how to stay calm while playing league of legends

Inkling Commando·Jan 16, 2019·4 votes·4,660 views

it doesn't take a brain to see how tilted and angry players are and therefore how toxic they become. so i thought of a way to stay calm. turn all sound off (ALL of it. music, dialog, pings, ambiance, everything) and if need to mute chat but dont do it off the get go. before starting a game look for relaxing sounds on youtube. a couple of examples are linked below. by having absolutely nothing distract and potentially tilt you you can stay calm. and by having the calming sounds in the background you are able to stay calm in a flaming toxic cesspool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGUunu7pVI&list=PLRA_gFJT9q6xM-zpaJ9-L0MDFjCW1zwZS&index=13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3J3Y_OU0w&list=PLRA_gFJT9q6xM-zpaJ9-L0MDFjCW1zwZS&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BrIJrjxVxA&list=PLRA_gFJT9q6xM-zpaJ9-L0MDFjCW1zwZS&index=14

23 Comments

deadlychuckJan 16, 20196 votes

Better solution, don't play league of legends.

I've seen plenty of people get upset because they're losing, which is one thing, but it's a completely different thing when the game itself is so fucked by riot's constant changes and replacing of content that you get angry at the mere existence, or now absence, of different aspects of the game. Which is something that I also see a lot of, but I'll admit is also the only reason that I get angry with the game anymore. I don't care if the enemy team is down 20 kills, I still will be upset over the fact they have a reworked aatrox on the enemy team and I can't play aatrox anymore because riot removed the champion.

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20192 votes

this isn't about winning, losing, having fun, none of that. all i said is people can be very tilted and toxic so i posted ways of staying calm.

deadlychuckJan 16, 20191 votes

I understand, but I'm just making it clear that while these techniques work for small scope raging. It doesn't keep you calm when your irritation stems from large scale systematic dissatisfaction with the game's development.

These tactics might keep people from becoming tilted, by changing the depth of thought. While this helps for people who are emotionally outraged, as is the case with someone who's tilted, it can often exaggerate the problems that many players have with the whole of the game, not just their most recent set of matches (which is what tilting is).

If you have serious rational gripes about the game, then these are the wrong tactics for reducing the anger that spawns from that. The only way to really calm people down who are angry at the system, and not the handle their dealt in the system, is to remove yourself from it. And this is something that has to be done by the person themselves, as authoritatively removing cynical actors creates people who seek revenge.

LovelleJan 16, 20192 votes

Or just play a different video game?

Unless you're making money from playing this game, I struggle to understand why you'd stick around if you're no longer having fun.

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20192 votes

i didn't saying if i was having fun or not. all i said was ways of staying calm in the toxic. actually read before posting.

BigFBearJan 16, 20191 votes

Although it sounds a bit stupid I think it can really work to turn off sound. It happened to me sometimes that i had to play without headphones for several minutes and i realized, that I played much more focused somehow. Idk maybe it's because you don't get distracted by it anymore. On the other hand, sound is very important in higher Elo. If you don't hear the pings from your teammates it can lose you a game. Also: there are certain Abilitys you need to hear, like Sion Ult and others. Also you can hear if someone teleports near you, even when he is out of vision.

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20191 votes

yes. sound can be important. but the sound can also be distracting.

MLDzXnRRRJan 16, 20191 votes

Nexus blitz, aram, play vs bots...

Smol SquashJan 16, 20191 votes

Ive been climbing out of silver maining support the past couple days. As silver players know those are some of the most toxic one. They think they deserve diamond but blame others way too much. Basicly ive been staying calm by playing music that motivates me to do well (worlds world anthems are good ones) and mute people on their first angry comment. No matter what ut is. Instamuted. I dont like to mute everyone right away cause there aee still people that are gonna use it for whats its needed for. Just give the people the benefit of the doubt and if they abbuse it mute them.

VegetaPrince2266Jan 16, 20191 votes

All three at once is actually very enjoyable.

A Bad NasusJan 16, 20191 votes

I just listen to smooth jazz and bossa nova. I play ranked so I still leave pings on and turn off the game music and turn down champion voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJNw9HfEVhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcThrAU9yLk

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20191 votes

yes jazz is a good music to listen to.

stanjer123Jan 16, 20191 votes

I thought the preferred method of handling this was to int and troll? I mean, it's what 95% of the community does.

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20191 votes

you aren't wrong. people do tend to int and troll when things go wrong. but that not very fun is it?

stanjer123Jan 16, 20191 votes

It must be pretty fun, if so many people do it. I've never sucked a cock, and it seems pretty gross, but there's got to be something pretty great to it if about 65% of the population is willing to do it.

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20191 votes

oooh. oooh. that's a bad, but accurate, analogy.

deadlychuckJan 16, 20191 votes

I'm more trying to figure out where the extra 14% came from (51% of the population being female and not even all of them being willing to give oral).

stanjer123Jan 17, 20191 votes

Gays and crack addicts, obviously.

deadlychuckJan 16, 20191 votes

I think that you misinterpret a lot of the trolling that happens in the game tbh.

A lot of players have ulterior motives behind trolling, and while some people just enjoy the art of it, I can confirm that a good number of trolls hate feeling obligated to troll other players and ruin their experience.

glava222Jan 16, 20191 votes

i do the opposite, i just put on a video compilation of gordon ramsay hells kitchen highlights screaming at people and laugh, since its basically the same thing that my team yells, only funny and not depressing

Inkling CommandoJan 16, 20191 votes

i haven't seen the show but i have heard of it and it is kinda amusing.

glava222Jan 17, 20191 votes

i havent actually watched the show either, i just put on the audio montage while im playing haha