am I weird if I like playing but hate the climb in ranked?

AmetDeCrypt··13 votes·928 views

I mean the last 2 seasons I made the effort and played about a month and pushed myself out of bronze, but it wasn't fun, and I just wanted the silver border, maybe the gold if I pushed myself hard enough. half of it is I just don't have enough time to sit down for more than 1-2 games a day, and I don't intend on spending that in a toxic cesspit of 9 other people all trying to piss on each other and feed the scuttle. honestly I realised this when I made an account to teach my brother without pitting him against vastly more skilled players that it's just more enjoyable in noncompetetive leagues, people are less likely to judge you for messing up and FAR less likely to be shittalking trolls that want nothing more than to tilt someone so they can spam "umad?" and hope to win by attrition. I even got to be a mentor to some new players and guide them through learning about the game. side note wouldn't it be amazing if people who could prove they were honorable mentors be allowed down to lower mmr to teach so the early levels of learning the game wasn't so barren of baked in learning resources? because let's be honest nobody has ever learned anything from thornmail ashe have they?

22 Comments

Colton1473 votes

I am pretty much the same way.

I love Ranked... But I hate climbing.

I am not fond of the homophobic comments in Ranked though - makes a gay man, like myself, quite sad and/or angry. :)

Maximum Morde2 votes

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I am not fond of the homophobic comments

Staple of human behavior for ages, and not going away anytime soon.

Colton1471 votes

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Staple of human behavior for ages, and not going away anytime soon.

True. :)

I've become use to it, but it can make me sad to see that people are not that accepting of those that are LGBT.

People are definitely welcome to believe what they want to believe in, but forcing their view down someone's throat is just quite disrespectful. xD

Maximum Morde1 votes

Way I see it, there are plenty of people out there chill enough that I don't need to worry about the ones who are douchebags.

An Undead brat2 votes

I only play until I reach G5 every season so I'd get that Victorious skin (you never know if you're gonna enjoy a character) and then give it up~

Mig891 votes

same. I play to gold and then play on a different account in ranked and main fill.

An Undead brat1 votes

I play normals lul

Mig891 votes

I would but normals always feels like a cown fiesta lol. I played ranked completely relaxed because I know i have the rewards already. It's entertaining in the same way its entertaining to watch a dumpster fire. Theres no risk, It matters to somebody, and its stress free. Sure, I get flamed for playing jungle like a boosted bonobo, but i couldnt care in the slightest. I always try.

Oelyk2 votes

3 steps forward.

3 steps back.

Mig891 votes

This is the ranked experience in a nutshell, You just hope occasionally its only two steps back.

Karunamon2 votes

Are you me?

I don't play ranked. Not because I'm bad (I am), but because I don't want to get screamed at by others. I played 9 out of 10 placements last season, and never finished the last one because the silver border would just be another reason to get harassed. Those games, even when winning, were the most toxic and horrible games I played since I created an account back in S2/3.

Now, it's only ARAM, bot matches for fun stuff, and premade normals. Not touching ranked ever again unless some drastic changes by the PB team get made.

Hauling Ashe1 votes

Or maybe if people with a history of good behavior got matched a little more often with other people rated similarly.

AmetDeCrypt1 votes

that might just be the best or worst idea in league depending on who you are. send all the little toxic shits to one island where they can duke it oh wait isn't that ranked?

Hauling Ashe1 votes

Kind of, yes. XD

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

Not at all. I like this game a lot but ranked is too stressful for me. Normals and ARAM for me. Along with RGM.

Lyndris1 votes

No, I am like that too, just enjoy the game the way you do.

######don't be a toxic little shit or troll please <3

KoggyStyle1 votes

why play low elo ranked when aram exist?

AmetDeCrypt4 votes

because in low elo, all of aram is bots leveling their accounts.

Maximum Morde1 votes

Lots of people are that way. It's fine. You just have to adjust your frame of mind to consider the "climbing" aspect as an incidental to playing the game. That can be tough to do, but once you no longer care about rank/winning/losing, you'll have much more fun.

WitchQueen Annie1 votes

Normals is more fun sometimes.

Half the time (if you are on your mains) you feel like you are a Special Forces main character going against a bunch of paramilitaries in a movie.

Yara01 votes

I currently mute every one the second i get into a match. I play support if i dislike someone ill neglect to support them to the fullest (cause i love seeing them die) So i just mute so the bias never appears.

Acheron161 votes

I dont find having a pretty border and a skin reward enough for the ammount of pure cancer you get from playing ranked.

Absolutely hate it.

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