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How do you get your team to listen to pings and work together?

PhantomMechanic·7/25/2017, 5:04:22 AM·3 votes·475 views

I might just be venting here, but I honestly want to know. I used to just get salty and flame people that refused to co operate with the team, but i realized a couple years ago that only made things worse. I try my hardest to actually help people and stay positive throughout the match, but I don't understand how to get people to listen. When I say, "Don't fight right now, they are way ahead of us, we just need to play it safe, farm up, and wait for them to make a mistake" I feel useless and like I can't do anything but watch as my team proceeds to sit out by river when the enemy have taken 2 inhibs, and have 20 more kills than we do, with an item and a half more, or as 2 people chase down their tank to the baron pit when we have vision and know they are there, only to die and give them the game, regardless of whether or not you ping or say to leave. So I honestly would just like to know how to get people to listen or act as a team, if anybody has figured it out yet.

6 Comments

LostFr0st7/25/2017, 5:15:30 AM2 votes

Try using general blue pings. Then, when a call is wrong (it will be), no one can actually be blamed for it to start a flame war. Everyone can be like "who the f called that" and then everyone can unite and say "wow so stupid" and move on. Remaining anonymous is key.

Winters Dawn7/25/2017, 5:22:44 AM2 votes

You have a much much higher chance of your team fillowing your lead if you are doing really well or are super fed.

Definitely Bait7/25/2017, 5:41:08 AM2 votes

You ping and hope... Odds are even then one of them will get triggered and start a raging flame war in chat.

Organized play is not possible when most of the players act like they're in a bad part of town with a strap ready to fire at anyone.

Tohob7/25/2017, 5:42:46 AM2 votes

i'd say the key when using pings is to use them rarely and never ping twice in a row

if someone's spamming out 4 pings every few seconds on-cooldown it turns into white noise very quickly. conversely if there has only been a couple of missing pings 20 minutes into the game and i hear a ping, i'm way more likely to pay attention to it

Narvuntien7/25/2017, 6:58:31 AM2 votes

It is definately super difficult. People simiply think they know better than you particularly if they have a better score or you are support or something. Add to that getting tunneled on a chase for a kill.

My biggest tip is that you have to keep in mind everyone thinks they are the best, when making game suggestions you need to avoid engaging the EGO. The Ego is the biggest threat to teamwork. Never, I mean never say "you are bad!" or anything that is a direct attack on a players inherent skill. You need to avoid that at all costs. You need to direct your suggestions to the specific. Always the specific.

"That was a poor engage we weren't ready to follow" "Rule #1, Don't chase Singed" "We need more wards" then you buy a control ward never "Ward more lulu!"

I think the only way to save yourself in your example is to build a reputation in game for good shot calling before you need to make that game saving one. "I am coming mid to gank, u rdy?". Just keep re-enforcing to your team you are reliable and trustworthy. So when the game is in the balance you can pull them back from the mistake.

Don't get disheartend.. you can't win them all.

ReySolomon7/25/2017, 5:12:33 AM1 votes

I get people like that sometimes and it's very frustrating because they look like they got boosted but whatever.