Games are over before they start

Longtowel·Nov 21, 2015·4 votes·469 views

I find that 80% of games are over before they start. Simply because the system tries to keep the win rate at 50%, which then leads to the vicious cycle of getting matched against low skill players, easily win a few games, and then get matched with high skilled players with poor team mates, to ensure that you lose this game... Of course how one performs can have an impact, but most of the times, either the win comes so easily, or your team just throws it (or you throw it yourself) so hard, there's hardly any chance from the beginning... I wonder if this is the case for everyone, because I really don't like it!

4 Comments

ValyrianBladeNov 21, 20151 votes

I believe luck plays a role to an extent, but overall a lot more games are winnable than you'd think.

League is a very snowbally game. I used to always get the mindset when another lane gave up a couple early kills that I had to start getting kills in lane and hard carry. I'd overcommit, get caught by their jungler and die myself. We'd fall farther and farther behind and eventually lose - nearly every time that either one lane gave up 3 early kills or both other lanes gave up early kills I'd lose.

I started really not caring so much how other lanes did. I played my game the same regardless. I noticed I started making a lot more comebacks. I started having a ridiculous conversion rate on those games.

I think what happens is players have different skills. Some are really strong in the laning phase. Some are stronger mid game or late game. Some have better objective control, better game sense, but worse mechanics. It isn't uncommon to get a couple people on your team that are weak laners against a couple people on the enemy team that are strong laners. They're going to fall behind. The key is to give them enough support to stop your team from falling too far behind, because come late game those strong laners make worse choices and your weak laners are better players. They'll win from behind. Too often though, you feel like your team just sucks rather than recognizing a potential strength, and you start losing too. At least that was my experience.

LongtowelNov 21, 20151 votes

Thanks Wonder what rank are you? Because I'm a Silver 5, know my basics but I cant hard carry games like that... I dont really play champs like Yas or LB or Akali, I've been sticking with Kindred and Graves recently. When I win games, all lanes smash their opponents, win by 30 min, but when i lose, either my lane enemy plays like a plat, or other lanes get smashed so hard, I get a 15/0 xin with 250 ad coming bot at 15 minutes (bit exaggerated but thats idea). I could be rolling a 5/1 Graves, or a 4/0 Kindred, but usually, I just always get games where most of my team are superior players by far, or otherwise most of us are inferior by far. Sure, Ive got close to 50/50 win rate, but man are these games boring. So rare nowdays to get a game where its close, or one we have to work hard for. Most days its just win or lose. Nothing much in between.

ValyrianBladeNov 21, 20151 votes

Gold V, although I was Silver III when I changed the mindset and started climbing.

Sir YamazukiNov 21, 20151 votes

They are, but not for the reason you're thinking. My teams don't get worse as I win more. You'll generally win or lose partially based off luck due to your team and the enemy team being random. That afk, guy having a bad day, etc could be on your team and you lose or on the opposing team and you win regardless of your ability to play that game. There are so many games where I could have been afk from lvl 1 and my team would have won just as hard anyways.