I feel like im the only one that compliments my support

Mody bird·Feb 22, 2016·29 votes·2,079 views

Every time I play an ADC such as draven and me and my support make a crazy play, my team just always compliments me and never my poor little support :( I always try to make them feel good by saying things like "nice stun" "nice save" etc etc. For example today me and my morg support 2v5ed Barron and I got a quad. All people said is "omg this draven" "draven carry" "wanna trade ADCs?" Even tho morg timed a Lee kick into the team, snared talon as he was invisible and got a three man ult. I feel ya supports :(

32 Comments

Only Play DariusFeb 22, 20162 votes

I'm a shit ADC so if ever we make a good play botlane its probably because of my support, so I always compliment.

Also I hate when they apologize for taking kills, I would rather the enemy ADC dead and missing CS/EXP rather than my support waiting for me to last hit and giving them the opportunity to flash away or heal. As long as they gave me an assist I'm fine

Support carries ADC early -> ADC carries support late

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20166 votes

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Also I hate when they apologize for taking kills, I would rather the enemy ADC dead and missing CS/EXP rather than my support waiting for me to last hit and giving them the opportunity to flash away or heal. As long as they gave me an assist I'm fine

I reflex-apologize to prevent tilts. So, I saw I'm sorry to shut down the whiner (I'm not actually sorry). Also, Canadian.

http://thefw.com/files/2013/07/3oqinm.jpg

AnidanFeb 22, 20162 votes

So... how many more threads are we gonna get that lick the support's boots?

Not that supports shouldn't be recognized, but the sheer volume of threads that come up in the tone of apologists for anyone not treating the support as part of the team is pretty intense. Threads like the support showing how belittled they are, or the ADC showing how much of a snowflake they are for treating the support like an actual person show up so often it's actually starting look really creepy, as if we're starting some form of Civil Rights movement for them. "Supports are people, too!"

The fact of the matter is that any supportive role is likely to take less notice than the people on the forefront of the action providing the heavy firepower. You don't go into this role expecting much notice. How many soldiers' names are remembered throughout history? Generals, new recruits who performed amazing deeds of heroism, soldiers that may have to repeatedly climb the ranks and still accomplish great things, men who held down a single position against a veritable onslaught of enemies, or assaulted a place by themselves. Now compare that to the amount of nurses and medical specialists throughout history whose names have been remembered. The field medics who risked life and limb making sure that the people on the assault or defensive lived through their terrifying ordeal, crossing into the battlefield, possibly unarmed, to treat people who have nearly been taken from this world with weapons costing uncountable lives.

The number of people in supportive roles that we remember throughout history is dwarfed by the people who see the action and bloodshed first-hand. This treatment is, unfortunately, not new, and it's very likely that it's not going anywhere. Can we calm down the support threads a bit? It happens. All the time. It happens to the junglers, all the time. It happens to every role that their input is accidentally belittled or overlooked, all the time. I love my supports as much as anyone, but this is feeling like a hidden cult part of the League community.

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20163 votes

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men who held down a single position against a veritable onslaught of enemies,

Alistar Braum Janna Morgana Nami Sona TahmKench Thresh

rdy for dem onslaughts

AnidanFeb 23, 20161 votes

Hell yeah! You show those people what the meaning of defense is!

Sorry, the amount of these threads is just starting to get to me. I love supports and their contribution, and the ADC couldn't do near as much in the bottom lane without them, but these threads are just... They look like kissing ass on a whole new level, y'know? Other games may kiss up to the healer, but nothing to this degree.

HentRexFeb 23, 20161 votes

You don't go into this role expecting much notice

"There is no limit to what a man can accomplish, so long as he doesn't mind who gets the credit."- Ronald Reagan.

SoMNiaFeb 23, 20161 votes

{quoted} This treatment is, unfortunately, not new, and it's very likely that it's not going anywhere. Can we calm down the support threads a bit?

Well, it's not going anywhere if we try to shut people up when they talk about it, so how about we don't do that?

AnidanFeb 23, 20161 votes

Even when it's not warranted? Most of these threads reek of "I'm a special snowflake! Upvote me!" Credit where credit is due, not blowing them up to magnanimous proportions because you think some of them aren't getting enough notice.

SoMNiaFeb 23, 20161 votes

Um...begging your pardon, whatever you think "magnanimous" means, I'm sure you're mistaken. It doesn't fit in that sentence at all. I also don't find it reasonable to assume that everyone calling attention to this issue is doing it to stroke their own ego, rather than highlighting it in hopes of pushing for change in the community.

