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Do people actually take ranked seriously?

L Psy Kongroo··2 votes·1,106 views

I know they're "supposed to", but do they really? As someone who literally never plays ranked, I'm curious as to why people say ranked matters more than normals, then dick around and not try their hardest to win in ranked. They simply refuse to use any basic common sense that was given to them and do whatever the hell they feel like.

Why not just play normals then? I've sort of reached an impasse where I want to try my best to win the game while still keeping it casual. But lately it seems like people in my normals games are taking things TOO casual for my liking; feeding like crazy, then blowing it off as saying "it's just a normal, calm down", playing like a bronze dumbass when they're ranked as diamond (e.g. not warding, never grouping, getting caught out all the time).

I get that normals are to relax and everything, but if you insist on playing like a brain damaged monkey just because you want to relax, understand that not everyone on your team may want to play with a brain damaged monkey.

People don't seem to realize that it IS possible to play casually AND actually try to win. It's really simple: try your best in every game but don't care about the outcome. If you're giving less than 70% of your best effort, then you really shouldn't be playing the game at all, because you're going to be a major hindrance to your team.

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Rivuo1 votes

Ranked doesnt matter anymore because dynamic queue put a bunch of silver players in the plat elo.

And a bunch of bronze in the gold elo.

Ranked literally means nothing now.

I play normals and i have way more fun. Games way more enjoyable

Telephone Booth1 votes

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Ranked doesnt matter anymore because dynamic queue put a bunch of silver players in the plat elo.

And a bunch of bronze in the gold elo.

Ranked literally means nothing now.

I play normals and i have way more fun. Games way more enjoyable

I wish I was one of them... I guess I'm a wood player that got placed in silver cuz of dynamic queue... even though I was silver before dynamic queue so wait... I think your logic is off. Why so bias? Playing with friends doesn't make you a better player suddenly.

LateCustomer1 votes

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I wish I was one of them... I guess I'm a wood player that got placed in silver cuz of dynamic queue... even though I was silver before dynamic queue so wait... I think your logic is off. Why so bias? Playing with friends doesn't make you a better player suddenly.

I keep telling my bronze and silver buddies that what they perceive is just not true. I feel like a jerk for pointing out to them that THEY are still stuck in Bronze and Silver DESPITE queuing up as 3s and 4s... and my buddies who were ALREADY Gold, Plat, and Diamond the season prior are all still Golds, Plats, and Diamonds. Dynamic Queue isn't a golden ticket. Putting in the time and effort is.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

In my mind, the main difference between ranked and normal games is the champions I play.

When I am playing ranked games, I want to stick to champions I am experienced with and keep experimentation to a minimum.

When I am playing normal game, I will often use the opportunity to practice new champions, role or builds so that I can gain more experience and expand my champion pool. That said, I generally play champions with conventional builds in their standard roles.

While I try my best to win in both game modes, I am more willing to surrender a normal game if we are being stomped or players are raging/trolling.

18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes

those people who dick around in ranked are the reason why ranked is a struggle.

normals are boring. same champs every game on the off chance someone wants to ap aattrox jungle and its a free loss for whoever has him

normals dont mean shit to me. they arent fun. ranked isnt fun either. this game isnt fun in general. idk why i play but i do.

Very Hard Engage1 votes

the majority of people do. and then theres silver and bronze who "hit 30 and have to play ranked now"

not saying there aren't unfortunate souls stuck in bronze/silver who do want to take the game seriously, but they will quickly leave it once they recognize the things that are proven to be effective and make a player great.

dominusx1 votes

i do cause i get money out of it.

LateCustomer1 votes

The majority of people "take it seriously", but they don't necessarily have the right mind-set. What I mean is that one thing goes wrong and they start to rage, blame others, and "stop trying".

Still, they do take it more seriously than any other game mode.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

I'll never understand why people do that.

They obviously care about the game and winning it, otherwise it wouldn't affect them so badly.

However, they don't quite seem to understand that raging and blaming others just destroys the team's morale and cooperating, making them more likely to lose.

18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes

pretty sure when someone is int feeding they dont have any morale or intentions of cooperating.hence the angry teammates.

just had a masters xin in ranked steal jungle and then force the other jungle to duo the camps with him. the xin refused to group aftr and kept suiciding going 3-15.

idk about you but this pisses me off.

LateCustomer1 votes

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I'll never understand why people do that.

They obviously care about the game and winning it, otherwise it wouldn't affect them so badly.

However, they don't quite seem to understand that raging and blaming others just destroys the team's morale and cooperating, making them more likely to lose.

It's far easier to just lash out and blame others. It even makes one FEEL better, in the short term. For the long term, it takes effort and discipline... in other words, it takes WORK, to get into a winning mind-set. Since this is a GAME, a lot of people don't think that WORK should be involved.

I just lost about 200 LP in one go, and believe me, I WANT to rage and such, but I remind myself that the only reason I even GOT to Gold in the first place was because I learned to focus on myself... I just need to KEEP doing so and KEEP working on whatever it is that hurt my game recently.

Anyway, good luck to you in Solo Queue.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Eh, I've stopped really playing ranked since I hit Platinum. The games are rather toxic more-often-than-not, so it isn't really worth the aggravation.

At the moment, I'm just planning on using the rest of the season to practice different champions and roles. I need to get comfortable with my mid and top champion pool again; I've been playing too much jungle this season.

LateCustomer1 votes

{quoted}

Eh, I've stopped really playing ranked since I hit Platinum. The games are rather toxic more-often-than-not, so it isn't really worth the aggravation.

At the moment, I'm just planning on using the rest of the season to practice different champions and roles. I need to get comfortable with my mid and top champion pool again; I've been playing too much jungle this season.

Yeah, my buddy tells me that Plat was the worst of the community. I thought he was exaggerating, until I started seeing Plats in my own ranked games (I guess they're duo queuing with their gold buddies?) The plat usually seems extremely rude and condescending, to outright toxic.

EndlessSorcerer1 votes

Honestly, I could handle rude and condescending. I would just mute them and not have to deal with it.

The main issues are people who start raging or trolling the second something goes wrong for them (or their realize that they won't be the one to carry the game).

If they decide to stop playing or intentionally feed to spite everyone, there is very little you can do about it.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

just remember the actual point of the game is to have fun and enjoy it.

here is a though about rank...

rank isnt something to be ashamed of. i feel rank is just a way for riot to put players of similar skill levels vs each other so they can have fair games and enjoy and have fun playing the game... hear me out...

you are bronze.. what if every game you matched vs plats and diamonds? and you get stomped up and down the map and the game is no fun to you.. are you likely to keep playing if that is what happens every time?

on the other hand if your plat/diamond whatever "high" elo if you playing vs people lower skill level then you is that fun not every being challenged? it would be like if you were to go play a game co op vs bots or a custom game vs bots and the difficult is set on easy?

how fun is that?

so in theory rank is there to put us vs people we have a chance to win against while being challenged so the game is fun and rewarding at the same time and keeps you playing....

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