Just a Silver player looking for simple mentality advice..

RaaMunee·Jul 5, 2019·1 votes·1,707 views

So firstly I should say that this account isn't my main, and I play on it when the euw servers are down. I've peaked Silver IV on flex on my main account and I've started playing since S8. So I have been hearing that a good way to climb is to 'mute all' to focus more on the game than chat, but I struggle to think this knowing that the people on my team, including the enemy, are talking about me or flaming me without my knowledge and this just flat out stresses me out. Not sure if anyone can actually help me after reading what I wrote and maybe I just need to go outside more.. I need tips on mentality...

6 Comments

sho ayaneJul 5, 20191 votes

people will find a reason to flame you, even if its something like you shoved the wave to tower when he wanted to freeze or the other way around. Or if bot lane is losing and you choose to camp or roam top instead.

lol people are toxic so the best think you should do is mute and ignore them all.

Imagine how stressed you would be if you could see what they were saying

RaaMuneeJul 6, 20191 votes

So I just need to learn to ignore the negativity :D

l Spirit Rush lJul 6, 20191 votes

Focus on yourself to improve each game. Identify what you could have done better from your last game and implement it in your future games.

I view everything as bots that get in my way. So I have to carry as an obligation. That's just be though.

RaaMuneeJul 6, 20191 votes

Thank you! I have never thought of it this way, it might help me :) Sometimes I don't always focus on myself and that may be a major problem..

LexhanatinJul 6, 20191 votes

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people will find a reason to flame you, even if its something like you shoved the wave to tower when he wanted to freeze or the other way around.

Sho is right in saying that you will always find instances where people blame you. Regardless of whether you should be blamed, you are blamed.

Frame of reference is a physics term which may be applied here. The car is moving north at 5 metres per second, versus, the earth is moving south at 5 metres per second (and the car is simply unaffected by the earths movement, it just rolls along). In LoL this may translate to, my adc got caught farming by himself, versus, I did not protect my adc when he went to farm.

There have been a few cases where I've noticed my adc may potentially get fucked farming, so I wait near them and am able to make a play when they do. A few years ago however I wouldn't of recognised that as an opportunity to influence the game, and I would automatically just blame my adc.

I think the reason for people blaming others is because it's much easier than blaming themselves. If you can blame yourself, your improvement process becomes much more effective because you are truly recognising your flaws and finding ways to make up for mistakes which may not be your own.

I find understanding this reason of blame makes any blame directed at me harder to stress me out. I will listen if I thought the situation was difficult to deal with initially, but usually I will already have a way to deal with the situation from past experience.

You are not playing to satisfy anyone else. You are playing to satisfy yourself. You are not playing so other can improve. You are playing so you can improve.

Improvement in skill means you may lose 20 games trying to dodge dodge Sylas dash chain with Ekko dash before that skill becomes easy and habitual. Improvement in rank means winning 12/20 games vs Sylas where you played super far back in lane because you were too afraid to deal with him and instead got your duo jungler to deal with him for you.

Don't be afraid of being the reason you lost a game, be afraid of not taking action to improve.

RaaMuneeJul 6, 20191 votes

Thank you for helping me :D I wasn't exactly sure if people were actually going to reply as I would've struggled to find my answer elsewhere. I very much appreciate these tips and I hope to improve soon :p