NepolianFeb 22, 20161 votes

I do it too when I play adc. If my support lands a few skill shots in a row I'll just say something like "good aim" or whatever to just pat them on the back a little. Even if they aren't doing anything extraordinary, as long as they aren't playing bad I like to basically tell them "good work/wards/zone/bla". Supports do a ton of work for their adc (unless they're just playing bad) and don't normally get any recognition. I'll do the same with my jungler whenever they gank my lane, even if the gank fails and we don't even get any summoners, as long as neither of us died I'll say at least "ty". I've found that little stuff like that helps reduce the amount of toxic/rage. It's essentially Sky's DST theory in action. If you compliment their playing then they'll want to keep playing well and play even better, and it's harder to be toxic and rage when people are being nice. It sounds silly but it works soooooo well.

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20161 votes

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I've found that little stuff like that helps reduce the amount of toxic/rage. It's essentially Sky's DST theory in action. If you compliment their playing then they'll want to keep playing well and play even better, and it's harder to be toxic and rage when people are being nice. It sounds silly but it works soooooo well.

As a support main I do this to my ADC all the time.

Got a kill? Praise. Nearly died but lived? Praise. Couldn't kill them but dominating in farm? Praise. Struggling but keeping up in farm? Praise. It makes them more likely to keep doing good, and if they were going to tilt, they're far less likely to do it. Hell, they don't even whine if I snag a kill or a creep accidentally when I'm being nice to them.

NOW WHO'S A GOOD BOY!

CanidaeFeb 22, 20161 votes

Best way to compliment a support player as an adc: carry.

Couldn't care less if ya get all of the credit for it. I just want dat dank LP.

Kal Vas FlamFeb 22, 20161 votes

So sad us support need constant encouragement to keep logging on everyday, but don't stop, we DO need it. Feeling abandoned by Riot is less depressing when at least your teammates share some love.

ArkatraFeb 22, 20161 votes

Well, i have a friend who is Master adc, and now he is just playing with me as a support, explaining stuffs. I'm always saying thanks to him everytime or "you carried me to be able to carry". I'm just so touched when for example: i'm playing kalsita, ult him out, and he goes back just to save me. Waaah. I'm playing with him 95% of the time, but once i queued up for Ranked (i thoguht it's normal), picked an adc (jinx), and just played. Morgana setted up for me a sweet doublekill. I just commented "Im here to ks you only", he responded "Don't worry, you're the one who will carry me, i'm just helping to reach it", this one was really sweet. I'm never raging, max on TS to my friend "i jumped to the wrong direction, faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak" (kalista) or "I failed that stun, im out" (vayne), but ingame, i'm the one who is rather muting the flamer than type in the chat. I'm not always getting the ADC role, and sicne my friend on that acc is usually between plat/dia, we're getting plat/dia mates/enemies, and they're sometimes incredibly salty. My friend even commented "Most of the adc is salty in Platinum and low dia".

(EUW)

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20163 votes

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Well, i have a friend who is Master adc, and now he is just playing with me as a support, explaining stuffs. I'm always saying thanks to him everytime or "you carried me to be able to carry". I'm just so touched when for example: i'm playing kalsita, ult him out, and he goes back just to save me. Waaah.

I will never forget playing Soraka, killing a ward near our red buff (purple side), just minding my own business doing support stuff, then all of a sudden 5 people come rushing from the FoW and start ganking up on my like I'm some 25-o super fed carry. So I was like, EEEEKKKK!!!! And start running away like the awesome unicorn I am, towards my teammates (duh), then...

TahmKench Flash + Devour

And at the very same time, as I'm being swallowed by Tahm (... that sounded better in my head):

Kalista : They shall not have you!

So my unicorn goes from Tahm to Kalista's side. Enemy team got collapsed on, and we pushed to win, but I HAVE NEVER. And I mean NEVER. Felt so love in this game before XD

BirefringenceFeb 22, 20161 votes

I can agree with this 100%. Soraka is the only support where I got to enjoy having my team go ham to save me...it's just so sweet and then I heal them all for their bravery turning the fight around. It's a lovely experience no other support can bring. All of a sudden I felt like I was a high priority target that was worth a lot to the team and everyone else knew it. Too bad it was deemed unhealthy and is now bound to change substantially.

KrigjerFeb 22, 20161 votes

Whenever the team compliments my adc, I just take it as a compliment to me because I'm the one that got them that fed in the first place.

BUT thank you for showing appreciation! It's always the adcs that get the credit from the team.

Athenes LuluFeb 22, 20161 votes

Maybe it's because a lot of ADCs I come across are too used to botlane and winning there, so there's no need to thank each other even though both parties cooperated and actually worked to win.

