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Tilt, anger and agitation.

Washed Up Scrub·12/17/2015, 11:47:52 PM·1 votes·660 views

Hi there for those reading this, this is sort of a post for me to vent about my recent endeavors in the game but tips and whatever input you have would be appreciated. So lets begin, I recently got to Diamond 5 about 2 weeks ago and have been fluctuating between Diamond 5 and Diamond 3. However, recently I've been noticing a trend in my games where I'm honestly just getting AWFUL teammates. By awful, I mean seriously just pure awful to the point where I fail to understand how they're in this elo. Regardless of how well I'm playing, the majority of my teams are just seriously bad. Example, I went 5/1 in the midlane as Kassadin about 15 mins into the game. I got a kill in my lane, a kill from roaming top lane and three kills from tp'ing botlane to get a triple on their jungler and botlane. REGARDLESS, the score was like 7-23 in that time or something like that. Every single laner on the enemy team was fed and there was literally nothing I could do. As soon as their team started grouping they would push objectives and there was nothing I could do to stop it with how behind my teammates were despite my attempts to be present ALL ACROSS THE MAP. That was enough to tilt me. Regardless, next game I was Riven into Garen and still managed to get 2 kills top at like 12mins. But of course, the score was like 2-13, where I was the only one with kills. And they just snowballed their lead. At this point I'm just feeling like unless I get teammates that can AT LEAST hold their own in lane and not feed, then I'll have a chance. But that's just a matter of chance, that I get good teammates, which is seemingly become more and more rare. I never believed in an elo hell and will continue to not believe in it, but it really feels that way. And yes, atm I'm D5 because I just lost 6 games in a row where I had seemingly good scores and got demoted from D4. I'm just so fucking frustrated and on the verge of just taking a long break from this fucking game cause I cannot stand these teams I'm getting. It's seriously infuriating especially when not only I'm doing well, but I'm roaming and am present all across the map. Like what the fuck is there left to do? Just hope I get a better team in the future? I don't know. I really don't, I'm just so frustrated and angry with the game I'm not even enjoying it at all.

3 Comments

dunkeroni12/18/2015, 12:11:49 AM2 votes

If you're fluctuating, then that means you're still staying pretty even from a win/loss perspective. It seems your problem might be that you only remember the bad games, and forget the good ones.

My advice: Find a champion that you enjoy playing. Not one that wins, just one that you like, and play that champion in Normals whenever you get frustrated. My preferred choice is Bard. Bard doesn't care about winning games. He only wanders around picking up chimes and leaving health presents. Turn off your tryhard music, and just listen to Bard jingle through the jungle for a half hour. If you're worried about your Normals winrate, then do it on a smurf account.

It sounds like you've been sucked into the black hole of Ranked Soloqueue, which isn't bad but can sometimes show you the worst attitudes that the internet has to offer. Until next season, just step back from Ranked and only do it on special occasions. Learn to enjoy the game again before continuing on in competitive play. I know a lot of people think that Ranked is the only worthwhile way to play, and I used to follow this notion, but every once in a while it's also fun just to spam Veigar in normal queues without fear of bans or counterpicks.

Fun and Silly things to do on your Vacation in Normal Queue:

  1. Get a friend and play full AP Soraka+Sona Bot Lane (I have not lost this yet, it is hilarious)
  2. Full AD Leona with a Miss Fortune ADC (Picked this one up after losing horrendously to it in ranked)
  3. Buy a pink ward and set it in plain view of the enemy team, then sit in a bush next to it with an AP CC mid laner (works well with Veigar/Annie. We call this the Cookie Bait. You can also use Blue Wards late game.)
  4. Say nothing in chat except for quotes from your champion in All-Chat every time you get a kill or assist ("Have you seen my bear Tibbers?")
  5. Play: The Hungry Ashe Games (As seen in Siv HD's video)
  6. Play Teemo