PSA: Bronze Players Make Mistakes

I'm kind of new to LoL, started playing last year around September. LoL is an awesome game and I'm really enjoying it. I'm currently Bronze 3, recently promoted from B4, and working my way to Gold as my goal for this season. And, I make mistakes. Hopefully not as many in ranked games as I do in regular draft mode, but I do make mistakes.

I, like nearly every bronze player, make these mistakes because we are learning the game. You learn best from making mistakes and figuring out how to avoid making the same mistake a second time, even then that happens also. Bronze players use regular draft mode, and blind pick, to practice champions and learn what we can and can't do. When we do something and get smashed, hopefully we file that under "can't do", but we might try it another time to make sure.

Map awareness is not easy to pick up. When keeping an eye on our own health and mana bars, where our lane opponents are, what the cool down timer on our abilities are at, and timing last hit on minions, we some times forget to ping when someone is missing. We will probably not notice you roaming through the jungle and running into the enemy jungler, so don't expect our help. From time to time we might come to your assistance, we do try, I'm just saying don't expect it.

Not every game with us is going to run smoothly. Some do, and it is fun when it happens. It's nothing personal, we are not trolling you and trying to ruin your day with our bad play. If you are such a superior player offer advice to help us improve. Flaming insults will NEVER result in a better experience. In fact, getting your blood pressure up because you expect bronze players to perform like Challenger tier players is more your own fault than ours. You are ruining your own day.

Thank you all for your time, and patience as I learn this game. I would say that the majority of players I get grouped with understand the challenges of playing in the bronze tier, and are amazing in the charity they show in helping me get better. But for you few players that misread my screen name and thought I was C9_Smoothie when I play support.... sorry for the misunderstanding. Take a deep breath, wait to respawn, and when you get back into lane with me expect to die when you turret dive while I'm learning how best to keep you alive.