What's Happening to Me?

The Pangolin·Mar 30, 2016·14 votes·983 views

I had a huge paragraph typed out trying to explain why I'm not having fun in League anymore, but the truth is I have no idea.

It just...it just sucks. I rarely win, no matter how nice and non-flame I try to be. I have zero intention of being a dick when I enter a game, but after a while, when things just keep going south, I can't help but become a little monster.

And they constantly go so south they end up in Hell, and I know good and well it's often me that's the problem.

it this just me? Really, it this just me, or is this happening to other people? Shoot it to me straight- why is this game becoming more stressful, and less fun? Why can't I just play league and enjoy myself anymore?

13 Comments

GigglesOMar 30, 20166 votes

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I had a huge paragraph typed out trying to explain why I'm not having fun in League anymore, but the truth is I have no idea.

It just...it just sucks. I rarely win, no matter how nice and non-flame I try to be. I have zero intention of being a dick when I enter a game, but after a while, when things just keep going south, I can't help but become a little monster.

And they constantly go so south they end up in Hell, and I know good and well it's often me that's the problem.

it this just me? Really, it this just me, or is this happening to other people? Shoot it to me straight- why is this game becoming more stressful, and less fun? Why can't I just play league and enjoy myself anymore?

We've been conditioned to be carrying, or feel like shit, winning or not. Part of the issue is that falling behind right now is about the worst it has ever been. It just feels terrible to give first blood, and then proceed to never catch back up.

Early game champs stomp late game champs so much, that most of the time those "late game" champs don't even make it there in a 40 minute game. Games in bronze, silver and gold might drag out long enough to eventually catch up, but I've noticed the higher your MMR is the shorter the game once you fall behind.

ArakadiaMar 31, 20162 votes

Poor Cass....

ZarvanisMar 30, 20166 votes

Until I started frequently going on the boards, I though I was constantly losing because I suck. Turns out, I suck, AND the game is complete BS right now.

Knowing that takes a lot of weight off my shoulders.

Yosuke ApperuMar 30, 20165 votes

Devourer makes you feel like shit because often times if they have a sated jungler and you do not.. you lose because sated junglers can 1v3.. You also probably feel like shit because champions like garen are incredibly over tuned while you get ahead and decide to build damage he builds straight tank but you become the villian because you killed the jungler trying to gank you and now garen full tank build has true damage on all of his attacks against you and can easily ult you for 1k TRUE DAMAGE... it feels terrible to not be able to mitigate that damage... but him and darius just building black cleaver into full tank is so obnoxious and unbalanced. The juggernaut update screwed balance out the window. Then riot begins releasing over the top items and some champions end up getting nerfed for the items.. like dusk blade for instance or runic echos.. or cinderhulk etc. Im not going to say devourer was nerfed because it's problem isn't really its magic damage on hit.. it's the broken passive that is phantom hit which allows things like master yi to melt you in an instant due to him doing at rank 5 wuju style a minimum of 120 true damage every two swings of his sword. Stacking armor to mitigate the insane botrk damage and you leave yourself open to the 180 magic damage on hit that sated provides every two autos. You may even feel like shit because even though xin was fine jungling with devourer(still too strong imho) They decided to buff him and give him a garunteed crit every third hit.. or maybe you feel like shit because champions who don't have to hard manage their resources(like those with mana do) Aren't balanced to have such accessible abilities... I'll probably get downvoted for this .. and yes I understand that box box mains riven.. but do you see how many times he will dash disengage and re engage? I realize it's out playing but when your champ can't make those types of out plays it feels bad. Same thing with zed having stupid poke and not ever having to worry about mana. Maybe it's because yasuo dashes through minions all over the place without thinking so you think you can catch him off guard but he literally wind walls last second.. and even if he doesnt his flow shield takes a majority of the damage..Yasuo is cool tho in the fact that he can scale to late game and stay relevant regardless of his laning phase. More champs need this type of scaling imo. Or maybe you feel like shit because like me you enjoy support... but if your side is the losing side you end up possibly 5 levels behind the top laner and a minimum 3 behind the enemy adc.. Just some thoughts and maybes. I miss when I could play champions because they're fun and not because this is FOTM so if i dont play it i lose because other champions are FOTM. It's a ton of crap and I hope the mage update helps to change things up for the better.. to be honest I'm fearful... anyways cheer up bro! Don't let it get you down... play champions that you can have fun with even when behind like bard or zac! :D

SlaktarTaskenMar 30, 20164 votes

Paragraphing badly needed.

Yosuke ApperuMar 30, 20162 votes

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Paragraphing badly needed.

That may be so, but at almost four in the morning.. Paragraphing was the last thing on my mind. That and my structuring of words is pretty bad normally.

RandomoniumMar 30, 20163 votes

Yep, I've tracked my stats for over a year now and typically if I have decent cs/min, have a greater than 50% kill participation, and a KDA over 3 its usually a guaranteed win. Not so this season. I can't tell you how many times I've lost a game doing the most damage to champions in the game, having a KDA over 4, and being involved in most of my team's kills. The game feels more luck based than ever.

My Chats HiddenMar 30, 20162 votes

I am in the same boat as you my friend

EkkienatorzzMar 30, 20162 votes

You've got no idea... Last night I had a fucking bullshit night, where my parents yelled at me for getting bad marks on school, then I needed some rest with League, but fucking hell... If I can compare with ranked, people NEVER TALK. I'm so fucking pissed when I go into a game of ranked and no one wants to say the simplest 'gj' when you get a kill or whatever. People are fucking assholes, and it will never change.

PDE5 InhibMar 30, 20162 votes

You're literally bitching because people don't tell you "gj" when you get a kill?

Get over yourself.

EkkienatorzzMar 30, 20163 votes

It's a simple mark of kindness, something intensely rare these days. People only care about themselves and not about the rest, or how the rest is doing. Do you ever think about how your allies might be feeling when they had a shitty game or just have a bad day and they tell about it? Well, I do, and you're just a heartless bitch like everyone else.

PDE5 InhibMar 30, 20163 votes

Lol. Well I'm going to keep enjoying life. You go right on and keep crying yourself to sleep because your teammates didn't pat your ego when you got a kill.

This isn't social media. If you're going to literally get pissed that people don't talk in matches, then go play snapchat or some shit. Or go outside. Or get an SSRI, because you clearly have some issues.

The PangolinMar 31, 20161 votes

Thanks, guys. I'm glad I'm not the only one running into these kinds of issues, reading all these comments truly does make me feel better.