I'm stuck in bronze. . . .

Embertine·May 20, 2016·141 votes·7,127 views

Why? Because I make mistakes.

I sometimes forget to ward. I sometimes initiate fights we can't win. I sometimes miss my skill shots, and fail to dodge the enemy's. I sometimes pick a champion that doesn't work well with the rest of my team's champions. Sometimes I make a mistake that causes my lane opponent to snowball out of control. I sometimes get fed off my ass and do not make the proper decisions to carry our team's momentum and achieve victory.

Do I get trolls, and afkers? Yeah we all do. But I admit that for the most part, I am bronze because of my own mistakes. After all I can't improve unless I fix what I'm doing wrong.

123 Comments

SpearKittyMay 20, 201650 votes

Ok, congratulations, you're on your way out of bronze. Acknowledging your faults is the first step in the right direction. Now you just need to fix those issues. Having trouble hitting skillshots? Go into customs and practice, even bots can help (try intermediate bots because they actually use dodging scripts) Having trouble warding? Set a timer to beep every 10 seconds and every time it goes off, look at the minimap and determine where you need to put vision, and then put vision there (put a sticky note on your monitor near the map if you want some extra help remembering to ward). Having trouble with your lane? Play safe. Ward entry points, stick to tower, ask for ganks (your jungler will have a much easier time ganking if you call out wards and are pushed in) The learning teamfights part is probably the hardest thing to practice, but it can be practiced. Play some normals and test your limits. Once you find your limit in teamfights, push it and try to get better at it before going into ranked again. :) Sorry if this was a bit too rambly, but I hope i could help you in climbing out of bronze.

Spacesuit SpiffMay 21, 20162 votes

^^This.

Practise skillshots by playing URF or urfbots. For teamfighting, I have 2 useful tactics: during loading predict how the teamfights will play out and your optimal role in them and build accordingly. Re-evaluate later in case one particular person is fed (and its bronze they will be). Step 2 is to record your games and at least watch the teamfights, to see the flow and get a grasp of the threats and opportunities teamfights afford.

WeedTitsMay 20, 201612 votes

Yeah when they said you needed to acknowledge your own mistakes to get better they didn't mean for you to post it on the bloody forums.

EmbertineMay 20, 201646 votes

I was making a point. A point you clearly missed.

But hey, I sometimes miss the point too.

WeedTitsMay 20, 20165 votes

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I was making a point. A point you clearly missed.

But hey, I sometimes miss the point too.

Didn't see the point. If you were wanting advice for improving you should have said so. Otherwise it's just a post of a guy saying "I'm bad".

You want a bunch of follow up posts saying congrats or something? Where does a thread like that go?

EmbertineMay 20, 201626 votes

The point was this, "We need to look at what we are doing wrong in our matches, before we pin blame on others"

I used to just blame everyone else for losing matches, but eventually I realized that it wasn't just them that the blame fell upon, but me as well.

WeedTitsMay 20, 20161 votes

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The point was this, "We need to look at what we are doing wrong in our matches, before we pin blame on others"

I used to just blame everyone else for losing matches, but eventually I realized that it wasn't just them that the blame fell upon, but me as well.

So how long were you toxic for? Be honest now!

EmbertineMay 20, 201621 votes

While I wouldn't say I've been toxic, especially since I've never been punished as far as I can remember, but I have said some angry chat when a team mate made a mistake in the past.

I haven't done that in a long time though, so I wouldn't really say I was toxic, especially since I haven't actually cursed at anyone in chat, only just pointing out mistakes in an angry way.

HEAljvLykdMay 20, 20167 votes

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While I wouldn't say I've been toxic, especially since I've never been punished as far as I can remember, but I have said some angry chat when a team mate made a mistake in the past.

I haven't done that in a long time though, so I wouldn't really say I was toxic, especially since I haven't actually cursed at anyone in chat, only just pointing out mistakes in an angry way.

Don't pay attention to RawrBraction. Keep up with your mentality and you can climb fast, just make sure you improve your mistakes and not repeat them. The guy trying to be a smart ass to you is going to stay low elo for a long long time.

Troll for TrumpMay 20, 20162 votes

Yes, well higher elos basically never admit mistakes....so... Yes you make mistakes. But those uncontrollable factors play a lot more in losing the game than the controllable ones. The mistakes you make, everyone does.

HEAljvLykdMay 20, 20166 votes

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Didn't see the point. If you were wanting advice for improving you should have said so. Otherwise it's just a post of a guy saying "I'm bad".

You want a bunch of follow up posts saying congrats or something? Where does a thread like that go?

