need the mana. Janna(30:10): I use Athenes for mana Janna(30:16): and Cruc for the cleanse. Janna(30:29): Why are you bming me ((Really though, ask yourself, why are you bming anyone? Your team is winning the match. Everyone is getting a long with each other, except for you, because youre unwilling to trust anyone else in the game. Youre not having fun because youre too busy being paranoid about everyone elses intentions in game to sit back and enjoy the ride. Youre so focused on how you think everyone else is playing poorly, that youre not even taking into account what you may be doing poorly yourself.)) And thats really a shame. Because you dont control other players, you cant improve other players; trying to do so is a battle you cant win. They are not NPC AIs at your control, they are independent thinking human beings with their own opinions, wishes, and desires. (Although they all want to win, just like you!) This is only one chat log, but its representative of many that I reviewed. I cant really give a full in depth analysis of each game; but I wanted to address some of the core issues youre having trouble with. Please dont think Im saying youre a bad guy. Youre very likely a pretty chill dude in real life. Youre certainly not alone with this kind of attitude. There is a strong minority segment of players that act similar to you. They want to win and theyre willing to tear down anyone who gets in their way to do so. This post is as much for them, as it is for you because that attitude isnt going to get them anywhere. I really hope you take the time to reflect on the issue. If youre realistic about yourself and others I think youll make a lot of progress. I genuinely believe that currently your poor behavior and attitude is handicapping your overall true level of skill.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:46:36 +0000
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