Support Yourself (More)
A lot of times people decide to rely on others in order to get where they want to be, and although having the support of your allies can be important, what's more important is making sure that you are helping yourself.
Now, the first thought most people might have upon seeing this post is that I'm going to talk about how ADCs/marksmen in the bot lane need to learn how to make better decisions for themselves and for their team instead of only relying on their slaves supports. That is true, and is one of the points I want to make, but is not the idea that inspired me to make this post.
Whenever I come to the boards, it's to be updated on current events. The top gameplay, player behavior and moderation, and miscellaneous posts always catch my attention because they tend to be grounds for some of the best and worst discussions that take place on the boards. My problem is that I am never a part of these discussions. Beyond simply being late to the party due to only seeing things once they are blazing rather than when the sparks begin flying, I only want to know more.
Wanting to learn is never wrong, don't get me wrong, but being in a discussion and being a spectator to a discussion can be significantly different. When you are a spectator, the only thing you can do is analyze the conversation and decide whether or not you agree, disagree, or qualify with what is being said. If no party presents an idea that you have or a topic you would like to know more about, then you're just out of luck because a spectator can't present ideas, and other people can't give ideas back. By joining the conversation, you allow yourself to receive a reply, another person's thoughts being presented to you directly.
This applies in game as well. If you're in lane against, let's say a Tryndamere top lane and you're not playing teemo, and you have no idea how you should work around how Tryndamere is playing or building, you can always go search up how to play against trynd, or you could ask one of your teammates. If, in both cases you come up with results, the difference is that your teammate can see how tryndamere is playing and inform you of a better way to play based on your champion much more easily than a google search can give you a result that matches your exact, current situation. unless of course you're playing teemo
TLDR: Your own situation can always be different from what you read online, so don't be afraid to ask questions. Following others helps, but you can support yourself more roll credits by engaging yourself more.
Side Note 1: I kinda liked the idea of being a Warden, and then I realized I am three days late to the party and also don't have any boards presence besides lurking while logged off. One post, I think, obviously won't help, but it did inspire me to become more active on the boards and thus make this post.
Side Note 2: One of the reasons I never thought I should post or comment is because being always late or lacking as much knowledge as others, anything I post might be casually ignored. There's no reason to really think that, what bad could come of it right?
Side Note 3: This is completely unrelated. As soon as I clicked to post this, which is just after I wrote the second side note, my internet shut off. No problem, reset and refresh. Reset didn't work. Okay, use mobile hotspot. Phone is dead. Charge phone? Wait eternity for phone to turn on, connect data, refresh page... Entire work lost. Insert welling up tears before pressing the last page button. Post submission loads. Try posting, the game won't let me post. Realize the title vanished due to leaving the page and returning, insert title, post. Bless the internet.