The more they play, their standards of expectations rise. So, instead of thanking everyone each time, they only thank the actually exceptional ones. And of course, sometimes people are just too lazy/busy to even type!

Just trying to explain why some people remained quiet all along even when doing well. It's not because they are unappreciative, but because they are too used to working with good supports. Same goes for supports, too, even I just kinda stopped thanking ADCs unless he actually knows how to effectively work with Lulu sipports.

That doesn't mean your efforts are wasted; showing some "verbal" respect is always nice :)

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20161 votes

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Maybe it's because a lot of ADCs I come across are too used to botlane and winning there, so there's no need to thank each other even though both parties cooperated and actually worked to win.

The more they play, their standards of expectations rise. So, instead of thanking everyone each time, they only thank the actually exceptional ones. And of course, sometimes people are just too lazy/busy to even type!

Just trying to explain why some people remained quiet all along even when doing well. It's not because they are unappreciative, but because they are too used to working with good supports. Same goes for supports, too, even I just kinda stopped thanking ADCs unless he actually knows how to effectively work with Lulu sipports.

That doesn't mean your efforts are wasted; showing some "verbal" respect is always nice :)

tbh I feel this is the other way around, what I do gets noticed more by better players or people who actually main adc

Solidair3Feb 22, 20161 votes

I always throw my support a gj when they get us a kill, and if they were great all around I always honor them after the game.

Support is one of my most played roles and I know the work that goes into it, so I try to show gratitude and support when they fail. I had a support use their ult instead of their trinket earlier, and through the power of being a decent human being I just said "it's okay" instead of freaking out on them because we are all humans who make mistakes and also this is a video game.

It's not hard to be friendly!

Aeolian MelodiesFeb 22, 20161 votes

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I always throw my support a gj when they get us a kill, and if they were great all around I always honor them after the game.

Support is one of my most played roles and I know the work that goes into it, so I try to show gratitude and support when they fail. I had a support use their ult instead of their trinket earlier, and through the power of being a decent human being I just said "it's okay" instead of freaking out on them because we are all humans who make mistakes and also this is a video game.

It's not hard to be friendly!

pfff how does this happen, I mean I totally never used Janna's ult by accident while typing but enter didn't work and my sentence happened to start with R... [slayer-jinx-catface]

QuortFeb 23, 20161 votes

Once I was playing Bard and the enemy team was doing Baron. They dropped a ward over the wall of the pit to guard against my team's approach. Graves and I arrived on the scene first. I tried to use my red trinket to clear their wards and deny vision. Accidentally press R instead of T (where I set my trinket). MFW I put myself and my ADC in stasis right next to the enemy team.

They managed to get on us by the time the stasis ended but I opened a portal through a wall and Graves managed to escape (I got destroyed). That was one of my most painful Bard moments. xD

BirefringenceFeb 22, 20161 votes

We thank you kind ADC. C:

Mysticman89Feb 22, 20161 votes

I get all the glory I need as a support from my fully stacked mejais solely from assists. Janna

ZelnorackFeb 22, 20161 votes

Games like this one I had a while back: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2083165306/43498469?tab=overview

Thresh at the end was trying to be "You did it."

Thresh. I did fuck all other than right click. You got the picks, you got the catches, You had the lanterns that carried me to safety.

HyperSMBFeb 23, 20161 votes

I get them every now and again. Truth be told I thank my ADC more for not being garbage than I get complimented for being decent at my role.

Divine HymnFeb 23, 20161 votes

I love when ADCs are aware of the contributions of their supports.

Today I was playing with a Vayne as Nami. She face checked a bush, got ulted by Sejuani, and jumped by the enemy ADC. I frantically healed her, ulted them away from her as they dove, exhausted the ADC, gave her my E, and landed a Q on the sejuani right as she was was preparing to charge in. My Q happened to last hit the sejuani. My Vayne's response: "WTF Nami, I needed that kill."

/facedesk

LuggFeb 23, 20161 votes

No one compliments supports because everyone knows they are supposed to be the Gods of the Rift.-Support main

[slayer-jinx-wink]

BlitzedlegendFeb 23, 20161 votes

If I'm the ADC I always thank the support or congratulate the support but if I'm playing other roles, I often dont see the play, or I just say "gj" to everyone involved

BemaponFeb 23, 20161 votes

Not an ADC main, but the last time I played ADC i caught myself complimenting my support after I just 1v1d their ADC. Support didnt help at all, but hey, now they were hopefully feeling good about themselves.