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Sometimes, Y'all Just Need To Surrender.

Prince Purge·10/24/2019, 7:58:32 AM·2 votes·1,830 views

Okay, I get it. Comebacks feel AMAZING. After getting stomped for 35 minutes of the game, they position horribly and a miracle teamfight happens. You come back and you finally win. I understand that sentiment... IN RANKED.

I don't know if it's just me or what, but not every game has to be a come back. Sometimes I'd rather not waste my time. Even if we were to come back, here's the scenario: Winning at the end for 4 minutes, after losing and having a tilting horrible experience for 35. If it's ranked and it's for LP, I understand. But in normal draft? Don't take me hostage. Just let me play the next game. Comebacks aren't always worth it if it feels like crap to be playing for 90% of it. Maybe you don't feel the same way, but norms are a different environment than ranked are and people need to acknowledge that. I'm just trying to practice a champion, and me losing for an extra 20 minutes, even if we end up coming back, wouldn't teach me near as much as just letting me go to the next game. It's super frustrating.

If it's ranked, unless it's a horrible 3/25 scoreline or something crazy like that, I'm not going to surrender until it's over. Because I want the LP. But in normal draft where I just wanna practice different builds for Jax jungle? Don't keep me in the game like that.

The worst part is, part of ranked and even playing norms if you're practicing is learning from your mistakes. And players that end up coming back from huge deficits usually don't look at those games as games they need to reflect and figure out how to play better next time on since they won in the end. If that makes any sense.

9 Comments

Tr4shB4NSYST3M10/26/2019, 2:38:22 AM2 votes

I probably should've surrendered my 2nd to last game. 38 min kayn game, mid and botlane were sharing a brain between the 3 of em, but man I really thought I could help our garen carry, but it wasn't possible they had fed the whole enemy team way too much :(.

Stop Get Help10/24/2019, 9:22:46 AM1 votes

imo, 35 mins normal's or ranked is a lot of time invested into a game, a lot of people just want wins and all they do is play normal's competitive nature from most, specially if lets say your doing really well, as someone that kinda holds people hostage for game i just want to play and have fun, i don't find it fun surrendering at 35 mins when your doing really well in a game, or even you start getting the ball rolling and someone just decides they don't want to play anymore? people sit down all the time and play a game to learn a new champ or to get a win or try to get an S or w.e the case maybe. Investing your time into a game that sometimes may lead to anywhere between 25 min - 1 hr or longer. Another thing, when people FF and 2 people say no, what happens? the 3 people that voted yes will still play, like they have a choice to play, im not trying to make this seem like a bad idea but sit in a side lane if you refuse to want to play anymore, honestly if you feel like this game is over and don't see a comeback happening what more are you willing to do just to play another game, you don't think your learning anything from this, besides your items, how to play late game, how to play from behind if your losing, how to play using your noggin, or stalling, the choices that win you games. all the choices you choose in the game, when mid ish to late game mater(specially late). Lastly, its up to whoever to really look at the games as a whole and decide what they want to do with it, meaning if a game closes out and a W or a L comes from it, its up to whoever played it if they want to learn something from it by watching the replays, or calling out what they did wrong after game or noticing mistakes you made in game, and pretty much adapting to what you need to do in game.

Posui Gart10/24/2019, 9:39:17 AM1 votes

Sometimes I'd rather not waste my time.

Playing league is a waste of time anyway, the only point is to have fun. If you can only have fun in stomps, coop vs bots is a better choice for you.

I'm just trying to practice a champion, and me losing for an extra 20 minutes, even if we end up coming back, wouldn't teach me near as much as just letting me go to the next game

You can only improve in hard games

But in normal draft where I just wanna practice different builds for Jax jungle? Don't keep me in the game like that.

Again, you should probably try coop vs bots for that

Prince Purge10/26/2019, 2:05:30 AM1 votes

Both of you misunderstand.

I'm fine with losing. I'm fine with having an even game and eventually winning or even eventually losing. I just hate when it's an obvious loss, and people hold me hostage by not surrendering. Like cool yes comebacks are possible but after 45 minutes of losing I really don't care about this match.

Pika Fox10/26/2019, 2:06:31 AM1 votes

You cant be a hostage in a game you agreed to play. People need to stop using that term if they want to not be laughed out of the conversation.

Inkling Commando10/26/2019, 3:20:07 AM1 votes

by sometimes you mean never right? surrendering is outright disrespectful to not only your team but the enemy team as well. they want to earn their victory and if you surrender you screw them out of it. you wanted to play the game so play it. you can't go "wait. i change my mind. i don't wanna play" it don't work like that. you commit to the game. if you truly want to leave a horrendous game you can use the button next to surrender called Exit. you leave the game and you ain't forcing 9 others to stop playing because you want to stop. sure you'll be hit with a leaverbuster but that's better than getting reported for toxicity cause you're flaming your team about not surrendering. and with how the report system is you're more likely to be punished for flaming than you are for leaving a game. (go ahead. someone prove me wrong. i know you can't) so next time you're in a losing game try thinking about others and not just yourself.