You ever wonder why you've been stuck in silver/bronze for 3 seasons now? Obviously not. LOL.

WeedTitsMay 20, 20162 votes

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You ever wonder why you've been stuck in silver/bronze for 3 seasons now? Obviously not. LOL.

I don't play much ranked bruh, but if you're so salty that you're scoping me, I've already won baby. :) Do you feel me inside of you? I'm there.

Grand ElevenMay 20, 201615 votes

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Do you feel me inside of you? I'm there.

Something you clearly tell your partner often.

Mecha MaIphiteMay 21, 20165 votes

Tfw she asks you to put it in but you already did

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

Left Hook LarryMay 20, 201610 votes

No you are bronze because dynamic que holds you back

Rand0mH3r0XMay 20, 20169 votes

It's okay. You're gold on these boards.

CIickTheLanternMay 20, 20167 votes

Was logged in, but wouldve logged in to upvote if not.

Lv16 FlaaffyMay 20, 20164 votes

But no one can dodge skill shots all the time and no one can land them all the time. That happens across all elos, not just bronze.

EmbertineMay 21, 20161 votes

I did say sometimes.

Wild GeeseMay 20, 20163 votes

Who needs to worry about mistakes, just pick something like Warwick or Volibear and mash your keyboard very hard. That's how players get to diamond.

HEAljvLykdMay 20, 20167 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wild Geese,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=0XORmAee,comment-id=0005,timestamp=2016-05-20T19:51:18.918+0000)

Who needs to worry about mistakes, just pick something like Warwick or Volibear and mash your keyboard very hard. That's how players get to diamond.

You should be Diamond by now.... right?

Wild GeeseMay 20, 20162 votes

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You should be Diamond by now.... right?

Unfortunately I don't really care enough to play boring champions like those to climb, though to be serious, I do have friends who have climbed really high picking the likes of Volibear, Brand (old brand...) and stuff like that where you just mash the keys.

HEAljvLykdMay 20, 20167 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wild Geese,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=0XORmAee,comment-id=000500000000,timestamp=2016-05-20T20:02:36.275+0000)

Unfortunately I don't really care enough to play boring champions like those to climb, though to be serious, I do have friends who have climbed really high picking the likes of Volibear, Brand (old brand...) and stuff like that where you just mash the keys.

I don't know if you're serious or not but being Diamond has a lot more to it than just picking Volibear or Brand and smashing the keyboard. If you think this is seriously the fastest way to Diamond... you might have a very wrong understanding of the game.

Wild GeeseMay 20, 20166 votes

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I don't know if you're serious or not but being Diamond has a lot more to it than just picking Volibear or Brand and smashing the keyboard. If you think this is seriously the fastest way to Diamond... you might have a very wrong understanding of the game.

That's true.

devdev463May 20, 20169 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wild Geese,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=0XORmAee,comment-id=000500000000,timestamp=2016-05-20T20:02:36.275+0000)

Unfortunately I don't really care enough to play boring champions like those to climb, though to be serious, I do have friends who have climbed really high picking the likes of Volibear, Brand (old brand...) and stuff like that where you just mash the keys.

This made me lol. Thanks for that.

Isaac McDougalMay 20, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wild Geese,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=0XORmAee,comment-id=000500000000,timestamp=2016-05-20T20:02:36.275+0000)

Unfortunately I don't really care enough to play boring champions like those to climb, though to be serious, I do have friends who have climbed really high picking the likes of Volibear, Brand (old brand...) and stuff like that where you just mash the keys.

-Bronze 4 -Says he doesn't climb because he isn't playing Volibear You can play Leona top with six Blades of the Ruined King and still win.

Wild GeeseMay 21, 20162 votes

[{quoted}](name=KOR Kylo Ren,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=0XORmAee,comment-id=0005000000000002,timestamp=2016-05-20T21:59:57.516+0000)

-Bronze 4 -Says he doesn't climb because he isn't playing Volibear You can play Leona top with six Blades of the Ruined King and still win.

You've obviously never been in Bronze 4 my stalker friend.

ZeeWolfZMay 20, 20163 votes

Wow, I respect you for admitting it. It is an extremely rare character trait in bronze.

DantoneMay 20, 20163 votes

Don't ever leave bronze. It's the best place to be. You see out there, they have to look at what's "viable". They have to min/max their runes and mysteries.

Here in bronze, we can play a marksman support. We can jungle Soraka. We can have 30 minutes games with more than 100 kills. Your cs doesnt matter.

Remember when you first started getting a grasp on the game and your friend and you ran Blitzcrank/Darius bot and dragged those squishies to their death?

