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danmarge·1/7/2015, 9:14:09 PM·3 votes·634 views

I've been playing league of legends for about 3 weeks at this point, and I enjoy the game. With that being said I don't know if I'll be playing for much longer. The community in this game is dreadful. Players enjoy verbally abusing unskilled players instead of trying to help. Is it really my fault that i died 6 times in the first 3 minutes of a game if the player I'm laning against has been playing for 1 year (or more)? High experienced players create "smurf" accounts to just beat the living piss out of new players and find it fun. Congrats you officially got 30 kills in one game before my team could surrender at 20 minutes, but in doing so you made me log off and seriously contemplate playing this game again. I knew there was a steep learning curve from the beginning but how am i going to get better when I keep getting smashed by kids having fun throwing how new I am in my face. Any advice on avoiding smurfs or improving would be appreciated. I'm getting sick of playing with bots and feel that to improve I need to continue to dabble in PVP.

16 Comments

Drunk Rummate1/7/2015, 9:33:10 PM2 votes

sorry to hear you've had a bad experience danmarge. early on i can imagine why it would be rough. there are probably a fair amount of smurf accounts from players who have been banned or restricted climbing back to level 30 with you. i'd recommend finding a small group of people whom you get along with early on (just invite people from previous games that you like and queue up with them when possible). it can really lessen the fatigue and stress from toxic players. once you get out of being below level 30 it gets a little better from my experience.

as you climb i also recommend trying out all the gametypes (ARAM, Twisted Treeline, Dominion, and Summoners Rift). You may find that some communities are nicer than others and you may find you just like certain gametypes more than others.

the longer you play this game the better the system gets for matching your MMR to other players. you'll be more likely to get equal matchups which is more fun (in my opinion) and hopefully it will help you find like-minded players as well. there are a lot of immature people who play this game, but the same is true of every community I've found. Granted, I'm only 24 so probably not fit to give life advice, but from my experience every gaming community has a lot of toxic and mean players, and League isn't really any worse than them. The first process of levelling up can be tough though. I do remember my experience being fairly rough as well.

Decrit1/7/2015, 9:35:25 PM2 votes

Hello! While i understand what are you going throught, i want to say that is not a problem only of LoL: almost every other multiplayer (moba, MMo, and such ) has this problem too and there is really just not very much to do :\

If things get worse try to contact other people to play with, in the chats ( i don' t know how much they are messed up) or by forum. probably that won' t save you from smurfs but at least you can try to resolve some "harrassment and "toxicity", as it is called. Once you get 30 and you get to know a bit more the game this passes; you will still encounter harrassers and better people but at least the gab is shorter. In the meantime enjoy the game as you can: do your best, have fun and remember that the silence button is your friend u.u

Aurelius Maximus1/7/2015, 9:43:40 PM2 votes

play with friends.

Ignore anyone who talks shit. Press tab and the ignore buttons are there.

Every time you get your ass kicked, pay attention and you will be a better player for it. You can also add me in game and be like "yo i lost to rengar as ashe what do i do?" and I'll just tell you

There is a reason this is the most popular game on the planet, its fun and well made. Don't let people take that from you.

FarRockBF1/8/2015, 4:35:08 PM2 votes

I'm GOLD MMR but never played ranked cause quite frankly, I don't want to deal with it.

Please feel free to add me and I'll help you get better and show you how to deal with more skilled players.

This goes for anyone. I love helping out folks.

hh the thinker1/7/2015, 11:31:29 PM1 votes

one thing that helps is losing games believe it or not. your normal mmr goes down and you will fight less and less smurfs until you don't fight any or you fight ones you can match vs.

WooBeeWoo1/7/2015, 11:52:33 PM1 votes

I reccomend just quitting.... seriously its not worth it.

Apex Citavista1/8/2015, 9:15:40 AM1 votes

That's why i think that you should be able to list your account as a smurf or not. So you're more likely to play against other smurfs. I'm currently leveling up a smurf actually, and it's also frustrating for me, because some new guy will unknowingly completely fuck me over, and then it irritates me, because to me it's the basics of any game, not just this one. (like when a lvl1 jungler is killing his first camp, you should know to NOT KILL STEAL THE CAMP FROM HIM). But also if i'm laning and it's a new guy, I try to take it easy on him, i really do, but I still usually end up dominating him, and I know it's not fun. I honestly think if accounts could be listed as smurfs, and be put in a separate match making from true newbies, it would solve soooo many problems.

Angry Monster1/8/2015, 9:17:43 AM1 votes

if you are aware of smurfs why are you playing verus? YOu should of been co op til level 15

A Corny Name1/7/2015, 10:10:22 PM1 votes

Yeah, the community might is all just pompous reddit know it alls. Just remember that when you're playing, don't ever listen to people who flame you because if they're stupid enough to do that they likely have no clue what they're talking about. Just mute them (reporting is just useless it's just there for satisfaction) and try to learn from your own mistakes. You'll run into a lot of smurfs at first but eventually matchmaking will start to match you people more your skill lvl. One more thing about people insulting you, I've seen people who are bronze 5 try to call diamond smurfs bad, just ignore them