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League isn't hard but teammates are not making it easier.

Boo Koo God··10 votes·7,498 views

Let me begin with I am not saying that oof my teammates are so bad I cant climb cry cry.

What I want to address is how teammates have been making the game harder. Today an irelia in top fed vs a poppy and then tries to just ff. I understand it is not fun to be behind but it is a game consisting of 4 other people and by trying to ff your actively sabotaging the play experience and the morale of the team. Came back to win the game but the irelia was clearly just running it down. Even admitted to inting her enemy laner.

Second macro in league is very important and teammates that do not understand this are detrimental . I successfully had a yi scouted and told rengar where yi was gonna be. Rengar goes top i tell him that cost us drake, yi takes drake, rengar goes bot , yi takes rift. I told the rengar where yi was gonna be and he just chose to play on the opposite sides of objectives and it cost us game.

Third sometimes teammates are just to happy to jump into fights. I do not get this at all, when the team is not even all grouped they are trying to fight. It is just so sad to see jgler take fights near pit at 20 and give baron because they just cant not fight.

Today as well won a team fight and adc,sup,mid start baron and ping for the jg come. The jg does not come because he wants to push. we lose baron because he wanted to play selfishly. There are a lot of guaranteed and safe plays that a lot of people miss but that comes with elo.

Lastly I do not even want to ask or say anything to teammates in game as there always the chance they just say I'm done or start the trolling/int/flame. I feel like I am being held hostage by my teammates. I am more worried about who is on my team then who i am facing. Now this is it not every game that stuff like this happens but Id rather it never happen. The mental boom that hits players at 15/20 minutes is also killing the game for me. Im tired of trying hard for 15-20 minutes just so the other people on my team can just start arguing and stop playing. I Load into play i don't load into debate.

Ps. the worst feeling is knowing the game is over because your "teammates" would rather flame then even try and play.

8 Comments

Düff McWhalen6 votes

I think a major issue with ranked is that people are getting in with the wrong mindset. There should at least be a behavior requirement or honor requirement to que for ranked. If your account is not in good standing and you're currently a toxic shitter or a feeder afker inter, or someone who DC's constantly, I'm sorry but there should be a line drawn somewhere that says "You may not que for ranked until you meet these requirements.

People are coming in to have fun, it's a game sure, but even the local kick ball game at the park growing up had some standards for who could play... there was one kid we never let play because he was an asshole despite everyone asking him to stop and being willing to play with him. He would shit talk and nobody else would laugh because he's go too far. I guarantee if he intentionally held the ball and let runners score just to mess with his team we would be telling him to get lost all the same.

Update: Explain to me why I'm being down voted for insisting on some form of standard for Ranked?

Kattzy1 votes

Upvote for you. :) I would love if there were some kind of behavior standard for ranked. You should earn the privilege to play on a team with people who will depend on you.

Düff McWhalen2 votes

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Upvote for you. :) I would love if there were some kind of behavior standard for ranked. You should earn the privilege to play on a team with people who will depend on you.

I came back a week later to see it got more upvotes. Makes me hopeful for this community.

Symor114 votes

tbh, adn the worst feelnig is when you have a hyperscaling team that losses early because of not playing safe and then ffing

The thigh guy3 votes

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tbh, adn the worst feelnig is when you have a hyperscaling team that losses early because of not playing safe and then ffing

I mean. Hyperscaling really doesn’t matter anymore unless you are really really far ahead.

Doesn’t matter if you’re playing jinx and get full build, a full build renekton is still going to blow through your ass like Taco Bell.

Ambitious Minnow3 votes

Damage is high, there is a huge disparity in skill levels, at least in the lower ranks. It's frustrating, it's hard to determine which plays your teammates will group on because the skill disparities are so high.

Riot has a lot of 'fixes' built in to this game over the years, and it seems they've never really gone back to smooth anything out and simplify.

Example: having both your rank and separate MMR in ranked is dumb. Why are you fighting against hidden mechanics in a system that is supposedly akin to having a tournament experience? There should be no MMR, and anyone that starts ranked should start from the bottom. 'Placements' is silly. It's a game with 5 players, the potential to be carried through some or all placement games is beyond obvious. Getting out of bronze is a cakewalk because everyone is really bad/new, takes a day or two. Then you get into silver and the disparity between skill levels in insane! You will regularly be matched with/against both smurf accounts and players who barely know how to walk around the map, or my favorite people who have clearly swam in internet guides and videos, think they know everything, but clearly have played less than 50 games even.

There is no way to know beforehand which players you have on your team, and again no way to have a clue which plays you can make, it's frustrating. One game, I came to gank for Jax around level 6 at top lane. He is full life, I catch enemy in middle of lane. I have fear, a grab-dash, an ult, and glacial augment, there is literally zero chance the enemy jg can escape. Jax stood maybe 5 feet away and continued farming as i came in and caught/engaged enemy top at mid of lane. Never once even moved forward. I was shocked. He never even pinged 'danger' or anything. I'm taking time to GIVE HIM his lane, ezpz for free, why would he not move up and swing his staff once or twice?

I dont' begrudge anyone not knowing how to play, it's a complicated game, but it's hard not to be mad at Riot when the disparties are so obvious to everyone that plays.

Kattzy2 votes

This resonates with me so much. I wish I could get more players like you on my team. So sad when the biggest challenge is not the enemies but your own allies. :/ Not that I am so great a player, but at the very least, I try to have a good attitude and to help everyone have fun even if we're behind.

Stars Shaper1 votes

The philosophy of your average team mate is: "LOL who cares? I'm here just to mash things at random and if a team mate gets competitive I'll troll the hell out of him and report his burn out".

This is the nkind of ppl Riot is pandering to.

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