PSA: Go play Rank Teams.

Archenz··12 votes·1,002 views

So, I played Ranked Teams for the first time in a long while in a Skype call.

My god, I haven't had so much fun in League in, we'll ever.

Ranked Teams has the competitive feeling and the pressure from Solo q, without all the frustration of a afk, troll or feeder.

And even if your teammate is doing bad one game, your not gonna flame him because your on the same team, and since he's probably your friend, you would be a dick to flame.

It was magical, we won a game and the entire enemy team stayed in the end screen and asked us about our strategy, our build and thanked us for the great game.

It was amazing, no shit talk, no rage, no teammates wishing you hell

When we lose we accept it, find out what we can get better at, and move on.

Ranked Teams is what happense when you have teammates you can trust, play with, laugh with and have fun.

If you haven't tried it out, I highly recommend you do.

21 Comments

Archenz3 votes

Alternative Title: Why Ranked Teams is better than Solo Q in every imaginable way.

A reason I believe Ranked Teams is less toxic is because of the fact that you know who your teammates are, there play styles, their skill level. And if you lose, it's because the enemy was better. Not because "Bad teammates" "afk" "trolls" "feeders"

DorkunedAuras3 votes

though if you're truly friends, then whenever someone dies, you say "reported feeder" in skype. then everyone else laughs.

Archenz3 votes

Here is how it works

Strangers- Treat politely New Friends- Treat kindly Old Friends- Shit talk

DorkunedAuras1 votes

Yep!

NapaIm2 votes

For me, I love ranked teams. Absolute joy to play them. However, I have a hard time getting 5 on at once. Sounds odd, right? But I only liked ranked 5s with my irl friends, and it is a struggle to get them all on at once.

lol I died again1 votes

{quoted} And even if your teammate is doing bad one game, your not gonna flame him because your on the same team

It was amazing, no shit talk, no rage, no teammates wishing you hell

Ranked Teams is what happense when you have teammates you can trust, play with, laugh with and have fun.

You have had an experience millions of league players only dream of.

Archenz1 votes

I realize after playing that game, how extremely irritating and flat out unfun solo q is.

When playing Solo Q. My mindset is winning at all cost and winning = fun.

In Rank 5s for whatever reason it's not like that, you have fun lose or win, although we all like to win. And we can laugh at giving first blood, getting greedy and flashing under tower, etc.

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

I just need more friends...

Archenz1 votes

Go to the boards section of team recruiting or add people you like after games.

Fudoka1 votes

My friends and I loved to play ranked teams until we constantly got matched against plats/diamonds in their promos (we are all ranked gold or below in soloq).

So we would just make a new team. Same thing happens. Most recent is being in our first promo, against a 3-0 almost all diamond team in their promo's. Where's the logic in that?

What you're saying is probably usually true. We don't get mad at each other (just sad sometimes), but mad at the system. We know we're not bronze I/Silver V as a team, but we know we're probably not Plat either. Yet, we get placed into Silver V after playing against Gold I and up teams.

Other than that, its actually quite fun to play with only friends. No random trolls/ragers on your team is pretty nice and makes the game more enjoyable.

Neotrixed1 votes

Sign me up!

Daedalus8711 votes

I ain't got nobody to play with.

DorkunedAuras1 votes

I just played a normal with a pair of friends, and things started out poorly. Their riven-blitz bot DESTROYED one of my friends, graves, and his janna was failing at being peelbot 9000. I was holding my own top as rek'sai vs renekton (somehow), and I was applying enough pressure that elise was camping me. My other friend, skarner jg, was doing everything he could. Through the power of skype coordination, we managed to make up a 6k gold deficit, partially through a blind graves baron steal, and with our superior objective control, leading to a 5 dragons push to win. That was so much more fun that solo queue. I don't think I can ever go back to playing solo. Playing with friends is why this game is amazing.

Inphernal1 votes

Too bad you can only play ranked team with friends if you have friends.

PiVoRx1 votes

Tried with bronze-silver friends (im diamond), lost 4 friends that day, well.. who cares.

Uiraya1 votes

Everybody knows this.

Finding people who are commonly available when you are is the problem. :(

Bijorn1 votes

I would love to have this type of experience but I have maybe 1-2 friends that play league and the don't want to do ranked to begin with. Congrats on having this experience OP. Happy for you :)

stabby himiko1 votes

Then i'm just in a ranked team,called 'Place Us in Bronze'

Kitten of Evil1 votes

I guess you guys like to P.U.B.stomp?

stabby himiko1 votes

I AM in bronze. ;_;

Kitten of Evil1 votes

Amumu Let's find some friends!

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