So I recently made a smurf and I noticed something really interesting.

Aboylova92··8 votes·1,569 views

I'm by no means a high elo player, but with friends that are either new to the game, or low bronze, it's not really fun for them to have people my level, low gold, face them. And the biggest things I've noticed is just how nice everyone is. I mean, I've never seen players give friends of mine the help that these low leveled players have given them. Instead they're usually attacked for not being good enough, even when they explain they're new to the game.

When did all of these players forget where they once were? I remember not 2 years ago popping ultimates to clear a wave of minions, thinking I could take smite and use it on players, ect. And I also remember getting the same help when I would say in the beginning of games, "sorry guys I'm new to the game." I'd get people helping me out extra in lane, letting me know certain things about the champion's kit, and more than that, understanding when I wasn't the best.

For some reason, the community has seemed to get worse and worse by the year. People attacking new players, and just being mean to them at times. Honestly if I came into the game in it's current state at average to above average ELO, I don't know if I would have stuck with it. Thought I'd through this out there and see if anyone else had the same feelings. This is a great game, but the community could use some work.

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LegitBacon668 votes

Welcome to league of legends where 12 year olds have underdeveloped brains and think they are funny.

CrankyChipmonk3 votes

^part of the problem

Rabid Husky3 votes

the feels man i never forget how bad i was but while yes they were nicer as opposed to now i would get shit on in bots of all places cuz i was new and worse than i am now

Togekiss242 votes

They become uber nerds in regards to knowledge of the game's mechanics, so when they see someone fucking up badly they chastise them for it.

Solidair32 votes

It's interesting that you say that. I remember, I guess three years ago now? (shortly before Syndra came out is when I started to play, just after Diana??), I remember that the player base at my level was really bad mannered. People complained about ksing, everyone was rude when you made a mistake, there was even more "mid or feed" than I deal with nowadays.

I guess we all have a different experience, but to be honest with you, I can't remember a time when it was all positive and no one was rude. My experience NOW three years later is actually probably better than it was even back then.

I dunno.

imreallyhungry1 votes

sometimes I play on my smurf just to help people out and try to cancel out the negativity because many people helped me out when I first started

Aboylova922 votes

Exactly and that's sort of what I've been doing. Even little things like when I see someone tp to a minion not 10 feet from their tower, or itemizing/building appropriately. Sometimes it's a bit more difficult, like how/when to use abilities to farm, or when they should be roaming bot/top.

I remember how bad I was when I first started playing. I mean when I got a kill, it was generally more by accident than anything lol. But there were a lot of people helping me out. There were also the "smurfs" that just liked to come in and dumpster on us, and then were sure to let us know how bad we were. That doesn't help whatsoever, and really has started to mess the community up.

imreallyhungry1 votes

ok to be honest I was probably worse than most people when i first started (dinosaur computer+no experience with pc gaming), and even people who didn't know much more than I did would try their best to help me, no matter how little they know more than me. It makes it seem really ridiculous now seeing a bunch of level 30s who will flame and troll and flame some more simply because "ur bad". man. so many people forget where they came from.

3TWarrior1 votes

I think the community used to be a lot less toxic than they are now

some people forget that working together is how you win this game while others get lucky enough to be handed victories with their champ or are good enough that lower elo literally can't do anything about them

I recently played games where there were 2-3 carries bottom and not only did we win some of them from sheer snowballing power, they were very fun because the opponents didn't know how to counter broken meta

then there are the players "u stole my lane!" lol, when we're 4/1 at 5 minutes in and 6/2 by level 6 or around that area of kill/death and i'm using face of the mountain parts to help feed my fellow carries

Dedrius1 votes

I pop ults to kill minions...

ChaosThief1 votes

Toxicity is not fun for any person. I try to be positive, but god are some people stubborn.

And rude. And negative. I think I should make a list...

But seriously, look for some people you know are going to be respectful or kind and it will go a long way.

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