Do you remember? Before you started worrying about what's meta, and the game was truly fun? Remember kill lanes? Kill lanes can still work in Bronze.

Because at the end of the day, bronze is the real clown fiesta. Don't ever leave.

DatalessMay 21, 20163 votes

Dammit, I can't troll the OP, WHY MUST YOU BE A MATURE WELL-ADJUSTED INDIVIDUAL!

scowls

MunchCrunchLunchMay 20, 20162 votes

bronze since s4. this is my first season and am already gold

LywoeMay 21, 20161 votes

Someone carried you or you had a team.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 21, 20161 votes

nobody carried me. if anything i carried most of my matches. go look up my kill contributions and kdas.

LywoeMay 21, 20161 votes

I will. AND you will be proven wrong.

Your last game you loss 7/13/14 is bad.

11/10/2 in a loss.

You were carried in most of these games or loss. Please don't lie again.

http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=MunchCrunchLunch++++

MunchCrunchLunchMay 21, 20161 votes

3+ KDA at my top 6 most played champions.

26/10/23 two games ago.

last game our adc and top laners did combined less damage than me. and they were trolling it was a given loss

you can't base it off few games.

LywoeMay 21, 20161 votes

I shouldn't base it off recent games. I mean you are so good. You shouldn't have lost at all. And you were clearly carried. We have nothing more to discuss.

MunchCrunchLunchMay 21, 20161 votes

lmao

Jeddy017May 20, 20162 votes

I'm in Bronze because I suck & rarely play Ranked. I'm going to stay in Bronze because I choose not to play Ranked enough to climb out of Bronze. I use Normals as my practice zone & getting better. And before anyone says anything, I have barely played Ranked last season too. Dynamic Queue isn't a deciding factor here.

Virgin RayMay 20, 20162 votes

Im bronze because of trolls, afkers, and my team sucks.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pyruslords/images/6/61/Kappa.gif/revision/latest?cb=20141228185531

Young BabineMay 21, 20161 votes

Mostly jungler

Acidic PuddleMay 20, 20162 votes

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WimbledofyMay 21, 20162 votes

??? the definition of sucking basically means you make a lot of mistakes. If you never made mistakes it would be impossible for someone to say you suck because that would be untrue by definition.

Only Play DariusMay 21, 20162 votes

"I sometimes pick a champion that doesn't work with the rest of my team comp"

Who cares? Play what you are good with, not what goes well with the comp.

LycanoonMay 21, 20162 votes

Ranked is for the Elite, the Godlike, the Bored and Restless Keyboard Warriors, the Perfectionists... You get the idea. There are some really kick ass people in the ranked that ACTUALLY TREAT unranked and bronze people with respect...but they're so far few in between.

This is a game. Not Life. Not like you're getting paid to play this game. LoL (non-competitive) is for passing/wasting your free time...not to be an elitist PoS who can rage behind the safety of their keyboard. Let the ELO's that run their mouths be the keyboard warriors and do what you gotta do to climb if you want to reach a higher rank.

#TIPS Avoid playing Tilted... Avoid making a pre-made team unless you intend to stick together for several matches. PLAY DIFFERENT MATCH TYPES AFTER EVERY RANKED to avoid being tilted or too hyped. Turn OFF /all chat... Mute any toxic ass holes if you're riding solo that are on your team.

Make sure you have the time to dedicate to a match...as you may find yourself with a really good team, and your match could carry well over 30 minutes.

[slayer-jinx-wink]

SolaxoMay 21, 20162 votes

Why do you bother with ranked?

notmebuthimMay 21, 20162 votes

Literally just play the same champion over and over, you will get out pretty easy. You'll understand your damage at points in the game, understand enemy damage to you(what you can tank and cannot), among other things like these. Look at your mini map, remember that your team mates will not look at theirs and you need to ping them information. Don't tilt over a bad play or watching your team make a bad play. Not tilting is very important. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

AMYS GRAVEMay 22, 20162 votes

Do I get trolls, and afkers? Yeah we all do.

Do you get 12 in a row? Cuz that's why i quit ranked. Stuck because i quit because the system doesn't work.

Celestial Lion12May 21, 20161 votes

Ima tell you how i got out of bronze i found a few champs i was good at that were really easy i stopped playing champs like riven vayne and bard and started playing maokai lux and sivir got good at those champs and i was out in no time.

LywoeMay 21, 20165 votes

My teams are going off and getting into stupid fights and losing while I am recalling or in the jungle. They are running up horrible kda scores. You can't carry them when they are going 3/19 and and 4/20. If you can, we need to play together.