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Junglers Should Disconnect

Ðestrø·5/8/2018, 6:38:38 AM·4 votes·1,843 views

Two games ago, my marksman went 0/4 in lane by 8 minutes, rage-quit for 4 minutes, came back and followed me in my jungle attempting to steal all of my camps. I am quite used to laners following me through my entire jungle in an attempt to steal all of my camps as some punishment for their failure in lane. I pinged the marksman after 8 minutes straight of this and said "I will dc. Try me." and he started a full clear of my jungle, so I disconnected.

One game ago, I got us a lead despite all of our lanes being losing lanes. Counter-ganked well enough and put a push for turrets. Stayed in it, about to hit my power spike.

Camps being stolen from me, said "Steal another thing and I will dc. I don't understand why I have to say this every game." Blitzcrank paths like he is running past me, E's my large golem to steal it, throws out a "Thumbs Up" emote.

I disconnect again.

This is a problem that only junglers face, and it happens every single game. My duo friend is a Plat III top laner, and when we got to playing and he started watching me jungle a bit to learn my pathing and see how I made decisions, he commented that "actually watching that shit [the marksman following me to every camp] is stupid."

As my own comment, I hate having to always have smite available to contest my own team counter jungling me. I don't want to use smite for the sole purpose of securing MY OWN FARM when I could instead have it ready for a skirmish/teamfight that I was probably positioning for in the first place with my pathing.

Jungle already takes all of the blame for the entirety of the game and teammates' skill levels, decisions, and mistakes. Yet, on top of all of the verbal abuse (I /mute all every game and mute pings; side note, there needs to be a "/mute all pings" command) junglers also have to deal with in-game sabotage. It is an all around unhealthy and abused role. No one has trouble deflecting blame on to you, no one has trouble cussing you out for their inabilities, and no one has trouble sabotaging your personal game because of their inadequacy. That is an abusive relationship.

I don't have the answers to fix this. Until then, junglers should disconnect.

2 Comments

Metal Janna5/8/2018, 3:18:49 PM2 votes

Laughs in support main.

No but seriously though. That's some bullshit. Junglers win games. You're supposed to support yours so you can win. Report away bro.

Sir Pouncealot5/8/2018, 6:13:13 PM2 votes

I've mained jungle for a while now, and you're absolutely right in it being an abusive relationship. It is so easy to blame a jungler for anything.

Got ganked? Jungler wasn't here. Lost a duel in lane? Jungle wasn't here. Lost lane in general? Jungle only ganked me twice instead of twenty times.

Just 2 games ago I went 13/2 with Vi and I still managed to get a torrent of abuse from a 1/8 singed who promptly decided it was my fault he's losing to a Jayce 3 levels above him that he's trying to solo engage on.

I can't bring myself to d/c personally but often times there's so little else a jungle can do to not feel like shit eating cc bot serving horrendous halfwits after a game.

I empathize.